In the turn of the 20th Century, many inventions we now know to have been very impactful were initially discredited as having no real important or long term application. What are some inventions for which that was actually true?
The Portal for Public History. Please read the rules before participating, as we remove all comments which break the rules. Answers must be in-depth and comprehensive, or they will be removed.Why did O My Heart blow up all of a sudden? Am I missing something?
Mother Mother is a 5 piece indie band from Vancouver, CanadaAITA story so fake that even told secondhand you can clearly see all the cliche markers of AITA bullshit

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Is there a way to prepare soy patties that makes them more succulent?
Come here to find delicious vegetarian recipes! First rule of /r/vegetarianrecipes is to include the recipe in the comments, not a link, but an actual recipe. This needs to include a list of ingredients with measurements, and directions for combining those ingredients to create the food in your post. Second rule of /r/vegetarianrecipes is no images of food containing meat! Third rule of /r/vegetarianrecipes is no self promotion, and no recipe links.Is there a way to prepare soy patties that makes them more succulent?
A community for sharing vegan recipesI just thought these were funny
Because sometimes: a book review says more about the reviewer than it does about the book. r/BadReads is a showcase of the most unhelpful book reviews from all over the internet: reviews that are shallow, vapid, vacuous or otherwise totally missing the point. Parody/satirical and tongue-in-cheek reviews are also welcome.r/writingcirclejerk takes a break from endlessly excusing bad writing to briefly complain about someone actually making fun of bad writing 12 years ago
NOW WITH 50% MORE PROSEyeah thanks for all the text I didn't need to see image anyway

Sometimes books have covers that are just bad. Please post them here.
hope this counts as AITA-adjacent. this is old but its one of the all time most upvoted posts in r/rpghorrorstories and the fact so many people believed this bullshit still astonishes me
A place to satirize, crosspost from, poke fun at, and hold meta discussions on the never-ending ridiculous stories and/or creative writing exercises from AITA and AITA-adjacent subs, including classic tales of your local reddit heroes seeking validation. Memes allowed, shitposts only on weekends. Taking the posts seriously is heavily discouraged.hi i'm running a dnd game would you like to join it i'm using my very own homebrew setting
A subreddit for "it's what my character would do" people.[Online][PF2e][Other][Flexible][GMT+3] Experienced player duo looking for non-DnD game with a committed party and GM
LFG is a place for tabletop gamers to organize groups for the games they love to play.So you want to write a comic? Here's some movies based on comics to use as reference. What do you mean "what about the comics themselves"? Who even reads those?

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"this initiative will get new superhero fans to read the comics" mf not even old superhero fans read the comics

The first and fastest gorilla fan community. Black Manta killed my son.