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redditors share kidneys, animals derp out, everything you need to know about the Armenian Genocide, and more. |
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redditors share kidneys, animals derp out, everything you need to know about the Armenian Genocide, and more. |
Oh, what a week it's been!
Tens of thousands of you signed up for Upvoted Weekly and we got some great feedback—you want more content—so we bulked things up a bit in this week's edition.
Some amazing things happened throughout reddit this week: a disillusioned chef got an amazing proposal from Gordon Ramsay, a redditor found a kidney donor on reddit, a 65-year-old African American spoken word poet got inspired by the doommetal community, we learned a lot about firewood, and a whole lot of people discussed the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Your feedback on last week's issue helped quite a bit; discuss this one on /r/upvoted!
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I’m thinking of hiring a guitarist and having him play in this style as a backing track to some of my darker poems, particularly one poem I have in mind when I almost was beaten to death by the police in Georgia in the early 1970's. |
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Ever since reading this post this afternoon I don't think I've ever been this excited for an album release. |
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Make it heavy as f*** and you will find the entire universe warping to accommodate you. |
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I'm working in a Michelin kitchen right now, toiling away, hours after hours, days after days. My hopes and dreams are nowhere to be found as I scale and portion salmon after salmon, shelling pods after pods of broad beans. . . . My question is, how did you deal with it? |
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If you send me your resume, I could look at putting you into one of [my] restaurants as a work experience, if you want to see something different, in order to make sure you don't come off the rails. |
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It happens because you cool the water down below freezing temperature, since the smooth plastic bottle doesn't have any edges, it doesn't crystallize and form ice. When you smack it, you shock the crystals into formation, and the rest of the water molecules crystallize into ice with it. |
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With the 100th anniversary commemorated on Friday, the genocide that wiped out 1.5 million Armenians has garnered a lot of attention this last week. If you’re feeling out of the loop and want to understand, you can check out the simple explanations from the explainlikeimfive community to learn what happened and why, the political and historical context surrounding it, and the continuing controversy. You can also view a map showing the world’s political stance on it now.
This week’s Upvoted podcast—A Century After Genocide—is also on the subject, and you’ll learn how one brave young boy survived the genocide, fled to America, and his great grandson co-founded reddit.
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Ranaeil asked the assistance community on reddit for help 11 months ago, after having already been on dialysis for three years and with no donor in sight. Just five hours later, another redditor responded willing to donate to a total stranger, and months later, this was the result.
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If you like Aya, you’ll probably also enjoy NYCalifornian’s neighbor’s dog perched on a fire hydrant. You can also check out cats at maximum kitnip high and a general state of awesomeness in /r/holdmynip.
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P.S.If you’re thinking about heading out camping or just roasting some s’mores now that the weather’s warming up, you should learn all about the different types of firewood. How did I make it to the rank of Star Scout and not know this?
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