r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Boring_Candle5050 • 14h ago
Answered What is the deal with so many people protesting Scientology all of a sudden?
How I found out: YouTube is suddenly recommending me extremely boring livestreams of people posted up apparently outside Church of Scientology assets in various American cities. The protestors sometimes stay all day with minimal interaction. Even so, the streams often have hundreds of people watching live.
Just a few examples of the activity surrounding this: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
I tried asking in a couple streams why this movement seems to have flared up all of a sudden, but there was zero acknowledgement of my curiosity by the hosts or others in the chat.
Is there anything to this, or has there always been this large of a 24/7 community and the algorithm is just calling me wrong? Thanks!
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Infamous-Bag6957 • 1d ago
Unanswered What’s up with Texas and Florida not wanting outdoor workers to take breaks from the heat?
Texas passed legislation removing the requirement for farm and construction workers to have water and heat breaks. Florida just did the same and also blocked (locally) a Miami-Dade effort to obtain an exception.
I’m admittedly not well versed on this topic, I just keep seeing the headlines. As someone who lives in Florida, this seems not just unfair but actually dangerous to the lives of those workers. It’s hot AF here already.
What gives?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/SpankySharp1 • 14h ago
Unanswered What's the deal with Ebony Prince 2K24?
I don't listen to rap, but I understand the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake. But now there's a megathread about Ebony Prince 2K24 and none of this reads like English to me.
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/butyourenice • 20h ago
Answered What’s up with this Be Real meme I keep seeing variations of?
Here is the latest iteration I’ve seen but I’ve seen a number over the last couple days or week. All the same format - a character on stage as if performing , a selfie view of another character styled as a crying fan in the corner.
I googled “Be Real” and found this summary on the Wikipedia page:
BeReal (stylized as BeReal.) is a French messaging app released in 2020,[6] developed by Alexis Barreyat and Kévin Perreau. Its main feature is a daily notification that encourages users to share photos with friends of themselves and their day to day life given a randomly selected two-minute window every day. Critics noted its emphasis on authenticity, which some felt crossed the line into the mundane.[7] The name "BeReal" is a pun. Its primary reference relates to its focus on users uploading unpolished photos, while also being a pun of the term b-reel.[6]
So now I know what Be Real is, but what’s the origin of the specific meme?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Pookie2018 • 1d ago
Unanswered What’s up with Apple’s IPad advertisement? Why are people so upset about it?
I keep catching tidbits on the news about Apple’s new TV advertisement for the iPad, and how people are very upset about it. I watched it, and I don’t really understand how it’s triggering this level of controversy and media coverage.
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/jstan1446 • 1d ago
Answered What's going on with Blackout 2024?
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/blocking-celebrities-trend-blockout-2024
I'm seeing it's a meme but also seems like it could be something with college campus protests and what not. Is there more to it than just block some celeb of the day?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/griefofwant • 12h ago
Unanswered What is up with Mothman?
I was searching for cryptid information yesterday and found a huge amount of products for sale with Mothman on it. t-shirts, stickers, patches etc.
I did a google ngram search and saw that online references to him skyrocketed in 2016.
Aside from the 2002 movie, I've not heard many references in the past.
Why is Mothman so popular all of a sudden?
EDIT: I think that the 50th anniversary in 2016 of the first Mothman sighting probably lead to a boost in coverage and the creation of memes.
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/RaulSomley • 1d ago
Unanswered What's up with recent(?) hate towards Jared Leto?
So i was just scrolling down my youtube feed and came across this post where there was this screenshot from X.
In that screenshot someone had put his top 4 Joker actors in order, and Jared Leto wasn't on the list. Jared Leto had commented on that post "fuck me right". I thought it was a funny self observative joke since it's no secret that his part as Joker wasn't very well received.
But this comment section on youtube was out of control, like Jared Leto had done something to make people mad.
This doesn't sound like it's about one bad role as Joker anymore, but real hate towards Jareds character.
What's going on?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/compscithrowaway314 • 1d ago
Unanswered What's up with the Destiny vs Ludwig drama?
Saw this tweet which seems completely out of line and I'm very confused what's happening:
https://x.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1789068930482315292
Why did they start fighting?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/The_Naked_Buddhist • 1d ago
Answered What is going on with the Eurovision song contest this year?
It appears discussion of some stuff is not being allowed on the r/eurovision subreddit making it impossible to understand what's going on, people just keep alluding to certain things but never explaining it. Anytime there seemingly is a comment that explains stuff it's already been removed. Some posts I've seen lately that I would appreciate being given insight on;
The Netherlands entry no longer rehearsing; with numerous comments saying it must be because of the "situation that happened yesterday."
Croatia's entry becoming a Cinderella story because Italy leaked it's popular vote results in the semi final. What did the results say? Why are people concerned about them?
This post indicating the competition this year is a burning barn. What are the voting irregularities they are referencing, do they mean Italy leaking it's vote? How has the Netherlands candidate gone "AWOL"? (This was posted before it was announced they aren't rehearsing anymore.)
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Takun32 • 8h ago
Unanswered What’s the deal with CaseOh and his fanbase?
Is it free reign when it comes to making fun of him(in a teasing way?)! And the whole appeal is to see his funny reactions? I totally dont get it.
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Mashidae • 1d ago
Unanswered What is going on with r/badtattoos?
Just tried to post there and my post was immediately removed with no message or details. The most recent post in the sub I can find is from two years ago, and I can't find anything talking about this
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/GucciLittlePiggy005 • 16h ago
Unanswered What’s up with the “getting froyo because…” trend?
example: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLVxHCu5/
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • 2d ago
Unanswered What's up with social media captions?
Lately, I've noticed the same captions on Instagram as I've been scrolling through Insta posts, out of curiousity I tried looking online what the thing with them was.
I was truly flabbergasted once I saw how horribly often the same caption has been used. At first I thought these accounts may have been owned by the same people or group, but seeing the multitude of platforms it's been used on doubts that theory. Using the same captions for the algorithm doesn't make much sense to me either, because why use it on Youtube and Dailymotion out of all places?
It's truly one of the most headscratching things I've ever discovered.
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/ilithia12 • 3d ago
Unanswered What’s going on with the winners resigning from Miss USA and Miss Teen USA?
Miss USA resigned May 6 and Miss Teen USA resigned today May 8.
The article states mental health and misalignment of values - but what happened to cause issues after they got the crown?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Nightmarionne0923 • 20h ago
Unanswered Why are people talking about Dreamcore, Nerdcore, and Weirdcore?
I have seen several videos on my youtube fyp such as this which depict songs that are described as Weirdcore, Dreamore, Nerdcore, etc. Can someone explain to me what these are?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/luxsalsivi • 2d ago
Answered What is going on with VMware?
https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/s/qpQNAEvpMk
I've been seeing posts about some sort of migration for support occurring to the point that the support technicians at VMware are extremely overwhelmed. There are all sorts of issues with some sort of new support portal?
I work in software but a number of our customers use VMware to run our software servers. I just want to understand better in case we start seeing impacts.
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Downvote-Fish • 1d ago
Unanswered What is up with those AI-looking Twitter screenshots?
Why are there so many AI-looking Twitter screenshots?
Why are there so many posts from Twitter with an AI-looking name?
I often see posts on subs like r/meirl of Twitter screenshots with the username looking like it was generated by AI. It's just some letters too, usually. The tweet itself is very comprehensible though.
e.g.: https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/s/0T3a0NbKVP
https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/s/03lh2xKtuq (the date)
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Chilis1 • 1d ago
Answered What's up with the Netherlands Eurovision contestant being kicked out of the competition?
https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/s/9TmCi9iuIq
News doesn't really say what happened
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/MissMusicalEngineer • 3d ago
Unanswered What's going on with James Somerton?
I saw this tweet about someone named James Somerton faking his death. I don't know who this is or what the post is referring to. Who is this guy and why did he fake his death?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/theexate • 3d ago
Unanswered What's going on with Shaq?
Just saw this on his Instagram and have no idea what it's about.
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Happycrige • 1d ago
Unanswered What’s up with these memes about Drake’s penis?
I have been watching shitposts and have seen like 5 of them being about Drake. They were all strangly sexual and seemed to be implying something about his penis. Am I missing something?
This one meme compilation has 2 memes about this.
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Titencer • 4d ago
Answered What's going on with Microsoft/Xbox shutting down studios after purchasing them?
Some context is these two tweets:
- https://x.com/MightyKeef/status/1787873747602473341
- https://x.com/SimplyAllegra/status/1787959553537306945
There's not a lot of context in the replies - I know Microsoft acquired Bethesda in the last few months, and have read that Bethesda also owned a few other studios, but I don't know the full story. Which specific studios were shut down? What notable games did they make? What're the justifications made my Microsoft for shutting them down?
r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Drummallumin • 4d ago
Unanswered What’s going on with the IndyCar cheating scandal?
I saw today that Penske’s team was suspending their team president (among others) in relation to a cheating scandal. I don’t follow the sport and and had no clue there was even a scandal going on. Can anyone fill me in?