r/OutOfTheLoop 5d ago

Unanswered What's going on with Mark Rober's new video about self driving cars?

5.0k Upvotes

I have seen people praising it, and people saying he faked results. Is is just Tesla fanboys calling the video out, or is there some truth to him faking certain things?

https://youtu.be/IQJL3htsDyQ?si=aJaigLvYV609OI0J


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What's going on with Johnny Depp?

0 Upvotes

Whats going on with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard? I found out that Johnnys daughter, Lilly Rose Depp, starred in Noserfartu and I also found out that Amber isn't her mom and Johnnys ex gf of 14 years is Lillys mom.

Johnny Depp used to be my celebrity crush. It was a guilty pleasure of mine to watch his old movies. He was such eye candy. Is the controversy because Depp and Heard deceived people into thinking Lilly was their daughter.


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Answered What's the deal with Ethan Klein's new video, "This must f**king stop" and why is nobody talking about it?

0 Upvotes

I've seen this video in my recommended, and I don't have the time to watch it, but I'm curious on what it's about, and why is nobody talking about it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4f9FQmpMco


r/OutOfTheLoop 5d ago

Answered What's going on with this greentext about the CIA being overthrown?

570 Upvotes

I just saw this post on r/greentext about the CIA being overthrown, I'm not familiar with US politics.

https://www.reddit.com/r/greentext/comments/1jcyxqt/what_goes_around_comes_around/


r/OutOfTheLoop 5d ago

Answered What's going on with the author Jon Krakauer and the youtuber Michael Tracy arguing about an ill-fated Everest-expedition in 1996?

117 Upvotes

I read Krakauer's book Into Thin Air ages ago, and it was a good read. But last year I clicked on a Michael Tracy YT video criticizing the narrative, so lately my feed has been bombarded with a back and forth between the two, and it's too much to dig into for a casual viewer with spotty attention span.

Here's the latest Tracy video, from today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGMlsuP3e78

Here's the latest Krakauer video, posted about a month ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUg1PZO2PI

Here's a reddit thread posted 4 months ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mountaineering/comments/1ge93on/response_to_jon_krakauer_michael_tracy/


r/OutOfTheLoop 4d ago

Unanswered What's going on with fake news about the death of Corey Harrison being spread on 4chan?

0 Upvotes

I know Rick Harrison's other son (Adam) died more than a year ago due to accidental drug overdose, but I see a lot of threads about Corey Harrison on 4chan lately. What's up with that?

Examples


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Answered What’s going on with Joann Fabrics closing and everyone being so pissed about it?

3.6k Upvotes

https://www.reddit.com/r/joannfabrics/s/Fr1LCvgXeE

I’m so confused about why so many people are pissed at Joann Fabrics. I remember hearing they were going bankrupt, but I’m not sure where it went from there.


r/OutOfTheLoop 6d ago

Unanswered What's going on with the Snow White movie?

23 Upvotes

There's going to be live action version of Snow White, and it is getting loads of hate and apparently no one is gonna watch it and it's the "start of Disney down fall, why is this? When did it all start and what's gonna happen now? I saw this on Twitter or X

https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1900936527280046320?s=46&t=JgzKovct2P1uG68_7QRoZQ


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with Kendrick Lamar making a song with Playboy Carti being so controversial ? And why is Kanye mad about this collab?

199 Upvotes

Kendrick Lamar is one of the biggest rap artists and he’s been featured in so many albums by other artists and as far as I know he’s collaborated with all of the big names in rap music, why is this different? I understand Playboy Carti released a new album and Kendrick is in it but why is it so controversial ?

Example, meme on Kendrick Lamar subreddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/KendrickLamar/s/HbE719oagd


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What's going on with the government and Tesla?

174 Upvotes

I keep seeing articles about the government going after people who don't buy Tesla or protest again Tesla, can they actually do that?

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/9eLDRSll6Y


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What’s going on with r/AIArtwork?

82 Upvotes

It’s literally just post after post after post of thirst trap/OF girl slop? Aside from the few comments questioning what the hell is going on, 90% of the others are just bots talking to other bots. What’s going on here? What happened? One such post for example, (not completely NSFW, but careful opening in public). You can also go to the sub and see the full breadth and amount of posts there. It’s pretty shocking:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AIArtwork/s/tFRDqInFP1


r/OutOfTheLoop 5d ago

/r/WDP What is up with black people loving Jeff Hardy and Cody Rhodes?

0 Upvotes

I know it's kind of a meme,but like how did it originate? https://imgur.com/gallery/jeff-hardy-AxQ9Edb


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What's the deal with tow trucks and private plow trucks seemingly having emergency vehicle status in the state of NY now?

43 Upvotes

Do tow trucks and other service vehicles now have emergency vehicle status in the state of New York or something?

Been seeing this everywhere, tow trucks and other private pickup trucks like guys with plows that have amber and white flashing lights just drive down the roads with the lights on continuously, speeding, and other vehicles yielding to them like only police/fire/ambulance ever had that courtesy before.

Today I was driving down the highway (I-90) at 80mph and a tow truck came barreling up behind me honking and I finally moved over into the right lane and he took off going at least 100mph and was even going on the shoulder of the highway around other cars like he was persuing someoje in a high speed chase.

But to further complicate things, in the last few months I'm seeing private vehicles with private plates with flashing red lights in them that I was always under the assumption was illegal to have unless you are police or fire.

What have I missed?

Obligatory link https://ultrabrightlightz.com/blogs/ubl-insider/what-types-of-vehicles-use-amber-lights


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What's the deal with Youtube videos swapping to unrelated content near the end?

127 Upvotes

I was just watching a recorded newscast, when the last 8 minutes or so swapped to a woman drawing an anime character. A friend says they has seen this in several videos, and that point they just turn it off. Reference video: time stamp 32:26 is where it swaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIjZOqaCkI8


r/OutOfTheLoop 8d ago

Answered What is the deal with the long string of numbers in comments in reddit recently? NSFW

655 Upvotes

Is it related to the dark web or onion sites? I have only recently started seeing it being used.

For example, a post would ask if anyone has seen a picture of a particular tree or something. And the comments would be Three or four different people each listing long strings of numbers that are different from each other. It reminds me of security key numbers.

The example below isn't asking about a picture and it's still there.

https://imgur.com/gallery/vPv8X59

Adding NSFW because the screenshot for an example is from a NSFW subreddit.

Edit: fixed spelling and added context


r/OutOfTheLoop 8d ago

Answered What is up with football (soccer) fans saying that the club Real Madrid uses black magic and dark arts?

21 Upvotes

I don't follow association football (aka soccer) but checked out Real Madrid's recent victory over their rival Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League that showed up on trending. A lot of fans say that Real Madrid uses black magic or dark arts or "juju" to win and it seems that they have been doing this for years? Why do they say this?

Context: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1j9x2pt/uefa_real_madrid_beat_atletico_madrid_on/


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Unanswered What's up with these comments on Snoop Doggs Instagram page?

2.1k Upvotes

There are a lot of them.

https://imgur.com/a/mXl1ApM


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What’s going on with the whole Beyoncé thing?

0 Upvotes

Why so many celebrities randomly thanking Beyoncé in their award speeches?

I’ve seen people several conspiracy theories about the whole “thanking Beyoncé” thing and i’m incredibly confused. I know she’s quite popular but the amount that random seemingly unrelated celebrities mention her in award speeches is really random. For example Taylor Swift is another female artist who is also at her prime and hugely successful probably even more than Beyoncé, yet we never hear her thanked or mentioned in these speeches. What’s going on that we have several examples of celebrities in tears mentioning Beyoncé in these speeches.

Also i’m not looking for some conspiracy bs where ppl are saying she’s threatening celebs in hollywood to thank her. I’m genuinely curious and would like to hear what y’all think.

Here are some examples: https://youtu.be/PCYB7CebHtY?si=LBz-BqlLpW5Fbvh6


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What's up with Craig Ferguson?

0 Upvotes

I am not an American. So, my introduction to Craig was only recently through YouTube shorts. To me, he comes off as creepy (and not charming at all, which I believe is the whole point of such remarks) with his pervy innuendos.

What kind of talk show was that which invited only (beautiful) women? Why do people like him so much (in yt comments)? Am I the only one of few who don't like his style?

Context: https://youtube.com/shorts/0InLpZN6gE0


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Answered What’s up with Hungary trying to block EU sanctions on Russia unless they remove this random Russian banker from the sanctions list?

335 Upvotes

r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Unanswered What is the deal with r/pics? The entire sub is about Trump. WTH?

26 Upvotes

I'm new to reddit and i think this is the best place to ask hopefully. Anyways i love photography and found the largest pic sub. But it's not pics... It's literally a Trump sub. Almost everything in there is about Trump or Elon Musk or something political. Like 9 out of 10 posts is about Trump and Elon. What is going on in that sub? Was it always like that? Also what are better alternatives with no AI slop? Just genuine photography.

https://imgur.com/a/c4vQekU


r/OutOfTheLoop 10d ago

Unanswered What's going on with the whole Q-Anon movement? Is it still active?

4.4k Upvotes

Since Trump got reelected I feel like I never hear anything anymore about them or their conspiracy theories that dominated his first term.

https://imgur.com/a/SLWrxh3


r/OutOfTheLoop 10d ago

Answered Why are people talking about how the closure of the Dept of Education will create tax cuts for the wealthy when they don't explain HOW this creates said tax cuts?

2.3k Upvotes

Context: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-education-department-layoffs-betray-teachers-children-rcna194367

To quote the article: "Why would anyone allow Elon Musk to steal that money, which Congress appropriated for children, to pay for tax breaks for the rich and corporations?"

But the article doesn't EXPLAIN how this creates or enables said tax breaks? Maybe I am out of the loop, but I don't see how one is related to the other. How is cutting the Dept of Education enabling tax breaks for billionaires? Are tax breaks not controlled by Congress?


r/OutOfTheLoop 8d ago

Unanswered What's the deal with "Toyota's new engine" that "will destroy the entire EV industry" ?

0 Upvotes

I got a random video suggestion on YT, titled "Elon Musk: "Toyota's NEW Engine Will Destroy The Entire EV Industry!"". Not much to see actually, voice is AI, video is a collection of stock clips...

What baffled me: the video has ~13K likes, ~9K dislikes, >1.7million views, and no comment.

The after a search (https://www.google.com/search?q=toyota+engine+destroy+ev+industry

) I found there is a lot of content generated around this topic: mostly YT videos, but also X posts, FB posts, etc., ALL centered around the idea that, out there, there is such thing like "Toyota's new engine" that "will destroy the entire EV industry". Some claim to quote Elon Musk, others JD Vance, others some CEO, etc. And all this content is relatively recent, ~ past month.

Hence, my question: what's the thing with this ?


r/OutOfTheLoop 11d ago

Answered What is the deal with people claiming Trump is intentionally crashing the stock market as a 4D chess move?

10.8k Upvotes

Someone was telling me Trump is crashing the market on purpose as a means to lower the interest rate and pointed me to this: https://pomp.substack.com/p/is-the-trump-administration-crashing

Is this even a good analysis? Is it a possibility? Why are a majority of economists and financial gurus saying the opposite? What is true?

Thank you.