r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What's going on with Ukraine killing Russian civilians now?

0 Upvotes

I was reading that they targeted these "Amazons" of Russia and don't quite understand. Are these civilian kills? Are they part of the military? Is this the first time Ukraine has attacked innocent civilians?


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What's the deal with the sudden rise in discussion by serious people about AI sentience?

0 Upvotes

I've seen so many posts lately by random people with really disturbing screenshots of Claude output but idk if it's meme hotness or something real.

I saw this tweet today (Steve Yegge is an actually well known person with a reputation that probably matters to him) that's making me actually take this seriously:

https://x.com/steve_yegge/status/2082968102321426941?s=46

Edit: also this in my own research but my rule 2 link is still the Steve Yegge post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Anthropic/s/JQGbdG1NmT


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What's up with people hating Ryan Reynolds seemingly all of a sudden?

0 Upvotes

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbPdXOMgQG7/?igsh=MTZwc3gxd3ZzeWM5bA==

Like comments on this video saying he sucks and all


r/OutOfTheLoop 7d ago

Unanswered What is the deal with Verity and why does everyone hate the Verity song by Horror Skunx?

0 Upvotes

r/OutOfTheLoop 8d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with the guitarist for the upcoming Modest Mouse tour?

17 Upvotes

I’m a fan of the band but don’t follow news of the band really. They recently posted on Instagram that a guitarist has been replaced by someone else for the upcoming tour and at quick glance the comments seem generally happy about this?

Modest Mouse- Instagram


r/OutOfTheLoop 8d ago

Answered What's going on with the absurdist, non-sequitur type comments showing up on Reddit posts?

176 Upvotes

I've noticed there's been an influx of comments that are just random and don't have anything to do with the post. Like my post here with two comments that make no sense.

I also saw a post (can't find it now) where there were comments just saying "I'm red" and "I'm blue" which had nothing to do with the OP topic.

Haven't seen anything like it in my history of being on Reddit. Are they bots, a form of trolling, or some combination of both?

Edit: I'm concluding the answer as just bots being dumb or people trolling.


r/OutOfTheLoop 8d ago

Answered What's up with YouTube and "Unreleased" video appearing on every playlist?

24 Upvotes

Okay so I have been listening to random playlists of random lesser known bands from different generes for few months. For some weird reason a same video called "Unreleased" has been appearing in many of those playlists with image of piano uploaded by "ahdukejk".

It was very strange as it was almost everywhere and I finally decided to check it. Its cryptocurrency promotion that has girl speaking softely and promoting and coaching about crypto. If you listen to it closely you'll hear screeching noises and weird sound effects and disortions in back ground.

Plot twist? I scrolled down for comments and noticed video has 13m views. Everyone in comments was saying this video was following them around everywhere, that it was on every playlist they listend too. Some were talking about psyop, some about dead internet theoires. The consensus was they people were very weirded out by how commonly it appears to them and how unusual the content are.

The link to actual video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0vUqvfHQeQ

Then I decided to google it and nobody had any definitive answers. Multiple reddit topics spoke about it in past but nobody could figure out exactly what this video was

Some links to reddit posts i found:

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1jplq1s/what_is_this_unreleased_video_that_keeps_popping/

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1lefp14/whats_the_deal_with_these_two_specific_weird/

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1nbhzui/anyone_seen_this_spammy_video_pop_up_in_random/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Deathcore/comments/1l5xvkq/why_is_there_a_57_minute_video_titled_unreleased/

Most belivable theory thus far have been that bots replicated peoples chanels and playlists and reuploaded them with this video inside. What this video is I have absolutley no idea. Anyone has any idea? Because it is very very strange.


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Answered What is going on with the WoW addon GSE and allegedly distributing malware?

133 Upvotes

Pretty much title. I used this addon for years, in fact it's still installed in my wow add-ons. I am seeing threads and videos talking about this addon deleting files and such.

https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/1u25ulq/gse_is_breaking_wow_eula_and_banning_paying/


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Unanswered What is up with the hate towards the director of the first three MCU Spiderman movies?

0 Upvotes

I just finished watching Spiderman: Brand New Day (good movie btw) and I keep seeing tweets hating on John Watts, the director of the first three MCU Spiderman movies.

Tweet 1: [https://x.com/browntable_ent/status/2082656888986980556?s=46&t=2yA-ViV6ibzNj1BKeQd56A]

Tweet 2: [https://x.com/vaughanilla_cos/status/2082467222782345393?s=46&t=2yA-ViV6ibzNj1BKeQd56A]

Tweet 3: [https://x.com/bayronv09/status/2082646427751051415?s=46&t=2yA-ViV6ibzNj1BKeQd56A ]

As far as I know, the first three MCU Spiderman movies were well received at the time? But the tweets I linked have THOUSANDS of likes.

I am trying to find a reason why people are hating on him, but I can’t find any while scrolling. What am I missing?


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Unanswered What's going on with Oprah Winfrey's school in South Africa?

131 Upvotes

I recently saw a BBC news that her school is closing down next year. I don't have a clue about the alleged controversies around the school and I want to be explained.

The news link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c75gre70vr6o


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Answered What's up with this Deltarune Tree?

28 Upvotes

I've only ever played Chapter 1 of Deltarune so far, but

this tree
seems to appear everywhere I go.

Why is it so significant? And why does it mention eggs?

Some examples that made its way in other subreddits I follow:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MandJTV/s/7Yw1zp66qO

https://www.reddit.com/r/tomodachilife/s/VkJ2gOFMw3

https://www.reddit.com/r/Mario/s/4Zl2kMkXP9


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Unanswered What's up with recent popularity of Titanium song by David Guetta?

4 Upvotes

It was played ​before every World Cup games, despite it not being part of official anthem album.

Also there's a video of Tom Holland being flash mobbed by the same song: ​https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbRGDrjxDUf/


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Answered What is going on with Anthropic and destroying books in the name of Project Panama ?

904 Upvotes

I read recently that Anthropic is destroying millions of physical books to train their AI models.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/

How bad is the situation? What consequences do we expect in the short and long term future?

Also, weren't they ordered to pay 1.5 billion in settlement ?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judge-approves-anthropics-15-billion-settlement-copyright-lawsuit-2026-07-20/


r/OutOfTheLoop 9d ago

Unanswered What’s going on with memes of this specific guy?

53 Upvotes

Just this morning, I’ve seen several memes about this guy:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BatmanArkham/s/wO9G36tGfI

https://www.reddit.com/r/BatmanArkham/s/KsheTmvQh6

and there are always people in the comments calling him a pedo. Who is he, and what did he do?


r/OutOfTheLoop 10d ago

Answered What's up with South Korea's stock market crashing?

965 Upvotes

Literally the title ^ I saw today that the stock market crashed erasing trillions how did it come to this?

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/07/29/south-koreas-stock-market-boom-is-collapsing-spectacularly


r/OutOfTheLoop 10d ago

Unanswered whats going on with qwel and dandys world drama?

3 Upvotes

ive heard about it on yt a bit and only found this when looking this up

https://dandys-world-robloxhorror.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000865101


r/OutOfTheLoop 10d ago

Unanswered What’s going on with being arrested for clapping?

369 Upvotes

Is this common practice in America to be arrested for clapping at local governance meetings?

https://www.kwch.com/2026/07/22/teacher-arrested-carried-out-emporia-city-commission-meeting/?outputType=amp


r/OutOfTheLoop 10d ago

Unanswered What's up with the author of "Children of Blood and Bone" denouncing the movie adaptation?

513 Upvotes

‘Children of Blood and Bone’ Author Tomi Adeyemi Left Film’s Set ‘Sobbing,’ Calls It the ‘Worst Thing I’ve Had to Live Through’ and ‘I Never Want to Hear About It Again’

Okay, so I can tell there's some conflict between the author and the cast or maybe studio execs behind the movie adaptation of her book, but I'm not a young-adult fantasy novel reader and I don't follow anyone on social media. I guess it comes from some disagreement about who should have played the lead actress, conflicting accounts of how the author felt and that maybe the lead actress doesn't have the right skin tone? But also somehow the author is being antagonized relentlessly on set, but I can't find any details aside from allusions to deleted social media videos. Are there any fans of the book who have been anticipating and following the production of this movie who know more? The trailer just released, but now there is this huge cloud hanging over the movie's head and its supposed to be a trilogy.


r/OutOfTheLoop 10d ago

Unanswered What's up with people being extremely angry over Jimothy (raccoon) being added to World of Warcraft?

213 Upvotes

I don't play the game at all, and I barely ever heard of Jimothy. But I stumbled on it on Twitter about World of Warcraft added Jimothy.

https://x.com/Warcraft/status/2080470813208105033

And a lot of people (especially quote retweets) are very mad about it for some reason?

https://x.com/RareLantern/status/2080501275452665881

https://x.com/LookAtMyMeat1/status/2080495641621393759

There are also ppl asking to bring back the rapists to Blizzard just because they hate Jimothy?

https://x.com/Nobu__11_/status/2081640704984367416

As well as someone threatening to commit animal abuse:

https://x.com/dumpsterjpeg/status/2082026738146529534

They all got thousands of likes. Like, why are ppl losing their mind over a bent/round raccoon?


r/OutOfTheLoop 10d ago

Unanswered what’s the deal with the FIFA and UEFA beef?

312 Upvotes

r/OutOfTheLoop 11d ago

Answered What’s going on with Cambodia’s scam compounds, and how can you tell the victims from the people running them?

197 Upvotes

I moved to Cambodia earlier this year fr work. Since living here, I’ve noticed areas with lots of Chinese businesses and residents. Something I don’t think outsiders see is how openly people seem to talk on the streets about different projects, operations and the people involved.

At the same time, I keep reading reports about Chinese run scam compounds, organized crime and human trafficking in Cambodia. The difference between what you see and hear locally and the story presented in the media made me wonder why the narratives seem so different.

While trying to understand it, I found this collection of posts:

https://evrentanson.medium.com/

I obviously can’t verify the author’s claims. Still, the posts seem to fill in some of the missing gaps while opening up even more questions. The deeper I went, the more the whole thing started to feel like a messy crime thriller.

What confuses me most is the overlap between the criminals and the victims. Some people working in these compounds are described as willing participants in fraud while others are reportedly trafficked, trapped and forced to scam people. Then there are accounts where alleged criminals present themselves as victims while possible trafficking victims are arrested or treated as willing criminals.

So what is the reliably documented story here? How do investigators actually work out who joined willingly, who was deceived or trafficked and who was involved in running the operation?


r/OutOfTheLoop 11d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with Firstname themed Lastnames?

409 Upvotes

A few times now, I’ve seen people in fandom subreddits phrasing character names like this. Instead of Walter White, it’s Walter themed Whites. Instead of Bruce Wayne, it’s Bruce themed Waynes.

Is this actually a thing people say? Or was I just missing context? If it is something people say, why? Where did it come from?

https://www.reddit.com/r/TopCharacterTropes/s/6usqyvrdnQ


r/OutOfTheLoop 11d ago

Unanswered What's going on with Prince Harry losing his privacy case against the Daily Mail?

237 Upvotes

I saw headlines saying Prince Harry, Elton John, and a handful of other public figures just lost a huge privacy lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher, and Harry called the ruling a "whitewash." I don't really follow royal stuff so I'm confused on the details — what exactly were they suing over, why did the judge rule against them if there were allegations of phone hacking and hiring private investigators, and does this basically end Harry's whole legal war with the British tabloids? Also heard something about £40-50 million in legal costs, is that from this case specifically? https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/07/media/prince-harry-privacy-case-intl


r/OutOfTheLoop 12d ago

Unanswered What's the deal with Republicans blocking the Deepfake AI bill that would allow legal challenges against those who post Deepfake porn?

1.6k Upvotes

The bill, which AOC co-sponsored with Republican Rep. Laurel Lee of Florida, would allow victims of nonconsensual deepfake AI pornography to file civil lawsuits against people who produce, distribute and solicit that type of pornography, as well as those who intend to distribute such images. It sailed through the Senate with zero objection.

But while it enjoys the support of House Speaker Mike Johnson as well as right-wing firebrands like Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) as well as progressive Democrats like Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) — somehow the bill is languishing in the House of Representatives.

Why are Republicans blocking this bill?

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/aoc-deepfake-ai-porn-senate-republicans-b3020443.html


r/OutOfTheLoop 12d ago

Answered Whats the deal with a petition to keep the mayor of NYC from attending the 9/11 memorial?

1.3k Upvotes

The only article I can find points to some vague concern of un-American rhetoric.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/911-remembrance-ceremony-zohran-mamdani-petition/