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    [–] What's that one product that is completely worth your money? Ok-but-why-mister 102 points ago in AskReddit

    I have four siblings very close in age. “MOM!” was yelled out a lot when we were kids. She did pretty well considering. Anyway, she had a hard rule about not bothering her when she was eating, when she was sleeping, or when she was in the bathroom.

    [–] You are offered $1,000,000 USD if you can hide a pair of car keys from the entirety of the FBI force for 7 days. Where do you hide the keys? Ok-but-why-mister 21 points ago in AskReddit

    Yeah but you’re not mailing a child through USPS

    [–] Molly and Harry Ok-but-why-mister 24 points ago in harrypotter

    In at least two of the books, when the Weasleys take their kids and Harry to the platform, Molly hugs Harry twice. In one Harry thought she did it by accident since she hugged everyone at random. The next year, he realizes she did it on purpose. Molly has so much love to give, and I think she often tries to overcompensate for the lack of parental love in Harry’s life.

    I don’t think Harry realizes how much she loves him. He wondered in OotP, if when Molly and Arthur found out he, Harry, had given the twins the money for the joke shop, whether she would still feel if he was “as good as” her own son. In another occasion, I remember reading “Mrs. Weasley gave him a hug he did not feel he deserved.” Poor kid has been no neglected he thinks he needs to earn hugs.

    Molly truly is amazing.

    In another occasion, when Charlie is showing Hagrid the dragons, Charlie imitates his mom by saying “I thought they had put an age limit. I thought they were all safe!” I always felt that she reacted the same way to Harry’s name coming out of the goblet as any of her other kids’ names. Because by that point, Harry already was, irrevocably, as good as her own.

    [–] Molly and Harry Ok-but-why-mister 18 points ago in harrypotter

    THIS. This is one of my favorite Molly/Harry parts. I love Molly. Her default mode is to give love. She immediately recognized he needed some. She hasn’t even spoken to him, and she’s already protecting him by telling Ginny that no, she can’t go “take a look.”

    [–] It’s called a “portkey” because it is the key to a portal! As an non-native English speaker, I really missed a lot of these word plays. Ok-but-why-mister 7 points ago in harrypotter

    Oh thank goodness! I’ve read the series more times than I can remember, and I was today years old when I realized the word play.

    [–] For those minimum effort wizards Ok-but-why-mister 2 points ago in harrypotter

    Lmao as much as I agree with you, after my little chuckle I remembered the assholes who ride their bikes across campus in between classes on the same walkways where the entire study body is trying to walk. Ugh I hate those. Hogwarts probably banned flying between classes. Can you imagine the chaos?

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    It’s called a “portkey” because it is the key to a portal! As an non-native English speaker, I really missed a lot of these word plays. (self.harrypotter)
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    [–] When you're dating a muggle but it works out okay - an illustration :) Ok-but-why-mister 3 points ago in harrypotter

    Padfoot and Crookshanks, is that you?

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    In Harry Potter, it’s called a “portkey” because it is a key to a portal. (self.Showerthoughts)
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    Harry James Potter, who had just Accio'd his Firebolt in order to get past the dragon and get the golden egg, didn't think to Accio the Marauder's Map when it fell just out of his reach and was eventually picked up by the impostor Moody. (self.harrypotter)
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    [–] My uncle visiting from the Philippines has never seen snow. This is what happened today. Ok-but-why-mister 20 points ago in pics

    I was visiting Seattle on New Year's a few years ago, and it snowed most of the day. Since we were staying just north of the city, we had to drive up while it was still snowing. As a Floridian, I don't know jack shit about driving in the snow.

    Abandoning the car in the freeway was definitely considered.

    I guess the panic part was just implied.

    [–] LPT: When buying a duvet for your bed, buy one size larger (or more) than your current bed size. The extra duvet will provide greater comfort especially when sharing. Ok-but-why-mister 258 points ago in LifeProTips

    r/nocontext

    [–] He has got some skills Ok-but-why-mister -1 points ago in gifs

    Don't worry, I'm sure he can help you.

    [–] What are great underused words? Ok-but-why-mister 12 points ago in AskReddit

    YES!!!!! In Spanish, "pasado mañana" and "anteayer" are widely used words. I always thought they were so handy and that English needed to get it together and have equivalents.

    [–] What are great underused words? Ok-but-why-mister 4 points ago in AskReddit

    I learned this word in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Percy was described as being "apoplectic with rage". I haven't thought about that line since I came across it in the book several months ago. The funny thing is that literally today I made another comment about that line in another sub. That means that out of the three total times I have seen/heard/thought about the word, two of them were today. Life is weird.

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    SLPT: Feeling sad about being single? Head over to r/relationship_advice. After reading a few posts you'll be glad you're single and not dealing with psycho partners. (self.ShittyLifeProTips)
    submitted ago by Ok-but-why-mister to ShittyLifeProTips

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    Feeling sad about being single? Head over to r/relationship_advice. After reading a few posts you'll be glad you're single. (self.ShittyLifeProTips)
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    [–] What word or words do you specifically remember learning while reading a book? Ok-but-why-mister 2 points ago in books

    Ooh I made a post over on r/books about this! I credit Harry Potter for helping me learn English! I learned SO MANY WORDS from the books.

    Threshold, tethered, goblet, apoplectic, beam (as in smile), etc.

    [–] Non-British Harry Potter fans, what are some things that you thought JKR came up with during her world-building that you later found out are normal parts of British society? Alternatively, what did you think was normal but was actually just part of the Wizarding World? Ok-but-why-mister 3 points ago in harrypotter

    Literally googled that like twenty four hours ago. It’s what inspired this post.

    [–] Non-British Harry Potter fans, what are some things that you thought JKR came up with during her world-building that you later found out are normal parts of British society? Alternatively, what did you think was normal but was actually just part of the Wizarding World? Ok-but-why-mister 79 points ago in harrypotter

    Me too! In my country, “jumper” refers to what people in the US would call “overalls”

    [–] Non-British Harry Potter fans, what are some things that you thought JKR came up with during her world-building that you later found out are normal parts of British society? Alternatively, what did you think was normal but was actually just part of the Wizarding World? Ok-but-why-mister 45 points ago in harrypotter

    Wait, NEWTs are real?????

    [–] Non-British Harry Potter fans, what are some things that you thought JKR came up with during her world-building that you later found out are normal parts of British society? Alternatively, what did you think was normal but was actually just part of the Wizarding World? Ok-but-why-mister 5 points ago in harrypotter

    We had a British student move in to my high school, so I asked him about pumpkin juice. He told me “We don’t drink pumpkin juice. That’s rubbish!” At least I found out the use of “rubbish” was a real thing.

    [–] Non-British Harry Potter fans, what are some things that you thought JKR came up with during her world-building that you later found out are normal parts of British society? Alternatively, what did you think was normal but was actually just part of the Wizarding World? Ok-but-why-mister 1 points ago in harrypotter

    I wondered if the Forest of Dean was a real place! Man there are a LOT of things I misattributed to JKR’s imagination.

    [–] Non-British Harry Potter fans, what are some things that you thought JKR came up with during her world-building that you later found out are normal parts of British society? Alternatively, what did you think was normal but was actually just part of the Wizarding World? Ok-but-why-mister 23 points ago in harrypotter

    Just learned about sellotape this week!!!! On a thread about how bandaids, Kleenex, frisbees, etc. lost their “branding” and just because generic names for things.

    I was like, “Oh!!! Like Spellotape!”

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    Non-British Harry Potter fans, what are some things that you thought JKR came up with during her world-building that you later found out are normal parts of British society? Alternatively, what did you think was normal but was actually just part of the Wizarding World? (self.harrypotter)
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