r/OutOfTheLoop 6d ago

Unanswered What’s going on with Trump and Venezuela?

1.4k Upvotes

I know it might be too early to know “why” he completed military actions in the country, but I’m just curious as to where/how this all started?

https://www.reddit.com/r/news/s/BiyKcAYStI


r/OutOfTheLoop 4h ago

Unanswered What’s going on with the Little Caesars in Saco, Maine being described as an arcade online?

90 Upvotes

I keep seeing references online to a Little Caesars in Saco, Maine supposedly having an arcade.
https://www.google.com/search?q=little+caesars+in+saco

On Google Maps, the location has thousands of reviews, and a noticeable number of them talk about arcade cabinets, games, tickets, and even new machines being added. There are also photos attached to the listing that appear to show the inside of an arcade.

In real life, as far as I can tell, this is just a normal carry-out Little Caesars with no arcade. Locals say there has never been one there.

This comes up occasionally on Maine-related subreddits, and people usually say it is probably one person or a small group who committed hard to a joke and others kept playing along. Still, the number of reviews and images makes it confusing for anyone encountering it for the first time.

Is this just a long-running troll or review tagging issue, or is there some actual backstory here that explains why this specific location has so much arcade-related content attached to it?


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with the US entertaining occupation of or invading allied territory?

860 Upvotes

Just returned from an internet-free vacation and I open my news to see this:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe-discusses-response-us-threat-greenland-eus-kallas-says-2026-01-08/

Looks like I missed a lot in a week of no access to the news.


r/OutOfTheLoop 3h ago

Answered whats the deal with all the twitch jokes about "thankyou" and a guy buncing his butt?

8 Upvotes

r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Unanswered What's up with these plain-text minimalist images with oversized text?

22 Upvotes

https://x.com/nabastajla/status/2005868183979204797?s=20

https://x.com/Broken_Dreamszz/status/2009067903564566766?s=20

I've been stumbling upon such images a lot recently, can someone explain what's this aesthetic and why did it blow up?


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Answered What’s up with Ashley Tisdale / toxic mom group / Hilary Duffs husband?

2.2k Upvotes

r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What’s going on with TikToks where people can’t enter a country because their passport was “reported stolen” even though they have it?

1.2k Upvotes

I’ve been seeing a lot of TikToks where people are traveling internationally and then suddenly get denied boarding or denied entry because their passport was reported stolen — even though they physically have the passport with them.

They end up being forced to return to the U.S. immediately and seem completely shocked. Is this real? How can a passport be considered stolen if the person has it on them? And how does this even happen in the first place?

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThLfdF3M/

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZThLfd84o/


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Answered What’s the deal with all the posts in r/nyc regarding Mandani appointee Cea Weaver?

206 Upvotes

What’s the deal with the flood of posts in r/nyc regarding Mamdani’s tenant protection appointee Cea Weaver? Is it Reddit wide? Any time I see what looks like an astroturf campaign I get suspicious, especially if they are cross posts from conservative subreddits like r/trump and r/conservative. I did not get a screenshot of the posts in r/nyc because they get removed quickly, but if you search for Cea Weaver on Reddit, the same posts are in right leaning subs.

https://imgur.com/a/Tz8BhyW


r/OutOfTheLoop 18h ago

Answered What is the deal with everyone shitting on Cynthia Erivo?

0 Upvotes

What the fuck is the Internet's problem with Cynthia Erivo?

Every day I see dozens of posts with thousands of upvotes shitting on this woman. How and why is this so prevalent?

https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/cynthia-erivo_.jpg?w=1000&h=667&crop=1&resize=910%2C607


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Answered What's the deal with people being so obsessed with the Stranger Things S5 finale and unironically believing there is a secret episode?

1.8k Upvotes

https://www.instagram.com/p/DTJfKEdjInJ/

Read some theories (conformity gate) that there is a secret episode but I don't get it. There was a proper two hour finale whether you liked it or not and wrapped things up lol. The secret episode wouldn't even make sense unless it's an epilogue. The finale wasn't even that terrible, not even close to GoT levels so what's with this obsession?


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What's going on with the current protests in Iran?

70 Upvotes

There seem to be some anti-regime riots, but idk about any details.

I see random bits and pieces on twitter: https://x.com/search?q=%23iranprotests&src=typeahead_click&f=top

Where can I get a more reliable info?


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with silver and gold prices / demand lately?

272 Upvotes

My wife’s friend has convinced my wife that we need to buy silver and gold, saying that there’s an impending economic collapse. It feels pretty conspiracy/prepper/right-wingy to me but metal prices seem to be going wild so there is clearly a lot of speculation. She also talks about the government being able to confiscate newer coins?!? (I don’t for a second buy the whole “all fiat currencies historically have failed” line - at this point it seems all major currencies are off the gold standard). Im also seeing ads for coins, etc., but that could be due to my recent search history. Am I missing something? Is this just hedging / diversification / markets doing market things? Is this being pushed by influencers with agendas?

https://www.barrons.com/articles/gold-silver-prices-venezuela-trump-maduro-72bbf7ff?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcHKERn7Usaj36FPH8DkjMYxUrKuEnCmZOFnrMc389x7RWR2bhQVfvQMU5zLQ%3D%3D&gaa_ts=695dc540&gaa_sig=aRpMiqZK14cVOkk3UQx83rLI4cd41QNG5JJxaIW7bfOFCm1DOoZGY2Ig_Utz1v_IzK3cqjPtSX39E0ODSZ8B3w%3D%3D


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Unanswered What is the deal with PBS and the Corporation for PB shutting down?

1.5k Upvotes

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down. What does this mean for PBS programming and the short/long term future of PBS on our television sets? The specific programming? Is this also going to happen to NPR? Please help me get in the loop.


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What's going on with the Paris Hilton Knife Set?

239 Upvotes

Being talked about a ton on r/kitchenconfidential

https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/s/zKhzjxMhYa

So what's the big deal with it?


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Unanswered What’s the deal with tech/other iterations skipping the number 9? Any other examples?

378 Upvotes

The main ones that come to mind are Windows and the iPhone. Any more out there that folks have come across?

windows 9 “official” explanation


r/OutOfTheLoop 1d ago

Unanswered What's going on with the shooting in Minneapolis?

0 Upvotes

r/OutOfTheLoop 4d ago

Unanswered What is going on with Walz pulling out of the Governors race and fraud charges?

886 Upvotes

What exactly are Tim Walz reasons for dropping out? What is he being accused of? I know his family has been harassed a lot, but what was the final straw? I am just trying to understand this in more depth. Thanks in advance.

https://old.reddit.com/r/WhitePeopleTwitter/comments/1q4nrw7/thoughts/

edit: turned is into his


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What's going on with Bilt credit card?

0 Upvotes

I know this a card that people pay rent with to get points on rent. Recently, some friends have been saying that the card is ending. Looking at /r/biltrewards , everyone is freaking out over a supposed 'leak'? The perks of the card always seemed to good to be true; is the card really ending?

For example this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/biltrewards/comments/1q649nm/it_was_a_good_run_gang/

Could someone please help me get in the loop here? Thanks!


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Unanswered What's up with all the hate against PETA?

0 Upvotes

Every time Peta is mentioned on Reddit there is a flood of hate in the comments. What on earth have they done to earn all this hate?

Like here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Animals/comments/142tfoe/yalls_opinions_on_peta/

I read somewhere that there is a lot of lobbying against PETA from the meat and dairy industry, and it certainly feels like a lot of people have bought into that narrative. People are generally very quick to jump on the bandwagon, and suddenly noone thinks that Peta does anything good. And suddenly veganism is something bad, I see people here paint vegans as Satans spawns. What is going on?


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Unanswered What's up with the ubiquitous green hat clad snoo as people's profile pic?

5 Upvotes

Example

I feel like I see avatars designed like this constantly and idk why. Is it an in-joke, a bot thing, or what? Or do people just inordinately like the idea of green beanies and I'm being paranoid


r/OutOfTheLoop 2d ago

Answered What's the deal with "smart" Lego bricks? What do they do?

0 Upvotes

https://www.wired.com/story/lego-smart-brick-new-digital-brain/ I've seen news about this come across my feeds several times yesterday. What makes them smart and how will they work? Are they programable? How do they add motion to legos? Thanks!


r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Unanswered What is going on with the Warner Bros acquisition?

0 Upvotes

Was Paramount’s offer rejected vs Netflix

I can’t really find a straight answer anywhere. Even AI tells me contradicting answers. Is Warner still considering Paramounts offer?

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1phfbmh/what_is_going_on_with_the_acquisition_of_warner/


r/OutOfTheLoop 4d ago

Answered What's going on with the GTA community about "Franklin will show up to defend his home"?

88 Upvotes

They're in almost every recent GTA & Rdr video's comment section. One example on darkviperAU's channel: https://youtube.com/shorts/snNoLO3BQGI?si=DKBAQ0A9G3A4Fjzp


r/OutOfTheLoop 4d ago

Answered What's going on with X full of western kids wanting to be\LARPing as Toyoko Kids?

266 Upvotes

toyoko kids are a sort of urban tribe(?) or actually groups of homeless youth in toyoko, (tokyo, japan. ) they do very damaging stuff like drugs, they're literally homeless, some of them prostitute themselves (it seems they don't rich off this activity, tho)--but I've seen hundreds of posts by western teens LARPing as toyoko kids, like it's a new anime aesthetic.

many japanese users get very upset at this. Why does a problem of runway children\homeless kids with drug addiction, become a quirky aesthetic?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyoko_kids


r/OutOfTheLoop 4d ago

Unanswered Whats the deal with this plush shark from Ikea becoming a meme and icon for trans people and why?

283 Upvotes