Comments for Damn Interesting

Comment on Coley’s Cancer-Killing Concoction by Not JarvisLoop

Not JarvisLoop — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:36:35 +0000

@JarvisLoop, I can’t believe you missed this one.

Comment on Otokichi’s Long Trip Home by Not JarvisLoop

Not JarvisLoop — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:05:54 +0000

Can’t believe Jarvis Loop has not found this one yet.

Comment on A Possible Future by Melvin Corpuscle

Melvin Corpuscle — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:32:57 +0000

It’s a cruelty that something as great as DI struggles for lack of $40k when far more useless websites feast on billions. Best of luck!

Comment on A Possible Future by GPB

GPB — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 01:45:35 +0000

Donated. Not a lot but it’s what I could afford. I don’t know how many times I’ve drifted off to sleep aboard a doomed tall ship or somewhere in the dusty American mid-west thanks to this podcast.

Comment on A Possible Future by Daniel L Norred II

Daniel L Norred II — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:30:39 +0000

I was a blue-collar oil field worker when I found DamnInteresting. Through the stories my mind would travel to far away places and transverse through time. Over the years as seasons came and went small talk bothered the strangers and among friends was often created from here. It became a birthplace for my random knowledge to impress others and help them escape.

While it’s not much, I wish that I could single-handedly fund this project indefinitely.

Comment on The Japanese Art of Self-Preservation by Jay

Jay — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:47:59 +0000

One has to admire these monks’ dedication and commitment to their belief. I’m not sure what the legal argument was for making the ritual illegal but that strikes me as the saddest part of the story. A sect that devoted themselves to public service and the love and protection of humanity – we need more of that, not less. Self-mummification was not a requirement, correct? They weren’t forced to do it. They didn’t encourage non-believers to do it. They simply existed; and why not?

Comment on Twenty by Jay

Jay — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:22:34 +0000

Ironically, it was AI that led me back to this site after many years. A victim of information overload, apparently, which seemingly causes me to shed just as much useful information as I ingest; a poor abuser of my limited mammalian brain.

I hope you’re able to keep the lights on and avoid permanent residence in the way back machine.

Comment on Hasty Hostilities by JarvisLoop

JarvisLoop — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:22:02 +0000

Finished.

Comment on Giving the Bird the Bird by darkuncle

darkuncle — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:04:44 +0000

for the many who seem to be ignorant of the Paradox of Intolerance (either purposefully or honestly): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

“Free speech” does not mean “anybody can say whatever they want with no consequences”. https://xkcd.com/1357/

Comment on A Possible Future by Ronika

Ronika — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:59:14 +0000

Donated. Not a lot, but i have a baby on the way so im afraid I can’t give much.

I first discovered this site 13 years ago when I was pregnant with my first, and it helped me get through endless sleepless nights.
Now im pregnant with my last and the only place on the Internet I want to come to at 3am when I can’t sleep is right here.

Thank you Alan for so many years.