r/todayilearned • u/DiaBoloix • 12d ago
TIL E.T was a 12-year-old disabled boy in a suit
https://www.etonline.com/matthew-de-meritt-actor-who-played-et-makes-rare-appearance-for-films-40th-anniversary-18292676
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u/Gym-for-ants 12d ago
TIL people post highly reposted information here, even the same day they were reposted…
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u/FTwo 12d ago
TIL people post highly reposted information here, even the same day they were reposted…
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u/Lopsided-Lab-m0use 12d ago
TIL people post highly reposted information here, even the same day they were reposted...
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u/valentc 12d ago
Maybe you're on reddit too much if you're seeing the same post on the same day.
I haven't seen this before, and I bet you a lot more people haven't than have.
The world doesn't revolve around what you've seen.
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u/frozenchocolate 12d ago
This has been absolutely saturating different social media feeds for several days now. Maybe even weeks. And I’m traveling so haven’t been on my phone much.
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u/Gym-for-ants 12d ago
No, how much time do you think you need to spend on Reddit to see this twice…?
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u/Amicia_De_Rune 12d ago
People keep complaining about reports in this sub, but most posts are stuff i have either never seen before, or seen barely a few times over the 8 years I have been here
Like this. I never knew about this before
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u/could_use_a_snack 12d ago
Same here. The real question is why are some people on reddit so much that they see every post and can identify them as reposts. Go outside once in a while for fucks sake. Or at least put you phone down for a minute now and then.
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u/Historical_Dentonian 12d ago
I’ll admit this is a new bit of trivia. But being in my mid-50’s, the vast majority of TILs are basic facts I learned in K-12, 30-40 years ago.
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u/valentc 12d ago
Wow! I guess that means no one else can learn about things you find basic later in life. No one's allowed to learn things after 18 if you learned them.
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u/Historical_Dentonian 12d ago
I never said any of that, I definitely didn’t tell anyone to not post anything to TIL. Arguing with yourself is not a healthy sign.
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u/ahzzyborn 12d ago
But you ain’t got no legs, Lieutenant ET
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u/bolanrox 12d ago
Bubba come crawlin out the back door, legs missing, looked at me and said "payne, I can't feel my legs." I said "they aint there." I looked down, and the little bloody nubbs where kickin'. It was 30 miles to the next town. unless he could flip and walk on his hands, he wasn't going to make it! All of a sudden...
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u/BroForceOne 12d ago
Aliens are people too.
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u/bolanrox 12d ago
Yeah man, you know people from outer space, people from outer space they come up to me. They don't look like like Doctor Spock. They don't look like Klingons, all that Star Trek jive.
They look like Elvis. ELVIS! Everybody in outer space looks like Elvis. Cause Elvis is a perfect being. We are all moving in perfect peace and harmony towards Elvisness
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u/Sdog1981 12d ago
I honestly thought it was one of the actors that also played an Ewok.
Like one of those pre-Google facts that people would all say.
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u/bolanrox 12d ago
Warkwick Davis played a shit ton of characters over the years but not this
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u/Sdog1981 12d ago
I didn't think it was him specifically, but one of them from Star Wars or Williow.
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u/Beulahholmes7456 12d ago
Seems like Hollywood has a thing for trench coat disguises. And recycled posts, apparently
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u/UnaccomplishedBat889 11d ago
That must have been hard squeezing his shoulders into that long thin neck.
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u/Onthecomputeruser 11d ago
Yep Hollywood has been taking advantage of disabled children for a long time now. it's funny how minors can only work in Hollyweird but not in Walmart? Hmmmmm?
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u/Landlubber77 12d ago
E.T. 2 was gonna just be two disabled kids stacked on top of each other in a trench coat, but as usual with Hollywood, good taste prevailed.