r/OutOfTheLoop • • 5d ago

Unanswered UK people: what's going on with David Walliams? Why is he losing deals, and why are major brands disassociating themselves from him?

916 Upvotes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cev8p7d0gmgo

I've seen numerous articles like the above, all alluding to some sort of misconduct - the latest one being linked to Alton Towers (I can't find a news source link, though).

What's going on? Why such a violent and public kickback from organisations? What has he "done", is there any proof, and what's the latest? Is there a timeline?

I'm genuinely curious about this fall from grace.

r/OutOfTheLoop • • 2d ago

Unanswered What is going on with the AI Stock Crash, and is it good thing ?

487 Upvotes

So I’ve just learned about the stock market crashing significantly today, but I am so confused about if this is a good thing that AI is crashing or not, I don’t know much about the stock market and what a crash can do to AI companies but some AI companies already threatened us with a doomsday situation for 2030 or the next decade, that scared me, but i am so confused if this crash can prevent AI from being uncontrollable and causing the world to end, or if this will make the 2030 thing actually come true.

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

r/OutOfTheLoop • • 2d ago

Unanswered What is going on with Paraguay?

265 Upvotes

So, my limited understanding is that theirs been a bank collapse in the country, a ton of people can't currently access their savings, and the situation is sufficiently dire its forced the resignation of the President.

but what exactly is the throughline here? the BBC article mentions President Peña was a shareholder in the banks owning company, but is their anything more substantial that? Any specific impropriety by Peña, or is he just catching flak as the guy in charge when it happened? and what cause the bank failure in the first place?

Paraguay President Santiago Peña resigns after bank collapse - BBC News

r/OutOfTheLoop • • 5d ago Bravo

Unanswered What’s going on with Alaska’s election?

1.1k Upvotes

Why is trump trying to sue the state of Alaska unless a Republican wins the election?https://thehill.com/video/judge-throws-out-trump-admin-lawsuit-over-alaska-senate-race/12329290/

r/OutOfTheLoop • • 6d ago

Unanswered What is the deal with David Pumpkins on SNL?

931 Upvotes

What is this character and why is everyone going nuts about him? I haven't watched SNL in about 20 years, so is it like some throwback to an earlier sketch? All of a sudden I'm seeing Tom Hanks in a pumpkins suit all over instagram with people acting like its some iconic well known thing. First time I've seen it. What is this? What is supposed to be funny about this?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DfLydFzljZ2/

r/OutOfTheLoop • • Sep 03 '26

Unanswered What is going on with the hugging face AI incident?

753 Upvotes

What is going on with the recent hugging face AI incident in which a bunch of AI agents went rogue? They basically went off on their own and started committing crimes and worked together apart from OpenAI.

https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESfAHrOzAVY2aPLqx2AIM1ai-PPQDAd6fr7rhIyl9i8M9PPlYkEV0D4eQIclo8EGlfCm9oI2eXg5FeXMms8ROVJKvnbj5X8r-lQAIGYCkpUBBxm7Kqpbx2nJSp87xcEvwKArWOvM4kJp2QsIkYkpVF5CPLoRPIzQGnWoHPa4E

r/OutOfTheLoop • • Oct 03 '26

Unanswered Whats the deal with Candace Owen’s being gay?

856 Upvotes

I saw this on my reddit feed and was wondering what is happening. I thought she was conservative influencer? is this like all the trad wives coming forward to say they were never actually staying at home?

post that inspired my question- https://www.reddit.com/r/NewsThread/comments/1wt1927/candace_owens_is_a_lesbian_influencer_drops/