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ohenry78 | You actually can! :) Just not U.S. currency (dollars).
The reason you can't print U.S. Dollars is because the dollar is basically a promise of recognition by the U.S. Government. Originally, dollars were a note of promise for a share of the gold kept in the US Treasury, but as the economy grew and this became impractical, the dollar just became a general promise of recognition -- basically, the government says "Yes, we recognize this has a value that can be used nation wide to trade for goods."
That being said, you COULD print your own currency. You could print Wapproval Dollars and distribute them to be used. The problem is that to most people, these would be worthless, because there isn't a general acceptance that they are worth trading for. [Check this story for an example.]( An area in Michigan prints its own private currency that is accepted by businesses and individuals in the area.
TL;DR -- You can't print the US Dollar because the government makes the promise of value and you can't make that promise on its behalf. You can print your own currency, but the power of paper money comes from its universal recognition of value and a local form of currency does not generally have that. | You actually can! :) Just not U.S. currency (dollars).
The reason you can't print U.S. Dollars is because the dollar is basically a promise of recognition by the U.S. Government. Originally, dollars were a note of promise for a share of the gold kept in the US Treasury, but as the economy grew and this became impractical, the dollar just became a general promise of recognition -- basically, the government says "Yes, we recognize this has a value that can be used nation wide to trade for goods."
That being said, you COULD print your own currency. You could print Wapproval Dollars and distribute them to be used. The problem is that to most people, these would be worthless, because there isn't a general acceptance that they are worth trading for. [Check this story for an example.]( An area in Michigan prints its own private currency that is accepted by businesses and individuals in the area.
TL;DR -- You can't print the US Dollar because the government makes the promise of value and you can't make that promise on its behalf. You can print your own currency, but the power of paper money comes from its universal recognition of value and a local form of currency does not generally have that.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cbg9wup | You actually can! :) Just not U.S. currency (dollars).
The reason you can't print U.S. Dollars is because the dollar is basically a promise of recognition by the U.S. Government. Originally, dollars were a note of promise for a share of the gold kept in the US Treasury, but as the economy grew and this became impractical, the dollar just became a general promise of recognition -- basically, the government says "Yes, we recognize this has a value that can be used nation wide to trade for goods."
That being said, you COULD print your own currency. You could print Wapproval Dollars and distribute them to be used. The problem is that to most people, these would be worthless, because there isn't a general acceptance that they are worth trading for. [Check this story for an example.]( An area in Michigan prints its own private currency that is accepted by businesses and individuals in the area. | You can't print the US Dollar because the government makes the promise of value and you can't make that promise on its behalf. You can print your own currency, but the power of paper money comes from its universal recognition of value and a local form of currency does not generally have that. |
LinksAwakening42 | Your post interested me, so I decided to dig deeper. I went to [vgpc.com]( to check the prices of Metroid games against Mario and Zelda games from the same console. I went with the loose price for each game. Outside of the Gamecube and Wii, (and the Wii is a mixed bag) there doesn't seem to be a large price difference between the three franchises. (Apologies for the upcoming wall of text)
On Wii, Metroid Prime 3 is $8.29, which is in the same ballpark as Super Mario Galaxy at $8.02 and the Wii edition of TLoZ:Twilight Princess at $8.97. Other M is only $5.50, but is widely considered the worst Metroid game. Mario Galaxy 2 is $29.09, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is 24.95 and TLoZ:Skyward Sword is $29.48, although it's worth noting that these are newer than Prime 3. Metroid Prime Trilogy clocks in at a hefty $86.50, although it was a fairly limited release (but so was the Wii edition of Super Mario All-Stars which goes for $44.80.)
On Gamecube, the Metroid games are clearly cheaper than Mario and Zelda Games. Metroid Prime is $5.60, and Prime 2 is $9.99. Super Mario Sunshine is more than both of those at $22.74. However, Sunshine is still cheaper than any of the Zelda games available for GameCube. Ocarina of Time + Master Quest is $27.93, the GCN edition of Twilight Princess is $34.77, TLoZ: Collector's Edition is $34.59, and Wind Waker is $35.04.
On SNES, Super Metroid is the highest priced at $39.57. TLoZ: A Link to the Past is $21.57. I personally don't consider SMW2: Yoshi's Island to be a Mario game, but regardless of that it's $20.78. Super Mario World is $10.33, Super Mario All-Stars is $13.94, and the cartridge combining the two is $23.23.
On NES, Metroid goes for $11.99. Super Mario Bros. by itself gets $6.49, with Duck Hunt it gets $5.08, and with DH and World-Class Track and Field it's $2.71. SMB 2 is $11.42 and SMB 3 is $10.44. The Legend of Zelda is $19.26, and Zelda 2 is $10.00.
DS is the other system where the Metroid game is cheapest. Metroid: Hunters is $7.64. Super Mario 64 DS sells for $10.90, and New Super Mario Bros. for $12.55. TLoZ Phantom Hourglass is $14.50, and Spirit Tracks is $15.67.
On GBA, there are ports of the NES games for each, as well as other games. In the "Classic NES Series", SMB is $18.16, TLoZ is $15.37, Zelda 2 is $10.00, and Metroid is $10.25. Metroid Fusion is $11.98, and Metroid: Zero Mission is $14.50. As for the Mario Advance series, the first is $6.50, 2 is $8.11, 3 is $9.00, and 4 is $10.71. TLoZ: A Link to the Past + Four Swords is $13.40, and Minish Cap is $18.00.
For the original Game Boy, it's Metroid 2 at $9.99 compared to Mario Land at $4.50, Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins at $5.00 (you get a golden coin back in change!) and Link's Awakening at $10.15.
TL:DR, the Metroid games tend to cost more than Mario games, but less than Zelda. This trend seems to change in the most recent console generations (GCN, DS, Wii). Maybe /u/Kado_Isuka is on to something about Gamestop driving the price difference. After all, as an independent seller on Ebay or the like, one would probably aim to be between the price Gamestop buys a game at, and the price at which they sell it. | Your post interested me, so I decided to dig deeper. I went to vgpc.com there doesn't seem to be a large price difference between the three franchises. (Apologies for the upcoming wall of text)
On Wii, Metroid Prime 3 is $8.29, which is in the same ballpark as Super Mario Galaxy at $8.02 and the Wii edition of TLoZ:Twilight Princess at $8.97. Other M is only $5.50, but is widely considered the worst Metroid game. Mario Galaxy 2 is $29.09, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is 24.95 and TLoZ:Skyward Sword is $29.48, although it's worth noting that these are newer than Prime 3. Metroid Prime Trilogy clocks in at a hefty $86.50, although it was a fairly limited release (but so was the Wii edition of Super Mario All-Stars which goes for $44.80.)
On Gamecube, the Metroid games are clearly cheaper than Mario and Zelda Games. Metroid Prime is $5.60, and Prime 2 is $9.99. Super Mario Sunshine is more than both of those at $22.74. However, Sunshine is still cheaper than any of the Zelda games available for GameCube. Ocarina of Time + Master Quest is $27.93, the GCN edition of Twilight Princess is $34.77, TLoZ: Collector's Edition is $34.59, and Wind Waker is $35.04.
On SNES, Super Metroid is the highest priced at $39.57. TLoZ: A Link to the Past is $21.57. I personally don't consider SMW2: Yoshi's Island to be a Mario game, but regardless of that it's $20.78. Super Mario World is $10.33, Super Mario All-Stars is $13.94, and the cartridge combining the two is $23.23.
On NES, Metroid goes for $11.99. Super Mario Bros. by itself gets $6.49, with Duck Hunt it gets $5.08, and with DH and World-Class Track and Field it's $2.71. SMB 2 is $11.42 and SMB 3 is $10.44. The Legend of Zelda is $19.26, and Zelda 2 is $10.00.
DS is the other system where the Metroid game is cheapest. Metroid: Hunters is $7.64. Super Mario 64 DS sells for $10.90, and New Super Mario Bros. for $12.55. TLoZ Phantom Hourglass is $14.50, and Spirit Tracks is $15.67.
On GBA, there are ports of the NES games for each, as well as other games. In the "Classic NES Series", SMB is $18.16, TLoZ is $15.37, Zelda 2 is $10.00, and Metroid is $10.25. Metroid Fusion is $11.98, and Metroid: Zero Mission is $14.50. As for the Mario Advance series, the first is $6.50, 2 is $8.11, 3 is $9.00, and 4 is $10.71. TLoZ: A Link to the Past + Four Swords is $13.40, and Minish Cap is $18.00.
For the original Game Boy, it's Metroid 2 at $9.99 compared to Mario Land at $4.50, Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins at $5.00 (you get a golden coin back in change!) and Link's Awakening at $10.15.
TL:DR, the Metroid games tend to cost more than Mario games, but less than Zelda. This trend seems to change in the most recent console generations (GCN, DS, Wii). Maybe /u/Kado_Isuka is on to something about Gamestop driving the price difference. After all, as an independent seller on Ebay or the like, one would probably aim to be between the price Gamestop buys a game at, and the price at which they sell it.
| nintendo | t5_2qhnk | cbgdeqq | Your post interested me, so I decided to dig deeper. I went to vgpc.com there doesn't seem to be a large price difference between the three franchises. (Apologies for the upcoming wall of text)
On Wii, Metroid Prime 3 is $8.29, which is in the same ballpark as Super Mario Galaxy at $8.02 and the Wii edition of TLoZ:Twilight Princess at $8.97. Other M is only $5.50, but is widely considered the worst Metroid game. Mario Galaxy 2 is $29.09, New Super Mario Bros. Wii is 24.95 and TLoZ:Skyward Sword is $29.48, although it's worth noting that these are newer than Prime 3. Metroid Prime Trilogy clocks in at a hefty $86.50, although it was a fairly limited release (but so was the Wii edition of Super Mario All-Stars which goes for $44.80.)
On Gamecube, the Metroid games are clearly cheaper than Mario and Zelda Games. Metroid Prime is $5.60, and Prime 2 is $9.99. Super Mario Sunshine is more than both of those at $22.74. However, Sunshine is still cheaper than any of the Zelda games available for GameCube. Ocarina of Time + Master Quest is $27.93, the GCN edition of Twilight Princess is $34.77, TLoZ: Collector's Edition is $34.59, and Wind Waker is $35.04.
On SNES, Super Metroid is the highest priced at $39.57. TLoZ: A Link to the Past is $21.57. I personally don't consider SMW2: Yoshi's Island to be a Mario game, but regardless of that it's $20.78. Super Mario World is $10.33, Super Mario All-Stars is $13.94, and the cartridge combining the two is $23.23.
On NES, Metroid goes for $11.99. Super Mario Bros. by itself gets $6.49, with Duck Hunt it gets $5.08, and with DH and World-Class Track and Field it's $2.71. SMB 2 is $11.42 and SMB 3 is $10.44. The Legend of Zelda is $19.26, and Zelda 2 is $10.00.
DS is the other system where the Metroid game is cheapest. Metroid: Hunters is $7.64. Super Mario 64 DS sells for $10.90, and New Super Mario Bros. for $12.55. TLoZ Phantom Hourglass is $14.50, and Spirit Tracks is $15.67.
On GBA, there are ports of the NES games for each, as well as other games. In the "Classic NES Series", SMB is $18.16, TLoZ is $15.37, Zelda 2 is $10.00, and Metroid is $10.25. Metroid Fusion is $11.98, and Metroid: Zero Mission is $14.50. As for the Mario Advance series, the first is $6.50, 2 is $8.11, 3 is $9.00, and 4 is $10.71. TLoZ: A Link to the Past + Four Swords is $13.40, and Minish Cap is $18.00.
For the original Game Boy, it's Metroid 2 at $9.99 compared to Mario Land at $4.50, Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins at $5.00 (you get a golden coin back in change!) and Link's Awakening at $10.15. | the Metroid games tend to cost more than Mario games, but less than Zelda. This trend seems to change in the most recent console generations (GCN, DS, Wii). Maybe /u/Kado_Isuka is on to something about Gamestop driving the price difference. After all, as an independent seller on Ebay or the like, one would probably aim to be between the price Gamestop buys a game at, and the price at which they sell it. |
atfyfe | One of the ambushes I was in during the Iraq War:
I was one of the 2 guys on the crest of a bridge right in the killzone. 3 Humvees got across the bridge and engaged the enemy outside the killzone with small arms. The 2 front Humvees in the convoy had SAW gunners up top, but after getting across the bridge just abandoned us. I don't know if it was miscommunication or what. Luckily there was one more SAW in the convoy: mine. I just liked the SAW better than the M16 and so whenever anyone went home for 2-weeks leave I would use their SAW for those 2-weeks as my personal weapon.
Anyway, so my first instinct was to try and close the distance between myself and the enemy (it was a weird bridge and had no sides to take cover). Then I suddenly realize the insanity of what I was doing: ""Why am I charging the enemy, they are like 300 meters away? I need to just return fire out here in the open." So I get down to setup on the edge of the bridge and try and locate the enemy.
So now I'm on the bridge edge and I can hear where the AK47 fire is coming from and I can sort of see where the Soldiers outside the killzone seem to be firing, but I just cannot figure out which window/car/wall the enemies are firing from. From hearing alone I think I've figured out which house it is, but other than that my inner monolouge was: "fuck fuck fuck *where are they* fuck fuck *okay it's that house* fuck fuck fuck *hey, where are the other SAW gunners* fuck fuck".
Unable to locate exactly where the enemy positions were but having a rough guess, I just go with suppressive fire and open up on the house that the best I can tell is where the enemy is firing from. I blanket the house in a zigzag motion like I was painting the wall with bullets.
Now up until this point the only weapons fire has been 5-6 M16s (pew pew) and AK47s (much louder and more intimidating). So we are maybe a minute into this and I finally open up with my machine gun. When I stop, the enemy gun fire also stops.
No enemy dead (we would have heard about it the next day if there had been) and the CPT didn't allow us to go chase the enemy down (I don't know why, he was a total badass and I never thought to ask him why we didn't pursue that day; the enemy blew him up a week later with an IED in the mayor's office and he got a ticket home).
Anyway, I have a meritorious medal that list several engagements and missions that among them cites this incident. So, at least partially, it was an actual suppressive fire award.
**tl;dr**: **Got a medal IRL for suppressive fire with a SAW.**
EDIT: But, yes, in general you want short 3-5 round bursts with your SAW. I got hell from my brothers in arms for firing so many rounds without a kill during this engagement. The fact that we bother to aim and the enemy almost never aims is probably the biggest reason why I am still alive. The enemy always just put their AK's on full auto (usually after taking off the butt-stock since they were firing from the hip) and fired wildly. I had a guy unload with an AK at me from maybe 10-15 feet and not get a single hit. Just think: if you don't aim, you never hit anything at the weapons range--so you 700% more don't want to do that in real combat. | One of the ambushes I was in during the Iraq War:
I was one of the 2 guys on the crest of a bridge right in the killzone. 3 Humvees got across the bridge and engaged the enemy outside the killzone with small arms. The 2 front Humvees in the convoy had SAW gunners up top, but after getting across the bridge just abandoned us. I don't know if it was miscommunication or what. Luckily there was one more SAW in the convoy: mine. I just liked the SAW better than the M16 and so whenever anyone went home for 2-weeks leave I would use their SAW for those 2-weeks as my personal weapon.
Anyway, so my first instinct was to try and close the distance between myself and the enemy (it was a weird bridge and had no sides to take cover). Then I suddenly realize the insanity of what I was doing: ""Why am I charging the enemy, they are like 300 meters away? I need to just return fire out here in the open." So I get down to setup on the edge of the bridge and try and locate the enemy.
So now I'm on the bridge edge and I can hear where the AK47 fire is coming from and I can sort of see where the Soldiers outside the killzone seem to be firing, but I just cannot figure out which window/car/wall the enemies are firing from. From hearing alone I think I've figured out which house it is, but other than that my inner monolouge was: "fuck fuck fuck where are they fuck fuck okay it's that house fuck fuck fuck hey, where are the other SAW gunners fuck fuck".
Unable to locate exactly where the enemy positions were but having a rough guess, I just go with suppressive fire and open up on the house that the best I can tell is where the enemy is firing from. I blanket the house in a zigzag motion like I was painting the wall with bullets.
Now up until this point the only weapons fire has been 5-6 M16s (pew pew) and AK47s (much louder and more intimidating). So we are maybe a minute into this and I finally open up with my machine gun. When I stop, the enemy gun fire also stops.
No enemy dead (we would have heard about it the next day if there had been) and the CPT didn't allow us to go chase the enemy down (I don't know why, he was a total badass and I never thought to ask him why we didn't pursue that day; the enemy blew him up a week later with an IED in the mayor's office and he got a ticket home).
Anyway, I have a meritorious medal that list several engagements and missions that among them cites this incident. So, at least partially, it was an actual suppressive fire award.
tl;dr : Got a medal IRL for suppressive fire with a SAW.
EDIT: But, yes, in general you want short 3-5 round bursts with your SAW. I got hell from my brothers in arms for firing so many rounds without a kill during this engagement. The fact that we bother to aim and the enemy almost never aims is probably the biggest reason why I am still alive. The enemy always just put their AK's on full auto (usually after taking off the butt-stock since they were firing from the hip) and fired wildly. I had a guy unload with an AK at me from maybe 10-15 feet and not get a single hit. Just think: if you don't aim, you never hit anything at the weapons range--so you 700% more don't want to do that in real combat.
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cbgp4h0 | One of the ambushes I was in during the Iraq War:
I was one of the 2 guys on the crest of a bridge right in the killzone. 3 Humvees got across the bridge and engaged the enemy outside the killzone with small arms. The 2 front Humvees in the convoy had SAW gunners up top, but after getting across the bridge just abandoned us. I don't know if it was miscommunication or what. Luckily there was one more SAW in the convoy: mine. I just liked the SAW better than the M16 and so whenever anyone went home for 2-weeks leave I would use their SAW for those 2-weeks as my personal weapon.
Anyway, so my first instinct was to try and close the distance between myself and the enemy (it was a weird bridge and had no sides to take cover). Then I suddenly realize the insanity of what I was doing: ""Why am I charging the enemy, they are like 300 meters away? I need to just return fire out here in the open." So I get down to setup on the edge of the bridge and try and locate the enemy.
So now I'm on the bridge edge and I can hear where the AK47 fire is coming from and I can sort of see where the Soldiers outside the killzone seem to be firing, but I just cannot figure out which window/car/wall the enemies are firing from. From hearing alone I think I've figured out which house it is, but other than that my inner monolouge was: "fuck fuck fuck where are they fuck fuck okay it's that house fuck fuck fuck hey, where are the other SAW gunners fuck fuck".
Unable to locate exactly where the enemy positions were but having a rough guess, I just go with suppressive fire and open up on the house that the best I can tell is where the enemy is firing from. I blanket the house in a zigzag motion like I was painting the wall with bullets.
Now up until this point the only weapons fire has been 5-6 M16s (pew pew) and AK47s (much louder and more intimidating). So we are maybe a minute into this and I finally open up with my machine gun. When I stop, the enemy gun fire also stops.
No enemy dead (we would have heard about it the next day if there had been) and the CPT didn't allow us to go chase the enemy down (I don't know why, he was a total badass and I never thought to ask him why we didn't pursue that day; the enemy blew him up a week later with an IED in the mayor's office and he got a ticket home).
Anyway, I have a meritorious medal that list several engagements and missions that among them cites this incident. So, at least partially, it was an actual suppressive fire award. | Got a medal IRL for suppressive fire with a SAW.
EDIT: But, yes, in general you want short 3-5 round bursts with your SAW. I got hell from my brothers in arms for firing so many rounds without a kill during this engagement. The fact that we bother to aim and the enemy almost never aims is probably the biggest reason why I am still alive. The enemy always just put their AK's on full auto (usually after taking off the butt-stock since they were firing from the hip) and fired wildly. I had a guy unload with an AK at me from maybe 10-15 feet and not get a single hit. Just think: if you don't aim, you never hit anything at the weapons range--so you 700% more don't want to do that in real combat. |
BurntJoint | The problem with interacting online is that you have to infer tone through purely text alone, which leads to many people misunderstanding others posts.
I would like to think we were just discussing things. I've never gotten angry about anything you have said, we just don't agree on certain things, which again, leads people to think if you don't agree on something then you must be fighting about it.
TL;DR - Disagreements ≠ Arguments.
[Or in other words...]( | The problem with interacting online is that you have to infer tone through purely text alone, which leads to many people misunderstanding others posts.
I would like to think we were just discussing things. I've never gotten angry about anything you have said, we just don't agree on certain things, which again, leads people to think if you don't agree on something then you must be fighting about it.
TL;DR - Disagreements ≠ Arguments.
[Or in other words...](
| SNSD | t5_2s1g4 | cbgnufz | The problem with interacting online is that you have to infer tone through purely text alone, which leads to many people misunderstanding others posts.
I would like to think we were just discussing things. I've never gotten angry about anything you have said, we just don't agree on certain things, which again, leads people to think if you don't agree on something then you must be fighting about it. | Disagreements ≠ Arguments.
[Or in other words...]( |
colmshan1990 | I don't think that's what happens.
The adverts are changed regularly depending on who is watching on TV yes.
But they're not superimposed.
I'm a season ticket holder for home matches for the Republic of Ireland. In the Aviva Stadium, a modern ground only a few years old, it is not uncommon to see the LED boards display adverts in a foreign language. This is because when Ireland play the likes of Germany or Russia, there are more Germans or Russians watching than Irish (with the massive differences in population).
There's no technical trickery happening on TV, as it is seen in the grounds as well. They simply put an ad on the boards for the audience that is watching.
And it's not just LED boards (which are popular simply because they rotate through a few adverts in a loop during a game) which do it. The old standard non-electronic boards, which didn't change at all, often showed foreign adverts in international matches. We still see them when Ireland play away at smaller countries like the Faroes for example, where Irish boards are displayed next to the pitch.
The blackout had no effect on them at Craven Cottage because the floodlights are on a different power supply to the boards. It was only a partial blackout (as are all the stadium blackouts I can think of), how else do you think the camera is still going!?
TL;DR: The boards ARE configurable. However, what they show will be the same whether viewed on TV from Britain or China. The boards show foreign adverts when advertisers believe enough people of that ethnicity will be watching to justify the outlay. | I don't think that's what happens.
The adverts are changed regularly depending on who is watching on TV yes.
But they're not superimposed.
I'm a season ticket holder for home matches for the Republic of Ireland. In the Aviva Stadium, a modern ground only a few years old, it is not uncommon to see the LED boards display adverts in a foreign language. This is because when Ireland play the likes of Germany or Russia, there are more Germans or Russians watching than Irish (with the massive differences in population).
There's no technical trickery happening on TV, as it is seen in the grounds as well. They simply put an ad on the boards for the audience that is watching.
And it's not just LED boards (which are popular simply because they rotate through a few adverts in a loop during a game) which do it. The old standard non-electronic boards, which didn't change at all, often showed foreign adverts in international matches. We still see them when Ireland play away at smaller countries like the Faroes for example, where Irish boards are displayed next to the pitch.
The blackout had no effect on them at Craven Cottage because the floodlights are on a different power supply to the boards. It was only a partial blackout (as are all the stadium blackouts I can think of), how else do you think the camera is still going!?
TL;DR: The boards ARE configurable. However, what they show will be the same whether viewed on TV from Britain or China. The boards show foreign adverts when advertisers believe enough people of that ethnicity will be watching to justify the outlay.
| soccer | t5_2qi58 | cbgnq0i | I don't think that's what happens.
The adverts are changed regularly depending on who is watching on TV yes.
But they're not superimposed.
I'm a season ticket holder for home matches for the Republic of Ireland. In the Aviva Stadium, a modern ground only a few years old, it is not uncommon to see the LED boards display adverts in a foreign language. This is because when Ireland play the likes of Germany or Russia, there are more Germans or Russians watching than Irish (with the massive differences in population).
There's no technical trickery happening on TV, as it is seen in the grounds as well. They simply put an ad on the boards for the audience that is watching.
And it's not just LED boards (which are popular simply because they rotate through a few adverts in a loop during a game) which do it. The old standard non-electronic boards, which didn't change at all, often showed foreign adverts in international matches. We still see them when Ireland play away at smaller countries like the Faroes for example, where Irish boards are displayed next to the pitch.
The blackout had no effect on them at Craven Cottage because the floodlights are on a different power supply to the boards. It was only a partial blackout (as are all the stadium blackouts I can think of), how else do you think the camera is still going!? | The boards ARE configurable. However, what they show will be the same whether viewed on TV from Britain or China. The boards show foreign adverts when advertisers believe enough people of that ethnicity will be watching to justify the outlay. |
Costnungen | .. Maybe. I don't know for sure, so I wont pretend that I do. However, the Old English word for Knave was: cnafa, and the Old English word for Knight was cniht. They have the same beginning, but that doesn't necessarily imply relation.
They do however, have similar meanings. Cniht was a poor serving boy. The word implied a sense of duty to one's master. Cnafa was a poor serving boy, with no implication of feelings towards one's master. The definitions are rather similar, so it looks like ther's some relation. They may have come from the same word further back, or just happen to have the same beginnings. I wish I still had access to the Oxford English Dictionary, because Merriam-Webster is just so lackluster in information. OED details when the word came into common use, or when the definition changed.
tl;dr. They're probably related, but I can't give you any definite answer because I'm lacking information. | .. Maybe. I don't know for sure, so I wont pretend that I do. However, the Old English word for Knave was: cnafa, and the Old English word for Knight was cniht. They have the same beginning, but that doesn't necessarily imply relation.
They do however, have similar meanings. Cniht was a poor serving boy. The word implied a sense of duty to one's master. Cnafa was a poor serving boy, with no implication of feelings towards one's master. The definitions are rather similar, so it looks like ther's some relation. They may have come from the same word further back, or just happen to have the same beginnings. I wish I still had access to the Oxford English Dictionary, because Merriam-Webster is just so lackluster in information. OED details when the word came into common use, or when the definition changed.
tl;dr. They're probably related, but I can't give you any definite answer because I'm lacking information.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cbh2fby | Maybe. I don't know for sure, so I wont pretend that I do. However, the Old English word for Knave was: cnafa, and the Old English word for Knight was cniht. They have the same beginning, but that doesn't necessarily imply relation.
They do however, have similar meanings. Cniht was a poor serving boy. The word implied a sense of duty to one's master. Cnafa was a poor serving boy, with no implication of feelings towards one's master. The definitions are rather similar, so it looks like ther's some relation. They may have come from the same word further back, or just happen to have the same beginnings. I wish I still had access to the Oxford English Dictionary, because Merriam-Webster is just so lackluster in information. OED details when the word came into common use, or when the definition changed. | They're probably related, but I can't give you any definite answer because I'm lacking information. |
insular_majuscule | Japanese uses kanji, which is a variant on the hanzi (logophonetic), which can be read as phonetically Japanese OR phonetically Chinese, on top of which the phonetic reading actually depends on the historic era when it was imported into the Japanese system. Plus it has TWO syllabaries--hiragana and katakana--and uses bits and pieces of the Roman alphabet (romaji, I think it's called?), and uses special types of miniature kana that I can't remember the name of to indicate certain phonetic readings. All of these can be mixed up [seemingly] at random in the same sentence.
On top of all of this, the majority of the language is written in kanji, but kanji are adapted hanzi, which were created to represent a tonal, isolating language. Japanese is a non-tonal inflectional language with no family relationship to the Sino-Tibetan languages (specifically the ancestor of Mandarin which hanzi seem to have been created for), so you might as well try to write German with Chinese characters. It's a complete phonetic mismatch.
TL;DR: Trying to fit a linguistic square peg into a typographical round hole with the use of brute force and bloody-mindedness.
EDIT: A linguist/archaeologist buddy of mine is doing a fab lecture series on this with The Great Courses, but it's not out yet. I'd love to be able to refer people to it, but alas. | Japanese uses kanji, which is a variant on the hanzi (logophonetic), which can be read as phonetically Japanese OR phonetically Chinese, on top of which the phonetic reading actually depends on the historic era when it was imported into the Japanese system. Plus it has TWO syllabaries--hiragana and katakana--and uses bits and pieces of the Roman alphabet (romaji, I think it's called?), and uses special types of miniature kana that I can't remember the name of to indicate certain phonetic readings. All of these can be mixed up [seemingly] at random in the same sentence.
On top of all of this, the majority of the language is written in kanji, but kanji are adapted hanzi, which were created to represent a tonal, isolating language. Japanese is a non-tonal inflectional language with no family relationship to the Sino-Tibetan languages (specifically the ancestor of Mandarin which hanzi seem to have been created for), so you might as well try to write German with Chinese characters. It's a complete phonetic mismatch.
TL;DR: Trying to fit a linguistic square peg into a typographical round hole with the use of brute force and bloody-mindedness.
EDIT: A linguist/archaeologist buddy of mine is doing a fab lecture series on this with The Great Courses, but it's not out yet. I'd love to be able to refer people to it, but alas.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cbh313s | Japanese uses kanji, which is a variant on the hanzi (logophonetic), which can be read as phonetically Japanese OR phonetically Chinese, on top of which the phonetic reading actually depends on the historic era when it was imported into the Japanese system. Plus it has TWO syllabaries--hiragana and katakana--and uses bits and pieces of the Roman alphabet (romaji, I think it's called?), and uses special types of miniature kana that I can't remember the name of to indicate certain phonetic readings. All of these can be mixed up [seemingly] at random in the same sentence.
On top of all of this, the majority of the language is written in kanji, but kanji are adapted hanzi, which were created to represent a tonal, isolating language. Japanese is a non-tonal inflectional language with no family relationship to the Sino-Tibetan languages (specifically the ancestor of Mandarin which hanzi seem to have been created for), so you might as well try to write German with Chinese characters. It's a complete phonetic mismatch. | Trying to fit a linguistic square peg into a typographical round hole with the use of brute force and bloody-mindedness.
EDIT: A linguist/archaeologist buddy of mine is doing a fab lecture series on this with The Great Courses, but it's not out yet. I'd love to be able to refer people to it, but alas. |
graywolfman | Netflix seems to grab some shows, then drop them, then re-add them. I was re-watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood on Netflix. They dropped it, so I went to Hulu/Funimation... then suddenly they became subscription only. Checked Netflix again and it's back... unfortunately it's hard to keep track of who has rights to what.
**TL;DR:** It seems Crunchyroll is one of the more stable and easily followed subscription services. | Netflix seems to grab some shows, then drop them, then re-add them. I was re-watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood on Netflix. They dropped it, so I went to Hulu/Funimation... then suddenly they became subscription only. Checked Netflix again and it's back... unfortunately it's hard to keep track of who has rights to what.
TL;DR: It seems Crunchyroll is one of the more stable and easily followed subscription services.
| anime | t5_2qh22 | cbgqk4y | Netflix seems to grab some shows, then drop them, then re-add them. I was re-watching Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood on Netflix. They dropped it, so I went to Hulu/Funimation... then suddenly they became subscription only. Checked Netflix again and it's back... unfortunately it's hard to keep track of who has rights to what. | It seems Crunchyroll is one of the more stable and easily followed subscription services. |
itsabearcannon | I hate to be that guy, but the 4670K doesn't "have futureproofing", especially for the reasons you indicated. The i3-4130 is "in the latest generation" and "in the new socket", but nobody would say that guarantees future-proofing. On the other hand, the i7-3930K or i7-3820 are about to be last-gen parts on a socket that's not new, but they are significantly more "future-proof" due to their raw compute performance.
tl;dr - If OP is going for "future-proofing", they should get a Haswell i7. If OP understands "future-proofing" is an uphill battle with desktop PC's, they should go with the Haswell i5. | I hate to be that guy, but the 4670K doesn't "have futureproofing", especially for the reasons you indicated. The i3-4130 is "in the latest generation" and "in the new socket", but nobody would say that guarantees future-proofing. On the other hand, the i7-3930K or i7-3820 are about to be last-gen parts on a socket that's not new, but they are significantly more "future-proof" due to their raw compute performance.
tl;dr - If OP is going for "future-proofing", they should get a Haswell i7. If OP understands "future-proofing" is an uphill battle with desktop PC's, they should go with the Haswell i5.
| buildapc | t5_2rnve | cbgqefe | I hate to be that guy, but the 4670K doesn't "have futureproofing", especially for the reasons you indicated. The i3-4130 is "in the latest generation" and "in the new socket", but nobody would say that guarantees future-proofing. On the other hand, the i7-3930K or i7-3820 are about to be last-gen parts on a socket that's not new, but they are significantly more "future-proof" due to their raw compute performance. | If OP is going for "future-proofing", they should get a Haswell i7. If OP understands "future-proofing" is an uphill battle with desktop PC's, they should go with the Haswell i5. |
Hbaus | Okay, so I just got the of USS Yorktown from an overnight stay for 2 nights as part of a scout trip. Apparently the are ghosts on the ship, I mean the people who run the museum had ghost hunters come in and do stuff like look for ghosts, paranormal activity and such, yeah it that bad. So I suppose the museum curators decided to capitalize off of it, (who wouldn't ?) by creating a "ghost tour" for the ship. The guy who led us around is an ex homicide detective and book writer who worked security for the boat and has experienced "unexplained events" such as seeing things, being pushed, hearing sounds, etc. So this guy is our guide and we (me my friend and his friends) go about the ship learning history and such and scary stuff that could be used around a campfire. Well, we don't see or experience anything, and our guide is a little annoyed at the lack of display if you will, UNTIL we get to the flight deck. We're on the deck about to conclude the tour when my buddy notices some THING moving about on the other end of the deck against a reflection on the hull of an aircraft, we all look and cant believe our eyes this "shadow" if you will, moves across the flight deck and disappears, well our guide radios security only to find they're out and about below us so nothing but the guide and the group. We go over to the other end of the deck and nobody's there, typical right? Before we can catch our breath we hear a shriek, from one of the girls on the tour, I swivel a round to see a man in khakis (WWII era Navy uni) booking it across the deck. I mean its like the guy was being chased or running away from an explosion, so he's running everybody stares as he just jumps over the edge, no splash nothing. Scariest night of my life
**TL:DR** you get what you pay for
EDIT: | Okay, so I just got the of USS Yorktown from an overnight stay for 2 nights as part of a scout trip. Apparently the are ghosts on the ship, I mean the people who run the museum had ghost hunters come in and do stuff like look for ghosts, paranormal activity and such, yeah it that bad. So I suppose the museum curators decided to capitalize off of it, (who wouldn't ?) by creating a "ghost tour" for the ship. The guy who led us around is an ex homicide detective and book writer who worked security for the boat and has experienced "unexplained events" such as seeing things, being pushed, hearing sounds, etc. So this guy is our guide and we (me my friend and his friends) go about the ship learning history and such and scary stuff that could be used around a campfire. Well, we don't see or experience anything, and our guide is a little annoyed at the lack of display if you will, UNTIL we get to the flight deck. We're on the deck about to conclude the tour when my buddy notices some THING moving about on the other end of the deck against a reflection on the hull of an aircraft, we all look and cant believe our eyes this "shadow" if you will, moves across the flight deck and disappears, well our guide radios security only to find they're out and about below us so nothing but the guide and the group. We go over to the other end of the deck and nobody's there, typical right? Before we can catch our breath we hear a shriek, from one of the girls on the tour, I swivel a round to see a man in khakis (WWII era Navy uni) booking it across the deck. I mean its like the guy was being chased or running away from an explosion, so he's running everybody stares as he just jumps over the edge, no splash nothing. Scariest night of my life
TL:DR you get what you pay for
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| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbgtekx | Okay, so I just got the of USS Yorktown from an overnight stay for 2 nights as part of a scout trip. Apparently the are ghosts on the ship, I mean the people who run the museum had ghost hunters come in and do stuff like look for ghosts, paranormal activity and such, yeah it that bad. So I suppose the museum curators decided to capitalize off of it, (who wouldn't ?) by creating a "ghost tour" for the ship. The guy who led us around is an ex homicide detective and book writer who worked security for the boat and has experienced "unexplained events" such as seeing things, being pushed, hearing sounds, etc. So this guy is our guide and we (me my friend and his friends) go about the ship learning history and such and scary stuff that could be used around a campfire. Well, we don't see or experience anything, and our guide is a little annoyed at the lack of display if you will, UNTIL we get to the flight deck. We're on the deck about to conclude the tour when my buddy notices some THING moving about on the other end of the deck against a reflection on the hull of an aircraft, we all look and cant believe our eyes this "shadow" if you will, moves across the flight deck and disappears, well our guide radios security only to find they're out and about below us so nothing but the guide and the group. We go over to the other end of the deck and nobody's there, typical right? Before we can catch our breath we hear a shriek, from one of the girls on the tour, I swivel a round to see a man in khakis (WWII era Navy uni) booking it across the deck. I mean its like the guy was being chased or running away from an explosion, so he's running everybody stares as he just jumps over the edge, no splash nothing. Scariest night of my life | you get what you pay for
EDIT: |
analconnection | Posted this once before. Nothing supernatural, rather surreal.
I was in switzerland and went hiking, wanted to get to the top of a mountain. The weather was shit, at the worst point I could see about 5 meters further, it was that foggy. I lost the trail and just continued going up, wanting to reach the top. I was 16 or 17.
The visibility kept getting worse and worse. Then at one point, I saw a ray of sunlight, then more and more. It kept getting brighter. I looked behind me and realized I was above the clouds. The weather was totally clear and you could see other mountain tops. It was truly amazing. I cried tears of happiness & joy.
TL;DR: Got lost hiking up a mountain alone in shitty weather, got above the clouds to see a view similar to [this]( | Posted this once before. Nothing supernatural, rather surreal.
I was in switzerland and went hiking, wanted to get to the top of a mountain. The weather was shit, at the worst point I could see about 5 meters further, it was that foggy. I lost the trail and just continued going up, wanting to reach the top. I was 16 or 17.
The visibility kept getting worse and worse. Then at one point, I saw a ray of sunlight, then more and more. It kept getting brighter. I looked behind me and realized I was above the clouds. The weather was totally clear and you could see other mountain tops. It was truly amazing. I cried tears of happiness & joy.
TL;DR: Got lost hiking up a mountain alone in shitty weather, got above the clouds to see a view similar to [this](
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbgtdih | Posted this once before. Nothing supernatural, rather surreal.
I was in switzerland and went hiking, wanted to get to the top of a mountain. The weather was shit, at the worst point I could see about 5 meters further, it was that foggy. I lost the trail and just continued going up, wanting to reach the top. I was 16 or 17.
The visibility kept getting worse and worse. Then at one point, I saw a ray of sunlight, then more and more. It kept getting brighter. I looked behind me and realized I was above the clouds. The weather was totally clear and you could see other mountain tops. It was truly amazing. I cried tears of happiness & joy. | Got lost hiking up a mountain alone in shitty weather, got above the clouds to see a view similar to [this]( |
electrophile91 | No, it depends...
>The study used standard NIDA cannabis with 4% THC content. A quantitative analysis found that the Volcano® delivered 46% of the THC into vapor following three 45-second exposures of the sample to the heat. This compares favorably with the typical efficiency of marijuana cigarettes as observed in other studies, which depending on conditions can fall below 25% due to loss of THC in sidestream smoke. An important feature of the Volcano® is that it uses a balloon to capture the vapor, thereby avoiding leakage to the air. It is possible that higher THC efficiencies could have been reached with the Volcano® by stirring the sample around and exposing it to more heat.
The combusted sample achieved a relatively high THC efficiency of 78% upon complete combustion. The high efficiency seems due to the fact that the sample was completely consumed by combustion, and that smoke leakage was effectively prevented by the laboratory setup. Similar conditions do not obtain under normal circumstances when a marijuana cigarette is smoked and much of the THC is lost to the air or left in the unburned "roach."
tl;dr vaping is competitively effective compared with various different smoking techniques, it probably is less efficient than using a pipe or bong, but more efficient than a joint, although in the case of vaping, the remaining 'ABV' still contains the unused cannabinoids and can be eaten, re-vaped or smoked. | No, it depends...
>The study used standard NIDA cannabis with 4% THC content. A quantitative analysis found that the Volcano® delivered 46% of the THC into vapor following three 45-second exposures of the sample to the heat. This compares favorably with the typical efficiency of marijuana cigarettes as observed in other studies, which depending on conditions can fall below 25% due to loss of THC in sidestream smoke. An important feature of the Volcano® is that it uses a balloon to capture the vapor, thereby avoiding leakage to the air. It is possible that higher THC efficiencies could have been reached with the Volcano® by stirring the sample around and exposing it to more heat.
The combusted sample achieved a relatively high THC efficiency of 78% upon complete combustion. The high efficiency seems due to the fact that the sample was completely consumed by combustion, and that smoke leakage was effectively prevented by the laboratory setup. Similar conditions do not obtain under normal circumstances when a marijuana cigarette is smoked and much of the THC is lost to the air or left in the unburned "roach."
tl;dr vaping is competitively effective compared with various different smoking techniques, it probably is less efficient than using a pipe or bong, but more efficient than a joint, although in the case of vaping, the remaining 'ABV' still contains the unused cannabinoids and can be eaten, re-vaped or smoked.
| see | t5_2svuj | cbh9ya7 | No, it depends...
>The study used standard NIDA cannabis with 4% THC content. A quantitative analysis found that the Volcano® delivered 46% of the THC into vapor following three 45-second exposures of the sample to the heat. This compares favorably with the typical efficiency of marijuana cigarettes as observed in other studies, which depending on conditions can fall below 25% due to loss of THC in sidestream smoke. An important feature of the Volcano® is that it uses a balloon to capture the vapor, thereby avoiding leakage to the air. It is possible that higher THC efficiencies could have been reached with the Volcano® by stirring the sample around and exposing it to more heat.
The combusted sample achieved a relatively high THC efficiency of 78% upon complete combustion. The high efficiency seems due to the fact that the sample was completely consumed by combustion, and that smoke leakage was effectively prevented by the laboratory setup. Similar conditions do not obtain under normal circumstances when a marijuana cigarette is smoked and much of the THC is lost to the air or left in the unburned "roach." | vaping is competitively effective compared with various different smoking techniques, it probably is less efficient than using a pipe or bong, but more efficient than a joint, although in the case of vaping, the remaining 'ABV' still contains the unused cannabinoids and can be eaten, re-vaped or smoked. |
Likes_Everything | Over Christmas break I was in tech school for the Air Force, so I had had a little freedom, but nothing like before I went to basic training in August. Anyway, we got a week off in December and I had the best, freest week of my life.
I hadn't spent any money I made since joining so I got a train ticket from Maryland where I was stationed for school and took it down to D.C., stayed there a few hours. Union Station is pretty close to the Mall. Then I took the train again to Chicago and had some pizza and shopped around. I was alone this whole time, but on thw train I met several interesting people, had time to write, and I had been stuck the past four months constantly around another person. Even in tech school I had a roommate so I was never alone.
The three-day trip home to Kansas City was only the beginning, but its one of the coolest things I've ever done. Every Union Station is awesome. Its amazing how much fun a vacation can be when you have money to throw into everything.
tl; dr: I rode amtrak for the first time. 10/10 would recommend. | Over Christmas break I was in tech school for the Air Force, so I had had a little freedom, but nothing like before I went to basic training in August. Anyway, we got a week off in December and I had the best, freest week of my life.
I hadn't spent any money I made since joining so I got a train ticket from Maryland where I was stationed for school and took it down to D.C., stayed there a few hours. Union Station is pretty close to the Mall. Then I took the train again to Chicago and had some pizza and shopped around. I was alone this whole time, but on thw train I met several interesting people, had time to write, and I had been stuck the past four months constantly around another person. Even in tech school I had a roommate so I was never alone.
The three-day trip home to Kansas City was only the beginning, but its one of the coolest things I've ever done. Every Union Station is awesome. Its amazing how much fun a vacation can be when you have money to throw into everything.
tl; dr: I rode amtrak for the first time. 10/10 would recommend.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbh2a7a | Over Christmas break I was in tech school for the Air Force, so I had had a little freedom, but nothing like before I went to basic training in August. Anyway, we got a week off in December and I had the best, freest week of my life.
I hadn't spent any money I made since joining so I got a train ticket from Maryland where I was stationed for school and took it down to D.C., stayed there a few hours. Union Station is pretty close to the Mall. Then I took the train again to Chicago and had some pizza and shopped around. I was alone this whole time, but on thw train I met several interesting people, had time to write, and I had been stuck the past four months constantly around another person. Even in tech school I had a roommate so I was never alone.
The three-day trip home to Kansas City was only the beginning, but its one of the coolest things I've ever done. Every Union Station is awesome. Its amazing how much fun a vacation can be when you have money to throw into everything. | I rode amtrak for the first time. 10/10 would recommend. |
bbrianagnar | Went through the same thing as a teen. I was 17, so my mom went to the doctor with me and I knew I wasn't pregnant, so I wasn't trippin'. Then the doctor asked if I was sexually active and all that and then I was freaking out a bit. Then I was scared that I was pregnant even though I knew I wasn't. Then she came back and was like you're not pregnant but your hormones are all jacked up and you've probably had an irregular cycle always, right? Then my mom, right before the doctor was leaving the room, "can we get a birth control prescription for her?"
tl;dr: I love my mom. | Went through the same thing as a teen. I was 17, so my mom went to the doctor with me and I knew I wasn't pregnant, so I wasn't trippin'. Then the doctor asked if I was sexually active and all that and then I was freaking out a bit. Then I was scared that I was pregnant even though I knew I wasn't. Then she came back and was like you're not pregnant but your hormones are all jacked up and you've probably had an irregular cycle always, right? Then my mom, right before the doctor was leaving the room, "can we get a birth control prescription for her?"
tl;dr: I love my mom.
| TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | cbhm4zx | Went through the same thing as a teen. I was 17, so my mom went to the doctor with me and I knew I wasn't pregnant, so I wasn't trippin'. Then the doctor asked if I was sexually active and all that and then I was freaking out a bit. Then I was scared that I was pregnant even though I knew I wasn't. Then she came back and was like you're not pregnant but your hormones are all jacked up and you've probably had an irregular cycle always, right? Then my mom, right before the doctor was leaving the room, "can we get a birth control prescription for her?" | I love my mom. |
TheButcherr | My parents were in Amway during most of my childhood. I got dragged across the country to conventions and seminars all of the time. It was cool, I got to hang out in expensive hotels and meet multi-millionaires. They weren't all that high up the food chain, (I think they got to the Pearl level or whatever the fuck that is, but they got a oyster in a jar for it) but they made some ok money. It may not have been that much if you counted out all the hours they put into it, but they still receive checks in the mail from it (now like 15ish years later). My dad has said that he would never have been as successful as he is without Amway. Not necessarily just because of the cash, (which did help bankroll his own business) but because it made him talk to people. He had to go out and bring up this business opportunity to family, friends, and even strangers. He broke through any anxiety of that kind of situation, which allowed him to be more brazen and go on and be successful at other things.
TL;DR - Parents were in Amway, made a little cash and experience and don't regret it. | My parents were in Amway during most of my childhood. I got dragged across the country to conventions and seminars all of the time. It was cool, I got to hang out in expensive hotels and meet multi-millionaires. They weren't all that high up the food chain, (I think they got to the Pearl level or whatever the fuck that is, but they got a oyster in a jar for it) but they made some ok money. It may not have been that much if you counted out all the hours they put into it, but they still receive checks in the mail from it (now like 15ish years later). My dad has said that he would never have been as successful as he is without Amway. Not necessarily just because of the cash, (which did help bankroll his own business) but because it made him talk to people. He had to go out and bring up this business opportunity to family, friends, and even strangers. He broke through any anxiety of that kind of situation, which allowed him to be more brazen and go on and be successful at other things.
TL;DR - Parents were in Amway, made a little cash and experience and don't regret it.
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cbhma67 | My parents were in Amway during most of my childhood. I got dragged across the country to conventions and seminars all of the time. It was cool, I got to hang out in expensive hotels and meet multi-millionaires. They weren't all that high up the food chain, (I think they got to the Pearl level or whatever the fuck that is, but they got a oyster in a jar for it) but they made some ok money. It may not have been that much if you counted out all the hours they put into it, but they still receive checks in the mail from it (now like 15ish years later). My dad has said that he would never have been as successful as he is without Amway. Not necessarily just because of the cash, (which did help bankroll his own business) but because it made him talk to people. He had to go out and bring up this business opportunity to family, friends, and even strangers. He broke through any anxiety of that kind of situation, which allowed him to be more brazen and go on and be successful at other things. | Parents were in Amway, made a little cash and experience and don't regret it. |
Ajegwu | Let me give you a little personal history first. In 1993 I joined Amway for a few months and swore off MLM as a scam for idiots. Since then, I started a new unit at Blue Cross/Blue Shield, worked on the trading floor at Bank of America Headquarters, worked in the Back Office Server group at Microsoft, and started my own consulting company all before joining Ambit Energy, a MLM electricity and natural gas supply company.
What I learned from Ambit is that ONLY smart, capable, and driven people who know other smart, capable, and driven people will succeed in MLM.
The real problems I've had, which made me stop working at it, even after having some success and setting up a residual income, is all the people that claim to be driven, pay to sign up, never go as far to even open the welcome kit box, and get pissed off that checks didn't start magically showing up in the mail.
I really do believe that while most MLM are either complete bullshit, or too old to get in early enough, I know, from personal experience, that there is at least one exception. Even with that, I've yet to find a single person willing to simply ask a few people "Are you interested in making some more money?"
Another really big problem is that most smart, capable, and driven people catch a whiff of MLM and forget all their manners. People who have respected me for decades and made shittons of money off of me, my ideas, and my efforts over the years become complete cunts when they heard all of 3 seconds of this idea.
TL;DR: You've got it backwards. Smart, capable, and driven people are ideal for a (admittedly rare non-scam) MLM, but the millions of people that sign up are usually none of the above. They're looking to get rich quick, and the reality is that like anything else worth doing, it is a lot of hard work and it takes a long time. | Let me give you a little personal history first. In 1993 I joined Amway for a few months and swore off MLM as a scam for idiots. Since then, I started a new unit at Blue Cross/Blue Shield, worked on the trading floor at Bank of America Headquarters, worked in the Back Office Server group at Microsoft, and started my own consulting company all before joining Ambit Energy, a MLM electricity and natural gas supply company.
What I learned from Ambit is that ONLY smart, capable, and driven people who know other smart, capable, and driven people will succeed in MLM.
The real problems I've had, which made me stop working at it, even after having some success and setting up a residual income, is all the people that claim to be driven, pay to sign up, never go as far to even open the welcome kit box, and get pissed off that checks didn't start magically showing up in the mail.
I really do believe that while most MLM are either complete bullshit, or too old to get in early enough, I know, from personal experience, that there is at least one exception. Even with that, I've yet to find a single person willing to simply ask a few people "Are you interested in making some more money?"
Another really big problem is that most smart, capable, and driven people catch a whiff of MLM and forget all their manners. People who have respected me for decades and made shittons of money off of me, my ideas, and my efforts over the years become complete cunts when they heard all of 3 seconds of this idea.
TL;DR: You've got it backwards. Smart, capable, and driven people are ideal for a (admittedly rare non-scam) MLM, but the millions of people that sign up are usually none of the above. They're looking to get rich quick, and the reality is that like anything else worth doing, it is a lot of hard work and it takes a long time.
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cbhnbuq | Let me give you a little personal history first. In 1993 I joined Amway for a few months and swore off MLM as a scam for idiots. Since then, I started a new unit at Blue Cross/Blue Shield, worked on the trading floor at Bank of America Headquarters, worked in the Back Office Server group at Microsoft, and started my own consulting company all before joining Ambit Energy, a MLM electricity and natural gas supply company.
What I learned from Ambit is that ONLY smart, capable, and driven people who know other smart, capable, and driven people will succeed in MLM.
The real problems I've had, which made me stop working at it, even after having some success and setting up a residual income, is all the people that claim to be driven, pay to sign up, never go as far to even open the welcome kit box, and get pissed off that checks didn't start magically showing up in the mail.
I really do believe that while most MLM are either complete bullshit, or too old to get in early enough, I know, from personal experience, that there is at least one exception. Even with that, I've yet to find a single person willing to simply ask a few people "Are you interested in making some more money?"
Another really big problem is that most smart, capable, and driven people catch a whiff of MLM and forget all their manners. People who have respected me for decades and made shittons of money off of me, my ideas, and my efforts over the years become complete cunts when they heard all of 3 seconds of this idea. | You've got it backwards. Smart, capable, and driven people are ideal for a (admittedly rare non-scam) MLM, but the millions of people that sign up are usually none of the above. They're looking to get rich quick, and the reality is that like anything else worth doing, it is a lot of hard work and it takes a long time. |
Northern64 | You have asserted that the people who would not join an MLM, are those who are; smart, driven, and/or, well connected. And while you are likely correct that many smart, driven, and/or well connected individuals will likely avoid MLMs, your assertion fails to entertain a certain subset of individuals who exploit the structure of MLMs.
I am refering to those individuals who are aware that the company is an MLM and that the likely hood of actually making it big are slim to none, but they join because they are smart driven and well connected, and they use their intelligence as a point of leverage in exploiting their network of friends and family, which they acquired from being well connected, and they continue to do so because of their drive. It is a short term solution to a lack of money, and one that require there be no remorse for essentially stealing from your friends and family. but these people do exist and unfortunately in such a large number that MLMs can actually bank on there being enough of these individuals to help drive their profits higher.
TL;DR smart, driven, well connected people can and do join MLMs because MLMs are scams that allow for the leveraging of those connections | You have asserted that the people who would not join an MLM, are those who are; smart, driven, and/or, well connected. And while you are likely correct that many smart, driven, and/or well connected individuals will likely avoid MLMs, your assertion fails to entertain a certain subset of individuals who exploit the structure of MLMs.
I am refering to those individuals who are aware that the company is an MLM and that the likely hood of actually making it big are slim to none, but they join because they are smart driven and well connected, and they use their intelligence as a point of leverage in exploiting their network of friends and family, which they acquired from being well connected, and they continue to do so because of their drive. It is a short term solution to a lack of money, and one that require there be no remorse for essentially stealing from your friends and family. but these people do exist and unfortunately in such a large number that MLMs can actually bank on there being enough of these individuals to help drive their profits higher.
TL;DR smart, driven, well connected people can and do join MLMs because MLMs are scams that allow for the leveraging of those connections
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cbhr7cd | You have asserted that the people who would not join an MLM, are those who are; smart, driven, and/or, well connected. And while you are likely correct that many smart, driven, and/or well connected individuals will likely avoid MLMs, your assertion fails to entertain a certain subset of individuals who exploit the structure of MLMs.
I am refering to those individuals who are aware that the company is an MLM and that the likely hood of actually making it big are slim to none, but they join because they are smart driven and well connected, and they use their intelligence as a point of leverage in exploiting their network of friends and family, which they acquired from being well connected, and they continue to do so because of their drive. It is a short term solution to a lack of money, and one that require there be no remorse for essentially stealing from your friends and family. but these people do exist and unfortunately in such a large number that MLMs can actually bank on there being enough of these individuals to help drive their profits higher. | smart, driven, well connected people can and do join MLMs because MLMs are scams that allow for the leveraging of those connections |
nlddancer | I SPENT LAST YEAR AS AN EXCHANGE AT UCU. Are you from Exeter or Leeds?
This will be long, because I got home two months ago and am missing it like craazzyyy, so this is an excuse for me to talk about it :)
1) You made an awesome choice. Also, everybody is in catered halls aha, since its tiny and everybody lives on campus. Which also means that there are no bad rooms since everything is within a 3 (literally) minute walking distance. Even the small rooms are a decent size, also. The one thing you should know is that things such as cleaning products and toilet paper are not provided, so as a unit you and the people you live with will have to decide how you're going to deal with the purchase of those basically communal items.
You can bring a suit if you like. There are not very many opportunities to wear it but there are events such as Gents Night and Prom where it would be helpful to have one.
The only mostly shitty thing about UCU is the dining hall food, but there are generally options for something thats edible. Cooking facilities in units are generally a fridge (no freezer) and hot plates and a microwave. Your unit will need to discuss if you want communal shelving in your common room.
I loved the class system at UCU, coming from a large university (Canada), I was used to 100+ people lectures. The largest class size you will have is 28 people which means that you really get involved. Also, attendance is mandatory and actually taken, meaning that while you do need to go to class, I found that it meant that I stayed caught up despite the fact that I was Pass/Fail and hardly studied.
THE UCSA BAR IS THE BEST. 0.5L of beer ("big beers") for 1.50, glasses of wine for the same. Last year we had Wine Wednesdays where you get bottles for 5 eu. On regular days it was 7. Theres a pool table, and they have board games and cards and dice and Jenga and all that, so its a cool place to be :) If you get to know the Chiefs, then its a fun place and is a nice communal meeting place. On quiet nights, my friends and I would bring our laptops and even study there, both drinking and not drinking depending on how we felt that night.
If you make the effort to go to UCU events (especially the bar. I love the bar), its an amazing community and I've met some best friends there that I literally love to the end of the world. Its a very VERy international school so in a room of 15 people, you could have people from 8 nationalities. Really cool. There also enough exchange students and a small enough number of students that you can become a real part of the school really quickly, instead of feeling on the outskirts.
Gah. I'm so jealous of you right now. I want to go back. If you have any other questions, please PM me and I'd be more than happy to answer them. Seriously. It's an incredible place. Best place for exchange.
Sorry this is so long.
TLDR; you'll love it. Kromhout4lyfe yo. | I SPENT LAST YEAR AS AN EXCHANGE AT UCU. Are you from Exeter or Leeds?
This will be long, because I got home two months ago and am missing it like craazzyyy, so this is an excuse for me to talk about it :)
1) You made an awesome choice. Also, everybody is in catered halls aha, since its tiny and everybody lives on campus. Which also means that there are no bad rooms since everything is within a 3 (literally) minute walking distance. Even the small rooms are a decent size, also. The one thing you should know is that things such as cleaning products and toilet paper are not provided, so as a unit you and the people you live with will have to decide how you're going to deal with the purchase of those basically communal items.
You can bring a suit if you like. There are not very many opportunities to wear it but there are events such as Gents Night and Prom where it would be helpful to have one.
The only mostly shitty thing about UCU is the dining hall food, but there are generally options for something thats edible. Cooking facilities in units are generally a fridge (no freezer) and hot plates and a microwave. Your unit will need to discuss if you want communal shelving in your common room.
I loved the class system at UCU, coming from a large university (Canada), I was used to 100+ people lectures. The largest class size you will have is 28 people which means that you really get involved. Also, attendance is mandatory and actually taken, meaning that while you do need to go to class, I found that it meant that I stayed caught up despite the fact that I was Pass/Fail and hardly studied.
THE UCSA BAR IS THE BEST. 0.5L of beer ("big beers") for 1.50, glasses of wine for the same. Last year we had Wine Wednesdays where you get bottles for 5 eu. On regular days it was 7. Theres a pool table, and they have board games and cards and dice and Jenga and all that, so its a cool place to be :) If you get to know the Chiefs, then its a fun place and is a nice communal meeting place. On quiet nights, my friends and I would bring our laptops and even study there, both drinking and not drinking depending on how we felt that night.
If you make the effort to go to UCU events (especially the bar. I love the bar), its an amazing community and I've met some best friends there that I literally love to the end of the world. Its a very VERy international school so in a room of 15 people, you could have people from 8 nationalities. Really cool. There also enough exchange students and a small enough number of students that you can become a real part of the school really quickly, instead of feeling on the outskirts.
Gah. I'm so jealous of you right now. I want to go back. If you have any other questions, please PM me and I'd be more than happy to answer them. Seriously. It's an incredible place. Best place for exchange.
Sorry this is so long.
TLDR; you'll love it. Kromhout4lyfe yo.
| Utrecht | t5_2s4p8 | cbikcyx | I SPENT LAST YEAR AS AN EXCHANGE AT UCU. Are you from Exeter or Leeds?
This will be long, because I got home two months ago and am missing it like craazzyyy, so this is an excuse for me to talk about it :)
1) You made an awesome choice. Also, everybody is in catered halls aha, since its tiny and everybody lives on campus. Which also means that there are no bad rooms since everything is within a 3 (literally) minute walking distance. Even the small rooms are a decent size, also. The one thing you should know is that things such as cleaning products and toilet paper are not provided, so as a unit you and the people you live with will have to decide how you're going to deal with the purchase of those basically communal items.
You can bring a suit if you like. There are not very many opportunities to wear it but there are events such as Gents Night and Prom where it would be helpful to have one.
The only mostly shitty thing about UCU is the dining hall food, but there are generally options for something thats edible. Cooking facilities in units are generally a fridge (no freezer) and hot plates and a microwave. Your unit will need to discuss if you want communal shelving in your common room.
I loved the class system at UCU, coming from a large university (Canada), I was used to 100+ people lectures. The largest class size you will have is 28 people which means that you really get involved. Also, attendance is mandatory and actually taken, meaning that while you do need to go to class, I found that it meant that I stayed caught up despite the fact that I was Pass/Fail and hardly studied.
THE UCSA BAR IS THE BEST. 0.5L of beer ("big beers") for 1.50, glasses of wine for the same. Last year we had Wine Wednesdays where you get bottles for 5 eu. On regular days it was 7. Theres a pool table, and they have board games and cards and dice and Jenga and all that, so its a cool place to be :) If you get to know the Chiefs, then its a fun place and is a nice communal meeting place. On quiet nights, my friends and I would bring our laptops and even study there, both drinking and not drinking depending on how we felt that night.
If you make the effort to go to UCU events (especially the bar. I love the bar), its an amazing community and I've met some best friends there that I literally love to the end of the world. Its a very VERy international school so in a room of 15 people, you could have people from 8 nationalities. Really cool. There also enough exchange students and a small enough number of students that you can become a real part of the school really quickly, instead of feeling on the outskirts.
Gah. I'm so jealous of you right now. I want to go back. If you have any other questions, please PM me and I'd be more than happy to answer them. Seriously. It's an incredible place. Best place for exchange.
Sorry this is so long. | you'll love it. Kromhout4lyfe yo. |
multubunu | > I didn't come to /r/Romania to accuse you of anything.
And I didn't say you did. Your post is polite and asks valid questions. You didn't ask "What have we done to deserve your criminality?"
But there is the matter of context. For years now we keep hearing how "Romanian nationals" are begging all over Europe, forcibly repatriated from France, scamming people in Spain, raped someone in Italy, and abuse welfare systems. It's often on TV, often on /r/europe (at least in comments). Is this correct? To the word, but rather incomplete. It misses huge numbers of people who go abroad to work or study, never break any law - and don't beg or live on welfare. One person in my extended family, two diplomas, used to spend summer vacations in Spain picking strawberries, because as a single mother she couldn't make ends meet. She wasn't on TV.
So there's a distorted image about Romanians in Europe, and it's a bigger issue than simple narcissism. There are [practical consequences](
With this context in mind, your post can be read as "Romanians... beg... invade our villages... ambassador says silly shit... can't you people pick elderberries or something?". If we knew each other for a while and you asked all that over beers I wouldn't have read any subtext, but we don't, so I do.
>So we, have some experience with our "own" Roma people
There's plenty of integrated Roma here, some are even wealthy or famous. The problem is not ethnicity. Neither is it a nomadic past, nor poverty, nor cultural incompatibility - no one really knows why these people don't integrate, or why they "choose" to live like [this]( or like [this]( Perhaps to keep a low profile? as these communities appear to subsist through low-key criminality, an optimum between survival and getting away with the least convictions.
Little is known of their history or their original culture, if you find any study claiming to solve the Gypsy mistery, it's probably about DNA. Worst of all, I didn't hear of any in-depth inquiry in their way of life in the slums. I suppose - and this is just a guess - that it's endemic poverty; children are sent begging at three, taught scamming at six and learn the art of burglary in prison. Girls are sold^1 into marriage before highschool age. They are not sent to school (both free and obligatory in Romania), some don't even have birth certificates. When they reach adulthood, they don't know of any other kind of life - and frankly, when you can support a family by doing something you are an expert at, would you change? And lose whatever friends or family you had, perhaps even be punished by your former "handler"?
There's a lot to explore for an anthropologist, but sadly there doesn't seem to be any interest in the scientific community. Which may sound unimportant, but leaves us with no explanations and consequently no way to tackle the problems, from child exploitation to social integration. All that is done at the moment is some programs to encourage them to go to school (which don't seem to convince the parents), some anti-discrimination laws (which don't help), and occasional arrests for petty crime, which solve nothing.
Add to that a miserable economy, a corrupt / inept political class, a bankrupt population (of which 90% live on less than 400 euro/month brutto). Boil for twenty years. Stir.
tl;dr: There is no authoritative explanation, my guess is endemic poverty combined with lack of research and incompetent action by authorities, Romanian or other.
^1 I wouldn't read too much into that, though, it seems like the opposite of dowry traditions where the groom is "compensated", and probably hints at some sort of woman-centric society in the past, but again, nobody knows. | > I didn't come to /r/Romania to accuse you of anything.
And I didn't say you did. Your post is polite and asks valid questions. You didn't ask "What have we done to deserve your criminality?"
But there is the matter of context. For years now we keep hearing how "Romanian nationals" are begging all over Europe, forcibly repatriated from France, scamming people in Spain, raped someone in Italy, and abuse welfare systems. It's often on TV, often on /r/europe (at least in comments). Is this correct? To the word, but rather incomplete. It misses huge numbers of people who go abroad to work or study, never break any law - and don't beg or live on welfare. One person in my extended family, two diplomas, used to spend summer vacations in Spain picking strawberries, because as a single mother she couldn't make ends meet. She wasn't on TV.
So there's a distorted image about Romanians in Europe, and it's a bigger issue than simple narcissism. There are [practical consequences](
With this context in mind, your post can be read as "Romanians... beg... invade our villages... ambassador says silly shit... can't you people pick elderberries or something?". If we knew each other for a while and you asked all that over beers I wouldn't have read any subtext, but we don't, so I do.
>So we, have some experience with our "own" Roma people
There's plenty of integrated Roma here, some are even wealthy or famous. The problem is not ethnicity. Neither is it a nomadic past, nor poverty, nor cultural incompatibility - no one really knows why these people don't integrate, or why they "choose" to live like [this]( or like [this]( Perhaps to keep a low profile? as these communities appear to subsist through low-key criminality, an optimum between survival and getting away with the least convictions.
Little is known of their history or their original culture, if you find any study claiming to solve the Gypsy mistery, it's probably about DNA. Worst of all, I didn't hear of any in-depth inquiry in their way of life in the slums. I suppose - and this is just a guess - that it's endemic poverty; children are sent begging at three, taught scamming at six and learn the art of burglary in prison. Girls are sold^1 into marriage before highschool age. They are not sent to school (both free and obligatory in Romania), some don't even have birth certificates. When they reach adulthood, they don't know of any other kind of life - and frankly, when you can support a family by doing something you are an expert at, would you change? And lose whatever friends or family you had, perhaps even be punished by your former "handler"?
There's a lot to explore for an anthropologist, but sadly there doesn't seem to be any interest in the scientific community. Which may sound unimportant, but leaves us with no explanations and consequently no way to tackle the problems, from child exploitation to social integration. All that is done at the moment is some programs to encourage them to go to school (which don't seem to convince the parents), some anti-discrimination laws (which don't help), and occasional arrests for petty crime, which solve nothing.
Add to that a miserable economy, a corrupt / inept political class, a bankrupt population (of which 90% live on less than 400 euro/month brutto). Boil for twenty years. Stir.
tl;dr: There is no authoritative explanation, my guess is endemic poverty combined with lack of research and incompetent action by authorities, Romanian or other.
^1 I wouldn't read too much into that, though, it seems like the opposite of dowry traditions where the groom is "compensated", and probably hints at some sort of woman-centric society in the past, but again, nobody knows.
| Romania | t5_2qm35 | cbiojj1 | I didn't come to /r/Romania to accuse you of anything.
And I didn't say you did. Your post is polite and asks valid questions. You didn't ask "What have we done to deserve your criminality?"
But there is the matter of context. For years now we keep hearing how "Romanian nationals" are begging all over Europe, forcibly repatriated from France, scamming people in Spain, raped someone in Italy, and abuse welfare systems. It's often on TV, often on /r/europe (at least in comments). Is this correct? To the word, but rather incomplete. It misses huge numbers of people who go abroad to work or study, never break any law - and don't beg or live on welfare. One person in my extended family, two diplomas, used to spend summer vacations in Spain picking strawberries, because as a single mother she couldn't make ends meet. She wasn't on TV.
So there's a distorted image about Romanians in Europe, and it's a bigger issue than simple narcissism. There are [practical consequences](
With this context in mind, your post can be read as "Romanians... beg... invade our villages... ambassador says silly shit... can't you people pick elderberries or something?". If we knew each other for a while and you asked all that over beers I wouldn't have read any subtext, but we don't, so I do.
>So we, have some experience with our "own" Roma people
There's plenty of integrated Roma here, some are even wealthy or famous. The problem is not ethnicity. Neither is it a nomadic past, nor poverty, nor cultural incompatibility - no one really knows why these people don't integrate, or why they "choose" to live like [this]( or like [this]( Perhaps to keep a low profile? as these communities appear to subsist through low-key criminality, an optimum between survival and getting away with the least convictions.
Little is known of their history or their original culture, if you find any study claiming to solve the Gypsy mistery, it's probably about DNA. Worst of all, I didn't hear of any in-depth inquiry in their way of life in the slums. I suppose - and this is just a guess - that it's endemic poverty; children are sent begging at three, taught scamming at six and learn the art of burglary in prison. Girls are sold^1 into marriage before highschool age. They are not sent to school (both free and obligatory in Romania), some don't even have birth certificates. When they reach adulthood, they don't know of any other kind of life - and frankly, when you can support a family by doing something you are an expert at, would you change? And lose whatever friends or family you had, perhaps even be punished by your former "handler"?
There's a lot to explore for an anthropologist, but sadly there doesn't seem to be any interest in the scientific community. Which may sound unimportant, but leaves us with no explanations and consequently no way to tackle the problems, from child exploitation to social integration. All that is done at the moment is some programs to encourage them to go to school (which don't seem to convince the parents), some anti-discrimination laws (which don't help), and occasional arrests for petty crime, which solve nothing.
Add to that a miserable economy, a corrupt / inept political class, a bankrupt population (of which 90% live on less than 400 euro/month brutto). Boil for twenty years. Stir. | There is no authoritative explanation, my guess is endemic poverty combined with lack of research and incompetent action by authorities, Romanian or other.
^1 I wouldn't read too much into that, though, it seems like the opposite of dowry traditions where the groom is "compensated", and probably hints at some sort of woman-centric society in the past, but again, nobody knows. |
ghostmcspiritwolf | though I enjoy jokes about the french as much as the next guy, and though I know you were just making a joke, I'd like to say something about this really quickly: a cursory glance at history will reveal that the French, with the exception of WWII, have had a proud and at times even dominant military tradition.
Nobody expected WWII to be offensive-dominant. Nobody expected the Maginot Line to break so easily. Nobody expected Germany to re-industrialize and re-militarize so quickly. the French simply had the bad luck of being the closest world power to Germany geographically.
were it not for the English Channel and the stellar record of the British navy and air force, England might have been taken just as quickly. Americans can quite easily point fingers, but that's rather easy when we had the luxury of 2 Massive oceans between us and our enemies, smaller, weaker neighbors, and the worlds largest industrial complex even in the midst of the great depression.
TL;DR the French get their reputation for surrender from a single war, but have consistently been a major, successful military power since well before America existed. | though I enjoy jokes about the french as much as the next guy, and though I know you were just making a joke, I'd like to say something about this really quickly: a cursory glance at history will reveal that the French, with the exception of WWII, have had a proud and at times even dominant military tradition.
Nobody expected WWII to be offensive-dominant. Nobody expected the Maginot Line to break so easily. Nobody expected Germany to re-industrialize and re-militarize so quickly. the French simply had the bad luck of being the closest world power to Germany geographically.
were it not for the English Channel and the stellar record of the British navy and air force, England might have been taken just as quickly. Americans can quite easily point fingers, but that's rather easy when we had the luxury of 2 Massive oceans between us and our enemies, smaller, weaker neighbors, and the worlds largest industrial complex even in the midst of the great depression.
TL;DR the French get their reputation for surrender from a single war, but have consistently been a major, successful military power since well before America existed.
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cbi6w2j | though I enjoy jokes about the french as much as the next guy, and though I know you were just making a joke, I'd like to say something about this really quickly: a cursory glance at history will reveal that the French, with the exception of WWII, have had a proud and at times even dominant military tradition.
Nobody expected WWII to be offensive-dominant. Nobody expected the Maginot Line to break so easily. Nobody expected Germany to re-industrialize and re-militarize so quickly. the French simply had the bad luck of being the closest world power to Germany geographically.
were it not for the English Channel and the stellar record of the British navy and air force, England might have been taken just as quickly. Americans can quite easily point fingers, but that's rather easy when we had the luxury of 2 Massive oceans between us and our enemies, smaller, weaker neighbors, and the worlds largest industrial complex even in the midst of the great depression. | the French get their reputation for surrender from a single war, but have consistently been a major, successful military power since well before America existed. |
trackpete | Just use your camping backpack and put your camera in a small sling or neoprene sleeve in the top pocket or unprotected shoved into a side pocket (with a safety line) depending on what you're up to.
You will always be *way* happier going with a legit backpack and putting a camera in it than vice versa. I've done large treks all over the place, sometimes when I'm being extra careful I'll just use spare socks on the lenses and wrap a down jacket for the evening (depending on temperature) around the camera in the top pocket during the day. You can even just wrap a couple t-shirts around it if you can't be bothered to get a neoprene sleeve.
Tripods can be strapped anywhere, I usually clip it to the side with the base in one of the side pockets and one of the side tension straps around it, or clip it in under the mesh on the back of the bag depending on what's up. My tripod is clipped on the [far side in this picture, the opposite side of where the socks are laid out to dry](
**tl;dr:** If you're doing any serious moving, you'll be much happier just tossing your camera into a real backpack. | Just use your camping backpack and put your camera in a small sling or neoprene sleeve in the top pocket or unprotected shoved into a side pocket (with a safety line) depending on what you're up to.
You will always be way happier going with a legit backpack and putting a camera in it than vice versa. I've done large treks all over the place, sometimes when I'm being extra careful I'll just use spare socks on the lenses and wrap a down jacket for the evening (depending on temperature) around the camera in the top pocket during the day. You can even just wrap a couple t-shirts around it if you can't be bothered to get a neoprene sleeve.
Tripods can be strapped anywhere, I usually clip it to the side with the base in one of the side pockets and one of the side tension straps around it, or clip it in under the mesh on the back of the bag depending on what's up. My tripod is clipped on the [far side in this picture, the opposite side of where the socks are laid out to dry](
tl;dr: If you're doing any serious moving, you'll be much happier just tossing your camera into a real backpack.
| photography | t5_2qh2a | cbibrax | Just use your camping backpack and put your camera in a small sling or neoprene sleeve in the top pocket or unprotected shoved into a side pocket (with a safety line) depending on what you're up to.
You will always be way happier going with a legit backpack and putting a camera in it than vice versa. I've done large treks all over the place, sometimes when I'm being extra careful I'll just use spare socks on the lenses and wrap a down jacket for the evening (depending on temperature) around the camera in the top pocket during the day. You can even just wrap a couple t-shirts around it if you can't be bothered to get a neoprene sleeve.
Tripods can be strapped anywhere, I usually clip it to the side with the base in one of the side pockets and one of the side tension straps around it, or clip it in under the mesh on the back of the bag depending on what's up. My tripod is clipped on the [far side in this picture, the opposite side of where the socks are laid out to dry]( | If you're doing any serious moving, you'll be much happier just tossing your camera into a real backpack. |
braisinbran | So basically it's been said, but Android is really going to be your best choice here. It plays nicely with PC, Live, Hotmail, SkyDrive too, y'know, the works. With a couple more clicks, it's just as nice on Mac.
Windows Phone 8 attracted me a bit as well, but in the end the ecosystem and market is just not there yet, and it really needs to be to really compete in this day of a new phone every dang second.
You'll find, too, that Google really has a LOT of apps that connect you everywhere. On your computer, tablet, and phone, you'll almost never need to update them all separately--Google does it for you. Kinda nice and a life-line once you get used to it.
Oh, and if you're bad a decisions like me, Android's gonna get kinda stressful unless you really know what you want. It makes a split-hair difference. Galaxy S4, ,Motorola DROID MAXX, LG G2, Nexus 4, and probably somewhere like a million more.
Good luck on your decision and congratulations on ditching iOS!
TL;DR Go Android and you'll find everything you want and more! | So basically it's been said, but Android is really going to be your best choice here. It plays nicely with PC, Live, Hotmail, SkyDrive too, y'know, the works. With a couple more clicks, it's just as nice on Mac.
Windows Phone 8 attracted me a bit as well, but in the end the ecosystem and market is just not there yet, and it really needs to be to really compete in this day of a new phone every dang second.
You'll find, too, that Google really has a LOT of apps that connect you everywhere. On your computer, tablet, and phone, you'll almost never need to update them all separately--Google does it for you. Kinda nice and a life-line once you get used to it.
Oh, and if you're bad a decisions like me, Android's gonna get kinda stressful unless you really know what you want. It makes a split-hair difference. Galaxy S4, ,Motorola DROID MAXX, LG G2, Nexus 4, and probably somewhere like a million more.
Good luck on your decision and congratulations on ditching iOS!
TL;DR Go Android and you'll find everything you want and more!
| PickAnAndroidForMe | t5_2vjk7 | cbjww1k | So basically it's been said, but Android is really going to be your best choice here. It plays nicely with PC, Live, Hotmail, SkyDrive too, y'know, the works. With a couple more clicks, it's just as nice on Mac.
Windows Phone 8 attracted me a bit as well, but in the end the ecosystem and market is just not there yet, and it really needs to be to really compete in this day of a new phone every dang second.
You'll find, too, that Google really has a LOT of apps that connect you everywhere. On your computer, tablet, and phone, you'll almost never need to update them all separately--Google does it for you. Kinda nice and a life-line once you get used to it.
Oh, and if you're bad a decisions like me, Android's gonna get kinda stressful unless you really know what you want. It makes a split-hair difference. Galaxy S4, ,Motorola DROID MAXX, LG G2, Nexus 4, and probably somewhere like a million more.
Good luck on your decision and congratulations on ditching iOS! | Go Android and you'll find everything you want and more! |
himmelkrieg | ... What the **ACTUAL FUCK** is with all the downvoting in this thread?
tl;dr OP asks for opinions, redditors downvote opinions. | ... What the ACTUAL FUCK is with all the downvoting in this thread?
tl;dr OP asks for opinions, redditors downvote opinions.
| Nerf | t5_2qz7g | cbj7op3 | What the ACTUAL FUCK is with all the downvoting in this thread? | OP asks for opinions, redditors downvote opinions. |
Sh0ckJ0ckey | In NYC there's a street named "Houston St."
As a kid I said it like the city in Texas - "Hue-ston," but was corrected after watching some TV program, and simply googling it. (correct way of saying it in NYC: "House-ton" because the street was named for William Houstoun, whereas the city was named for Sam Houston.)
Jump to my first year of college.
My friends, SO, and I were on a train heading to Chinatown. We pass by Houston St, and my SO says, "We're almost there, we're at 'Hue-ston' St." I corrected him, and it starts an argument between him and myself. It was only settled by a woman who was standing near us, officially stating that it was "House-ton," and I was right. He was incredibly embarrassed, and didn't say anything for a bit. I tried not to laugh because the woman came out of nowhere, and she was awesome.
TL;DR - how to say "Houston"
in Texas, it's "Hue-ston,"
in Manhattan it's "House-ton." | In NYC there's a street named "Houston St."
As a kid I said it like the city in Texas - "Hue-ston," but was corrected after watching some TV program, and simply googling it. (correct way of saying it in NYC: "House-ton" because the street was named for William Houstoun, whereas the city was named for Sam Houston.)
Jump to my first year of college.
My friends, SO, and I were on a train heading to Chinatown. We pass by Houston St, and my SO says, "We're almost there, we're at 'Hue-ston' St." I corrected him, and it starts an argument between him and myself. It was only settled by a woman who was standing near us, officially stating that it was "House-ton," and I was right. He was incredibly embarrassed, and didn't say anything for a bit. I tried not to laugh because the woman came out of nowhere, and she was awesome.
TL;DR - how to say "Houston"
in Texas, it's "Hue-ston,"
in Manhattan it's "House-ton."
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbic12k | In NYC there's a street named "Houston St."
As a kid I said it like the city in Texas - "Hue-ston," but was corrected after watching some TV program, and simply googling it. (correct way of saying it in NYC: "House-ton" because the street was named for William Houstoun, whereas the city was named for Sam Houston.)
Jump to my first year of college.
My friends, SO, and I were on a train heading to Chinatown. We pass by Houston St, and my SO says, "We're almost there, we're at 'Hue-ston' St." I corrected him, and it starts an argument between him and myself. It was only settled by a woman who was standing near us, officially stating that it was "House-ton," and I was right. He was incredibly embarrassed, and didn't say anything for a bit. I tried not to laugh because the woman came out of nowhere, and she was awesome. | how to say "Houston"
in Texas, it's "Hue-ston,"
in Manhattan it's "House-ton." |
alsonamedbort87 | Honestly, people don't just "join up" with lawsuits. You would usually have to file a motion with the court to amend a lawsuit to include a new person, and while usually each party has wide latitude to amend, it gets harder the farther along a lawsuit goes. By the time Manziel wants to "join up" with a completely new claim, the judge may say no because it would open tons more discovery and be an unfair surprise to the defendants.
TL;DR People don't just join up in existing lawsuits. There are procedural hurdles and shit. | Honestly, people don't just "join up" with lawsuits. You would usually have to file a motion with the court to amend a lawsuit to include a new person, and while usually each party has wide latitude to amend, it gets harder the farther along a lawsuit goes. By the time Manziel wants to "join up" with a completely new claim, the judge may say no because it would open tons more discovery and be an unfair surprise to the defendants.
TL;DR People don't just join up in existing lawsuits. There are procedural hurdles and shit.
| CFB | t5_2qm9d | cbiexnt | Honestly, people don't just "join up" with lawsuits. You would usually have to file a motion with the court to amend a lawsuit to include a new person, and while usually each party has wide latitude to amend, it gets harder the farther along a lawsuit goes. By the time Manziel wants to "join up" with a completely new claim, the judge may say no because it would open tons more discovery and be an unfair surprise to the defendants. | People don't just join up in existing lawsuits. There are procedural hurdles and shit. |
BrianTheWonderer | What? It would work in ffxiv because it DOES have a sub. People would pay 15 bucks to se to buy an item that gives 30 days gametime, and those people would be able to sell it to players for whatever the market price ended up being for them. This sets a player-driven market price for gold, and RMT can't really profit because why buy gold from RMT's when you can 'buy' it from SE? Also note that Tera only let you buy 1 or two scrolls a month, so it's not like you could drop 300$ on the scrolls to get a ridiculous amount of gold. In the end, all the money would go to SE, people who value their money more than their time could farm some extra gil to buy gametime scrolls, and those who value their time more than their money could buy the scrolls to circumvent having to do leves/dungs/whatever method ends up being the most efficient way of making gil.
Tl;Dr no one's saying SE should make a cosmetic cash shop, but game-time scrolls are an easy way to discourage RMT while getting more business/money back to SE | What? It would work in ffxiv because it DOES have a sub. People would pay 15 bucks to se to buy an item that gives 30 days gametime, and those people would be able to sell it to players for whatever the market price ended up being for them. This sets a player-driven market price for gold, and RMT can't really profit because why buy gold from RMT's when you can 'buy' it from SE? Also note that Tera only let you buy 1 or two scrolls a month, so it's not like you could drop 300$ on the scrolls to get a ridiculous amount of gold. In the end, all the money would go to SE, people who value their money more than their time could farm some extra gil to buy gametime scrolls, and those who value their time more than their money could buy the scrolls to circumvent having to do leves/dungs/whatever method ends up being the most efficient way of making gil.
Tl;Dr no one's saying SE should make a cosmetic cash shop, but game-time scrolls are an easy way to discourage RMT while getting more business/money back to SE
| ffxiv | t5_2rgs7 | cbizt6s | What? It would work in ffxiv because it DOES have a sub. People would pay 15 bucks to se to buy an item that gives 30 days gametime, and those people would be able to sell it to players for whatever the market price ended up being for them. This sets a player-driven market price for gold, and RMT can't really profit because why buy gold from RMT's when you can 'buy' it from SE? Also note that Tera only let you buy 1 or two scrolls a month, so it's not like you could drop 300$ on the scrolls to get a ridiculous amount of gold. In the end, all the money would go to SE, people who value their money more than their time could farm some extra gil to buy gametime scrolls, and those who value their time more than their money could buy the scrolls to circumvent having to do leves/dungs/whatever method ends up being the most efficient way of making gil. | no one's saying SE should make a cosmetic cash shop, but game-time scrolls are an easy way to discourage RMT while getting more business/money back to SE |
ARONDH | Don't believe the hype. Being a 25 series does not mean you have insight on the origins of any slang word. I kind of wonder why this person thought that would work, because there's really no connection at all to that.
TL;DR TH3J4CK4L said complete nonsense, and you bought it. | Don't believe the hype. Being a 25 series does not mean you have insight on the origins of any slang word. I kind of wonder why this person thought that would work, because there's really no connection at all to that.
TL;DR TH3J4CK4L said complete nonsense, and you bought it.
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cbj1iuq | Don't believe the hype. Being a 25 series does not mean you have insight on the origins of any slang word. I kind of wonder why this person thought that would work, because there's really no connection at all to that. | TH3J4CK4L said complete nonsense, and you bought it. |
Regen89 | I couldn't really give a shit about thanks so much as people posting if something worked or not (although in most cases where there is no confirmation the OP has usually realized they were experiencing an embarrassing PEBKAC error).
I have been gifted gold from this sub, nice gesture however unnecessary it was. Honestly though I spend almost zero of my personal time on here, almost entirely during slow/extended downtime at work to stave off boredom. If I'm going to be fucking-off browsing reddit for the majority of the day I might as well try and help whoever I can lend a hand to.
The less you care about upvotes on pretty much anywhere on reddit, the better time you will have, what's the point (especially on sub such as this that is not really focused on copy pasting memes for fake internet points)?
TL;DR: I weep for any poor soul who does unpaid tech work, even if it is in reddit form | I couldn't really give a shit about thanks so much as people posting if something worked or not (although in most cases where there is no confirmation the OP has usually realized they were experiencing an embarrassing PEBKAC error).
I have been gifted gold from this sub, nice gesture however unnecessary it was. Honestly though I spend almost zero of my personal time on here, almost entirely during slow/extended downtime at work to stave off boredom. If I'm going to be fucking-off browsing reddit for the majority of the day I might as well try and help whoever I can lend a hand to.
The less you care about upvotes on pretty much anywhere on reddit, the better time you will have, what's the point (especially on sub such as this that is not really focused on copy pasting memes for fake internet points)?
TL;DR: I weep for any poor soul who does unpaid tech work, even if it is in reddit form
| techsupport | t5_2qioo | cbj9phl | I couldn't really give a shit about thanks so much as people posting if something worked or not (although in most cases where there is no confirmation the OP has usually realized they were experiencing an embarrassing PEBKAC error).
I have been gifted gold from this sub, nice gesture however unnecessary it was. Honestly though I spend almost zero of my personal time on here, almost entirely during slow/extended downtime at work to stave off boredom. If I'm going to be fucking-off browsing reddit for the majority of the day I might as well try and help whoever I can lend a hand to.
The less you care about upvotes on pretty much anywhere on reddit, the better time you will have, what's the point (especially on sub such as this that is not really focused on copy pasting memes for fake internet points)? | I weep for any poor soul who does unpaid tech work, even if it is in reddit form |
Lolocaust1 | Just because we don't know specifically what caused the big bang, doesn't mean god did it. There is still no proof of that happening.
But if you want to go all "history repeats itself" trial, you can do that. The farther back you go, the more god(s) were the causes of things. Prehistoric men felt the reason it rained was because god made it rain, instead of water vapor turning to clouds turing into rain. When people recovered from an illness such as a cold (back in the days they were fatal) it was god who made you better, instead of your anti-bodies. Look up the death of god theory. It's along these lines.
tldr: god's involvement in the physical world conveniently becomes more and more in the background as we find out why things really happen. | Just because we don't know specifically what caused the big bang, doesn't mean god did it. There is still no proof of that happening.
But if you want to go all "history repeats itself" trial, you can do that. The farther back you go, the more god(s) were the causes of things. Prehistoric men felt the reason it rained was because god made it rain, instead of water vapor turning to clouds turing into rain. When people recovered from an illness such as a cold (back in the days they were fatal) it was god who made you better, instead of your anti-bodies. Look up the death of god theory. It's along these lines.
tldr: god's involvement in the physical world conveniently becomes more and more in the background as we find out why things really happen.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cbjgrjj | Just because we don't know specifically what caused the big bang, doesn't mean god did it. There is still no proof of that happening.
But if you want to go all "history repeats itself" trial, you can do that. The farther back you go, the more god(s) were the causes of things. Prehistoric men felt the reason it rained was because god made it rain, instead of water vapor turning to clouds turing into rain. When people recovered from an illness such as a cold (back in the days they were fatal) it was god who made you better, instead of your anti-bodies. Look up the death of god theory. It's along these lines. | god's involvement in the physical world conveniently becomes more and more in the background as we find out why things really happen. |
NeoRoshi | Well speaking about the WiiU specifically, its honestly too early to say where a majority of third party developers stand. Like i said before, its too early, and there is still plenty of time for it to turn around, even without first party Nintendo titles (as expressed with the Platinum games examples in my previous post.)
You see, generally at the start of a console generation, Dev kits are harder to come by for security reasons, so typically they are only given out to long standing major developers. These major developers then help boost the launch line up, because they got a head start. There very well may be unannounced titles still in the works by other developers willing to give WiiU a shot. There is also a branching out to the indie scene by Nintendo, with improved communications and deals with Unity (popular indie development engine) WiiU development kits that may help the WiiU in the future.
To answer your question more specifically though on the front of: why they don't take a chance. They actually did, two major third party publishers (EA and Ubisoft) both had launch titles for the WiiU.
For Ubisoft, it was ZombiU , which saw very poor sales (for their expectations). Seeing that loss they decided to make the next Rayman game cross console, and have since delayed its release to accomplish that. It will still likely have exclusive features to the WiiU, but Ubisoft must feel its too risky as an exclusive. Ubisoft still lists plenty of cross console releases for the future, but exclusives no longer seem to be on the table. This may however more reflect Ubisoft's direction as a company -- more then anything specific to the WiiU apart from lack of sales.
EA is in much the same boat, but have made remarks about the WiiU having a lacking online experience. This could just mean that there arn't enough people buying/playing their games to warrant the server overhead, but it is also very possible Nintendo just has restrictions on its online services in place, that prevent EA from doing what they want.
From what i recall those are the only two big publishers that spoke out against the WiiU, and of the two only EA really seems to be opposed to doing future business. But publishers matter as they encompass a number of third party developers, and as such their opinions kind of carry over. EA and Ubisoft are also some of the biggest publishers, so if they couldn't find the money to take further risks, its less likely smaller developers and publishers could.
Honestly it is really too early to panic about support, and a lot of that panic is more likely due to poor sales and market share which can be fixed with time, market share being really unstable at the moment due to the generation transition. Best thing for Nintendo to do right now is to release some quality exclusives to hype their system back up -- either by developing it them selves , or acting as a publisher like they are doing with the Platinum game titles.
At worst, Nintendo will be back to Wii territory with the WiiU, where the majority of the titles are first party -- due to porting expense and difficulty from the PS4/Xbox One to the Wii U. At best, they will find renewed life with exclusive games published through them from developers, either long standing or new indies, to supplement the times when they have no first party releases to keep the system relevant. This might then justify future risks by big publishers to try exclusives again.
TL;DR: Its a chicken and Egg problem. While more third party support would help WiiU sales, the sales are currently too low to justify the risk , at least concerning two big publishers (EA and Ubisoft.) | Well speaking about the WiiU specifically, its honestly too early to say where a majority of third party developers stand. Like i said before, its too early, and there is still plenty of time for it to turn around, even without first party Nintendo titles (as expressed with the Platinum games examples in my previous post.)
You see, generally at the start of a console generation, Dev kits are harder to come by for security reasons, so typically they are only given out to long standing major developers. These major developers then help boost the launch line up, because they got a head start. There very well may be unannounced titles still in the works by other developers willing to give WiiU a shot. There is also a branching out to the indie scene by Nintendo, with improved communications and deals with Unity (popular indie development engine) WiiU development kits that may help the WiiU in the future.
To answer your question more specifically though on the front of: why they don't take a chance. They actually did, two major third party publishers (EA and Ubisoft) both had launch titles for the WiiU.
For Ubisoft, it was ZombiU , which saw very poor sales (for their expectations). Seeing that loss they decided to make the next Rayman game cross console, and have since delayed its release to accomplish that. It will still likely have exclusive features to the WiiU, but Ubisoft must feel its too risky as an exclusive. Ubisoft still lists plenty of cross console releases for the future, but exclusives no longer seem to be on the table. This may however more reflect Ubisoft's direction as a company -- more then anything specific to the WiiU apart from lack of sales.
EA is in much the same boat, but have made remarks about the WiiU having a lacking online experience. This could just mean that there arn't enough people buying/playing their games to warrant the server overhead, but it is also very possible Nintendo just has restrictions on its online services in place, that prevent EA from doing what they want.
From what i recall those are the only two big publishers that spoke out against the WiiU, and of the two only EA really seems to be opposed to doing future business. But publishers matter as they encompass a number of third party developers, and as such their opinions kind of carry over. EA and Ubisoft are also some of the biggest publishers, so if they couldn't find the money to take further risks, its less likely smaller developers and publishers could.
Honestly it is really too early to panic about support, and a lot of that panic is more likely due to poor sales and market share which can be fixed with time, market share being really unstable at the moment due to the generation transition. Best thing for Nintendo to do right now is to release some quality exclusives to hype their system back up -- either by developing it them selves , or acting as a publisher like they are doing with the Platinum game titles.
At worst, Nintendo will be back to Wii territory with the WiiU, where the majority of the titles are first party -- due to porting expense and difficulty from the PS4/Xbox One to the Wii U. At best, they will find renewed life with exclusive games published through them from developers, either long standing or new indies, to supplement the times when they have no first party releases to keep the system relevant. This might then justify future risks by big publishers to try exclusives again.
TL;DR: Its a chicken and Egg problem. While more third party support would help WiiU sales, the sales are currently too low to justify the risk , at least concerning two big publishers (EA and Ubisoft.)
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cbkwrv6 | Well speaking about the WiiU specifically, its honestly too early to say where a majority of third party developers stand. Like i said before, its too early, and there is still plenty of time for it to turn around, even without first party Nintendo titles (as expressed with the Platinum games examples in my previous post.)
You see, generally at the start of a console generation, Dev kits are harder to come by for security reasons, so typically they are only given out to long standing major developers. These major developers then help boost the launch line up, because they got a head start. There very well may be unannounced titles still in the works by other developers willing to give WiiU a shot. There is also a branching out to the indie scene by Nintendo, with improved communications and deals with Unity (popular indie development engine) WiiU development kits that may help the WiiU in the future.
To answer your question more specifically though on the front of: why they don't take a chance. They actually did, two major third party publishers (EA and Ubisoft) both had launch titles for the WiiU.
For Ubisoft, it was ZombiU , which saw very poor sales (for their expectations). Seeing that loss they decided to make the next Rayman game cross console, and have since delayed its release to accomplish that. It will still likely have exclusive features to the WiiU, but Ubisoft must feel its too risky as an exclusive. Ubisoft still lists plenty of cross console releases for the future, but exclusives no longer seem to be on the table. This may however more reflect Ubisoft's direction as a company -- more then anything specific to the WiiU apart from lack of sales.
EA is in much the same boat, but have made remarks about the WiiU having a lacking online experience. This could just mean that there arn't enough people buying/playing their games to warrant the server overhead, but it is also very possible Nintendo just has restrictions on its online services in place, that prevent EA from doing what they want.
From what i recall those are the only two big publishers that spoke out against the WiiU, and of the two only EA really seems to be opposed to doing future business. But publishers matter as they encompass a number of third party developers, and as such their opinions kind of carry over. EA and Ubisoft are also some of the biggest publishers, so if they couldn't find the money to take further risks, its less likely smaller developers and publishers could.
Honestly it is really too early to panic about support, and a lot of that panic is more likely due to poor sales and market share which can be fixed with time, market share being really unstable at the moment due to the generation transition. Best thing for Nintendo to do right now is to release some quality exclusives to hype their system back up -- either by developing it them selves , or acting as a publisher like they are doing with the Platinum game titles.
At worst, Nintendo will be back to Wii territory with the WiiU, where the majority of the titles are first party -- due to porting expense and difficulty from the PS4/Xbox One to the Wii U. At best, they will find renewed life with exclusive games published through them from developers, either long standing or new indies, to supplement the times when they have no first party releases to keep the system relevant. This might then justify future risks by big publishers to try exclusives again. | Its a chicken and Egg problem. While more third party support would help WiiU sales, the sales are currently too low to justify the risk , at least concerning two big publishers (EA and Ubisoft.) |
daftfader | I recently listened to her Audio book and as she described(paraphrased):
I took my teacher a flower she signed into my hand "teacher loves Hellen"
I asked her if flower was love
She didnt explain at at that point.
A few days later I was making patterns with beads according to instructions teacher gave me. After repeatedly getting it wrong teacher tapped me on my forehead and wrote "think" It suddenly dawned on me the idea of an abstract word.
Shortly after that she understood her teachers love for her.
An important part of the answer to this is how does any child learn abstract words? How do you teach your child about abstract words? Not only via sight. Almost all words are learned via their relation to other words.
If i teach you what balls and blocks are and what boxes and buckets are, I can use that to teach you what IN is by repeatedly explaining this.
The difference is that normally children learn from mimicking their parents or reading about it in books.
An interesting excercise is for me to teach you a new word.
"Contextually Polymorhic"
Contextual: something which can be adapted or apply in specific cases
Polymorphic: the ability to present the same interface for different underlying forms.
Combine them and what do you have: something which has the same interface which can be applied in specific cases.
Apologies for the wall of text
tl; dr - all words are based on our understanding of sub words or related words eg ball in box | I recently listened to her Audio book and as she described(paraphrased):
I took my teacher a flower she signed into my hand "teacher loves Hellen"
I asked her if flower was love
She didnt explain at at that point.
A few days later I was making patterns with beads according to instructions teacher gave me. After repeatedly getting it wrong teacher tapped me on my forehead and wrote "think" It suddenly dawned on me the idea of an abstract word.
Shortly after that she understood her teachers love for her.
An important part of the answer to this is how does any child learn abstract words? How do you teach your child about abstract words? Not only via sight. Almost all words are learned via their relation to other words.
If i teach you what balls and blocks are and what boxes and buckets are, I can use that to teach you what IN is by repeatedly explaining this.
The difference is that normally children learn from mimicking their parents or reading about it in books.
An interesting excercise is for me to teach you a new word.
"Contextually Polymorhic"
Contextual: something which can be adapted or apply in specific cases
Polymorphic: the ability to present the same interface for different underlying forms.
Combine them and what do you have: something which has the same interface which can be applied in specific cases.
Apologies for the wall of text
tl; dr - all words are based on our understanding of sub words or related words eg ball in box
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cbjnpz0 | I recently listened to her Audio book and as she described(paraphrased):
I took my teacher a flower she signed into my hand "teacher loves Hellen"
I asked her if flower was love
She didnt explain at at that point.
A few days later I was making patterns with beads according to instructions teacher gave me. After repeatedly getting it wrong teacher tapped me on my forehead and wrote "think" It suddenly dawned on me the idea of an abstract word.
Shortly after that she understood her teachers love for her.
An important part of the answer to this is how does any child learn abstract words? How do you teach your child about abstract words? Not only via sight. Almost all words are learned via their relation to other words.
If i teach you what balls and blocks are and what boxes and buckets are, I can use that to teach you what IN is by repeatedly explaining this.
The difference is that normally children learn from mimicking their parents or reading about it in books.
An interesting excercise is for me to teach you a new word.
"Contextually Polymorhic"
Contextual: something which can be adapted or apply in specific cases
Polymorphic: the ability to present the same interface for different underlying forms.
Combine them and what do you have: something which has the same interface which can be applied in specific cases.
Apologies for the wall of text | all words are based on our understanding of sub words or related words eg ball in box |
FatPhil | yep! obsidian 3m dunks. GR release from 03.
I was 12 at the time and my mom let me pick a shoe for myself for one of the first times of my life. That was right around the time that AF1s were popular so I wanted a pair of Air Forces. I saw these and thought they were AF1s so I came home with these. Fast foward 2 years and Im in high school and thats when I first became a sneakerhead right when SB Dunks were getting popular. Lo and behold I had one of the coolest dunks and I rocked them until they got holes in them and I couldn't physically wear them anymore. Its rare to find these now, especially in big sizes (they retroed a few years ago but only for women or kids sizes). So I didn't hesitate to snap these up.
TL;DR- Had them when I first got into sneakers, and snapped them up now as an adult. | yep! obsidian 3m dunks. GR release from 03.
I was 12 at the time and my mom let me pick a shoe for myself for one of the first times of my life. That was right around the time that AF1s were popular so I wanted a pair of Air Forces. I saw these and thought they were AF1s so I came home with these. Fast foward 2 years and Im in high school and thats when I first became a sneakerhead right when SB Dunks were getting popular. Lo and behold I had one of the coolest dunks and I rocked them until they got holes in them and I couldn't physically wear them anymore. Its rare to find these now, especially in big sizes (they retroed a few years ago but only for women or kids sizes). So I didn't hesitate to snap these up.
TL;DR- Had them when I first got into sneakers, and snapped them up now as an adult.
| Sneakers | t5_2qrtt | cbjm7w0 | yep! obsidian 3m dunks. GR release from 03.
I was 12 at the time and my mom let me pick a shoe for myself for one of the first times of my life. That was right around the time that AF1s were popular so I wanted a pair of Air Forces. I saw these and thought they were AF1s so I came home with these. Fast foward 2 years and Im in high school and thats when I first became a sneakerhead right when SB Dunks were getting popular. Lo and behold I had one of the coolest dunks and I rocked them until they got holes in them and I couldn't physically wear them anymore. Its rare to find these now, especially in big sizes (they retroed a few years ago but only for women or kids sizes). So I didn't hesitate to snap these up. | Had them when I first got into sneakers, and snapped them up now as an adult. |
Mickyladd | I will add a bit more info (albeit a personal touch)
I'm a father of two and I work so I don't have a great amount of time to play, which means little opportunity to grind for levels. But, and here is the important part for me, you get more EXP from doing quests than grinding mobs. Which I find great as I can get on, do A few quests and get a lot of exp rather than grind for three hours.
Not to mention all the class options, free companies, quests, ability to change class on the fly rather than a new character / go somewhere to change.
Plus, I'm paying £22 for the game, you get a 30 day free subscription with a new game too. So in reality, it will be 4 months roughly before (including three months paid sub of course) I will have paid the same price for a generic 10 hour action game that I would blast through ad be done with in a week.
Tl;dr Game is good and offers substantial value for money even if you buy, play the month and re sell or just never use.
Get it :)
Edit: phone + spelling isn't great | I will add a bit more info (albeit a personal touch)
I'm a father of two and I work so I don't have a great amount of time to play, which means little opportunity to grind for levels. But, and here is the important part for me, you get more EXP from doing quests than grinding mobs. Which I find great as I can get on, do A few quests and get a lot of exp rather than grind for three hours.
Not to mention all the class options, free companies, quests, ability to change class on the fly rather than a new character / go somewhere to change.
Plus, I'm paying £22 for the game, you get a 30 day free subscription with a new game too. So in reality, it will be 4 months roughly before (including three months paid sub of course) I will have paid the same price for a generic 10 hour action game that I would blast through ad be done with in a week.
Tl;dr Game is good and offers substantial value for money even if you buy, play the month and re sell or just never use.
Get it :)
Edit: phone + spelling isn't great
| Games | t5_2qhwp | cbk43gz | I will add a bit more info (albeit a personal touch)
I'm a father of two and I work so I don't have a great amount of time to play, which means little opportunity to grind for levels. But, and here is the important part for me, you get more EXP from doing quests than grinding mobs. Which I find great as I can get on, do A few quests and get a lot of exp rather than grind for three hours.
Not to mention all the class options, free companies, quests, ability to change class on the fly rather than a new character / go somewhere to change.
Plus, I'm paying £22 for the game, you get a 30 day free subscription with a new game too. So in reality, it will be 4 months roughly before (including three months paid sub of course) I will have paid the same price for a generic 10 hour action game that I would blast through ad be done with in a week. | Game is good and offers substantial value for money even if you buy, play the month and re sell or just never use.
Get it :)
Edit: phone + spelling isn't great |
hypnosquid | Oh yes! I'll stream of consciousness as much as I can remember. About ten years ago I read an article about Lisa McPherson and I couldn't stop reading and clicking after that. It's some incredibly fascinating shit. Here goes.
First start with [L. Ron Hubbard]( himself. Essential reading. He's one of the most charismatic motherfuckers ever to walk the Earth. He claimed to be the youngest ever Eagle Scout or some shit. Even a nuclear physicist. Also a navy ship captain and war hero. The list goes on. But people believed it. Who could verify it back then anyway? Seriously. I know there's a TON of stuff on that wiki, but here's why it's all worth reading.
At the end of all of this, you will have a shitload of knowledge about how easily people can be manipulated and used and how to avoid situations and people like that. And also have read some seriously crazy ass shit about a crazy ass cult. If you've done your homework on Hubbard, then follow me.
(also, you'll eventually need this: [dictionary of Scientology terminology](
[Here's an excerpt]( from the book *Bare-faced Messiah: True Story of L.Ron Hubbard*. Read it. It will blow your fucking mind. But there's so much more! Later, we'll learn about some of the people from that link.
I happened across that excerpt when I checked out [Operation Clambake]( That website's been around for a really long time. (same exact design from like 2000). You should definitely spend time scrolling all the way to the bottom. The links there will keep you reading forever. There's stuff about that bullshit Narcanon and also Scientology's strategic use of celebrities to rake in cash.
There's also the [cost of Scientology]( Old data, but gives you some idea. Or how about the [techniques]( Those pages link forever.
Plus some of the personal stories of [people who have gotten out (note: if you're in Scientology, this is the link you want)]( are fucking horrifying. They're literally in exile [or much worse]( Anyway, you can read all about the owner's reasons for running the site [in the FAQ](
Oh, and really check out some of the forum posts. Keep in mind when you're reading that not so long ago Scientology was terrifying and powerful, and not the joke it's becoming today. They use lawyers like guided life destroying missiles. They strong armed the US Govt into granting them tax exempt status. Some people got out of Scientology specifically because of the info on that website.
The internet has really messed up their secrecy operation though, and I can't even imagine what that [sociopath Miscaviage]( is going through right now with this missing persons thing. Miscaviage is also the leader of the [Sea Org]( as well. That's the mysterious organization that makes you sign a contract for billion years of service. And yes, they even have actual ships. One's called the Free Winds. [Look at this ridiculous shit]( You can also think of it as Hubbards floating tax shelter/slave barge.
Or, you [here you can see]( Hubbard's original hand written notes on the OT III stuff. That's the level of Scientology where you learn about [Xenu]( Plus all the others. They were smuggled out of Scientology long ago and eventually made it to the internet. This is the [table of contents]( for that page.
I think that if you're in Scientology, and you've reached that level, and you read that bullshit - I think you pretty much have to accept it. Mainly because you just paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours of your time just to be able to read it.
If you want to get into even crazier shit, [read about Lisa McPherson]( who Scientology killed.
Or the [investigation]( into human trafficking and forced labor. Assholes.
And here's an entire other rabbit hole based on this guy named [Bob Minton]( Bob Minton basically championed Lisa Mcpherson's case all the way to court. He spent millions to fight Scientology and embarrass the fuck out of them. Even set up the Lisa McPherson foundation.
Anyway, in the end at court, Minton suddenly turned on the McPherson's and testified against them instead. Scientology went after McPherson's lawyer for misconduct, with Bob as their fucking witness. What the shit Bob? Clearly Scientology had finally gotten to him. His millions of dollars weren't enough. The wiki is amazing in the context of all of this. It tells how they eventually ruined him. Miscaviage doesn't fuck around, just ask his wife.
Oh oh oh, and if you've made it this far, here's your prize or.. whatever. It's a very long read, but it's just fascinating. I ran across it a long time ago when i was reading about this stuff and have remembered it ever since.
So this bit of fucking insanity was written by Bob Minton from above. It's an old usenet post from 1998 where he tells an incredible story about the true origin of Scientology, and a guy named Ralph Dorian. This will only have it's full effect after you've read a bunch about L. Ron though, so be sure and do that.
[Page 1]( is Minton describing the story he's about to unfold. [Page 2]( is the account written by this guy named Ralph Dorian who tells a story of what scientology was supposed to be, and that it had more than one writer. Keep in mind that this was written way *before* the Lisa Mcpherson trial which is what makes it so interesting.
Sorry factual errors or broken links. And complete goddamn randomness. It's late. Holy crap.
Oh! By the way, one of my favorite L. Ron. Hubbard stories - he once [stole Jack Parson's girlfriend] ( after doing [Magick]( with them!
TL;DR - Scientology be crazy as fuck | Oh yes! I'll stream of consciousness as much as I can remember. About ten years ago I read an article about Lisa McPherson and I couldn't stop reading and clicking after that. It's some incredibly fascinating shit. Here goes.
First start with [L. Ron Hubbard]( himself. Essential reading. He's one of the most charismatic motherfuckers ever to walk the Earth. He claimed to be the youngest ever Eagle Scout or some shit. Even a nuclear physicist. Also a navy ship captain and war hero. The list goes on. But people believed it. Who could verify it back then anyway? Seriously. I know there's a TON of stuff on that wiki, but here's why it's all worth reading.
At the end of all of this, you will have a shitload of knowledge about how easily people can be manipulated and used and how to avoid situations and people like that. And also have read some seriously crazy ass shit about a crazy ass cult. If you've done your homework on Hubbard, then follow me.
(also, you'll eventually need this: [dictionary of Scientology terminology](
[Here's an excerpt]( from the book Bare-faced Messiah: True Story of L.Ron Hubbard . Read it. It will blow your fucking mind. But there's so much more! Later, we'll learn about some of the people from that link.
I happened across that excerpt when I checked out Operation Clambake . You should definitely spend time scrolling all the way to the bottom. The links there will keep you reading forever. There's stuff about that bullshit Narcanon and also Scientology's strategic use of celebrities to rake in cash.
There's also the [cost of Scientology]( Old data, but gives you some idea. Or how about the [techniques]( Those pages link forever.
Plus some of the personal stories of [people who have gotten out (note: if you're in Scientology, this is the link you want)]( are fucking horrifying. They're literally in exile [or much worse]( Anyway, you can read all about the owner's reasons for running the site [in the FAQ](
Oh, and really check out some of the forum posts. Keep in mind when you're reading that not so long ago Scientology was terrifying and powerful, and not the joke it's becoming today. They use lawyers like guided life destroying missiles. They strong armed the US Govt into granting them tax exempt status. Some people got out of Scientology specifically because of the info on that website.
The internet has really messed up their secrecy operation though, and I can't even imagine what that [sociopath Miscaviage]( is going through right now with this missing persons thing. Miscaviage is also the leader of the [Sea Org]( as well. That's the mysterious organization that makes you sign a contract for billion years of service. And yes, they even have actual ships. One's called the Free Winds. [Look at this ridiculous shit]( You can also think of it as Hubbards floating tax shelter/slave barge.
Or, you [here you can see]( Hubbard's original hand written notes on the OT III stuff. That's the level of Scientology where you learn about [Xenu]( Plus all the others. They were smuggled out of Scientology long ago and eventually made it to the internet. This is the [table of contents]( for that page.
I think that if you're in Scientology, and you've reached that level, and you read that bullshit - I think you pretty much have to accept it. Mainly because you just paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours of your time just to be able to read it.
If you want to get into even crazier shit, [read about Lisa McPherson]( who Scientology killed.
Or the [investigation]( into human trafficking and forced labor. Assholes.
And here's an entire other rabbit hole based on this guy named [Bob Minton]( Bob Minton basically championed Lisa Mcpherson's case all the way to court. He spent millions to fight Scientology and embarrass the fuck out of them. Even set up the Lisa McPherson foundation.
Anyway, in the end at court, Minton suddenly turned on the McPherson's and testified against them instead. Scientology went after McPherson's lawyer for misconduct, with Bob as their fucking witness. What the shit Bob? Clearly Scientology had finally gotten to him. His millions of dollars weren't enough. The wiki is amazing in the context of all of this. It tells how they eventually ruined him. Miscaviage doesn't fuck around, just ask his wife.
Oh oh oh, and if you've made it this far, here's your prize or.. whatever. It's a very long read, but it's just fascinating. I ran across it a long time ago when i was reading about this stuff and have remembered it ever since.
So this bit of fucking insanity was written by Bob Minton from above. It's an old usenet post from 1998 where he tells an incredible story about the true origin of Scientology, and a guy named Ralph Dorian. This will only have it's full effect after you've read a bunch about L. Ron though, so be sure and do that.
[Page 1]( is Minton describing the story he's about to unfold. [Page 2]( is the account written by this guy named Ralph Dorian who tells a story of what scientology was supposed to be, and that it had more than one writer. Keep in mind that this was written way before the Lisa Mcpherson trial which is what makes it so interesting.
Sorry factual errors or broken links. And complete goddamn randomness. It's late. Holy crap.
Oh! By the way, one of my favorite L. Ron. Hubbard stories - he once [stole Jack Parson's girlfriend] ( after doing [Magick]( with them!
TL;DR - Scientology be crazy as fuck
| entertainment | t5_2qh0f | cbk5j01 | Oh yes! I'll stream of consciousness as much as I can remember. About ten years ago I read an article about Lisa McPherson and I couldn't stop reading and clicking after that. It's some incredibly fascinating shit. Here goes.
First start with [L. Ron Hubbard]( himself. Essential reading. He's one of the most charismatic motherfuckers ever to walk the Earth. He claimed to be the youngest ever Eagle Scout or some shit. Even a nuclear physicist. Also a navy ship captain and war hero. The list goes on. But people believed it. Who could verify it back then anyway? Seriously. I know there's a TON of stuff on that wiki, but here's why it's all worth reading.
At the end of all of this, you will have a shitload of knowledge about how easily people can be manipulated and used and how to avoid situations and people like that. And also have read some seriously crazy ass shit about a crazy ass cult. If you've done your homework on Hubbard, then follow me.
(also, you'll eventually need this: [dictionary of Scientology terminology](
[Here's an excerpt]( from the book Bare-faced Messiah: True Story of L.Ron Hubbard . Read it. It will blow your fucking mind. But there's so much more! Later, we'll learn about some of the people from that link.
I happened across that excerpt when I checked out Operation Clambake . You should definitely spend time scrolling all the way to the bottom. The links there will keep you reading forever. There's stuff about that bullshit Narcanon and also Scientology's strategic use of celebrities to rake in cash.
There's also the [cost of Scientology]( Old data, but gives you some idea. Or how about the [techniques]( Those pages link forever.
Plus some of the personal stories of [people who have gotten out (note: if you're in Scientology, this is the link you want)]( are fucking horrifying. They're literally in exile [or much worse]( Anyway, you can read all about the owner's reasons for running the site [in the FAQ](
Oh, and really check out some of the forum posts. Keep in mind when you're reading that not so long ago Scientology was terrifying and powerful, and not the joke it's becoming today. They use lawyers like guided life destroying missiles. They strong armed the US Govt into granting them tax exempt status. Some people got out of Scientology specifically because of the info on that website.
The internet has really messed up their secrecy operation though, and I can't even imagine what that [sociopath Miscaviage]( is going through right now with this missing persons thing. Miscaviage is also the leader of the [Sea Org]( as well. That's the mysterious organization that makes you sign a contract for billion years of service. And yes, they even have actual ships. One's called the Free Winds. [Look at this ridiculous shit]( You can also think of it as Hubbards floating tax shelter/slave barge.
Or, you [here you can see]( Hubbard's original hand written notes on the OT III stuff. That's the level of Scientology where you learn about [Xenu]( Plus all the others. They were smuggled out of Scientology long ago and eventually made it to the internet. This is the [table of contents]( for that page.
I think that if you're in Scientology, and you've reached that level, and you read that bullshit - I think you pretty much have to accept it. Mainly because you just paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless hours of your time just to be able to read it.
If you want to get into even crazier shit, [read about Lisa McPherson]( who Scientology killed.
Or the [investigation]( into human trafficking and forced labor. Assholes.
And here's an entire other rabbit hole based on this guy named [Bob Minton]( Bob Minton basically championed Lisa Mcpherson's case all the way to court. He spent millions to fight Scientology and embarrass the fuck out of them. Even set up the Lisa McPherson foundation.
Anyway, in the end at court, Minton suddenly turned on the McPherson's and testified against them instead. Scientology went after McPherson's lawyer for misconduct, with Bob as their fucking witness. What the shit Bob? Clearly Scientology had finally gotten to him. His millions of dollars weren't enough. The wiki is amazing in the context of all of this. It tells how they eventually ruined him. Miscaviage doesn't fuck around, just ask his wife.
Oh oh oh, and if you've made it this far, here's your prize or.. whatever. It's a very long read, but it's just fascinating. I ran across it a long time ago when i was reading about this stuff and have remembered it ever since.
So this bit of fucking insanity was written by Bob Minton from above. It's an old usenet post from 1998 where he tells an incredible story about the true origin of Scientology, and a guy named Ralph Dorian. This will only have it's full effect after you've read a bunch about L. Ron though, so be sure and do that.
[Page 1]( is Minton describing the story he's about to unfold. [Page 2]( is the account written by this guy named Ralph Dorian who tells a story of what scientology was supposed to be, and that it had more than one writer. Keep in mind that this was written way before the Lisa Mcpherson trial which is what makes it so interesting.
Sorry factual errors or broken links. And complete goddamn randomness. It's late. Holy crap.
Oh! By the way, one of my favorite L. Ron. Hubbard stories - he once [stole Jack Parson's girlfriend] ( after doing [Magick]( with them! | Scientology be crazy as fuck |
tikalmonster | It has been said that it would require 2 wishes to resurrect Tudagub, one to bring his body back, one to return his soul to his body.
But what if the party just wished his soul into a dead body. That would only take one wish right?
I think there are both reasons and problems they might do this. One of the biggest reasons is that Vincent was like basically best friends with Tudagub. He drank himself silly after his death, a man who never drinks. So it would be sort of in character to do this. I see two big problems with this. Without talking to someone about the ring the party has no idea it would even take two wishes to bring Tudagub back successfully. So either they need to talk to a powerful mage or w/e or they could waste a wish bringing his soul back without a body. Another problem is, even though Vincent probably loved Tudagub as a friend and the entire party was spared death by his final heal to bring Vincent back...the party is selfish. Vincent is potentially evil. Abigael is no doubt selfish. Bregor goes along with the other two.
Also, after I knew they would go for the ring I researched it. The wish is going to take 5k exp from the wisher. Whoever wishes for this thing is going to probably lose a level. Maybe this isnt accurate with the version of D&D they are using, but it was the information I found.
TLDR: Two wishes to bring Tudagub back. One wish for his body, one for soul. Only have one wish. Get a dead body, wish his soul into it. BRING BACK TUDAGUB! | It has been said that it would require 2 wishes to resurrect Tudagub, one to bring his body back, one to return his soul to his body.
But what if the party just wished his soul into a dead body. That would only take one wish right?
I think there are both reasons and problems they might do this. One of the biggest reasons is that Vincent was like basically best friends with Tudagub. He drank himself silly after his death, a man who never drinks. So it would be sort of in character to do this. I see two big problems with this. Without talking to someone about the ring the party has no idea it would even take two wishes to bring Tudagub back successfully. So either they need to talk to a powerful mage or w/e or they could waste a wish bringing his soul back without a body. Another problem is, even though Vincent probably loved Tudagub as a friend and the entire party was spared death by his final heal to bring Vincent back...the party is selfish. Vincent is potentially evil. Abigael is no doubt selfish. Bregor goes along with the other two.
Also, after I knew they would go for the ring I researched it. The wish is going to take 5k exp from the wisher. Whoever wishes for this thing is going to probably lose a level. Maybe this isnt accurate with the version of D&D they are using, but it was the information I found.
TLDR: Two wishes to bring Tudagub back. One wish for his body, one for soul. Only have one wish. Get a dead body, wish his soul into it. BRING BACK TUDAGUB!
| itmejp | t5_2v9r5 | cbldzz6 | It has been said that it would require 2 wishes to resurrect Tudagub, one to bring his body back, one to return his soul to his body.
But what if the party just wished his soul into a dead body. That would only take one wish right?
I think there are both reasons and problems they might do this. One of the biggest reasons is that Vincent was like basically best friends with Tudagub. He drank himself silly after his death, a man who never drinks. So it would be sort of in character to do this. I see two big problems with this. Without talking to someone about the ring the party has no idea it would even take two wishes to bring Tudagub back successfully. So either they need to talk to a powerful mage or w/e or they could waste a wish bringing his soul back without a body. Another problem is, even though Vincent probably loved Tudagub as a friend and the entire party was spared death by his final heal to bring Vincent back...the party is selfish. Vincent is potentially evil. Abigael is no doubt selfish. Bregor goes along with the other two.
Also, after I knew they would go for the ring I researched it. The wish is going to take 5k exp from the wisher. Whoever wishes for this thing is going to probably lose a level. Maybe this isnt accurate with the version of D&D they are using, but it was the information I found. | Two wishes to bring Tudagub back. One wish for his body, one for soul. Only have one wish. Get a dead body, wish his soul into it. BRING BACK TUDAGUB! |
aurry | Whoa whoa whoa. I'm sorry, but there is some misinformation here that I need to correct for all the people who are reading this post.
Saying that 23andMe is capable of screening someone's genome is an over over statement. The panel of genes, mutations, and SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) that are covered are very specific and don't even come close to providing a proper assessment of overall risk in most cases. I will get back to this in a second.
In the case of the BRCA 1 and 2 genes, 23andMe ONLY looks at the 3 common Ashkenazi Jewish mutations (185delAG, 5382incC, and 6174delT), NOT the whole gene. Therefore, if OP had a BRCA1 mutation that was not 185delAG or 5382incC, this would not be an appropriate test for her daughter or any other family members. Doing this test when there is a different mutation in the family could lead to the false belief that the individual is not at risk when they very well may have inherited the BRCA1 genetic mutation. The best course of action for her daughter (should she wish to get tested, as an adult), would be to bring a copy of OP's genetic result to a genetic counsellor and be tested for that very same mutation in a CLIA certified clinical lab. This is the only way for her to know if she is at an increased risk to develop breast and/or ovarian cancer.
Yes, 23andMe can be a fun test that can tell you fun things about your ancestry. In some cases, it even has the potential to uncover true, actionable information (eg. carrier status, testing BRCA1 or 2 positive). HOWEVER, most of the information you get from a commercial test such as this is not necessarily truly validated for the "health risks". I would recommend that some of these results be taken with a grain of salt.
Tldr: **If you have an actual family history of a genetic condition, 23andMe is probably not an appropriate test for you to understand your risks. See a genetic counsellor. Please.**
OP, your boyfriend sounds wonderful and supportive and I wish you both the very best and a speedy recovery :)
| Whoa whoa whoa. I'm sorry, but there is some misinformation here that I need to correct for all the people who are reading this post.
Saying that 23andMe is capable of screening someone's genome is an over over statement. The panel of genes, mutations, and SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) that are covered are very specific and don't even come close to providing a proper assessment of overall risk in most cases. I will get back to this in a second.
In the case of the BRCA 1 and 2 genes, 23andMe ONLY looks at the 3 common Ashkenazi Jewish mutations (185delAG, 5382incC, and 6174delT), NOT the whole gene. Therefore, if OP had a BRCA1 mutation that was not 185delAG or 5382incC, this would not be an appropriate test for her daughter or any other family members. Doing this test when there is a different mutation in the family could lead to the false belief that the individual is not at risk when they very well may have inherited the BRCA1 genetic mutation. The best course of action for her daughter (should she wish to get tested, as an adult), would be to bring a copy of OP's genetic result to a genetic counsellor and be tested for that very same mutation in a CLIA certified clinical lab. This is the only way for her to know if she is at an increased risk to develop breast and/or ovarian cancer.
Yes, 23andMe can be a fun test that can tell you fun things about your ancestry. In some cases, it even has the potential to uncover true, actionable information (eg. carrier status, testing BRCA1 or 2 positive). HOWEVER, most of the information you get from a commercial test such as this is not necessarily truly validated for the "health risks". I would recommend that some of these results be taken with a grain of salt.
Tldr: If you have an actual family history of a genetic condition, 23andMe is probably not an appropriate test for you to understand your risks. See a genetic counsellor. Please.
OP, your boyfriend sounds wonderful and supportive and I wish you both the very best and a speedy recovery :)
| TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | cbjz66c | Whoa whoa whoa. I'm sorry, but there is some misinformation here that I need to correct for all the people who are reading this post.
Saying that 23andMe is capable of screening someone's genome is an over over statement. The panel of genes, mutations, and SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) that are covered are very specific and don't even come close to providing a proper assessment of overall risk in most cases. I will get back to this in a second.
In the case of the BRCA 1 and 2 genes, 23andMe ONLY looks at the 3 common Ashkenazi Jewish mutations (185delAG, 5382incC, and 6174delT), NOT the whole gene. Therefore, if OP had a BRCA1 mutation that was not 185delAG or 5382incC, this would not be an appropriate test for her daughter or any other family members. Doing this test when there is a different mutation in the family could lead to the false belief that the individual is not at risk when they very well may have inherited the BRCA1 genetic mutation. The best course of action for her daughter (should she wish to get tested, as an adult), would be to bring a copy of OP's genetic result to a genetic counsellor and be tested for that very same mutation in a CLIA certified clinical lab. This is the only way for her to know if she is at an increased risk to develop breast and/or ovarian cancer.
Yes, 23andMe can be a fun test that can tell you fun things about your ancestry. In some cases, it even has the potential to uncover true, actionable information (eg. carrier status, testing BRCA1 or 2 positive). HOWEVER, most of the information you get from a commercial test such as this is not necessarily truly validated for the "health risks". I would recommend that some of these results be taken with a grain of salt. | If you have an actual family history of a genetic condition, 23andMe is probably not an appropriate test for you to understand your risks. See a genetic counsellor. Please.
OP, your boyfriend sounds wonderful and supportive and I wish you both the very best and a speedy recovery :) |
rokuthirteen | He plays a lot of positions, but when he plays right it's because he plays an inverted wing. If he were a leftie on the left side, he'd be crossing in. On the right side, he pivots, steps, and shoots across goal.
TL;DR: He plays inverted to increase his shooting chances instead of crossing. | He plays a lot of positions, but when he plays right it's because he plays an inverted wing. If he were a leftie on the left side, he'd be crossing in. On the right side, he pivots, steps, and shoots across goal.
TL;DR: He plays inverted to increase his shooting chances instead of crossing.
| soccer | t5_2qi58 | cbjt4t3 | He plays a lot of positions, but when he plays right it's because he plays an inverted wing. If he were a leftie on the left side, he'd be crossing in. On the right side, he pivots, steps, and shoots across goal. | He plays inverted to increase his shooting chances instead of crossing. |
derpyizbestpony | See the thing about all of this is that these are things that go through the mind of an addict all the time. But we have to change a few things first.
An addict will constantly search out the thing to give them the fix. (for the fatty it's food)
An addict will never accept help, since they believe they have it under control. They will never accept that they are the cause of their own untimely demise.
The addict will do anything in their power to get their fix. This does in fact mean ANYTHING.
Addicts have a need to get more of what makes them feel good.
And finally addicts will say that no one will understand their problems and blame them all on society, quoting that if so and so never happened and that if all of these substances were more accepted in society then none of this would have happened. There is no reasoning with the addict, and nothing can be used to help them unless they take the first couple steps themselves (I.E. checking themselves into rehab, finding a support group, or just quitting cold turkey)
TL;DR fatties are addicts and don't want to stop doing what they love. | See the thing about all of this is that these are things that go through the mind of an addict all the time. But we have to change a few things first.
An addict will constantly search out the thing to give them the fix. (for the fatty it's food)
An addict will never accept help, since they believe they have it under control. They will never accept that they are the cause of their own untimely demise.
The addict will do anything in their power to get their fix. This does in fact mean ANYTHING.
Addicts have a need to get more of what makes them feel good.
And finally addicts will say that no one will understand their problems and blame them all on society, quoting that if so and so never happened and that if all of these substances were more accepted in society then none of this would have happened. There is no reasoning with the addict, and nothing can be used to help them unless they take the first couple steps themselves (I.E. checking themselves into rehab, finding a support group, or just quitting cold turkey)
TL;DR fatties are addicts and don't want to stop doing what they love.
| fatpeoplestories | t5_2vzax | cbk7jdr | See the thing about all of this is that these are things that go through the mind of an addict all the time. But we have to change a few things first.
An addict will constantly search out the thing to give them the fix. (for the fatty it's food)
An addict will never accept help, since they believe they have it under control. They will never accept that they are the cause of their own untimely demise.
The addict will do anything in their power to get their fix. This does in fact mean ANYTHING.
Addicts have a need to get more of what makes them feel good.
And finally addicts will say that no one will understand their problems and blame them all on society, quoting that if so and so never happened and that if all of these substances were more accepted in society then none of this would have happened. There is no reasoning with the addict, and nothing can be used to help them unless they take the first couple steps themselves (I.E. checking themselves into rehab, finding a support group, or just quitting cold turkey) | fatties are addicts and don't want to stop doing what they love. |
MrGatch | I worked in a hotel restaurant that was just awful. Seriously, I don't think anyone really gives those who work there the respect/tip they deserve- often times, we were thought of as employees of the hotel, not waiters.
This was especially true during the breakfast buffet. I had to put up with all sorts of shit from guests who had woken up and expected to be treated like kings. They would always make special requests, and then took it out on us when we said, "No, this is a buffet, not a restaurant."
One time, though, we had a guest who came on the weekend and then stayed until Monday. Now on the weekend, we had the "special" buffet, which included bacon. The guest demanded to know why on Mondays, we didn't have bacon, nor could we make him a special order. He yelled, degraded, and berated me, in front of a semi-full restaurant, finally taking his breakfast upstairs. I apologized as much as I could, but there was nothing I could do but just take it.
After he left, a woman came up to me with her bill and a 150% tip. I told her I couldn't accept so much, but she said, "After that, you certainly can."
**TL;DR-Asshole rips into me for something I have no control over in front of guests, one of which tips me 150% to make up for it and wouldn't take "no" for an answer.** | I worked in a hotel restaurant that was just awful. Seriously, I don't think anyone really gives those who work there the respect/tip they deserve- often times, we were thought of as employees of the hotel, not waiters.
This was especially true during the breakfast buffet. I had to put up with all sorts of shit from guests who had woken up and expected to be treated like kings. They would always make special requests, and then took it out on us when we said, "No, this is a buffet, not a restaurant."
One time, though, we had a guest who came on the weekend and then stayed until Monday. Now on the weekend, we had the "special" buffet, which included bacon. The guest demanded to know why on Mondays, we didn't have bacon, nor could we make him a special order. He yelled, degraded, and berated me, in front of a semi-full restaurant, finally taking his breakfast upstairs. I apologized as much as I could, but there was nothing I could do but just take it.
After he left, a woman came up to me with her bill and a 150% tip. I told her I couldn't accept so much, but she said, "After that, you certainly can."
TL;DR-Asshole rips into me for something I have no control over in front of guests, one of which tips me 150% to make up for it and wouldn't take "no" for an answer.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbk50bs | I worked in a hotel restaurant that was just awful. Seriously, I don't think anyone really gives those who work there the respect/tip they deserve- often times, we were thought of as employees of the hotel, not waiters.
This was especially true during the breakfast buffet. I had to put up with all sorts of shit from guests who had woken up and expected to be treated like kings. They would always make special requests, and then took it out on us when we said, "No, this is a buffet, not a restaurant."
One time, though, we had a guest who came on the weekend and then stayed until Monday. Now on the weekend, we had the "special" buffet, which included bacon. The guest demanded to know why on Mondays, we didn't have bacon, nor could we make him a special order. He yelled, degraded, and berated me, in front of a semi-full restaurant, finally taking his breakfast upstairs. I apologized as much as I could, but there was nothing I could do but just take it.
After he left, a woman came up to me with her bill and a 150% tip. I told her I couldn't accept so much, but she said, "After that, you certainly can." | Asshole rips into me for something I have no control over in front of guests, one of which tips me 150% to make up for it and wouldn't take "no" for an answer. |
ConstitutionalDude | I'm distraught though.
On the one hand, I've worked in government and saw first-hand that 80% of the people are incompetent and most of the systems are 80% broken. Despite being in an area of government that involved testing new "systems", those systems generally failed to meet the functionality the government ordered. In summary, the US government is almost universally inept and staffed with people that really don't care about anything but getting home as soon as possible.
But it's been a few years.
Now, I'm reading about all these fancy spy systems and conspiracy theories. I have no doubt that it's *possible* the government *could* build and maintain such incredible spy systems, but how....when nearly everything the government (including the military) creates is usually 80-90% useless and 100-200% over-budget? I saw the Snowden slides showing all the systems talking to each other, but in my fairly recent and fairly deep experience, I think it's 99.9% likely that most of that shit doesn't work like it's supposed to. The government has shown over and over that it can't even build simple interfaces between systems. So, I just can't see an NSA guy sitting at a desk, entering an email address, and pulling up much of anything. 90% of the NSA's systems are likely not capable of doing the work those slides would like us to believe. No fucking way all those companies databases are interfacing easily (or at all) so some guy can pull up your browsing history. Most likely, it takes 20 people months to pull up a decent report about some email address owner's internet and phone activities.
Anyone who has worked with new government IT systems in the last 10 years can verify how incompetent the designers and the systems are. Obama might be right when he says these systems are being used to spy on normal Americans....because it probably requires so many resources to make these shitty systems do anything that there simply isn't enough manpower for Snowden to sit at his desk and pull up much of anything.
TLDR: There is no way the US government is capable of building a system that interfaces all the data from all those companies' systems into a useable GUI. No fucking way. Is it possible? Of course. Is it possible for an organization as incompetent as the gov? No. Maybe some day though. | I'm distraught though.
On the one hand, I've worked in government and saw first-hand that 80% of the people are incompetent and most of the systems are 80% broken. Despite being in an area of government that involved testing new "systems", those systems generally failed to meet the functionality the government ordered. In summary, the US government is almost universally inept and staffed with people that really don't care about anything but getting home as soon as possible.
But it's been a few years.
Now, I'm reading about all these fancy spy systems and conspiracy theories. I have no doubt that it's possible the government could build and maintain such incredible spy systems, but how....when nearly everything the government (including the military) creates is usually 80-90% useless and 100-200% over-budget? I saw the Snowden slides showing all the systems talking to each other, but in my fairly recent and fairly deep experience, I think it's 99.9% likely that most of that shit doesn't work like it's supposed to. The government has shown over and over that it can't even build simple interfaces between systems. So, I just can't see an NSA guy sitting at a desk, entering an email address, and pulling up much of anything. 90% of the NSA's systems are likely not capable of doing the work those slides would like us to believe. No fucking way all those companies databases are interfacing easily (or at all) so some guy can pull up your browsing history. Most likely, it takes 20 people months to pull up a decent report about some email address owner's internet and phone activities.
Anyone who has worked with new government IT systems in the last 10 years can verify how incompetent the designers and the systems are. Obama might be right when he says these systems are being used to spy on normal Americans....because it probably requires so many resources to make these shitty systems do anything that there simply isn't enough manpower for Snowden to sit at his desk and pull up much of anything.
TLDR: There is no way the US government is capable of building a system that interfaces all the data from all those companies' systems into a useable GUI. No fucking way. Is it possible? Of course. Is it possible for an organization as incompetent as the gov? No. Maybe some day though.
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cbkcb0y | I'm distraught though.
On the one hand, I've worked in government and saw first-hand that 80% of the people are incompetent and most of the systems are 80% broken. Despite being in an area of government that involved testing new "systems", those systems generally failed to meet the functionality the government ordered. In summary, the US government is almost universally inept and staffed with people that really don't care about anything but getting home as soon as possible.
But it's been a few years.
Now, I'm reading about all these fancy spy systems and conspiracy theories. I have no doubt that it's possible the government could build and maintain such incredible spy systems, but how....when nearly everything the government (including the military) creates is usually 80-90% useless and 100-200% over-budget? I saw the Snowden slides showing all the systems talking to each other, but in my fairly recent and fairly deep experience, I think it's 99.9% likely that most of that shit doesn't work like it's supposed to. The government has shown over and over that it can't even build simple interfaces between systems. So, I just can't see an NSA guy sitting at a desk, entering an email address, and pulling up much of anything. 90% of the NSA's systems are likely not capable of doing the work those slides would like us to believe. No fucking way all those companies databases are interfacing easily (or at all) so some guy can pull up your browsing history. Most likely, it takes 20 people months to pull up a decent report about some email address owner's internet and phone activities.
Anyone who has worked with new government IT systems in the last 10 years can verify how incompetent the designers and the systems are. Obama might be right when he says these systems are being used to spy on normal Americans....because it probably requires so many resources to make these shitty systems do anything that there simply isn't enough manpower for Snowden to sit at his desk and pull up much of anything. | There is no way the US government is capable of building a system that interfaces all the data from all those companies' systems into a useable GUI. No fucking way. Is it possible? Of course. Is it possible for an organization as incompetent as the gov? No. Maybe some day though. |
jomofo | In general you shouldn't be concerned about carbs that come from dietary fiber. You can either count them or not count them against your carb total, but the key is consistency and adjusting your nutrition based on the results you're getting.
Although they can contribute a small amount of calories (i.e. something more like ~1.5 calories per gram on average and significantly less than ~4 per gram like sugars and starches), the body makes use of the various types of fiber in different ways, hardly any of it for energy.
I personally prefer not to count fiber carbs so I subtract them out of my carb intake. Because of this strategy, I also avoid tracking vegetables that are mostly fiber (e.g. leafy greens). Dressings and oils on top of that obviously need to be counted. Your mileage may vary if you have six huge salads per day or are snacking all day on veggies, which I don't, but I'd think most people can get away just subtracting out fiber.
TL;DR: Yes
| In general you shouldn't be concerned about carbs that come from dietary fiber. You can either count them or not count them against your carb total, but the key is consistency and adjusting your nutrition based on the results you're getting.
Although they can contribute a small amount of calories (i.e. something more like ~1.5 calories per gram on average and significantly less than ~4 per gram like sugars and starches), the body makes use of the various types of fiber in different ways, hardly any of it for energy.
I personally prefer not to count fiber carbs so I subtract them out of my carb intake. Because of this strategy, I also avoid tracking vegetables that are mostly fiber (e.g. leafy greens). Dressings and oils on top of that obviously need to be counted. Your mileage may vary if you have six huge salads per day or are snacking all day on veggies, which I don't, but I'd think most people can get away just subtracting out fiber.
TL;DR: Yes
| P90X | t5_2rmaw | cbk8f8r | In general you shouldn't be concerned about carbs that come from dietary fiber. You can either count them or not count them against your carb total, but the key is consistency and adjusting your nutrition based on the results you're getting.
Although they can contribute a small amount of calories (i.e. something more like ~1.5 calories per gram on average and significantly less than ~4 per gram like sugars and starches), the body makes use of the various types of fiber in different ways, hardly any of it for energy.
I personally prefer not to count fiber carbs so I subtract them out of my carb intake. Because of this strategy, I also avoid tracking vegetables that are mostly fiber (e.g. leafy greens). Dressings and oils on top of that obviously need to be counted. Your mileage may vary if you have six huge salads per day or are snacking all day on veggies, which I don't, but I'd think most people can get away just subtracting out fiber. | Yes |
toaster_waffle | I love television, and when I started getting into these sports, characters on TV shows I watched a lot liked them. Can't remember who it was that was a Red Sox fan (I was ~11-12), and Canucks fan came from Robin Scherbatsky from HIMYM. It also helped that the "home" teams sucked when I got into those sports (I lived in Pittsburgh when I became a fan of the Red Sox (~2003-2004?)), and in Texas when I became a fan of the Canucks (~2011-2012).
TL;DR: I make sports decisions based on TV. | I love television, and when I started getting into these sports, characters on TV shows I watched a lot liked them. Can't remember who it was that was a Red Sox fan (I was ~11-12), and Canucks fan came from Robin Scherbatsky from HIMYM. It also helped that the "home" teams sucked when I got into those sports (I lived in Pittsburgh when I became a fan of the Red Sox (~2003-2004?)), and in Texas when I became a fan of the Canucks (~2011-2012).
TL;DR: I make sports decisions based on TV.
| baseball | t5_2qm7u | cbktcp9 | I love television, and when I started getting into these sports, characters on TV shows I watched a lot liked them. Can't remember who it was that was a Red Sox fan (I was ~11-12), and Canucks fan came from Robin Scherbatsky from HIMYM. It also helped that the "home" teams sucked when I got into those sports (I lived in Pittsburgh when I became a fan of the Red Sox (~2003-2004?)), and in Texas when I became a fan of the Canucks (~2011-2012). | I make sports decisions based on TV. |
McDrewbs | Welcome to the world of journalism EVERYWHERE. When you "know" more than the average Joe on a subject, you'll always notice this trend from journalists, a mass amount of them don't do enough research into their subject (just look at the media's portrayal of what a "troll" is) and will get a lot of things wrong, but most people just don't know enough themselves to call them out on it.
Even the majority of "news" nowadays is scavenged from places like Reddit and so forth.
TL;DR, this level of "reporting" infected journalism long ago, nowadays it's much better to be controversial and wrong (Riot's pay to win) then it is to be agreeable and correct. This subreddit knows very well that drama is popular. | Welcome to the world of journalism EVERYWHERE. When you "know" more than the average Joe on a subject, you'll always notice this trend from journalists, a mass amount of them don't do enough research into their subject (just look at the media's portrayal of what a "troll" is) and will get a lot of things wrong, but most people just don't know enough themselves to call them out on it.
Even the majority of "news" nowadays is scavenged from places like Reddit and so forth.
TL;DR, this level of "reporting" infected journalism long ago, nowadays it's much better to be controversial and wrong (Riot's pay to win) then it is to be agreeable and correct. This subreddit knows very well that drama is popular.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cbker2q | Welcome to the world of journalism EVERYWHERE. When you "know" more than the average Joe on a subject, you'll always notice this trend from journalists, a mass amount of them don't do enough research into their subject (just look at the media's portrayal of what a "troll" is) and will get a lot of things wrong, but most people just don't know enough themselves to call them out on it.
Even the majority of "news" nowadays is scavenged from places like Reddit and so forth. | this level of "reporting" infected journalism long ago, nowadays it's much better to be controversial and wrong (Riot's pay to win) then it is to be agreeable and correct. This subreddit knows very well that drama is popular. |
SomeGuyIMetOnline | Well, IP bans can be fooled in some cases via routers, gateways, etc. There isn't anything wrong with them and plenty of places use them as a means of perma-bans. I'm not so well versed on communications protocol, but I believe Reddit only has the IP addresses, so my original idea is a moot, stupid point.
IP bans wouldn't work either, because all you need to pass that is a public computer access area. I'm probably vastly overcomplicating this, but the most effective means of a perma-ban would involve a profiling algorithm. My theory would be that more often than not, a single troll trolls the same way regardless of the username. It's harder to detect the subtleties online, but a person's mannerisms and style persist even under anonymity...
tl;dr IP Ban is a band-aid and SomeGuyIMetOnline types way too much. | Well, IP bans can be fooled in some cases via routers, gateways, etc. There isn't anything wrong with them and plenty of places use them as a means of perma-bans. I'm not so well versed on communications protocol, but I believe Reddit only has the IP addresses, so my original idea is a moot, stupid point.
IP bans wouldn't work either, because all you need to pass that is a public computer access area. I'm probably vastly overcomplicating this, but the most effective means of a perma-ban would involve a profiling algorithm. My theory would be that more often than not, a single troll trolls the same way regardless of the username. It's harder to detect the subtleties online, but a person's mannerisms and style persist even under anonymity...
tl;dr IP Ban is a band-aid and SomeGuyIMetOnline types way too much.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cbkv75w | Well, IP bans can be fooled in some cases via routers, gateways, etc. There isn't anything wrong with them and plenty of places use them as a means of perma-bans. I'm not so well versed on communications protocol, but I believe Reddit only has the IP addresses, so my original idea is a moot, stupid point.
IP bans wouldn't work either, because all you need to pass that is a public computer access area. I'm probably vastly overcomplicating this, but the most effective means of a perma-ban would involve a profiling algorithm. My theory would be that more often than not, a single troll trolls the same way regardless of the username. It's harder to detect the subtleties online, but a person's mannerisms and style persist even under anonymity... | IP Ban is a band-aid and SomeGuyIMetOnline types way too much. |
yoshemitzu | I don't really consider it a spoiler, but in case anyone else does, here's your official **spoiler warning**:
I never really considered this a mystery, and I don't think the show does either. I grabbed the [script for "Image in the Sand"]( (S7E01) and the conversation with Bashir, O'Brien, and Quark about Jadzia not getting into Sto-Vo-Kor has the following line:
> QUARK: You mean being murdered by a Pah wraith in cold blood doesn't count?
TL;DR: Keep watching the episode. | I don't really consider it a spoiler, but in case anyone else does, here's your official spoiler warning :
I never really considered this a mystery, and I don't think the show does either. I grabbed the script for "Image in the Sand" and the conversation with Bashir, O'Brien, and Quark about Jadzia not getting into Sto-Vo-Kor has the following line:
> QUARK: You mean being murdered by a Pah wraith in cold blood doesn't count?
TL;DR: Keep watching the episode.
| DeepSpaceNine | t5_2qwim | cbkz0bm | I don't really consider it a spoiler, but in case anyone else does, here's your official spoiler warning :
I never really considered this a mystery, and I don't think the show does either. I grabbed the script for "Image in the Sand" and the conversation with Bashir, O'Brien, and Quark about Jadzia not getting into Sto-Vo-Kor has the following line:
> QUARK: You mean being murdered by a Pah wraith in cold blood doesn't count? | Keep watching the episode. |
Ravhin | This, as any other hobby is about having fun. If you get your fun by building them without painting, that's great, I'll cheer anyone who does this, but I won't be looking a second time to your work because I have no interest in it. Nothing personal, and I don't like when people play it down.
TL;DR: Having fun is all that matters. | This, as any other hobby is about having fun. If you get your fun by building them without painting, that's great, I'll cheer anyone who does this, but I won't be looking a second time to your work because I have no interest in it. Nothing personal, and I don't like when people play it down.
TL;DR: Having fun is all that matters.
| Gunpla | t5_2rlrf | cbm3tsx | This, as any other hobby is about having fun. If you get your fun by building them without painting, that's great, I'll cheer anyone who does this, but I won't be looking a second time to your work because I have no interest in it. Nothing personal, and I don't like when people play it down. | Having fun is all that matters. |
No_Hetero | Maybe, just maybe, as much as some gay men live to flaunt and flourish and be loud and proud and wear rainbows every he is looking to connect with, a portion of the gay community that he happens to not see much of (because as I said we are not so explosive and colorful, implying no insult to either side)
Tl;dr He is separating himself to behaviors he finds don't fit him, and if you think being not flamboyant means you're "straight-acting" that's *your* problem. | Maybe, just maybe, as much as some gay men live to flaunt and flourish and be loud and proud and wear rainbows every he is looking to connect with, a portion of the gay community that he happens to not see much of (because as I said we are not so explosive and colorful, implying no insult to either side)
Tl;dr He is separating himself to behaviors he finds don't fit him, and if you think being not flamboyant means you're "straight-acting" that's your problem.
| gay | t5_2qhef | cblepp4 | Maybe, just maybe, as much as some gay men live to flaunt and flourish and be loud and proud and wear rainbows every he is looking to connect with, a portion of the gay community that he happens to not see much of (because as I said we are not so explosive and colorful, implying no insult to either side) | He is separating himself to behaviors he finds don't fit him, and if you think being not flamboyant means you're "straight-acting" that's your problem. |
shiftysnowman | This is really sad. We're a minority and we segregate ourselves into even smaller subsets? This entire argument is stupid. Sexuality-wise, I'm 100% gay in that, I'm homosexual. No doubt about it, I'm attracted to men and want to have sex with them. That being said, personality-wise, I'm like OP. Although OP used some words that can be viewed as offensive, I don't think he is being homophobic. He is simply stating that he is on the more masculine side and is attracted to masculine gay men. In other words, he feels that there is a certain personality trait that he finds more compatible with himself.
I'm one of *those* guys that considers himself "straight acting". Now before you get butt hurt over me being "homophobic", please hear me out. The phrase "straight acting" has poor semantics. Despite what it implies, I don't mean that I'm a gay guy who is ashamed of my sexuality and therefore intentionally *tries* to be straight via some kind of *act*. No, I'm gay, I love being gay, I'm proud of it and will defend gay rights until the day I die.
The idea of “gay stereotype” completely eludes me. I do not believe anyone here actively *tries* to fit any stereotype. At least I hope not, as it would be a shame to do so. Whether you are an effeminate man trying to be masculine or masculine trying to be effeminate, I will not respect you because you cannot respect yourself. Just be you goddamn self and who the fuck care’s about the “stereotype”, whatever that may be (as there are apparently so many gay stereotypes out there).
Again, like OP, I’m a masculine gay man and I am attracted to other masculine gay men. If you are somehow offended by that and are audacious enough to call me homophobic because of it, then we have a problem. The problem is, you are offended by my personality and the type of personality I'm attracted to. It's comparable to heterosexual men being offended by homosexuals. Who/what I’m attracted to neither affects him nor you. Although I'm sure some do, I do not condemn any gay man for being a "flaming queen" or "flamer", I simply do not think I'll be able to emotionally connect with that personality type. I’m 24 though, still young and stupid and, although this is currently my ideal mate, I certainly will not rule *any* gay man out. We’re a minority, it would be stupid to do so.
All that being said and getting back to OP’s original comment. I feel like he is venting his frustration in that he is gay and is attracted to masculine gay men. It’s hard enough meeting nice gay men in general but because masculine gay men feel out of place in the public “gay scene”, it’s often even more difficult for them to connect with one another. Hence seeing phrases like “straight acting” and “masc 4 masc” on online media.
I know this was long and probably not well said in the least as I am not well versed enough to express my feelings. But I would like to close by saying that I constantly remind myself that I know nothing about anything. If you disagree with anything I said, please let me know. DO NOT preach to me on how I am wrong, ignorant, arrogant, or whatever. Instead, express your perspective and feelings on the subject and explain how they conflict with mine. I like to think that I strive every day to be a better man, and you being able to understand where I’m coming from and share your perspective can really have an impact on me. If you don’t want to respond here, feel free to PM me.
tl;dr I like dick. You like dick. We all like dick.
| This is really sad. We're a minority and we segregate ourselves into even smaller subsets? This entire argument is stupid. Sexuality-wise, I'm 100% gay in that, I'm homosexual. No doubt about it, I'm attracted to men and want to have sex with them. That being said, personality-wise, I'm like OP. Although OP used some words that can be viewed as offensive, I don't think he is being homophobic. He is simply stating that he is on the more masculine side and is attracted to masculine gay men. In other words, he feels that there is a certain personality trait that he finds more compatible with himself.
I'm one of those guys that considers himself "straight acting". Now before you get butt hurt over me being "homophobic", please hear me out. The phrase "straight acting" has poor semantics. Despite what it implies, I don't mean that I'm a gay guy who is ashamed of my sexuality and therefore intentionally tries to be straight via some kind of act . No, I'm gay, I love being gay, I'm proud of it and will defend gay rights until the day I die.
The idea of “gay stereotype” completely eludes me. I do not believe anyone here actively tries to fit any stereotype. At least I hope not, as it would be a shame to do so. Whether you are an effeminate man trying to be masculine or masculine trying to be effeminate, I will not respect you because you cannot respect yourself. Just be you goddamn self and who the fuck care’s about the “stereotype”, whatever that may be (as there are apparently so many gay stereotypes out there).
Again, like OP, I’m a masculine gay man and I am attracted to other masculine gay men. If you are somehow offended by that and are audacious enough to call me homophobic because of it, then we have a problem. The problem is, you are offended by my personality and the type of personality I'm attracted to. It's comparable to heterosexual men being offended by homosexuals. Who/what I’m attracted to neither affects him nor you. Although I'm sure some do, I do not condemn any gay man for being a "flaming queen" or "flamer", I simply do not think I'll be able to emotionally connect with that personality type. I’m 24 though, still young and stupid and, although this is currently my ideal mate, I certainly will not rule any gay man out. We’re a minority, it would be stupid to do so.
All that being said and getting back to OP’s original comment. I feel like he is venting his frustration in that he is gay and is attracted to masculine gay men. It’s hard enough meeting nice gay men in general but because masculine gay men feel out of place in the public “gay scene”, it’s often even more difficult for them to connect with one another. Hence seeing phrases like “straight acting” and “masc 4 masc” on online media.
I know this was long and probably not well said in the least as I am not well versed enough to express my feelings. But I would like to close by saying that I constantly remind myself that I know nothing about anything. If you disagree with anything I said, please let me know. DO NOT preach to me on how I am wrong, ignorant, arrogant, or whatever. Instead, express your perspective and feelings on the subject and explain how they conflict with mine. I like to think that I strive every day to be a better man, and you being able to understand where I’m coming from and share your perspective can really have an impact on me. If you don’t want to respond here, feel free to PM me.
tl;dr I like dick. You like dick. We all like dick.
| gay | t5_2qhef | cblmbzm | This is really sad. We're a minority and we segregate ourselves into even smaller subsets? This entire argument is stupid. Sexuality-wise, I'm 100% gay in that, I'm homosexual. No doubt about it, I'm attracted to men and want to have sex with them. That being said, personality-wise, I'm like OP. Although OP used some words that can be viewed as offensive, I don't think he is being homophobic. He is simply stating that he is on the more masculine side and is attracted to masculine gay men. In other words, he feels that there is a certain personality trait that he finds more compatible with himself.
I'm one of those guys that considers himself "straight acting". Now before you get butt hurt over me being "homophobic", please hear me out. The phrase "straight acting" has poor semantics. Despite what it implies, I don't mean that I'm a gay guy who is ashamed of my sexuality and therefore intentionally tries to be straight via some kind of act . No, I'm gay, I love being gay, I'm proud of it and will defend gay rights until the day I die.
The idea of “gay stereotype” completely eludes me. I do not believe anyone here actively tries to fit any stereotype. At least I hope not, as it would be a shame to do so. Whether you are an effeminate man trying to be masculine or masculine trying to be effeminate, I will not respect you because you cannot respect yourself. Just be you goddamn self and who the fuck care’s about the “stereotype”, whatever that may be (as there are apparently so many gay stereotypes out there).
Again, like OP, I’m a masculine gay man and I am attracted to other masculine gay men. If you are somehow offended by that and are audacious enough to call me homophobic because of it, then we have a problem. The problem is, you are offended by my personality and the type of personality I'm attracted to. It's comparable to heterosexual men being offended by homosexuals. Who/what I’m attracted to neither affects him nor you. Although I'm sure some do, I do not condemn any gay man for being a "flaming queen" or "flamer", I simply do not think I'll be able to emotionally connect with that personality type. I’m 24 though, still young and stupid and, although this is currently my ideal mate, I certainly will not rule any gay man out. We’re a minority, it would be stupid to do so.
All that being said and getting back to OP’s original comment. I feel like he is venting his frustration in that he is gay and is attracted to masculine gay men. It’s hard enough meeting nice gay men in general but because masculine gay men feel out of place in the public “gay scene”, it’s often even more difficult for them to connect with one another. Hence seeing phrases like “straight acting” and “masc 4 masc” on online media.
I know this was long and probably not well said in the least as I am not well versed enough to express my feelings. But I would like to close by saying that I constantly remind myself that I know nothing about anything. If you disagree with anything I said, please let me know. DO NOT preach to me on how I am wrong, ignorant, arrogant, or whatever. Instead, express your perspective and feelings on the subject and explain how they conflict with mine. I like to think that I strive every day to be a better man, and you being able to understand where I’m coming from and share your perspective can really have an impact on me. If you don’t want to respond here, feel free to PM me. | I like dick. You like dick. We all like dick. |
SweetBSThrowaway | Sorry in advance for this being kind of long!
It was with an ex with whom I reconnected one night while my bf was out of town. We have a loooooong history, but have never really been able to make it work in an actual relationship. There was a lot of built up sexual tension because we had been talking and texting for a while and I had been adamant that we needed to keep it platonic b/c I was in a LTR. Also, I had been his first back in HS, and he's always told me that meant a lot to him.
Anyway, I was over at his place hanging out, and was in a bad place in my relationship. He was really supportive and a good listener, without crossing the line. We were in his hot tub, drinking a little, and pretty much sharing stories after not having hung out for several years. It was really intimate, and we had the chance to talk a little about why things never worked out for us in the past.
After the hot tub, we cuddled on the couch and watched a movie. It was very comfortable, but still a lot of sexual tension. He put his arm around me and was kind of stroking my back and neck. I leaned into him, put my hand on his leg, and we ended up kissing. We made out for probably 30-45 minutes, clothes on, and of course we were both getting really worked up. At one point we ended up on the floor, with me on top of him straddling his waist as we continued to kiss.
I suggested we move to his bedroom, still not sure at this point how far I was going to let it go. Once in his bed, we continued to kiss and he asked me if he could go down on me and I said yes. It was amazing, of course, and something that my bf had kind of stopped doing without me asking him to do so, so it felt really good not to have to initiate to receive. As he made me cum with his mouth, I knew we were going to fuck.
I can't even remember how we transitioned to sex, but I remember at one point he was lying back on his bed with his clothes off, and I got my first real good look at his dick - it was huge. I'm really bad at estimating size, but suffice it to say it was the largest I had ever seen IRL, even when we had been together in HS. I think I even said something like "Holy crap, I don't remember you being that big in HS," and he said something like he wasn't even all the way hard yet. (Per the interwebs, men's penises can keep growing until the end of puberty - so I guess he had a growth spurt after age 17 when we had been together before.)
I never considered myself a size queen; my three LTR relationships have all been average, and that has always been just fine for me. In fact, I probably have shied away from large endowments in the past, because I have sometimes had trouble with tightness, especially if I haven't had sex for a couple of weeks. But as ready to go as I was, there was definitely no room for trepidation!
I told him that I wanted him to fuck me. He rolled over on top of me and we started going. At first missionary, while I played with my clit and gave myself a couple more orgasms. We then switched to me on top, but only for a short time because he needed more control to be able to pull out when needed since we weren't using any protection and I was not on the pill. Finally we ended up going at it doggy style (my fave). At this point I am not even playing with my clit because I've had 3-4 orgasms already, but am still definitely enjoying the ride.
I know there are probably lots of (lucky) girls out there who climax easily from penetration alone, but that has never really been my experience. I think it has happened to me once or twice in the past, but it has always been so much easier to climax through clitoral stimulation while being penetrated that that has been my go-to. But that night, whether it was his size, the angle, the pent-up sexual tension, or a mixture of the three, I came so hard while he was pounding me from behind. I could feel my body seize up and waves of sensation pass through me. The muscular contractions in my pussy almost literally pushed his cock out of me (he even commented on it after we were done, so I know it was not my imagination). This happened probably about 2-3 times over the next 5-10 minutes as he continued to fuck me.
I have never felt anything like it before or since, and it definitely goes down as the best sexual experience of my life. As an added bonus, it is a lot easier for me to cum from penetration alone now, even with more moderately endowed men. Not every time, but I'll take it!
TL;DR - I had sex with an ex with whom I have a lot of history. He slayed me with his huge cock. ;) | Sorry in advance for this being kind of long!
It was with an ex with whom I reconnected one night while my bf was out of town. We have a loooooong history, but have never really been able to make it work in an actual relationship. There was a lot of built up sexual tension because we had been talking and texting for a while and I had been adamant that we needed to keep it platonic b/c I was in a LTR. Also, I had been his first back in HS, and he's always told me that meant a lot to him.
Anyway, I was over at his place hanging out, and was in a bad place in my relationship. He was really supportive and a good listener, without crossing the line. We were in his hot tub, drinking a little, and pretty much sharing stories after not having hung out for several years. It was really intimate, and we had the chance to talk a little about why things never worked out for us in the past.
After the hot tub, we cuddled on the couch and watched a movie. It was very comfortable, but still a lot of sexual tension. He put his arm around me and was kind of stroking my back and neck. I leaned into him, put my hand on his leg, and we ended up kissing. We made out for probably 30-45 minutes, clothes on, and of course we were both getting really worked up. At one point we ended up on the floor, with me on top of him straddling his waist as we continued to kiss.
I suggested we move to his bedroom, still not sure at this point how far I was going to let it go. Once in his bed, we continued to kiss and he asked me if he could go down on me and I said yes. It was amazing, of course, and something that my bf had kind of stopped doing without me asking him to do so, so it felt really good not to have to initiate to receive. As he made me cum with his mouth, I knew we were going to fuck.
I can't even remember how we transitioned to sex, but I remember at one point he was lying back on his bed with his clothes off, and I got my first real good look at his dick - it was huge. I'm really bad at estimating size, but suffice it to say it was the largest I had ever seen IRL, even when we had been together in HS. I think I even said something like "Holy crap, I don't remember you being that big in HS," and he said something like he wasn't even all the way hard yet. (Per the interwebs, men's penises can keep growing until the end of puberty - so I guess he had a growth spurt after age 17 when we had been together before.)
I never considered myself a size queen; my three LTR relationships have all been average, and that has always been just fine for me. In fact, I probably have shied away from large endowments in the past, because I have sometimes had trouble with tightness, especially if I haven't had sex for a couple of weeks. But as ready to go as I was, there was definitely no room for trepidation!
I told him that I wanted him to fuck me. He rolled over on top of me and we started going. At first missionary, while I played with my clit and gave myself a couple more orgasms. We then switched to me on top, but only for a short time because he needed more control to be able to pull out when needed since we weren't using any protection and I was not on the pill. Finally we ended up going at it doggy style (my fave). At this point I am not even playing with my clit because I've had 3-4 orgasms already, but am still definitely enjoying the ride.
I know there are probably lots of (lucky) girls out there who climax easily from penetration alone, but that has never really been my experience. I think it has happened to me once or twice in the past, but it has always been so much easier to climax through clitoral stimulation while being penetrated that that has been my go-to. But that night, whether it was his size, the angle, the pent-up sexual tension, or a mixture of the three, I came so hard while he was pounding me from behind. I could feel my body seize up and waves of sensation pass through me. The muscular contractions in my pussy almost literally pushed his cock out of me (he even commented on it after we were done, so I know it was not my imagination). This happened probably about 2-3 times over the next 5-10 minutes as he continued to fuck me.
I have never felt anything like it before or since, and it definitely goes down as the best sexual experience of my life. As an added bonus, it is a lot easier for me to cum from penetration alone now, even with more moderately endowed men. Not every time, but I'll take it!
TL;DR - I had sex with an ex with whom I have a lot of history. He slayed me with his huge cock. ;)
| gonewildstories | t5_2rvlj | cdc2xqj | Sorry in advance for this being kind of long!
It was with an ex with whom I reconnected one night while my bf was out of town. We have a loooooong history, but have never really been able to make it work in an actual relationship. There was a lot of built up sexual tension because we had been talking and texting for a while and I had been adamant that we needed to keep it platonic b/c I was in a LTR. Also, I had been his first back in HS, and he's always told me that meant a lot to him.
Anyway, I was over at his place hanging out, and was in a bad place in my relationship. He was really supportive and a good listener, without crossing the line. We were in his hot tub, drinking a little, and pretty much sharing stories after not having hung out for several years. It was really intimate, and we had the chance to talk a little about why things never worked out for us in the past.
After the hot tub, we cuddled on the couch and watched a movie. It was very comfortable, but still a lot of sexual tension. He put his arm around me and was kind of stroking my back and neck. I leaned into him, put my hand on his leg, and we ended up kissing. We made out for probably 30-45 minutes, clothes on, and of course we were both getting really worked up. At one point we ended up on the floor, with me on top of him straddling his waist as we continued to kiss.
I suggested we move to his bedroom, still not sure at this point how far I was going to let it go. Once in his bed, we continued to kiss and he asked me if he could go down on me and I said yes. It was amazing, of course, and something that my bf had kind of stopped doing without me asking him to do so, so it felt really good not to have to initiate to receive. As he made me cum with his mouth, I knew we were going to fuck.
I can't even remember how we transitioned to sex, but I remember at one point he was lying back on his bed with his clothes off, and I got my first real good look at his dick - it was huge. I'm really bad at estimating size, but suffice it to say it was the largest I had ever seen IRL, even when we had been together in HS. I think I even said something like "Holy crap, I don't remember you being that big in HS," and he said something like he wasn't even all the way hard yet. (Per the interwebs, men's penises can keep growing until the end of puberty - so I guess he had a growth spurt after age 17 when we had been together before.)
I never considered myself a size queen; my three LTR relationships have all been average, and that has always been just fine for me. In fact, I probably have shied away from large endowments in the past, because I have sometimes had trouble with tightness, especially if I haven't had sex for a couple of weeks. But as ready to go as I was, there was definitely no room for trepidation!
I told him that I wanted him to fuck me. He rolled over on top of me and we started going. At first missionary, while I played with my clit and gave myself a couple more orgasms. We then switched to me on top, but only for a short time because he needed more control to be able to pull out when needed since we weren't using any protection and I was not on the pill. Finally we ended up going at it doggy style (my fave). At this point I am not even playing with my clit because I've had 3-4 orgasms already, but am still definitely enjoying the ride.
I know there are probably lots of (lucky) girls out there who climax easily from penetration alone, but that has never really been my experience. I think it has happened to me once or twice in the past, but it has always been so much easier to climax through clitoral stimulation while being penetrated that that has been my go-to. But that night, whether it was his size, the angle, the pent-up sexual tension, or a mixture of the three, I came so hard while he was pounding me from behind. I could feel my body seize up and waves of sensation pass through me. The muscular contractions in my pussy almost literally pushed his cock out of me (he even commented on it after we were done, so I know it was not my imagination). This happened probably about 2-3 times over the next 5-10 minutes as he continued to fuck me.
I have never felt anything like it before or since, and it definitely goes down as the best sexual experience of my life. As an added bonus, it is a lot easier for me to cum from penetration alone now, even with more moderately endowed men. Not every time, but I'll take it! | I had sex with an ex with whom I have a lot of history. He slayed me with his huge cock. ;) |
well_golly | What this comes down to is this:
Situation one:
The police can use stolen evidence in an investigation. If you steal a bunch of written transaction records and drugs and money from the crack house down the street, and hand it to the cops, the cops are allowed to use that as evidence. After all they didn't tell you to steal it.
Situation two:
However, the cops are not allowed to ask you (or order you) to steal for them. In such an instance, you are acting on at the behest of the cops, making them the thieves. The evidence is obtained illegally (without a warrant, and using theft), and the cops are in trouble (yeah, yeah, 2 weeks paid leave - but still, it is illegal).
This is a "Situation Two" scenario on steroids:
In what we are taking about, we see the government's snoop agencies compelling and/or asking (it matters not which one) private companies to do something that would violate your rights if the government did this themselves. The agencies are having private companies proactively perform this unconstitutional activity at their behest, and so the fact that it is filtered through a private company is just a thinly disguised shell game.
This is different from merely asking telcos:
Do you retain records of domestic emails? If so, then let us see PersonX's mail for the last 6 months! We have a warrant."
Instead they are saying:
" 'BCC:' us on all email all the time for everyone. We have no warrant, by the way (even if we did it wouldn't matter). We know you normally don't retain deleted mail for more than a week (or whatever your policy). Start secretly retaining it for months now. We know you keep mail encrypted so only your end users have a key to decrypt their mail (as some more secure services provide) - so build us a back door. ... (etc)"
tl;dr: The gov is making the Telcos, ISPs, etc, into government contractors and directly ordering them to violate the constitution. This violates the constitution. | What this comes down to is this:
Situation one:
The police can use stolen evidence in an investigation. If you steal a bunch of written transaction records and drugs and money from the crack house down the street, and hand it to the cops, the cops are allowed to use that as evidence. After all they didn't tell you to steal it.
Situation two:
However, the cops are not allowed to ask you (or order you) to steal for them. In such an instance, you are acting on at the behest of the cops, making them the thieves. The evidence is obtained illegally (without a warrant, and using theft), and the cops are in trouble (yeah, yeah, 2 weeks paid leave - but still, it is illegal).
This is a "Situation Two" scenario on steroids:
In what we are taking about, we see the government's snoop agencies compelling and/or asking (it matters not which one) private companies to do something that would violate your rights if the government did this themselves. The agencies are having private companies proactively perform this unconstitutional activity at their behest, and so the fact that it is filtered through a private company is just a thinly disguised shell game.
This is different from merely asking telcos:
Do you retain records of domestic emails? If so, then let us see PersonX's mail for the last 6 months! We have a warrant."
Instead they are saying:
" 'BCC:' us on all email all the time for everyone. We have no warrant, by the way (even if we did it wouldn't matter). We know you normally don't retain deleted mail for more than a week (or whatever your policy). Start secretly retaining it for months now. We know you keep mail encrypted so only your end users have a key to decrypt their mail (as some more secure services provide) - so build us a back door. ... (etc)"
tl;dr: The gov is making the Telcos, ISPs, etc, into government contractors and directly ordering them to violate the constitution. This violates the constitution.
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cblwmnl | What this comes down to is this:
Situation one:
The police can use stolen evidence in an investigation. If you steal a bunch of written transaction records and drugs and money from the crack house down the street, and hand it to the cops, the cops are allowed to use that as evidence. After all they didn't tell you to steal it.
Situation two:
However, the cops are not allowed to ask you (or order you) to steal for them. In such an instance, you are acting on at the behest of the cops, making them the thieves. The evidence is obtained illegally (without a warrant, and using theft), and the cops are in trouble (yeah, yeah, 2 weeks paid leave - but still, it is illegal).
This is a "Situation Two" scenario on steroids:
In what we are taking about, we see the government's snoop agencies compelling and/or asking (it matters not which one) private companies to do something that would violate your rights if the government did this themselves. The agencies are having private companies proactively perform this unconstitutional activity at their behest, and so the fact that it is filtered through a private company is just a thinly disguised shell game.
This is different from merely asking telcos:
Do you retain records of domestic emails? If so, then let us see PersonX's mail for the last 6 months! We have a warrant."
Instead they are saying:
" 'BCC:' us on all email all the time for everyone. We have no warrant, by the way (even if we did it wouldn't matter). We know you normally don't retain deleted mail for more than a week (or whatever your policy). Start secretly retaining it for months now. We know you keep mail encrypted so only your end users have a key to decrypt their mail (as some more secure services provide) - so build us a back door. ... (etc)" | The gov is making the Telcos, ISPs, etc, into government contractors and directly ordering them to violate the constitution. This violates the constitution. |
jman2477 | My TV tastes seem to lean toward the "perpetually in danger of being cancelled" or "will never get more than 4 million viewers if it was the only thing on tv." As far as "currently on air" Community (obviously), Parks and Rec, Archer, Louie, Bob's Burgers, AD, Girls (My GF turned me on to it and it is a surprisingly fun show for a 20-something hetero male), Moone Boy (Hulu original with Chris O'Dowd. Very Irish with an almost Malcolm in the Middle-ish feel to it), Cougar Town (Bill Lawrence fan checking in here), Happy Endings, New Girl (I'm a big comedy fan if you can't tell), Veep, and some others I know I'm leaving out.
As for Dramas. Breaking Bad, GoT, Walking Dead (kinda, still, I guess. Meh), Dexter (same boat as Walking Dead), Sherlock (3rd on my list of 'things I'm most pumped about for 2013'), Hemlock Grove, Chicago Fire (I have no real idea why I like this show), Defiance, Misfits (not really anymore now that the entire original cast is gone, but the first 3 seasons are quite solid), and a host of shows I'm leaving out because it's 2:30 AM.
TL;DR: I try to watch everything, so I have good and bad shows swirling through my head constantly. (Fuck TBBT, I just had to, sorry) | My TV tastes seem to lean toward the "perpetually in danger of being cancelled" or "will never get more than 4 million viewers if it was the only thing on tv." As far as "currently on air" Community (obviously), Parks and Rec, Archer, Louie, Bob's Burgers, AD, Girls (My GF turned me on to it and it is a surprisingly fun show for a 20-something hetero male), Moone Boy (Hulu original with Chris O'Dowd. Very Irish with an almost Malcolm in the Middle-ish feel to it), Cougar Town (Bill Lawrence fan checking in here), Happy Endings, New Girl (I'm a big comedy fan if you can't tell), Veep, and some others I know I'm leaving out.
As for Dramas. Breaking Bad, GoT, Walking Dead (kinda, still, I guess. Meh), Dexter (same boat as Walking Dead), Sherlock (3rd on my list of 'things I'm most pumped about for 2013'), Hemlock Grove, Chicago Fire (I have no real idea why I like this show), Defiance, Misfits (not really anymore now that the entire original cast is gone, but the first 3 seasons are quite solid), and a host of shows I'm leaving out because it's 2:30 AM.
TL;DR: I try to watch everything, so I have good and bad shows swirling through my head constantly. (Fuck TBBT, I just had to, sorry)
| SFGiants | t5_2s5xr | cbm1b2z | My TV tastes seem to lean toward the "perpetually in danger of being cancelled" or "will never get more than 4 million viewers if it was the only thing on tv." As far as "currently on air" Community (obviously), Parks and Rec, Archer, Louie, Bob's Burgers, AD, Girls (My GF turned me on to it and it is a surprisingly fun show for a 20-something hetero male), Moone Boy (Hulu original with Chris O'Dowd. Very Irish with an almost Malcolm in the Middle-ish feel to it), Cougar Town (Bill Lawrence fan checking in here), Happy Endings, New Girl (I'm a big comedy fan if you can't tell), Veep, and some others I know I'm leaving out.
As for Dramas. Breaking Bad, GoT, Walking Dead (kinda, still, I guess. Meh), Dexter (same boat as Walking Dead), Sherlock (3rd on my list of 'things I'm most pumped about for 2013'), Hemlock Grove, Chicago Fire (I have no real idea why I like this show), Defiance, Misfits (not really anymore now that the entire original cast is gone, but the first 3 seasons are quite solid), and a host of shows I'm leaving out because it's 2:30 AM. | I try to watch everything, so I have good and bad shows swirling through my head constantly. (Fuck TBBT, I just had to, sorry) |
Sparkling_beauty | Yes and no. If he's attractive it's more likely a female is willing to "hear" what he has to say. That being said he can be gorgeous and dumber than a bag of hammers. On the other side, he could be ugly but if he has the confidence and the persistence, and tells me what I want to hear; he definitely has an advantage over the gorgeous dumb/rude guy.
TL;DR, Yes, but looks definitely help. | Yes and no. If he's attractive it's more likely a female is willing to "hear" what he has to say. That being said he can be gorgeous and dumber than a bag of hammers. On the other side, he could be ugly but if he has the confidence and the persistence, and tells me what I want to hear; he definitely has an advantage over the gorgeous dumb/rude guy.
TL;DR, Yes, but looks definitely help.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cblw7mm | Yes and no. If he's attractive it's more likely a female is willing to "hear" what he has to say. That being said he can be gorgeous and dumber than a bag of hammers. On the other side, he could be ugly but if he has the confidence and the persistence, and tells me what I want to hear; he definitely has an advantage over the gorgeous dumb/rude guy. | Yes, but looks definitely help. |
DrLamLam | There's nothing wrong with NOT arguing. My partner and I never raise our voices with each other or with the kids. Ever.
We still sometimes disagree, we still have our off days, we just ask for space and the other always understands and respects it. We're poly, so other relationships are relevant to our situation, and being so good at negotiating and resolving issues means we're kind of "spoiled" for other/future relationships. We have high standards of emotional maturity and communication skills now because it's clearly possible to manage things like even my PTSD, and the fact that the kids are his but not mine...
In our two year relationship, we've raised our voices at each other twice, both times while we were caring for a dying loved one 24/7 and in a massively stressful situation.
TL;DR: I think it's perfectly normal and okay to not argue, and in fact I think it's fabulous that your relationship is so amazing and you two mesh so well in communication skills and the like! | There's nothing wrong with NOT arguing. My partner and I never raise our voices with each other or with the kids. Ever.
We still sometimes disagree, we still have our off days, we just ask for space and the other always understands and respects it. We're poly, so other relationships are relevant to our situation, and being so good at negotiating and resolving issues means we're kind of "spoiled" for other/future relationships. We have high standards of emotional maturity and communication skills now because it's clearly possible to manage things like even my PTSD, and the fact that the kids are his but not mine...
In our two year relationship, we've raised our voices at each other twice, both times while we were caring for a dying loved one 24/7 and in a massively stressful situation.
TL;DR: I think it's perfectly normal and okay to not argue, and in fact I think it's fabulous that your relationship is so amazing and you two mesh so well in communication skills and the like!
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cblxnjw | There's nothing wrong with NOT arguing. My partner and I never raise our voices with each other or with the kids. Ever.
We still sometimes disagree, we still have our off days, we just ask for space and the other always understands and respects it. We're poly, so other relationships are relevant to our situation, and being so good at negotiating and resolving issues means we're kind of "spoiled" for other/future relationships. We have high standards of emotional maturity and communication skills now because it's clearly possible to manage things like even my PTSD, and the fact that the kids are his but not mine...
In our two year relationship, we've raised our voices at each other twice, both times while we were caring for a dying loved one 24/7 and in a massively stressful situation. | I think it's perfectly normal and okay to not argue, and in fact I think it's fabulous that your relationship is so amazing and you two mesh so well in communication skills and the like! |
Terrapyros | Hi just a tech support rep at a canadian cable I Wish i could just let thesse calls slide when they hang up but we have to call them back if the call drops, (we don't see hung up or lost connection so a dropped call looks the same as if they hung up). As it would be a bad experince for people to wait on hold for another 45 minutes ( Because they cant be bothered to call off of peak hours).
Have soo wanted to just let drop calls be but knew i better folllow through.
Tl:Dr in the same scenario at my centere I would be required to call this asshat back. | Hi just a tech support rep at a canadian cable I Wish i could just let thesse calls slide when they hang up but we have to call them back if the call drops, (we don't see hung up or lost connection so a dropped call looks the same as if they hung up). As it would be a bad experince for people to wait on hold for another 45 minutes ( Because they cant be bothered to call off of peak hours).
Have soo wanted to just let drop calls be but knew i better folllow through.
Tl:Dr in the same scenario at my centere I would be required to call this asshat back.
| talesfromcallcenters | t5_2urem | cbmoqw9 | Hi just a tech support rep at a canadian cable I Wish i could just let thesse calls slide when they hang up but we have to call them back if the call drops, (we don't see hung up or lost connection so a dropped call looks the same as if they hung up). As it would be a bad experince for people to wait on hold for another 45 minutes ( Because they cant be bothered to call off of peak hours).
Have soo wanted to just let drop calls be but knew i better folllow through. | in the same scenario at my centere I would be required to call this asshat back. |
Pillarch | Oh sweet! A mangina.
You're talking about the red pill like it's a philosophy which makes people reclusive. You've got no idea what you're talking about. Going red pill is like upgrading your state, upgrading your mind. This is what Hitler had in mind back in WW2.
Going red pill doesn't make you alone. It makes you alive and superhuman. But it's not something which happens overnight. The transformation is not quick, but takes months. Some people who take the red pill can't take it anymore and commit suicide. They're weak and they were never strong for upgrading.
But once you transform, you feel stronger, more confident and more alive. You are attractive to everyone and you can have more friends than ever. Actually, I would advise the folks from /r/ForeverAlone to go red pill; it's so simple.
People are NOT equal. Men and women are not equal. Red pill men are better than all species that populate the earth (Red pill men>blue pill men). Enough with the liberal propaganda.
A woman who doesn't have a pussy is not a woman. TL;DR if women can't provide sex then they're rejecting their nature
| Oh sweet! A mangina.
You're talking about the red pill like it's a philosophy which makes people reclusive. You've got no idea what you're talking about. Going red pill is like upgrading your state, upgrading your mind. This is what Hitler had in mind back in WW2.
Going red pill doesn't make you alone. It makes you alive and superhuman. But it's not something which happens overnight. The transformation is not quick, but takes months. Some people who take the red pill can't take it anymore and commit suicide. They're weak and they were never strong for upgrading.
But once you transform, you feel stronger, more confident and more alive. You are attractive to everyone and you can have more friends than ever. Actually, I would advise the folks from /r/ForeverAlone to go red pill; it's so simple.
People are NOT equal. Men and women are not equal. Red pill men are better than all species that populate the earth (Red pill men>blue pill men). Enough with the liberal propaganda.
A woman who doesn't have a pussy is not a woman. TL;DR if women can't provide sex then they're rejecting their nature
| Pillarchy | t5_2y6co | cbmbf61 | Oh sweet! A mangina.
You're talking about the red pill like it's a philosophy which makes people reclusive. You've got no idea what you're talking about. Going red pill is like upgrading your state, upgrading your mind. This is what Hitler had in mind back in WW2.
Going red pill doesn't make you alone. It makes you alive and superhuman. But it's not something which happens overnight. The transformation is not quick, but takes months. Some people who take the red pill can't take it anymore and commit suicide. They're weak and they were never strong for upgrading.
But once you transform, you feel stronger, more confident and more alive. You are attractive to everyone and you can have more friends than ever. Actually, I would advise the folks from /r/ForeverAlone to go red pill; it's so simple.
People are NOT equal. Men and women are not equal. Red pill men are better than all species that populate the earth (Red pill men>blue pill men). Enough with the liberal propaganda.
A woman who doesn't have a pussy is not a woman. | if women can't provide sex then they're rejecting their nature |
mrcarlton | I do LISS on most rest days, I usually just do a brisk walk for about 45 min or so. From what I understand this is about the low end of a good LISS exercise, that being said I do not factor this into my calorie goal. If I were to increase my activity to a slow jog for roughly the same amount of time I would maybe add 100 calories or so (I get roughly 1800/1900 calories on a rest day doing -20/+20). In all honesty I do not feel fatigued or anymore hungry after doing LISS, if anything it is the opposite which I believe is one of the main points of doing it (I think Martin says this somewhere on his site). Beings I don't really *feel* anymore tired/hungry than usual I find it unnecessary. I have ran into this question a few times and it seems to be the general consensus that you really don't *have* to add calories because the calories you should be burning are mostly fat calories. I obviously may be way off on this topic but I feel this should be discussed in further detail and I invite anyone else that has a better understanding to elaborate their knowledge on LISS and calorie change.
TLDR : No I personally wouldn't add calories, if you do, the macro ratio shouldn't change. | I do LISS on most rest days, I usually just do a brisk walk for about 45 min or so. From what I understand this is about the low end of a good LISS exercise, that being said I do not factor this into my calorie goal. If I were to increase my activity to a slow jog for roughly the same amount of time I would maybe add 100 calories or so (I get roughly 1800/1900 calories on a rest day doing -20/+20). In all honesty I do not feel fatigued or anymore hungry after doing LISS, if anything it is the opposite which I believe is one of the main points of doing it (I think Martin says this somewhere on his site). Beings I don't really feel anymore tired/hungry than usual I find it unnecessary. I have ran into this question a few times and it seems to be the general consensus that you really don't have to add calories because the calories you should be burning are mostly fat calories. I obviously may be way off on this topic but I feel this should be discussed in further detail and I invite anyone else that has a better understanding to elaborate their knowledge on LISS and calorie change.
TLDR : No I personally wouldn't add calories, if you do, the macro ratio shouldn't change.
| leangains | t5_2saqe | cbm7kgl | I do LISS on most rest days, I usually just do a brisk walk for about 45 min or so. From what I understand this is about the low end of a good LISS exercise, that being said I do not factor this into my calorie goal. If I were to increase my activity to a slow jog for roughly the same amount of time I would maybe add 100 calories or so (I get roughly 1800/1900 calories on a rest day doing -20/+20). In all honesty I do not feel fatigued or anymore hungry after doing LISS, if anything it is the opposite which I believe is one of the main points of doing it (I think Martin says this somewhere on his site). Beings I don't really feel anymore tired/hungry than usual I find it unnecessary. I have ran into this question a few times and it seems to be the general consensus that you really don't have to add calories because the calories you should be burning are mostly fat calories. I obviously may be way off on this topic but I feel this should be discussed in further detail and I invite anyone else that has a better understanding to elaborate their knowledge on LISS and calorie change. | No I personally wouldn't add calories, if you do, the macro ratio shouldn't change. |
Owone | Daft Punk Discovery. Yes I know we are split down the middle when it comes to DP, but hear me out. I loved Homework so much and was on constant repeat when I was a 13 year old boy. So when I heard on my local music channel they would be premiering the new Daft Punk track one night. I threw a party for anyone who cared. Turned out noone cared. I watched One More Time and hated it. Hated it with a passion. Couldn't understand as to wha had happened to my beloved Daft Punk.
My Birthday came around, and a few other tracks had been released and the continuation in the video clips kept me entertained much more than the quality of music, so in theory I was looking forward to the next track released, but probably for the wrong reason. I got the album for my birthday, and started listening to it. Was an easy album to put on for get togethers, partying, sexy time or background music. Subcosciously it was beginning. The tracks became infectious. My concerns for their sudden change in direction changed to what the hell were they thinking on their debut album if they can produce music like this.
The fourth and final videoclip was released. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, where the twist of these kidnapped alien beings being converted to humans was thrown upon us. One lone guy in space, dreaming of his Digital Love, a home planet wrecked from the earth invaders, and the band, who unknowingly and unwilllingly were kidnapped to make the big wigs millions. And that was it... there were no more released videos. I had the tracks memorised, but the ending of was pure guess work. Enter the greatest Christmas present after WWF Raw for the Megadrive years earlier; Interstella 5555.
Now for those unfamiliar with either the video clips from Discovery or the film it spawned. Interstella 5555 was a set of videoclips telling the overall story of a kidnapped alien race sent to Earth. Each track from the album had a video clip, and its order in the album was the order ou found it on 5555. Each clip was unique, animated beautifully and had purpose.
It was only after all these elements combined to create this masterpiece that I realised, this was purposefully done. The similar style of synthy guitar riffs and autotuned vocals was the plan from the beginning. This entire album was meant to be listened to as if it were a set or a single song. I'm sure there are plenty of other examples of albums like this out there. This was just my first mind blowing experience of it. The tying together of film and music completed the album so perfectly, that even to this day I feel a pang of guilt if I only listen to the one track and not the entire album. For the sum, in this respect, is much much greater than its parts.
I'm not a fan of the newer albums, although can once again see that their sense of trying to make the perfect most complete album is still something they strive to do. For me they already have.
**TL;DR: DP DISCOVERY** | Daft Punk Discovery. Yes I know we are split down the middle when it comes to DP, but hear me out. I loved Homework so much and was on constant repeat when I was a 13 year old boy. So when I heard on my local music channel they would be premiering the new Daft Punk track one night. I threw a party for anyone who cared. Turned out noone cared. I watched One More Time and hated it. Hated it with a passion. Couldn't understand as to wha had happened to my beloved Daft Punk.
My Birthday came around, and a few other tracks had been released and the continuation in the video clips kept me entertained much more than the quality of music, so in theory I was looking forward to the next track released, but probably for the wrong reason. I got the album for my birthday, and started listening to it. Was an easy album to put on for get togethers, partying, sexy time or background music. Subcosciously it was beginning. The tracks became infectious. My concerns for their sudden change in direction changed to what the hell were they thinking on their debut album if they can produce music like this.
The fourth and final videoclip was released. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, where the twist of these kidnapped alien beings being converted to humans was thrown upon us. One lone guy in space, dreaming of his Digital Love, a home planet wrecked from the earth invaders, and the band, who unknowingly and unwilllingly were kidnapped to make the big wigs millions. And that was it... there were no more released videos. I had the tracks memorised, but the ending of was pure guess work. Enter the greatest Christmas present after WWF Raw for the Megadrive years earlier; Interstella 5555.
Now for those unfamiliar with either the video clips from Discovery or the film it spawned. Interstella 5555 was a set of videoclips telling the overall story of a kidnapped alien race sent to Earth. Each track from the album had a video clip, and its order in the album was the order ou found it on 5555. Each clip was unique, animated beautifully and had purpose.
It was only after all these elements combined to create this masterpiece that I realised, this was purposefully done. The similar style of synthy guitar riffs and autotuned vocals was the plan from the beginning. This entire album was meant to be listened to as if it were a set or a single song. I'm sure there are plenty of other examples of albums like this out there. This was just my first mind blowing experience of it. The tying together of film and music completed the album so perfectly, that even to this day I feel a pang of guilt if I only listen to the one track and not the entire album. For the sum, in this respect, is much much greater than its parts.
I'm not a fan of the newer albums, although can once again see that their sense of trying to make the perfect most complete album is still something they strive to do. For me they already have.
TL;DR: DP DISCOVERY
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbm6yjk | Daft Punk Discovery. Yes I know we are split down the middle when it comes to DP, but hear me out. I loved Homework so much and was on constant repeat when I was a 13 year old boy. So when I heard on my local music channel they would be premiering the new Daft Punk track one night. I threw a party for anyone who cared. Turned out noone cared. I watched One More Time and hated it. Hated it with a passion. Couldn't understand as to wha had happened to my beloved Daft Punk.
My Birthday came around, and a few other tracks had been released and the continuation in the video clips kept me entertained much more than the quality of music, so in theory I was looking forward to the next track released, but probably for the wrong reason. I got the album for my birthday, and started listening to it. Was an easy album to put on for get togethers, partying, sexy time or background music. Subcosciously it was beginning. The tracks became infectious. My concerns for their sudden change in direction changed to what the hell were they thinking on their debut album if they can produce music like this.
The fourth and final videoclip was released. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, where the twist of these kidnapped alien beings being converted to humans was thrown upon us. One lone guy in space, dreaming of his Digital Love, a home planet wrecked from the earth invaders, and the band, who unknowingly and unwilllingly were kidnapped to make the big wigs millions. And that was it... there were no more released videos. I had the tracks memorised, but the ending of was pure guess work. Enter the greatest Christmas present after WWF Raw for the Megadrive years earlier; Interstella 5555.
Now for those unfamiliar with either the video clips from Discovery or the film it spawned. Interstella 5555 was a set of videoclips telling the overall story of a kidnapped alien race sent to Earth. Each track from the album had a video clip, and its order in the album was the order ou found it on 5555. Each clip was unique, animated beautifully and had purpose.
It was only after all these elements combined to create this masterpiece that I realised, this was purposefully done. The similar style of synthy guitar riffs and autotuned vocals was the plan from the beginning. This entire album was meant to be listened to as if it were a set or a single song. I'm sure there are plenty of other examples of albums like this out there. This was just my first mind blowing experience of it. The tying together of film and music completed the album so perfectly, that even to this day I feel a pang of guilt if I only listen to the one track and not the entire album. For the sum, in this respect, is much much greater than its parts.
I'm not a fan of the newer albums, although can once again see that their sense of trying to make the perfect most complete album is still something they strive to do. For me they already have. | DP DISCOVERY |
Megmca | > no kids means my career is going to tank
I find this hilarious because one of the biggest hurdles women face in the job market is the assumption that they have or will have children and that this will make them less productive than a man in the workplace. Additionally for decades the pay disparity between men and women was blamed on men having to support their families while women had careers just so they could buy makeup or some such.
Tl;dr your brother is an idiot and needs to be hit over the head with a full diaper pail. | > no kids means my career is going to tank
I find this hilarious because one of the biggest hurdles women face in the job market is the assumption that they have or will have children and that this will make them less productive than a man in the workplace. Additionally for decades the pay disparity between men and women was blamed on men having to support their families while women had careers just so they could buy makeup or some such.
Tl;dr your brother is an idiot and needs to be hit over the head with a full diaper pail.
| childfree | t5_2qtwb | cbm8usr | no kids means my career is going to tank
I find this hilarious because one of the biggest hurdles women face in the job market is the assumption that they have or will have children and that this will make them less productive than a man in the workplace. Additionally for decades the pay disparity between men and women was blamed on men having to support their families while women had careers just so they could buy makeup or some such. | your brother is an idiot and needs to be hit over the head with a full diaper pail. |
DanTheFireman | I live in a state that does. I'm a firefighter myself, and was talking to a police officer who was offering cover to a neighboring departments medic unit (he was riding back to district with them in the medic unit). A vehicle failed to yield while they were going code 3 (lights and sirens) to another call, to which they got disregarded, and decided to pull behind this guy who finally yielded and the cop jumped out and gave him a ticket. Funniest shit ever.
TL;DR - Police Officer was riding with a medic unit to a call. Vehicle failed to yield, they got disregarded for the call, they pulled behind the guy, cop gave asshole a ticket. | I live in a state that does. I'm a firefighter myself, and was talking to a police officer who was offering cover to a neighboring departments medic unit (he was riding back to district with them in the medic unit). A vehicle failed to yield while they were going code 3 (lights and sirens) to another call, to which they got disregarded, and decided to pull behind this guy who finally yielded and the cop jumped out and gave him a ticket. Funniest shit ever.
TL;DR - Police Officer was riding with a medic unit to a call. Vehicle failed to yield, they got disregarded for the call, they pulled behind the guy, cop gave asshole a ticket.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cbmfusi | I live in a state that does. I'm a firefighter myself, and was talking to a police officer who was offering cover to a neighboring departments medic unit (he was riding back to district with them in the medic unit). A vehicle failed to yield while they were going code 3 (lights and sirens) to another call, to which they got disregarded, and decided to pull behind this guy who finally yielded and the cop jumped out and gave him a ticket. Funniest shit ever. | Police Officer was riding with a medic unit to a call. Vehicle failed to yield, they got disregarded for the call, they pulled behind the guy, cop gave asshole a ticket. |
9nexus8 | It's not just advertising. They know how to advertise features and things that ordinary customers are impressed by. Wow features. They are advertising things that immediately grab people's attentions.
Every person I've met who liked Samsung all said: "wow, have you heard about how the video stops when you look away? And you can scroll without touching the screen! Look at this, I can watch a YouTube video while writing notes down!"
Most of these features are not all that useful, but they are a talking point, and are things that the iPhone does not have an equivalent of, allowing the owners to feel technologically "superior" in a way.
It's the same thing Apple did with Siri on the 4S. Everyone showed it off, and there was nothing else like it then. People quickly discovered it wasn't all that useful, but who cares?
TL;DR. I gotta hand it to Samsung for knowing what features can lure customers in, despite being mostly useless. | It's not just advertising. They know how to advertise features and things that ordinary customers are impressed by. Wow features. They are advertising things that immediately grab people's attentions.
Every person I've met who liked Samsung all said: "wow, have you heard about how the video stops when you look away? And you can scroll without touching the screen! Look at this, I can watch a YouTube video while writing notes down!"
Most of these features are not all that useful, but they are a talking point, and are things that the iPhone does not have an equivalent of, allowing the owners to feel technologically "superior" in a way.
It's the same thing Apple did with Siri on the 4S. Everyone showed it off, and there was nothing else like it then. People quickly discovered it wasn't all that useful, but who cares?
TL;DR. I gotta hand it to Samsung for knowing what features can lure customers in, despite being mostly useless.
| Android | t5_2qlqh | cbmjfix | It's not just advertising. They know how to advertise features and things that ordinary customers are impressed by. Wow features. They are advertising things that immediately grab people's attentions.
Every person I've met who liked Samsung all said: "wow, have you heard about how the video stops when you look away? And you can scroll without touching the screen! Look at this, I can watch a YouTube video while writing notes down!"
Most of these features are not all that useful, but they are a talking point, and are things that the iPhone does not have an equivalent of, allowing the owners to feel technologically "superior" in a way.
It's the same thing Apple did with Siri on the 4S. Everyone showed it off, and there was nothing else like it then. People quickly discovered it wasn't all that useful, but who cares? | I gotta hand it to Samsung for knowing what features can lure customers in, despite being mostly useless. |
locohygynx | I'm a Samsung fan all the way. I know a lot of people don't like the plastic feel but I do. It makes the phone a lot lighter and seems to hold up to drops really well. The Gorilla Glass front is neigh impossible to scratch too. I've had my Galaxy S3 for around a year now (never been in a case either) and it has no scratches on the screen. Its got some bangs on the plastic trim from it falling to the concrete on several occasions though. The Super AMOLED screen looks fantastic! I'm totally in love with the bright vivid colors and black's that dreams are made of. Also Samsung is no slouch in the camera department either. Even though it's aged my 8MP camera still takes awesome photos! I've yet to see another 8MP camera shooter beat it, not even my wife's iPhone 4S. And last but not least TouchWiz. I know people loathe it for their own reasons but I actually prefer it. I'm rooted on stock TouchWiz and couldn't be happier. TouchWiz adds so many features to Android that I really enjoy. I like how it'll check to see if in looking at my screen before attempting to shut it off. It adds tons of gestures, motion, and voice commands that I partake in. The Gorilla Glass, plastic shell with removable battery/micro sd cards, Super AMOLED screen, awesome camera, and TouchWiz software combine to make one badass phone in my opinion.
TLDR Samsung phones are the shit and if you don't have one you're truly missing out! | I'm a Samsung fan all the way. I know a lot of people don't like the plastic feel but I do. It makes the phone a lot lighter and seems to hold up to drops really well. The Gorilla Glass front is neigh impossible to scratch too. I've had my Galaxy S3 for around a year now (never been in a case either) and it has no scratches on the screen. Its got some bangs on the plastic trim from it falling to the concrete on several occasions though. The Super AMOLED screen looks fantastic! I'm totally in love with the bright vivid colors and black's that dreams are made of. Also Samsung is no slouch in the camera department either. Even though it's aged my 8MP camera still takes awesome photos! I've yet to see another 8MP camera shooter beat it, not even my wife's iPhone 4S. And last but not least TouchWiz. I know people loathe it for their own reasons but I actually prefer it. I'm rooted on stock TouchWiz and couldn't be happier. TouchWiz adds so many features to Android that I really enjoy. I like how it'll check to see if in looking at my screen before attempting to shut it off. It adds tons of gestures, motion, and voice commands that I partake in. The Gorilla Glass, plastic shell with removable battery/micro sd cards, Super AMOLED screen, awesome camera, and TouchWiz software combine to make one badass phone in my opinion.
TLDR Samsung phones are the shit and if you don't have one you're truly missing out!
| Android | t5_2qlqh | cbmmqld | I'm a Samsung fan all the way. I know a lot of people don't like the plastic feel but I do. It makes the phone a lot lighter and seems to hold up to drops really well. The Gorilla Glass front is neigh impossible to scratch too. I've had my Galaxy S3 for around a year now (never been in a case either) and it has no scratches on the screen. Its got some bangs on the plastic trim from it falling to the concrete on several occasions though. The Super AMOLED screen looks fantastic! I'm totally in love with the bright vivid colors and black's that dreams are made of. Also Samsung is no slouch in the camera department either. Even though it's aged my 8MP camera still takes awesome photos! I've yet to see another 8MP camera shooter beat it, not even my wife's iPhone 4S. And last but not least TouchWiz. I know people loathe it for their own reasons but I actually prefer it. I'm rooted on stock TouchWiz and couldn't be happier. TouchWiz adds so many features to Android that I really enjoy. I like how it'll check to see if in looking at my screen before attempting to shut it off. It adds tons of gestures, motion, and voice commands that I partake in. The Gorilla Glass, plastic shell with removable battery/micro sd cards, Super AMOLED screen, awesome camera, and TouchWiz software combine to make one badass phone in my opinion. | Samsung phones are the shit and if you don't have one you're truly missing out! |
tticusWithAnA | Most of the humor on Reddit. I have a friend that I'll go to his house and EVERY fucking link is purple, he shows me a link or 2 and is just laughing till his sides split open and I have to kinda fake laugh to not feel bad about not sharing his sense of humor whats so ever and all of reddit seems to have the same sense of humor. I guess what I'm really trying to get at here is I don't see how some stuff makes it to the front page, also re-posting something as if it were your own.
TL;DR Most of the humor on the front page and re-post as if it were your own. | Most of the humor on Reddit. I have a friend that I'll go to his house and EVERY fucking link is purple, he shows me a link or 2 and is just laughing till his sides split open and I have to kinda fake laugh to not feel bad about not sharing his sense of humor whats so ever and all of reddit seems to have the same sense of humor. I guess what I'm really trying to get at here is I don't see how some stuff makes it to the front page, also re-posting something as if it were your own.
TL;DR Most of the humor on the front page and re-post as if it were your own.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbmt75f | Most of the humor on Reddit. I have a friend that I'll go to his house and EVERY fucking link is purple, he shows me a link or 2 and is just laughing till his sides split open and I have to kinda fake laugh to not feel bad about not sharing his sense of humor whats so ever and all of reddit seems to have the same sense of humor. I guess what I'm really trying to get at here is I don't see how some stuff makes it to the front page, also re-posting something as if it were your own. | Most of the humor on the front page and re-post as if it were your own. |
Jesus_marley | Vigilantism is not justice. Any system that allows for the citizenry to apply summary judgement upon a person without evidence based solely upon feelings is anathema to justice. even a system where no crime was punished would be preferable to mob inflicted violence upon the innocent. but as bad as Detroit may be, and as crippled as the sytem is, it is still a sytem that is attempting to fulfill its role.
TL;DR i would rather live in a sytem that cannot punish the guilty if the alternative is one that will punish the innocent. | Vigilantism is not justice. Any system that allows for the citizenry to apply summary judgement upon a person without evidence based solely upon feelings is anathema to justice. even a system where no crime was punished would be preferable to mob inflicted violence upon the innocent. but as bad as Detroit may be, and as crippled as the sytem is, it is still a sytem that is attempting to fulfill its role.
TL;DR i would rather live in a sytem that cannot punish the guilty if the alternative is one that will punish the innocent.
| MensRights | t5_2qhk3 | cbn1vng | Vigilantism is not justice. Any system that allows for the citizenry to apply summary judgement upon a person without evidence based solely upon feelings is anathema to justice. even a system where no crime was punished would be preferable to mob inflicted violence upon the innocent. but as bad as Detroit may be, and as crippled as the sytem is, it is still a sytem that is attempting to fulfill its role. | i would rather live in a sytem that cannot punish the guilty if the alternative is one that will punish the innocent. |
daddyneedsaciggy | I got out of a ticket 2 weeks ago telling the cop that I didn't have ID on me. (lie). I told her I knew my out of state driver's license by memory (true). She yelled at me for running the red, even though the crosswalk was green, and threatened to take me to the precinct. In the end, I think she was just lazy and I was lucky to get out of it.
TL;DR: Say you don't have ID or out of state ID. | I got out of a ticket 2 weeks ago telling the cop that I didn't have ID on me. (lie). I told her I knew my out of state driver's license by memory (true). She yelled at me for running the red, even though the crosswalk was green, and threatened to take me to the precinct. In the end, I think she was just lazy and I was lucky to get out of it.
TL;DR: Say you don't have ID or out of state ID.
| NYCbike | t5_2sfmo | cbrpd1t | I got out of a ticket 2 weeks ago telling the cop that I didn't have ID on me. (lie). I told her I knew my out of state driver's license by memory (true). She yelled at me for running the red, even though the crosswalk was green, and threatened to take me to the precinct. In the end, I think she was just lazy and I was lucky to get out of it. | Say you don't have ID or out of state ID. |
Pinmonkey | Beezer or Weiss. I say Weiss, because that dude deserves all the respect for hanging as long as he did while everyone around him peaced out. On top of that he played well for us and with his heart on his sleeve along with other cliched, endearing hockey phrases. I know almost everyone will disagree with me, but if you think about it you know it's the right choice.
[Also he did rad stuff like this](
tl;dr Weiss because the dude is our games leader and toughed it out through all the shit, one of our best players, and the type of hockey player fans love. | Beezer or Weiss. I say Weiss, because that dude deserves all the respect for hanging as long as he did while everyone around him peaced out. On top of that he played well for us and with his heart on his sleeve along with other cliched, endearing hockey phrases. I know almost everyone will disagree with me, but if you think about it you know it's the right choice.
[Also he did rad stuff like this](
tl;dr Weiss because the dude is our games leader and toughed it out through all the shit, one of our best players, and the type of hockey player fans love.
| FloridaPanthers | t5_2rqi7 | cbn1uf5 | Beezer or Weiss. I say Weiss, because that dude deserves all the respect for hanging as long as he did while everyone around him peaced out. On top of that he played well for us and with his heart on his sleeve along with other cliched, endearing hockey phrases. I know almost everyone will disagree with me, but if you think about it you know it's the right choice.
[Also he did rad stuff like this]( | Weiss because the dude is our games leader and toughed it out through all the shit, one of our best players, and the type of hockey player fans love. |
GTB3NW | You're one of the most ignorant people I've had the displeasure of reading. You clearly have an affinity towards windows due to your worklife, otherwise you would not have mentioned work. My guess is that you're a windows server admin and have been trained as one, the only reason you dislike linux is because you're not trained on it and you don't like change.
Refuting the fact linux is a viable alternative to windows is ignorant as it gets.
I shall explain to you why it is a viable alternative, if not the primary platform minecraft servers should be running on:
- Cost - Linux foremost is free, you don't have to pay any one off or annual fees for the VAST majority of distros available, this lowers the costs for everyone involved.
- Documentation - The linux community has documentation open-sourced in the forms of wikis, generally the linux community is quite tech savvy, whether it be regular users or power users, I can honestly say most linux users you will encounter are tech savvy and have a level of tech comprehension where both helper and helpee parties get issues resolved quicker.
- Minecraft as a platform - The minecraft community of sysadmins has grown around the linux OS, so the vast majority of scripts and binaries written for the task of administrating are written for linux in mind.
The cost is the major factor in my opinion, you may not have any issues paying an extra $30 a month for a windows license but the vast majority of people do.
In terms of the media industry and pixar as an example, they have always been quite open about their datacenters and what kind of hardware and software they use. The latest information I can find about their hardware is [here]( It clearly states they use intel processors there. The fact you mentioned most servers use AMD hardware just confirmed the fact you're living stubborn and in the dark ages. The rendering software that pixar use is [renderman]( the page clearly states that the software runs on the linux platform, now we both know that pixar wont be running on mac server and the licensing for 528 windows rack servers would be obscene.. plus the evidence in the article that racksaver "primarily utilize the Linux operating systems" is quite damning.
Please tell the ***ONE*** benefit for the minecraft server process if it were to run in windows? I can't think of one.
TL;DR - STFU, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. | You're one of the most ignorant people I've had the displeasure of reading. You clearly have an affinity towards windows due to your worklife, otherwise you would not have mentioned work. My guess is that you're a windows server admin and have been trained as one, the only reason you dislike linux is because you're not trained on it and you don't like change.
Refuting the fact linux is a viable alternative to windows is ignorant as it gets.
I shall explain to you why it is a viable alternative, if not the primary platform minecraft servers should be running on:
Cost - Linux foremost is free, you don't have to pay any one off or annual fees for the VAST majority of distros available, this lowers the costs for everyone involved.
Documentation - The linux community has documentation open-sourced in the forms of wikis, generally the linux community is quite tech savvy, whether it be regular users or power users, I can honestly say most linux users you will encounter are tech savvy and have a level of tech comprehension where both helper and helpee parties get issues resolved quicker.
Minecraft as a platform - The minecraft community of sysadmins has grown around the linux OS, so the vast majority of scripts and binaries written for the task of administrating are written for linux in mind.
The cost is the major factor in my opinion, you may not have any issues paying an extra $30 a month for a windows license but the vast majority of people do.
In terms of the media industry and pixar as an example, they have always been quite open about their datacenters and what kind of hardware and software they use. The latest information I can find about their hardware is [here]( It clearly states they use intel processors there. The fact you mentioned most servers use AMD hardware just confirmed the fact you're living stubborn and in the dark ages. The rendering software that pixar use is [renderman]( the page clearly states that the software runs on the linux platform, now we both know that pixar wont be running on mac server and the licensing for 528 windows rack servers would be obscene.. plus the evidence in the article that racksaver "primarily utilize the Linux operating systems" is quite damning.
Please tell the ONE benefit for the minecraft server process if it were to run in windows? I can't think of one.
TL;DR - STFU, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
| admincraft | t5_2tcp9 | cbnx35v | You're one of the most ignorant people I've had the displeasure of reading. You clearly have an affinity towards windows due to your worklife, otherwise you would not have mentioned work. My guess is that you're a windows server admin and have been trained as one, the only reason you dislike linux is because you're not trained on it and you don't like change.
Refuting the fact linux is a viable alternative to windows is ignorant as it gets.
I shall explain to you why it is a viable alternative, if not the primary platform minecraft servers should be running on:
Cost - Linux foremost is free, you don't have to pay any one off or annual fees for the VAST majority of distros available, this lowers the costs for everyone involved.
Documentation - The linux community has documentation open-sourced in the forms of wikis, generally the linux community is quite tech savvy, whether it be regular users or power users, I can honestly say most linux users you will encounter are tech savvy and have a level of tech comprehension where both helper and helpee parties get issues resolved quicker.
Minecraft as a platform - The minecraft community of sysadmins has grown around the linux OS, so the vast majority of scripts and binaries written for the task of administrating are written for linux in mind.
The cost is the major factor in my opinion, you may not have any issues paying an extra $30 a month for a windows license but the vast majority of people do.
In terms of the media industry and pixar as an example, they have always been quite open about their datacenters and what kind of hardware and software they use. The latest information I can find about their hardware is [here]( It clearly states they use intel processors there. The fact you mentioned most servers use AMD hardware just confirmed the fact you're living stubborn and in the dark ages. The rendering software that pixar use is [renderman]( the page clearly states that the software runs on the linux platform, now we both know that pixar wont be running on mac server and the licensing for 528 windows rack servers would be obscene.. plus the evidence in the article that racksaver "primarily utilize the Linux operating systems" is quite damning.
Please tell the ONE benefit for the minecraft server process if it were to run in windows? I can't think of one. | STFU, you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. |
CargoCulture | His role in the Gunpowder Plot was to guard a stockpile of gunpowder that he and his co-conspirators had placed in an undercroft beneath the House of Lords, and ultimately light the match and flee when it came time to detonate it.
This was part of a larger plot to assassinate King James I and re-take the throne for English Catholics by putting James' daughter, the nine-year-old Elizabeth, in his place. There was a planned uprising in the Midlands to coincide with the explosion in London, and this was meant to be a catalyst for (or to stand in for) a Catholic revolt, ensuring Elizabeth's accession to the throne -- to be raised as a Catholic queen. It was assumed that James' eldest son Henry would perish in the explosion, his youngest son Charles was still a toddler, and his youngest daughter Mary would be too young, but Elizabeth was of an age where it would be expected that she would take the throne.
Fawkes fought overseas for Catholic Spain (who were currently at war with the English) against the Protestant Dutch, and it was there that the conspirators reached out to him. (The co-conspirators of what became known as the Gunpowder Plot sought to petition Spain to intervene against the Protestant King James I (thus essentially asking the Spanish to wage war on behalf of English Catholics). The Spanish refused, so the next step was to do things the hard way.)
Guy Fawkes was a direct traitor his country and who had already killed in the name of Catholicism. He was ready, willing and able to murder dozens of people and commit regicide for his faith. He sought to use the threat and act of violence to essentially scare people into accepting Catholic rule. While he wasn't the ringleader of the Gunpowder Plot (that honor goes to Robert Catesby), he was still instrumental in its planned execution.
tl;dr: guy was scum. | His role in the Gunpowder Plot was to guard a stockpile of gunpowder that he and his co-conspirators had placed in an undercroft beneath the House of Lords, and ultimately light the match and flee when it came time to detonate it.
This was part of a larger plot to assassinate King James I and re-take the throne for English Catholics by putting James' daughter, the nine-year-old Elizabeth, in his place. There was a planned uprising in the Midlands to coincide with the explosion in London, and this was meant to be a catalyst for (or to stand in for) a Catholic revolt, ensuring Elizabeth's accession to the throne -- to be raised as a Catholic queen. It was assumed that James' eldest son Henry would perish in the explosion, his youngest son Charles was still a toddler, and his youngest daughter Mary would be too young, but Elizabeth was of an age where it would be expected that she would take the throne.
Fawkes fought overseas for Catholic Spain (who were currently at war with the English) against the Protestant Dutch, and it was there that the conspirators reached out to him. (The co-conspirators of what became known as the Gunpowder Plot sought to petition Spain to intervene against the Protestant King James I (thus essentially asking the Spanish to wage war on behalf of English Catholics). The Spanish refused, so the next step was to do things the hard way.)
Guy Fawkes was a direct traitor his country and who had already killed in the name of Catholicism. He was ready, willing and able to murder dozens of people and commit regicide for his faith. He sought to use the threat and act of violence to essentially scare people into accepting Catholic rule. While he wasn't the ringleader of the Gunpowder Plot (that honor goes to Robert Catesby), he was still instrumental in its planned execution.
tl;dr: guy was scum.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cbnk0x8 | His role in the Gunpowder Plot was to guard a stockpile of gunpowder that he and his co-conspirators had placed in an undercroft beneath the House of Lords, and ultimately light the match and flee when it came time to detonate it.
This was part of a larger plot to assassinate King James I and re-take the throne for English Catholics by putting James' daughter, the nine-year-old Elizabeth, in his place. There was a planned uprising in the Midlands to coincide with the explosion in London, and this was meant to be a catalyst for (or to stand in for) a Catholic revolt, ensuring Elizabeth's accession to the throne -- to be raised as a Catholic queen. It was assumed that James' eldest son Henry would perish in the explosion, his youngest son Charles was still a toddler, and his youngest daughter Mary would be too young, but Elizabeth was of an age where it would be expected that she would take the throne.
Fawkes fought overseas for Catholic Spain (who were currently at war with the English) against the Protestant Dutch, and it was there that the conspirators reached out to him. (The co-conspirators of what became known as the Gunpowder Plot sought to petition Spain to intervene against the Protestant King James I (thus essentially asking the Spanish to wage war on behalf of English Catholics). The Spanish refused, so the next step was to do things the hard way.)
Guy Fawkes was a direct traitor his country and who had already killed in the name of Catholicism. He was ready, willing and able to murder dozens of people and commit regicide for his faith. He sought to use the threat and act of violence to essentially scare people into accepting Catholic rule. While he wasn't the ringleader of the Gunpowder Plot (that honor goes to Robert Catesby), he was still instrumental in its planned execution. | guy was scum. |
slyfingers | I have a monitor (samsung) that I've had for about 5 years. About a year ago, it developed this strange...quirk. When it first comes on, it will flicker for about 3-35 seconds and then go blank. It is still on, mind you, just the screen is blank. Switching sources, etc does nothing. You can turn it off and on, where it will do that again. This continues for about 5 minutes, after which the monitor will finally decide to stay on and works normally. I'd replace it, but it is the clearest, brightest monitor I have (of my quad monitor setup) and even though it maxes at 1600x1050 and my other monitors are 1080p, I still use it as my primary monitor, as it is the easiest one to read on.
tl;dr my monitor keeps hitting the snooze button when it first wakes up. | I have a monitor (samsung) that I've had for about 5 years. About a year ago, it developed this strange...quirk. When it first comes on, it will flicker for about 3-35 seconds and then go blank. It is still on, mind you, just the screen is blank. Switching sources, etc does nothing. You can turn it off and on, where it will do that again. This continues for about 5 minutes, after which the monitor will finally decide to stay on and works normally. I'd replace it, but it is the clearest, brightest monitor I have (of my quad monitor setup) and even though it maxes at 1600x1050 and my other monitors are 1080p, I still use it as my primary monitor, as it is the easiest one to read on.
tl;dr my monitor keeps hitting the snooze button when it first wakes up.
| talesfromtechsupport | t5_2sfg5 | cbnjlp8 | I have a monitor (samsung) that I've had for about 5 years. About a year ago, it developed this strange...quirk. When it first comes on, it will flicker for about 3-35 seconds and then go blank. It is still on, mind you, just the screen is blank. Switching sources, etc does nothing. You can turn it off and on, where it will do that again. This continues for about 5 minutes, after which the monitor will finally decide to stay on and works normally. I'd replace it, but it is the clearest, brightest monitor I have (of my quad monitor setup) and even though it maxes at 1600x1050 and my other monitors are 1080p, I still use it as my primary monitor, as it is the easiest one to read on. | my monitor keeps hitting the snooze button when it first wakes up. |
Razvedka | It goes further than that. The FBI was alerted by the Russian FSB (successor of the KGB) what Tzarnaev was up to. See, a disproportionate amount of extremists get their training in Chechyna (which is a very Islamic region) and Tzar had been hanging around with some unsavory groups during his visit away from the US.
The FSB knew what was up and they alerted the FBI.
The FBI proceeded to put him on one of their lowest tier watch lists and apparently didn't bat an eye when he started buying pressure cookers.
Tldr; you're absolutely right and look at how the surveillance state totally fucked up.
Further, it can be said that this is insanely ironic given that one of the chief reasons Russia doesn't just turn Chechyna into a parking lot is due to immense western pressure about 'civil rights'. The Russians are right there with us when it comes to dealing with insurgency and extremism, and we are helping to ensure that the training ground\meat grinder for all these nutjobs remains active- and it bit us in the ass. | It goes further than that. The FBI was alerted by the Russian FSB (successor of the KGB) what Tzarnaev was up to. See, a disproportionate amount of extremists get their training in Chechyna (which is a very Islamic region) and Tzar had been hanging around with some unsavory groups during his visit away from the US.
The FSB knew what was up and they alerted the FBI.
The FBI proceeded to put him on one of their lowest tier watch lists and apparently didn't bat an eye when he started buying pressure cookers.
Tldr; you're absolutely right and look at how the surveillance state totally fucked up.
Further, it can be said that this is insanely ironic given that one of the chief reasons Russia doesn't just turn Chechyna into a parking lot is due to immense western pressure about 'civil rights'. The Russians are right there with us when it comes to dealing with insurgency and extremism, and we are helping to ensure that the training ground\meat grinder for all these nutjobs remains active- and it bit us in the ass.
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cbnjf8e | It goes further than that. The FBI was alerted by the Russian FSB (successor of the KGB) what Tzarnaev was up to. See, a disproportionate amount of extremists get their training in Chechyna (which is a very Islamic region) and Tzar had been hanging around with some unsavory groups during his visit away from the US.
The FSB knew what was up and they alerted the FBI.
The FBI proceeded to put him on one of their lowest tier watch lists and apparently didn't bat an eye when he started buying pressure cookers. | you're absolutely right and look at how the surveillance state totally fucked up.
Further, it can be said that this is insanely ironic given that one of the chief reasons Russia doesn't just turn Chechyna into a parking lot is due to immense western pressure about 'civil rights'. The Russians are right there with us when it comes to dealing with insurgency and extremism, and we are helping to ensure that the training ground\meat grinder for all these nutjobs remains active- and it bit us in the ass. |
Razvedka | I didn't imply that Russia should just level all of Chechyna, merely that a big reason they didn't go full out was due in part to how stern we were acting about the loss of innocent life and, in general, civil rights.
And then we turn around and do stuff like this to Snowden, indefinitely detain people for no reason, and convene secret courts and hand out gag orders.
tldr; we put up a big show about how 'evil' Russia was being and how they shouldn't be too hard on the Chechyans and it came back to smack us across the face. Given that it is THE training ground for islamic extremism.
It's irony. | I didn't imply that Russia should just level all of Chechyna, merely that a big reason they didn't go full out was due in part to how stern we were acting about the loss of innocent life and, in general, civil rights.
And then we turn around and do stuff like this to Snowden, indefinitely detain people for no reason, and convene secret courts and hand out gag orders.
tldr; we put up a big show about how 'evil' Russia was being and how they shouldn't be too hard on the Chechyans and it came back to smack us across the face. Given that it is THE training ground for islamic extremism.
It's irony.
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cbnmflt | I didn't imply that Russia should just level all of Chechyna, merely that a big reason they didn't go full out was due in part to how stern we were acting about the loss of innocent life and, in general, civil rights.
And then we turn around and do stuff like this to Snowden, indefinitely detain people for no reason, and convene secret courts and hand out gag orders. | we put up a big show about how 'evil' Russia was being and how they shouldn't be too hard on the Chechyans and it came back to smack us across the face. Given that it is THE training ground for islamic extremism.
It's irony. |
doody | > clickbait
[The register]( << *N.B. That’s a link to the register, too, so don’t click it unless you want to, you know, go there.*
Do you mean that you think I’m shilling for The Register,^\* or do you mean something else?
^\* *(I’m not)*
tl:dr; (btw) Larry thinks the NSA copying your shit is necessary for freedom and democracy and fluffy animals, and Google copying his shit is the sulphurous slime of Hell, spilling over the butterflies and unicorns of our innocent world. | > clickbait
[The register]( << N.B. That’s a link to the register, too, so don’t click it unless you want to, you know, go there.
Do you mean that you think I’m shilling for The Register,^* or do you mean something else?
^* (I’m not)
tl:dr; (btw) Larry thinks the NSA copying your shit is necessary for freedom and democracy and fluffy animals, and Google copying his shit is the sulphurous slime of Hell, spilling over the butterflies and unicorns of our innocent world.
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cbnh82n | clickbait
[The register]( << N.B. That’s a link to the register, too, so don’t click it unless you want to, you know, go there.
Do you mean that you think I’m shilling for The Register,^* or do you mean something else?
^* (I’m not) | btw) Larry thinks the NSA copying your shit is necessary for freedom and democracy and fluffy animals, and Google copying his shit is the sulphurous slime of Hell, spilling over the butterflies and unicorns of our innocent world. |
Ropse | The rich man in Varys riddle represented personal gain/advantage. (The king is loyality and the priest honor) So Tywin isn't the rich man in terms of the riddle. Jamie had to chose between the loyality towards his father or his king, thus making him either a kinslayer or a kingslayer. There was no honorable way in this situation. He would be discraced and shamed for both. Thats also the reason for his complaint about the contradicting vows a knight has to make.
TL;DR Jaime didn't face the riddle, because there was no **real** choice to make | The rich man in Varys riddle represented personal gain/advantage. (The king is loyality and the priest honor) So Tywin isn't the rich man in terms of the riddle. Jamie had to chose between the loyality towards his father or his king, thus making him either a kinslayer or a kingslayer. There was no honorable way in this situation. He would be discraced and shamed for both. Thats also the reason for his complaint about the contradicting vows a knight has to make.
TL;DR Jaime didn't face the riddle, because there was no real choice to make
| asoiaf | t5_2r2o9 | cbnhz83 | The rich man in Varys riddle represented personal gain/advantage. (The king is loyality and the priest honor) So Tywin isn't the rich man in terms of the riddle. Jamie had to chose between the loyality towards his father or his king, thus making him either a kinslayer or a kingslayer. There was no honorable way in this situation. He would be discraced and shamed for both. Thats also the reason for his complaint about the contradicting vows a knight has to make. | Jaime didn't face the riddle, because there was no real choice to make |
alycks | I agree that Jaime did not face the dilemma posed by Varys' riddle - but I disagree that there wasn't a way out for him. Until AFFC, Jaime was one thing - a sword. And an impulsive sword at that. When Bran spied Jaime and Cersei in the tower, there were only two outcomes in Jaime's mind: kill Bran or lose Cersei. As he would later admit, this was an impulsive decision and Cersei could have likely cowed the child. Again, in the Whispering Wood, Jaime's impulsiveness allowed him to be captured by Robb Stark. [AFFC](/s "Later, as he was setting out from KL towards Riverrun with a host, he was meticulous in his organization by sending out plenty of scouts and making sure his encampments were fully ditched and staked.") Jaime's transformation from "a sword with pretty hair" to "careful tactician" is important.
When Jaime stood in the throne room with Aerys and Rossart, he saw two options: kill Aerys and save King's Landing or let Aerys live and let everyone die. Why not a third option? Capture Aerys and Rossart and confine them until Tywin, Robert, and Eddard arrived? This measure would have technically fallen under "protecting the king" as Jaime would be saving Aerys from both himself and the lords Tywin and Robert. It would have prevented the burning of King's Landing, and there could have been a trial against Aerys and the pyromancers. Robert may still have taken the throne, but at least Jaime could have accomplished what he set out to do.
I thought about this as I was reading [ADWD](/s "Barristan's chapters in ADWD. Barristan certainly would not have slain Aerys, but I really do believe he would have captured him and either captured Rossart or slain him. It was Jaime's impulsive nature that drove him to slay Aerys without thinking.")
**tl;dr Jaime could have captured Aerys instead of murdering him and still saved KL** | I agree that Jaime did not face the dilemma posed by Varys' riddle - but I disagree that there wasn't a way out for him. Until AFFC, Jaime was one thing - a sword. And an impulsive sword at that. When Bran spied Jaime and Cersei in the tower, there were only two outcomes in Jaime's mind: kill Bran or lose Cersei. As he would later admit, this was an impulsive decision and Cersei could have likely cowed the child. Again, in the Whispering Wood, Jaime's impulsiveness allowed him to be captured by Robb Stark. AFFC Jaime's transformation from "a sword with pretty hair" to "careful tactician" is important.
When Jaime stood in the throne room with Aerys and Rossart, he saw two options: kill Aerys and save King's Landing or let Aerys live and let everyone die. Why not a third option? Capture Aerys and Rossart and confine them until Tywin, Robert, and Eddard arrived? This measure would have technically fallen under "protecting the king" as Jaime would be saving Aerys from both himself and the lords Tywin and Robert. It would have prevented the burning of King's Landing, and there could have been a trial against Aerys and the pyromancers. Robert may still have taken the throne, but at least Jaime could have accomplished what he set out to do.
I thought about this as I was reading ADWD
tl;dr Jaime could have captured Aerys instead of murdering him and still saved KL
| asoiaf | t5_2r2o9 | cbnitvq | I agree that Jaime did not face the dilemma posed by Varys' riddle - but I disagree that there wasn't a way out for him. Until AFFC, Jaime was one thing - a sword. And an impulsive sword at that. When Bran spied Jaime and Cersei in the tower, there were only two outcomes in Jaime's mind: kill Bran or lose Cersei. As he would later admit, this was an impulsive decision and Cersei could have likely cowed the child. Again, in the Whispering Wood, Jaime's impulsiveness allowed him to be captured by Robb Stark. AFFC Jaime's transformation from "a sword with pretty hair" to "careful tactician" is important.
When Jaime stood in the throne room with Aerys and Rossart, he saw two options: kill Aerys and save King's Landing or let Aerys live and let everyone die. Why not a third option? Capture Aerys and Rossart and confine them until Tywin, Robert, and Eddard arrived? This measure would have technically fallen under "protecting the king" as Jaime would be saving Aerys from both himself and the lords Tywin and Robert. It would have prevented the burning of King's Landing, and there could have been a trial against Aerys and the pyromancers. Robert may still have taken the throne, but at least Jaime could have accomplished what he set out to do.
I thought about this as I was reading ADWD | Jaime could have captured Aerys instead of murdering him and still saved KL |
worldisenough | I teach chemistry at a Canadian university, and I figured I'd share an opinion or two.
> Today's common table salt has nothing in common with natural salt.
Today's common table salt is probably purer than natural salt, actually. Table salt is mostly NaCl, while sea salt has a lot of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4).
> Your table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals such as moisture absorbents, and iodine. Dried at over 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, the excessive heat alters the natural chemical structure of the salt.
Possible... But I doubt. The NaCl lattice is pretty strong, given it's very high melting point 801 deg C (1473,8 F). So I doubt that the additives would interact with it much. Maybe the additives react. I don't know.
They most certainly do not add iodine (I2), because that shit is pretty toxic. Instead they add iodi***D***e (I***-***). The iodide ion is, however, not toxic and necessary to avoid thyroid problems.
>This is by far the purest salt available on earth and is absolutely uncontaminated with any toxins or pollutants.
Actually, labgrade NaCl used in Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy is probably the purest salt you can get. It's forged into little "windows" and is IR transparent. You can also buy it in chunks to have it blended with powders to other types of FTIR analyses. ***Very*** high purity. Also very expensive. Just because it was taken from nature does not mean it is free from pollutants or "toxins" (quacks love that term, BTW).
Moments after touting on and on about it's "purity" :
> Containing all of the 84 elements found in your body
It's pure... yet it contains 84 elements........ Good job.
> What remains after typical salt is "chemically cleaned" is sodium chloride -- an unnatural chemical form of salt that your body recognizes as something completely foreign.
It's an unnatural chemical, you say? Except that it's a totally a natural compound and can be [mined in it's raw form](
>Typical table salt crystals are totally isolated from each other. In order for your body to try to metabolize table salt crystals, it must sacrifice tremendous amounts of energy.
HORSE SHIT. They get dissolved, if not in the food, then in the stomach.
> Inorganic sodium chloride can keep you from an ideal fluid balance and can overburden your elimination systems.
There is no such thing as "organic sodium chloride", as it does not contain carbon. I assume, here that it's an almost clever trick to say "inorganic" to say "it's not organic" (in the sense that it does not contain carbon, as all organic compounds do) to make it sound like the layman "organic" (meaning no pesticides and whatnot) to scare the organic-warriors. "Inorganic" does not mean "ridden with pesticides".
> Crystal salt has spent over 250 million years maturing under extreme tectonic pressure, far away from exposure to impurities.
Maturing? What is this, wine? Once the compound is in it's crystalline structure, I don't there there's anything else for it to do. Game over, bro. The salt remains as the salt.
Far away from impurities... What about the possible impurities that could have been there when the salt crystallized? (This is, of course, ignoring the other 80 some other element impurities).
> The salt's unique structure also stores vibrational energy.
Fuck me! I'm not even touching this one, it is literally too dumb to say anything about.
> All of the crystal salt's inherent minerals and trace elements are available in colloidal form -- meaning they are so small your cells can readily absorb them.
No, they're probably not in colloidal form. [Colloids]( are suspensions of fairly large particles in a solvent. There are colloids where the solvent is a solid, like stainless steel. The other minerals are probably also in the form of a salt (like chlorides, iodides, sulfates, etc.). So they too have to be hydrated (dissolved). He states that this dissolution ruins the water balance of your cells and yadda yadda yadda.
>Crystal Salt's array of elements forms a compound in which each molecule is inter-connected. The connectedness allows the vibrational component of the 84 trace elements present in the salt to be in harmony with each other and adds to the ability to promote a healthy balance.
This is too much. First of all, any salt is a COMPOUND, not a MOLECULE. Second of all, YES there is a difference, and I won't get into it here.
Salts form [lattices]( so one ion is connected to the next, and that one is connected to all it's neighbouring ions, etc. Lets pretend that these 84 ions are all interconnected. So what? The moment they hit water, they're dissolved, which means each ion is separated from its counter-ion. That nice little friendly orgy of vibrational happy magic you had is gone. Exit any and all "promotion of healthy balance".
> Under an electron microscope, crystal salt has a perfect crystalline structure.
Wow! And I'm supposed to give a shit about this? Ionic compounds are pretty impressive in how they tend to form "perfect crystalline structures". But that doesn't really matter unless you're doing X-ray diffraction (and you're probably not). And no it won't since ***there are 80 some other gorram elements in it***.
>Crystal salt is immune to electromagnetic fields
[This]( is where my experience in spectroscopy comes in handy. Here's the absorption spectrum of NaCl. It transmits light through most of the infrared spectrum (when the line is high, with a high %T (transmittance)), but at >600 cm(-1), it starts absorbing infrared light (which is an electromagnetic radiation). So it interacts with higher frequency IR light. So it's not "Immune to electromagnetic fields", whatever that means.
At this point I'm too tired/annoyed to keep reading.
It's horse shit. He's just using fancy language and talking out of his ass.
EDIT :
TL;DR : Mercola is full of shit. | I teach chemistry at a Canadian university, and I figured I'd share an opinion or two.
> Today's common table salt has nothing in common with natural salt.
Today's common table salt is probably purer than natural salt, actually. Table salt is mostly NaCl, while sea salt has a lot of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4).
> Your table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals such as moisture absorbents, and iodine. Dried at over 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, the excessive heat alters the natural chemical structure of the salt.
Possible... But I doubt. The NaCl lattice is pretty strong, given it's very high melting point 801 deg C (1473,8 F). So I doubt that the additives would interact with it much. Maybe the additives react. I don't know.
They most certainly do not add iodine (I2), because that shit is pretty toxic. Instead they add iodi D e (I - ). The iodide ion is, however, not toxic and necessary to avoid thyroid problems.
>This is by far the purest salt available on earth and is absolutely uncontaminated with any toxins or pollutants.
Actually, labgrade NaCl used in Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy is probably the purest salt you can get. It's forged into little "windows" and is IR transparent. You can also buy it in chunks to have it blended with powders to other types of FTIR analyses. Very high purity. Also very expensive. Just because it was taken from nature does not mean it is free from pollutants or "toxins" (quacks love that term, BTW).
Moments after touting on and on about it's "purity" :
> Containing all of the 84 elements found in your body
It's pure... yet it contains 84 elements........ Good job.
> What remains after typical salt is "chemically cleaned" is sodium chloride -- an unnatural chemical form of salt that your body recognizes as something completely foreign.
It's an unnatural chemical, you say? Except that it's a totally a natural compound and can be [mined in it's raw form](
>Typical table salt crystals are totally isolated from each other. In order for your body to try to metabolize table salt crystals, it must sacrifice tremendous amounts of energy.
HORSE SHIT. They get dissolved, if not in the food, then in the stomach.
> Inorganic sodium chloride can keep you from an ideal fluid balance and can overburden your elimination systems.
There is no such thing as "organic sodium chloride", as it does not contain carbon. I assume, here that it's an almost clever trick to say "inorganic" to say "it's not organic" (in the sense that it does not contain carbon, as all organic compounds do) to make it sound like the layman "organic" (meaning no pesticides and whatnot) to scare the organic-warriors. "Inorganic" does not mean "ridden with pesticides".
> Crystal salt has spent over 250 million years maturing under extreme tectonic pressure, far away from exposure to impurities.
Maturing? What is this, wine? Once the compound is in it's crystalline structure, I don't there there's anything else for it to do. Game over, bro. The salt remains as the salt.
Far away from impurities... What about the possible impurities that could have been there when the salt crystallized? (This is, of course, ignoring the other 80 some other element impurities).
> The salt's unique structure also stores vibrational energy.
Fuck me! I'm not even touching this one, it is literally too dumb to say anything about.
> All of the crystal salt's inherent minerals and trace elements are available in colloidal form -- meaning they are so small your cells can readily absorb them.
No, they're probably not in colloidal form. Colloids . So they too have to be hydrated (dissolved). He states that this dissolution ruins the water balance of your cells and yadda yadda yadda.
>Crystal Salt's array of elements forms a compound in which each molecule is inter-connected. The connectedness allows the vibrational component of the 84 trace elements present in the salt to be in harmony with each other and adds to the ability to promote a healthy balance.
This is too much. First of all, any salt is a COMPOUND, not a MOLECULE. Second of all, YES there is a difference, and I won't get into it here.
Salts form [lattices]( so one ion is connected to the next, and that one is connected to all it's neighbouring ions, etc. Lets pretend that these 84 ions are all interconnected. So what? The moment they hit water, they're dissolved, which means each ion is separated from its counter-ion. That nice little friendly orgy of vibrational happy magic you had is gone. Exit any and all "promotion of healthy balance".
> Under an electron microscope, crystal salt has a perfect crystalline structure.
Wow! And I'm supposed to give a shit about this? Ionic compounds are pretty impressive in how they tend to form "perfect crystalline structures". But that doesn't really matter unless you're doing X-ray diffraction (and you're probably not). And no it won't since there are 80 some other gorram elements in it .
>Crystal salt is immune to electromagnetic fields
This ), but at >600 cm(-1), it starts absorbing infrared light (which is an electromagnetic radiation). So it interacts with higher frequency IR light. So it's not "Immune to electromagnetic fields", whatever that means.
At this point I'm too tired/annoyed to keep reading.
It's horse shit. He's just using fancy language and talking out of his ass.
EDIT :
TL;DR : Mercola is full of shit.
| skeptic | t5_2qj8f | cbnw0zq | I teach chemistry at a Canadian university, and I figured I'd share an opinion or two.
> Today's common table salt has nothing in common with natural salt.
Today's common table salt is probably purer than natural salt, actually. Table salt is mostly NaCl, while sea salt has a lot of magnesium sulfate (MgSO4).
> Your table salt is actually 97.5% sodium chloride and 2.5% chemicals such as moisture absorbents, and iodine. Dried at over 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit, the excessive heat alters the natural chemical structure of the salt.
Possible... But I doubt. The NaCl lattice is pretty strong, given it's very high melting point 801 deg C (1473,8 F). So I doubt that the additives would interact with it much. Maybe the additives react. I don't know.
They most certainly do not add iodine (I2), because that shit is pretty toxic. Instead they add iodi D e (I - ). The iodide ion is, however, not toxic and necessary to avoid thyroid problems.
>This is by far the purest salt available on earth and is absolutely uncontaminated with any toxins or pollutants.
Actually, labgrade NaCl used in Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy is probably the purest salt you can get. It's forged into little "windows" and is IR transparent. You can also buy it in chunks to have it blended with powders to other types of FTIR analyses. Very high purity. Also very expensive. Just because it was taken from nature does not mean it is free from pollutants or "toxins" (quacks love that term, BTW).
Moments after touting on and on about it's "purity" :
> Containing all of the 84 elements found in your body
It's pure... yet it contains 84 elements........ Good job.
> What remains after typical salt is "chemically cleaned" is sodium chloride -- an unnatural chemical form of salt that your body recognizes as something completely foreign.
It's an unnatural chemical, you say? Except that it's a totally a natural compound and can be [mined in it's raw form](
>Typical table salt crystals are totally isolated from each other. In order for your body to try to metabolize table salt crystals, it must sacrifice tremendous amounts of energy.
HORSE SHIT. They get dissolved, if not in the food, then in the stomach.
> Inorganic sodium chloride can keep you from an ideal fluid balance and can overburden your elimination systems.
There is no such thing as "organic sodium chloride", as it does not contain carbon. I assume, here that it's an almost clever trick to say "inorganic" to say "it's not organic" (in the sense that it does not contain carbon, as all organic compounds do) to make it sound like the layman "organic" (meaning no pesticides and whatnot) to scare the organic-warriors. "Inorganic" does not mean "ridden with pesticides".
> Crystal salt has spent over 250 million years maturing under extreme tectonic pressure, far away from exposure to impurities.
Maturing? What is this, wine? Once the compound is in it's crystalline structure, I don't there there's anything else for it to do. Game over, bro. The salt remains as the salt.
Far away from impurities... What about the possible impurities that could have been there when the salt crystallized? (This is, of course, ignoring the other 80 some other element impurities).
> The salt's unique structure also stores vibrational energy.
Fuck me! I'm not even touching this one, it is literally too dumb to say anything about.
> All of the crystal salt's inherent minerals and trace elements are available in colloidal form -- meaning they are so small your cells can readily absorb them.
No, they're probably not in colloidal form. Colloids . So they too have to be hydrated (dissolved). He states that this dissolution ruins the water balance of your cells and yadda yadda yadda.
>Crystal Salt's array of elements forms a compound in which each molecule is inter-connected. The connectedness allows the vibrational component of the 84 trace elements present in the salt to be in harmony with each other and adds to the ability to promote a healthy balance.
This is too much. First of all, any salt is a COMPOUND, not a MOLECULE. Second of all, YES there is a difference, and I won't get into it here.
Salts form [lattices]( so one ion is connected to the next, and that one is connected to all it's neighbouring ions, etc. Lets pretend that these 84 ions are all interconnected. So what? The moment they hit water, they're dissolved, which means each ion is separated from its counter-ion. That nice little friendly orgy of vibrational happy magic you had is gone. Exit any and all "promotion of healthy balance".
> Under an electron microscope, crystal salt has a perfect crystalline structure.
Wow! And I'm supposed to give a shit about this? Ionic compounds are pretty impressive in how they tend to form "perfect crystalline structures". But that doesn't really matter unless you're doing X-ray diffraction (and you're probably not). And no it won't since there are 80 some other gorram elements in it .
>Crystal salt is immune to electromagnetic fields
This ), but at >600 cm(-1), it starts absorbing infrared light (which is an electromagnetic radiation). So it interacts with higher frequency IR light. So it's not "Immune to electromagnetic fields", whatever that means.
At this point I'm too tired/annoyed to keep reading.
It's horse shit. He's just using fancy language and talking out of his ass.
EDIT : | Mercola is full of shit. |
maby6521 | repairs and changes, can be a big deal.
I have lived in several rentals in the past few years mostly on the east coast of the US, and i must say, when I have put the numbers together for deciding where to live, there are issues that you cannot always account for. One way I have managed them are explicit conditions/agreements in the rental contracts concerning repairs and changes. I'm not talking about painting the walls, but more like how to decide the water heater is approaching ineffective and who needs to do what. I never would have imagined that the water heater would be a big deal, many last for decades now, and living on a 1 year contract seems like its not a big problem. Unfortunately, taking a shower every morning that's too cold for the money you're paying for utilities has a way of causing serious aggravation. listening to the landlord say my showers I like are too hot, and no one previously complained, and there's no basis to replace the water heater puts you in the position of trying to argue an issue that requires your money and time upfront ( checking water temp, hiring expert to give analysis). that money and time upfront, even in the best case of getting the heater replaced, can be significant, and if you're heading a whole family, may not be worth it when considering the alternative of owning the house and doing you're own repairs. I had to measure the gas usage for the water heater, had to check the pipes for water leakage, discovered all sorts of things about the piping in the building ( 2 floors, 2 rentals ), and how cheap the landlord would be, and what the law said ( not much ), hired expert for over $100 to give some opinion and cost estimates, quickly led to issues with insulation in building, and only managed to get landlord to admit previous but not current or future issues, and had a pile of emails representing way too many hours of work from me.
washing machines, dryers, cooking ranges, ovens, heating and AC can be all things you can't deal with if you rent, and may not be able to convince the landlord to do anything about, even if it's obviously busted.
I know what I'm willing to pay for when I rent, and what I want reliably working, so I make it point to keep those in the contract explicit and written for the landlord, otherwise no go. Is that hassle and effort saved enough to swing the vote to buying my own place instead? Being a tenant versus a home owner does mean less ability to repair or change a place, that could translate to several dollars in the end.
tl;dr - repairs and changes should be explicit in the rental contract and then you might be able to manage them, otherwise, you are losing hours and dollars to Landlord Fight Deluxe Platinum Edition. | repairs and changes, can be a big deal.
I have lived in several rentals in the past few years mostly on the east coast of the US, and i must say, when I have put the numbers together for deciding where to live, there are issues that you cannot always account for. One way I have managed them are explicit conditions/agreements in the rental contracts concerning repairs and changes. I'm not talking about painting the walls, but more like how to decide the water heater is approaching ineffective and who needs to do what. I never would have imagined that the water heater would be a big deal, many last for decades now, and living on a 1 year contract seems like its not a big problem. Unfortunately, taking a shower every morning that's too cold for the money you're paying for utilities has a way of causing serious aggravation. listening to the landlord say my showers I like are too hot, and no one previously complained, and there's no basis to replace the water heater puts you in the position of trying to argue an issue that requires your money and time upfront ( checking water temp, hiring expert to give analysis). that money and time upfront, even in the best case of getting the heater replaced, can be significant, and if you're heading a whole family, may not be worth it when considering the alternative of owning the house and doing you're own repairs. I had to measure the gas usage for the water heater, had to check the pipes for water leakage, discovered all sorts of things about the piping in the building ( 2 floors, 2 rentals ), and how cheap the landlord would be, and what the law said ( not much ), hired expert for over $100 to give some opinion and cost estimates, quickly led to issues with insulation in building, and only managed to get landlord to admit previous but not current or future issues, and had a pile of emails representing way too many hours of work from me.
washing machines, dryers, cooking ranges, ovens, heating and AC can be all things you can't deal with if you rent, and may not be able to convince the landlord to do anything about, even if it's obviously busted.
I know what I'm willing to pay for when I rent, and what I want reliably working, so I make it point to keep those in the contract explicit and written for the landlord, otherwise no go. Is that hassle and effort saved enough to swing the vote to buying my own place instead? Being a tenant versus a home owner does mean less ability to repair or change a place, that could translate to several dollars in the end.
tl;dr - repairs and changes should be explicit in the rental contract and then you might be able to manage them, otherwise, you are losing hours and dollars to Landlord Fight Deluxe Platinum Edition.
| Frugal | t5_2qhbe | cbnndl3 | repairs and changes, can be a big deal.
I have lived in several rentals in the past few years mostly on the east coast of the US, and i must say, when I have put the numbers together for deciding where to live, there are issues that you cannot always account for. One way I have managed them are explicit conditions/agreements in the rental contracts concerning repairs and changes. I'm not talking about painting the walls, but more like how to decide the water heater is approaching ineffective and who needs to do what. I never would have imagined that the water heater would be a big deal, many last for decades now, and living on a 1 year contract seems like its not a big problem. Unfortunately, taking a shower every morning that's too cold for the money you're paying for utilities has a way of causing serious aggravation. listening to the landlord say my showers I like are too hot, and no one previously complained, and there's no basis to replace the water heater puts you in the position of trying to argue an issue that requires your money and time upfront ( checking water temp, hiring expert to give analysis). that money and time upfront, even in the best case of getting the heater replaced, can be significant, and if you're heading a whole family, may not be worth it when considering the alternative of owning the house and doing you're own repairs. I had to measure the gas usage for the water heater, had to check the pipes for water leakage, discovered all sorts of things about the piping in the building ( 2 floors, 2 rentals ), and how cheap the landlord would be, and what the law said ( not much ), hired expert for over $100 to give some opinion and cost estimates, quickly led to issues with insulation in building, and only managed to get landlord to admit previous but not current or future issues, and had a pile of emails representing way too many hours of work from me.
washing machines, dryers, cooking ranges, ovens, heating and AC can be all things you can't deal with if you rent, and may not be able to convince the landlord to do anything about, even if it's obviously busted.
I know what I'm willing to pay for when I rent, and what I want reliably working, so I make it point to keep those in the contract explicit and written for the landlord, otherwise no go. Is that hassle and effort saved enough to swing the vote to buying my own place instead? Being a tenant versus a home owner does mean less ability to repair or change a place, that could translate to several dollars in the end. | repairs and changes should be explicit in the rental contract and then you might be able to manage them, otherwise, you are losing hours and dollars to Landlord Fight Deluxe Platinum Edition. |
OldSeltzer | An average 30 minute show is 21 - 23 minutes according to netflix and hour long shows tend to be 40-42 minutes. The figure is closer to about 30% of all airtime is commercials. I'm not very familiar with the average length of Hulu commercials, but they are definately less than cable breaks and I would expect the ad time to be a bit lower than your suggested 20%. Plus hulu gives you current shows.
tl;dr: Yea, hulu isn't that bad. | An average 30 minute show is 21 - 23 minutes according to netflix and hour long shows tend to be 40-42 minutes. The figure is closer to about 30% of all airtime is commercials. I'm not very familiar with the average length of Hulu commercials, but they are definately less than cable breaks and I would expect the ad time to be a bit lower than your suggested 20%. Plus hulu gives you current shows.
tl;dr: Yea, hulu isn't that bad.
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cbo1oef | An average 30 minute show is 21 - 23 minutes according to netflix and hour long shows tend to be 40-42 minutes. The figure is closer to about 30% of all airtime is commercials. I'm not very familiar with the average length of Hulu commercials, but they are definately less than cable breaks and I would expect the ad time to be a bit lower than your suggested 20%. Plus hulu gives you current shows. | Yea, hulu isn't that bad. |
Frustrated_Caveman | Huey Richardson. The Steelers selected him 15th overall in the '91 draft. He made a grand total of two tackles, plus another tackle on special teams. He was traded to the Redskins for a seventh round pick prior to the start of the '92 season, where he was cut after four games. He signed with the Jets, and by the end of the '92 season, he was out of football.
tl;dr Huey Richardson sucked, and he is probably the worst first round pick in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers. | Huey Richardson. The Steelers selected him 15th overall in the '91 draft. He made a grand total of two tackles, plus another tackle on special teams. He was traded to the Redskins for a seventh round pick prior to the start of the '92 season, where he was cut after four games. He signed with the Jets, and by the end of the '92 season, he was out of football.
tl;dr Huey Richardson sucked, and he is probably the worst first round pick in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
| nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cbobto1 | Huey Richardson. The Steelers selected him 15th overall in the '91 draft. He made a grand total of two tackles, plus another tackle on special teams. He was traded to the Redskins for a seventh round pick prior to the start of the '92 season, where he was cut after four games. He signed with the Jets, and by the end of the '92 season, he was out of football. | Huey Richardson sucked, and he is probably the worst first round pick in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers. |
Nonbeing | I believe this is a very subjective topic, and you are holding suspension of disbelief to a very high personal standard. Which is fine... except that I doubt you (personally) will ever find a satisfactory open-world narrative.
When I'm playing such games, what I do is imagine that the rules of reality are more flexible in the game's universe. Time doesn't flow quite the same way it does in real life. I have time to go collect feathers on rooftops or kill random monsters in the forest - even if an important plot point is waiting for me - because in this universe, time is flexible, and even if I spend 2 real-life hours collecting random collectibles, I didn't *really* spend 2 in-game hours doing that.
You *have to* allow for some elasticity in these game worlds. I mean, have you ever gone to the bathroom in a video game, other than The Sims? Some necessities of real life just can't be translated into a game while keeping the gameplay engaging and/or enjoyable.
Which brings me back to how this is a subjective topic, and everyone has their own standards. I love open-world games, and whenever I play them, I like to go after every possible sidequest, explore ever last corner of the map, and collect every last collectible. Yet, for me personally, immersion is never broken, because I simply think of my character as an adventurer full of wanderlust, yearning to explore and discover at every available opportunity. And regarding the main narrative, I imagine it as just another adventure that my hero gets caught up in... perhaps a more significant adventure than most of his or her other wanderings... but still, just another thread in the tapestry of the game's story.
**TLDR: I like to imagine that the rules of time and space are more flexible in game universes, and I picture stories in open-world games less like linear sequences of events and more like threads weaving in and out of each other to form an elastic narrative tapestry (which, for me personally, preserves immersion)** | I believe this is a very subjective topic, and you are holding suspension of disbelief to a very high personal standard. Which is fine... except that I doubt you (personally) will ever find a satisfactory open-world narrative.
When I'm playing such games, what I do is imagine that the rules of reality are more flexible in the game's universe. Time doesn't flow quite the same way it does in real life. I have time to go collect feathers on rooftops or kill random monsters in the forest - even if an important plot point is waiting for me - because in this universe, time is flexible, and even if I spend 2 real-life hours collecting random collectibles, I didn't really spend 2 in-game hours doing that.
You have to allow for some elasticity in these game worlds. I mean, have you ever gone to the bathroom in a video game, other than The Sims? Some necessities of real life just can't be translated into a game while keeping the gameplay engaging and/or enjoyable.
Which brings me back to how this is a subjective topic, and everyone has their own standards. I love open-world games, and whenever I play them, I like to go after every possible sidequest, explore ever last corner of the map, and collect every last collectible. Yet, for me personally, immersion is never broken, because I simply think of my character as an adventurer full of wanderlust, yearning to explore and discover at every available opportunity. And regarding the main narrative, I imagine it as just another adventure that my hero gets caught up in... perhaps a more significant adventure than most of his or her other wanderings... but still, just another thread in the tapestry of the game's story.
TLDR: I like to imagine that the rules of time and space are more flexible in game universes, and I picture stories in open-world games less like linear sequences of events and more like threads weaving in and out of each other to form an elastic narrative tapestry (which, for me personally, preserves immersion)
| truegaming | t5_2sgq6 | cbojiza | I believe this is a very subjective topic, and you are holding suspension of disbelief to a very high personal standard. Which is fine... except that I doubt you (personally) will ever find a satisfactory open-world narrative.
When I'm playing such games, what I do is imagine that the rules of reality are more flexible in the game's universe. Time doesn't flow quite the same way it does in real life. I have time to go collect feathers on rooftops or kill random monsters in the forest - even if an important plot point is waiting for me - because in this universe, time is flexible, and even if I spend 2 real-life hours collecting random collectibles, I didn't really spend 2 in-game hours doing that.
You have to allow for some elasticity in these game worlds. I mean, have you ever gone to the bathroom in a video game, other than The Sims? Some necessities of real life just can't be translated into a game while keeping the gameplay engaging and/or enjoyable.
Which brings me back to how this is a subjective topic, and everyone has their own standards. I love open-world games, and whenever I play them, I like to go after every possible sidequest, explore ever last corner of the map, and collect every last collectible. Yet, for me personally, immersion is never broken, because I simply think of my character as an adventurer full of wanderlust, yearning to explore and discover at every available opportunity. And regarding the main narrative, I imagine it as just another adventure that my hero gets caught up in... perhaps a more significant adventure than most of his or her other wanderings... but still, just another thread in the tapestry of the game's story. | I like to imagine that the rules of time and space are more flexible in game universes, and I picture stories in open-world games less like linear sequences of events and more like threads weaving in and out of each other to form an elastic narrative tapestry (which, for me personally, preserves immersion) |
coffeevodkacupcakes | Cheating is cheating. It's not so much about the physical act, it's the fact that you weren't included in her decision making process and she didn't really consult you.
I'm a bi girl. It's important to have clear boundaries. Yes my boyfriend is cool with me making out with girls, in theory, but I'd never do something when he's not around and when he doesn't know.
**TL;DR It's still cheating if it's a girl** | Cheating is cheating. It's not so much about the physical act, it's the fact that you weren't included in her decision making process and she didn't really consult you.
I'm a bi girl. It's important to have clear boundaries. Yes my boyfriend is cool with me making out with girls, in theory, but I'd never do something when he's not around and when he doesn't know.
TL;DR It's still cheating if it's a girl
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cbp7qhz | Cheating is cheating. It's not so much about the physical act, it's the fact that you weren't included in her decision making process and she didn't really consult you.
I'm a bi girl. It's important to have clear boundaries. Yes my boyfriend is cool with me making out with girls, in theory, but I'd never do something when he's not around and when he doesn't know. | It's still cheating if it's a girl |
Anteaterdance | I felt this once and I was really confused at myself. I realized because I didn't know the girl involved, but knew what she looked like, I kind of caricatured her. I needed to hear what she was like from him, and if I could have, it would have been better yet to meet her and get to know her. I don't know if this is your problem, but it might be. It also sounds like you were hoping to be there, and feel left out maybe even more than jealous. Could there be some truth to that? Either way, you should talk to her and be really honest. If I were you, I'd tell her your tl'dr :) "I encouraged you to have sex with girls, and now I turned into a jealous little bitch." I think you guys will be fine with time and talk. Good luck! | I felt this once and I was really confused at myself. I realized because I didn't know the girl involved, but knew what she looked like, I kind of caricatured her. I needed to hear what she was like from him, and if I could have, it would have been better yet to meet her and get to know her. I don't know if this is your problem, but it might be. It also sounds like you were hoping to be there, and feel left out maybe even more than jealous. Could there be some truth to that? Either way, you should talk to her and be really honest. If I were you, I'd tell her your tl'dr :) "I encouraged you to have sex with girls, and now I turned into a jealous little bitch." I think you guys will be fine with time and talk. Good luck!
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cbp3fo5 | I felt this once and I was really confused at myself. I realized because I didn't know the girl involved, but knew what she looked like, I kind of caricatured her. I needed to hear what she was like from him, and if I could have, it would have been better yet to meet her and get to know her. I don't know if this is your problem, but it might be. It also sounds like you were hoping to be there, and feel left out maybe even more than jealous. Could there be some truth to that? Either way, you should talk to her and be really honest. If I were you, I'd tell her your | I encouraged you to have sex with girls, and now I turned into a jealous little bitch." I think you guys will be fine with time and talk. Good luck! |
noope | How u can in every trade site tf2 / dota 2 keys are currency mainly because it is just a way for transfering of money through the wallets. If the price of tf2 keys goes lower on steam market; the game prices will go higher. Since russian/cis traders use tf2 keys just to get some wallet. They sell keys on market -> wallet -> get the game -> trade for the keys and so on. That is how it works.
tl;dr tf2 keys = wallet.
If the steam wallet trading will come. No one will use keys anymore. But i think with this invention also will comes gift locks ans so on (new splinter cell has strange notes: game will be **giftable only** in ru and cis). | How u can in every trade site tf2 / dota 2 keys are currency mainly because it is just a way for transfering of money through the wallets. If the price of tf2 keys goes lower on steam market; the game prices will go higher. Since russian/cis traders use tf2 keys just to get some wallet. They sell keys on market -> wallet -> get the game -> trade for the keys and so on. That is how it works.
tl;dr tf2 keys = wallet.
If the steam wallet trading will come. No one will use keys anymore. But i think with this invention also will comes gift locks ans so on (new splinter cell has strange notes: game will be giftable only in ru and cis).
| SteamGameSwap | t5_2skv6 | cbp82ha | How u can in every trade site tf2 / dota 2 keys are currency mainly because it is just a way for transfering of money through the wallets. If the price of tf2 keys goes lower on steam market; the game prices will go higher. Since russian/cis traders use tf2 keys just to get some wallet. They sell keys on market -> wallet -> get the game -> trade for the keys and so on. That is how it works. | tf2 keys = wallet.
If the steam wallet trading will come. No one will use keys anymore. But i think with this invention also will comes gift locks ans so on (new splinter cell has strange notes: game will be giftable only in ru and cis). |
Jimmy4986 | Paint Department Supervisor here.
That amount of sample swatches costs...maybe a couple bucks. They're ordered and paid for by the paint vendors, so I don't really know for sure how much they cost...but its pennies. We have a plethora of samples...rarely do they run out. Behr/Glidden reps are in regularly to restock them. I care more about the douche taking 30 paint sticks...those actually cost money.
People taking large amount of samples isn't all that common. You might get a few weird looks, but nobody is going to say anything. Most employees aren't going to care. I'm the only one in the department paid enough to care, and I sure as shit don't.
If this became a common trend on pintrest or something, causing masses of women to take bulk loads of swatches...then there might be an issue. But somebody here and there taking a stack of samples isn't going to fire off any alarms.
tl;dr: Go for it, nobody cares.
Edit: Contacted one of my paint reps for clarification. Apparently the swatches cost a little more than I was guesstimating...still not enough that its going to break the bank by any means. But If it were to become a wide spread problem, they'll probably start charging for them. Certain stores already do. | Paint Department Supervisor here.
That amount of sample swatches costs...maybe a couple bucks. They're ordered and paid for by the paint vendors, so I don't really know for sure how much they cost...but its pennies. We have a plethora of samples...rarely do they run out. Behr/Glidden reps are in regularly to restock them. I care more about the douche taking 30 paint sticks...those actually cost money.
People taking large amount of samples isn't all that common. You might get a few weird looks, but nobody is going to say anything. Most employees aren't going to care. I'm the only one in the department paid enough to care, and I sure as shit don't.
If this became a common trend on pintrest or something, causing masses of women to take bulk loads of swatches...then there might be an issue. But somebody here and there taking a stack of samples isn't going to fire off any alarms.
tl;dr: Go for it, nobody cares.
Edit: Contacted one of my paint reps for clarification. Apparently the swatches cost a little more than I was guesstimating...still not enough that its going to break the bank by any means. But If it were to become a wide spread problem, they'll probably start charging for them. Certain stores already do.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cbpdcrg | Paint Department Supervisor here.
That amount of sample swatches costs...maybe a couple bucks. They're ordered and paid for by the paint vendors, so I don't really know for sure how much they cost...but its pennies. We have a plethora of samples...rarely do they run out. Behr/Glidden reps are in regularly to restock them. I care more about the douche taking 30 paint sticks...those actually cost money.
People taking large amount of samples isn't all that common. You might get a few weird looks, but nobody is going to say anything. Most employees aren't going to care. I'm the only one in the department paid enough to care, and I sure as shit don't.
If this became a common trend on pintrest or something, causing masses of women to take bulk loads of swatches...then there might be an issue. But somebody here and there taking a stack of samples isn't going to fire off any alarms. | Go for it, nobody cares.
Edit: Contacted one of my paint reps for clarification. Apparently the swatches cost a little more than I was guesstimating...still not enough that its going to break the bank by any means. But If it were to become a wide spread problem, they'll probably start charging for them. Certain stores already do. |
Mondored | This, of course, is entirely true. My bad for thoughtlessly pasting in that yahoo answer. Mind you, it's fair to say the Netherlands would almost certainly have beaten Romania - and the Irish were much less likely to have held out against West Germany - in the first knockout games. So in a sense, the drawing of lots was what did for the Dutch.
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TL;DR see JuAn's comment below! | This, of course, is entirely true. My bad for thoughtlessly pasting in that yahoo answer. Mind you, it's fair to say the Netherlands would almost certainly have beaten Romania - and the Irish were much less likely to have held out against West Germany - in the first knockout games. So in a sense, the drawing of lots was what did for the Dutch.
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TL;DR see JuAn's comment below!
| soccer | t5_2qi58 | cbpjhuj | This, of course, is entirely true. My bad for thoughtlessly pasting in that yahoo answer. Mind you, it's fair to say the Netherlands would almost certainly have beaten Romania - and the Irish were much less likely to have held out against West Germany - in the first knockout games. So in a sense, the drawing of lots was what did for the Dutch.
Edit | see JuAn's comment below! |
Theemuts | Do you know this quote by Benjamin Franklin about freedom and security?
> “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
What it means, is that though surveillance has been increasing for years, for our so-called security, we are losing our freedom rapidly. News about police brutality is a daily occurence here on reddit, so clearly we are not any safer from a corrupt police force thanks to constant surveillance. Hell, things seem to be getting worse by the day. More cameras are just an expensive waste of money to give people a fake sense of security, while at the same moment the corrupt police acquires a means to keep you under better surveillance. This can and is used against you.
Also, you talk about it being a shame a police officer is still needed, but you haven't explained how increasing the surveillance of citizens leads to not needing police officers. To the contrary, you just said that it will help battle corruption in the force, does that mean you don't think that electronic surveillance will lead to not needing a police force after all? If it doesn't change corruption, and doesn't lead to actual security, why do we need more cameras?
Let me also ask you this: how can surveillance cameras help against police corruption in the first place, if the police are not the ones kept under surveillance? The reason Dutch cops wear them, is because context is often lost in videos that were made with a phone. By wearing a camera on their helmet which is always on, both sides of the story will be known, and not just the part where the police got angry or the arrestee turned violent.
Justice isn't just about catching and locking up as many people who broke any law. The US has the most prisoners in the world, but I don't think Americans are evil or criminal by their nature. The system used in the US is extremely flawed, and unless you start seeing how surveillance is used against, not for, you, I fear for the future of the average American.
tl;dr: total surveillance is both unwanted and unneeded, the Dutch plan has much more advantages than hanging cameras everywhere, because entire workdays are recorded, including audio, so no one can 'turn away' the camera when it might help the side (s)he supports. | Do you know this quote by Benjamin Franklin about freedom and security?
> “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
What it means, is that though surveillance has been increasing for years, for our so-called security, we are losing our freedom rapidly. News about police brutality is a daily occurence here on reddit, so clearly we are not any safer from a corrupt police force thanks to constant surveillance. Hell, things seem to be getting worse by the day. More cameras are just an expensive waste of money to give people a fake sense of security, while at the same moment the corrupt police acquires a means to keep you under better surveillance. This can and is used against you.
Also, you talk about it being a shame a police officer is still needed, but you haven't explained how increasing the surveillance of citizens leads to not needing police officers. To the contrary, you just said that it will help battle corruption in the force, does that mean you don't think that electronic surveillance will lead to not needing a police force after all? If it doesn't change corruption, and doesn't lead to actual security, why do we need more cameras?
Let me also ask you this: how can surveillance cameras help against police corruption in the first place, if the police are not the ones kept under surveillance? The reason Dutch cops wear them, is because context is often lost in videos that were made with a phone. By wearing a camera on their helmet which is always on, both sides of the story will be known, and not just the part where the police got angry or the arrestee turned violent.
Justice isn't just about catching and locking up as many people who broke any law. The US has the most prisoners in the world, but I don't think Americans are evil or criminal by their nature. The system used in the US is extremely flawed, and unless you start seeing how surveillance is used against, not for, you, I fear for the future of the average American.
tl;dr: total surveillance is both unwanted and unneeded, the Dutch plan has much more advantages than hanging cameras everywhere, because entire workdays are recorded, including audio, so no one can 'turn away' the camera when it might help the side (s)he supports.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cbpp4as | Do you know this quote by Benjamin Franklin about freedom and security?
> “Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
What it means, is that though surveillance has been increasing for years, for our so-called security, we are losing our freedom rapidly. News about police brutality is a daily occurence here on reddit, so clearly we are not any safer from a corrupt police force thanks to constant surveillance. Hell, things seem to be getting worse by the day. More cameras are just an expensive waste of money to give people a fake sense of security, while at the same moment the corrupt police acquires a means to keep you under better surveillance. This can and is used against you.
Also, you talk about it being a shame a police officer is still needed, but you haven't explained how increasing the surveillance of citizens leads to not needing police officers. To the contrary, you just said that it will help battle corruption in the force, does that mean you don't think that electronic surveillance will lead to not needing a police force after all? If it doesn't change corruption, and doesn't lead to actual security, why do we need more cameras?
Let me also ask you this: how can surveillance cameras help against police corruption in the first place, if the police are not the ones kept under surveillance? The reason Dutch cops wear them, is because context is often lost in videos that were made with a phone. By wearing a camera on their helmet which is always on, both sides of the story will be known, and not just the part where the police got angry or the arrestee turned violent.
Justice isn't just about catching and locking up as many people who broke any law. The US has the most prisoners in the world, but I don't think Americans are evil or criminal by their nature. The system used in the US is extremely flawed, and unless you start seeing how surveillance is used against, not for, you, I fear for the future of the average American. | total surveillance is both unwanted and unneeded, the Dutch plan has much more advantages than hanging cameras everywhere, because entire workdays are recorded, including audio, so no one can 'turn away' the camera when it might help the side (s)he supports. |
IAmHercules | two animals cannot interbreed if the genetic information of the animals is too different.
Either the sex cells don't join together properly and it ends there.
Or they join but the DNA is an incoherent mess and so no growth process really get going.
Or they join, grow a little, but then after that the right systems aren't in place to facilitate more growth.
It's a sliding scale of how far the animal gets along the path to life with the possibility of some pretty hideously deformed beasts if the genetics are not quite similar enough.
Very similar species can interbreed (Horses and Donkeys)
and some species are so varied that some breeds cannot interbreed (think domestic dogs)
TL;DR genetic structure to different. and no one fucks goats | two animals cannot interbreed if the genetic information of the animals is too different.
Either the sex cells don't join together properly and it ends there.
Or they join but the DNA is an incoherent mess and so no growth process really get going.
Or they join, grow a little, but then after that the right systems aren't in place to facilitate more growth.
It's a sliding scale of how far the animal gets along the path to life with the possibility of some pretty hideously deformed beasts if the genetics are not quite similar enough.
Very similar species can interbreed (Horses and Donkeys)
and some species are so varied that some breeds cannot interbreed (think domestic dogs)
TL;DR genetic structure to different. and no one fucks goats
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cbpl2l0 | two animals cannot interbreed if the genetic information of the animals is too different.
Either the sex cells don't join together properly and it ends there.
Or they join but the DNA is an incoherent mess and so no growth process really get going.
Or they join, grow a little, but then after that the right systems aren't in place to facilitate more growth.
It's a sliding scale of how far the animal gets along the path to life with the possibility of some pretty hideously deformed beasts if the genetics are not quite similar enough.
Very similar species can interbreed (Horses and Donkeys)
and some species are so varied that some breeds cannot interbreed (think domestic dogs) | genetic structure to different. and no one fucks goats |
Inmygrumbleopinion | My thoughts were this you see, to have a "flying" city casually float out across the void of space has a large number of significant drawbacks, firstly,
> it would need to be HUGE,
*to have a colonization effort of a brand new planet with no immediate way of replenishing the genepool you would require (and i'm just making these numbers up) a few tens of thousands of people, but even if we say only a mere one hundred people, the volume of space required just for food alone would be astronomical, and you have to keep these people entertained and educated and occupied throught the journey.
With regular contact with earth becoming more difficult and slow the further afield you go keeping everyone active would be an enormous feat, you could end up with hostility among the crew out of boredom and just any number of issues with morale*
> it's size would be a danger during transit of any asteroid or icebelt you encounter on its journey,
*with the size of the biome, you're essentially asking for trouble if you run into a rogue rock at the wrong speed*
> you would require a power generator capable of running for over a century to keep the whole craft warm against the extremity of space a few billion miles from the sun
*but this is within reason given OP's original concept that the technology is in place, it's just what's required for a few thousand, would be significantly higher than what would be required for an inactive crew, or in my concept, an embryonic crew.*
i think it's fair to say, that in tens of decades, designer babies could well be a done thing, i believe morality will shift from todays fear of doctors "playing god" to "failure to optimize the life of your child" i think if you present parents the choice that their child will grow up "immune from 95% of all disease, and with a stronger heart/bones, better hearing and vision, and the ability to learn quicker" i believe that even in todays society, a lot of parents would agree to that, provided it was trialled and tested, and i believe that it's an attainable scientific goal that i can see happening within the concept of the story, so i took my version a little further into the future, for storytelling.
**tldr;** *i've thought about this wayyyyy too much.* | My thoughts were this you see, to have a "flying" city casually float out across the void of space has a large number of significant drawbacks, firstly,
> it would need to be HUGE,
to have a colonization effort of a brand new planet with no immediate way of replenishing the genepool you would require (and i'm just making these numbers up) a few tens of thousands of people, but even if we say only a mere one hundred people, the volume of space required just for food alone would be astronomical, and you have to keep these people entertained and educated and occupied throught the journey.
With regular contact with earth becoming more difficult and slow the further afield you go keeping everyone active would be an enormous feat, you could end up with hostility among the crew out of boredom and just any number of issues with morale
> it's size would be a danger during transit of any asteroid or icebelt you encounter on its journey,
with the size of the biome, you're essentially asking for trouble if you run into a rogue rock at the wrong speed
> you would require a power generator capable of running for over a century to keep the whole craft warm against the extremity of space a few billion miles from the sun
but this is within reason given OP's original concept that the technology is in place, it's just what's required for a few thousand, would be significantly higher than what would be required for an inactive crew, or in my concept, an embryonic crew.
i think it's fair to say, that in tens of decades, designer babies could well be a done thing, i believe morality will shift from todays fear of doctors "playing god" to "failure to optimize the life of your child" i think if you present parents the choice that their child will grow up "immune from 95% of all disease, and with a stronger heart/bones, better hearing and vision, and the ability to learn quicker" i believe that even in todays society, a lot of parents would agree to that, provided it was trialled and tested, and i believe that it's an attainable scientific goal that i can see happening within the concept of the story, so i took my version a little further into the future, for storytelling.
tldr; i've thought about this wayyyyy too much.
| space | t5_2qh87 | cbpxy3d | My thoughts were this you see, to have a "flying" city casually float out across the void of space has a large number of significant drawbacks, firstly,
> it would need to be HUGE,
to have a colonization effort of a brand new planet with no immediate way of replenishing the genepool you would require (and i'm just making these numbers up) a few tens of thousands of people, but even if we say only a mere one hundred people, the volume of space required just for food alone would be astronomical, and you have to keep these people entertained and educated and occupied throught the journey.
With regular contact with earth becoming more difficult and slow the further afield you go keeping everyone active would be an enormous feat, you could end up with hostility among the crew out of boredom and just any number of issues with morale
> it's size would be a danger during transit of any asteroid or icebelt you encounter on its journey,
with the size of the biome, you're essentially asking for trouble if you run into a rogue rock at the wrong speed
> you would require a power generator capable of running for over a century to keep the whole craft warm against the extremity of space a few billion miles from the sun
but this is within reason given OP's original concept that the technology is in place, it's just what's required for a few thousand, would be significantly higher than what would be required for an inactive crew, or in my concept, an embryonic crew.
i think it's fair to say, that in tens of decades, designer babies could well be a done thing, i believe morality will shift from todays fear of doctors "playing god" to "failure to optimize the life of your child" i think if you present parents the choice that their child will grow up "immune from 95% of all disease, and with a stronger heart/bones, better hearing and vision, and the ability to learn quicker" i believe that even in todays society, a lot of parents would agree to that, provided it was trialled and tested, and i believe that it's an attainable scientific goal that i can see happening within the concept of the story, so i took my version a little further into the future, for storytelling. | i've thought about this wayyyyy too much. |
drewsy888 | Our technology in how it regards to the speed at which we can travel in space has hardly changed. We have developed better faster rockets but they are still rockets. In order for a trip to another solar system to be less than a few lifetimes we have to move beyond the scope of rockets and fuel and into the realm of wormholes and moving beyond the apparent laws of physics.
Even getting close to the speed of light would require technologies that are nothing like anything we've seen. If we somehow built a rocket with enough fuel to travel that fast it would still have to slow down. Carrying enough fuel to do this requires an exponential more amount of fuel to get to that speed. When you do the math you quickly run out of fuel on our planet. Then you run out of available fuel in our solar system, and then the universe. The time it takes to mine fuel, that would make the wait worth it, could very well take longer than a few generations.
My point is that there are ridiculous leaps in our knowledge of physics and the universe needed in order to travel fast enough to catch up to a generation ship. Waiting for a better technology to be developed doesn't make much sense. If we launched a ship capable of getting there today, in two hundred years, we may have only cut travel time in half. I really doubt we could cut time enough to actually pass the ship unless we had a spontaneous breakthrough in faster than light travel.
There may be a way to predict our technological advancement in regards to rockets and current technologies but there isn't a good way to predict when we will have a breakthrough allowing us to travel faster than the speed of light.
TL;DR Our advancement in technology in regards to traveling fast enough to pass a generation ship launched today cannot be easily predicted. | Our technology in how it regards to the speed at which we can travel in space has hardly changed. We have developed better faster rockets but they are still rockets. In order for a trip to another solar system to be less than a few lifetimes we have to move beyond the scope of rockets and fuel and into the realm of wormholes and moving beyond the apparent laws of physics.
Even getting close to the speed of light would require technologies that are nothing like anything we've seen. If we somehow built a rocket with enough fuel to travel that fast it would still have to slow down. Carrying enough fuel to do this requires an exponential more amount of fuel to get to that speed. When you do the math you quickly run out of fuel on our planet. Then you run out of available fuel in our solar system, and then the universe. The time it takes to mine fuel, that would make the wait worth it, could very well take longer than a few generations.
My point is that there are ridiculous leaps in our knowledge of physics and the universe needed in order to travel fast enough to catch up to a generation ship. Waiting for a better technology to be developed doesn't make much sense. If we launched a ship capable of getting there today, in two hundred years, we may have only cut travel time in half. I really doubt we could cut time enough to actually pass the ship unless we had a spontaneous breakthrough in faster than light travel.
There may be a way to predict our technological advancement in regards to rockets and current technologies but there isn't a good way to predict when we will have a breakthrough allowing us to travel faster than the speed of light.
TL;DR Our advancement in technology in regards to traveling fast enough to pass a generation ship launched today cannot be easily predicted.
| space | t5_2qh87 | cbpyrqy | Our technology in how it regards to the speed at which we can travel in space has hardly changed. We have developed better faster rockets but they are still rockets. In order for a trip to another solar system to be less than a few lifetimes we have to move beyond the scope of rockets and fuel and into the realm of wormholes and moving beyond the apparent laws of physics.
Even getting close to the speed of light would require technologies that are nothing like anything we've seen. If we somehow built a rocket with enough fuel to travel that fast it would still have to slow down. Carrying enough fuel to do this requires an exponential more amount of fuel to get to that speed. When you do the math you quickly run out of fuel on our planet. Then you run out of available fuel in our solar system, and then the universe. The time it takes to mine fuel, that would make the wait worth it, could very well take longer than a few generations.
My point is that there are ridiculous leaps in our knowledge of physics and the universe needed in order to travel fast enough to catch up to a generation ship. Waiting for a better technology to be developed doesn't make much sense. If we launched a ship capable of getting there today, in two hundred years, we may have only cut travel time in half. I really doubt we could cut time enough to actually pass the ship unless we had a spontaneous breakthrough in faster than light travel.
There may be a way to predict our technological advancement in regards to rockets and current technologies but there isn't a good way to predict when we will have a breakthrough allowing us to travel faster than the speed of light. | Our advancement in technology in regards to traveling fast enough to pass a generation ship launched today cannot be easily predicted. |
HuevoSplash | OP proposes a means of traveling to another planet that while technologically fantastical is at least scientifically feasible. "Much faster" than a couple of generations is scientific fantasy.
//Don't quote Arthur C. Clarke at me, Einstein wins for the exact same reasons as above. A "fast" ship that somehow is able to serve as a contained, sustainable ecosystem for the humans inside would still take a looooooong each another planet outside this system, but is at least technologically conceivable in the predictable future. Once you start talking about traveling faster than the speed of light we might as well start discussing light sabers, the Force, etc. FTL travel does not rest on the same technological curve as anything else involved in a journey through space, and cracking that upper limit will not be the same as it was for the sound barrier.
TL;DR - Sounds like my descendants would be stepping foot on an alien planet while yours will be sitting on a rotting Earth watching old space operas.
Edit: You'd be more likely to see better technology from a ship that could catch up to you on the ship itself than to simply wait for it on earth thanks to relativity. | OP proposes a means of traveling to another planet that while technologically fantastical is at least scientifically feasible. "Much faster" than a couple of generations is scientific fantasy.
//Don't quote Arthur C. Clarke at me, Einstein wins for the exact same reasons as above. A "fast" ship that somehow is able to serve as a contained, sustainable ecosystem for the humans inside would still take a looooooong each another planet outside this system, but is at least technologically conceivable in the predictable future. Once you start talking about traveling faster than the speed of light we might as well start discussing light sabers, the Force, etc. FTL travel does not rest on the same technological curve as anything else involved in a journey through space, and cracking that upper limit will not be the same as it was for the sound barrier.
TL;DR - Sounds like my descendants would be stepping foot on an alien planet while yours will be sitting on a rotting Earth watching old space operas.
Edit: You'd be more likely to see better technology from a ship that could catch up to you on the ship itself than to simply wait for it on earth thanks to relativity.
| space | t5_2qh87 | cbq26rq | OP proposes a means of traveling to another planet that while technologically fantastical is at least scientifically feasible. "Much faster" than a couple of generations is scientific fantasy.
//Don't quote Arthur C. Clarke at me, Einstein wins for the exact same reasons as above. A "fast" ship that somehow is able to serve as a contained, sustainable ecosystem for the humans inside would still take a looooooong each another planet outside this system, but is at least technologically conceivable in the predictable future. Once you start talking about traveling faster than the speed of light we might as well start discussing light sabers, the Force, etc. FTL travel does not rest on the same technological curve as anything else involved in a journey through space, and cracking that upper limit will not be the same as it was for the sound barrier. | Sounds like my descendants would be stepping foot on an alien planet while yours will be sitting on a rotting Earth watching old space operas.
Edit: You'd be more likely to see better technology from a ship that could catch up to you on the ship itself than to simply wait for it on earth thanks to relativity. |
goes_coloured | And with all this expected new technology it wouldn't be a stretch to assume advances in medicine would come along with it, extending human life past today's length of a generation
Tldr; stronger, better, faster, longer. | And with all this expected new technology it wouldn't be a stretch to assume advances in medicine would come along with it, extending human life past today's length of a generation
Tldr; stronger, better, faster, longer.
| space | t5_2qh87 | cbpsudl | And with all this expected new technology it wouldn't be a stretch to assume advances in medicine would come along with it, extending human life past today's length of a generation | stronger, better, faster, longer. |
meanttolive | The issue with your response is that she DID say no. Even if she didn't verbally say no, the lack of a "no" != "yes". Consent must be specifically stated.
Obviously the comparison I'm about to make is unequal since there is no real comparison to rape, but imagine someone you know breaks into your house. You might have told this person in the past to not break into your house, or maybe you didn't say anything about it at all. Should you be faulted for having not said "don't break into my house" more often (never mind the fact that OP said "no" multiple times)? Should you be faulted for not saying anything ("so-and-so never told me *not* to break into their house...")? Of course not. People shouldn't break into other people's houses.
**TL;DR: OP did say enough.** | The issue with your response is that she DID say no. Even if she didn't verbally say no, the lack of a "no" != "yes". Consent must be specifically stated.
Obviously the comparison I'm about to make is unequal since there is no real comparison to rape, but imagine someone you know breaks into your house. You might have told this person in the past to not break into your house, or maybe you didn't say anything about it at all. Should you be faulted for having not said "don't break into my house" more often (never mind the fact that OP said "no" multiple times)? Should you be faulted for not saying anything ("so-and-so never told me not to break into their house...")? Of course not. People shouldn't break into other people's houses.
TL;DR: OP did say enough.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cbpyeud | The issue with your response is that she DID say no. Even if she didn't verbally say no, the lack of a "no" != "yes". Consent must be specifically stated.
Obviously the comparison I'm about to make is unequal since there is no real comparison to rape, but imagine someone you know breaks into your house. You might have told this person in the past to not break into your house, or maybe you didn't say anything about it at all. Should you be faulted for having not said "don't break into my house" more often (never mind the fact that OP said "no" multiple times)? Should you be faulted for not saying anything ("so-and-so never told me not to break into their house...")? Of course not. People shouldn't break into other people's houses. | OP did say enough. |
Brostradamus_ | This is the article people should be reading--unbiased with actual scientific data, reputable source, and no speculation on 'minor problem or disaster' without counterpoints to both sides.
The tl;dr verdict of the article: "its a local problem with little global effect, but a very serious one for the area, especially the fishing industry" | This is the article people should be reading--unbiased with actual scientific data, reputable source, and no speculation on 'minor problem or disaster' without counterpoints to both sides.
The tl;dr verdict of the article: "its a local problem with little global effect, but a very serious one for the area, especially the fishing industry"
| conspiracy | t5_2qh4r | cbquxkd | This is the article people should be reading--unbiased with actual scientific data, reputable source, and no speculation on 'minor problem or disaster' without counterpoints to both sides.
The | verdict of the article: "its a local problem with little global effect, but a very serious one for the area, especially the fishing industry" |
pharoh328 | I first played Malzahar and that was some time after he had been released apparently. I ended up building mejay's soulstealer and I started calling him a pancake man cause you could trap people on top of the void (w). I really liked the champ back then. It was nice to get started with him.
TL;DR Malz- Mejay's soulstealer | I first played Malzahar and that was some time after he had been released apparently. I ended up building mejay's soulstealer and I started calling him a pancake man cause you could trap people on top of the void (w). I really liked the champ back then. It was nice to get started with him.
TL;DR Malz- Mejay's soulstealer
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cbqhibd | I first played Malzahar and that was some time after he had been released apparently. I ended up building mejay's soulstealer and I started calling him a pancake man cause you could trap people on top of the void (w). I really liked the champ back then. It was nice to get started with him. | Malz- Mejay's soulstealer |
domalino | Its unlikely, but not impossible. TV Revenue has got teams like Southampton spending 30m, and lewis could be expected to put up a decent amount even without that. Then theres the idea that you could spend to keep bale, and spend to get the jump this year when Arsenal & Utd -IMO the rivals for 3rd & 4th- have not spent (and utd may lose rooney and no longer have SAF). I also get the sense that lewis and levy really believe in AVB's 'project' getting results and that now is the time to invest, with great targets available at low prices.
TLDR - Dont give up hope. | Its unlikely, but not impossible. TV Revenue has got teams like Southampton spending 30m, and lewis could be expected to put up a decent amount even without that. Then theres the idea that you could spend to keep bale, and spend to get the jump this year when Arsenal & Utd -IMO the rivals for 3rd & 4th- have not spent (and utd may lose rooney and no longer have SAF). I also get the sense that lewis and levy really believe in AVB's 'project' getting results and that now is the time to invest, with great targets available at low prices.
TLDR - Dont give up hope.
| coys | t5_2ryq7 | cbqrlz1 | Its unlikely, but not impossible. TV Revenue has got teams like Southampton spending 30m, and lewis could be expected to put up a decent amount even without that. Then theres the idea that you could spend to keep bale, and spend to get the jump this year when Arsenal & Utd -IMO the rivals for 3rd & 4th- have not spent (and utd may lose rooney and no longer have SAF). I also get the sense that lewis and levy really believe in AVB's 'project' getting results and that now is the time to invest, with great targets available at low prices. | Dont give up hope. |
Shalashaka1022 | If he wants to go for carrier tempest, he needs three things: gas, bases, and time.
The first one is done easily by mining gas, then transferring it to him on intervals or by request.
The second is also pretty simple. Protoss can secure bases with cannons. In 2v2s with resource trading, it's not unreasonable to see like 10 cannons per base.
The third point is tricker. Your build is good (2 Rax fast stim) for the early game, but falters in the mid. I would recommend doing what you're doing, but expanding after the two barracks are down. Research only stim (delay combat shields), and work on upgrades, increasing barracks and worker count, and getting medivacs out. Also start working on widow mines, especially with their drilling claws upgrade.
In short, bunker up (like 15+ bunkers), put mines everywhere (in front, in between, and behind your bunkers), and drop everywhere continually to buy time. Then let your buddy win the game through the fleet you financed by giving him money, and securing him bases.
Gl hf.
TLDR: Bio mine, bunkers, give gas or report hue hue | If he wants to go for carrier tempest, he needs three things: gas, bases, and time.
The first one is done easily by mining gas, then transferring it to him on intervals or by request.
The second is also pretty simple. Protoss can secure bases with cannons. In 2v2s with resource trading, it's not unreasonable to see like 10 cannons per base.
The third point is tricker. Your build is good (2 Rax fast stim) for the early game, but falters in the mid. I would recommend doing what you're doing, but expanding after the two barracks are down. Research only stim (delay combat shields), and work on upgrades, increasing barracks and worker count, and getting medivacs out. Also start working on widow mines, especially with their drilling claws upgrade.
In short, bunker up (like 15+ bunkers), put mines everywhere (in front, in between, and behind your bunkers), and drop everywhere continually to buy time. Then let your buddy win the game through the fleet you financed by giving him money, and securing him bases.
Gl hf.
TLDR: Bio mine, bunkers, give gas or report hue hue
| AllThingsTerran | t5_2tfht | cbqpnhq | If he wants to go for carrier tempest, he needs three things: gas, bases, and time.
The first one is done easily by mining gas, then transferring it to him on intervals or by request.
The second is also pretty simple. Protoss can secure bases with cannons. In 2v2s with resource trading, it's not unreasonable to see like 10 cannons per base.
The third point is tricker. Your build is good (2 Rax fast stim) for the early game, but falters in the mid. I would recommend doing what you're doing, but expanding after the two barracks are down. Research only stim (delay combat shields), and work on upgrades, increasing barracks and worker count, and getting medivacs out. Also start working on widow mines, especially with their drilling claws upgrade.
In short, bunker up (like 15+ bunkers), put mines everywhere (in front, in between, and behind your bunkers), and drop everywhere continually to buy time. Then let your buddy win the game through the fleet you financed by giving him money, and securing him bases.
Gl hf. | Bio mine, bunkers, give gas or report hue hue |
claudiargh | Some don't! Let me introduce you to [negligible senescence]( But things that do die from old age (I assume you don't mean trauma) do so for 2 main reasons.
* despite [semi-conservative replication]( which reduces mutations forming in our DNA; viruses, heat, UV rays and other substances (some pesticides ect) permanently alter our DNA, which means new cells being formed may not be completely correct.
* not all cells are replaceable or repairable, and ageing and trauma to cells that occurs throughout our lives is not always reversible. Our muscles atrophy as we become older (including our hearts). Neurons and nerve cells cannot be replaced. Bones become brittle due to mineral loss as our bodies lose the ability to absorb minerals as well. The longer you are alive, the more radiation you are exposed to, hence higher chances of cancer and DNA damage. Hormones don't work the same. Getting old is a new thing, people are living longer than they ever have, so our bodies haven't had time to evolve to be equipped for it.
TL;DR - The sun screws us up and we stop making DNA right, we get old and we never used to get old so the body hasn't evolved to prepare for it.
That might be more like ELI6, sorry its a complicated process! | Some don't! Let me introduce you to negligible senescence do so for 2 main reasons.
despite semi-conservative replication permanently alter our DNA, which means new cells being formed may not be completely correct.
not all cells are replaceable or repairable, and ageing and trauma to cells that occurs throughout our lives is not always reversible. Our muscles atrophy as we become older (including our hearts). Neurons and nerve cells cannot be replaced. Bones become brittle due to mineral loss as our bodies lose the ability to absorb minerals as well. The longer you are alive, the more radiation you are exposed to, hence higher chances of cancer and DNA damage. Hormones don't work the same. Getting old is a new thing, people are living longer than they ever have, so our bodies haven't had time to evolve to be equipped for it.
TL;DR - The sun screws us up and we stop making DNA right, we get old and we never used to get old so the body hasn't evolved to prepare for it.
That might be more like ELI6, sorry its a complicated process!
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cbqoz9y | Some don't! Let me introduce you to negligible senescence do so for 2 main reasons.
despite semi-conservative replication permanently alter our DNA, which means new cells being formed may not be completely correct.
not all cells are replaceable or repairable, and ageing and trauma to cells that occurs throughout our lives is not always reversible. Our muscles atrophy as we become older (including our hearts). Neurons and nerve cells cannot be replaced. Bones become brittle due to mineral loss as our bodies lose the ability to absorb minerals as well. The longer you are alive, the more radiation you are exposed to, hence higher chances of cancer and DNA damage. Hormones don't work the same. Getting old is a new thing, people are living longer than they ever have, so our bodies haven't had time to evolve to be equipped for it. | The sun screws us up and we stop making DNA right, we get old and we never used to get old so the body hasn't evolved to prepare for it.
That might be more like ELI6, sorry its a complicated process! |
The_Grubber | Man.. that 'angry' energy, that power in the start of the song... How the fuck can a little girl unleash that. So few artists familiar to me in this world have ever pulled it off... Bit of Nick Cave, Nina Simone and even Johnny Cash in there I'd say.
Lovely transition into a two faced bipolar calm also.
TLDR; The voice has power | Man.. that 'angry' energy, that power in the start of the song... How the fuck can a little girl unleash that. So few artists familiar to me in this world have ever pulled it off... Bit of Nick Cave, Nina Simone and even Johnny Cash in there I'd say.
Lovely transition into a two faced bipolar calm also.
TLDR; The voice has power
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cbquf2k | Man.. that 'angry' energy, that power in the start of the song... How the fuck can a little girl unleash that. So few artists familiar to me in this world have ever pulled it off... Bit of Nick Cave, Nina Simone and even Johnny Cash in there I'd say.
Lovely transition into a two faced bipolar calm also. | The voice has power |
CoolGuy54 | >comment to save
For the past few months, I've been doing a particular set of things when I play with myself that (to me) makes ejaculations feel much more powerful.
I've always known about the PC and BC muscles. The PC muscle is the muscle that both stops urine flow and also rhythmically contracts to "squirt" semen out, while the BC muscle is what pushes poop out and also "pushes" your urine stream out stronger. Squeezing on your PC makes it nearly impossible to push out with the BC and vice versa.
Once I came to fully understand that relationship, I wondered what would happen if you pushed on your BC muscle when your body wants to ejaculate. At first, it felt nearly impossible to control the BC when your body almost instinctively squeezes the PC during masturbation/intercourse.
Once I started to better control/detect the muscles, I tried to masturbate without putting any force on my PC and *very lightly* pushing out on my BC muscle. One thing that I noticed is that my erection got softer, but after enough stimulation, it would get just as hard as it would would be without the help of the PC muscle. During the whole masturbation session, I had a MASSIVE urge to squeeze on the PC, but I resisted.
The moment I started feeling the orgasm set in, the feeling was incredible. You can almost feel the prostate's sphincter loosen up and release the semen without the help of your PC muscle, which in turn gives you a strong "orgasmic" feeling deep in the core of your genitals which I can only describe as your body trying to increase the pleasure to a point in which a PC contraction is completely involuntary despite the resistance.
For the first 0.5"-1.5" seconds of your orgasm, you will get that orgasmic feeling as semen either dribbles or flows like urine out of your penis. After that, your body will FINALLY give you that squeeze you so violently crave at this point.
The first PC muscle squeeze feels INSANE. Most likely because its going from "no squeeze" to "full squeeze" vs the normal "moderate-high squeeze" to "full squeeze". Since your urethra is already filled with semen due to it flowing out just seconds before, the PC muscle not only squeezes out the existing semen, but also pushes out more from the prostate.
Have you ever ejaculated a large enough volume to feel the "weight" of your semen? That's how that first spurt feels. The subsequent ones are also quite powerful whether or not you already ejaculated all of your semen (based on how much your body produces and the last time you ejaculated, the first spurt may be the only one, but the rest of the contractions still feel very great)
The great thing about this is just how you feel after. There's a feeling of soreness that is internal, similar to the place all the pleasure is concentrated before the first contraction. Although I get a little sore immediately after ejaculation, this feeling is stronger than normal. I love urinating during that period because the feeling of urination is similar to what you feel when you massage sore muscles the day after a hard workout.
These orgasms have become so satisfying that I cant get enough. During the weekday, I masturbate 1 or 2 times before sleeping. On the weekends or days off from work, if I don't make plans, I can go about 3-6 times in day. Every session after the previous one leaves me with a good feeling soreness. On ejaculations 3-6, they come out almost dry; a small amount will shoot out VERY strongly (2-3 ft away) followed by many dry contractions. The feeling of urination after the 6th ejaculation is like angels coming from heaven to massage you in your urethra.
Sometimes I just lay in bed thinking how great it must feel if I can get myself off just one more time, but I am too exhausted to do so, and left sore till the middle of the next day.
Eventually I learned to masturbate normally and relax my PC muscle just before the point of no return, allowing me to have to same result more efficiently. Just typing this makes me want to masturbate.
This technique is only really possible for me when I masturbate. When I'm with my GF its hard to focus on those things since I'm so in the moment with her. But when I'm bored and horny, I know just how to treat myself till' the next time we have sex ;)
**Tl;DR: Once you get good enough at controlling it, relaxing your PC muscle (and gently pushing with your BC muscle) during your masturbation session can lead to a very pleasurable orgasm with semen flowing out of your penis followed by very strong ejaculations that leave you more sore and satisfied than a 'normal' orgasm**
| >comment to save
For the past few months, I've been doing a particular set of things when I play with myself that (to me) makes ejaculations feel much more powerful.
I've always known about the PC and BC muscles. The PC muscle is the muscle that both stops urine flow and also rhythmically contracts to "squirt" semen out, while the BC muscle is what pushes poop out and also "pushes" your urine stream out stronger. Squeezing on your PC makes it nearly impossible to push out with the BC and vice versa.
Once I came to fully understand that relationship, I wondered what would happen if you pushed on your BC muscle when your body wants to ejaculate. At first, it felt nearly impossible to control the BC when your body almost instinctively squeezes the PC during masturbation/intercourse.
Once I started to better control/detect the muscles, I tried to masturbate without putting any force on my PC and very lightly pushing out on my BC muscle. One thing that I noticed is that my erection got softer, but after enough stimulation, it would get just as hard as it would would be without the help of the PC muscle. During the whole masturbation session, I had a MASSIVE urge to squeeze on the PC, but I resisted.
The moment I started feeling the orgasm set in, the feeling was incredible. You can almost feel the prostate's sphincter loosen up and release the semen without the help of your PC muscle, which in turn gives you a strong "orgasmic" feeling deep in the core of your genitals which I can only describe as your body trying to increase the pleasure to a point in which a PC contraction is completely involuntary despite the resistance.
For the first 0.5"-1.5" seconds of your orgasm, you will get that orgasmic feeling as semen either dribbles or flows like urine out of your penis. After that, your body will FINALLY give you that squeeze you so violently crave at this point.
The first PC muscle squeeze feels INSANE. Most likely because its going from "no squeeze" to "full squeeze" vs the normal "moderate-high squeeze" to "full squeeze". Since your urethra is already filled with semen due to it flowing out just seconds before, the PC muscle not only squeezes out the existing semen, but also pushes out more from the prostate.
Have you ever ejaculated a large enough volume to feel the "weight" of your semen? That's how that first spurt feels. The subsequent ones are also quite powerful whether or not you already ejaculated all of your semen (based on how much your body produces and the last time you ejaculated, the first spurt may be the only one, but the rest of the contractions still feel very great)
The great thing about this is just how you feel after. There's a feeling of soreness that is internal, similar to the place all the pleasure is concentrated before the first contraction. Although I get a little sore immediately after ejaculation, this feeling is stronger than normal. I love urinating during that period because the feeling of urination is similar to what you feel when you massage sore muscles the day after a hard workout.
These orgasms have become so satisfying that I cant get enough. During the weekday, I masturbate 1 or 2 times before sleeping. On the weekends or days off from work, if I don't make plans, I can go about 3-6 times in day. Every session after the previous one leaves me with a good feeling soreness. On ejaculations 3-6, they come out almost dry; a small amount will shoot out VERY strongly (2-3 ft away) followed by many dry contractions. The feeling of urination after the 6th ejaculation is like angels coming from heaven to massage you in your urethra.
Sometimes I just lay in bed thinking how great it must feel if I can get myself off just one more time, but I am too exhausted to do so, and left sore till the middle of the next day.
Eventually I learned to masturbate normally and relax my PC muscle just before the point of no return, allowing me to have to same result more efficiently. Just typing this makes me want to masturbate.
This technique is only really possible for me when I masturbate. When I'm with my GF its hard to focus on those things since I'm so in the moment with her. But when I'm bored and horny, I know just how to treat myself till' the next time we have sex ;)
Tl;DR: Once you get good enough at controlling it, relaxing your PC muscle (and gently pushing with your BC muscle) during your masturbation session can lead to a very pleasurable orgasm with semen flowing out of your penis followed by very strong ejaculations that leave you more sore and satisfied than a 'normal' orgasm
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cbrdgmt | comment to save
For the past few months, I've been doing a particular set of things when I play with myself that (to me) makes ejaculations feel much more powerful.
I've always known about the PC and BC muscles. The PC muscle is the muscle that both stops urine flow and also rhythmically contracts to "squirt" semen out, while the BC muscle is what pushes poop out and also "pushes" your urine stream out stronger. Squeezing on your PC makes it nearly impossible to push out with the BC and vice versa.
Once I came to fully understand that relationship, I wondered what would happen if you pushed on your BC muscle when your body wants to ejaculate. At first, it felt nearly impossible to control the BC when your body almost instinctively squeezes the PC during masturbation/intercourse.
Once I started to better control/detect the muscles, I tried to masturbate without putting any force on my PC and very lightly pushing out on my BC muscle. One thing that I noticed is that my erection got softer, but after enough stimulation, it would get just as hard as it would would be without the help of the PC muscle. During the whole masturbation session, I had a MASSIVE urge to squeeze on the PC, but I resisted.
The moment I started feeling the orgasm set in, the feeling was incredible. You can almost feel the prostate's sphincter loosen up and release the semen without the help of your PC muscle, which in turn gives you a strong "orgasmic" feeling deep in the core of your genitals which I can only describe as your body trying to increase the pleasure to a point in which a PC contraction is completely involuntary despite the resistance.
For the first 0.5"-1.5" seconds of your orgasm, you will get that orgasmic feeling as semen either dribbles or flows like urine out of your penis. After that, your body will FINALLY give you that squeeze you so violently crave at this point.
The first PC muscle squeeze feels INSANE. Most likely because its going from "no squeeze" to "full squeeze" vs the normal "moderate-high squeeze" to "full squeeze". Since your urethra is already filled with semen due to it flowing out just seconds before, the PC muscle not only squeezes out the existing semen, but also pushes out more from the prostate.
Have you ever ejaculated a large enough volume to feel the "weight" of your semen? That's how that first spurt feels. The subsequent ones are also quite powerful whether or not you already ejaculated all of your semen (based on how much your body produces and the last time you ejaculated, the first spurt may be the only one, but the rest of the contractions still feel very great)
The great thing about this is just how you feel after. There's a feeling of soreness that is internal, similar to the place all the pleasure is concentrated before the first contraction. Although I get a little sore immediately after ejaculation, this feeling is stronger than normal. I love urinating during that period because the feeling of urination is similar to what you feel when you massage sore muscles the day after a hard workout.
These orgasms have become so satisfying that I cant get enough. During the weekday, I masturbate 1 or 2 times before sleeping. On the weekends or days off from work, if I don't make plans, I can go about 3-6 times in day. Every session after the previous one leaves me with a good feeling soreness. On ejaculations 3-6, they come out almost dry; a small amount will shoot out VERY strongly (2-3 ft away) followed by many dry contractions. The feeling of urination after the 6th ejaculation is like angels coming from heaven to massage you in your urethra.
Sometimes I just lay in bed thinking how great it must feel if I can get myself off just one more time, but I am too exhausted to do so, and left sore till the middle of the next day.
Eventually I learned to masturbate normally and relax my PC muscle just before the point of no return, allowing me to have to same result more efficiently. Just typing this makes me want to masturbate.
This technique is only really possible for me when I masturbate. When I'm with my GF its hard to focus on those things since I'm so in the moment with her. But when I'm bored and horny, I know just how to treat myself till' the next time we have sex ;) | Once you get good enough at controlling it, relaxing your PC muscle (and gently pushing with your BC muscle) during your masturbation session can lead to a very pleasurable orgasm with semen flowing out of your penis followed by very strong ejaculations that leave you more sore and satisfied than a 'normal' orgasm |
ass_titties | >For the past few months, I've been doing a particular set of things when I play with myself that (to me) makes ejaculations feel much more powerful.
>I've always known about the PC and BC muscles. The PC muscle is the muscle that both stops urine flow and also rhythmically contracts to "squirt" semen out, while the BC muscle is what pushes poop out and also "pushes" your urine stream out stronger. Squeezing on your PC makes it nearly impossible to push out with the BC and vice versa.
>Once I came to fully understand that relationship, I wondered what would happen if you pushed on your BC muscle when your body wants to ejaculate. At first, it felt nearly impossible to control the BC when your body almost instinctively squeezes the PC during masturbation/intercourse.
>Once I started to better control/detect the muscles, I tried to masturbate without putting any force on my PC and *very lightly* pushing out on my BC muscle. One thing that I noticed is that my erection got softer, but after enough stimulation, it would get just as hard as it would would be without the help of the PC muscle. During the whole masturbation session, I had a MASSIVE urge to squeeze on the PC, but I resisted.
>The moment I started feeling the orgasm set in, the feeling was incredible. You can almost feel the prostate's sphincter loosen up and release the semen without the help of your PC muscle, which in turn gives you a strong "orgasmic" feeling deep in the core of your genitals which I can only describe as your body trying to increase the pleasure to a point in which a PC contraction is completely involuntary despite the resistance.
>For the first 0.5"-1.5" seconds of your orgasm, you will get that orgasmic feeling as semen either dribbles or flows like urine out of your penis. After that, your body will FINALLY give you that squeeze you so violently crave at this point.
>The first PC muscle squeeze feels INSANE. Most likely because its going from "no squeeze" to "full squeeze" vs the normal "moderate-high squeeze" to "full squeeze". Since your urethra is already filled with semen due to it flowing out just seconds before, the PC muscle not only squeezes out the existing semen, but also pushes out more from the prostate.
>Have you ever ejaculated a large enough volume to feel the "weight" of your semen? That's how that first spurt feels. The subsequent ones are also quite powerful whether or not you already ejaculated all of your semen (based on how much your body produces and the last time you ejaculated, the first spurt may be the only one, but the rest of the contractions still feel very great)
>The great thing about this is just how you feel after. There's a feeling of soreness that is internal, similar to the place all the pleasure is concentrated before the first contraction. Although I get a little sore immediately after ejaculation, this feeling is stronger than normal. I love urinating during that period because the feeling of urination is similar to what you feel when you massage sore muscles the day after a hard workout.
>These orgasms have become so satisfying that I cant get enough. During the weekday, I masturbate 1 or 2 times before sleeping. On the weekends or days off from work, if I don't make plans, I can go about 3-6 times in day. Every session after the previous one leaves me with a good feeling soreness. On ejaculations 3-6, they come out almost dry; a small amount will shoot out VERY strongly (2-3 ft away) followed by many dry contractions. The feeling of urination after the 6th ejaculation is like angels coming from heaven to massage you in your urethra.
>Sometimes I just lay in bed thinking how great it must feel if I can get myself off just one more time, but I am too exhausted to do so, and left sore till the middle of the next day.
>Eventually I learned to masturbate normally and relax my PC muscle just before the point of no return, allowing me to have to same result more efficiently. Just typing this makes me want to masturbate.
>This technique is only really possible for me when I masturbate. When I'm with my GF its hard to focus on those things since I'm so in the moment with her. But when I'm bored and horny, I know just how to treat myself till' the next time we have sex ;)
>**Tl;DR: Once you get good enough at controlling it, relaxing your PC muscle (and gently pushing with your BC muscle) during your masturbation session can lead to a very pleasurable orgasm with semen flowing out of your penis followed by very strong ejaculations that leave you more sore and satisfied than a 'normal' orgasm**
>
I've quoted your entire post so that, if you choose to delete the post to erase it from your history, the original shall be preserved.
Also because I don't have the time not the opportunity to try it now, so I'm gonna save it for later. | >For the past few months, I've been doing a particular set of things when I play with myself that (to me) makes ejaculations feel much more powerful.
>I've always known about the PC and BC muscles. The PC muscle is the muscle that both stops urine flow and also rhythmically contracts to "squirt" semen out, while the BC muscle is what pushes poop out and also "pushes" your urine stream out stronger. Squeezing on your PC makes it nearly impossible to push out with the BC and vice versa.
>Once I came to fully understand that relationship, I wondered what would happen if you pushed on your BC muscle when your body wants to ejaculate. At first, it felt nearly impossible to control the BC when your body almost instinctively squeezes the PC during masturbation/intercourse.
>Once I started to better control/detect the muscles, I tried to masturbate without putting any force on my PC and very lightly pushing out on my BC muscle. One thing that I noticed is that my erection got softer, but after enough stimulation, it would get just as hard as it would would be without the help of the PC muscle. During the whole masturbation session, I had a MASSIVE urge to squeeze on the PC, but I resisted.
>The moment I started feeling the orgasm set in, the feeling was incredible. You can almost feel the prostate's sphincter loosen up and release the semen without the help of your PC muscle, which in turn gives you a strong "orgasmic" feeling deep in the core of your genitals which I can only describe as your body trying to increase the pleasure to a point in which a PC contraction is completely involuntary despite the resistance.
>For the first 0.5"-1.5" seconds of your orgasm, you will get that orgasmic feeling as semen either dribbles or flows like urine out of your penis. After that, your body will FINALLY give you that squeeze you so violently crave at this point.
>The first PC muscle squeeze feels INSANE. Most likely because its going from "no squeeze" to "full squeeze" vs the normal "moderate-high squeeze" to "full squeeze". Since your urethra is already filled with semen due to it flowing out just seconds before, the PC muscle not only squeezes out the existing semen, but also pushes out more from the prostate.
>Have you ever ejaculated a large enough volume to feel the "weight" of your semen? That's how that first spurt feels. The subsequent ones are also quite powerful whether or not you already ejaculated all of your semen (based on how much your body produces and the last time you ejaculated, the first spurt may be the only one, but the rest of the contractions still feel very great)
>The great thing about this is just how you feel after. There's a feeling of soreness that is internal, similar to the place all the pleasure is concentrated before the first contraction. Although I get a little sore immediately after ejaculation, this feeling is stronger than normal. I love urinating during that period because the feeling of urination is similar to what you feel when you massage sore muscles the day after a hard workout.
>These orgasms have become so satisfying that I cant get enough. During the weekday, I masturbate 1 or 2 times before sleeping. On the weekends or days off from work, if I don't make plans, I can go about 3-6 times in day. Every session after the previous one leaves me with a good feeling soreness. On ejaculations 3-6, they come out almost dry; a small amount will shoot out VERY strongly (2-3 ft away) followed by many dry contractions. The feeling of urination after the 6th ejaculation is like angels coming from heaven to massage you in your urethra.
>Sometimes I just lay in bed thinking how great it must feel if I can get myself off just one more time, but I am too exhausted to do so, and left sore till the middle of the next day.
>Eventually I learned to masturbate normally and relax my PC muscle just before the point of no return, allowing me to have to same result more efficiently. Just typing this makes me want to masturbate.
>This technique is only really possible for me when I masturbate. When I'm with my GF its hard to focus on those things since I'm so in the moment with her. But when I'm bored and horny, I know just how to treat myself till' the next time we have sex ;)
> Tl;DR: Once you get good enough at controlling it, relaxing your PC muscle (and gently pushing with your BC muscle) during your masturbation session can lead to a very pleasurable orgasm with semen flowing out of your penis followed by very strong ejaculations that leave you more sore and satisfied than a 'normal' orgasm
>
I've quoted your entire post so that, if you choose to delete the post to erase it from your history, the original shall be preserved.
Also because I don't have the time not the opportunity to try it now, so I'm gonna save it for later.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cbrhh0y | For the past few months, I've been doing a particular set of things when I play with myself that (to me) makes ejaculations feel much more powerful.
>I've always known about the PC and BC muscles. The PC muscle is the muscle that both stops urine flow and also rhythmically contracts to "squirt" semen out, while the BC muscle is what pushes poop out and also "pushes" your urine stream out stronger. Squeezing on your PC makes it nearly impossible to push out with the BC and vice versa.
>Once I came to fully understand that relationship, I wondered what would happen if you pushed on your BC muscle when your body wants to ejaculate. At first, it felt nearly impossible to control the BC when your body almost instinctively squeezes the PC during masturbation/intercourse.
>Once I started to better control/detect the muscles, I tried to masturbate without putting any force on my PC and very lightly pushing out on my BC muscle. One thing that I noticed is that my erection got softer, but after enough stimulation, it would get just as hard as it would would be without the help of the PC muscle. During the whole masturbation session, I had a MASSIVE urge to squeeze on the PC, but I resisted.
>The moment I started feeling the orgasm set in, the feeling was incredible. You can almost feel the prostate's sphincter loosen up and release the semen without the help of your PC muscle, which in turn gives you a strong "orgasmic" feeling deep in the core of your genitals which I can only describe as your body trying to increase the pleasure to a point in which a PC contraction is completely involuntary despite the resistance.
>For the first 0.5"-1.5" seconds of your orgasm, you will get that orgasmic feeling as semen either dribbles or flows like urine out of your penis. After that, your body will FINALLY give you that squeeze you so violently crave at this point.
>The first PC muscle squeeze feels INSANE. Most likely because its going from "no squeeze" to "full squeeze" vs the normal "moderate-high squeeze" to "full squeeze". Since your urethra is already filled with semen due to it flowing out just seconds before, the PC muscle not only squeezes out the existing semen, but also pushes out more from the prostate.
>Have you ever ejaculated a large enough volume to feel the "weight" of your semen? That's how that first spurt feels. The subsequent ones are also quite powerful whether or not you already ejaculated all of your semen (based on how much your body produces and the last time you ejaculated, the first spurt may be the only one, but the rest of the contractions still feel very great)
>The great thing about this is just how you feel after. There's a feeling of soreness that is internal, similar to the place all the pleasure is concentrated before the first contraction. Although I get a little sore immediately after ejaculation, this feeling is stronger than normal. I love urinating during that period because the feeling of urination is similar to what you feel when you massage sore muscles the day after a hard workout.
>These orgasms have become so satisfying that I cant get enough. During the weekday, I masturbate 1 or 2 times before sleeping. On the weekends or days off from work, if I don't make plans, I can go about 3-6 times in day. Every session after the previous one leaves me with a good feeling soreness. On ejaculations 3-6, they come out almost dry; a small amount will shoot out VERY strongly (2-3 ft away) followed by many dry contractions. The feeling of urination after the 6th ejaculation is like angels coming from heaven to massage you in your urethra.
>Sometimes I just lay in bed thinking how great it must feel if I can get myself off just one more time, but I am too exhausted to do so, and left sore till the middle of the next day.
>Eventually I learned to masturbate normally and relax my PC muscle just before the point of no return, allowing me to have to same result more efficiently. Just typing this makes me want to masturbate.
>This technique is only really possible for me when I masturbate. When I'm with my GF its hard to focus on those things since I'm so in the moment with her. But when I'm bored and horny, I know just how to treat myself till' the next time we have sex ;)
> | Once you get good enough at controlling it, relaxing your PC muscle (and gently pushing with your BC muscle) during your masturbation session can lead to a very pleasurable orgasm with semen flowing out of your penis followed by very strong ejaculations that leave you more sore and satisfied than a 'normal' orgasm
>
I've quoted your entire post so that, if you choose to delete the post to erase it from your history, the original shall be preserved.
Also because I don't have the time not the opportunity to try it now, so I'm gonna save it for later. |
thoughtriot | all i have to say is, i didn't even read the TL;DR, but all of this is much better with a partner. | all i have to say is, i didn't even read the TL;DR, but all of this is much better with a partner.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cbre3o5 | all i have to say is, i didn't even read the | but all of this is much better with a partner. |
transdermalcelebrity | I guess you could say that it was a combination of chance, maturity = no facades, and being open to making friendships.
When we first moved to our town (10 yrs ago) we wanted to meet people so we found a group of something that we liked just getting started on meetup.com so we joined. Met several good (though not best) friends that way. A few years later some of the people we met from that group had a party and we went with our then very fussy newborn. At the party I started talking to this gal I hadn't met before and I realized we had amazing chemistry. But I was too busy being a mom to get to know her or exchange info.
Fast forward a couple of years. My husband works for a national lab. It's so large they have lunch clubs. One of them was started by our friends who threw the party. I went to one of their lunches with my husband and while there we met the gal from the party years before and her husband (they both worked at the lab).
We got on really well and had lots of chemistry and things in common (from work at the labs to having kids). She and I began emailing. It turns out that she and her husband are avid board gamers, and while it wasn't something we were pursing at the moment, it sounded like fun. They invited us to a couple of shindigs that they had (open gaming days at their house, even their anniversary party). And it just blossomed from there.
Then through her and her husband we met another couple. They weren't from the labs but they were big into gaming and they had kids. And we found out around the gaming table that we all had excellent chemistry and similar senses of humor. The key point was that we were all pretty honest and didn't put on Facebook personalities. We had just reached a point in our lives where we're trying to do well for our families and generally enjoy life. It's less about winning popularity contests or impressing people. I think it's easier to do this in your 30s + vs your 20s.
**TLDR: Find events you like, keep an open mind and attend even if you don't know anyone, try new things, and don't worry about putting up a facade.** | I guess you could say that it was a combination of chance, maturity = no facades, and being open to making friendships.
When we first moved to our town (10 yrs ago) we wanted to meet people so we found a group of something that we liked just getting started on meetup.com so we joined. Met several good (though not best) friends that way. A few years later some of the people we met from that group had a party and we went with our then very fussy newborn. At the party I started talking to this gal I hadn't met before and I realized we had amazing chemistry. But I was too busy being a mom to get to know her or exchange info.
Fast forward a couple of years. My husband works for a national lab. It's so large they have lunch clubs. One of them was started by our friends who threw the party. I went to one of their lunches with my husband and while there we met the gal from the party years before and her husband (they both worked at the lab).
We got on really well and had lots of chemistry and things in common (from work at the labs to having kids). She and I began emailing. It turns out that she and her husband are avid board gamers, and while it wasn't something we were pursing at the moment, it sounded like fun. They invited us to a couple of shindigs that they had (open gaming days at their house, even their anniversary party). And it just blossomed from there.
Then through her and her husband we met another couple. They weren't from the labs but they were big into gaming and they had kids. And we found out around the gaming table that we all had excellent chemistry and similar senses of humor. The key point was that we were all pretty honest and didn't put on Facebook personalities. We had just reached a point in our lives where we're trying to do well for our families and generally enjoy life. It's less about winning popularity contests or impressing people. I think it's easier to do this in your 30s + vs your 20s.
TLDR: Find events you like, keep an open mind and attend even if you don't know anyone, try new things, and don't worry about putting up a facade.
| TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | cd4lf68 | I guess you could say that it was a combination of chance, maturity = no facades, and being open to making friendships.
When we first moved to our town (10 yrs ago) we wanted to meet people so we found a group of something that we liked just getting started on meetup.com so we joined. Met several good (though not best) friends that way. A few years later some of the people we met from that group had a party and we went with our then very fussy newborn. At the party I started talking to this gal I hadn't met before and I realized we had amazing chemistry. But I was too busy being a mom to get to know her or exchange info.
Fast forward a couple of years. My husband works for a national lab. It's so large they have lunch clubs. One of them was started by our friends who threw the party. I went to one of their lunches with my husband and while there we met the gal from the party years before and her husband (they both worked at the lab).
We got on really well and had lots of chemistry and things in common (from work at the labs to having kids). She and I began emailing. It turns out that she and her husband are avid board gamers, and while it wasn't something we were pursing at the moment, it sounded like fun. They invited us to a couple of shindigs that they had (open gaming days at their house, even their anniversary party). And it just blossomed from there.
Then through her and her husband we met another couple. They weren't from the labs but they were big into gaming and they had kids. And we found out around the gaming table that we all had excellent chemistry and similar senses of humor. The key point was that we were all pretty honest and didn't put on Facebook personalities. We had just reached a point in our lives where we're trying to do well for our families and generally enjoy life. It's less about winning popularity contests or impressing people. I think it's easier to do this in your 30s + vs your 20s. | Find events you like, keep an open mind and attend even if you don't know anyone, try new things, and don't worry about putting up a facade. |
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