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mechanicalhuman | Screw all that mystical jazz. Everything is "magical" until you understand it.
The full moon is a reflection of the sun's rays. It turns out, some of the sun's photons have a multiplication effect on werewolfian cells. But if all the sun's photons show up at the same time, the effect is negated. So when the moon reflects SOME of the photons back to earth, these cause werewolves to form.
Now here's the part no one understands. There's a threshold photon amount. Why does it have to be a full moon of reflection and not half, we're not sure. But you definitely need a full moon's quantity of sunlight reflected back to make the transformation happen.
TLDR; living on the moon means a werewolf would NEVER turn.
| Screw all that mystical jazz. Everything is "magical" until you understand it.
The full moon is a reflection of the sun's rays. It turns out, some of the sun's photons have a multiplication effect on werewolfian cells. But if all the sun's photons show up at the same time, the effect is negated. So when the moon reflects SOME of the photons back to earth, these cause werewolves to form.
Now here's the part no one understands. There's a threshold photon amount. Why does it have to be a full moon of reflection and not half, we're not sure. But you definitely need a full moon's quantity of sunlight reflected back to make the transformation happen.
TLDR; living on the moon means a werewolf would NEVER turn.
| AskScienceFiction | t5_2slu2 | cby6044 | Screw all that mystical jazz. Everything is "magical" until you understand it.
The full moon is a reflection of the sun's rays. It turns out, some of the sun's photons have a multiplication effect on werewolfian cells. But if all the sun's photons show up at the same time, the effect is negated. So when the moon reflects SOME of the photons back to earth, these cause werewolves to form.
Now here's the part no one understands. There's a threshold photon amount. Why does it have to be a full moon of reflection and not half, we're not sure. But you definitely need a full moon's quantity of sunlight reflected back to make the transformation happen. | living on the moon means a werewolf would NEVER turn. |
DevinsName | Okay, you caught me. Not very entertaining, but here it is.
So this one time me and a friend were going to pick up some bud. We called one of our guys and he told us to come over in about an hour. So an hour later, we head over. A middle aged guy just opens one of my back doors and starts giving me directions. My friend and I, fairly confused, take this change in events as a grand adventure and roll off into the sunset. The car is pretty silent. The only saving grace is the radio, which halfway to the destination starts playing commercials. This is when the guy, I'll call him Jeff because I don't really know his name, starts to make some casual conversation.
"My baby's pregnant."
"Oh shit dude, that's harsh."
"Yeah..... Sometimes I wish you could just shoot women and bury 'em, y'know?"
"Haaa, yeaaaahhhh. I get that."
And my copilot quickly changes stations to save me. He's a good bro like that.
I keep following directions until we reach one of the most run down houses in the most run down neighborhood in about a 30 mile radius. He jumps out and says he'll be right back.
He walks halfway to the door before he turns around and comes back to my window.
"Just letting you guys know, I just got out of jail not *too* long ago."
"Oh, okay."
At this point me and my friend were kind of speechless. We were rather curious as to what his offense was, but didn't really want to ask. We later found out from my original guy that he was selling booze to minors. Go figure.
He returns with one of the fattest sacks I had ever seen at that point (I had only been smoking for about 2 months.) We got back to my guy's house, weighed it all out, and he threw in about a g extra for the drive. We parted ways and that ended the sketchiest time I have ever spent.
TL;DR - Expected 18 year old to have bud, took a 40 year old to the ghetto to get some. | Okay, you caught me. Not very entertaining, but here it is.
So this one time me and a friend were going to pick up some bud. We called one of our guys and he told us to come over in about an hour. So an hour later, we head over. A middle aged guy just opens one of my back doors and starts giving me directions. My friend and I, fairly confused, take this change in events as a grand adventure and roll off into the sunset. The car is pretty silent. The only saving grace is the radio, which halfway to the destination starts playing commercials. This is when the guy, I'll call him Jeff because I don't really know his name, starts to make some casual conversation.
"My baby's pregnant."
"Oh shit dude, that's harsh."
"Yeah..... Sometimes I wish you could just shoot women and bury 'em, y'know?"
"Haaa, yeaaaahhhh. I get that."
And my copilot quickly changes stations to save me. He's a good bro like that.
I keep following directions until we reach one of the most run down houses in the most run down neighborhood in about a 30 mile radius. He jumps out and says he'll be right back.
He walks halfway to the door before he turns around and comes back to my window.
"Just letting you guys know, I just got out of jail not too long ago."
"Oh, okay."
At this point me and my friend were kind of speechless. We were rather curious as to what his offense was, but didn't really want to ask. We later found out from my original guy that he was selling booze to minors. Go figure.
He returns with one of the fattest sacks I had ever seen at that point (I had only been smoking for about 2 months.) We got back to my guy's house, weighed it all out, and he threw in about a g extra for the drive. We parted ways and that ended the sketchiest time I have ever spent.
TL;DR - Expected 18 year old to have bud, took a 40 year old to the ghetto to get some.
| trees | t5_2r9vp | cbxz18h | Okay, you caught me. Not very entertaining, but here it is.
So this one time me and a friend were going to pick up some bud. We called one of our guys and he told us to come over in about an hour. So an hour later, we head over. A middle aged guy just opens one of my back doors and starts giving me directions. My friend and I, fairly confused, take this change in events as a grand adventure and roll off into the sunset. The car is pretty silent. The only saving grace is the radio, which halfway to the destination starts playing commercials. This is when the guy, I'll call him Jeff because I don't really know his name, starts to make some casual conversation.
"My baby's pregnant."
"Oh shit dude, that's harsh."
"Yeah..... Sometimes I wish you could just shoot women and bury 'em, y'know?"
"Haaa, yeaaaahhhh. I get that."
And my copilot quickly changes stations to save me. He's a good bro like that.
I keep following directions until we reach one of the most run down houses in the most run down neighborhood in about a 30 mile radius. He jumps out and says he'll be right back.
He walks halfway to the door before he turns around and comes back to my window.
"Just letting you guys know, I just got out of jail not too long ago."
"Oh, okay."
At this point me and my friend were kind of speechless. We were rather curious as to what his offense was, but didn't really want to ask. We later found out from my original guy that he was selling booze to minors. Go figure.
He returns with one of the fattest sacks I had ever seen at that point (I had only been smoking for about 2 months.) We got back to my guy's house, weighed it all out, and he threw in about a g extra for the drive. We parted ways and that ended the sketchiest time I have ever spent. | Expected 18 year old to have bud, took a 40 year old to the ghetto to get some. |
nothingbutthrowaways | Best deal as in cheapest?
Best deal as in healthiest? Or;
Best deal as in you won't end up in the emergency room or eating scary stuff?
I'd say you can never go wrong at La Calèche du Sexe. Their buffet is vegan! of course Super Sex has the Early Bird special--- three eggs and potatoes for $2, that's popular with the senior citizens... And I think Les Amazon has fondu every Tuesday and Thursday, but stay away from those skewers!!
Oh! and Kamasutra Club has a killer lunch! It's mongolian style (I bet you didn't realize that under that parquet flooring and brass poles there's a fully functioning Benihana-style griddle! So yeah at Kamasutra Club mongolian style BBQ, like Korean, means you pick the veggies and meats you want, and the chef cooks them right on the griddle everyone is sitting around. I'd say this is the best bet... of course the girls can't dance while the Mongolian BBQ is happening, so they all sit around, eating ribs, and getting fat. Still that's one fine BBQ!
Hope that helps!
[TLDR; Ewwwww. Really? Don't do that! Eat in a restaurant] | Best deal as in cheapest?
Best deal as in healthiest? Or;
Best deal as in you won't end up in the emergency room or eating scary stuff?
I'd say you can never go wrong at La Calèche du Sexe. Their buffet is vegan! of course Super Sex has the Early Bird special--- three eggs and potatoes for $2, that's popular with the senior citizens... And I think Les Amazon has fondu every Tuesday and Thursday, but stay away from those skewers!!
Oh! and Kamasutra Club has a killer lunch! It's mongolian style (I bet you didn't realize that under that parquet flooring and brass poles there's a fully functioning Benihana-style griddle! So yeah at Kamasutra Club mongolian style BBQ, like Korean, means you pick the veggies and meats you want, and the chef cooks them right on the griddle everyone is sitting around. I'd say this is the best bet... of course the girls can't dance while the Mongolian BBQ is happening, so they all sit around, eating ribs, and getting fat. Still that's one fine BBQ!
Hope that helps!
[TLDR; Ewwwww. Really? Don't do that! Eat in a restaurant]
| montreal | t5_2qnmr | cbybxwm | Best deal as in cheapest?
Best deal as in healthiest? Or;
Best deal as in you won't end up in the emergency room or eating scary stuff?
I'd say you can never go wrong at La Calèche du Sexe. Their buffet is vegan! of course Super Sex has the Early Bird special--- three eggs and potatoes for $2, that's popular with the senior citizens... And I think Les Amazon has fondu every Tuesday and Thursday, but stay away from those skewers!!
Oh! and Kamasutra Club has a killer lunch! It's mongolian style (I bet you didn't realize that under that parquet flooring and brass poles there's a fully functioning Benihana-style griddle! So yeah at Kamasutra Club mongolian style BBQ, like Korean, means you pick the veggies and meats you want, and the chef cooks them right on the griddle everyone is sitting around. I'd say this is the best bet... of course the girls can't dance while the Mongolian BBQ is happening, so they all sit around, eating ribs, and getting fat. Still that's one fine BBQ!
Hope that helps!
[ | Ewwwww. Really? Don't do that! Eat in a restaurant] |
crm14250 | While the obvious answer would be something like his intelligence, his wide range of knowledge, or his ability to talk his way out of a difficult situation, the one thing that really seems to make the Doctor great in a crisis is his willingness to just do *something*. Like Rose says in Parting of the Ways, he has the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away. That's what the show really seems to emphasize in him. In a lot of situations, it's not the fact that the Doctor's smart that will make the difference, just that he immediately takes charge and tries to fight back. Just doing this can sometimes prove enough, especially since it seems to inspire other people to fight back as well. It's been mentioned before that in many stories, the Doctor is not the real hero in the end, as another minor character will end up saving the day. While that is true quite frequently, I'd argue that the Doctor's efforts are what inspire others into action. That's what great about Doctor Who in general, really. It reminds us that anyone can make a difference if they just have the courage to try.
TL;DR: He actually gets shit done | While the obvious answer would be something like his intelligence, his wide range of knowledge, or his ability to talk his way out of a difficult situation, the one thing that really seems to make the Doctor great in a crisis is his willingness to just do something . Like Rose says in Parting of the Ways, he has the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away. That's what the show really seems to emphasize in him. In a lot of situations, it's not the fact that the Doctor's smart that will make the difference, just that he immediately takes charge and tries to fight back. Just doing this can sometimes prove enough, especially since it seems to inspire other people to fight back as well. It's been mentioned before that in many stories, the Doctor is not the real hero in the end, as another minor character will end up saving the day. While that is true quite frequently, I'd argue that the Doctor's efforts are what inspire others into action. That's what great about Doctor Who in general, really. It reminds us that anyone can make a difference if they just have the courage to try.
TL;DR: He actually gets shit done
| gallifrey | t5_2tf29 | cby0q5r | While the obvious answer would be something like his intelligence, his wide range of knowledge, or his ability to talk his way out of a difficult situation, the one thing that really seems to make the Doctor great in a crisis is his willingness to just do something . Like Rose says in Parting of the Ways, he has the guts to do what's right when everyone else just runs away. That's what the show really seems to emphasize in him. In a lot of situations, it's not the fact that the Doctor's smart that will make the difference, just that he immediately takes charge and tries to fight back. Just doing this can sometimes prove enough, especially since it seems to inspire other people to fight back as well. It's been mentioned before that in many stories, the Doctor is not the real hero in the end, as another minor character will end up saving the day. While that is true quite frequently, I'd argue that the Doctor's efforts are what inspire others into action. That's what great about Doctor Who in general, really. It reminds us that anyone can make a difference if they just have the courage to try. | He actually gets shit done |
Waldinian | Wow. Okay. Here it is in a nutshell.
I came after 1.29, np but I know that the economy is much harder than in 1.27 or before. New to battle interface as well
**1.31**
The 1.31 update brought new planes and a new interface for decals and other things. It added new modifications for a lot of planes, like letting you remove gunpods from the 109 g6 and add a 30mm cannon to the g10. Some FMs got improved, and there was an economy overhaul, decreasing plane costs and changing repair costs around, drastically decreasing jet repair costs. Also added new arcade maps
*New Planes*
RUSSIA
yal-15 and yak-15P: mediocre jets that fly like prop planes but a little faster. 1 to 2x 23mm cannons with 60 RPG
Lots of new Lagg-3s
A new Yak 9 with 2x ShVAKs and 1x 23mm or 2x ShVAKs and 1x NS-37. Tier 14, its alright
A new La-7 with 3x 20mm cannons
AMERICA
P-36 Hawks
New premium planes, one a tier 13 twin engine fighter with 2 cannons and 2 MGs. Good climb rate, poor durability, low ammo count
Another tier 8 premium plane in the canard layout with swept wings. 2 cannons and 2 MGs. Good plane with okay climb, amazing dive, and poor maneuverability.
Battle trophies were also added, giving a random chance of getting a given amount of lions after a battle ranging from 1500-1 500 000. In 2 months I have gotten about 15, all 1500 with a couple 7500 rewards.
**1.33**
In 1.33, a lot, a lot changed. Purchase and repair costs went down 20% for a lot of planes, lots of new planes got added, brand new planes now have worse stats than before, and you have to purchase upgrades to bring your plane up to working condition through grinding. You can set airburst on rockets, and purchase decals, camos, and upgrades with GE.
*New Planes*
AMERICA
BEARCATS! one with 4x M3 .50 cals and another with 4x AN/M3 20mms.
Lockheed F-80C shooting star and F9F Panther. New P-51s and P-47s. Lots of FMs fixed
GERMANY
Arado got tiered down
RUSSIA
New Yak-17 jet, almost the same as the yak 15
Yak-9K, same as yak-9t but with the ns-45 cannon
BRITAIN
New jet, the Vampire. It's pretty shitty.
Also steam integration!!!!!!!!!! Just copy your War thunder folder over to steam\steamapps\common and put a space between "War" and "Thunder," then click play on the steam store page. Only a 1GB download that way instead of 8.
Also MGs got a buff
TLDR
New planes, fixed FMs, economy overhaul, buy stuff with GEs, new arcade maps, steam, oculus rift integration, and lots of other really cool and fun stuff. MGs got a buff too (go browning .50 cals!)
Edit: formatting | Wow. Okay. Here it is in a nutshell.
I came after 1.29, np but I know that the economy is much harder than in 1.27 or before. New to battle interface as well
1.31
The 1.31 update brought new planes and a new interface for decals and other things. It added new modifications for a lot of planes, like letting you remove gunpods from the 109 g6 and add a 30mm cannon to the g10. Some FMs got improved, and there was an economy overhaul, decreasing plane costs and changing repair costs around, drastically decreasing jet repair costs. Also added new arcade maps
New Planes
RUSSIA
yal-15 and yak-15P: mediocre jets that fly like prop planes but a little faster. 1 to 2x 23mm cannons with 60 RPG
Lots of new Lagg-3s
A new Yak 9 with 2x ShVAKs and 1x 23mm or 2x ShVAKs and 1x NS-37. Tier 14, its alright
A new La-7 with 3x 20mm cannons
AMERICA
P-36 Hawks
New premium planes, one a tier 13 twin engine fighter with 2 cannons and 2 MGs. Good climb rate, poor durability, low ammo count
Another tier 8 premium plane in the canard layout with swept wings. 2 cannons and 2 MGs. Good plane with okay climb, amazing dive, and poor maneuverability.
Battle trophies were also added, giving a random chance of getting a given amount of lions after a battle ranging from 1500-1 500 000. In 2 months I have gotten about 15, all 1500 with a couple 7500 rewards.
1.33
In 1.33, a lot, a lot changed. Purchase and repair costs went down 20% for a lot of planes, lots of new planes got added, brand new planes now have worse stats than before, and you have to purchase upgrades to bring your plane up to working condition through grinding. You can set airburst on rockets, and purchase decals, camos, and upgrades with GE.
New Planes
AMERICA
BEARCATS! one with 4x M3 .50 cals and another with 4x AN/M3 20mms.
Lockheed F-80C shooting star and F9F Panther. New P-51s and P-47s. Lots of FMs fixed
GERMANY
Arado got tiered down
RUSSIA
New Yak-17 jet, almost the same as the yak 15
Yak-9K, same as yak-9t but with the ns-45 cannon
BRITAIN
New jet, the Vampire. It's pretty shitty.
Also steam integration!!!!!!!!!! Just copy your War thunder folder over to steam\steamapps\common and put a space between "War" and "Thunder," then click play on the steam store page. Only a 1GB download that way instead of 8.
Also MGs got a buff
TLDR
New planes, fixed FMs, economy overhaul, buy stuff with GEs, new arcade maps, steam, oculus rift integration, and lots of other really cool and fun stuff. MGs got a buff too (go browning .50 cals!)
Edit: formatting
| Warthunder | t5_2uc6j | cby1u9g | Wow. Okay. Here it is in a nutshell.
I came after 1.29, np but I know that the economy is much harder than in 1.27 or before. New to battle interface as well
1.31
The 1.31 update brought new planes and a new interface for decals and other things. It added new modifications for a lot of planes, like letting you remove gunpods from the 109 g6 and add a 30mm cannon to the g10. Some FMs got improved, and there was an economy overhaul, decreasing plane costs and changing repair costs around, drastically decreasing jet repair costs. Also added new arcade maps
New Planes
RUSSIA
yal-15 and yak-15P: mediocre jets that fly like prop planes but a little faster. 1 to 2x 23mm cannons with 60 RPG
Lots of new Lagg-3s
A new Yak 9 with 2x ShVAKs and 1x 23mm or 2x ShVAKs and 1x NS-37. Tier 14, its alright
A new La-7 with 3x 20mm cannons
AMERICA
P-36 Hawks
New premium planes, one a tier 13 twin engine fighter with 2 cannons and 2 MGs. Good climb rate, poor durability, low ammo count
Another tier 8 premium plane in the canard layout with swept wings. 2 cannons and 2 MGs. Good plane with okay climb, amazing dive, and poor maneuverability.
Battle trophies were also added, giving a random chance of getting a given amount of lions after a battle ranging from 1500-1 500 000. In 2 months I have gotten about 15, all 1500 with a couple 7500 rewards.
1.33
In 1.33, a lot, a lot changed. Purchase and repair costs went down 20% for a lot of planes, lots of new planes got added, brand new planes now have worse stats than before, and you have to purchase upgrades to bring your plane up to working condition through grinding. You can set airburst on rockets, and purchase decals, camos, and upgrades with GE.
New Planes
AMERICA
BEARCATS! one with 4x M3 .50 cals and another with 4x AN/M3 20mms.
Lockheed F-80C shooting star and F9F Panther. New P-51s and P-47s. Lots of FMs fixed
GERMANY
Arado got tiered down
RUSSIA
New Yak-17 jet, almost the same as the yak 15
Yak-9K, same as yak-9t but with the ns-45 cannon
BRITAIN
New jet, the Vampire. It's pretty shitty.
Also steam integration!!!!!!!!!! Just copy your War thunder folder over to steam\steamapps\common and put a space between "War" and "Thunder," then click play on the steam store page. Only a 1GB download that way instead of 8.
Also MGs got a buff | New planes, fixed FMs, economy overhaul, buy stuff with GEs, new arcade maps, steam, oculus rift integration, and lots of other really cool and fun stuff. MGs got a buff too (go browning .50 cals!)
Edit: formatting |
sneakyi | We coped with them pretty well and did compete. We just don't have the necessary quality in key areas thay they do.
We have improved our squad this summer. It was God awful this time last year. First team still needs work.
Look how overrun our midfield, with the exception of Gerrard, was against Villa.
When the tide is going against us Lucas, Allen even Henderson seem to go missing. Henderson is improving all the time in fairness.
These players are great when we are in control of a game or even when its 50-50. They can't handle the pressure when the tempo raises against us.....losing possession repeatedly, putting the defence under pressure again and again.
I know Lucas is a fan favourite and on his day looks really good but he does go missing, like against Villa, too often for my liking.
I hope this isn't an area BR is blind to, like Arsene and his defensive blindspot, as I think people miss how much an improvement in big games would be had from buying a better deep lying midfielder.
Tl;dr I think we will finish 5-6 as Lucas, Allen are not strong enough when the pressure is on, see Villa game. We need a better deep lying midfielder and most people can't see this. | We coped with them pretty well and did compete. We just don't have the necessary quality in key areas thay they do.
We have improved our squad this summer. It was God awful this time last year. First team still needs work.
Look how overrun our midfield, with the exception of Gerrard, was against Villa.
When the tide is going against us Lucas, Allen even Henderson seem to go missing. Henderson is improving all the time in fairness.
These players are great when we are in control of a game or even when its 50-50. They can't handle the pressure when the tempo raises against us.....losing possession repeatedly, putting the defence under pressure again and again.
I know Lucas is a fan favourite and on his day looks really good but he does go missing, like against Villa, too often for my liking.
I hope this isn't an area BR is blind to, like Arsene and his defensive blindspot, as I think people miss how much an improvement in big games would be had from buying a better deep lying midfielder.
Tl;dr I think we will finish 5-6 as Lucas, Allen are not strong enough when the pressure is on, see Villa game. We need a better deep lying midfielder and most people can't see this.
| LiverpoolFC | t5_2qn0o | cbyc4qf | We coped with them pretty well and did compete. We just don't have the necessary quality in key areas thay they do.
We have improved our squad this summer. It was God awful this time last year. First team still needs work.
Look how overrun our midfield, with the exception of Gerrard, was against Villa.
When the tide is going against us Lucas, Allen even Henderson seem to go missing. Henderson is improving all the time in fairness.
These players are great when we are in control of a game or even when its 50-50. They can't handle the pressure when the tempo raises against us.....losing possession repeatedly, putting the defence under pressure again and again.
I know Lucas is a fan favourite and on his day looks really good but he does go missing, like against Villa, too often for my liking.
I hope this isn't an area BR is blind to, like Arsene and his defensive blindspot, as I think people miss how much an improvement in big games would be had from buying a better deep lying midfielder. | I think we will finish 5-6 as Lucas, Allen are not strong enough when the pressure is on, see Villa game. We need a better deep lying midfielder and most people can't see this. |
SkillfulDunce | O.k.. Not to say you have no idea what you are talking about. Let's just say this is an actual room.
>I agree. However, these supposed "problems" you pointed out are all very, very minor superficial differences that could each be changed in a two-day DIY project.
Two days!!! Fuck are you insane? The plumbing alone would take at least, two days. Not to mention the removing of the step-up before, setting new tile. Also another one of what you, consider minor differences is the removing the cubby holes Drywall then paint. You'r looking at a week at least with multiple crews working weird hours. Then the DIY factor, plus trips to local supply shop that at least adds 2 weeks onto your original "2 days". What you fail to notice is that the "room's" walls have some how moved closer together by at least 6 inches. Then extend the room making the tub further back from the Toilet. Why would you do this?
Tl:dr You have no idea what you are talking about.
| O.k.. Not to say you have no idea what you are talking about. Let's just say this is an actual room.
>I agree. However, these supposed "problems" you pointed out are all very, very minor superficial differences that could each be changed in a two-day DIY project.
Two days!!! Fuck are you insane? The plumbing alone would take at least, two days. Not to mention the removing of the step-up before, setting new tile. Also another one of what you, consider minor differences is the removing the cubby holes Drywall then paint. You'r looking at a week at least with multiple crews working weird hours. Then the DIY factor, plus trips to local supply shop that at least adds 2 weeks onto your original "2 days". What you fail to notice is that the "room's" walls have some how moved closer together by at least 6 inches. Then extend the room making the tub further back from the Toilet. Why would you do this?
Tl:dr You have no idea what you are talking about.
| misfitstv | t5_2s8pg | cbyoqig | O.k.. Not to say you have no idea what you are talking about. Let's just say this is an actual room.
>I agree. However, these supposed "problems" you pointed out are all very, very minor superficial differences that could each be changed in a two-day DIY project.
Two days!!! Fuck are you insane? The plumbing alone would take at least, two days. Not to mention the removing of the step-up before, setting new tile. Also another one of what you, consider minor differences is the removing the cubby holes Drywall then paint. You'r looking at a week at least with multiple crews working weird hours. Then the DIY factor, plus trips to local supply shop that at least adds 2 weeks onto your original "2 days". What you fail to notice is that the "room's" walls have some how moved closer together by at least 6 inches. Then extend the room making the tub further back from the Toilet. Why would you do this? | You have no idea what you are talking about. |
mglass93 | I agree with you, I have been playing since well before open beta and the community has gotten a lot more short tempered. I have noticed that once the smite tv got up and running and it was easily accessible to watch "pros" playing, a lot more ppl act like they are pros because they watch the pros play, so they feel entitled to some sort of respect in game. when the other players don't play like they want then they get supper pissy and rage. It is one thing if it is a ranked que, but it is in casual que that players are more aggressive. It is casual que, if you want to play super serial then go play ranked. Don't go into a casual que and expect to get the highest caliber casual game, thats not what it is for.
TL:DR Watching a pro doesn't make you a pro and Casual que is casual | I agree with you, I have been playing since well before open beta and the community has gotten a lot more short tempered. I have noticed that once the smite tv got up and running and it was easily accessible to watch "pros" playing, a lot more ppl act like they are pros because they watch the pros play, so they feel entitled to some sort of respect in game. when the other players don't play like they want then they get supper pissy and rage. It is one thing if it is a ranked que, but it is in casual que that players are more aggressive. It is casual que, if you want to play super serial then go play ranked. Don't go into a casual que and expect to get the highest caliber casual game, thats not what it is for.
TL:DR Watching a pro doesn't make you a pro and Casual que is casual
| Smite | t5_2stl8 | cby86kz | I agree with you, I have been playing since well before open beta and the community has gotten a lot more short tempered. I have noticed that once the smite tv got up and running and it was easily accessible to watch "pros" playing, a lot more ppl act like they are pros because they watch the pros play, so they feel entitled to some sort of respect in game. when the other players don't play like they want then they get supper pissy and rage. It is one thing if it is a ranked que, but it is in casual que that players are more aggressive. It is casual que, if you want to play super serial then go play ranked. Don't go into a casual que and expect to get the highest caliber casual game, thats not what it is for. | Watching a pro doesn't make you a pro and Casual que is casual |
juanjoseguva | My girlfriend is very careful about her pills, because it is very addictive. We never do it more than once a week, when we go on little adventures. She says half a pill is enough for her and I take 1 and a half. It takes a while to kick in (typically an hour), so I would say take one and if in an hour you don't feel it, take another half... after half an hour take the other half if you feel like it. But if you're smoking, one should be enough to notice.
tldr: One, then half if needed after an hour. Then half. | My girlfriend is very careful about her pills, because it is very addictive. We never do it more than once a week, when we go on little adventures. She says half a pill is enough for her and I take 1 and a half. It takes a while to kick in (typically an hour), so I would say take one and if in an hour you don't feel it, take another half... after half an hour take the other half if you feel like it. But if you're smoking, one should be enough to notice.
tldr: One, then half if needed after an hour. Then half.
| trees | t5_2r9vp | cbykhg0 | My girlfriend is very careful about her pills, because it is very addictive. We never do it more than once a week, when we go on little adventures. She says half a pill is enough for her and I take 1 and a half. It takes a while to kick in (typically an hour), so I would say take one and if in an hour you don't feel it, take another half... after half an hour take the other half if you feel like it. But if you're smoking, one should be enough to notice. | One, then half if needed after an hour. Then half. |
ironik86 | after looking at a few pages of /u/NoT_aRaCiSt posts...pretty sure this is just a karma post, picture is not OP. Common references to screwing women, calling people fags and generally just being a troll.
tl;dr move along, nothing to see here pic is not OP | after looking at a few pages of /u/NoT_aRaCiSt posts...pretty sure this is just a karma post, picture is not OP. Common references to screwing women, calling people fags and generally just being a troll.
tl;dr move along, nothing to see here pic is not OP
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cbynw31 | after looking at a few pages of /u/NoT_aRaCiSt posts...pretty sure this is just a karma post, picture is not OP. Common references to screwing women, calling people fags and generally just being a troll. | move along, nothing to see here pic is not OP |
amitton13 | Ive told this story once before,
My older brother, N for anonymity, was laying on the recliner while I was on the floor and other various family members are are the couches and other furniture. We're watching tv and im laying on the floor flipping a pen in my hands. Well by pure accident it slipped and the way the torque was on it caused it to flip up and hit N in the face. No big deal right? Well he didn't know who it was, he assumed it was our older brother E. He stayed where he was for a few minutes then quietly got up and walked out of the room. The next thing i know N is pouring a pitcher of ice cold water onto E and I can't help it, I bust out laughing because I was of course the perpetrator. N sees me laugh realizes his mistake and chases me around the house, but after a series of ninja-esque moves I escape outside into the freezing cold weather and snow without shoes. Im locked out and no one does anything about it. So try climbing down through my window, which is in a window well, and get into the room and N bursts into the room. There is no escape this time, he grabs me and being so much bigger, he drags me upstairs, strips me to my birthday suit and takes me out and whitewashes me in the snow until I cry. All with my dad watching. OVER A FREAKING PEN HITTING HIM.
tl;dr I hit my brother with a pen, he whitewashes me in the snow.
Another time N chased me down the hall and i was going to fast on the slick hardwood floor, and ran face first into the wall resulting in a broken nose. | Ive told this story once before,
My older brother, N for anonymity, was laying on the recliner while I was on the floor and other various family members are are the couches and other furniture. We're watching tv and im laying on the floor flipping a pen in my hands. Well by pure accident it slipped and the way the torque was on it caused it to flip up and hit N in the face. No big deal right? Well he didn't know who it was, he assumed it was our older brother E. He stayed where he was for a few minutes then quietly got up and walked out of the room. The next thing i know N is pouring a pitcher of ice cold water onto E and I can't help it, I bust out laughing because I was of course the perpetrator. N sees me laugh realizes his mistake and chases me around the house, but after a series of ninja-esque moves I escape outside into the freezing cold weather and snow without shoes. Im locked out and no one does anything about it. So try climbing down through my window, which is in a window well, and get into the room and N bursts into the room. There is no escape this time, he grabs me and being so much bigger, he drags me upstairs, strips me to my birthday suit and takes me out and whitewashes me in the snow until I cry. All with my dad watching. OVER A FREAKING PEN HITTING HIM.
tl;dr I hit my brother with a pen, he whitewashes me in the snow.
Another time N chased me down the hall and i was going to fast on the slick hardwood floor, and ran face first into the wall resulting in a broken nose.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbypt4e | Ive told this story once before,
My older brother, N for anonymity, was laying on the recliner while I was on the floor and other various family members are are the couches and other furniture. We're watching tv and im laying on the floor flipping a pen in my hands. Well by pure accident it slipped and the way the torque was on it caused it to flip up and hit N in the face. No big deal right? Well he didn't know who it was, he assumed it was our older brother E. He stayed where he was for a few minutes then quietly got up and walked out of the room. The next thing i know N is pouring a pitcher of ice cold water onto E and I can't help it, I bust out laughing because I was of course the perpetrator. N sees me laugh realizes his mistake and chases me around the house, but after a series of ninja-esque moves I escape outside into the freezing cold weather and snow without shoes. Im locked out and no one does anything about it. So try climbing down through my window, which is in a window well, and get into the room and N bursts into the room. There is no escape this time, he grabs me and being so much bigger, he drags me upstairs, strips me to my birthday suit and takes me out and whitewashes me in the snow until I cry. All with my dad watching. OVER A FREAKING PEN HITTING HIM. | I hit my brother with a pen, he whitewashes me in the snow.
Another time N chased me down the hall and i was going to fast on the slick hardwood floor, and ran face first into the wall resulting in a broken nose. |
wilkiag | Yeah but I found I love it. I love having to win. It makes me curse that bomb I didn't see. And gets my dick hard when you shiv 5 people in a row. Or that improved weapon...... Oh that improves weapon signs so beautifully.
Tldr it is fun that is is hard. | Yeah but I found I love it. I love having to win. It makes me curse that bomb I didn't see. And gets my dick hard when you shiv 5 people in a row. Or that improved weapon...... Oh that improves weapon signs so beautifully.
Tldr it is fun that is is hard.
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cbz6rt6 | Yeah but I found I love it. I love having to win. It makes me curse that bomb I didn't see. And gets my dick hard when you shiv 5 people in a row. Or that improved weapon...... Oh that improves weapon signs so beautifully. | it is fun that is is hard. |
ripleyclone8 | When my grandmother's dementia started to get really bad she gave me a frozen hot pocket for dinner. I ate about four bites so she wouldn't be embarrassed, then claimed I "hit a cold spot" and ran to the kitchen to heat it up. I miss her. :(
tl;dr: we eat nasty shit for the ones we love. | When my grandmother's dementia started to get really bad she gave me a frozen hot pocket for dinner. I ate about four bites so she wouldn't be embarrassed, then claimed I "hit a cold spot" and ran to the kitchen to heat it up. I miss her. :(
tl;dr: we eat nasty shit for the ones we love.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cbz8d5q | When my grandmother's dementia started to get really bad she gave me a frozen hot pocket for dinner. I ate about four bites so she wouldn't be embarrassed, then claimed I "hit a cold spot" and ran to the kitchen to heat it up. I miss her. :( | we eat nasty shit for the ones we love. |
Revoran | Words like retard, idiot, imbecile, moron, cretin were all originally scientific terms for mentally handicapped people.
However regardless of the word used, common society always takes these words and uses them incorrectly and disparagingly as insults. That's why people are now pushing for the word "retard" to be replaced in medical jargon because common society has co-opted it as an insult.
TL;DR there's a difference between a nasty person calling you autistic and actually being a diagnosed autistic. | Words like retard, idiot, imbecile, moron, cretin were all originally scientific terms for mentally handicapped people.
However regardless of the word used, common society always takes these words and uses them incorrectly and disparagingly as insults. That's why people are now pushing for the word "retard" to be replaced in medical jargon because common society has co-opted it as an insult.
TL;DR there's a difference between a nasty person calling you autistic and actually being a diagnosed autistic.
| science | t5_mouw | cbzgn1q | Words like retard, idiot, imbecile, moron, cretin were all originally scientific terms for mentally handicapped people.
However regardless of the word used, common society always takes these words and uses them incorrectly and disparagingly as insults. That's why people are now pushing for the word "retard" to be replaced in medical jargon because common society has co-opted it as an insult. | there's a difference between a nasty person calling you autistic and actually being a diagnosed autistic. |
elhephe | I really think this is the best way of putting it. I try not to underestimate people, but especially in local races, everybody knows everybody else, and not much is going to change from week to week,
so we play grab ass, and try to get in each others heads, and talk shit on the guy with his glasses under the straps, and try to get a laugh in before it gets intense.
also, when it's a race that I care about, I try to have a game face, and a nobody is my friend attitude, but i think that's because i mostly race track, and teams don't play as big a role on the track.
TL;DR u/idontgiveafuq is super smart, and I look for people that are game facing too. | I really think this is the best way of putting it. I try not to underestimate people, but especially in local races, everybody knows everybody else, and not much is going to change from week to week,
so we play grab ass, and try to get in each others heads, and talk shit on the guy with his glasses under the straps, and try to get a laugh in before it gets intense.
also, when it's a race that I care about, I try to have a game face, and a nobody is my friend attitude, but i think that's because i mostly race track, and teams don't play as big a role on the track.
TL;DR u/idontgiveafuq is super smart, and I look for people that are game facing too.
| Velo | t5_2s4ji | cbzxa58 | I really think this is the best way of putting it. I try not to underestimate people, but especially in local races, everybody knows everybody else, and not much is going to change from week to week,
so we play grab ass, and try to get in each others heads, and talk shit on the guy with his glasses under the straps, and try to get a laugh in before it gets intense.
also, when it's a race that I care about, I try to have a game face, and a nobody is my friend attitude, but i think that's because i mostly race track, and teams don't play as big a role on the track. | u/idontgiveafuq is super smart, and I look for people that are game facing too. |
Sfhybridchild | Could it be the place as well? I mean the place where certain type of tourist stay and eat is not the same as let's say family kind of tourist stay and eat.
Also when you say open. Its phrom phong right? If you walk to the other side of bts to emporium do you see the same thing?
If its going to be like "but its a brothel. In the middle of the city" then I would resort to more anecdotal routine and compare to how ghetto and gangs has become part of "urban" imagination in America.
What I want to say is the openness that tourist feel might come from the surrounding of tourist at that time. Being tourist also not limit exposure to other part of thailand. It's not representative of the population.
Tl;dr of course you will get suggestive massage. You are their income and you are in their working territory. | Could it be the place as well? I mean the place where certain type of tourist stay and eat is not the same as let's say family kind of tourist stay and eat.
Also when you say open. Its phrom phong right? If you walk to the other side of bts to emporium do you see the same thing?
If its going to be like "but its a brothel. In the middle of the city" then I would resort to more anecdotal routine and compare to how ghetto and gangs has become part of "urban" imagination in America.
What I want to say is the openness that tourist feel might come from the surrounding of tourist at that time. Being tourist also not limit exposure to other part of thailand. It's not representative of the population.
Tl;dr of course you will get suggestive massage. You are their income and you are in their working territory.
| Thailand | t5_2qjw5 | cc0srbv | Could it be the place as well? I mean the place where certain type of tourist stay and eat is not the same as let's say family kind of tourist stay and eat.
Also when you say open. Its phrom phong right? If you walk to the other side of bts to emporium do you see the same thing?
If its going to be like "but its a brothel. In the middle of the city" then I would resort to more anecdotal routine and compare to how ghetto and gangs has become part of "urban" imagination in America.
What I want to say is the openness that tourist feel might come from the surrounding of tourist at that time. Being tourist also not limit exposure to other part of thailand. It's not representative of the population. | of course you will get suggestive massage. You are their income and you are in their working territory. |
theilleist | Since I've started practicing, about a year ago, I've take breaks up to a couple weeks long. I haven't taken many, but I've only had positive or no results after any given hiatus.
It shouldn't hurt to give your voice a reasonable rest. Too long, though and you may have issues. I base that on the same principle that exercise is based on. People adapt up and down *as well as possible* to meet the challenges of their lives.
It may be that you've practiced hard enough and frequently enough to actually experience gains from a break. I can't say.
HOWEVER, If you think you may have been overdoing it over the long-term, I'd recommend reducing your daily/weekly practice load enough that you aren't overtraining. Don't under-practice, but make sure you're practicing safely.
After an occasional week-ish break I usually come back feeling stronger. But, as much as anything involving gene's and health and exercise, YMMV.
Tl;dr If you've been overdoing it, dial your load back over the long term. A month for you may be to much for me, and vice versa.
**If you suspect serious damage, see a doctor.** | Since I've started practicing, about a year ago, I've take breaks up to a couple weeks long. I haven't taken many, but I've only had positive or no results after any given hiatus.
It shouldn't hurt to give your voice a reasonable rest. Too long, though and you may have issues. I base that on the same principle that exercise is based on. People adapt up and down as well as possible to meet the challenges of their lives.
It may be that you've practiced hard enough and frequently enough to actually experience gains from a break. I can't say.
HOWEVER, If you think you may have been overdoing it over the long-term, I'd recommend reducing your daily/weekly practice load enough that you aren't overtraining. Don't under-practice, but make sure you're practicing safely.
After an occasional week-ish break I usually come back feeling stronger. But, as much as anything involving gene's and health and exercise, YMMV.
Tl;dr If you've been overdoing it, dial your load back over the long term. A month for you may be to much for me, and vice versa.
If you suspect serious damage, see a doctor.
| singing | t5_2rlcx | cc0mxvr | Since I've started practicing, about a year ago, I've take breaks up to a couple weeks long. I haven't taken many, but I've only had positive or no results after any given hiatus.
It shouldn't hurt to give your voice a reasonable rest. Too long, though and you may have issues. I base that on the same principle that exercise is based on. People adapt up and down as well as possible to meet the challenges of their lives.
It may be that you've practiced hard enough and frequently enough to actually experience gains from a break. I can't say.
HOWEVER, If you think you may have been overdoing it over the long-term, I'd recommend reducing your daily/weekly practice load enough that you aren't overtraining. Don't under-practice, but make sure you're practicing safely.
After an occasional week-ish break I usually come back feeling stronger. But, as much as anything involving gene's and health and exercise, YMMV. | If you've been overdoing it, dial your load back over the long term. A month for you may be to much for me, and vice versa.
If you suspect serious damage, see a doctor. |
TDNR | Buy singles. I know you say you don't, but start doing it. You have WAY too many cards that you only have one copy of, and that is not good.
If that's somehow TL;DR: Buy singles. | Buy singles. I know you say you don't, but start doing it. You have WAY too many cards that you only have one copy of, and that is not good.
If that's somehow TL;DR: Buy singles.
| yugioh | t5_2rpe6 | cbzolck | Buy singles. I know you say you don't, but start doing it. You have WAY too many cards that you only have one copy of, and that is not good.
If that's somehow | Buy singles. |
griffrp | While FlyingTac0 is correct about the Fullback and Halfback definitions, an H-Back is neither. An H-back is a tight end that play off of the LOS (line of scrimmage). THe role of the H-Back is the same as a tight end, though, in our offense, the H-back (Willson) will be more of a moving piece in the backfield. Willson and Miller will occasionally line up on the wing (left or right of the tackle, and off the LOS by a yard), and be motioned into the fullback position or into the slot, or they may just stay put. The H-back position (not halfback, this is different) was made notable in the NFL by the Washington Redskins under head coach Joe Gibbs, who ran a two tight end system.
TL;DR an H-Back is a tight end that lines up off of the line of scrimmage and can be motioned into the backfield. Almost exclusively used in two tight end formations or 12 personnel grouping.
For the uninitiated, The "1" in a personnel grouping represents the number of RBs, the "2" represents the number of TEs, and this grouping is out of 5, so there are 3 WRs, e.g. 5 Ends/Backs - 1 RB - 2 TEs = 3 WRs on the field. | While FlyingTac0 is correct about the Fullback and Halfback definitions, an H-Back is neither. An H-back is a tight end that play off of the LOS (line of scrimmage). THe role of the H-Back is the same as a tight end, though, in our offense, the H-back (Willson) will be more of a moving piece in the backfield. Willson and Miller will occasionally line up on the wing (left or right of the tackle, and off the LOS by a yard), and be motioned into the fullback position or into the slot, or they may just stay put. The H-back position (not halfback, this is different) was made notable in the NFL by the Washington Redskins under head coach Joe Gibbs, who ran a two tight end system.
TL;DR an H-Back is a tight end that lines up off of the line of scrimmage and can be motioned into the backfield. Almost exclusively used in two tight end formations or 12 personnel grouping.
For the uninitiated, The "1" in a personnel grouping represents the number of RBs, the "2" represents the number of TEs, and this grouping is out of 5, so there are 3 WRs, e.g. 5 Ends/Backs - 1 RB - 2 TEs = 3 WRs on the field.
| Seahawks | t5_2ryle | cbzu1y1 | While FlyingTac0 is correct about the Fullback and Halfback definitions, an H-Back is neither. An H-back is a tight end that play off of the LOS (line of scrimmage). THe role of the H-Back is the same as a tight end, though, in our offense, the H-back (Willson) will be more of a moving piece in the backfield. Willson and Miller will occasionally line up on the wing (left or right of the tackle, and off the LOS by a yard), and be motioned into the fullback position or into the slot, or they may just stay put. The H-back position (not halfback, this is different) was made notable in the NFL by the Washington Redskins under head coach Joe Gibbs, who ran a two tight end system. | an H-Back is a tight end that lines up off of the line of scrimmage and can be motioned into the backfield. Almost exclusively used in two tight end formations or 12 personnel grouping.
For the uninitiated, The "1" in a personnel grouping represents the number of RBs, the "2" represents the number of TEs, and this grouping is out of 5, so there are 3 WRs, e.g. 5 Ends/Backs - 1 RB - 2 TEs = 3 WRs on the field. |
canolafly | Gonna throw mine in there since it didn't fit where it was:
Dislocated my shoulder, come back from the ER.
Try to open my back window with one arm. Window breaks.
Too late at night to move my car, also lots of morphine.
Waiting for window guys to come the next morning and can't leave my apartment to move my car-it was not the most savory neighborhood-and while my window was getting replaced, my car was getting towed for one too many unpaid parking tickets.
Had to pay $700 plus busing back and forth (to get my car) in a sling on full city buses.
And before anyone says I should have paid my tickets. Yes, but I had a few things on my mind and nowhere to move my car to after getting back from the ER at night.
TL:DR Everything broke, then I was broke. | Gonna throw mine in there since it didn't fit where it was:
Dislocated my shoulder, come back from the ER.
Try to open my back window with one arm. Window breaks.
Too late at night to move my car, also lots of morphine.
Waiting for window guys to come the next morning and can't leave my apartment to move my car-it was not the most savory neighborhood-and while my window was getting replaced, my car was getting towed for one too many unpaid parking tickets.
Had to pay $700 plus busing back and forth (to get my car) in a sling on full city buses.
And before anyone says I should have paid my tickets. Yes, but I had a few things on my mind and nowhere to move my car to after getting back from the ER at night.
TL:DR Everything broke, then I was broke.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cbzwv6t | Gonna throw mine in there since it didn't fit where it was:
Dislocated my shoulder, come back from the ER.
Try to open my back window with one arm. Window breaks.
Too late at night to move my car, also lots of morphine.
Waiting for window guys to come the next morning and can't leave my apartment to move my car-it was not the most savory neighborhood-and while my window was getting replaced, my car was getting towed for one too many unpaid parking tickets.
Had to pay $700 plus busing back and forth (to get my car) in a sling on full city buses.
And before anyone says I should have paid my tickets. Yes, but I had a few things on my mind and nowhere to move my car to after getting back from the ER at night. | Everything broke, then I was broke. |
Lenin1980 | Office Depot: specifically our tech services, "free computer/laptop diagnostic!"
We check it for free sure, but then we are supposed to (I don't, some of my soul is still left) lie to customers who most of the time don't know much about computers and tell them "yes you have a virus, it's 120$ to sweep it clean and install Norton." We literally just run cc cleaner and malware bytes.
This is just the tip of the ice burg on how they scam customers when it comes to tech services.
TL;DR Office Depot is a terrible company
Edit:I'd like to add that i have tried telling customers by writing detailed instructions on how to clean the viruses off your computer without spending any money and i was told afterwords that i just made the store liable if the customer were to make a mistake; so i cant even do that anymore.
Edit: To clarify, my branch of office depot is terrible; not all branches operate like this (to my best knowledge) | Office Depot: specifically our tech services, "free computer/laptop diagnostic!"
We check it for free sure, but then we are supposed to (I don't, some of my soul is still left) lie to customers who most of the time don't know much about computers and tell them "yes you have a virus, it's 120$ to sweep it clean and install Norton." We literally just run cc cleaner and malware bytes.
This is just the tip of the ice burg on how they scam customers when it comes to tech services.
TL;DR Office Depot is a terrible company
Edit:I'd like to add that i have tried telling customers by writing detailed instructions on how to clean the viruses off your computer without spending any money and i was told afterwords that i just made the store liable if the customer were to make a mistake; so i cant even do that anymore.
Edit: To clarify, my branch of office depot is terrible; not all branches operate like this (to my best knowledge)
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc02m6l | Office Depot: specifically our tech services, "free computer/laptop diagnostic!"
We check it for free sure, but then we are supposed to (I don't, some of my soul is still left) lie to customers who most of the time don't know much about computers and tell them "yes you have a virus, it's 120$ to sweep it clean and install Norton." We literally just run cc cleaner and malware bytes.
This is just the tip of the ice burg on how they scam customers when it comes to tech services. | Office Depot is a terrible company
Edit:I'd like to add that i have tried telling customers by writing detailed instructions on how to clean the viruses off your computer without spending any money and i was told afterwords that i just made the store liable if the customer were to make a mistake; so i cant even do that anymore.
Edit: To clarify, my branch of office depot is terrible; not all branches operate like this (to my best knowledge) |
ColonelHerro | Or the beans being over-roasted.. or 'burnt'.
Another taste people sometimes call burnt is when it gets really bitter form being over extracted, where the water takes too long to filter through the grounds.
But yes, I imagine a dirty machine would also give a pretty foul taste. TL;DR coffee can actually be burnt, but not by the person making the coffee. | Or the beans being over-roasted.. or 'burnt'.
Another taste people sometimes call burnt is when it gets really bitter form being over extracted, where the water takes too long to filter through the grounds.
But yes, I imagine a dirty machine would also give a pretty foul taste. TL;DR coffee can actually be burnt, but not by the person making the coffee.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc02sjw | Or the beans being over-roasted.. or 'burnt'.
Another taste people sometimes call burnt is when it gets really bitter form being over extracted, where the water takes too long to filter through the grounds.
But yes, I imagine a dirty machine would also give a pretty foul taste. | coffee can actually be burnt, but not by the person making the coffee. |
ElliGif | Friend works at Future Shop, told me all the dark details. I don't actually work at a computer sales place, but I am in University for Computer Science, and I currently work IT Support for that university. What I hate is seeing computers "on sale" at places like future shop, when you're really not getting a good deal at all. They advertise RAM a little, they might focus on screen size for laptops, and do they ever advertise the crap out of the hard drive. 1 TB! Crank up the price! $500 computer with 1TB, 4GB RAM; what could be wrong with that deal?! The $30 processor they never advertise. 2 cores at 2 GHz isn't going to blow anyone away anytime soon. And please don't buy the $200+ warranty, they just send it to the manufacturer. And don't buy the $100 setup, so they can enter the date and time and username.
Someone at Future Shop actually sold one of my friends on the $100 setup, because he told him that they would not only optimize Windows, but adjust the bios so the processor would use all 4 cores instead of just 2 while booting. This is BULL. Motherboards and CPU's don't work like that. Wish I was there to call the guy on it.
Finally, that computer they try to sell you at Future Shop, the one you didn't want at first but is actually BETTER? They'll say anything to sell you that Acer crap, they make more commission off of it.
TL;DR: Check CPU speed, not Hard Drive size when buying computers "on sale". And don't go to Future Shop. | Friend works at Future Shop, told me all the dark details. I don't actually work at a computer sales place, but I am in University for Computer Science, and I currently work IT Support for that university. What I hate is seeing computers "on sale" at places like future shop, when you're really not getting a good deal at all. They advertise RAM a little, they might focus on screen size for laptops, and do they ever advertise the crap out of the hard drive. 1 TB! Crank up the price! $500 computer with 1TB, 4GB RAM; what could be wrong with that deal?! The $30 processor they never advertise. 2 cores at 2 GHz isn't going to blow anyone away anytime soon. And please don't buy the $200+ warranty, they just send it to the manufacturer. And don't buy the $100 setup, so they can enter the date and time and username.
Someone at Future Shop actually sold one of my friends on the $100 setup, because he told him that they would not only optimize Windows, but adjust the bios so the processor would use all 4 cores instead of just 2 while booting. This is BULL. Motherboards and CPU's don't work like that. Wish I was there to call the guy on it.
Finally, that computer they try to sell you at Future Shop, the one you didn't want at first but is actually BETTER? They'll say anything to sell you that Acer crap, they make more commission off of it.
TL;DR: Check CPU speed, not Hard Drive size when buying computers "on sale". And don't go to Future Shop.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc068on | Friend works at Future Shop, told me all the dark details. I don't actually work at a computer sales place, but I am in University for Computer Science, and I currently work IT Support for that university. What I hate is seeing computers "on sale" at places like future shop, when you're really not getting a good deal at all. They advertise RAM a little, they might focus on screen size for laptops, and do they ever advertise the crap out of the hard drive. 1 TB! Crank up the price! $500 computer with 1TB, 4GB RAM; what could be wrong with that deal?! The $30 processor they never advertise. 2 cores at 2 GHz isn't going to blow anyone away anytime soon. And please don't buy the $200+ warranty, they just send it to the manufacturer. And don't buy the $100 setup, so they can enter the date and time and username.
Someone at Future Shop actually sold one of my friends on the $100 setup, because he told him that they would not only optimize Windows, but adjust the bios so the processor would use all 4 cores instead of just 2 while booting. This is BULL. Motherboards and CPU's don't work like that. Wish I was there to call the guy on it.
Finally, that computer they try to sell you at Future Shop, the one you didn't want at first but is actually BETTER? They'll say anything to sell you that Acer crap, they make more commission off of it. | Check CPU speed, not Hard Drive size when buying computers "on sale". And don't go to Future Shop. |
middledeck | Worked at the big orange box for two years at two different stores, and let me tell you, the management team can make or break an employee's experience.
In my small college town, the managers were awesome. They truly cared about their employees and customers and did very thing they could to educate and accommodate you. If a cashier was bored of standing at checkout, they could learn a sales associate position on their breaks and move around the store.
Once a group of volunteers from the school came in to buy supplies to build a fence for the local animal shelter, but were utterly clueless. Manager let me clock out and leave early to go help them finish their project.
Fast forward post-graduation, and I transfer to the store in the suburbs where I grew up. Managers are all Bill Lumburg. They take four hours of smoke breaks every day, and take 90 minutes for lunch at Applebee's. they don know anyone's name and couldn't give a shit if they tried.
Thankfully, I was only there a couple months before I landed a full time job in my field.
TL; DR managers are really what matters when it comes to big box retail stores. | Worked at the big orange box for two years at two different stores, and let me tell you, the management team can make or break an employee's experience.
In my small college town, the managers were awesome. They truly cared about their employees and customers and did very thing they could to educate and accommodate you. If a cashier was bored of standing at checkout, they could learn a sales associate position on their breaks and move around the store.
Once a group of volunteers from the school came in to buy supplies to build a fence for the local animal shelter, but were utterly clueless. Manager let me clock out and leave early to go help them finish their project.
Fast forward post-graduation, and I transfer to the store in the suburbs where I grew up. Managers are all Bill Lumburg. They take four hours of smoke breaks every day, and take 90 minutes for lunch at Applebee's. they don know anyone's name and couldn't give a shit if they tried.
Thankfully, I was only there a couple months before I landed a full time job in my field.
TL; DR managers are really what matters when it comes to big box retail stores.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc06imt | Worked at the big orange box for two years at two different stores, and let me tell you, the management team can make or break an employee's experience.
In my small college town, the managers were awesome. They truly cared about their employees and customers and did very thing they could to educate and accommodate you. If a cashier was bored of standing at checkout, they could learn a sales associate position on their breaks and move around the store.
Once a group of volunteers from the school came in to buy supplies to build a fence for the local animal shelter, but were utterly clueless. Manager let me clock out and leave early to go help them finish their project.
Fast forward post-graduation, and I transfer to the store in the suburbs where I grew up. Managers are all Bill Lumburg. They take four hours of smoke breaks every day, and take 90 minutes for lunch at Applebee's. they don know anyone's name and couldn't give a shit if they tried.
Thankfully, I was only there a couple months before I landed a full time job in my field. | managers are really what matters when it comes to big box retail stores. |
AdequateSteve | I've had extraordinary luck at *Sears Hardware*. They actually hire people who know hardware and a decent amount of contracting.
I went there because I too was looking to build a mash tun, strangely enough. I told the guy what I was building and he helped me draft up some designs for the thing, gave me suggestions on how it in a way that'd make it easier to clean, told me pretty much *everything* I needed to know.
Another time I went in there because I wanted to polish the bolt on my saiga12 and polish the feed ramp on a buddy's 1911 (gun stuff). They knew exactly what I was trying to do, sold me all the right dremel bits and wax that I needed, and sent me on my way. The guns look fabulous now.
Lastly, I was once building something which involved lumber - I forget what. I only needed a small piece but had to buy a full length 2x4 since that's the only way they sold it. I couldn't fit it in my car, so the guy who sold it to me came out to the parking lot with me, measured it and helped me cut it in to the pieces that I needed right there in the parking lot.
They don't always have everything you're looking for - when they don't, they'll tell you where you CAN buy it - even if it's their competition.
TLDR: Sears Hardware rules. Every time I've been there they've got above and beyond to help me out. When they can't help, they tell me where I can go to get help. | I've had extraordinary luck at Sears Hardware . They actually hire people who know hardware and a decent amount of contracting.
I went there because I too was looking to build a mash tun, strangely enough. I told the guy what I was building and he helped me draft up some designs for the thing, gave me suggestions on how it in a way that'd make it easier to clean, told me pretty much everything I needed to know.
Another time I went in there because I wanted to polish the bolt on my saiga12 and polish the feed ramp on a buddy's 1911 (gun stuff). They knew exactly what I was trying to do, sold me all the right dremel bits and wax that I needed, and sent me on my way. The guns look fabulous now.
Lastly, I was once building something which involved lumber - I forget what. I only needed a small piece but had to buy a full length 2x4 since that's the only way they sold it. I couldn't fit it in my car, so the guy who sold it to me came out to the parking lot with me, measured it and helped me cut it in to the pieces that I needed right there in the parking lot.
They don't always have everything you're looking for - when they don't, they'll tell you where you CAN buy it - even if it's their competition.
TLDR: Sears Hardware rules. Every time I've been there they've got above and beyond to help me out. When they can't help, they tell me where I can go to get help.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc07bct | I've had extraordinary luck at Sears Hardware . They actually hire people who know hardware and a decent amount of contracting.
I went there because I too was looking to build a mash tun, strangely enough. I told the guy what I was building and he helped me draft up some designs for the thing, gave me suggestions on how it in a way that'd make it easier to clean, told me pretty much everything I needed to know.
Another time I went in there because I wanted to polish the bolt on my saiga12 and polish the feed ramp on a buddy's 1911 (gun stuff). They knew exactly what I was trying to do, sold me all the right dremel bits and wax that I needed, and sent me on my way. The guns look fabulous now.
Lastly, I was once building something which involved lumber - I forget what. I only needed a small piece but had to buy a full length 2x4 since that's the only way they sold it. I couldn't fit it in my car, so the guy who sold it to me came out to the parking lot with me, measured it and helped me cut it in to the pieces that I needed right there in the parking lot.
They don't always have everything you're looking for - when they don't, they'll tell you where you CAN buy it - even if it's their competition. | Sears Hardware rules. Every time I've been there they've got above and beyond to help me out. When they can't help, they tell me where I can go to get help. |
jamarcus92 | I have Rogers satellite Internet (stuck outside of an area with DSL, literally people down the street have DSL). 120$ a month (includes home phone), 20 gb, "5mb/s download speed" (try ~200kb/s), 10 FUCKING DOLLARS EXTRA CHARGE IF YOU GO OVER, AND AN EXTRA 10 DOLLARS PER GIGABYTE. They did not put this in the ad. And, their service for checking the usage is shit. End the month having used 19.2 gb? Well we're charging you for the 22 you actually used. And guess what? It's 185$ to get out, and find another overpriced Internet provider that might be a LITTLE BIT BETTER than ours. Xplornet for example. 20 gb/month, 85$, 10$ for an extra 10 gb, at a supposed 10mb/s download speed. If anybody knows any non-bullshit satellite Internet providers in Quebec, please help.
TL;DR: Satellite Internet is bullshit, just save yourself the agony and go to Starbucks instead. | I have Rogers satellite Internet (stuck outside of an area with DSL, literally people down the street have DSL). 120$ a month (includes home phone), 20 gb, "5mb/s download speed" (try ~200kb/s), 10 FUCKING DOLLARS EXTRA CHARGE IF YOU GO OVER, AND AN EXTRA 10 DOLLARS PER GIGABYTE. They did not put this in the ad. And, their service for checking the usage is shit. End the month having used 19.2 gb? Well we're charging you for the 22 you actually used. And guess what? It's 185$ to get out, and find another overpriced Internet provider that might be a LITTLE BIT BETTER than ours. Xplornet for example. 20 gb/month, 85$, 10$ for an extra 10 gb, at a supposed 10mb/s download speed. If anybody knows any non-bullshit satellite Internet providers in Quebec, please help.
TL;DR: Satellite Internet is bullshit, just save yourself the agony and go to Starbucks instead.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc07wx9 | I have Rogers satellite Internet (stuck outside of an area with DSL, literally people down the street have DSL). 120$ a month (includes home phone), 20 gb, "5mb/s download speed" (try ~200kb/s), 10 FUCKING DOLLARS EXTRA CHARGE IF YOU GO OVER, AND AN EXTRA 10 DOLLARS PER GIGABYTE. They did not put this in the ad. And, their service for checking the usage is shit. End the month having used 19.2 gb? Well we're charging you for the 22 you actually used. And guess what? It's 185$ to get out, and find another overpriced Internet provider that might be a LITTLE BIT BETTER than ours. Xplornet for example. 20 gb/month, 85$, 10$ for an extra 10 gb, at a supposed 10mb/s download speed. If anybody knows any non-bullshit satellite Internet providers in Quebec, please help. | Satellite Internet is bullshit, just save yourself the agony and go to Starbucks instead. |
ironylovesme | I had a friend who got to know one of the "three" pretty well. He would always brag about how he's "bangin' a stripper" and I'd just shake my head.
TL;DR: no one gives a shit if you're bangin' a stripper if she's ugly and has stretch marks.
ps - you're right, there are waaaay more than three ugly ones. | I had a friend who got to know one of the "three" pretty well. He would always brag about how he's "bangin' a stripper" and I'd just shake my head.
TL;DR: no one gives a shit if you're bangin' a stripper if she's ugly and has stretch marks.
ps - you're right, there are waaaay more than three ugly ones.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc07z6i | I had a friend who got to know one of the "three" pretty well. He would always brag about how he's "bangin' a stripper" and I'd just shake my head. | no one gives a shit if you're bangin' a stripper if she's ugly and has stretch marks.
ps - you're right, there are waaaay more than three ugly ones. |
TillaTheMook | Pizza Hut's 'hand-tossed' and 'fire-baked' crusts aren't hand-tossed or fire-baked. Its all frozen dough discs. The hand-tossed dough is just too small for the pan, so it gets stretched by hand, but always on the pan. The fire-baked crust goes through the same normal belt-type pizza oven. Our is electric, some are gas. They get away with it by calling it hand-tossed style and fire-baked style.
The advertisements also talk about low prices, but the fine print indicates its only at participating locations and a list of things that cost extra. For example Pizza Hut ran an ad campaign for Any Pizza $10. Except stuffed crust is $2 more, super premiums are $2 more, extra cheese is $2 more. And the base price at our non-participating location is $11. So, your super supreme on stuffed crust with extra cheese, which qualifies under common sense as being 'any pizza' would cost $17 despite the commercials leading you to believe it should be $10.
They also charge $2.40 for delivery, but the driver only get $1 of it.
TL,DR: Pizza Hut hides behind wording tricks and fine print to get you in the restaraunt and then they screw you on price. And tip your driver because s/he owns their own car, pays for the fuel and maintenance and insurance, but they get nearly nothing from Pizza Hut. | Pizza Hut's 'hand-tossed' and 'fire-baked' crusts aren't hand-tossed or fire-baked. Its all frozen dough discs. The hand-tossed dough is just too small for the pan, so it gets stretched by hand, but always on the pan. The fire-baked crust goes through the same normal belt-type pizza oven. Our is electric, some are gas. They get away with it by calling it hand-tossed style and fire-baked style.
The advertisements also talk about low prices, but the fine print indicates its only at participating locations and a list of things that cost extra. For example Pizza Hut ran an ad campaign for Any Pizza $10. Except stuffed crust is $2 more, super premiums are $2 more, extra cheese is $2 more. And the base price at our non-participating location is $11. So, your super supreme on stuffed crust with extra cheese, which qualifies under common sense as being 'any pizza' would cost $17 despite the commercials leading you to believe it should be $10.
They also charge $2.40 for delivery, but the driver only get $1 of it.
TL,DR: Pizza Hut hides behind wording tricks and fine print to get you in the restaraunt and then they screw you on price. And tip your driver because s/he owns their own car, pays for the fuel and maintenance and insurance, but they get nearly nothing from Pizza Hut.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc08f1m | Pizza Hut's 'hand-tossed' and 'fire-baked' crusts aren't hand-tossed or fire-baked. Its all frozen dough discs. The hand-tossed dough is just too small for the pan, so it gets stretched by hand, but always on the pan. The fire-baked crust goes through the same normal belt-type pizza oven. Our is electric, some are gas. They get away with it by calling it hand-tossed style and fire-baked style.
The advertisements also talk about low prices, but the fine print indicates its only at participating locations and a list of things that cost extra. For example Pizza Hut ran an ad campaign for Any Pizza $10. Except stuffed crust is $2 more, super premiums are $2 more, extra cheese is $2 more. And the base price at our non-participating location is $11. So, your super supreme on stuffed crust with extra cheese, which qualifies under common sense as being 'any pizza' would cost $17 despite the commercials leading you to believe it should be $10.
They also charge $2.40 for delivery, but the driver only get $1 of it. | Pizza Hut hides behind wording tricks and fine print to get you in the restaraunt and then they screw you on price. And tip your driver because s/he owns their own car, pays for the fuel and maintenance and insurance, but they get nearly nothing from Pizza Hut. |
hifiDesign | Not my current employer, but former. We sold products along the lines of Nutraceuticals (premium health supplements) as well as subscriptions to alternative health advice from figureheads across a range of "franchises" (a la Dr. Weil). The target demographic was/is senior citizens.
The copy is almost completely ghostwritten and I don't know where the hell the products were really made. I worked closely with marketing and those people were off their rockers, by and large.
My team strongly and steadily attempted to get marketing to be a bit more honest with their tactics and presentation of marketing materials, but we were ignored.
They paid a hell of a lot but the writing was on the wall and I managed to get out shortly before the CEO himself resigned. Since then, the company has been in its death throes and experienced layoffs and high turnover.
I miss the money but my current job is way more honest.
TL;DR - Don't replace your Coumadin and cancer treatments with herbal remedies and kooky advice. | Not my current employer, but former. We sold products along the lines of Nutraceuticals (premium health supplements) as well as subscriptions to alternative health advice from figureheads across a range of "franchises" (a la Dr. Weil). The target demographic was/is senior citizens.
The copy is almost completely ghostwritten and I don't know where the hell the products were really made. I worked closely with marketing and those people were off their rockers, by and large.
My team strongly and steadily attempted to get marketing to be a bit more honest with their tactics and presentation of marketing materials, but we were ignored.
They paid a hell of a lot but the writing was on the wall and I managed to get out shortly before the CEO himself resigned. Since then, the company has been in its death throes and experienced layoffs and high turnover.
I miss the money but my current job is way more honest.
TL;DR - Don't replace your Coumadin and cancer treatments with herbal remedies and kooky advice.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc09968 | Not my current employer, but former. We sold products along the lines of Nutraceuticals (premium health supplements) as well as subscriptions to alternative health advice from figureheads across a range of "franchises" (a la Dr. Weil). The target demographic was/is senior citizens.
The copy is almost completely ghostwritten and I don't know where the hell the products were really made. I worked closely with marketing and those people were off their rockers, by and large.
My team strongly and steadily attempted to get marketing to be a bit more honest with their tactics and presentation of marketing materials, but we were ignored.
They paid a hell of a lot but the writing was on the wall and I managed to get out shortly before the CEO himself resigned. Since then, the company has been in its death throes and experienced layoffs and high turnover.
I miss the money but my current job is way more honest. | Don't replace your Coumadin and cancer treatments with herbal remedies and kooky advice. |
TheWaterbuffalo | As an employee I wouldn't eat the fish...I had a fellow employee throw one at me as a joke, and the whole thing exploded over the prep area and left a grease stain 3 times the size of the patty on my shirt...which never came out..ever. had to get a new uniform.
Tl;dr filet of fish is an explosive
| As an employee I wouldn't eat the fish...I had a fellow employee throw one at me as a joke, and the whole thing exploded over the prep area and left a grease stain 3 times the size of the patty on my shirt...which never came out..ever. had to get a new uniform.
Tl;dr filet of fish is an explosive
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc09c81 | As an employee I wouldn't eat the fish...I had a fellow employee throw one at me as a joke, and the whole thing exploded over the prep area and left a grease stain 3 times the size of the patty on my shirt...which never came out..ever. had to get a new uniform. | filet of fish is an explosive |
Mungor | I've been working in the car business for 11 years. In that time I have worked at 4 dealerships. Out of those four, three were excellent, customer oriented, and honest. Only one of the four was crooked and deceitful. Even then it was not the dealership as a whole. The management forced the sales and service employees to be shady. Many people, myself included didn't stick around long because of this.
I am not a salesman, nor do I have much contact with customers in terms of service. I am an outside observer to how customers are treated and the level of honesty when a deal is being struck. What I've seen over the years is that the car business is no different than any other retail sales business. The general dislike for car salesmen is, in my experience, mostly unfair. These people are just trying to sell their wares.
Imagine working as a salesperson. A customer walks through the door and it's your up. You spend an two hours guiding them car to car, even starting some up so they can get a test drive before making a decision on weather or not to buy it. They finally find the car for them, but it's not over. They "know how the system works." They are going to argue price and treat you like your entire goal is to bilk them out of as much money as possible.
There is a problem with this though. The car they've landed on was traded in for Black Book value, $2000 under retail. Once traded in it went through the shop. It received 2 tires, front brakes, the bumper was painted due to a scuff from the previous owner, and some door dings were popped. Then, in order to get the dealership some cash on it, there was a pack placed on the car. and then it was detailed. Now you are looking at maybe $1000 dollars wiggle room on price and the customer wants to get $3000 off the sticker. And now you have to somehow sell them the car for the price your sales manager is allowing while keeping the happy so they don't give you a negative review when the dealership calls after the sale to check on how their visit went.
TL;DR Not all salespeople are out to screw you over. Most of them just want to make an honest living and keep their jobs. | I've been working in the car business for 11 years. In that time I have worked at 4 dealerships. Out of those four, three were excellent, customer oriented, and honest. Only one of the four was crooked and deceitful. Even then it was not the dealership as a whole. The management forced the sales and service employees to be shady. Many people, myself included didn't stick around long because of this.
I am not a salesman, nor do I have much contact with customers in terms of service. I am an outside observer to how customers are treated and the level of honesty when a deal is being struck. What I've seen over the years is that the car business is no different than any other retail sales business. The general dislike for car salesmen is, in my experience, mostly unfair. These people are just trying to sell their wares.
Imagine working as a salesperson. A customer walks through the door and it's your up. You spend an two hours guiding them car to car, even starting some up so they can get a test drive before making a decision on weather or not to buy it. They finally find the car for them, but it's not over. They "know how the system works." They are going to argue price and treat you like your entire goal is to bilk them out of as much money as possible.
There is a problem with this though. The car they've landed on was traded in for Black Book value, $2000 under retail. Once traded in it went through the shop. It received 2 tires, front brakes, the bumper was painted due to a scuff from the previous owner, and some door dings were popped. Then, in order to get the dealership some cash on it, there was a pack placed on the car. and then it was detailed. Now you are looking at maybe $1000 dollars wiggle room on price and the customer wants to get $3000 off the sticker. And now you have to somehow sell them the car for the price your sales manager is allowing while keeping the happy so they don't give you a negative review when the dealership calls after the sale to check on how their visit went.
TL;DR Not all salespeople are out to screw you over. Most of them just want to make an honest living and keep their jobs.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc0a457 | I've been working in the car business for 11 years. In that time I have worked at 4 dealerships. Out of those four, three were excellent, customer oriented, and honest. Only one of the four was crooked and deceitful. Even then it was not the dealership as a whole. The management forced the sales and service employees to be shady. Many people, myself included didn't stick around long because of this.
I am not a salesman, nor do I have much contact with customers in terms of service. I am an outside observer to how customers are treated and the level of honesty when a deal is being struck. What I've seen over the years is that the car business is no different than any other retail sales business. The general dislike for car salesmen is, in my experience, mostly unfair. These people are just trying to sell their wares.
Imagine working as a salesperson. A customer walks through the door and it's your up. You spend an two hours guiding them car to car, even starting some up so they can get a test drive before making a decision on weather or not to buy it. They finally find the car for them, but it's not over. They "know how the system works." They are going to argue price and treat you like your entire goal is to bilk them out of as much money as possible.
There is a problem with this though. The car they've landed on was traded in for Black Book value, $2000 under retail. Once traded in it went through the shop. It received 2 tires, front brakes, the bumper was painted due to a scuff from the previous owner, and some door dings were popped. Then, in order to get the dealership some cash on it, there was a pack placed on the car. and then it was detailed. Now you are looking at maybe $1000 dollars wiggle room on price and the customer wants to get $3000 off the sticker. And now you have to somehow sell them the car for the price your sales manager is allowing while keeping the happy so they don't give you a negative review when the dealership calls after the sale to check on how their visit went. | Not all salespeople are out to screw you over. Most of them just want to make an honest living and keep their jobs. |
metroidB612 | While this is true, and also makes it somewhat acceptable morally, the fact is that their working conditions are often abysmal and pale in comparison to the wages and benefits we would expect in post-industrialized nations. Globalization forces these countries to modernize, which means that the standards and staples of their previous economy will change, making entry into the workforce at one of these manufacturing plants a necessity. Therefore, the "they would be unemployed and starve" argument is flawed because that environment is created in part by the pressure caused by globalization and the process of these companies moving their production there in the first place.
TLDR: The stuff companies pull with overseas manufacturing would never fly in their home country, and in fact creates an economic disparity by pressuring those countries to modernize, forcing the workforce into figurative slavery. | While this is true, and also makes it somewhat acceptable morally, the fact is that their working conditions are often abysmal and pale in comparison to the wages and benefits we would expect in post-industrialized nations. Globalization forces these countries to modernize, which means that the standards and staples of their previous economy will change, making entry into the workforce at one of these manufacturing plants a necessity. Therefore, the "they would be unemployed and starve" argument is flawed because that environment is created in part by the pressure caused by globalization and the process of these companies moving their production there in the first place.
TLDR: The stuff companies pull with overseas manufacturing would never fly in their home country, and in fact creates an economic disparity by pressuring those countries to modernize, forcing the workforce into figurative slavery.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc0cnzv | While this is true, and also makes it somewhat acceptable morally, the fact is that their working conditions are often abysmal and pale in comparison to the wages and benefits we would expect in post-industrialized nations. Globalization forces these countries to modernize, which means that the standards and staples of their previous economy will change, making entry into the workforce at one of these manufacturing plants a necessity. Therefore, the "they would be unemployed and starve" argument is flawed because that environment is created in part by the pressure caused by globalization and the process of these companies moving their production there in the first place. | The stuff companies pull with overseas manufacturing would never fly in their home country, and in fact creates an economic disparity by pressuring those countries to modernize, forcing the workforce into figurative slavery. |
pxtang | > Credit card companies will fold, as they no longer have any source of revenue to pay their employees.
Not really true. Credit card companies have two (or three) sources of revenue:
1. Fees on transactions. Credit card companies levy a small percentage fee on every transaction. You don't see this fee because the merchant pays it (which is why some stores like cash better). This source of revenue would be present as long as people used credit cards. Going with your prediction of increased spending, this source of revenue would increase.
2. Customers paying off their credit cards. This is also a source of revenue (but not profit, since you're just paying off one of the costs of the CC company). If this is done on time and in full (which everyone should do! don't accumulate credit card debt), it reduces costs and "turns" the transaction fees into profit.
2.5. People paying interest on their credit card debt. This is another source of revenue because it's extra money being paid (extra defined by money on top of cost from credit card purchases and repayments). But since this interest is generated by debt not being paid in full, in the short run* the revenue from interest combined with partial repayments on credit cards is not enough to turn a profit. However, in the long run*, the interest payments accumulate and turn over profit.
I'm sure there are other ways of CC companies making money for revenue (yearly fees on premium cards, purchasing reward points, etc.), but these two and a half are the primary ways that I'm aware of. Given these, I don't think credit card companies will fold. Here's why:
For the first month or so, CC companies will not see any revenue from sources 2 and 2.5, but increased revenue from 1. They would be at an operating loss for that first month, but that's ok since it happens to companies [all the time]( This just means they don't make more money than they spent, it doesn't mean that they go into the negatives for money. Companies have cash reserves that are partially there to protect against this.
For the next month, financially sound people will be paying back their credit card debt. Costs for the CC company go down, income isn't as negative as it was before. People who were bad with credit cards are still bad with credit cards, and we return to the status quo.
> lead to high demand for most goods in the economy, while the supply of goods remains constant. Thus, this leads to rising prices and higher inflation in the economy.
Higher prices and higher inflation, only temporarily. Basic demand/supply (in an ideal market) teaches us that if the quantity demanded increases when quantity supplied stays the same, then, the price for that good goes up. This increase in demand isn't permanent though - CC companies called off debt once, but won't be any more. Since we return to the status quo from before debt call-off, the the price of goods returns too. This is a demand shock which normalizes itself. Large corporations that are hopefully sound in economics will not increase the price of goods, because they realize this demand shock is temporary and rising the prices will bite them in the ass when demand falls to normal levels. Even if some businesses do increase prices, they would have to bring them back down when demand falls to normal levels.
TL;DR Like /u/vessel_for_the_soul said, nothing would really change. Credit card companies lose money for the first month, but they don't close because negative profits doesn't mean the company falls below $0.
*short/long run in terms of thinking of how CC companies get revenue, not not the economic sense of long run. | > Credit card companies will fold, as they no longer have any source of revenue to pay their employees.
Not really true. Credit card companies have two (or three) sources of revenue:
Fees on transactions. Credit card companies levy a small percentage fee on every transaction. You don't see this fee because the merchant pays it (which is why some stores like cash better). This source of revenue would be present as long as people used credit cards. Going with your prediction of increased spending, this source of revenue would increase.
Customers paying off their credit cards. This is also a source of revenue (but not profit, since you're just paying off one of the costs of the CC company). If this is done on time and in full (which everyone should do! don't accumulate credit card debt), it reduces costs and "turns" the transaction fees into profit.
2.5. People paying interest on their credit card debt. This is another source of revenue because it's extra money being paid (extra defined by money on top of cost from credit card purchases and repayments). But since this interest is generated by debt not being paid in full, in the short run the revenue from interest combined with partial repayments on credit cards is not enough to turn a profit. However, in the long run , the interest payments accumulate and turn over profit.
I'm sure there are other ways of CC companies making money for revenue (yearly fees on premium cards, purchasing reward points, etc.), but these two and a half are the primary ways that I'm aware of. Given these, I don't think credit card companies will fold. Here's why:
For the first month or so, CC companies will not see any revenue from sources 2 and 2.5, but increased revenue from 1. They would be at an operating loss for that first month, but that's ok since it happens to companies [all the time]( This just means they don't make more money than they spent, it doesn't mean that they go into the negatives for money. Companies have cash reserves that are partially there to protect against this.
For the next month, financially sound people will be paying back their credit card debt. Costs for the CC company go down, income isn't as negative as it was before. People who were bad with credit cards are still bad with credit cards, and we return to the status quo.
> lead to high demand for most goods in the economy, while the supply of goods remains constant. Thus, this leads to rising prices and higher inflation in the economy.
Higher prices and higher inflation, only temporarily. Basic demand/supply (in an ideal market) teaches us that if the quantity demanded increases when quantity supplied stays the same, then, the price for that good goes up. This increase in demand isn't permanent though - CC companies called off debt once, but won't be any more. Since we return to the status quo from before debt call-off, the the price of goods returns too. This is a demand shock which normalizes itself. Large corporations that are hopefully sound in economics will not increase the price of goods, because they realize this demand shock is temporary and rising the prices will bite them in the ass when demand falls to normal levels. Even if some businesses do increase prices, they would have to bring them back down when demand falls to normal levels.
TL;DR Like /u/vessel_for_the_soul said, nothing would really change. Credit card companies lose money for the first month, but they don't close because negative profits doesn't mean the company falls below $0.
*short/long run in terms of thinking of how CC companies get revenue, not not the economic sense of long run.
| NoStupidQuestions | t5_2w844 | cc07fah | Credit card companies will fold, as they no longer have any source of revenue to pay their employees.
Not really true. Credit card companies have two (or three) sources of revenue:
Fees on transactions. Credit card companies levy a small percentage fee on every transaction. You don't see this fee because the merchant pays it (which is why some stores like cash better). This source of revenue would be present as long as people used credit cards. Going with your prediction of increased spending, this source of revenue would increase.
Customers paying off their credit cards. This is also a source of revenue (but not profit, since you're just paying off one of the costs of the CC company). If this is done on time and in full (which everyone should do! don't accumulate credit card debt), it reduces costs and "turns" the transaction fees into profit.
2.5. People paying interest on their credit card debt. This is another source of revenue because it's extra money being paid (extra defined by money on top of cost from credit card purchases and repayments). But since this interest is generated by debt not being paid in full, in the short run the revenue from interest combined with partial repayments on credit cards is not enough to turn a profit. However, in the long run , the interest payments accumulate and turn over profit.
I'm sure there are other ways of CC companies making money for revenue (yearly fees on premium cards, purchasing reward points, etc.), but these two and a half are the primary ways that I'm aware of. Given these, I don't think credit card companies will fold. Here's why:
For the first month or so, CC companies will not see any revenue from sources 2 and 2.5, but increased revenue from 1. They would be at an operating loss for that first month, but that's ok since it happens to companies [all the time]( This just means they don't make more money than they spent, it doesn't mean that they go into the negatives for money. Companies have cash reserves that are partially there to protect against this.
For the next month, financially sound people will be paying back their credit card debt. Costs for the CC company go down, income isn't as negative as it was before. People who were bad with credit cards are still bad with credit cards, and we return to the status quo.
> lead to high demand for most goods in the economy, while the supply of goods remains constant. Thus, this leads to rising prices and higher inflation in the economy.
Higher prices and higher inflation, only temporarily. Basic demand/supply (in an ideal market) teaches us that if the quantity demanded increases when quantity supplied stays the same, then, the price for that good goes up. This increase in demand isn't permanent though - CC companies called off debt once, but won't be any more. Since we return to the status quo from before debt call-off, the the price of goods returns too. This is a demand shock which normalizes itself. Large corporations that are hopefully sound in economics will not increase the price of goods, because they realize this demand shock is temporary and rising the prices will bite them in the ass when demand falls to normal levels. Even if some businesses do increase prices, they would have to bring them back down when demand falls to normal levels. | Like /u/vessel_for_the_soul said, nothing would really change. Credit card companies lose money for the first month, but they don't close because negative profits doesn't mean the company falls below $0.
*short/long run in terms of thinking of how CC companies get revenue, not not the economic sense of long run. |
Zurria | It often stems from issues more than simply a bad childhood. When I left my first abusive relationship at 15, I read everything I could on the psychological explanations of abuse afterward. I encountered another abusive person at 21, but got out very early on and went through no emotional trauma this time around. It's incredibly complex, and if she has any interest in psychology, I'd highly suggest it. It's not an approach that most people take, but an alternative to the usual "go seek counseling" advice.
There's so much I wish I could explain to her, and people like her, that have been on the receiving end of sexual assault/rape. I'm a survivor myself, and what she's feeling is sadly not uncommon, and it's important to realize this and how absolutely unfair and undeserved it is. I could go into more detail as to what helped me, but it's all simply anecdotal and I have no idea if it could have the same effect on her. I just took a look at the RAINN link, and there are some very detailed links there that I'd highly suggest. It even touches on self-harm, which you mentioned. Take a look and judge for yourself what may help her.
As for the sex positive movement, many people have been introduced to it by people like Laci Green. I don't have any links prepared, but after searching for something that may help, I came across [this.](
It was immensely helpful when I realized the correlation between society dictating how valuable a woman is based off of how many partners she's had and the shame and blame some women unfortunately feel after sexual assault. Understanding and identifying victim blaming may also help. I can't imagine how difficult it is for woman who doesn't understand how absolutely insane it is that society generally scrutinizes a survivor's actions more than the attacker's. Understanding why this happens as well is equally as important.
I apologize for the huge novel I just wrote lol, but I hope something here helps her, even a little. I'm open to PM's as well.
Tl;dr, read up on the psychological explanation of abuse, read the RAINN links under the "get info" tab, and hear what the sex positive movement has to say on society's negative view on women and sex and the correlation between that and the shame felt after a sexual assault. | It often stems from issues more than simply a bad childhood. When I left my first abusive relationship at 15, I read everything I could on the psychological explanations of abuse afterward. I encountered another abusive person at 21, but got out very early on and went through no emotional trauma this time around. It's incredibly complex, and if she has any interest in psychology, I'd highly suggest it. It's not an approach that most people take, but an alternative to the usual "go seek counseling" advice.
There's so much I wish I could explain to her, and people like her, that have been on the receiving end of sexual assault/rape. I'm a survivor myself, and what she's feeling is sadly not uncommon, and it's important to realize this and how absolutely unfair and undeserved it is. I could go into more detail as to what helped me, but it's all simply anecdotal and I have no idea if it could have the same effect on her. I just took a look at the RAINN link, and there are some very detailed links there that I'd highly suggest. It even touches on self-harm, which you mentioned. Take a look and judge for yourself what may help her.
As for the sex positive movement, many people have been introduced to it by people like Laci Green. I don't have any links prepared, but after searching for something that may help, I came across [this.](
It was immensely helpful when I realized the correlation between society dictating how valuable a woman is based off of how many partners she's had and the shame and blame some women unfortunately feel after sexual assault. Understanding and identifying victim blaming may also help. I can't imagine how difficult it is for woman who doesn't understand how absolutely insane it is that society generally scrutinizes a survivor's actions more than the attacker's. Understanding why this happens as well is equally as important.
I apologize for the huge novel I just wrote lol, but I hope something here helps her, even a little. I'm open to PM's as well.
Tl;dr, read up on the psychological explanation of abuse, read the RAINN links under the "get info" tab, and hear what the sex positive movement has to say on society's negative view on women and sex and the correlation between that and the shame felt after a sexual assault.
| relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | cc0f6er | It often stems from issues more than simply a bad childhood. When I left my first abusive relationship at 15, I read everything I could on the psychological explanations of abuse afterward. I encountered another abusive person at 21, but got out very early on and went through no emotional trauma this time around. It's incredibly complex, and if she has any interest in psychology, I'd highly suggest it. It's not an approach that most people take, but an alternative to the usual "go seek counseling" advice.
There's so much I wish I could explain to her, and people like her, that have been on the receiving end of sexual assault/rape. I'm a survivor myself, and what she's feeling is sadly not uncommon, and it's important to realize this and how absolutely unfair and undeserved it is. I could go into more detail as to what helped me, but it's all simply anecdotal and I have no idea if it could have the same effect on her. I just took a look at the RAINN link, and there are some very detailed links there that I'd highly suggest. It even touches on self-harm, which you mentioned. Take a look and judge for yourself what may help her.
As for the sex positive movement, many people have been introduced to it by people like Laci Green. I don't have any links prepared, but after searching for something that may help, I came across [this.](
It was immensely helpful when I realized the correlation between society dictating how valuable a woman is based off of how many partners she's had and the shame and blame some women unfortunately feel after sexual assault. Understanding and identifying victim blaming may also help. I can't imagine how difficult it is for woman who doesn't understand how absolutely insane it is that society generally scrutinizes a survivor's actions more than the attacker's. Understanding why this happens as well is equally as important.
I apologize for the huge novel I just wrote lol, but I hope something here helps her, even a little. I'm open to PM's as well. | read up on the psychological explanation of abuse, read the RAINN links under the "get info" tab, and hear what the sex positive movement has to say on society's negative view on women and sex and the correlation between that and the shame felt after a sexual assault. |
JohnnyMcCool | Yes, feel free to fill people in because I certainly can't be fucked.
basically the TLDR is: Thauvin is either or cunt, or very badly influenced by his relatives | Yes, feel free to fill people in because I certainly can't be fucked.
basically the TLDR is: Thauvin is either or cunt, or very badly influenced by his relatives
| soccer | t5_2qi58 | cc0ga60 | Yes, feel free to fill people in because I certainly can't be fucked.
basically the | is: Thauvin is either or cunt, or very badly influenced by his relatives |
tron_funkin_blow | I think the reason the double standard is there, is Datsyuk was pressed for comment and he seemed reluctant to answer. When he did answer, it was one line. Tim Thomas was using Facebook and the media as a soapbox insisting that his opinion be broadcast.
If Datsyuk didn't speak the party line, he would have been at odds with his church and government. Not a good thing in that part of the world.
The stakes were much lower for Tim Thomas. If he supports gay marriage, nothing happens. If he speaks out against it, he gets shit on by people on the internet and he doesn't even know them. His friends and family likely have the same views as him, and he lives in a country with free speech so it was an easy decision for him to speak his mind.
tl;dr Free speech allows Americans to be critical of their citizens that speak.
Russia does not have free speech, and what their citizens say needs to be observed with consideration. | I think the reason the double standard is there, is Datsyuk was pressed for comment and he seemed reluctant to answer. When he did answer, it was one line. Tim Thomas was using Facebook and the media as a soapbox insisting that his opinion be broadcast.
If Datsyuk didn't speak the party line, he would have been at odds with his church and government. Not a good thing in that part of the world.
The stakes were much lower for Tim Thomas. If he supports gay marriage, nothing happens. If he speaks out against it, he gets shit on by people on the internet and he doesn't even know them. His friends and family likely have the same views as him, and he lives in a country with free speech so it was an easy decision for him to speak his mind.
tl;dr Free speech allows Americans to be critical of their citizens that speak.
Russia does not have free speech, and what their citizens say needs to be observed with consideration.
| hockey | t5_2qiel | cc0p2nd | I think the reason the double standard is there, is Datsyuk was pressed for comment and he seemed reluctant to answer. When he did answer, it was one line. Tim Thomas was using Facebook and the media as a soapbox insisting that his opinion be broadcast.
If Datsyuk didn't speak the party line, he would have been at odds with his church and government. Not a good thing in that part of the world.
The stakes were much lower for Tim Thomas. If he supports gay marriage, nothing happens. If he speaks out against it, he gets shit on by people on the internet and he doesn't even know them. His friends and family likely have the same views as him, and he lives in a country with free speech so it was an easy decision for him to speak his mind. | Free speech allows Americans to be critical of their citizens that speak.
Russia does not have free speech, and what their citizens say needs to be observed with consideration. |
captain_craptain | I think you are better off, food-safety wise, getting it directly from the source. The guy who really knows what he is doing when it comes to growing food as opposed to letting it go through the system which is ultimately a factory sorting system of packaging and shipping to more mainstream markets like major grocery chains.
I think there is a lot more room for error, or mishandling when you involve transportation and large companies with armies of workers (a lot of whom may not care about standards) rather than someone literally driving to the farm to buy direct.
I can't fathom why some people don't understand that other people just want to live their lives without the government checking up on everything they do at every turn and allowing them to dictate what is and what is not something you should be doing (to a certain degree within reason....). I find this viewpoint very weakminded and defeatist. After all, life is a dangerous thing, you can't prepare for every risk and if you try you will miss out on just enjoying life.
The regulators can eff off IMHO when it comes to buying direct, they are only needed to oversee the large operations where things can get lax quickly.
**TL:DR We don't need regulators between us and the farmers if we want to buy direct, its totally silly. If you are that worried about it...don't do it or just cook your food thoroughly.**
Edit- Judging by the 10 downvotes, there are at least 10 people who read this and want the Govt to run their lives, make their decisions and generally treat them like a child. Why not just off yourself if you are going to give up like that?... | I think you are better off, food-safety wise, getting it directly from the source. The guy who really knows what he is doing when it comes to growing food as opposed to letting it go through the system which is ultimately a factory sorting system of packaging and shipping to more mainstream markets like major grocery chains.
I think there is a lot more room for error, or mishandling when you involve transportation and large companies with armies of workers (a lot of whom may not care about standards) rather than someone literally driving to the farm to buy direct.
I can't fathom why some people don't understand that other people just want to live their lives without the government checking up on everything they do at every turn and allowing them to dictate what is and what is not something you should be doing (to a certain degree within reason....). I find this viewpoint very weakminded and defeatist. After all, life is a dangerous thing, you can't prepare for every risk and if you try you will miss out on just enjoying life.
The regulators can eff off IMHO when it comes to buying direct, they are only needed to oversee the large operations where things can get lax quickly.
TL:DR We don't need regulators between us and the farmers if we want to buy direct, its totally silly. If you are that worried about it...don't do it or just cook your food thoroughly.
Edit- Judging by the 10 downvotes, there are at least 10 people who read this and want the Govt to run their lives, make their decisions and generally treat them like a child. Why not just off yourself if you are going to give up like that?...
| politics | t5_2cneq | cc0ppzn | I think you are better off, food-safety wise, getting it directly from the source. The guy who really knows what he is doing when it comes to growing food as opposed to letting it go through the system which is ultimately a factory sorting system of packaging and shipping to more mainstream markets like major grocery chains.
I think there is a lot more room for error, or mishandling when you involve transportation and large companies with armies of workers (a lot of whom may not care about standards) rather than someone literally driving to the farm to buy direct.
I can't fathom why some people don't understand that other people just want to live their lives without the government checking up on everything they do at every turn and allowing them to dictate what is and what is not something you should be doing (to a certain degree within reason....). I find this viewpoint very weakminded and defeatist. After all, life is a dangerous thing, you can't prepare for every risk and if you try you will miss out on just enjoying life.
The regulators can eff off IMHO when it comes to buying direct, they are only needed to oversee the large operations where things can get lax quickly. | We don't need regulators between us and the farmers if we want to buy direct, its totally silly. If you are that worried about it...don't do it or just cook your food thoroughly.
Edit- Judging by the 10 downvotes, there are at least 10 people who read this and want the Govt to run their lives, make their decisions and generally treat them like a child. Why not just off yourself if you are going to give up like that?... |
TiiziiO | Not an attack on your opinion, just throwing my own personal opinion out there.
I, personally, thought it was awful. I almost walked out after the first 30 minutes. I had a decent chuckle maybe 5 times and a decent laugh twice. I found the story to be trite and predictable to the point where I was annoyed. The comedy was only really saved by Frost once everyone had gotten a load on and went full "fuck it" mode. Not only was the story predictable, but the only unpredictable parts where the ones that had no logical reason for being in the story arch.
I feel that they tried to make a movie that had a new and interesting premise, but forgot that what makes a good comedy is fresh, inventive, witty writing.
The ending (not the climax/big reveal of the whole motivation of the bad guys) was so out of nowhere and cheesy to the point of just leaving me and everyone I saw it with saying, why the fuck is this part of it?
That being said, I totally understood the moral/theme of movie, and really loved the point it tried to convey. [Despite that, I felt insulted that I paid money to see it and would be very angry if my local theater didn't have five dollar Tuesdays.](
TL;DR - Seemed like they had a scaffolding of a story and writing of the comedic elements. Then rushed it and ended up going, shit we don't have enough time or money to properly ease into the breakdown of what happened after the climax. All in all, terrible pacing, boring and sublimely predictable writing and directing, with what was essentially a second conclusion that left me saying, why did this have to be here?
Maybe I just need to be really stoned/drunk to find it funny, I'll have to give that a go when it comes out on demand. | Not an attack on your opinion, just throwing my own personal opinion out there.
I, personally, thought it was awful. I almost walked out after the first 30 minutes. I had a decent chuckle maybe 5 times and a decent laugh twice. I found the story to be trite and predictable to the point where I was annoyed. The comedy was only really saved by Frost once everyone had gotten a load on and went full "fuck it" mode. Not only was the story predictable, but the only unpredictable parts where the ones that had no logical reason for being in the story arch.
I feel that they tried to make a movie that had a new and interesting premise, but forgot that what makes a good comedy is fresh, inventive, witty writing.
The ending (not the climax/big reveal of the whole motivation of the bad guys) was so out of nowhere and cheesy to the point of just leaving me and everyone I saw it with saying, why the fuck is this part of it?
That being said, I totally understood the moral/theme of movie, and really loved the point it tried to convey. [Despite that, I felt insulted that I paid money to see it and would be very angry if my local theater didn't have five dollar Tuesdays.](
TL;DR - Seemed like they had a scaffolding of a story and writing of the comedic elements. Then rushed it and ended up going, shit we don't have enough time or money to properly ease into the breakdown of what happened after the climax. All in all, terrible pacing, boring and sublimely predictable writing and directing, with what was essentially a second conclusion that left me saying, why did this have to be here?
Maybe I just need to be really stoned/drunk to find it funny, I'll have to give that a go when it comes out on demand.
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cc19uoi | Not an attack on your opinion, just throwing my own personal opinion out there.
I, personally, thought it was awful. I almost walked out after the first 30 minutes. I had a decent chuckle maybe 5 times and a decent laugh twice. I found the story to be trite and predictable to the point where I was annoyed. The comedy was only really saved by Frost once everyone had gotten a load on and went full "fuck it" mode. Not only was the story predictable, but the only unpredictable parts where the ones that had no logical reason for being in the story arch.
I feel that they tried to make a movie that had a new and interesting premise, but forgot that what makes a good comedy is fresh, inventive, witty writing.
The ending (not the climax/big reveal of the whole motivation of the bad guys) was so out of nowhere and cheesy to the point of just leaving me and everyone I saw it with saying, why the fuck is this part of it?
That being said, I totally understood the moral/theme of movie, and really loved the point it tried to convey. [Despite that, I felt insulted that I paid money to see it and would be very angry if my local theater didn't have five dollar Tuesdays.]( | Seemed like they had a scaffolding of a story and writing of the comedic elements. Then rushed it and ended up going, shit we don't have enough time or money to properly ease into the breakdown of what happened after the climax. All in all, terrible pacing, boring and sublimely predictable writing and directing, with what was essentially a second conclusion that left me saying, why did this have to be here?
Maybe I just need to be really stoned/drunk to find it funny, I'll have to give that a go when it comes out on demand. |
VibrantVibes | its crazy that a person his size can whoop my ass 10 times over without breaking a sweat (I'm 6'2, 230 lbs and moderately built)
TL:DR; Size don't matter. | its crazy that a person his size can whoop my ass 10 times over without breaking a sweat (I'm 6'2, 230 lbs and moderately built)
TL:DR; Size don't matter.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cc0z09d | its crazy that a person his size can whoop my ass 10 times over without breaking a sweat (I'm 6'2, 230 lbs and moderately built) | Size don't matter. |
mahade | Seriously? I have three terminal consoles hidden behind this browser window. One is keeping track of software builds, the other is tailing a logfile so I can see when (or if) errors occur on my dev machine, and the other is there to work with Git and generally manage my repository, workspace, etc.
They always run in the corners of my screen, my browser taking up 80% of the screen (overlapping them but still showing 10% to 20% of the windows), and then there's my editor running on a 2nd screen, where I have:
1. The editor at about 80% screensize (left)
2. A database management tool behind that at 80% screensize (right)
3. Some chat windows overlap both
If I cannot overlap them anymore, I lose the ability to have them grab my attention in the way that I like. I want to be in control, and I really do not want some designer to trivially decide what I like. The debacle with Microsoft putting the shut down option behind an invisible start button on the bottom left, then an invisible side-menu on the right, then settings, and finally "power" still astounds me.
tl;dr: Not a good idea. | Seriously? I have three terminal consoles hidden behind this browser window. One is keeping track of software builds, the other is tailing a logfile so I can see when (or if) errors occur on my dev machine, and the other is there to work with Git and generally manage my repository, workspace, etc.
They always run in the corners of my screen, my browser taking up 80% of the screen (overlapping them but still showing 10% to 20% of the windows), and then there's my editor running on a 2nd screen, where I have:
The editor at about 80% screensize (left)
A database management tool behind that at 80% screensize (right)
Some chat windows overlap both
If I cannot overlap them anymore, I lose the ability to have them grab my attention in the way that I like. I want to be in control, and I really do not want some designer to trivially decide what I like. The debacle with Microsoft putting the shut down option behind an invisible start button on the bottom left, then an invisible side-menu on the right, then settings, and finally "power" still astounds me.
tl;dr: Not a good idea.
| Design | t5_2qh78 | cc15w5h | Seriously? I have three terminal consoles hidden behind this browser window. One is keeping track of software builds, the other is tailing a logfile so I can see when (or if) errors occur on my dev machine, and the other is there to work with Git and generally manage my repository, workspace, etc.
They always run in the corners of my screen, my browser taking up 80% of the screen (overlapping them but still showing 10% to 20% of the windows), and then there's my editor running on a 2nd screen, where I have:
The editor at about 80% screensize (left)
A database management tool behind that at 80% screensize (right)
Some chat windows overlap both
If I cannot overlap them anymore, I lose the ability to have them grab my attention in the way that I like. I want to be in control, and I really do not want some designer to trivially decide what I like. The debacle with Microsoft putting the shut down option behind an invisible start button on the bottom left, then an invisible side-menu on the right, then settings, and finally "power" still astounds me. | Not a good idea. |
Hiddencamper | I'm not as familiar with SiC. I know some people on the nuclear engineering forum at physicsforums.com are though.
Looking through stuff that's readily available it does not look like the fuel would have withstood an extended loss of feedwater scenario like what occurred at Fukushima, but it may not have had the same level of hydrogen generation (I'm not familiar with the fuel properties though so don't quote me). SiC has applications for very high temperature reactor designs, and while it could be used in an LWR, it appears to have penalties associated with thermal performance and embrittlement as its irradiated which go beyond the penalties of zirc based fuel.
Tldr I need to read more about it :) | I'm not as familiar with SiC. I know some people on the nuclear engineering forum at physicsforums.com are though.
Looking through stuff that's readily available it does not look like the fuel would have withstood an extended loss of feedwater scenario like what occurred at Fukushima, but it may not have had the same level of hydrogen generation (I'm not familiar with the fuel properties though so don't quote me). SiC has applications for very high temperature reactor designs, and while it could be used in an LWR, it appears to have penalties associated with thermal performance and embrittlement as its irradiated which go beyond the penalties of zirc based fuel.
Tldr I need to read more about it :)
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cc1h2ha | I'm not as familiar with SiC. I know some people on the nuclear engineering forum at physicsforums.com are though.
Looking through stuff that's readily available it does not look like the fuel would have withstood an extended loss of feedwater scenario like what occurred at Fukushima, but it may not have had the same level of hydrogen generation (I'm not familiar with the fuel properties though so don't quote me). SiC has applications for very high temperature reactor designs, and while it could be used in an LWR, it appears to have penalties associated with thermal performance and embrittlement as its irradiated which go beyond the penalties of zirc based fuel. | I need to read more about it :) |
imjongabriel | I met Bobby Lee once. I had been watching a friend at M.I. Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica. It was an amateur night so I had been drinking a lot of beer to compensate. After the amateurs they switch over to pros but I didn't have the money to stick around; i spent it all on beer. When the amateur show was over, I meandered to the bathroom went in and pissed. Then as I walk out, there's Bobby Lee standing in front of me. I get so excited because I had just seen something he was in (i can't for the life of me remember what). I wanted to shake his hand but since I dont usually use paper towels, mine was still wet from washing my hands. I was worried he would think i had piss hands. Anyway, I told him that he was great in that special where he was naked and that I was pretty glad I didn't poop before he had to use the bathroom. Or at least, that's how I remember it happening.
tl;dr I used a bathroom before Bobby Lee and was glad i didn't poop before his turn. | I met Bobby Lee once. I had been watching a friend at M.I. Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica. It was an amateur night so I had been drinking a lot of beer to compensate. After the amateurs they switch over to pros but I didn't have the money to stick around; i spent it all on beer. When the amateur show was over, I meandered to the bathroom went in and pissed. Then as I walk out, there's Bobby Lee standing in front of me. I get so excited because I had just seen something he was in (i can't for the life of me remember what). I wanted to shake his hand but since I dont usually use paper towels, mine was still wet from washing my hands. I was worried he would think i had piss hands. Anyway, I told him that he was great in that special where he was naked and that I was pretty glad I didn't poop before he had to use the bathroom. Or at least, that's how I remember it happening.
tl;dr I used a bathroom before Bobby Lee and was glad i didn't poop before his turn.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cc3gt5v | I met Bobby Lee once. I had been watching a friend at M.I. Westside Comedy Theater in Santa Monica. It was an amateur night so I had been drinking a lot of beer to compensate. After the amateurs they switch over to pros but I didn't have the money to stick around; i spent it all on beer. When the amateur show was over, I meandered to the bathroom went in and pissed. Then as I walk out, there's Bobby Lee standing in front of me. I get so excited because I had just seen something he was in (i can't for the life of me remember what). I wanted to shake his hand but since I dont usually use paper towels, mine was still wet from washing my hands. I was worried he would think i had piss hands. Anyway, I told him that he was great in that special where he was naked and that I was pretty glad I didn't poop before he had to use the bathroom. Or at least, that's how I remember it happening. | I used a bathroom before Bobby Lee and was glad i didn't poop before his turn. |
fnredditacct | It seems like she is uncomfortable with the thought of giving a blow job.
I understand your approach of fairness, and your frustration with the same old same old. But this is not the same thing as divvying up an unwanted chore list. It's not like you are asking her to take out the trash, which she might feel is unpleasant, but when it is done it's done.
This is her body, which she will live in every moment after, until she doesn't. If she is not ready to open her body up in this way yet, then she isn't ready. Any number of things could be the cause of this.
For me (27f married, sexually active since 13) this is what it has been like:
In order to NOT HAVE any experience in which I "gave myself" to another person, I had to *fully possess* my body, each and every part of it. Then, in experiencing my body with another person it *was* "with." I wasn't retreating inward and allowing them in. I was fully present there with them.
This might sound hokey and stupid, but it's not.
If she is not comfortable with blow jobs, or new positions, then those things, right now, maybe always, are not things she can do comfortably. Even if it is "fair" the only way she could do it would be to pull back into a comfort zone while you are there.
If you want to prove me wrong here, have someone put their finger up your ass, or in your mouth when you are not ready. See if you don't retreat inwards and abandon the area.
If you love her, and it's okay if you don't, then you can talk to her about this, give her space to try to explain to you *why* she is uncomfortable, and *if* she wants to try to become comfortable. Then there is maybe somewhere to go, slowly, and without pressure.
If you are mostly just looking for new sexual experiences, which is also okay, then you'd be much better off with another of similar desires, comfort and interest.
**tl;dr: "Fairness" isn't really that relevant, physical comfort and sexuality don't work that way, my experience with that, recommend either giving her time/space to explain her discomfort and work slowly, or find someone else who is also looking for new sexual experiences.** | It seems like she is uncomfortable with the thought of giving a blow job.
I understand your approach of fairness, and your frustration with the same old same old. But this is not the same thing as divvying up an unwanted chore list. It's not like you are asking her to take out the trash, which she might feel is unpleasant, but when it is done it's done.
This is her body, which she will live in every moment after, until she doesn't. If she is not ready to open her body up in this way yet, then she isn't ready. Any number of things could be the cause of this.
For me (27f married, sexually active since 13) this is what it has been like:
In order to NOT HAVE any experience in which I "gave myself" to another person, I had to fully possess my body, each and every part of it. Then, in experiencing my body with another person it was "with." I wasn't retreating inward and allowing them in. I was fully present there with them.
This might sound hokey and stupid, but it's not.
If she is not comfortable with blow jobs, or new positions, then those things, right now, maybe always, are not things she can do comfortably. Even if it is "fair" the only way she could do it would be to pull back into a comfort zone while you are there.
If you want to prove me wrong here, have someone put their finger up your ass, or in your mouth when you are not ready. See if you don't retreat inwards and abandon the area.
If you love her, and it's okay if you don't, then you can talk to her about this, give her space to try to explain to you why she is uncomfortable, and if she wants to try to become comfortable. Then there is maybe somewhere to go, slowly, and without pressure.
If you are mostly just looking for new sexual experiences, which is also okay, then you'd be much better off with another of similar desires, comfort and interest.
tl;dr: "Fairness" isn't really that relevant, physical comfort and sexuality don't work that way, my experience with that, recommend either giving her time/space to explain her discomfort and work slowly, or find someone else who is also looking for new sexual experiences.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cc1h9vo | It seems like she is uncomfortable with the thought of giving a blow job.
I understand your approach of fairness, and your frustration with the same old same old. But this is not the same thing as divvying up an unwanted chore list. It's not like you are asking her to take out the trash, which she might feel is unpleasant, but when it is done it's done.
This is her body, which she will live in every moment after, until she doesn't. If she is not ready to open her body up in this way yet, then she isn't ready. Any number of things could be the cause of this.
For me (27f married, sexually active since 13) this is what it has been like:
In order to NOT HAVE any experience in which I "gave myself" to another person, I had to fully possess my body, each and every part of it. Then, in experiencing my body with another person it was "with." I wasn't retreating inward and allowing them in. I was fully present there with them.
This might sound hokey and stupid, but it's not.
If she is not comfortable with blow jobs, or new positions, then those things, right now, maybe always, are not things she can do comfortably. Even if it is "fair" the only way she could do it would be to pull back into a comfort zone while you are there.
If you want to prove me wrong here, have someone put their finger up your ass, or in your mouth when you are not ready. See if you don't retreat inwards and abandon the area.
If you love her, and it's okay if you don't, then you can talk to her about this, give her space to try to explain to you why she is uncomfortable, and if she wants to try to become comfortable. Then there is maybe somewhere to go, slowly, and without pressure.
If you are mostly just looking for new sexual experiences, which is also okay, then you'd be much better off with another of similar desires, comfort and interest. | Fairness" isn't really that relevant, physical comfort and sexuality don't work that way, my experience with that, recommend either giving her time/space to explain her discomfort and work slowly, or find someone else who is also looking for new sexual experiences. |
rainman_104 | For children who come from poorer backgrounds, yes. It's amazing the confidence a child has when they do well in school, and it's amazing what a toll it has on them when they do poorly.
In Kindergarten, a teacher gets a variety of backgrounds. Some kids can read chapter books; some kids can't wipe their own ass.
Now impoverished kids are more likely to be in the latter group. They fall behind and may never, ever catch up.
TL;DR. Give the smart kids from dumb families a chance to shine, and they may just shine. | For children who come from poorer backgrounds, yes. It's amazing the confidence a child has when they do well in school, and it's amazing what a toll it has on them when they do poorly.
In Kindergarten, a teacher gets a variety of backgrounds. Some kids can read chapter books; some kids can't wipe their own ass.
Now impoverished kids are more likely to be in the latter group. They fall behind and may never, ever catch up.
TL;DR. Give the smart kids from dumb families a chance to shine, and they may just shine.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cc1vbpy | For children who come from poorer backgrounds, yes. It's amazing the confidence a child has when they do well in school, and it's amazing what a toll it has on them when they do poorly.
In Kindergarten, a teacher gets a variety of backgrounds. Some kids can read chapter books; some kids can't wipe their own ass.
Now impoverished kids are more likely to be in the latter group. They fall behind and may never, ever catch up. | Give the smart kids from dumb families a chance to shine, and they may just shine. |
Baelzabub | One thing I've not seen is the option of Augment Gravity giving 200 mana, 10% CDR, 5 mana/5, and a 30% increase to cast range on Gravity Field. Yes your Death Ray does less damage but having better CDR, better pick potential and quicker spells makes up for it IMO.
**TL;DR: Use Viktor's available utility and don't get too locked into "needing the deeps".** | One thing I've not seen is the option of Augment Gravity giving 200 mana, 10% CDR, 5 mana/5, and a 30% increase to cast range on Gravity Field. Yes your Death Ray does less damage but having better CDR, better pick potential and quicker spells makes up for it IMO.
TL;DR: Use Viktor's available utility and don't get too locked into "needing the deeps".
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cc1vs4y | One thing I've not seen is the option of Augment Gravity giving 200 mana, 10% CDR, 5 mana/5, and a 30% increase to cast range on Gravity Field. Yes your Death Ray does less damage but having better CDR, better pick potential and quicker spells makes up for it IMO. | Use Viktor's available utility and don't get too locked into "needing the deeps". |
ChooseBruce | I'm basically in the exact same situation as you are, except I'm 20. From what you describe, your parents seem a little less understanding than mine. I openly debate my parents with the flaws I see in their religion, and we have many meaningful conversations. I am an Atheist and my parents know that.
When it comes to traditions like synagogue or shabbat dinner, I don't really take part in them. It helps that I live away at university, however my parents understand and respect my beliefs. That being said, the respect has to go both ways. Remember what your parents have done for you, how much they love you, and what Judaism means to them. I know religion is a very touchy subject and both Atheists and Religious people alike get emotional. So put it into perspective. Do you really care about missing one day of school? You're 15 years old for god's sake (pun definitely intended), go to synagogue for an hour or two and then play some video games for the rest of the day. The new Splinter Cell is out and its unreal. Just try to keep in mind how important it is to your parents. They can't force you to believe what they believe, but practicing some of the traditions simply to make them happy is enough to show them you can have differing opinions but still have an amazing family dynamic.
Its a balancing act. Obviously if something makes you very uncomfortable then don't do it. At the same time try to keep your ego out of it and think of your parents. Tomorrow my mom is making a Rosh Hashanah lunch for my entire family. Cousins, Grandparents, the whole shebang. I live away so I wasn't planning on coming in to town, and when I told my mom this she was visibly hurt, but wouldn't tell me to stay. I walked in the door today and surprised her and she could not have been happier. I couldn't care less about the Jewish traditions that I'm going to have to sit through tomorrow, the smile on my mom's face today is worth it all.
tl;dr: Stand up for what you believe in, but don't make a big deal out of the small things. Especially if they will make those close to you happy. | I'm basically in the exact same situation as you are, except I'm 20. From what you describe, your parents seem a little less understanding than mine. I openly debate my parents with the flaws I see in their religion, and we have many meaningful conversations. I am an Atheist and my parents know that.
When it comes to traditions like synagogue or shabbat dinner, I don't really take part in them. It helps that I live away at university, however my parents understand and respect my beliefs. That being said, the respect has to go both ways. Remember what your parents have done for you, how much they love you, and what Judaism means to them. I know religion is a very touchy subject and both Atheists and Religious people alike get emotional. So put it into perspective. Do you really care about missing one day of school? You're 15 years old for god's sake (pun definitely intended), go to synagogue for an hour or two and then play some video games for the rest of the day. The new Splinter Cell is out and its unreal. Just try to keep in mind how important it is to your parents. They can't force you to believe what they believe, but practicing some of the traditions simply to make them happy is enough to show them you can have differing opinions but still have an amazing family dynamic.
Its a balancing act. Obviously if something makes you very uncomfortable then don't do it. At the same time try to keep your ego out of it and think of your parents. Tomorrow my mom is making a Rosh Hashanah lunch for my entire family. Cousins, Grandparents, the whole shebang. I live away so I wasn't planning on coming in to town, and when I told my mom this she was visibly hurt, but wouldn't tell me to stay. I walked in the door today and surprised her and she could not have been happier. I couldn't care less about the Jewish traditions that I'm going to have to sit through tomorrow, the smile on my mom's face today is worth it all.
tl;dr: Stand up for what you believe in, but don't make a big deal out of the small things. Especially if they will make those close to you happy.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cc22e6g | I'm basically in the exact same situation as you are, except I'm 20. From what you describe, your parents seem a little less understanding than mine. I openly debate my parents with the flaws I see in their religion, and we have many meaningful conversations. I am an Atheist and my parents know that.
When it comes to traditions like synagogue or shabbat dinner, I don't really take part in them. It helps that I live away at university, however my parents understand and respect my beliefs. That being said, the respect has to go both ways. Remember what your parents have done for you, how much they love you, and what Judaism means to them. I know religion is a very touchy subject and both Atheists and Religious people alike get emotional. So put it into perspective. Do you really care about missing one day of school? You're 15 years old for god's sake (pun definitely intended), go to synagogue for an hour or two and then play some video games for the rest of the day. The new Splinter Cell is out and its unreal. Just try to keep in mind how important it is to your parents. They can't force you to believe what they believe, but practicing some of the traditions simply to make them happy is enough to show them you can have differing opinions but still have an amazing family dynamic.
Its a balancing act. Obviously if something makes you very uncomfortable then don't do it. At the same time try to keep your ego out of it and think of your parents. Tomorrow my mom is making a Rosh Hashanah lunch for my entire family. Cousins, Grandparents, the whole shebang. I live away so I wasn't planning on coming in to town, and when I told my mom this she was visibly hurt, but wouldn't tell me to stay. I walked in the door today and surprised her and she could not have been happier. I couldn't care less about the Jewish traditions that I'm going to have to sit through tomorrow, the smile on my mom's face today is worth it all. | Stand up for what you believe in, but don't make a big deal out of the small things. Especially if they will make those close to you happy. |
violetauto | OK I get what you are saying. I have a Masters in a science, my SO has a PHD in humanities, my sibling is an ee (bachelors) and SO is ee (masters). I also worked in as a science researcher and in tech as a sys admin for many years.
The main reason to get a PhD in anything is because you plan on teaching at the college level. Do you want an academic career of teaching, researching, and publishing papers at a post-secondary institution?
If the answer is No and you only teach want to teach on the side, then forget the phd. Just get a Masters in EE right after undergrad and go work in industry. You can still teach on the side with a Masters degree.
If the answer is Yes, then I suggest you go to the yearly academic EE conference and take a good hard look at the post-docs and phds who are "on the market" that year. Talk to some of them. Do some real research into what career you're getting into.
If you want to work for industry, really, then I'd say just get the Masters and work for a little while. You will probably find that the original PhD you wanted isn't what you want at all. Instead of EE you may want a PhD in CompE or Industrial Organization. TBH, you are a bit young and too green of work experience to be making decisions about phd programs (if you want to work in industry).
TL;DR: Get a Masters in EE then work in industry for at least 3-5 years to help you decide exactly what kind of PhD (and career) you want.
Good luck! | OK I get what you are saying. I have a Masters in a science, my SO has a PHD in humanities, my sibling is an ee (bachelors) and SO is ee (masters). I also worked in as a science researcher and in tech as a sys admin for many years.
The main reason to get a PhD in anything is because you plan on teaching at the college level. Do you want an academic career of teaching, researching, and publishing papers at a post-secondary institution?
If the answer is No and you only teach want to teach on the side, then forget the phd. Just get a Masters in EE right after undergrad and go work in industry. You can still teach on the side with a Masters degree.
If the answer is Yes, then I suggest you go to the yearly academic EE conference and take a good hard look at the post-docs and phds who are "on the market" that year. Talk to some of them. Do some real research into what career you're getting into.
If you want to work for industry, really, then I'd say just get the Masters and work for a little while. You will probably find that the original PhD you wanted isn't what you want at all. Instead of EE you may want a PhD in CompE or Industrial Organization. TBH, you are a bit young and too green of work experience to be making decisions about phd programs (if you want to work in industry).
TL;DR: Get a Masters in EE then work in industry for at least 3-5 years to help you decide exactly what kind of PhD (and career) you want.
Good luck!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc1z9yo | OK I get what you are saying. I have a Masters in a science, my SO has a PHD in humanities, my sibling is an ee (bachelors) and SO is ee (masters). I also worked in as a science researcher and in tech as a sys admin for many years.
The main reason to get a PhD in anything is because you plan on teaching at the college level. Do you want an academic career of teaching, researching, and publishing papers at a post-secondary institution?
If the answer is No and you only teach want to teach on the side, then forget the phd. Just get a Masters in EE right after undergrad and go work in industry. You can still teach on the side with a Masters degree.
If the answer is Yes, then I suggest you go to the yearly academic EE conference and take a good hard look at the post-docs and phds who are "on the market" that year. Talk to some of them. Do some real research into what career you're getting into.
If you want to work for industry, really, then I'd say just get the Masters and work for a little while. You will probably find that the original PhD you wanted isn't what you want at all. Instead of EE you may want a PhD in CompE or Industrial Organization. TBH, you are a bit young and too green of work experience to be making decisions about phd programs (if you want to work in industry). | Get a Masters in EE then work in industry for at least 3-5 years to help you decide exactly what kind of PhD (and career) you want.
Good luck! |
Pokeyokey1 | Translating for you...
Broken windows happen all the time and do not belong in /r/WTF.
Posting a picture of a broken window on WTF would be like someone posting a picture of my sister giving some random guy a blowjob for crack cocaine. (insinuating that my sister gives random guys blowjobs for crack cocaine all the time).
The whole point of the statement: I was protraying myself as an asshole commenting that OP's post isn't WTF and "accidentally" making the mistake of telling everyone that my sister sucks random dicks for crack.
My sister used to smoke crack unfortunately... not sure if she actually sucked random dicks for it though.
TL;DR: This isn't for WTF. Sister crack BJ | Translating for you...
Broken windows happen all the time and do not belong in /r/WTF.
Posting a picture of a broken window on WTF would be like someone posting a picture of my sister giving some random guy a blowjob for crack cocaine. (insinuating that my sister gives random guys blowjobs for crack cocaine all the time).
The whole point of the statement: I was protraying myself as an asshole commenting that OP's post isn't WTF and "accidentally" making the mistake of telling everyone that my sister sucks random dicks for crack.
My sister used to smoke crack unfortunately... not sure if she actually sucked random dicks for it though.
TL;DR: This isn't for WTF. Sister crack BJ
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cc26tlx | Translating for you...
Broken windows happen all the time and do not belong in /r/WTF.
Posting a picture of a broken window on WTF would be like someone posting a picture of my sister giving some random guy a blowjob for crack cocaine. (insinuating that my sister gives random guys blowjobs for crack cocaine all the time).
The whole point of the statement: I was protraying myself as an asshole commenting that OP's post isn't WTF and "accidentally" making the mistake of telling everyone that my sister sucks random dicks for crack.
My sister used to smoke crack unfortunately... not sure if she actually sucked random dicks for it though. | This isn't for WTF. Sister crack BJ |
SirGoo | Forgive my stoney/new-age explanation, but think of a body in motion. In the fourth dimension, this body would appear to be a line with two end points, at creation and destruction, or birth and death. In order to imagine the fifth dimension, you would have to imagine this line being able to bend left and right. For the sixth dimension, this curve can also move up and down, and spiral around on its path from start to finish. If you give this body "choice", or a statistical probability that any action may have multiple reactions, then this path can split, branching in multiple directions at different nodes. These nodes represent major events in the fourth dimension, allowing the body to exist in multiple locations in the fifth and sixth dimensions. If you can imagine yourself living in a different city, married to another person, or dead already because of some accident you nearly avoided in life, then you can start to imagine how one can exist in nearly infinite forms, invisible to our three dimensions. I believe in the deterministic properties of certain actions, that some outcomes are guaranteed, but so much is unknowable about the motion of highly energetic particles, and the decisions made by conscious individuals, that some outcomes are completely unpredictable.
TL;DR:
Our ability to choose is evidence of higher dimensions. A zombie would move through life(a four dimensional universe) on a one-dimensional path. We have the freedom of choice, allowing for us to navigate the seas of higher dimensions, preventing unwanted futures, attempting to achieve what we desire. | Forgive my stoney/new-age explanation, but think of a body in motion. In the fourth dimension, this body would appear to be a line with two end points, at creation and destruction, or birth and death. In order to imagine the fifth dimension, you would have to imagine this line being able to bend left and right. For the sixth dimension, this curve can also move up and down, and spiral around on its path from start to finish. If you give this body "choice", or a statistical probability that any action may have multiple reactions, then this path can split, branching in multiple directions at different nodes. These nodes represent major events in the fourth dimension, allowing the body to exist in multiple locations in the fifth and sixth dimensions. If you can imagine yourself living in a different city, married to another person, or dead already because of some accident you nearly avoided in life, then you can start to imagine how one can exist in nearly infinite forms, invisible to our three dimensions. I believe in the deterministic properties of certain actions, that some outcomes are guaranteed, but so much is unknowable about the motion of highly energetic particles, and the decisions made by conscious individuals, that some outcomes are completely unpredictable.
TL;DR:
Our ability to choose is evidence of higher dimensions. A zombie would move through life(a four dimensional universe) on a one-dimensional path. We have the freedom of choice, allowing for us to navigate the seas of higher dimensions, preventing unwanted futures, attempting to achieve what we desire.
| askscience | t5_2qm4e | cc2k58l | Forgive my stoney/new-age explanation, but think of a body in motion. In the fourth dimension, this body would appear to be a line with two end points, at creation and destruction, or birth and death. In order to imagine the fifth dimension, you would have to imagine this line being able to bend left and right. For the sixth dimension, this curve can also move up and down, and spiral around on its path from start to finish. If you give this body "choice", or a statistical probability that any action may have multiple reactions, then this path can split, branching in multiple directions at different nodes. These nodes represent major events in the fourth dimension, allowing the body to exist in multiple locations in the fifth and sixth dimensions. If you can imagine yourself living in a different city, married to another person, or dead already because of some accident you nearly avoided in life, then you can start to imagine how one can exist in nearly infinite forms, invisible to our three dimensions. I believe in the deterministic properties of certain actions, that some outcomes are guaranteed, but so much is unknowable about the motion of highly energetic particles, and the decisions made by conscious individuals, that some outcomes are completely unpredictable. | Our ability to choose is evidence of higher dimensions. A zombie would move through life(a four dimensional universe) on a one-dimensional path. We have the freedom of choice, allowing for us to navigate the seas of higher dimensions, preventing unwanted futures, attempting to achieve what we desire. |
Necronomiconomics | Let's not forget that [Nick Berg's e-mail password was found in the possession of "20th 9/11 Hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui](
Let's not forget that the FBI excuse for this was that Zacarias Moussaoui "borrowed" complete-stranger Nick Berg's laptop "on a bus in Norman, Oklahoma in 1999" (... as if buses in 1999 had WiFi).
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma was where Nick Berg "went to school" and where Zacarias Moussaoui went to flight school.
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma was where [Timothy McVeigh met Terry Nichols in a motel. Later, 9/11 hijackers met in that same motel. When the motel owner tried to alert the FBI, the FBI didn't want to know](
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma is where ex-Senator David Boren lives. [David Boren was having breakfast with CIA director George Tenet on 9/11](
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma has [a university airport where Zacarias Moussaoui trained. The president of the university? David Boren.](
TL; DR: On 9/11, CIA director met with ex-Senator from Norman, Oklahoma, who presides over a Norman, Oklahoma airport where Zacarias Moussaoui trained & met Nick Berg & got Nick Berg's e-mail password & where 9/11 hijackers met at a motel that had earlier been used by OKCity bombers McVeigh & Nichols to meet Middle Easterners.
Also, [an unidentified "white male" purchased the airline ticket for Zacarias Moussaoui in Norman, Oklahoma](
And that's only the beginning of 9/11 connections to Norman, Oklahoma.
But back to [Nick Berg]( | Let's not forget that [Nick Berg's e-mail password was found in the possession of "20th 9/11 Hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui](
Let's not forget that the FBI excuse for this was that Zacarias Moussaoui "borrowed" complete-stranger Nick Berg's laptop "on a bus in Norman, Oklahoma in 1999" (... as if buses in 1999 had WiFi).
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma was where Nick Berg "went to school" and where Zacarias Moussaoui went to flight school.
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma was where [Timothy McVeigh met Terry Nichols in a motel. Later, 9/11 hijackers met in that same motel. When the motel owner tried to alert the FBI, the FBI didn't want to know](
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma is where ex-Senator David Boren lives. [David Boren was having breakfast with CIA director George Tenet on 9/11](
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma has [a university airport where Zacarias Moussaoui trained. The president of the university? David Boren.](
TL; DR: On 9/11, CIA director met with ex-Senator from Norman, Oklahoma, who presides over a Norman, Oklahoma airport where Zacarias Moussaoui trained & met Nick Berg & got Nick Berg's e-mail password & where 9/11 hijackers met at a motel that had earlier been used by OKCity bombers McVeigh & Nichols to meet Middle Easterners.
Also, [an unidentified "white male" purchased the airline ticket for Zacarias Moussaoui in Norman, Oklahoma](
And that's only the beginning of 9/11 connections to Norman, Oklahoma.
But back to [Nick Berg](
| conspiracy | t5_2qh4r | cc2rd1l | Let's not forget that [Nick Berg's e-mail password was found in the possession of "20th 9/11 Hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui](
Let's not forget that the FBI excuse for this was that Zacarias Moussaoui "borrowed" complete-stranger Nick Berg's laptop "on a bus in Norman, Oklahoma in 1999" (... as if buses in 1999 had WiFi).
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma was where Nick Berg "went to school" and where Zacarias Moussaoui went to flight school.
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma was where [Timothy McVeigh met Terry Nichols in a motel. Later, 9/11 hijackers met in that same motel. When the motel owner tried to alert the FBI, the FBI didn't want to know](
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma is where ex-Senator David Boren lives. [David Boren was having breakfast with CIA director George Tenet on 9/11](
Let's not forget that Norman, Oklahoma has [a university airport where Zacarias Moussaoui trained. The president of the university? David Boren.]( | On 9/11, CIA director met with ex-Senator from Norman, Oklahoma, who presides over a Norman, Oklahoma airport where Zacarias Moussaoui trained & met Nick Berg & got Nick Berg's e-mail password & where 9/11 hijackers met at a motel that had earlier been used by OKCity bombers McVeigh & Nichols to meet Middle Easterners.
Also, [an unidentified "white male" purchased the airline ticket for Zacarias Moussaoui in Norman, Oklahoma](
And that's only the beginning of 9/11 connections to Norman, Oklahoma.
But back to [Nick Berg]( |
Bleach3825 | Well it looks like a lot of people. The [Global Positioning System]( (GPS) is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. Pretty nice of them I guess.
Then it looks like we have a whole plethora of other [companies]( running satellite operations. One of the big ones that caught my eye is [Lockheed Martin]( You can see on their page that they sub contract manufacturing and launch of satellites to a company called [Orbital Sciences Corporation]( Some times called Orbital. Orbital has a 40% share of the interceptor market, 55% share of the small communications satellite market, and a 60% share of the small launch vehicles market. So that's some companies that build and launch satellites.
[SES S.A.]( operates a fleet of 53 geostationary satellites able to reach 99% of the World’s population. These satellites provide satellite communication services to businesses and government agencies, and broadcast TV and radio channels to audiences worldwide. Making sure everyone gets to watch TV. As of mid 2013 SES satellites carry over 5,800 TV channels (including over 1600 in high definition) and more than 40 direct-to-home (DTH) platforms across the world. By the end of 2012, SES satellites reached 276 million TV homes worldwide.
The only thing I could find on maintaining satellites is [Space Infrastructure Servicing]( and it doesn't even look like they have actually started yet. But my best guess would be NASA/China/Russia and then Private companies like the SIS.
TL:DR GPS is ran by the American military and free for everyone to use. Everything else is done by giant companies and NASA.
P.S. I am by no means an expert. I just searched for all this shit on Google for an hour or so. At work and bored.
| Well it looks like a lot of people. The Global Positioning System is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. Pretty nice of them I guess.
Then it looks like we have a whole plethora of other [companies]( running satellite operations. One of the big ones that caught my eye is [Lockheed Martin]( You can see on their page that they sub contract manufacturing and launch of satellites to a company called [Orbital Sciences Corporation]( Some times called Orbital. Orbital has a 40% share of the interceptor market, 55% share of the small communications satellite market, and a 60% share of the small launch vehicles market. So that's some companies that build and launch satellites.
SES S.A. and more than 40 direct-to-home (DTH) platforms across the world. By the end of 2012, SES satellites reached 276 million TV homes worldwide.
The only thing I could find on maintaining satellites is [Space Infrastructure Servicing]( and it doesn't even look like they have actually started yet. But my best guess would be NASA/China/Russia and then Private companies like the SIS.
TL:DR GPS is ran by the American military and free for everyone to use. Everything else is done by giant companies and NASA.
P.S. I am by no means an expert. I just searched for all this shit on Google for an hour or so. At work and bored.
| AskTechnology | t5_2t6b3 | cc2ttcw | Well it looks like a lot of people. The Global Positioning System is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible to anyone with a GPS receiver. Pretty nice of them I guess.
Then it looks like we have a whole plethora of other [companies]( running satellite operations. One of the big ones that caught my eye is [Lockheed Martin]( You can see on their page that they sub contract manufacturing and launch of satellites to a company called [Orbital Sciences Corporation]( Some times called Orbital. Orbital has a 40% share of the interceptor market, 55% share of the small communications satellite market, and a 60% share of the small launch vehicles market. So that's some companies that build and launch satellites.
SES S.A. and more than 40 direct-to-home (DTH) platforms across the world. By the end of 2012, SES satellites reached 276 million TV homes worldwide.
The only thing I could find on maintaining satellites is [Space Infrastructure Servicing]( and it doesn't even look like they have actually started yet. But my best guess would be NASA/China/Russia and then Private companies like the SIS. | GPS is ran by the American military and free for everyone to use. Everything else is done by giant companies and NASA.
P.S. I am by no means an expert. I just searched for all this shit on Google for an hour or so. At work and bored. |
Cancerous86 | You seem to feel the need to chastise a whole subreddit because your delicate sensibilities were offended by the responses you got from some people. Now, I'm not one for making snap judgments, but you seem like an entitled naive twat. If your previous interactions with the people of this subreddit were anything like this post, and the comment you've made here, then I am not at all surprised you were downvoted and "flamed".
tl;dr OP is a faggot. | You seem to feel the need to chastise a whole subreddit because your delicate sensibilities were offended by the responses you got from some people. Now, I'm not one for making snap judgments, but you seem like an entitled naive twat. If your previous interactions with the people of this subreddit were anything like this post, and the comment you've made here, then I am not at all surprised you were downvoted and "flamed".
tl;dr OP is a faggot.
| Drifting | t5_2ryb6 | cc2he9l | You seem to feel the need to chastise a whole subreddit because your delicate sensibilities were offended by the responses you got from some people. Now, I'm not one for making snap judgments, but you seem like an entitled naive twat. If your previous interactions with the people of this subreddit were anything like this post, and the comment you've made here, then I am not at all surprised you were downvoted and "flamed". | OP is a faggot. |
Spec_Agent_Bob | I have to agree with this somewhat. Not necessarily /r/Drifting, but still, these smaller subs can be hard to break into when you're new to a topic. It would probably benefit you more if you did some research into the sport before posting something that way people may have some insightful comments for you instead of something easily chastised. Think of something that you're really good at or very knowledgeable about, and someone makes a comment that just disgusts you, not because the person is a dick, but because they're ignorant and it pisses you off that this dude didn't just sit down for 5 minutes on Google and read some articles.
TL;DR Just do your homework and have basic knowledge. | I have to agree with this somewhat. Not necessarily /r/Drifting, but still, these smaller subs can be hard to break into when you're new to a topic. It would probably benefit you more if you did some research into the sport before posting something that way people may have some insightful comments for you instead of something easily chastised. Think of something that you're really good at or very knowledgeable about, and someone makes a comment that just disgusts you, not because the person is a dick, but because they're ignorant and it pisses you off that this dude didn't just sit down for 5 minutes on Google and read some articles.
TL;DR Just do your homework and have basic knowledge.
| Drifting | t5_2ryb6 | cc2hm8x | I have to agree with this somewhat. Not necessarily /r/Drifting, but still, these smaller subs can be hard to break into when you're new to a topic. It would probably benefit you more if you did some research into the sport before posting something that way people may have some insightful comments for you instead of something easily chastised. Think of something that you're really good at or very knowledgeable about, and someone makes a comment that just disgusts you, not because the person is a dick, but because they're ignorant and it pisses you off that this dude didn't just sit down for 5 minutes on Google and read some articles. | Just do your homework and have basic knowledge. |
bluebirdybird | I responded on mobile earlier but it seems to have not gone through.
VAs can do all your medical for free, even if you're uninsured. Talk to your recruiter if this has been done in your area so you know who to contact to set up your appointments. Or once you have all your forms ready to fill out, call your VA's billings department to ask about this arrangement. I had absolutely everything done for free at a VA in NYC (minus dental of course, which was free somewhere else) even while I was uninsured.
TL;DR: Potentially costs $0 at your local VA. | I responded on mobile earlier but it seems to have not gone through.
VAs can do all your medical for free, even if you're uninsured. Talk to your recruiter if this has been done in your area so you know who to contact to set up your appointments. Or once you have all your forms ready to fill out, call your VA's billings department to ask about this arrangement. I had absolutely everything done for free at a VA in NYC (minus dental of course, which was free somewhere else) even while I was uninsured.
TL;DR: Potentially costs $0 at your local VA.
| peacecorps | t5_2rh24 | cc2wkic | I responded on mobile earlier but it seems to have not gone through.
VAs can do all your medical for free, even if you're uninsured. Talk to your recruiter if this has been done in your area so you know who to contact to set up your appointments. Or once you have all your forms ready to fill out, call your VA's billings department to ask about this arrangement. I had absolutely everything done for free at a VA in NYC (minus dental of course, which was free somewhere else) even while I was uninsured. | Potentially costs $0 at your local VA. |
Oggie243 | When I was around 3 y/o my family and a few of my cousins rented out a holiday home in the south of Ireland in Kerry for Christmas (We're from the north of Ireland) anyway so it's winter but there's nothing too crazy about it this year except we aren't at home. This Holiday home had an outdoor swimming pool and sauna and all the shit associated with luxury. So me and my older brother we're playing football outside he over hits the ball and it lands on this blue tarp that looked slightly wet, I ask him why the fuck he didn't get it (exact words) and he just says we can't, so I decide to be the hero and I go inside get my bigass winter coat on and wellington boots prepared to go across this wet tarp to get the ball, I take one step on it and *Fwooomp* sunk away down below the tarp into the outdoor pool, three year old me didn't understand why the fuck there would be a swimming pool in my wonderfully cold native land and began losing my shit underwater trying to bob my head above water so my screams were audible, my auntie hears me screaming and comes out and lifts me out. I was fine no lasting damage and got to spend the rest of the Christmas infront of the fire with my new Winnie the Pooh hot water bottle watching cartoons.
TL:DR, Three year old me didn't understand the concept of tarp over a pool, step on the tarp and get trapped underwater, get saved and spend rest of holiday watching Animaniacs eating cereal | When I was around 3 y/o my family and a few of my cousins rented out a holiday home in the south of Ireland in Kerry for Christmas (We're from the north of Ireland) anyway so it's winter but there's nothing too crazy about it this year except we aren't at home. This Holiday home had an outdoor swimming pool and sauna and all the shit associated with luxury. So me and my older brother we're playing football outside he over hits the ball and it lands on this blue tarp that looked slightly wet, I ask him why the fuck he didn't get it (exact words) and he just says we can't, so I decide to be the hero and I go inside get my bigass winter coat on and wellington boots prepared to go across this wet tarp to get the ball, I take one step on it and Fwooomp sunk away down below the tarp into the outdoor pool, three year old me didn't understand why the fuck there would be a swimming pool in my wonderfully cold native land and began losing my shit underwater trying to bob my head above water so my screams were audible, my auntie hears me screaming and comes out and lifts me out. I was fine no lasting damage and got to spend the rest of the Christmas infront of the fire with my new Winnie the Pooh hot water bottle watching cartoons.
TL:DR, Three year old me didn't understand the concept of tarp over a pool, step on the tarp and get trapped underwater, get saved and spend rest of holiday watching Animaniacs eating cereal
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc2kks2 | When I was around 3 y/o my family and a few of my cousins rented out a holiday home in the south of Ireland in Kerry for Christmas (We're from the north of Ireland) anyway so it's winter but there's nothing too crazy about it this year except we aren't at home. This Holiday home had an outdoor swimming pool and sauna and all the shit associated with luxury. So me and my older brother we're playing football outside he over hits the ball and it lands on this blue tarp that looked slightly wet, I ask him why the fuck he didn't get it (exact words) and he just says we can't, so I decide to be the hero and I go inside get my bigass winter coat on and wellington boots prepared to go across this wet tarp to get the ball, I take one step on it and Fwooomp sunk away down below the tarp into the outdoor pool, three year old me didn't understand why the fuck there would be a swimming pool in my wonderfully cold native land and began losing my shit underwater trying to bob my head above water so my screams were audible, my auntie hears me screaming and comes out and lifts me out. I was fine no lasting damage and got to spend the rest of the Christmas infront of the fire with my new Winnie the Pooh hot water bottle watching cartoons. | Three year old me didn't understand the concept of tarp over a pool, step on the tarp and get trapped underwater, get saved and spend rest of holiday watching Animaniacs eating cereal |
jl2121 | As a skins fan, I hope he comes back as good as ever. As a realist, I'm pretty skeptical about his ability to perform as both a runner and a passer. That being said, week 1 vs the Eagles is as good a time as any to start the entire redskins offense. With what you have, I like B Marshall over AJ Green, THIS WEEK. V Jax will most certainly beat decker. J Charles and AP could easily be a wash, this week. And I'm pretty certain you'll have a good week at TE. So, it comes down to your points from garçon and Morris being significantly higher than your opponent gets from roddy white and Daryl Richardson, which isn't impossible. Don't count yourself out just yet. I hope you make it... Skins winning week one will make me happier than winning any of my fantasy leagues lol. TL;DR: To win, you need: #1. A dominant offensive performance by the skins. #2. Pierre Garçon to out preform Roddy White. #3. Morris to out perform D Richardson, by A LOT. #4. A rushing TD or two by RG3 (the one I'm most skeptical about). Good luck! | As a skins fan, I hope he comes back as good as ever. As a realist, I'm pretty skeptical about his ability to perform as both a runner and a passer. That being said, week 1 vs the Eagles is as good a time as any to start the entire redskins offense. With what you have, I like B Marshall over AJ Green, THIS WEEK. V Jax will most certainly beat decker. J Charles and AP could easily be a wash, this week. And I'm pretty certain you'll have a good week at TE. So, it comes down to your points from garçon and Morris being significantly higher than your opponent gets from roddy white and Daryl Richardson, which isn't impossible. Don't count yourself out just yet. I hope you make it... Skins winning week one will make me happier than winning any of my fantasy leagues lol. TL;DR: To win, you need: #1. A dominant offensive performance by the skins. #2. Pierre Garçon to out preform Roddy White. #3. Morris to out perform D Richardson, by A LOT. #4. A rushing TD or two by RG3 (the one I'm most skeptical about). Good luck!
| fantasyfootball | t5_2qlqq | cc2udkk | As a skins fan, I hope he comes back as good as ever. As a realist, I'm pretty skeptical about his ability to perform as both a runner and a passer. That being said, week 1 vs the Eagles is as good a time as any to start the entire redskins offense. With what you have, I like B Marshall over AJ Green, THIS WEEK. V Jax will most certainly beat decker. J Charles and AP could easily be a wash, this week. And I'm pretty certain you'll have a good week at TE. So, it comes down to your points from garçon and Morris being significantly higher than your opponent gets from roddy white and Daryl Richardson, which isn't impossible. Don't count yourself out just yet. I hope you make it... Skins winning week one will make me happier than winning any of my fantasy leagues lol. | To win, you need: #1. A dominant offensive performance by the skins. #2. Pierre Garçon to out preform Roddy White. #3. Morris to out perform D Richardson, by A LOT. #4. A rushing TD or two by RG3 (the one I'm most skeptical about). Good luck! |
StartAlpine | My friend and I both purchased an Aether 60 based on my love of previous Osprey packs. On one of our first serious outings (45lbs, well 46.8 to be exact), one of his aluminum stays busted and caused some serious discomfort for the rest of our 6 day trip. I was nervous that he would blame me for pushing him to get an Osprey. However, when he contacted Osprey about a repair, they took care of everything for free and had it done in no time. 5 years later and he loves his pack with no further troubles! Also, I broke a buckle after 3 years ownership. Sent a picture to Osprey's website of the buckle and they sent me 2 at no charge within 3 days!
TL;DR Osprey customer service is amazing! | My friend and I both purchased an Aether 60 based on my love of previous Osprey packs. On one of our first serious outings (45lbs, well 46.8 to be exact), one of his aluminum stays busted and caused some serious discomfort for the rest of our 6 day trip. I was nervous that he would blame me for pushing him to get an Osprey. However, when he contacted Osprey about a repair, they took care of everything for free and had it done in no time. 5 years later and he loves his pack with no further troubles! Also, I broke a buckle after 3 years ownership. Sent a picture to Osprey's website of the buckle and they sent me 2 at no charge within 3 days!
TL;DR Osprey customer service is amazing!
| alpinism | t5_2rjam | cc32u6d | My friend and I both purchased an Aether 60 based on my love of previous Osprey packs. On one of our first serious outings (45lbs, well 46.8 to be exact), one of his aluminum stays busted and caused some serious discomfort for the rest of our 6 day trip. I was nervous that he would blame me for pushing him to get an Osprey. However, when he contacted Osprey about a repair, they took care of everything for free and had it done in no time. 5 years later and he loves his pack with no further troubles! Also, I broke a buckle after 3 years ownership. Sent a picture to Osprey's website of the buckle and they sent me 2 at no charge within 3 days! | Osprey customer service is amazing! |
Alithographica | (1) Dry time.
(2) Layers.
(3) The right brush.
(3.5) A few tricks.
Watercoloring's a bitch. A fun bitch, but a bitch. It takes a lot of practice before you can really strike a balance between letting the paint dry enough that it won't turn to mud and keeping it wet enough to blend. Practice, practice, practice - I'll admit I have huge issues with this still, drives me a wee bit crazy. I try to control watercolors too much. [My most-successful-but-still-not-that-successful watercolor]( - some dry brushing, some wet-on-wet. The color variation was wet-on-wet blending, the "layers" of the onion were done by layering thin coats of paint while letting it dry completely in between. The lines on the skin were basically dry brushed.
Anywho. Although my hand is too tight, that same principle still applies to looser works like those examples you posted. They're not working with all colors at once. In "this guy" I'm guessing the blues-purples were applied separately from the greens. Certain areas like the nose have too much definition between the colors for them to have been applied simultaneously. Most likely, they did one layer and then let it dry before applying the next. However, multiple layers were definitely at work. That's how they got some really crisp and dark areas. Set down your initial colors and block out what you want where and then keep adding layers. Be patient - if you WANT certain colors to blend, you add them while the other's still wet. If you DON'T, then WAIT. Let it dry. I'm also going to guess that the head was done in separate layers from the neck - the line around the chin is pretty defined.
I'd advocate that you start experimenting with layers and see where that gets you. :) Remember, be patient, let it dry when appropriate.
As for artificially crisp lines like that cityscape - that involves a little craftiness. A lot of those buildings were done with a wide, flat brush which can create some nice lines (if the brush is kept nice). However, there are some places where you want to put down a wash and can't maintain those pretty lines because the water just wants to go everywhere - in those cases you can either use tape or a resist technique. Most artist masking tapes will work pretty well (obviously test it on a scrap paper before to make sure it doesn't stick). Lay down the tape on the area you want to keep dry/white, paint where you want, and remove the tape when it's dry. There are also various ways to "resist" the paint - masking fluid is my go-to. Available at any art store, comes in a little bottle. It has instructions with it but tl;dr you apply it with a crappy brush, let it dry, it turns into this rubbery substance, and you can paint over it. To remove it you just rub it gently and whatever's underneath is left white. [Example - they didn't paint around the fish carefully, they just used a resist technique and painted over.]( I'm sure the house was painted with this technique too - they probably blocked off areas like the shutters while they painted the wash for everything else. | (1) Dry time.
(2) Layers.
(3) The right brush.
(3.5) A few tricks.
Watercoloring's a bitch. A fun bitch, but a bitch. It takes a lot of practice before you can really strike a balance between letting the paint dry enough that it won't turn to mud and keeping it wet enough to blend. Practice, practice, practice - I'll admit I have huge issues with this still, drives me a wee bit crazy. I try to control watercolors too much. [My most-successful-but-still-not-that-successful watercolor]( - some dry brushing, some wet-on-wet. The color variation was wet-on-wet blending, the "layers" of the onion were done by layering thin coats of paint while letting it dry completely in between. The lines on the skin were basically dry brushed.
Anywho. Although my hand is too tight, that same principle still applies to looser works like those examples you posted. They're not working with all colors at once. In "this guy" I'm guessing the blues-purples were applied separately from the greens. Certain areas like the nose have too much definition between the colors for them to have been applied simultaneously. Most likely, they did one layer and then let it dry before applying the next. However, multiple layers were definitely at work. That's how they got some really crisp and dark areas. Set down your initial colors and block out what you want where and then keep adding layers. Be patient - if you WANT certain colors to blend, you add them while the other's still wet. If you DON'T, then WAIT. Let it dry. I'm also going to guess that the head was done in separate layers from the neck - the line around the chin is pretty defined.
I'd advocate that you start experimenting with layers and see where that gets you. :) Remember, be patient, let it dry when appropriate.
As for artificially crisp lines like that cityscape - that involves a little craftiness. A lot of those buildings were done with a wide, flat brush which can create some nice lines (if the brush is kept nice). However, there are some places where you want to put down a wash and can't maintain those pretty lines because the water just wants to go everywhere - in those cases you can either use tape or a resist technique. Most artist masking tapes will work pretty well (obviously test it on a scrap paper before to make sure it doesn't stick). Lay down the tape on the area you want to keep dry/white, paint where you want, and remove the tape when it's dry. There are also various ways to "resist" the paint - masking fluid is my go-to. Available at any art store, comes in a little bottle. It has instructions with it but tl;dr you apply it with a crappy brush, let it dry, it turns into this rubbery substance, and you can paint over it. To remove it you just rub it gently and whatever's underneath is left white. [Example - they didn't paint around the fish carefully, they just used a resist technique and painted over.]( I'm sure the house was painted with this technique too - they probably blocked off areas like the shutters while they painted the wash for everything else.
| learnart | t5_2s6fc | cc3bcrn | 1) Dry time.
(2) Layers.
(3) The right brush.
(3.5) A few tricks.
Watercoloring's a bitch. A fun bitch, but a bitch. It takes a lot of practice before you can really strike a balance between letting the paint dry enough that it won't turn to mud and keeping it wet enough to blend. Practice, practice, practice - I'll admit I have huge issues with this still, drives me a wee bit crazy. I try to control watercolors too much. [My most-successful-but-still-not-that-successful watercolor]( - some dry brushing, some wet-on-wet. The color variation was wet-on-wet blending, the "layers" of the onion were done by layering thin coats of paint while letting it dry completely in between. The lines on the skin were basically dry brushed.
Anywho. Although my hand is too tight, that same principle still applies to looser works like those examples you posted. They're not working with all colors at once. In "this guy" I'm guessing the blues-purples were applied separately from the greens. Certain areas like the nose have too much definition between the colors for them to have been applied simultaneously. Most likely, they did one layer and then let it dry before applying the next. However, multiple layers were definitely at work. That's how they got some really crisp and dark areas. Set down your initial colors and block out what you want where and then keep adding layers. Be patient - if you WANT certain colors to blend, you add them while the other's still wet. If you DON'T, then WAIT. Let it dry. I'm also going to guess that the head was done in separate layers from the neck - the line around the chin is pretty defined.
I'd advocate that you start experimenting with layers and see where that gets you. :) Remember, be patient, let it dry when appropriate.
As for artificially crisp lines like that cityscape - that involves a little craftiness. A lot of those buildings were done with a wide, flat brush which can create some nice lines (if the brush is kept nice). However, there are some places where you want to put down a wash and can't maintain those pretty lines because the water just wants to go everywhere - in those cases you can either use tape or a resist technique. Most artist masking tapes will work pretty well (obviously test it on a scrap paper before to make sure it doesn't stick). Lay down the tape on the area you want to keep dry/white, paint where you want, and remove the tape when it's dry. There are also various ways to "resist" the paint - masking fluid is my go-to. Available at any art store, comes in a little bottle. It has instructions with it but | you apply it with a crappy brush, let it dry, it turns into this rubbery substance, and you can paint over it. To remove it you just rub it gently and whatever's underneath is left white. [Example - they didn't paint around the fish carefully, they just used a resist technique and painted over.]( I'm sure the house was painted with this technique too - they probably blocked off areas like the shutters while they painted the wash for everything else. |
jelos98 | NOT GUILTY doesn't mean you didn't do it. It simply means they had their chance to prove you did, and failed.
Keep in mind: OJ lost in the follow-up civil case, where the burden of proof is reduced from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to something like ["more likely than not"](
tl;dr - one could interpret the vedict as saying: he more than likely did it (civil case), but there was insufficient evidence to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt (criminal). | NOT GUILTY doesn't mean you didn't do it. It simply means they had their chance to prove you did, and failed.
Keep in mind: OJ lost in the follow-up civil case, where the burden of proof is reduced from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to something like ["more likely than not"](
tl;dr - one could interpret the vedict as saying: he more than likely did it (civil case), but there was insufficient evidence to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt (criminal).
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cc3u0ah | NOT GUILTY doesn't mean you didn't do it. It simply means they had their chance to prove you did, and failed.
Keep in mind: OJ lost in the follow-up civil case, where the burden of proof is reduced from "beyond a reasonable doubt" to something like ["more likely than not"]( | one could interpret the vedict as saying: he more than likely did it (civil case), but there was insufficient evidence to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt (criminal). |
NeatPortal | I shit you not sir.
I got fucked as well if that counts. I Pre ordered the CE edition from gamestop the day they released the different editions. I regretted it after a while, since the only thing I really want was the blueprint map and the Steel Case. Thursday night checked RockStar Ware House for SE. In stock good! Friday morning went to withdraw my CE money. I sensed something in my gut.. I decided to leave 25$ down on it just in case something went wrong with the ware house. Went home to try to save myself about 100$ went to the ware house site and its not there. I was pissed.
TL;DR: Always Pre order ahead of time and always know what you want.
Here is the site in case you want to check: | I shit you not sir.
I got fucked as well if that counts. I Pre ordered the CE edition from gamestop the day they released the different editions. I regretted it after a while, since the only thing I really want was the blueprint map and the Steel Case. Thursday night checked RockStar Ware House for SE. In stock good! Friday morning went to withdraw my CE money. I sensed something in my gut.. I decided to leave 25$ down on it just in case something went wrong with the ware house. Went home to try to save myself about 100$ went to the ware house site and its not there. I was pissed.
TL;DR: Always Pre order ahead of time and always know what you want.
Here is the site in case you want to check:
| GrandTheftAutoV | t5_2t0xk | cc3ppqp | I shit you not sir.
I got fucked as well if that counts. I Pre ordered the CE edition from gamestop the day they released the different editions. I regretted it after a while, since the only thing I really want was the blueprint map and the Steel Case. Thursday night checked RockStar Ware House for SE. In stock good! Friday morning went to withdraw my CE money. I sensed something in my gut.. I decided to leave 25$ down on it just in case something went wrong with the ware house. Went home to try to save myself about 100$ went to the ware house site and its not there. I was pissed. | Always Pre order ahead of time and always know what you want.
Here is the site in case you want to check: |
Cikedo | Similar experience, 100 times more frightful, just happened about 3 weeks ago.
I'm 21 years old, I think I'm in pretty good shape. I was having some serious "i-need-to-poop" cramps, so I went to the bathroom. Did my business, and then wiped.
The very first wipe I looked at the paper and it was just... so much blood. I sat there for what felt like 5 minutes just staring at it thinking "Oh... my... fucking... god... I'm dead. I'm fucking dead.". I wiped again, and just kind of staggered out of the bathroom.
I fell to my knees, completely distraught. "OK, let's be adult about this. You can't just blow this off, something is WRONG, and if you don't go to the hospital you'll die no matter what.".
After a brief panic attack and some crying, I drove to the hospital. Distress, panic, depression, anger, acceptance, bargaining, greif...
Anyways, after a breif discussion with the doc I realized it's really fucked up that we don't put more emphasis on telling people eventually you're probably going to get a hemorrhoid.
**TL;DR - lots of blood after pooping. Collapsed to floor, cried, accepted my inevitable demise and death, and went to ER. Bleeding ass vessel, not "cancer infested, internal bleeding in digestive track that will kill me soon".**
Fuck me, that was a terrible day. | Similar experience, 100 times more frightful, just happened about 3 weeks ago.
I'm 21 years old, I think I'm in pretty good shape. I was having some serious "i-need-to-poop" cramps, so I went to the bathroom. Did my business, and then wiped.
The very first wipe I looked at the paper and it was just... so much blood. I sat there for what felt like 5 minutes just staring at it thinking "Oh... my... fucking... god... I'm dead. I'm fucking dead.". I wiped again, and just kind of staggered out of the bathroom.
I fell to my knees, completely distraught. "OK, let's be adult about this. You can't just blow this off, something is WRONG, and if you don't go to the hospital you'll die no matter what.".
After a brief panic attack and some crying, I drove to the hospital. Distress, panic, depression, anger, acceptance, bargaining, greif...
Anyways, after a breif discussion with the doc I realized it's really fucked up that we don't put more emphasis on telling people eventually you're probably going to get a hemorrhoid.
TL;DR - lots of blood after pooping. Collapsed to floor, cried, accepted my inevitable demise and death, and went to ER. Bleeding ass vessel, not "cancer infested, internal bleeding in digestive track that will kill me soon".
Fuck me, that was a terrible day.
| fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu | t5_2qqlo | cc3buaa | Similar experience, 100 times more frightful, just happened about 3 weeks ago.
I'm 21 years old, I think I'm in pretty good shape. I was having some serious "i-need-to-poop" cramps, so I went to the bathroom. Did my business, and then wiped.
The very first wipe I looked at the paper and it was just... so much blood. I sat there for what felt like 5 minutes just staring at it thinking "Oh... my... fucking... god... I'm dead. I'm fucking dead.". I wiped again, and just kind of staggered out of the bathroom.
I fell to my knees, completely distraught. "OK, let's be adult about this. You can't just blow this off, something is WRONG, and if you don't go to the hospital you'll die no matter what.".
After a brief panic attack and some crying, I drove to the hospital. Distress, panic, depression, anger, acceptance, bargaining, greif...
Anyways, after a breif discussion with the doc I realized it's really fucked up that we don't put more emphasis on telling people eventually you're probably going to get a hemorrhoid. | lots of blood after pooping. Collapsed to floor, cried, accepted my inevitable demise and death, and went to ER. Bleeding ass vessel, not "cancer infested, internal bleeding in digestive track that will kill me soon".
Fuck me, that was a terrible day. |
Khnagar | No, these things were not based on the fly agaric mushroom.
What you're proposing here are a bunch of fringe theories that never gained any credibility when they were first proposed and are not taken seriously today.
The Amanita Muscaria does not, at all, fit any description or imagery of the Holy Grail. The blood of Jesus and the origin of said ritual does not come from the Amanita Muscaria mushroom. The publisher of John Marco Allegro's book about christianity and Amanita Muscaria publically apologised for publishing the book since it fell short of any sort of academic standards. I'm not familiar with Jon Irving, but I see his books are sold in alternative stores online with titles like "Astrotheology & Shamanism: The Hidden Origins." They're sold next to books about "Port Chicago to Project H.A.A.R.P." and 9/11 conspiracy theories. I think its safe to conclude his work does not reflect mainstream attitudes.
TL;DR: The Amanita Muscaria theory is valid and accepted in the same way that Ancient Aliens is valid and accepted amongst scholars and historians. | No, these things were not based on the fly agaric mushroom.
What you're proposing here are a bunch of fringe theories that never gained any credibility when they were first proposed and are not taken seriously today.
The Amanita Muscaria does not, at all, fit any description or imagery of the Holy Grail. The blood of Jesus and the origin of said ritual does not come from the Amanita Muscaria mushroom. The publisher of John Marco Allegro's book about christianity and Amanita Muscaria publically apologised for publishing the book since it fell short of any sort of academic standards. I'm not familiar with Jon Irving, but I see his books are sold in alternative stores online with titles like "Astrotheology & Shamanism: The Hidden Origins." They're sold next to books about "Port Chicago to Project H.A.A.R.P." and 9/11 conspiracy theories. I think its safe to conclude his work does not reflect mainstream attitudes.
TL;DR: The Amanita Muscaria theory is valid and accepted in the same way that Ancient Aliens is valid and accepted amongst scholars and historians.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cc3k7gi | No, these things were not based on the fly agaric mushroom.
What you're proposing here are a bunch of fringe theories that never gained any credibility when they were first proposed and are not taken seriously today.
The Amanita Muscaria does not, at all, fit any description or imagery of the Holy Grail. The blood of Jesus and the origin of said ritual does not come from the Amanita Muscaria mushroom. The publisher of John Marco Allegro's book about christianity and Amanita Muscaria publically apologised for publishing the book since it fell short of any sort of academic standards. I'm not familiar with Jon Irving, but I see his books are sold in alternative stores online with titles like "Astrotheology & Shamanism: The Hidden Origins." They're sold next to books about "Port Chicago to Project H.A.A.R.P." and 9/11 conspiracy theories. I think its safe to conclude his work does not reflect mainstream attitudes. | The Amanita Muscaria theory is valid and accepted in the same way that Ancient Aliens is valid and accepted amongst scholars and historians. |
Jigokuro_ | It was long thought as true -the idea that more salt=higher BP- and it persists today as 'common knowledge.' However more and more research is showing that it's not so bad, and is possibly not relevant at all.*
It is worth noting that new research often doesn't immediately reach your normal doctor, so even now people will cite their doctor as a source saying salt is bad (or any number of other things). This is understandable; it certainly was thought true when the doc was in med school, and they've only heard the same common knowledge type repetition since. Doctors do try to stay abreast of new research, but there is just to much (and often not enough time); I've even noted my young, tech-savvy doc being wrong based on old info a few times.
TL;DR: Always seek reviewed sources, medicine is a huge field and a human's opinion (even if professional) can be misinformed.
*This is kind of an odd place to ask your question. The post you replied to already cited an article saying what I said. But that's ok! sometimes casual reiteration greatly aids understanding. | It was long thought as true -the idea that more salt=higher BP- and it persists today as 'common knowledge.' However more and more research is showing that it's not so bad, and is possibly not relevant at all.*
It is worth noting that new research often doesn't immediately reach your normal doctor, so even now people will cite their doctor as a source saying salt is bad (or any number of other things). This is understandable; it certainly was thought true when the doc was in med school, and they've only heard the same common knowledge type repetition since. Doctors do try to stay abreast of new research, but there is just to much (and often not enough time); I've even noted my young, tech-savvy doc being wrong based on old info a few times.
TL;DR: Always seek reviewed sources, medicine is a huge field and a human's opinion (even if professional) can be misinformed.
*This is kind of an odd place to ask your question. The post you replied to already cited an article saying what I said. But that's ok! sometimes casual reiteration greatly aids understanding.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cc422zc | It was long thought as true -the idea that more salt=higher BP- and it persists today as 'common knowledge.' However more and more research is showing that it's not so bad, and is possibly not relevant at all.*
It is worth noting that new research often doesn't immediately reach your normal doctor, so even now people will cite their doctor as a source saying salt is bad (or any number of other things). This is understandable; it certainly was thought true when the doc was in med school, and they've only heard the same common knowledge type repetition since. Doctors do try to stay abreast of new research, but there is just to much (and often not enough time); I've even noted my young, tech-savvy doc being wrong based on old info a few times. | Always seek reviewed sources, medicine is a huge field and a human's opinion (even if professional) can be misinformed.
*This is kind of an odd place to ask your question. The post you replied to already cited an article saying what I said. But that's ok! sometimes casual reiteration greatly aids understanding. |
VeLx-2 | You have no right to talk on this subject. You use a fucking autohotkey script for the eagle pistol. You also use one for passive reloading.
tl;dr Stfu
Also your suggestions to "fix" this "issue" are retardedly ridiculous, especially for tournaments where no fucking money is even involved. | You have no right to talk on this subject. You use a fucking autohotkey script for the eagle pistol. You also use one for passive reloading.
tl;dr Stfu
Also your suggestions to "fix" this "issue" are retardedly ridiculous, especially for tournaments where no fucking money is even involved.
| Tribes | t5_2rdsl | cc3xaw0 | You have no right to talk on this subject. You use a fucking autohotkey script for the eagle pistol. You also use one for passive reloading. | Stfu
Also your suggestions to "fix" this "issue" are retardedly ridiculous, especially for tournaments where no fucking money is even involved. |
Rae_Starr | It's probably not about responsibility. Considering if I go away and she gives me money (for fun) I basically only spend it on necessities anyway - like the ticket home again or food. She attempts to convince me to spend it, but I don't want to. I'd rather save it... and I generally bring back most of it.
TL;DR Mum try to makes me spend money, not save it. | It's probably not about responsibility. Considering if I go away and she gives me money (for fun) I basically only spend it on necessities anyway - like the ticket home again or food. She attempts to convince me to spend it, but I don't want to. I'd rather save it... and I generally bring back most of it.
TL;DR Mum try to makes me spend money, not save it.
| Parenting | t5_2qhn3 | cc42xvp | It's probably not about responsibility. Considering if I go away and she gives me money (for fun) I basically only spend it on necessities anyway - like the ticket home again or food. She attempts to convince me to spend it, but I don't want to. I'd rather save it... and I generally bring back most of it. | Mum try to makes me spend money, not save it. |
pedal2000 | I'm not American, but... really? "Previous administrations in the US have, before you were likely born, used chemical weapons on Children [Unproven accusation heads up!] - therefore you should kill yourself for being concerned with a chemical that actually is occurring during your lifetime?
tl;dr Go fuck yourself. | I'm not American, but... really? "Previous administrations in the US have, before you were likely born, used chemical weapons on Children [Unproven accusation heads up!] - therefore you should kill yourself for being concerned with a chemical that actually is occurring during your lifetime?
tl;dr Go fuck yourself.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cc4beyh | I'm not American, but... really? "Previous administrations in the US have, before you were likely born, used chemical weapons on Children [Unproven accusation heads up!] - therefore you should kill yourself for being concerned with a chemical that actually is occurring during your lifetime? | Go fuck yourself. |
commandar | > Syria was at least a productive country.
One of the tinder pieces for the entire revolution was the fact that Syria was on the verge of completely collapsing agriculturally and economically after several years of drought. Farmers relocated to cities where there was already an unemployment problem, only worsening it.
Then the Assad regime decides to sell off the country's wheat stockpiles on the export market. The next year, there's literally not enough food to go around as a result.
When protests start as a result, Bashar Assad tried to brutally suppress them, just as his father did in the 80s. Violence escalates from there.
so tl;dr - Syria was already on its way to collapse thanks to mismanagement and corruption within the current government. | > Syria was at least a productive country.
One of the tinder pieces for the entire revolution was the fact that Syria was on the verge of completely collapsing agriculturally and economically after several years of drought. Farmers relocated to cities where there was already an unemployment problem, only worsening it.
Then the Assad regime decides to sell off the country's wheat stockpiles on the export market. The next year, there's literally not enough food to go around as a result.
When protests start as a result, Bashar Assad tried to brutally suppress them, just as his father did in the 80s. Violence escalates from there.
so tl;dr - Syria was already on its way to collapse thanks to mismanagement and corruption within the current government.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cc49vkk | Syria was at least a productive country.
One of the tinder pieces for the entire revolution was the fact that Syria was on the verge of completely collapsing agriculturally and economically after several years of drought. Farmers relocated to cities where there was already an unemployment problem, only worsening it.
Then the Assad regime decides to sell off the country's wheat stockpiles on the export market. The next year, there's literally not enough food to go around as a result.
When protests start as a result, Bashar Assad tried to brutally suppress them, just as his father did in the 80s. Violence escalates from there.
so | Syria was already on its way to collapse thanks to mismanagement and corruption within the current government. |
asdfman123 | One more thing, that few people fail to realize, is that success is often extremely random. Maybe if you're lucky your project will get recognized and get into a positive feedback loop of adaptation and recognition. Sensitive dependence on initial conditions.
But probably not. If you want to be successful with any kind of creative venture, you've got to be willing to do *a lot* of work that no one will ever see or recognize. Maybe if you're lucky you will hit on something that catches on. But the only thing you can do is keep rolling those dice and try not to be deterred by your failures.
**tl;dr:** Randomness has a lot to do with success. Keep rolling the dice if you eventually want to be successful. | One more thing, that few people fail to realize, is that success is often extremely random. Maybe if you're lucky your project will get recognized and get into a positive feedback loop of adaptation and recognition. Sensitive dependence on initial conditions.
But probably not. If you want to be successful with any kind of creative venture, you've got to be willing to do a lot of work that no one will ever see or recognize. Maybe if you're lucky you will hit on something that catches on. But the only thing you can do is keep rolling those dice and try not to be deterred by your failures.
tl;dr: Randomness has a lot to do with success. Keep rolling the dice if you eventually want to be successful.
| programming | t5_2fwo | cc4ljyc | One more thing, that few people fail to realize, is that success is often extremely random. Maybe if you're lucky your project will get recognized and get into a positive feedback loop of adaptation and recognition. Sensitive dependence on initial conditions.
But probably not. If you want to be successful with any kind of creative venture, you've got to be willing to do a lot of work that no one will ever see or recognize. Maybe if you're lucky you will hit on something that catches on. But the only thing you can do is keep rolling those dice and try not to be deterred by your failures. | Randomness has a lot to do with success. Keep rolling the dice if you eventually want to be successful. |
recycled_ideas | No one says you didn't work hard, just that hard work is not sufficient, you need luck( those opportunities you seized) as well.
Being lucky isn't about things falling into your lap, that kind of luck only really happens to folks who are already connected. It's about the right guy looking for the right thing at the right time or your unsolicited email not getting trashed because the recipient was feeling generous that morning.
TL;DR hard work is necessary, but not sufficient for success, not just in development but in life. Lots of people work hard and never succeed and the fact that you did and they didn't is mostly luck. | No one says you didn't work hard, just that hard work is not sufficient, you need luck( those opportunities you seized) as well.
Being lucky isn't about things falling into your lap, that kind of luck only really happens to folks who are already connected. It's about the right guy looking for the right thing at the right time or your unsolicited email not getting trashed because the recipient was feeling generous that morning.
TL;DR hard work is necessary, but not sufficient for success, not just in development but in life. Lots of people work hard and never succeed and the fact that you did and they didn't is mostly luck.
| programming | t5_2fwo | cc4nphq | No one says you didn't work hard, just that hard work is not sufficient, you need luck( those opportunities you seized) as well.
Being lucky isn't about things falling into your lap, that kind of luck only really happens to folks who are already connected. It's about the right guy looking for the right thing at the right time or your unsolicited email not getting trashed because the recipient was feeling generous that morning. | hard work is necessary, but not sufficient for success, not just in development but in life. Lots of people work hard and never succeed and the fact that you did and they didn't is mostly luck. |
TILmynameisMike | I'm out in San Diego, CA now trying to go the whole fire/medic route. All my family is back out in Allen park area pretty close to Detroit, I've been thinking about moving back out there cause it's so competitive out here. Did you like working in Detroit, Michigan in general?
Tl;dr how do you like being a medic in MI | I'm out in San Diego, CA now trying to go the whole fire/medic route. All my family is back out in Allen park area pretty close to Detroit, I've been thinking about moving back out there cause it's so competitive out here. Did you like working in Detroit, Michigan in general?
Tl;dr how do you like being a medic in MI
| ems | t5_2rmg0 | cc57ypa | I'm out in San Diego, CA now trying to go the whole fire/medic route. All my family is back out in Allen park area pretty close to Detroit, I've been thinking about moving back out there cause it's so competitive out here. Did you like working in Detroit, Michigan in general? | how do you like being a medic in MI |
kiklion | Possibly but they would probably start to charge. I think the 'free' charging will be a premium option for the $30,000 model they aim to release. So you would just have paid for it ahead of time. Ultimately 'free' is hard to sustain unless you keep it limited through alternate means.
Actually, even if they charged a small premium over the current cost of electricity in the area I doubt they would become that wide spread. From what I hear (I know someone who owns a gas station relatively well) the majority of their money comes from convenience sales. Gas is sold nearly at cost to bring people in. If it takes 30 minutes to fill a car with a supercharger, you can't bring as many people in to make those sales so they would need a larger premium on the electricity to break even with current gas stations. With the majority of people 'filling up' at home every night, their customer base also falls significantly requiring an even larger premium to reserve spots for charging cars. Ultimately there will still be superchargers available, but I feel they will be complimentary at larger businesses than convenience stores and the concept of a 'station dedicated to fueling your car' will fade away.
TLDR; In 50 years I don't think there will be many more supercharging stations out there. I think there will be a larger adoption of super chargers being complimentary for customers who shop at locations with a wider selection than current convenience stores in order to justify the 30 minute wait. Supercharging stations don't fit into the role of gas stations that well, even if they both power the car.
| Possibly but they would probably start to charge. I think the 'free' charging will be a premium option for the $30,000 model they aim to release. So you would just have paid for it ahead of time. Ultimately 'free' is hard to sustain unless you keep it limited through alternate means.
Actually, even if they charged a small premium over the current cost of electricity in the area I doubt they would become that wide spread. From what I hear (I know someone who owns a gas station relatively well) the majority of their money comes from convenience sales. Gas is sold nearly at cost to bring people in. If it takes 30 minutes to fill a car with a supercharger, you can't bring as many people in to make those sales so they would need a larger premium on the electricity to break even with current gas stations. With the majority of people 'filling up' at home every night, their customer base also falls significantly requiring an even larger premium to reserve spots for charging cars. Ultimately there will still be superchargers available, but I feel they will be complimentary at larger businesses than convenience stores and the concept of a 'station dedicated to fueling your car' will fade away.
TLDR; In 50 years I don't think there will be many more supercharging stations out there. I think there will be a larger adoption of super chargers being complimentary for customers who shop at locations with a wider selection than current convenience stores in order to justify the 30 minute wait. Supercharging stations don't fit into the role of gas stations that well, even if they both power the car.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cc5mk93 | Possibly but they would probably start to charge. I think the 'free' charging will be a premium option for the $30,000 model they aim to release. So you would just have paid for it ahead of time. Ultimately 'free' is hard to sustain unless you keep it limited through alternate means.
Actually, even if they charged a small premium over the current cost of electricity in the area I doubt they would become that wide spread. From what I hear (I know someone who owns a gas station relatively well) the majority of their money comes from convenience sales. Gas is sold nearly at cost to bring people in. If it takes 30 minutes to fill a car with a supercharger, you can't bring as many people in to make those sales so they would need a larger premium on the electricity to break even with current gas stations. With the majority of people 'filling up' at home every night, their customer base also falls significantly requiring an even larger premium to reserve spots for charging cars. Ultimately there will still be superchargers available, but I feel they will be complimentary at larger businesses than convenience stores and the concept of a 'station dedicated to fueling your car' will fade away. | In 50 years I don't think there will be many more supercharging stations out there. I think there will be a larger adoption of super chargers being complimentary for customers who shop at locations with a wider selection than current convenience stores in order to justify the 30 minute wait. Supercharging stations don't fit into the role of gas stations that well, even if they both power the car. |
TheArvinM | I think it would hinder a lot of professional and competitive players not knowing the whole set before anyone gets their hands on the cards.
Now I'm not talking about the guy at FNM that's playing UWR Control with a full set of foil Snapcaster Mages. I'm talking about actual pro players such as Brian Kibler, Tomoharu Saito, LSV, Sam Black among a few. I'm talking about the grinders like Jeff Hoogland, Gerry Thompson, Brad Nelson. These players test and brew extensively to find the best combination of cards to play in their next Open or GP. Part of testing is figuring out what cards and interactions to be wary of and watch out for.
Let's go back to M14 and imagine Burning Earth wasn't spoiled. Day of the prerelease, Tommy Lucksack opens one in his prerelease packs, and 2 more in his prize packs. Fast forward a week, and he's brewed up a monored deck featuring his 3 Burning Earths and takes it to an GP in your home town featuring the new Standard environment. He takes the top tables, on a rampage, because no one was expecting Burning Earth, while everyone was playing UWR control, Jund Midrange and Junk Rites. He takes the whole Open down because no one else knew about Burning Earth. Including you, who he beat with his 3 Burning Earths because you were playing Junk Tokens and couldn't cast Lingering Souls without taking a 3 damage.
It would be amazing for a surprise like opening a Stormbreath Dragon at the event. But if you're one of the lucky ones to know about it, everyone else is at a great disadvantage.
TL;DR: It gives an unfair advantage to everyone else who doesn't know about the cards. | I think it would hinder a lot of professional and competitive players not knowing the whole set before anyone gets their hands on the cards.
Now I'm not talking about the guy at FNM that's playing UWR Control with a full set of foil Snapcaster Mages. I'm talking about actual pro players such as Brian Kibler, Tomoharu Saito, LSV, Sam Black among a few. I'm talking about the grinders like Jeff Hoogland, Gerry Thompson, Brad Nelson. These players test and brew extensively to find the best combination of cards to play in their next Open or GP. Part of testing is figuring out what cards and interactions to be wary of and watch out for.
Let's go back to M14 and imagine Burning Earth wasn't spoiled. Day of the prerelease, Tommy Lucksack opens one in his prerelease packs, and 2 more in his prize packs. Fast forward a week, and he's brewed up a monored deck featuring his 3 Burning Earths and takes it to an GP in your home town featuring the new Standard environment. He takes the top tables, on a rampage, because no one was expecting Burning Earth, while everyone was playing UWR control, Jund Midrange and Junk Rites. He takes the whole Open down because no one else knew about Burning Earth. Including you, who he beat with his 3 Burning Earths because you were playing Junk Tokens and couldn't cast Lingering Souls without taking a 3 damage.
It would be amazing for a surprise like opening a Stormbreath Dragon at the event. But if you're one of the lucky ones to know about it, everyone else is at a great disadvantage.
TL;DR: It gives an unfair advantage to everyone else who doesn't know about the cards.
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | cc5enpy | I think it would hinder a lot of professional and competitive players not knowing the whole set before anyone gets their hands on the cards.
Now I'm not talking about the guy at FNM that's playing UWR Control with a full set of foil Snapcaster Mages. I'm talking about actual pro players such as Brian Kibler, Tomoharu Saito, LSV, Sam Black among a few. I'm talking about the grinders like Jeff Hoogland, Gerry Thompson, Brad Nelson. These players test and brew extensively to find the best combination of cards to play in their next Open or GP. Part of testing is figuring out what cards and interactions to be wary of and watch out for.
Let's go back to M14 and imagine Burning Earth wasn't spoiled. Day of the prerelease, Tommy Lucksack opens one in his prerelease packs, and 2 more in his prize packs. Fast forward a week, and he's brewed up a monored deck featuring his 3 Burning Earths and takes it to an GP in your home town featuring the new Standard environment. He takes the top tables, on a rampage, because no one was expecting Burning Earth, while everyone was playing UWR control, Jund Midrange and Junk Rites. He takes the whole Open down because no one else knew about Burning Earth. Including you, who he beat with his 3 Burning Earths because you were playing Junk Tokens and couldn't cast Lingering Souls without taking a 3 damage.
It would be amazing for a surprise like opening a Stormbreath Dragon at the event. But if you're one of the lucky ones to know about it, everyone else is at a great disadvantage. | It gives an unfair advantage to everyone else who doesn't know about the cards. |
nobody2000 | Playing into this idea - You know what REALLY helps drive this idea home in your head?
Go out with a desperate chick. Like someone who might not be a very high HB, or even someone you're that attracted to. Just make it your goal to make a physical close (K or F).
Really. Allow me to explain.
When I was starting, I got a random Plenty Of Fish message from a chick who had a pretty profile pic (face), but something didn't seem right about her body shots. I got the feeling that she was a "fit" person who used to be morbidly obese. I was correct.
So what I was left with was a REALLY confident woman that REALLY wanted something...a boyfriend? Sex? She was desperate. It took me about 2 messages to smell the desperation on her, but honestly, I just wanted to meet some new people and have fun.
So we went on a date, I didn't feel 100% about her, but I knew she was 100% about me. We kissed, and it was a great boost to my esteem.
So on the 3rd date, I F-closed and it all clicked into place. It was all it took.
What exactly "locked in?"
- I was now aware of the subconscious behaviors that I possess when I truly believe I'm awesome. Posture, eye contact, and yes, that feeling that I'm better than anyone else in the room.
- There was no pressure. I didn't have to sell myself to this girl in order to get with her. I was myself, I had strong inner game, and I truly felt like I was the better person of the two of us.
- More than anything, this experience gave me the opportunity to tune my whole tactical approach to this feeling.
- I learned that I only have to worry about one thing: How the hell am **I** going to have fun tonight? Do you wanna know what my date was on the night I F-closed this chick? I flew in from Las Vegas (business trip), had her swing by my apartment, and I took her to a not-so-well known deep discount store in our city that has crazy deals, but everything's new. Oh...and a Sam's Club.
It was what I wanted to do, and I made it fun. She saw I was having a good time picking up bulk packs of Slim Jims, and she wanted to be a part of it (warning - shopping is fucking boring, and I'm not pretending to be some master here. I needed to get some shopping done, and I asked her to come along).
***
tl;dr - if you're having trouble making yourself "believe" that you're better so that you can avoid putting the pussy on a pedestal, go ahead and pursue a desperate chick just to know what it feels like so you can calibrate to this and move up the HB scale. | Playing into this idea - You know what REALLY helps drive this idea home in your head?
Go out with a desperate chick. Like someone who might not be a very high HB, or even someone you're that attracted to. Just make it your goal to make a physical close (K or F).
Really. Allow me to explain.
When I was starting, I got a random Plenty Of Fish message from a chick who had a pretty profile pic (face), but something didn't seem right about her body shots. I got the feeling that she was a "fit" person who used to be morbidly obese. I was correct.
So what I was left with was a REALLY confident woman that REALLY wanted something...a boyfriend? Sex? She was desperate. It took me about 2 messages to smell the desperation on her, but honestly, I just wanted to meet some new people and have fun.
So we went on a date, I didn't feel 100% about her, but I knew she was 100% about me. We kissed, and it was a great boost to my esteem.
So on the 3rd date, I F-closed and it all clicked into place. It was all it took.
What exactly "locked in?"
I was now aware of the subconscious behaviors that I possess when I truly believe I'm awesome. Posture, eye contact, and yes, that feeling that I'm better than anyone else in the room.
There was no pressure. I didn't have to sell myself to this girl in order to get with her. I was myself, I had strong inner game, and I truly felt like I was the better person of the two of us.
More than anything, this experience gave me the opportunity to tune my whole tactical approach to this feeling.
I learned that I only have to worry about one thing: How the hell am I going to have fun tonight? Do you wanna know what my date was on the night I F-closed this chick? I flew in from Las Vegas (business trip), had her swing by my apartment, and I took her to a not-so-well known deep discount store in our city that has crazy deals, but everything's new. Oh...and a Sam's Club.
It was what I wanted to do, and I made it fun. She saw I was having a good time picking up bulk packs of Slim Jims, and she wanted to be a part of it (warning - shopping is fucking boring, and I'm not pretending to be some master here. I needed to get some shopping done, and I asked her to come along).
tl;dr - if you're having trouble making yourself "believe" that you're better so that you can avoid putting the pussy on a pedestal, go ahead and pursue a desperate chick just to know what it feels like so you can calibrate to this and move up the HB scale.
| seduction | t5_2qhrv | cc5koao | Playing into this idea - You know what REALLY helps drive this idea home in your head?
Go out with a desperate chick. Like someone who might not be a very high HB, or even someone you're that attracted to. Just make it your goal to make a physical close (K or F).
Really. Allow me to explain.
When I was starting, I got a random Plenty Of Fish message from a chick who had a pretty profile pic (face), but something didn't seem right about her body shots. I got the feeling that she was a "fit" person who used to be morbidly obese. I was correct.
So what I was left with was a REALLY confident woman that REALLY wanted something...a boyfriend? Sex? She was desperate. It took me about 2 messages to smell the desperation on her, but honestly, I just wanted to meet some new people and have fun.
So we went on a date, I didn't feel 100% about her, but I knew she was 100% about me. We kissed, and it was a great boost to my esteem.
So on the 3rd date, I F-closed and it all clicked into place. It was all it took.
What exactly "locked in?"
I was now aware of the subconscious behaviors that I possess when I truly believe I'm awesome. Posture, eye contact, and yes, that feeling that I'm better than anyone else in the room.
There was no pressure. I didn't have to sell myself to this girl in order to get with her. I was myself, I had strong inner game, and I truly felt like I was the better person of the two of us.
More than anything, this experience gave me the opportunity to tune my whole tactical approach to this feeling.
I learned that I only have to worry about one thing: How the hell am I going to have fun tonight? Do you wanna know what my date was on the night I F-closed this chick? I flew in from Las Vegas (business trip), had her swing by my apartment, and I took her to a not-so-well known deep discount store in our city that has crazy deals, but everything's new. Oh...and a Sam's Club.
It was what I wanted to do, and I made it fun. She saw I was having a good time picking up bulk packs of Slim Jims, and she wanted to be a part of it (warning - shopping is fucking boring, and I'm not pretending to be some master here. I needed to get some shopping done, and I asked her to come along). | if you're having trouble making yourself "believe" that you're better so that you can avoid putting the pussy on a pedestal, go ahead and pursue a desperate chick just to know what it feels like so you can calibrate to this and move up the HB scale. |
indieclutch | I should rephrase perhaps. I played all Mass Effect games and overall I think the story was out of order between 1 and 2. Which would ultimately affect the story of 3. I think a lot of the problem with 3 was that they wanted Shepard's story to end, which is good and what I expected. However they focused so much on the definitive end they made it so plot points matter next to nothing except whether you did it paragon/renegade.
There was potential for 3 different endings (possibly more) based on your actions. Shep can die in all of them or live depending on your actions during each ending, ala ME2. This also takes into account the reapers were almost bested by the Protheans and that even though they are of great intelligence and strength they somehow did not see the next cycle coming to fruition as fast as it did and as a result were not completely ready.
1. You gather the combined might of the galaxy and through conquest defeat most of the reapers.
2. You gather the necessary parts for the Prothean device and stop the reapers once and for all.
3. Shep sacs herself to lead the reapers. Leading to a question of whether they will come back or not.
TL;DR - I didn't get to play "my" Shep in ME3, but overall would have been letdown because of how I built my Shep up. | I should rephrase perhaps. I played all Mass Effect games and overall I think the story was out of order between 1 and 2. Which would ultimately affect the story of 3. I think a lot of the problem with 3 was that they wanted Shepard's story to end, which is good and what I expected. However they focused so much on the definitive end they made it so plot points matter next to nothing except whether you did it paragon/renegade.
There was potential for 3 different endings (possibly more) based on your actions. Shep can die in all of them or live depending on your actions during each ending, ala ME2. This also takes into account the reapers were almost bested by the Protheans and that even though they are of great intelligence and strength they somehow did not see the next cycle coming to fruition as fast as it did and as a result were not completely ready.
You gather the combined might of the galaxy and through conquest defeat most of the reapers.
You gather the necessary parts for the Prothean device and stop the reapers once and for all.
Shep sacs herself to lead the reapers. Leading to a question of whether they will come back or not.
TL;DR - I didn't get to play "my" Shep in ME3, but overall would have been letdown because of how I built my Shep up.
| Games | t5_2qhwp | cc5lw0s | I should rephrase perhaps. I played all Mass Effect games and overall I think the story was out of order between 1 and 2. Which would ultimately affect the story of 3. I think a lot of the problem with 3 was that they wanted Shepard's story to end, which is good and what I expected. However they focused so much on the definitive end they made it so plot points matter next to nothing except whether you did it paragon/renegade.
There was potential for 3 different endings (possibly more) based on your actions. Shep can die in all of them or live depending on your actions during each ending, ala ME2. This also takes into account the reapers were almost bested by the Protheans and that even though they are of great intelligence and strength they somehow did not see the next cycle coming to fruition as fast as it did and as a result were not completely ready.
You gather the combined might of the galaxy and through conquest defeat most of the reapers.
You gather the necessary parts for the Prothean device and stop the reapers once and for all.
Shep sacs herself to lead the reapers. Leading to a question of whether they will come back or not. | I didn't get to play "my" Shep in ME3, but overall would have been letdown because of how I built my Shep up. |
Benacor | Introduction: I'm a PhD student that's sort of going nowhere. I've been in school for 12 full years now with no set end in sight. I've walked more miles in your shoes than you have, and we both know those shoes suck.
Last year, I got into a unicycle accident during the most intense week of the year. Granted, I don't know how to ride unicycles, but just one second before the accident I was riding a *bicycle* at high speed over a curb to avoid pedestrians on my way to take an exam early so I could go be a best man at a wedding that was scheduled on my birthday that weekend before a business/research trip to Seattle. Basically, a broken collarbone and a trip to the emergency room happened at the worst possible time for me. I still managed to make it to the wedding and deliver a kickass speech, and now I get to tell [the most amazing garter toss story ever to people I meet who need an introduction to truly how crazy of a character I am]( Unfortunately, the research trip to Seattle was canceled, and I had to drop the class I missed the exam for (because I was in the ER). I stayed at home while my mom took care of me for a few extra days, but I was a sad sack of shit while I was healing instead of feeling relaxed and relieved that I got away from the stresses of everyday life.
While the break was certainly welcome despite the fact that it fucked up things for a lot of people who were depending on me, I **DO NOT RECOMMEND** severe trauma or hospitalizations as a way to disconnect from everything. Things will still be waiting for you when you get back. Responsibility does not disappear just because you do.
I DO recommend *completely* disconnecting from EVERYTHING for a week. It takes a little effort (which I realize isn't easy to get when you're feeling the way we do) to get everything lined up and ready to take a week off, and it may increase the amount of debt you're piling on already, but your mental health is more important. As long as you can afford food and a place to live, let the student loan debt pile up for another week.
I recommend you go camping in the mountains for a bit. If you go camping to try to disconnect your mind, bring a cell phone for emergencies but DO NOT USE **ANY** electronic devices during your trip. I just did a 10-day motorcycle trip with a friend and he brought his cell phone and it sorta ruined his ability to let go and actually be on vacation, and as a result screwed up my ability to be at peace with and live with the uncertainty of everything going on elsewhere but there. You don't need to know how your favorite sports team is doing or what's going on on Facebook when you're communing with nature.
I also recommended visiting /r/howtonotgiveafuck for some advice on how to let things go and make peace with your mind.
**TL;DR:** I have an awesome one-legged dwarf story now, but it wasn't worth it. | Introduction: I'm a PhD student that's sort of going nowhere. I've been in school for 12 full years now with no set end in sight. I've walked more miles in your shoes than you have, and we both know those shoes suck.
Last year, I got into a unicycle accident during the most intense week of the year. Granted, I don't know how to ride unicycles, but just one second before the accident I was riding a bicycle at high speed over a curb to avoid pedestrians on my way to take an exam early so I could go be a best man at a wedding that was scheduled on my birthday that weekend before a business/research trip to Seattle. Basically, a broken collarbone and a trip to the emergency room happened at the worst possible time for me. I still managed to make it to the wedding and deliver a kickass speech, and now I get to tell the most amazing garter toss story ever to people I meet who need an introduction to truly how crazy of a character I am . I stayed at home while my mom took care of me for a few extra days, but I was a sad sack of shit while I was healing instead of feeling relaxed and relieved that I got away from the stresses of everyday life.
While the break was certainly welcome despite the fact that it fucked up things for a lot of people who were depending on me, I DO NOT RECOMMEND severe trauma or hospitalizations as a way to disconnect from everything. Things will still be waiting for you when you get back. Responsibility does not disappear just because you do.
I DO recommend completely disconnecting from EVERYTHING for a week. It takes a little effort (which I realize isn't easy to get when you're feeling the way we do) to get everything lined up and ready to take a week off, and it may increase the amount of debt you're piling on already, but your mental health is more important. As long as you can afford food and a place to live, let the student loan debt pile up for another week.
I recommend you go camping in the mountains for a bit. If you go camping to try to disconnect your mind, bring a cell phone for emergencies but DO NOT USE ANY electronic devices during your trip. I just did a 10-day motorcycle trip with a friend and he brought his cell phone and it sorta ruined his ability to let go and actually be on vacation, and as a result screwed up my ability to be at peace with and live with the uncertainty of everything going on elsewhere but there. You don't need to know how your favorite sports team is doing or what's going on on Facebook when you're communing with nature.
I also recommended visiting /r/howtonotgiveafuck for some advice on how to let things go and make peace with your mind.
TL;DR: I have an awesome one-legged dwarf story now, but it wasn't worth it.
| self | t5_2qh96 | cc5n8l7 | Introduction: I'm a PhD student that's sort of going nowhere. I've been in school for 12 full years now with no set end in sight. I've walked more miles in your shoes than you have, and we both know those shoes suck.
Last year, I got into a unicycle accident during the most intense week of the year. Granted, I don't know how to ride unicycles, but just one second before the accident I was riding a bicycle at high speed over a curb to avoid pedestrians on my way to take an exam early so I could go be a best man at a wedding that was scheduled on my birthday that weekend before a business/research trip to Seattle. Basically, a broken collarbone and a trip to the emergency room happened at the worst possible time for me. I still managed to make it to the wedding and deliver a kickass speech, and now I get to tell the most amazing garter toss story ever to people I meet who need an introduction to truly how crazy of a character I am . I stayed at home while my mom took care of me for a few extra days, but I was a sad sack of shit while I was healing instead of feeling relaxed and relieved that I got away from the stresses of everyday life.
While the break was certainly welcome despite the fact that it fucked up things for a lot of people who were depending on me, I DO NOT RECOMMEND severe trauma or hospitalizations as a way to disconnect from everything. Things will still be waiting for you when you get back. Responsibility does not disappear just because you do.
I DO recommend completely disconnecting from EVERYTHING for a week. It takes a little effort (which I realize isn't easy to get when you're feeling the way we do) to get everything lined up and ready to take a week off, and it may increase the amount of debt you're piling on already, but your mental health is more important. As long as you can afford food and a place to live, let the student loan debt pile up for another week.
I recommend you go camping in the mountains for a bit. If you go camping to try to disconnect your mind, bring a cell phone for emergencies but DO NOT USE ANY electronic devices during your trip. I just did a 10-day motorcycle trip with a friend and he brought his cell phone and it sorta ruined his ability to let go and actually be on vacation, and as a result screwed up my ability to be at peace with and live with the uncertainty of everything going on elsewhere but there. You don't need to know how your favorite sports team is doing or what's going on on Facebook when you're communing with nature.
I also recommended visiting /r/howtonotgiveafuck for some advice on how to let things go and make peace with your mind. | I have an awesome one-legged dwarf story now, but it wasn't worth it. |
Erutious | You know what...your right. TOTALLY AGREE. There is still racial inequality, your absolutely right.
The problem is the inequality isn't generated by fat white plantation owners or slack jawed muffin headed Oxford boys (fine swingers of billy clubs were them boys from Oxford) or ignorant white men and woman who felt threatened by the audacity of Blacks to want rights. They still exist, but they make up less than 5% of vocal racial inequality
Inequality seems more derived from the black community who feels they have not received equal rights. These equal rights seem to come in the form of them wanting to be equal but still be pissed about times when they weren't. It's like the line from Animal Farm "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others" and right now that seems to be the chant of the black equality rebel rouser.
The fact is they won't abolish racism and become equal until we STOP being Black people and White people and start just being People
I'm done now, send in the downvotes if you must
TLDR-Black Equality people are perpetrating racism and need to just shut up and be people instead of being angry black/white people | You know what...your right. TOTALLY AGREE. There is still racial inequality, your absolutely right.
The problem is the inequality isn't generated by fat white plantation owners or slack jawed muffin headed Oxford boys (fine swingers of billy clubs were them boys from Oxford) or ignorant white men and woman who felt threatened by the audacity of Blacks to want rights. They still exist, but they make up less than 5% of vocal racial inequality
Inequality seems more derived from the black community who feels they have not received equal rights. These equal rights seem to come in the form of them wanting to be equal but still be pissed about times when they weren't. It's like the line from Animal Farm "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others" and right now that seems to be the chant of the black equality rebel rouser.
The fact is they won't abolish racism and become equal until we STOP being Black people and White people and start just being People
I'm done now, send in the downvotes if you must
TLDR-Black Equality people are perpetrating racism and need to just shut up and be people instead of being angry black/white people
| ImGoingToHellForThis | t5_2s7yq | cc5upzk | You know what...your right. TOTALLY AGREE. There is still racial inequality, your absolutely right.
The problem is the inequality isn't generated by fat white plantation owners or slack jawed muffin headed Oxford boys (fine swingers of billy clubs were them boys from Oxford) or ignorant white men and woman who felt threatened by the audacity of Blacks to want rights. They still exist, but they make up less than 5% of vocal racial inequality
Inequality seems more derived from the black community who feels they have not received equal rights. These equal rights seem to come in the form of them wanting to be equal but still be pissed about times when they weren't. It's like the line from Animal Farm "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others" and right now that seems to be the chant of the black equality rebel rouser.
The fact is they won't abolish racism and become equal until we STOP being Black people and White people and start just being People
I'm done now, send in the downvotes if you must | Black Equality people are perpetrating racism and need to just shut up and be people instead of being angry black/white people |
EmpressSoto | Close the fucking door when you leave.
Put the goddamn seat up when you use the bathroom.
Turn off shit when you're done with it.
Don't ask me for every piece of shit you see at the store, I'm never going to give it to you. EVER.
Close your fucking pie hole and shut your goddamn mouth when I'm talking to someone.
Just do what the fuck you're told when you're told. Jesus Christ, just do it without the fucking attitude, complaining, bitching, and general assholing around.
TL;DR: Respect other people and their stuff. | Close the fucking door when you leave.
Put the goddamn seat up when you use the bathroom.
Turn off shit when you're done with it.
Don't ask me for every piece of shit you see at the store, I'm never going to give it to you. EVER.
Close your fucking pie hole and shut your goddamn mouth when I'm talking to someone.
Just do what the fuck you're told when you're told. Jesus Christ, just do it without the fucking attitude, complaining, bitching, and general assholing around.
TL;DR: Respect other people and their stuff.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc5m3uu | Close the fucking door when you leave.
Put the goddamn seat up when you use the bathroom.
Turn off shit when you're done with it.
Don't ask me for every piece of shit you see at the store, I'm never going to give it to you. EVER.
Close your fucking pie hole and shut your goddamn mouth when I'm talking to someone.
Just do what the fuck you're told when you're told. Jesus Christ, just do it without the fucking attitude, complaining, bitching, and general assholing around. | Respect other people and their stuff. |
tiglathpilesar | My most recent one was trying to explain to my 5 year old daughter why her 6 year old male friend lives part time with his mom, and part time with his dad and his partner. We're friends with the dad not the mom, it was a difficult thing to explain. I looked to my wife for help, and she just shrugged and said I was on my own.
TL;DR- explain gay to 5 year old. | My most recent one was trying to explain to my 5 year old daughter why her 6 year old male friend lives part time with his mom, and part time with his dad and his partner. We're friends with the dad not the mom, it was a difficult thing to explain. I looked to my wife for help, and she just shrugged and said I was on my own.
TL;DR- explain gay to 5 year old.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc5mm6z | My most recent one was trying to explain to my 5 year old daughter why her 6 year old male friend lives part time with his mom, and part time with his dad and his partner. We're friends with the dad not the mom, it was a difficult thing to explain. I looked to my wife for help, and she just shrugged and said I was on my own. | explain gay to 5 year old. |
groggyjava | the wife and i both came from lower income families who busted their asses to give us opportunities, and now she's a cpa and i'm a software engineer, and it's pretty damned hard not to spoil our own kids, given how cheap chinese manufacturing has made so many things.
as such, i am having the dicken's of a time explaining to my kids that they have a lot more stuff than other kids, and that they shouldn't be so boastful about what they have.
we don't live in a rich neighborhood, so many of their friends' parents are laid off, or are single divorcee's, or just have low-paying jobs, and are just trying to get by, like my parents did.
i remember being the kid who wore hand-me-downs and never had a cool lunch box.
**TL;DR - i don't want my kids to think that we got our money by luck, but i don't want them to think that those around who are struggling aren't hard-workers. i just don't want them to spoiled little brats** | the wife and i both came from lower income families who busted their asses to give us opportunities, and now she's a cpa and i'm a software engineer, and it's pretty damned hard not to spoil our own kids, given how cheap chinese manufacturing has made so many things.
as such, i am having the dicken's of a time explaining to my kids that they have a lot more stuff than other kids, and that they shouldn't be so boastful about what they have.
we don't live in a rich neighborhood, so many of their friends' parents are laid off, or are single divorcee's, or just have low-paying jobs, and are just trying to get by, like my parents did.
i remember being the kid who wore hand-me-downs and never had a cool lunch box.
TL;DR - i don't want my kids to think that we got our money by luck, but i don't want them to think that those around who are struggling aren't hard-workers. i just don't want them to spoiled little brats
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc5o2bd | the wife and i both came from lower income families who busted their asses to give us opportunities, and now she's a cpa and i'm a software engineer, and it's pretty damned hard not to spoil our own kids, given how cheap chinese manufacturing has made so many things.
as such, i am having the dicken's of a time explaining to my kids that they have a lot more stuff than other kids, and that they shouldn't be so boastful about what they have.
we don't live in a rich neighborhood, so many of their friends' parents are laid off, or are single divorcee's, or just have low-paying jobs, and are just trying to get by, like my parents did.
i remember being the kid who wore hand-me-downs and never had a cool lunch box. | i don't want my kids to think that we got our money by luck, but i don't want them to think that those around who are struggling aren't hard-workers. i just don't want them to spoiled little brats |
Demidark33 | TBH I remember playing DAoC (which had open housing) and getting my house once I hit max level and honestly is was the most dead area on the server. All you could do is manage the INSIDE. There was barely anything you could do with the "land" you were on other than foliage and decorations.
Let's take wildstar now, you are getting a whole plot of land that you can put crafting tables, dungeon portals, training stations, even freaking carousels on (to name but a few). That's not to mention the myriad of decorations you can add to the land alone. So there is a size/technical concern at that point.
Now let's talk about the other factor, the barrier of enter into the housing system. That's when you say, "but Demidark33 whatever do you mean?" I'm talking about the fact that in DAoC only the Max level characters had houses mostly because they were the ones that could afford it. Now in W* they are literally throwing the houses at people. By level 8 (I think they said) everyone will have their land. That's a ton of people that they would have to find space for and lead to alot of people who might not be doing anything with the land getting plots. So then let's think about our cozy neighborhood, with a bunch of just empty/inactive plots, not fun...
Finally, lets touch on the dynamic events that are going to be happening at our house. I'm talking about tornado minigames, exploding mines, bandit raids and weather effects just to name a few. Now let's think about how laggy it would be to have a tornado is each of your neighbors yards, then add in a few telegragh minigames and someone is getting raided... You would never be able to move around.
All in all for what they are trying to do with housing and the ammount of customization they are giving you, instancing is the only method that makes sense to me. They are trying to cater to social people by allowing you to control what privileges people have and who you want to be able to come on your land. I mean they are saying that your friends can come and do events for you and you both get credit, that's pretty cool.
TLDR: don't knock it till you try it. .. | TBH I remember playing DAoC (which had open housing) and getting my house once I hit max level and honestly is was the most dead area on the server. All you could do is manage the INSIDE. There was barely anything you could do with the "land" you were on other than foliage and decorations.
Let's take wildstar now, you are getting a whole plot of land that you can put crafting tables, dungeon portals, training stations, even freaking carousels on (to name but a few). That's not to mention the myriad of decorations you can add to the land alone. So there is a size/technical concern at that point.
Now let's talk about the other factor, the barrier of enter into the housing system. That's when you say, "but Demidark33 whatever do you mean?" I'm talking about the fact that in DAoC only the Max level characters had houses mostly because they were the ones that could afford it. Now in W* they are literally throwing the houses at people. By level 8 (I think they said) everyone will have their land. That's a ton of people that they would have to find space for and lead to alot of people who might not be doing anything with the land getting plots. So then let's think about our cozy neighborhood, with a bunch of just empty/inactive plots, not fun...
Finally, lets touch on the dynamic events that are going to be happening at our house. I'm talking about tornado minigames, exploding mines, bandit raids and weather effects just to name a few. Now let's think about how laggy it would be to have a tornado is each of your neighbors yards, then add in a few telegragh minigames and someone is getting raided... You would never be able to move around.
All in all for what they are trying to do with housing and the ammount of customization they are giving you, instancing is the only method that makes sense to me. They are trying to cater to social people by allowing you to control what privileges people have and who you want to be able to come on your land. I mean they are saying that your friends can come and do events for you and you both get credit, that's pretty cool.
TLDR: don't knock it till you try it. ..
| WildStar | t5_2sqwc | cc6858r | TBH I remember playing DAoC (which had open housing) and getting my house once I hit max level and honestly is was the most dead area on the server. All you could do is manage the INSIDE. There was barely anything you could do with the "land" you were on other than foliage and decorations.
Let's take wildstar now, you are getting a whole plot of land that you can put crafting tables, dungeon portals, training stations, even freaking carousels on (to name but a few). That's not to mention the myriad of decorations you can add to the land alone. So there is a size/technical concern at that point.
Now let's talk about the other factor, the barrier of enter into the housing system. That's when you say, "but Demidark33 whatever do you mean?" I'm talking about the fact that in DAoC only the Max level characters had houses mostly because they were the ones that could afford it. Now in W* they are literally throwing the houses at people. By level 8 (I think they said) everyone will have their land. That's a ton of people that they would have to find space for and lead to alot of people who might not be doing anything with the land getting plots. So then let's think about our cozy neighborhood, with a bunch of just empty/inactive plots, not fun...
Finally, lets touch on the dynamic events that are going to be happening at our house. I'm talking about tornado minigames, exploding mines, bandit raids and weather effects just to name a few. Now let's think about how laggy it would be to have a tornado is each of your neighbors yards, then add in a few telegragh minigames and someone is getting raided... You would never be able to move around.
All in all for what they are trying to do with housing and the ammount of customization they are giving you, instancing is the only method that makes sense to me. They are trying to cater to social people by allowing you to control what privileges people have and who you want to be able to come on your land. I mean they are saying that your friends can come and do events for you and you both get credit, that's pretty cool. | don't knock it till you try it. .. |
Valcari | To be honest, when the NHL draft was held in Minnesota and you guys booed the hell out of the Vancouver contingent all us Canuck fans where so confused.
TL;DR Even Canuck fans didn't know there was a rivalry. | To be honest, when the NHL draft was held in Minnesota and you guys booed the hell out of the Vancouver contingent all us Canuck fans where so confused.
TL;DR Even Canuck fans didn't know there was a rivalry.
| hockey | t5_2qiel | cc62u9z | To be honest, when the NHL draft was held in Minnesota and you guys booed the hell out of the Vancouver contingent all us Canuck fans where so confused. | Even Canuck fans didn't know there was a rivalry. |
JawnZ | Possibly one of the best responses I've seen to this question. There are too many "bad therapists" out there, but the patient should take some basic responsibility (as you mentioned above) in searching out someone who works well with them.
Another thing I would add (though I think your "client-centered empathic reflection" may have captured it): Find a therapist who is at least willing to understand your value system. I am a Mormon and studying to be a therapist. I've heard of too many people going to non-LDS therapists who spend more time being judge-mental on my faith than helping the patient (Note: This doesn't mean if there isn't some destructive behavior happening not to carefully handle the situation. Calling something "religion" doesn't over-ride the basics of mental and emotional safety).
Likewise if you went to a hyper-conservative therapist, if the end up making you feel guilty it's not going to help.
TL;DR? Therapy is about the patient, not about pushing your beliefs on them. | Possibly one of the best responses I've seen to this question. There are too many "bad therapists" out there, but the patient should take some basic responsibility (as you mentioned above) in searching out someone who works well with them.
Another thing I would add (though I think your "client-centered empathic reflection" may have captured it): Find a therapist who is at least willing to understand your value system. I am a Mormon and studying to be a therapist. I've heard of too many people going to non-LDS therapists who spend more time being judge-mental on my faith than helping the patient (Note: This doesn't mean if there isn't some destructive behavior happening not to carefully handle the situation. Calling something "religion" doesn't over-ride the basics of mental and emotional safety).
Likewise if you went to a hyper-conservative therapist, if the end up making you feel guilty it's not going to help.
TL;DR? Therapy is about the patient, not about pushing your beliefs on them.
| psychology | t5_2qhcz | cc62j9b | Possibly one of the best responses I've seen to this question. There are too many "bad therapists" out there, but the patient should take some basic responsibility (as you mentioned above) in searching out someone who works well with them.
Another thing I would add (though I think your "client-centered empathic reflection" may have captured it): Find a therapist who is at least willing to understand your value system. I am a Mormon and studying to be a therapist. I've heard of too many people going to non-LDS therapists who spend more time being judge-mental on my faith than helping the patient (Note: This doesn't mean if there isn't some destructive behavior happening not to carefully handle the situation. Calling something "religion" doesn't over-ride the basics of mental and emotional safety).
Likewise if you went to a hyper-conservative therapist, if the end up making you feel guilty it's not going to help. | Therapy is about the patient, not about pushing your beliefs on them. |
DasGanon | See that's you going in for a movie. Not a *bad* movie.
A bad movie is terrible to watch. A *bad* movie is terrible to watch... sober and alone.
Batman and Robin is a *bad* movie because of how serious all the actors take it and because of precisely the reason you hated Iron Sky. It broke your suspension of disbelief because you looked at it and went "What? No. That's silly, stupid and impossible." Depending on how that's calibrated, simply the fact of the way those space battles were done and the subreddit we're in, you might just look at star wars the same way. "banking in a ship? They're slowing down without using retrograde rockets in a vacuum? What the hell are they smoking!?!"
But that's not all that makes a *bad* movie. It needs to be a stupid premise. Going back to Batman and Robin, on first glance it isn't. I mean from the same materials we got Dark Knight Rises, but the execution leaves much to leave desired. The opening sequence just will break your (and I'm going to term this now) wool-o-meter. Let's go into inherent bad movie territory now.
Cult movies can be *bad* movies. In fact that might be one of the reasons as well. Have you ever just sat and watched Rocky Horror Picture Show, by yourself, sober? It's really, REALLY, ***REALLY*** hard to do, because it's a musical that goes off the rails of good acting, off the cliff of decent plot developments and into the pit labelled "misc". Half way into the movie it changes gears so abruptly that you get whiplash.
But it's one of the biggest cult movies of all time. People go to showings, dressed in character, in groups, and chant out lines and the natural responses based off of them. They're also drunk out of their skulls. The two things are very related.
I'm now going to share something. The three inherent questions of Drama. 1. What is the artist trying to do? The answer to this is usually either "Explore" or "Entertain" or maybe both. Both is a wonderful territory where many classics lie. Both is basically where Joss Whedon lives. (Serenity is a good example. The opening is VERY entertaining. The ending is exploratory.) 2. How well has the artist done it? Classics live on the "very well" end of the scale. This does not have anything to do with production value, or special effects, or actor cred. This is simply "Did you do X?" and "How well did you do X?" 3. Was it worth doing? This is where the common answer with blockbusters is "Well, yeah. Money was good." And you leave it there.
So back to the idea of the *bad* movie, you're stuck with 2 types of producers. 1. The purposeful. Iron Sky is of this category. They went in from the beginning and said "ALRIGHT. We want to take a cheesy idea from the 50's, modernize it and actually TRY. Forget skating by, this is an indie flick. You either make it, and your name in the process, or you don't." Which means 3 question wise for them they're trying 1. Both, 2. As well as they can, and 3. Meh. On the flipside: The accidental. Batman and Robin (it's such a good *bad* movie.) They went out and went "Right. We've got an idea here that looks great on paper and we've got budgets, actors up the wazoo, and award winning fx designers. Whaddya got?" The problem is corners... which brings me back into another lesson on drama, the 6 parts. 1. Plot, 2. Character, 3. Idea, 4. Language, 5. Music, and 6. Spectacle. This order is from most important to least important, and the better it is, the more they all blend. On B&R, Plot had corners cut in the name of spectacle. Characters, you've got Batman who will always be the easiest character to write for (a character has to have a skeleton, a drive. In Batman's case, he is justice. The end. Everything he does draws on that. Sherlock Holmes' skeleton is truth. He wants to know everything. The truth of how everything happened and when he finds one he doesn't know that's when he really kicks it into high gear.) So he's done. Robin has always been kinda an odd one because you really want Batman but not Batman. It goes downhill from there not because of acting (we've got George Clooney as Batman and Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy for Christssake) but because of writing. Mr. Freeze wants to steal diamonds to keep himself cold. Okay, but wouldn't he be more interesting if he was doing it for himself second and his wife FIRST? She should have been his skeleton from the start. So Characters is all a muddled mess. Idea is basically "what's the moral of the story" but not quite moral... it's really another way of saying the first question of drama "What is the artist trying to do?". In this case, money. Nobody is suffering for their art, unless you call missing a rent payment in the mission district of San Francisco by a day, suffering. So they go to the typical glue of hollywood, Spectacle. Everything is spectacle. EVERYTHING. New telescope?!? It's now a giant freeze ray. MAGIC.
If you look at Iron Sky by that means, it's trying too hard. Way, way too hard. But I love it because it *is* trying. The plot IS there. The Characters ARE there. The idea, that's where they went "Bad Movie". But they already have the 2 biggest boxes checked. I got more out of the poor Nazi teacher, hell even the Nazi Mad Scientist, than I EVER did out of Shia Labouf in any of those crappy transformer movies. You could see where he was in his logic, his drive, his flaws. He was human and fluid. And he's a goddamned supporting character on screen for maybe 10 minutes!
Tl;DR: Wool-o-meter broken. Add more struts (Beer) and more boosters (friends) and have a good old fashioned launch (bad movie night) | See that's you going in for a movie. Not a bad movie.
A bad movie is terrible to watch. A bad movie is terrible to watch... sober and alone.
Batman and Robin is a bad movie because of how serious all the actors take it and because of precisely the reason you hated Iron Sky. It broke your suspension of disbelief because you looked at it and went "What? No. That's silly, stupid and impossible." Depending on how that's calibrated, simply the fact of the way those space battles were done and the subreddit we're in, you might just look at star wars the same way. "banking in a ship? They're slowing down without using retrograde rockets in a vacuum? What the hell are they smoking!?!"
But that's not all that makes a bad movie. It needs to be a stupid premise. Going back to Batman and Robin, on first glance it isn't. I mean from the same materials we got Dark Knight Rises, but the execution leaves much to leave desired. The opening sequence just will break your (and I'm going to term this now) wool-o-meter. Let's go into inherent bad movie territory now.
Cult movies can be bad movies. In fact that might be one of the reasons as well. Have you ever just sat and watched Rocky Horror Picture Show, by yourself, sober? It's really, REALLY, REALLY hard to do, because it's a musical that goes off the rails of good acting, off the cliff of decent plot developments and into the pit labelled "misc". Half way into the movie it changes gears so abruptly that you get whiplash.
But it's one of the biggest cult movies of all time. People go to showings, dressed in character, in groups, and chant out lines and the natural responses based off of them. They're also drunk out of their skulls. The two things are very related.
I'm now going to share something. The three inherent questions of Drama. 1. What is the artist trying to do? The answer to this is usually either "Explore" or "Entertain" or maybe both. Both is a wonderful territory where many classics lie. Both is basically where Joss Whedon lives. (Serenity is a good example. The opening is VERY entertaining. The ending is exploratory.) 2. How well has the artist done it? Classics live on the "very well" end of the scale. This does not have anything to do with production value, or special effects, or actor cred. This is simply "Did you do X?" and "How well did you do X?" 3. Was it worth doing? This is where the common answer with blockbusters is "Well, yeah. Money was good." And you leave it there.
So back to the idea of the bad movie, you're stuck with 2 types of producers. 1. The purposeful. Iron Sky is of this category. They went in from the beginning and said "ALRIGHT. We want to take a cheesy idea from the 50's, modernize it and actually TRY. Forget skating by, this is an indie flick. You either make it, and your name in the process, or you don't." Which means 3 question wise for them they're trying 1. Both, 2. As well as they can, and 3. Meh. On the flipside: The accidental. Batman and Robin (it's such a good bad movie.) They went out and went "Right. We've got an idea here that looks great on paper and we've got budgets, actors up the wazoo, and award winning fx designers. Whaddya got?" The problem is corners... which brings me back into another lesson on drama, the 6 parts. 1. Plot, 2. Character, 3. Idea, 4. Language, 5. Music, and 6. Spectacle. This order is from most important to least important, and the better it is, the more they all blend. On B&R, Plot had corners cut in the name of spectacle. Characters, you've got Batman who will always be the easiest character to write for (a character has to have a skeleton, a drive. In Batman's case, he is justice. The end. Everything he does draws on that. Sherlock Holmes' skeleton is truth. He wants to know everything. The truth of how everything happened and when he finds one he doesn't know that's when he really kicks it into high gear.) So he's done. Robin has always been kinda an odd one because you really want Batman but not Batman. It goes downhill from there not because of acting (we've got George Clooney as Batman and Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy for Christssake) but because of writing. Mr. Freeze wants to steal diamonds to keep himself cold. Okay, but wouldn't he be more interesting if he was doing it for himself second and his wife FIRST? She should have been his skeleton from the start. So Characters is all a muddled mess. Idea is basically "what's the moral of the story" but not quite moral... it's really another way of saying the first question of drama "What is the artist trying to do?". In this case, money. Nobody is suffering for their art, unless you call missing a rent payment in the mission district of San Francisco by a day, suffering. So they go to the typical glue of hollywood, Spectacle. Everything is spectacle. EVERYTHING. New telescope?!? It's now a giant freeze ray. MAGIC.
If you look at Iron Sky by that means, it's trying too hard. Way, way too hard. But I love it because it is trying. The plot IS there. The Characters ARE there. The idea, that's where they went "Bad Movie". But they already have the 2 biggest boxes checked. I got more out of the poor Nazi teacher, hell even the Nazi Mad Scientist, than I EVER did out of Shia Labouf in any of those crappy transformer movies. You could see where he was in his logic, his drive, his flaws. He was human and fluid. And he's a goddamned supporting character on screen for maybe 10 minutes!
Tl;DR: Wool-o-meter broken. Add more struts (Beer) and more boosters (friends) and have a good old fashioned launch (bad movie night)
| KerbalSpaceProgram | t5_2smr1 | cc6hpyv | See that's you going in for a movie. Not a bad movie.
A bad movie is terrible to watch. A bad movie is terrible to watch... sober and alone.
Batman and Robin is a bad movie because of how serious all the actors take it and because of precisely the reason you hated Iron Sky. It broke your suspension of disbelief because you looked at it and went "What? No. That's silly, stupid and impossible." Depending on how that's calibrated, simply the fact of the way those space battles were done and the subreddit we're in, you might just look at star wars the same way. "banking in a ship? They're slowing down without using retrograde rockets in a vacuum? What the hell are they smoking!?!"
But that's not all that makes a bad movie. It needs to be a stupid premise. Going back to Batman and Robin, on first glance it isn't. I mean from the same materials we got Dark Knight Rises, but the execution leaves much to leave desired. The opening sequence just will break your (and I'm going to term this now) wool-o-meter. Let's go into inherent bad movie territory now.
Cult movies can be bad movies. In fact that might be one of the reasons as well. Have you ever just sat and watched Rocky Horror Picture Show, by yourself, sober? It's really, REALLY, REALLY hard to do, because it's a musical that goes off the rails of good acting, off the cliff of decent plot developments and into the pit labelled "misc". Half way into the movie it changes gears so abruptly that you get whiplash.
But it's one of the biggest cult movies of all time. People go to showings, dressed in character, in groups, and chant out lines and the natural responses based off of them. They're also drunk out of their skulls. The two things are very related.
I'm now going to share something. The three inherent questions of Drama. 1. What is the artist trying to do? The answer to this is usually either "Explore" or "Entertain" or maybe both. Both is a wonderful territory where many classics lie. Both is basically where Joss Whedon lives. (Serenity is a good example. The opening is VERY entertaining. The ending is exploratory.) 2. How well has the artist done it? Classics live on the "very well" end of the scale. This does not have anything to do with production value, or special effects, or actor cred. This is simply "Did you do X?" and "How well did you do X?" 3. Was it worth doing? This is where the common answer with blockbusters is "Well, yeah. Money was good." And you leave it there.
So back to the idea of the bad movie, you're stuck with 2 types of producers. 1. The purposeful. Iron Sky is of this category. They went in from the beginning and said "ALRIGHT. We want to take a cheesy idea from the 50's, modernize it and actually TRY. Forget skating by, this is an indie flick. You either make it, and your name in the process, or you don't." Which means 3 question wise for them they're trying 1. Both, 2. As well as they can, and 3. Meh. On the flipside: The accidental. Batman and Robin (it's such a good bad movie.) They went out and went "Right. We've got an idea here that looks great on paper and we've got budgets, actors up the wazoo, and award winning fx designers. Whaddya got?" The problem is corners... which brings me back into another lesson on drama, the 6 parts. 1. Plot, 2. Character, 3. Idea, 4. Language, 5. Music, and 6. Spectacle. This order is from most important to least important, and the better it is, the more they all blend. On B&R, Plot had corners cut in the name of spectacle. Characters, you've got Batman who will always be the easiest character to write for (a character has to have a skeleton, a drive. In Batman's case, he is justice. The end. Everything he does draws on that. Sherlock Holmes' skeleton is truth. He wants to know everything. The truth of how everything happened and when he finds one he doesn't know that's when he really kicks it into high gear.) So he's done. Robin has always been kinda an odd one because you really want Batman but not Batman. It goes downhill from there not because of acting (we've got George Clooney as Batman and Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy for Christssake) but because of writing. Mr. Freeze wants to steal diamonds to keep himself cold. Okay, but wouldn't he be more interesting if he was doing it for himself second and his wife FIRST? She should have been his skeleton from the start. So Characters is all a muddled mess. Idea is basically "what's the moral of the story" but not quite moral... it's really another way of saying the first question of drama "What is the artist trying to do?". In this case, money. Nobody is suffering for their art, unless you call missing a rent payment in the mission district of San Francisco by a day, suffering. So they go to the typical glue of hollywood, Spectacle. Everything is spectacle. EVERYTHING. New telescope?!? It's now a giant freeze ray. MAGIC.
If you look at Iron Sky by that means, it's trying too hard. Way, way too hard. But I love it because it is trying. The plot IS there. The Characters ARE there. The idea, that's where they went "Bad Movie". But they already have the 2 biggest boxes checked. I got more out of the poor Nazi teacher, hell even the Nazi Mad Scientist, than I EVER did out of Shia Labouf in any of those crappy transformer movies. You could see where he was in his logic, his drive, his flaws. He was human and fluid. And he's a goddamned supporting character on screen for maybe 10 minutes! | Wool-o-meter broken. Add more struts (Beer) and more boosters (friends) and have a good old fashioned launch (bad movie night) |
Neyface | Hm, I always focus a lot on Pokémon design so I'm going to voice my opinion on all of them.
Chespin evo (Hariboogu): What the actual shit. Pignite for sure, and I'm really hoping its final evolution doesn't turn out to be some big, fat chestnut with arms and legs sticking out. A stocky knight with really cool horns on top would be cool. After Dewott--->Samurott, there is still hope of that.
Fennekin evo (Teerunaa): At first I thought 'Fire/Fighting' but it's move suggests otherwise. Really not enjoying the fact it's bipedal with scrawny arms and an odd looking staff hanging out of its tail. However, we may get a witch/sorcerous fox for the final evolution so that makes up for it (was really hoping for a quadrupedal fire starter though).
Froakie evo (Gekogashira): Not going to lie, Froakie looked like a Freddo frog to me. This evolution redeems it. Nice proportions, nice colour scheme, great design. I'm hoping that it turns out to be some slender, badass ninja like we've expected. Look at that expression, and foam cloak. Really cool.
Mega Mewtwo X: First glance = DBZ. Second glance, basically the same. I like the legs but hate the feet. Much more humanoid than the Y version, which fits in with its psychic/fighting type. I like both forms equally (this form looks like it belongs on version Y though tbh).
Mega Garchomp: Big chin, lots of spikes, red scythes. Fucking awesome, probably going to be insanely OP.
Torimian (white dog thing): Shame that it's a poodle and not our beloved llama creature. Turns out it is customisable which is cool. Fits into the French theme too.
Chigorasu (T-Rex): It's a T-Rex. I love you. If you get an evolution (or if you are one) even better.
Amarusu (Saurpod): A bit too 'Little-Foot' like for my tastes. It has a gem on its side and a cool head crest though. Maybe it will evolve?
Nyaonikusu (the cat things); Cool gender differences. I like the darker one better (probably male?) but the female being more aggressive makes up for it. Also psychic type (Meowstick?).
**Tl;dr: Cool designs for all of them, though Chespin and Fennekin are super iffy. Really hoping the final starter evolutions get released soon so we can (hopefully) breathe some sigh of relief. Surprised that there's no official artwork yet for Mega Kangskhan or Orotto either.** | Hm, I always focus a lot on Pokémon design so I'm going to voice my opinion on all of them.
Chespin evo (Hariboogu): What the actual shit. Pignite for sure, and I'm really hoping its final evolution doesn't turn out to be some big, fat chestnut with arms and legs sticking out. A stocky knight with really cool horns on top would be cool. After Dewott--->Samurott, there is still hope of that.
Fennekin evo (Teerunaa): At first I thought 'Fire/Fighting' but it's move suggests otherwise. Really not enjoying the fact it's bipedal with scrawny arms and an odd looking staff hanging out of its tail. However, we may get a witch/sorcerous fox for the final evolution so that makes up for it (was really hoping for a quadrupedal fire starter though).
Froakie evo (Gekogashira): Not going to lie, Froakie looked like a Freddo frog to me. This evolution redeems it. Nice proportions, nice colour scheme, great design. I'm hoping that it turns out to be some slender, badass ninja like we've expected. Look at that expression, and foam cloak. Really cool.
Mega Mewtwo X: First glance = DBZ. Second glance, basically the same. I like the legs but hate the feet. Much more humanoid than the Y version, which fits in with its psychic/fighting type. I like both forms equally (this form looks like it belongs on version Y though tbh).
Mega Garchomp: Big chin, lots of spikes, red scythes. Fucking awesome, probably going to be insanely OP.
Torimian (white dog thing): Shame that it's a poodle and not our beloved llama creature. Turns out it is customisable which is cool. Fits into the French theme too.
Chigorasu (T-Rex): It's a T-Rex. I love you. If you get an evolution (or if you are one) even better.
Amarusu (Saurpod): A bit too 'Little-Foot' like for my tastes. It has a gem on its side and a cool head crest though. Maybe it will evolve?
Nyaonikusu (the cat things); Cool gender differences. I like the darker one better (probably male?) but the female being more aggressive makes up for it. Also psychic type (Meowstick?).
Tl;dr: Cool designs for all of them, though Chespin and Fennekin are super iffy. Really hoping the final starter evolutions get released soon so we can (hopefully) breathe some sigh of relief. Surprised that there's no official artwork yet for Mega Kangskhan or Orotto either.
| pokemon | t5_2qmeb | cc65bvq | Hm, I always focus a lot on Pokémon design so I'm going to voice my opinion on all of them.
Chespin evo (Hariboogu): What the actual shit. Pignite for sure, and I'm really hoping its final evolution doesn't turn out to be some big, fat chestnut with arms and legs sticking out. A stocky knight with really cool horns on top would be cool. After Dewott--->Samurott, there is still hope of that.
Fennekin evo (Teerunaa): At first I thought 'Fire/Fighting' but it's move suggests otherwise. Really not enjoying the fact it's bipedal with scrawny arms and an odd looking staff hanging out of its tail. However, we may get a witch/sorcerous fox for the final evolution so that makes up for it (was really hoping for a quadrupedal fire starter though).
Froakie evo (Gekogashira): Not going to lie, Froakie looked like a Freddo frog to me. This evolution redeems it. Nice proportions, nice colour scheme, great design. I'm hoping that it turns out to be some slender, badass ninja like we've expected. Look at that expression, and foam cloak. Really cool.
Mega Mewtwo X: First glance = DBZ. Second glance, basically the same. I like the legs but hate the feet. Much more humanoid than the Y version, which fits in with its psychic/fighting type. I like both forms equally (this form looks like it belongs on version Y though tbh).
Mega Garchomp: Big chin, lots of spikes, red scythes. Fucking awesome, probably going to be insanely OP.
Torimian (white dog thing): Shame that it's a poodle and not our beloved llama creature. Turns out it is customisable which is cool. Fits into the French theme too.
Chigorasu (T-Rex): It's a T-Rex. I love you. If you get an evolution (or if you are one) even better.
Amarusu (Saurpod): A bit too 'Little-Foot' like for my tastes. It has a gem on its side and a cool head crest though. Maybe it will evolve?
Nyaonikusu (the cat things); Cool gender differences. I like the darker one better (probably male?) but the female being more aggressive makes up for it. Also psychic type (Meowstick?). | Cool designs for all of them, though Chespin and Fennekin are super iffy. Really hoping the final starter evolutions get released soon so we can (hopefully) breathe some sigh of relief. Surprised that there's no official artwork yet for Mega Kangskhan or Orotto either. |
no_to_pun_threads | Just to be clear, I do find Wiffledon's comment offensive and unnecessary and even if I wanted to agree with him I don't know enough about this kind of stuff to be able to, so using a more "real life/real world" example, why then don't we hear about things like those gang rapes in places like Tokyo, NYC, LA, London, Mexico City, etc. but we do hear about them happening in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia? Is it just a matter of them happening but not getting reported? Is it just perception?
Are people just downvoting him because he's being insensitive or is he actually wrong? I'm not trolling you/fighting, or trying to advance an agenda, I'm genuinely curious.
TL;DR - if it's simply due to population density, why don't things like this happen more often in more developed cities/countries?
| Just to be clear, I do find Wiffledon's comment offensive and unnecessary and even if I wanted to agree with him I don't know enough about this kind of stuff to be able to, so using a more "real life/real world" example, why then don't we hear about things like those gang rapes in places like Tokyo, NYC, LA, London, Mexico City, etc. but we do hear about them happening in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia? Is it just a matter of them happening but not getting reported? Is it just perception?
Are people just downvoting him because he's being insensitive or is he actually wrong? I'm not trolling you/fighting, or trying to advance an agenda, I'm genuinely curious.
TL;DR - if it's simply due to population density, why don't things like this happen more often in more developed cities/countries?
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cc6vj4e | Just to be clear, I do find Wiffledon's comment offensive and unnecessary and even if I wanted to agree with him I don't know enough about this kind of stuff to be able to, so using a more "real life/real world" example, why then don't we hear about things like those gang rapes in places like Tokyo, NYC, LA, London, Mexico City, etc. but we do hear about them happening in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia? Is it just a matter of them happening but not getting reported? Is it just perception?
Are people just downvoting him because he's being insensitive or is he actually wrong? I'm not trolling you/fighting, or trying to advance an agenda, I'm genuinely curious. | if it's simply due to population density, why don't things like this happen more often in more developed cities/countries? |
CriminallySane | This is a passage from one of the best books I've read, and I think it's appropriate here:
>**Good Form**
>It's time to be blunt.
>I'm forty-three years old, true, and I'm a writer now, and a long time ago I walked through Quang Ngai Province as a foot soldier.
>Almost everything else is invented.
>But it's not a game. It's a form. Right here, now, as I invent myself, I'm thinking of all I want to tell you about why this book is written as it is. For instance, I want to tell you this: twenty years ago I watched a man die on a trail near the village of My Khe. I did not kill him. But I was present you see, and my presence was guilt enough. I remember his face, which was not a pretty face, because his jaw was in his throat, and I remember feeling the burden of responsibility and grief. I blamed myself. And rightly so, because I was present.
>But listen. Even that story is made up.
>I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.
>Here is the happening-truth. I was once a soldier. There were many bodies, real bodies with real faces, but I was young then and I was afraid to look. And now, twenty years later, I'm left with faceless responsibility and faceless grief.
>Here is the story-truth. He was a slim, , almost dainty young man of about twenty. He lay in the center of a red clay trail near the village of My Khe. His jaw was in his throat. His one eye was shut, the other eye was a star-shaped hole. I killed him.
>What stories can do, I guess, is make things present.
>I can look at things I never looked at. I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. I can be brave. I can make myself feel again.
>"Daddy, tell the truth," Kathleen can say, "did you ever kill anybody?" And I can say, honestly, "Of course not."
>Or I can say, honestly, "Yes."
> - Tim O'Brien, *The Things They Carried*
Fiction is not about getting to the simple truth of events. The events don't matter. If you just want to know *what* happened, the sources you mentioned are perfectly sufficient. Fiction is about getting to the heart of things. Fiction is about telling you *why* things happen. In the best fiction, you see the world--or invented world--from the eyes of the author and the characters. This can't really happen in non-fiction. Nonfiction deals with fact, or the best idea of fact, as far as we can see. The subjective is an enemy of nonfiction, and every time subjective things are mentioned, fiction begins to mingle with that nonfiction. You cannot see inside another's mind simply by looking at fact.
tl;dr: Nonfiction can tell you that, during the Vietnam War, young men were drafted to fight and kill. Fiction can let you feel what it is like to be a young man, drafted to fight and kill during the Vietnam War. | This is a passage from one of the best books I've read, and I think it's appropriate here:
> Good Form
>It's time to be blunt.
>I'm forty-three years old, true, and I'm a writer now, and a long time ago I walked through Quang Ngai Province as a foot soldier.
>Almost everything else is invented.
>But it's not a game. It's a form. Right here, now, as I invent myself, I'm thinking of all I want to tell you about why this book is written as it is. For instance, I want to tell you this: twenty years ago I watched a man die on a trail near the village of My Khe. I did not kill him. But I was present you see, and my presence was guilt enough. I remember his face, which was not a pretty face, because his jaw was in his throat, and I remember feeling the burden of responsibility and grief. I blamed myself. And rightly so, because I was present.
>But listen. Even that story is made up.
>I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.
>Here is the happening-truth. I was once a soldier. There were many bodies, real bodies with real faces, but I was young then and I was afraid to look. And now, twenty years later, I'm left with faceless responsibility and faceless grief.
>Here is the story-truth. He was a slim, , almost dainty young man of about twenty. He lay in the center of a red clay trail near the village of My Khe. His jaw was in his throat. His one eye was shut, the other eye was a star-shaped hole. I killed him.
>What stories can do, I guess, is make things present.
>I can look at things I never looked at. I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. I can be brave. I can make myself feel again.
>"Daddy, tell the truth," Kathleen can say, "did you ever kill anybody?" And I can say, honestly, "Of course not."
>Or I can say, honestly, "Yes."
> - Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried
Fiction is not about getting to the simple truth of events. The events don't matter. If you just want to know what happened, the sources you mentioned are perfectly sufficient. Fiction is about getting to the heart of things. Fiction is about telling you why things happen. In the best fiction, you see the world--or invented world--from the eyes of the author and the characters. This can't really happen in non-fiction. Nonfiction deals with fact, or the best idea of fact, as far as we can see. The subjective is an enemy of nonfiction, and every time subjective things are mentioned, fiction begins to mingle with that nonfiction. You cannot see inside another's mind simply by looking at fact.
tl;dr: Nonfiction can tell you that, during the Vietnam War, young men were drafted to fight and kill. Fiction can let you feel what it is like to be a young man, drafted to fight and kill during the Vietnam War.
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cc68oob | This is a passage from one of the best books I've read, and I think it's appropriate here:
> Good Form
>It's time to be blunt.
>I'm forty-three years old, true, and I'm a writer now, and a long time ago I walked through Quang Ngai Province as a foot soldier.
>Almost everything else is invented.
>But it's not a game. It's a form. Right here, now, as I invent myself, I'm thinking of all I want to tell you about why this book is written as it is. For instance, I want to tell you this: twenty years ago I watched a man die on a trail near the village of My Khe. I did not kill him. But I was present you see, and my presence was guilt enough. I remember his face, which was not a pretty face, because his jaw was in his throat, and I remember feeling the burden of responsibility and grief. I blamed myself. And rightly so, because I was present.
>But listen. Even that story is made up.
>I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.
>Here is the happening-truth. I was once a soldier. There were many bodies, real bodies with real faces, but I was young then and I was afraid to look. And now, twenty years later, I'm left with faceless responsibility and faceless grief.
>Here is the story-truth. He was a slim, , almost dainty young man of about twenty. He lay in the center of a red clay trail near the village of My Khe. His jaw was in his throat. His one eye was shut, the other eye was a star-shaped hole. I killed him.
>What stories can do, I guess, is make things present.
>I can look at things I never looked at. I can attach faces to grief and love and pity and God. I can be brave. I can make myself feel again.
>"Daddy, tell the truth," Kathleen can say, "did you ever kill anybody?" And I can say, honestly, "Of course not."
>Or I can say, honestly, "Yes."
> - Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried
Fiction is not about getting to the simple truth of events. The events don't matter. If you just want to know what happened, the sources you mentioned are perfectly sufficient. Fiction is about getting to the heart of things. Fiction is about telling you why things happen. In the best fiction, you see the world--or invented world--from the eyes of the author and the characters. This can't really happen in non-fiction. Nonfiction deals with fact, or the best idea of fact, as far as we can see. The subjective is an enemy of nonfiction, and every time subjective things are mentioned, fiction begins to mingle with that nonfiction. You cannot see inside another's mind simply by looking at fact. | Nonfiction can tell you that, during the Vietnam War, young men were drafted to fight and kill. Fiction can let you feel what it is like to be a young man, drafted to fight and kill during the Vietnam War. |
Parzival2 | It sounds like (and please bear in mind I have never met you and may completely have missed the mark) you developed this idea of yourself, as a person who relies entirely on logic and reason, above most emotions. I felt that way for a long time, and eventually talked to a therapist about it, among other things.
He was very keen to stress that the human brain is a fucking mess. People tend to have constant conflicting emotions, thoughts and desires. Most often if you find yourself unable to understand or empathise it's not because you lack something. For me I thought I was unable to appreciate poetry or music because I was the wrong sort of person, I was a mathematician, but just talking to other people about their passions has certainly opened doors in my understanding.
I can draw lots of parallels, the satisfaction of finishing an intricately crafted story, which ties together plot points and themes, is exactly how I feel about solving complex algebra.
TL;DR I don't think his analysis is right, the same thing that drives you to spend time on science is the same thing that drives others to art, they're not two different skills. | It sounds like (and please bear in mind I have never met you and may completely have missed the mark) you developed this idea of yourself, as a person who relies entirely on logic and reason, above most emotions. I felt that way for a long time, and eventually talked to a therapist about it, among other things.
He was very keen to stress that the human brain is a fucking mess. People tend to have constant conflicting emotions, thoughts and desires. Most often if you find yourself unable to understand or empathise it's not because you lack something. For me I thought I was unable to appreciate poetry or music because I was the wrong sort of person, I was a mathematician, but just talking to other people about their passions has certainly opened doors in my understanding.
I can draw lots of parallels, the satisfaction of finishing an intricately crafted story, which ties together plot points and themes, is exactly how I feel about solving complex algebra.
TL;DR I don't think his analysis is right, the same thing that drives you to spend time on science is the same thing that drives others to art, they're not two different skills.
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cc6ao6d | It sounds like (and please bear in mind I have never met you and may completely have missed the mark) you developed this idea of yourself, as a person who relies entirely on logic and reason, above most emotions. I felt that way for a long time, and eventually talked to a therapist about it, among other things.
He was very keen to stress that the human brain is a fucking mess. People tend to have constant conflicting emotions, thoughts and desires. Most often if you find yourself unable to understand or empathise it's not because you lack something. For me I thought I was unable to appreciate poetry or music because I was the wrong sort of person, I was a mathematician, but just talking to other people about their passions has certainly opened doors in my understanding.
I can draw lots of parallels, the satisfaction of finishing an intricately crafted story, which ties together plot points and themes, is exactly how I feel about solving complex algebra. | I don't think his analysis is right, the same thing that drives you to spend time on science is the same thing that drives others to art, they're not two different skills. |
bmxliveit | **I think I got this album working this time...Sorry for deleting the other, it was all wrong**
Full flickr album: [
I grew up in New York about 40 minutes away from NYC, and as with most NYkers today is just one of those days that you talk to friends and family about "where you were" or "what were you doing that day". It's about remembering those that lost their lives, and about those that survived through some sort of miracle. I was lucky, I didn't lose anyone close to me, but I knew the people that lost people, I knew the people that were there surrounded by falling buildings, surrounded by the thumps of people hitting the pavement 100 stories high, and surrounded by the heroes that I look up to.
I remember that day like the back of my hand. I was 12 years old, and I was in the doctors office with my father. The previous day I had fallen on a rusty nail and today was my tetanus shot! Nearing the end of discussing my stupidity of running with a piece of food full of rusty nails the first building was struck. Every single person in the doctors office had gone completely silent, and my tetanus shot no longer mattered. We all gathered in the waiting area as we watched the TV bring in the first images. Cell phones began to ring, and people rushed out of the office crying. There was this surreal look of pain, of distraught and of complete confusion as we all stared at the small TV mounted on the wall.
It wasn't long until my father's cell phone rang. It kept ringing and ringing. Everyone in my family seemed fine, but my grandfather was heading down to the city.
He was a fire-coordinator after all, and it was his duty to be there. He wasn't the only person I was worried about though. My best friend's father worked in the World Trade Center, but my best friend's phone wasn't being picked up. We decided to leave the office and rush home. We took the typically longer route via the dirt road along this lake, but my dad was flooring it so it was much quicker than usual. Then he stopped. He slammed the brakes on his little truck right along the lake and started crying. I'm talking full on waling, the type of crying that makes you cry, the type of crying that makes you want to crawl up inside yourself and not come back. It was the only time I have ever seen my father cry, and it is burned in my mind like a lit cigarette being pushed into my eyes. He said, "Son, today everything changes...today your world is not the same...we are all going to be different after today...and whatever...whatever happens is what it is, but never forget that we have one another...never forget how the world was this morning before that plane came..."
After the talk about the future of this country, my future and where we were going to be a few days from now we arrived at home. My mother had left work and picked my sister up from school, and we were finally all together. My best friend finally answered his land line phone, and it wasn't good news. His father had not been heard of since the planes hit. They had no idea where he was, or if he had survived. It was extremely sobering to see how much pain was in his voice. The fear had captured him. It had captured every single person that day, and the terrorists had damn well succeeded.
That night I had baseball practice as usual. The coach and families decided it was best to play baseball because it would keep our minds off the atrocity that had occurred only 30 miles away. We could see the smoke, and it didn't help. That afternoon on the field playing baseball didn't help in any way. It was the quietest practice, and one of the quietest moments of my life. There weren't any planes, there weren't any parents screaming at us, hell even the coaches were whispering. It was as if everyone was trying to play a game of silence to avoid the casual nature of it all. I mean who the hell plays baseball 8 hours after something like this happens? I know that day we didn't play baseball. We played a game of silence, a game of fear and a game of what ifs.
Fast forward two days...
My best friend had just seen his father. His father survived, but it wasn't pretty. Apparently after the first building struck he ran out helping as many people as possible, but lost his cell phone in the hectic sprawl for safety. You couldn't leave the city. You were stuck that day.
My father wasn't himself at all. I've still never seen that empty look in his eyes, it was the look of a defeated man. I didn't find out later exactly why he was that way for a while, but it turns out that one of his jobs was to tag cars that were sitting in the train station parking lot for too long. Normally this would mean that someone was out of town, or their car was broken down, but after 9/11 it was different. Each car that was left behind was a person that was no longer here. Every single car that sat in that parking lot day after day was a car that no longer had an owner. He was devastated.
I guess all of this leads to my final story. My grandfather is good friends with the previous Governor of New York. I wouldn't say we had special privileges, but I definitely experienced 9/11 in a different manner than most. My grandfather had gotten down to the city to help with the rescue missions that morning and was able to take a bunch of pictures throughout the days to come. His friend also took some photos. A piece of the WTC was melted down into plaques as a memorial type deal. I'm not 100% sure, but a piece was given to my grandfather. I don't have any pictures of it, but I will ask him for some. I think it was one of the things that the Governor had given him. I held it and it was the most humbling experience of my life. This piece of metal had probably killed someone. It was a piece of the tallest building at the time, and it now was in my hands. But it was still here, it existed and so did we. That day I realized that we will all cease to exist in some form, but our memory, our existence itself will never disappear.
I've decided to post a link to a flickr account I made that has 293 photos from that day and the days to follow. NOTE: I know my grandfather took a lot of the photos, but his friends also took some. I do not know who the friends are, but my cousin told me that it is ok to post. Also, some of the photos are screenshots of TV and some are from the AP. My apologies, but I just uploaded the entire disk instead of going through them all.
These photos have never been seen outside of my family or family friends. I'm glad I can finally share with you all <3
**tl;dr I lived in NY. My grandfather went down during the cleanup and took some pictures. I've had this disk full of random images (a lot from the AP/news, his friends and his own personal pictures) that I've decided to finally share with people**
[ | I think I got this album working this time...Sorry for deleting the other, it was all wrong
Full flickr album: [
I grew up in New York about 40 minutes away from NYC, and as with most NYkers today is just one of those days that you talk to friends and family about "where you were" or "what were you doing that day". It's about remembering those that lost their lives, and about those that survived through some sort of miracle. I was lucky, I didn't lose anyone close to me, but I knew the people that lost people, I knew the people that were there surrounded by falling buildings, surrounded by the thumps of people hitting the pavement 100 stories high, and surrounded by the heroes that I look up to.
I remember that day like the back of my hand. I was 12 years old, and I was in the doctors office with my father. The previous day I had fallen on a rusty nail and today was my tetanus shot! Nearing the end of discussing my stupidity of running with a piece of food full of rusty nails the first building was struck. Every single person in the doctors office had gone completely silent, and my tetanus shot no longer mattered. We all gathered in the waiting area as we watched the TV bring in the first images. Cell phones began to ring, and people rushed out of the office crying. There was this surreal look of pain, of distraught and of complete confusion as we all stared at the small TV mounted on the wall.
It wasn't long until my father's cell phone rang. It kept ringing and ringing. Everyone in my family seemed fine, but my grandfather was heading down to the city.
He was a fire-coordinator after all, and it was his duty to be there. He wasn't the only person I was worried about though. My best friend's father worked in the World Trade Center, but my best friend's phone wasn't being picked up. We decided to leave the office and rush home. We took the typically longer route via the dirt road along this lake, but my dad was flooring it so it was much quicker than usual. Then he stopped. He slammed the brakes on his little truck right along the lake and started crying. I'm talking full on waling, the type of crying that makes you cry, the type of crying that makes you want to crawl up inside yourself and not come back. It was the only time I have ever seen my father cry, and it is burned in my mind like a lit cigarette being pushed into my eyes. He said, "Son, today everything changes...today your world is not the same...we are all going to be different after today...and whatever...whatever happens is what it is, but never forget that we have one another...never forget how the world was this morning before that plane came..."
After the talk about the future of this country, my future and where we were going to be a few days from now we arrived at home. My mother had left work and picked my sister up from school, and we were finally all together. My best friend finally answered his land line phone, and it wasn't good news. His father had not been heard of since the planes hit. They had no idea where he was, or if he had survived. It was extremely sobering to see how much pain was in his voice. The fear had captured him. It had captured every single person that day, and the terrorists had damn well succeeded.
That night I had baseball practice as usual. The coach and families decided it was best to play baseball because it would keep our minds off the atrocity that had occurred only 30 miles away. We could see the smoke, and it didn't help. That afternoon on the field playing baseball didn't help in any way. It was the quietest practice, and one of the quietest moments of my life. There weren't any planes, there weren't any parents screaming at us, hell even the coaches were whispering. It was as if everyone was trying to play a game of silence to avoid the casual nature of it all. I mean who the hell plays baseball 8 hours after something like this happens? I know that day we didn't play baseball. We played a game of silence, a game of fear and a game of what ifs.
Fast forward two days...
My best friend had just seen his father. His father survived, but it wasn't pretty. Apparently after the first building struck he ran out helping as many people as possible, but lost his cell phone in the hectic sprawl for safety. You couldn't leave the city. You were stuck that day.
My father wasn't himself at all. I've still never seen that empty look in his eyes, it was the look of a defeated man. I didn't find out later exactly why he was that way for a while, but it turns out that one of his jobs was to tag cars that were sitting in the train station parking lot for too long. Normally this would mean that someone was out of town, or their car was broken down, but after 9/11 it was different. Each car that was left behind was a person that was no longer here. Every single car that sat in that parking lot day after day was a car that no longer had an owner. He was devastated.
I guess all of this leads to my final story. My grandfather is good friends with the previous Governor of New York. I wouldn't say we had special privileges, but I definitely experienced 9/11 in a different manner than most. My grandfather had gotten down to the city to help with the rescue missions that morning and was able to take a bunch of pictures throughout the days to come. His friend also took some photos. A piece of the WTC was melted down into plaques as a memorial type deal. I'm not 100% sure, but a piece was given to my grandfather. I don't have any pictures of it, but I will ask him for some. I think it was one of the things that the Governor had given him. I held it and it was the most humbling experience of my life. This piece of metal had probably killed someone. It was a piece of the tallest building at the time, and it now was in my hands. But it was still here, it existed and so did we. That day I realized that we will all cease to exist in some form, but our memory, our existence itself will never disappear.
I've decided to post a link to a flickr account I made that has 293 photos from that day and the days to follow. NOTE: I know my grandfather took a lot of the photos, but his friends also took some. I do not know who the friends are, but my cousin told me that it is ok to post. Also, some of the photos are screenshots of TV and some are from the AP. My apologies, but I just uploaded the entire disk instead of going through them all.
These photos have never been seen outside of my family or family friends. I'm glad I can finally share with you all <3
tl;dr I lived in NY. My grandfather went down during the cleanup and took some pictures. I've had this disk full of random images (a lot from the AP/news, his friends and his own personal pictures) that I've decided to finally share with people
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| pics | t5_2qh0u | cc67597 | I think I got this album working this time...Sorry for deleting the other, it was all wrong
Full flickr album: [
I grew up in New York about 40 minutes away from NYC, and as with most NYkers today is just one of those days that you talk to friends and family about "where you were" or "what were you doing that day". It's about remembering those that lost their lives, and about those that survived through some sort of miracle. I was lucky, I didn't lose anyone close to me, but I knew the people that lost people, I knew the people that were there surrounded by falling buildings, surrounded by the thumps of people hitting the pavement 100 stories high, and surrounded by the heroes that I look up to.
I remember that day like the back of my hand. I was 12 years old, and I was in the doctors office with my father. The previous day I had fallen on a rusty nail and today was my tetanus shot! Nearing the end of discussing my stupidity of running with a piece of food full of rusty nails the first building was struck. Every single person in the doctors office had gone completely silent, and my tetanus shot no longer mattered. We all gathered in the waiting area as we watched the TV bring in the first images. Cell phones began to ring, and people rushed out of the office crying. There was this surreal look of pain, of distraught and of complete confusion as we all stared at the small TV mounted on the wall.
It wasn't long until my father's cell phone rang. It kept ringing and ringing. Everyone in my family seemed fine, but my grandfather was heading down to the city.
He was a fire-coordinator after all, and it was his duty to be there. He wasn't the only person I was worried about though. My best friend's father worked in the World Trade Center, but my best friend's phone wasn't being picked up. We decided to leave the office and rush home. We took the typically longer route via the dirt road along this lake, but my dad was flooring it so it was much quicker than usual. Then he stopped. He slammed the brakes on his little truck right along the lake and started crying. I'm talking full on waling, the type of crying that makes you cry, the type of crying that makes you want to crawl up inside yourself and not come back. It was the only time I have ever seen my father cry, and it is burned in my mind like a lit cigarette being pushed into my eyes. He said, "Son, today everything changes...today your world is not the same...we are all going to be different after today...and whatever...whatever happens is what it is, but never forget that we have one another...never forget how the world was this morning before that plane came..."
After the talk about the future of this country, my future and where we were going to be a few days from now we arrived at home. My mother had left work and picked my sister up from school, and we were finally all together. My best friend finally answered his land line phone, and it wasn't good news. His father had not been heard of since the planes hit. They had no idea where he was, or if he had survived. It was extremely sobering to see how much pain was in his voice. The fear had captured him. It had captured every single person that day, and the terrorists had damn well succeeded.
That night I had baseball practice as usual. The coach and families decided it was best to play baseball because it would keep our minds off the atrocity that had occurred only 30 miles away. We could see the smoke, and it didn't help. That afternoon on the field playing baseball didn't help in any way. It was the quietest practice, and one of the quietest moments of my life. There weren't any planes, there weren't any parents screaming at us, hell even the coaches were whispering. It was as if everyone was trying to play a game of silence to avoid the casual nature of it all. I mean who the hell plays baseball 8 hours after something like this happens? I know that day we didn't play baseball. We played a game of silence, a game of fear and a game of what ifs.
Fast forward two days...
My best friend had just seen his father. His father survived, but it wasn't pretty. Apparently after the first building struck he ran out helping as many people as possible, but lost his cell phone in the hectic sprawl for safety. You couldn't leave the city. You were stuck that day.
My father wasn't himself at all. I've still never seen that empty look in his eyes, it was the look of a defeated man. I didn't find out later exactly why he was that way for a while, but it turns out that one of his jobs was to tag cars that were sitting in the train station parking lot for too long. Normally this would mean that someone was out of town, or their car was broken down, but after 9/11 it was different. Each car that was left behind was a person that was no longer here. Every single car that sat in that parking lot day after day was a car that no longer had an owner. He was devastated.
I guess all of this leads to my final story. My grandfather is good friends with the previous Governor of New York. I wouldn't say we had special privileges, but I definitely experienced 9/11 in a different manner than most. My grandfather had gotten down to the city to help with the rescue missions that morning and was able to take a bunch of pictures throughout the days to come. His friend also took some photos. A piece of the WTC was melted down into plaques as a memorial type deal. I'm not 100% sure, but a piece was given to my grandfather. I don't have any pictures of it, but I will ask him for some. I think it was one of the things that the Governor had given him. I held it and it was the most humbling experience of my life. This piece of metal had probably killed someone. It was a piece of the tallest building at the time, and it now was in my hands. But it was still here, it existed and so did we. That day I realized that we will all cease to exist in some form, but our memory, our existence itself will never disappear.
I've decided to post a link to a flickr account I made that has 293 photos from that day and the days to follow. NOTE: I know my grandfather took a lot of the photos, but his friends also took some. I do not know who the friends are, but my cousin told me that it is ok to post. Also, some of the photos are screenshots of TV and some are from the AP. My apologies, but I just uploaded the entire disk instead of going through them all.
These photos have never been seen outside of my family or family friends. I'm glad I can finally share with you all <3 | I lived in NY. My grandfather went down during the cleanup and took some pictures. I've had this disk full of random images (a lot from the AP/news, his friends and his own personal pictures) that I've decided to finally share with people
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people40 | Back to your original bet: you're pretty close to guaranteed to make $13k on your $1 million bet, but when you do loose (and upsets happen so you will loose eventually - see App State vs Michigan), you loose big, $1 million big.
The completely fair bookmaker would estimate the probability of a team winning say Team A has a 90% chance of winning, and then set the odds at 9:1. If you bet $900 on 10 games then, 9 of them turn out to be wins and one loss, you win $100 each for the wins and loose $900 on the one loss, so you and the bookmaker would both come out even in the end. However, the bookmaker is a businessman and needs to make money, so he either charges you a fee (say $10/bet), or sets the odds higher, say 10:1. If the odds are 10:1 (and the probability is still 90%), then over your ten bets you win $90 nine times ($810) and loose $900 once, so the bookie makes $90.
The only way you can beat the bookie over a large number of bets is if you can better predict the chance a team has of winning. If the probability of a team winning is 50% and the bookie sets odds at 1:1, but you know the team actually has a 90% chance of winning, clearly you can make a lot of money. **However, bookies are professionals: they set odds for a living and need to be good at doing it to make any money. Therefore, it is very unlikely that you will be able to outsmart the bookie.** Betting against the spread gives you a better shot, because then you are actually betting against the general public.
tl;dr bookies would go out of business if they set odds that could be gamed. | Back to your original bet: you're pretty close to guaranteed to make $13k on your $1 million bet, but when you do loose (and upsets happen so you will loose eventually - see App State vs Michigan), you loose big, $1 million big.
The completely fair bookmaker would estimate the probability of a team winning say Team A has a 90% chance of winning, and then set the odds at 9:1. If you bet $900 on 10 games then, 9 of them turn out to be wins and one loss, you win $100 each for the wins and loose $900 on the one loss, so you and the bookmaker would both come out even in the end. However, the bookmaker is a businessman and needs to make money, so he either charges you a fee (say $10/bet), or sets the odds higher, say 10:1. If the odds are 10:1 (and the probability is still 90%), then over your ten bets you win $90 nine times ($810) and loose $900 once, so the bookie makes $90.
The only way you can beat the bookie over a large number of bets is if you can better predict the chance a team has of winning. If the probability of a team winning is 50% and the bookie sets odds at 1:1, but you know the team actually has a 90% chance of winning, clearly you can make a lot of money. However, bookies are professionals: they set odds for a living and need to be good at doing it to make any money. Therefore, it is very unlikely that you will be able to outsmart the bookie. Betting against the spread gives you a better shot, because then you are actually betting against the general public.
tl;dr bookies would go out of business if they set odds that could be gamed.
| CFB | t5_2qm9d | cc6ntbh | Back to your original bet: you're pretty close to guaranteed to make $13k on your $1 million bet, but when you do loose (and upsets happen so you will loose eventually - see App State vs Michigan), you loose big, $1 million big.
The completely fair bookmaker would estimate the probability of a team winning say Team A has a 90% chance of winning, and then set the odds at 9:1. If you bet $900 on 10 games then, 9 of them turn out to be wins and one loss, you win $100 each for the wins and loose $900 on the one loss, so you and the bookmaker would both come out even in the end. However, the bookmaker is a businessman and needs to make money, so he either charges you a fee (say $10/bet), or sets the odds higher, say 10:1. If the odds are 10:1 (and the probability is still 90%), then over your ten bets you win $90 nine times ($810) and loose $900 once, so the bookie makes $90.
The only way you can beat the bookie over a large number of bets is if you can better predict the chance a team has of winning. If the probability of a team winning is 50% and the bookie sets odds at 1:1, but you know the team actually has a 90% chance of winning, clearly you can make a lot of money. However, bookies are professionals: they set odds for a living and need to be good at doing it to make any money. Therefore, it is very unlikely that you will be able to outsmart the bookie. Betting against the spread gives you a better shot, because then you are actually betting against the general public. | bookies would go out of business if they set odds that could be gamed. |
swtor_miner | ***~~Actually the Collections Image appearance doesn't match with what attachments the game says it has. Might be a bug like the Classic items were. Except in this case it isn't showing the attachments in their preview.~~***
Well, I see where they turn attachments on/off now. So, the chest's item appearance(ipp) references it's Model ID (2647596), but doesn't list any attachments to add. Now the entry for Model ID (2647596) on the asset list, does list the attachments. But, since they weren't referenced in the ipp, the resulting model won't render them.
**tl:dr; It doesn't have wings.**
~~Yeah.... I checked the item appearance for this.~~
<DesignerName>chest cyborg01 med ge cy02</DesignerName>
<BaseFile>/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_archetype.gr2</BaseFile>
~~Wings:~~
Attachment id="2648058"
name="chest_cyborg01_bt_med_ge_cy01_back"
filename="/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_med_ge_cy01_back.gr2"
~~Shoulderpads:~~
Attachment id="2327938"
name="chest_cyborg01_bt_med_ge_cy01_shld"
filename="/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_med_ge_cy01_shld.gr2"
~~It's a clone of the other Cybernetic set.~~ | Actually the Collections Image appearance doesn't match with what attachments the game says it has. Might be a bug like the Classic items were. Except in this case it isn't showing the attachments in their preview.
Well, I see where they turn attachments on/off now. So, the chest's item appearance(ipp) references it's Model ID (2647596), but doesn't list any attachments to add. Now the entry for Model ID (2647596) on the asset list, does list the attachments. But, since they weren't referenced in the ipp, the resulting model won't render them.
tl:dr; It doesn't have wings.
Yeah.... I checked the item appearance for this.
<DesignerName>chest cyborg01 med ge cy02</DesignerName>
<BaseFile>/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_archetype.gr2</BaseFile>
Wings:
Attachment id="2648058"
name="chest_cyborg01_bt_med_ge_cy01_back"
filename="/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_med_ge_cy01_back.gr2"
Shoulderpads:
Attachment id="2327938"
name="chest_cyborg01_bt_med_ge_cy01_shld"
filename="/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_med_ge_cy01_shld.gr2"
It's a clone of the other Cybernetic set.
| swtor | t5_2qxih | cc6xnlz | Actually the Collections Image appearance doesn't match with what attachments the game says it has. Might be a bug like the Classic items were. Except in this case it isn't showing the attachments in their preview.
Well, I see where they turn attachments on/off now. So, the chest's item appearance(ipp) references it's Model ID (2647596), but doesn't list any attachments to add. Now the entry for Model ID (2647596) on the asset list, does list the attachments. But, since they weren't referenced in the ipp, the resulting model won't render them. | It doesn't have wings.
Yeah.... I checked the item appearance for this.
<DesignerName>chest cyborg01 med ge cy02</DesignerName>
<BaseFile>/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_archetype.gr2</BaseFile>
Wings:
Attachment id="2648058"
name="chest_cyborg01_bt_med_ge_cy01_back"
filename="/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_med_ge_cy01_back.gr2"
Shoulderpads:
Attachment id="2327938"
name="chest_cyborg01_bt_med_ge_cy01_shld"
filename="/art/dynamic/chest/model/chest_cyborg01_[bt]_med_ge_cy01_shld.gr2"
It's a clone of the other Cybernetic set. |
EddieValiantsRabbit | He's actually 100% percent correct, but it'd be a wall of text to fully explain it. David Chase absolutely said "it's all there", seemingly suggesting what happened isn't an open question. The tl;Dr is Patsy Parisi had Tony whacked, and there's an overwhelming amount of circumstantial evidence for it, but you have to look for it. | He's actually 100% percent correct, but it'd be a wall of text to fully explain it. David Chase absolutely said "it's all there", seemingly suggesting what happened isn't an open question. The tl;Dr is Patsy Parisi had Tony whacked, and there's an overwhelming amount of circumstantial evidence for it, but you have to look for it.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc74ndz | He's actually 100% percent correct, but it'd be a wall of text to fully explain it. David Chase absolutely said "it's all there", seemingly suggesting what happened isn't an open question. The | is Patsy Parisi had Tony whacked, and there's an overwhelming amount of circumstantial evidence for it, but you have to look for it. |
Sterculius | For me Seinfeld. It wasn't the ending the populace wanted it, but narratively it's the ending the show deserved. The humor in each episode and seasonal story arc comes from the fact that nothing ever works out for these people. They're horrible to others and eachother and in the end it usually comes to bite them in the ass in some crazy way. The ending to the series should be no different. Just as each episode brings all the story threads together for a closing climax, so too did the finale bring the many plots of other episodes and seasons together in one big mixing pot of calamity, all in which to drown the fab four in delicious poetic jusitice and bad karma.
I think two things were at play which contributed to the public's initial poor response to the finale:
1) Larry David himself has said it was probably a bad idea to air that 1 hour retrospective of the series right before the finale. Because it showed highlights from all of people's favorite moments over the years and got them all warm and fuzzy for all the good times and was basically like "see? see how AWESOME this show is? remember this, and this and this too!? this finale is gonna be out of this world!" And Larry David basically said "after watching all that for an hour, there was pretty much no way we could live up to the hype, no matter how good it was."
2) The other thing I think made it not seem as good to others as I think it really was, is Larry David's absence. He had been gone as head-writer for 2 whole seasons. He was there from day one shaping and molding the stories and overall feel of the show. Everything was so halariously downtrodden and pessimistic. The characters were very real, conversational and overall cranky. Then when Larry left, everyone kind of let their hair down so to speak and stories got more fantastical and cartoony. The hijinks of Kramer and Newman got more out of control, the situations Elaine, George, and Jerry found themselves in became more and more ridiculous and almost cartoonish. People had become accustomed to that new style of Seinfeld for two seasons, and then Larry David comes back to write the finale, and now things were suddenly returning back to that darker Larry David tone of everything being bad and not working out for anyone.
I think it was a weird adjustment that came out of the blue for most people and just felt weird. I myself loved it, but I think that's what contributed to most people not liking it. They wanted happy fluffy everybody wins, like FRIENDS. Instead they got Larry David's signature style and were like "wut?"
**TL;DR** My answer is Seinfeld. I know a lot of people don't like it, but I think it's because the show went from (metaphorically) being told from George's perspective (Larry David) then to Jerry's and then at the very last second back to George again, and people found it weird. | For me Seinfeld. It wasn't the ending the populace wanted it, but narratively it's the ending the show deserved. The humor in each episode and seasonal story arc comes from the fact that nothing ever works out for these people. They're horrible to others and eachother and in the end it usually comes to bite them in the ass in some crazy way. The ending to the series should be no different. Just as each episode brings all the story threads together for a closing climax, so too did the finale bring the many plots of other episodes and seasons together in one big mixing pot of calamity, all in which to drown the fab four in delicious poetic jusitice and bad karma.
I think two things were at play which contributed to the public's initial poor response to the finale:
1) Larry David himself has said it was probably a bad idea to air that 1 hour retrospective of the series right before the finale. Because it showed highlights from all of people's favorite moments over the years and got them all warm and fuzzy for all the good times and was basically like "see? see how AWESOME this show is? remember this, and this and this too!? this finale is gonna be out of this world!" And Larry David basically said "after watching all that for an hour, there was pretty much no way we could live up to the hype, no matter how good it was."
2) The other thing I think made it not seem as good to others as I think it really was, is Larry David's absence. He had been gone as head-writer for 2 whole seasons. He was there from day one shaping and molding the stories and overall feel of the show. Everything was so halariously downtrodden and pessimistic. The characters were very real, conversational and overall cranky. Then when Larry left, everyone kind of let their hair down so to speak and stories got more fantastical and cartoony. The hijinks of Kramer and Newman got more out of control, the situations Elaine, George, and Jerry found themselves in became more and more ridiculous and almost cartoonish. People had become accustomed to that new style of Seinfeld for two seasons, and then Larry David comes back to write the finale, and now things were suddenly returning back to that darker Larry David tone of everything being bad and not working out for anyone.
I think it was a weird adjustment that came out of the blue for most people and just felt weird. I myself loved it, but I think that's what contributed to most people not liking it. They wanted happy fluffy everybody wins, like FRIENDS. Instead they got Larry David's signature style and were like "wut?"
TL;DR My answer is Seinfeld. I know a lot of people don't like it, but I think it's because the show went from (metaphorically) being told from George's perspective (Larry David) then to Jerry's and then at the very last second back to George again, and people found it weird.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc6x1p4 | For me Seinfeld. It wasn't the ending the populace wanted it, but narratively it's the ending the show deserved. The humor in each episode and seasonal story arc comes from the fact that nothing ever works out for these people. They're horrible to others and eachother and in the end it usually comes to bite them in the ass in some crazy way. The ending to the series should be no different. Just as each episode brings all the story threads together for a closing climax, so too did the finale bring the many plots of other episodes and seasons together in one big mixing pot of calamity, all in which to drown the fab four in delicious poetic jusitice and bad karma.
I think two things were at play which contributed to the public's initial poor response to the finale:
1) Larry David himself has said it was probably a bad idea to air that 1 hour retrospective of the series right before the finale. Because it showed highlights from all of people's favorite moments over the years and got them all warm and fuzzy for all the good times and was basically like "see? see how AWESOME this show is? remember this, and this and this too!? this finale is gonna be out of this world!" And Larry David basically said "after watching all that for an hour, there was pretty much no way we could live up to the hype, no matter how good it was."
2) The other thing I think made it not seem as good to others as I think it really was, is Larry David's absence. He had been gone as head-writer for 2 whole seasons. He was there from day one shaping and molding the stories and overall feel of the show. Everything was so halariously downtrodden and pessimistic. The characters were very real, conversational and overall cranky. Then when Larry left, everyone kind of let their hair down so to speak and stories got more fantastical and cartoony. The hijinks of Kramer and Newman got more out of control, the situations Elaine, George, and Jerry found themselves in became more and more ridiculous and almost cartoonish. People had become accustomed to that new style of Seinfeld for two seasons, and then Larry David comes back to write the finale, and now things were suddenly returning back to that darker Larry David tone of everything being bad and not working out for anyone.
I think it was a weird adjustment that came out of the blue for most people and just felt weird. I myself loved it, but I think that's what contributed to most people not liking it. They wanted happy fluffy everybody wins, like FRIENDS. Instead they got Larry David's signature style and were like "wut?" | My answer is Seinfeld. I know a lot of people don't like it, but I think it's because the show went from (metaphorically) being told from George's perspective (Larry David) then to Jerry's and then at the very last second back to George again, and people found it weird. |
Roeex | I've been pussyfooting around anime for a while... most of it I can't even watch past the first scene.
Ikki Tousen was one I'll use as example. The intro pumped me up because tits. Then the first scene... "age-old high school kung-fu war"? I flipped my shit at the ridiculousness of the whole thing, but powered through.
Massive guy shows up, beats the dick out of this poor girl. "I used only 10% of my power".
At this point I shut my Xbox off and re-thought my life long and hard.
TL;DR Why | I've been pussyfooting around anime for a while... most of it I can't even watch past the first scene.
Ikki Tousen was one I'll use as example. The intro pumped me up because tits. Then the first scene... "age-old high school kung-fu war"? I flipped my shit at the ridiculousness of the whole thing, but powered through.
Massive guy shows up, beats the dick out of this poor girl. "I used only 10% of my power".
At this point I shut my Xbox off and re-thought my life long and hard.
TL;DR Why
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc7fe9v | I've been pussyfooting around anime for a while... most of it I can't even watch past the first scene.
Ikki Tousen was one I'll use as example. The intro pumped me up because tits. Then the first scene... "age-old high school kung-fu war"? I flipped my shit at the ridiculousness of the whole thing, but powered through.
Massive guy shows up, beats the dick out of this poor girl. "I used only 10% of my power".
At this point I shut my Xbox off and re-thought my life long and hard. | Why |
midsprat123 | How about people wanting to keep their job, OP? Many states require you to do age verification otherwise you could get in deep shit and cost your possibly former-employer quite a bit of money
TL;DR OP is giant fag who has never worked retail and doesn't understand what can happen if you dont ask | How about people wanting to keep their job, OP? Many states require you to do age verification otherwise you could get in deep shit and cost your possibly former-employer quite a bit of money
TL;DR OP is giant fag who has never worked retail and doesn't understand what can happen if you dont ask
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cc7keh1 | How about people wanting to keep their job, OP? Many states require you to do age verification otherwise you could get in deep shit and cost your possibly former-employer quite a bit of money | OP is giant fag who has never worked retail and doesn't understand what can happen if you dont ask |
drummerguy2000 | I'm asking this purely out of curiosity, and by no means am I trying to be or come off as condescending. Why do you not find that interesting? I find that fascinating, and I find almost every, if not all, topics interesting. Some are more-so than others, but it's all interesting. However, many of my friends find some topics uninteresting and do not care to learn about them. A good example is the story of how Brazil got coffee plants. My brother and one of my friends just did not care, and I still haven't finished the story. I don't understand why. I just don't understand why some people find particular topics to be uninteresting. I understand being bored in class or not liking a particular class, but I don't get how a topic in and of itself can be not interesting.
Sorry for rambling, but since you don't find what you learned about muscle tissue interesting, I thought I'd ask. Maybe you can help me understand why some people find some topics uninteresting. I guess you could say I'm interested in what you have to say (sorry, couldn't help myself).
Tl;dr: Out of curiosity, why don't you find that interesting? I have trouble understanding why some people find some things uninteresting as I find pretty much every topic at least somewhat interesting and with learning about. | I'm asking this purely out of curiosity, and by no means am I trying to be or come off as condescending. Why do you not find that interesting? I find that fascinating, and I find almost every, if not all, topics interesting. Some are more-so than others, but it's all interesting. However, many of my friends find some topics uninteresting and do not care to learn about them. A good example is the story of how Brazil got coffee plants. My brother and one of my friends just did not care, and I still haven't finished the story. I don't understand why. I just don't understand why some people find particular topics to be uninteresting. I understand being bored in class or not liking a particular class, but I don't get how a topic in and of itself can be not interesting.
Sorry for rambling, but since you don't find what you learned about muscle tissue interesting, I thought I'd ask. Maybe you can help me understand why some people find some topics uninteresting. I guess you could say I'm interested in what you have to say (sorry, couldn't help myself).
Tl;dr: Out of curiosity, why don't you find that interesting? I have trouble understanding why some people find some things uninteresting as I find pretty much every topic at least somewhat interesting and with learning about.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc7oqjs | I'm asking this purely out of curiosity, and by no means am I trying to be or come off as condescending. Why do you not find that interesting? I find that fascinating, and I find almost every, if not all, topics interesting. Some are more-so than others, but it's all interesting. However, many of my friends find some topics uninteresting and do not care to learn about them. A good example is the story of how Brazil got coffee plants. My brother and one of my friends just did not care, and I still haven't finished the story. I don't understand why. I just don't understand why some people find particular topics to be uninteresting. I understand being bored in class or not liking a particular class, but I don't get how a topic in and of itself can be not interesting.
Sorry for rambling, but since you don't find what you learned about muscle tissue interesting, I thought I'd ask. Maybe you can help me understand why some people find some topics uninteresting. I guess you could say I'm interested in what you have to say (sorry, couldn't help myself). | Out of curiosity, why don't you find that interesting? I have trouble understanding why some people find some things uninteresting as I find pretty much every topic at least somewhat interesting and with learning about. |
Ansuz07 | APR: Annual Percentage Rate. This is the annualized interest rate that you pay on any loan or credit card. Most credit cards/loans look at your balance (often called the principal - the original amount you borrowed/charged) every month to compute your interest charges. To get your APR, you simply take that interest rate to the 12th power. So if they charge you 5% interest on principal every month, that would be 1.05^12 = 1.7958 or a 79.58% APR. You want as low an APR as you can get.
Credit Score: The number that is put together by the credit reporting agencies that assesses how much of a credit risk you are. Higher number means lower risk. It takes into account your payment history, any late payments, bankruptcy, total credit available, recent credit applictions, etc. - basically every number that involves you borrowing money or paying bills. They use all this history to estimate how likely you are to default on your loan/credit cards. If you are very likely to default, they will charge you a higher interest rate to compensate themselves for taking a higher risk - or just not lend to you at all. Everyone has 3 primary credit scores from the 3 reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and Transunion)
Building credit: The process of taking out loans/credit cards and paying them off (or not) so that data can be sent to the 3 credit reporting agencies and they can begin to track your credit history and build a credit score. People usually do this before taking out a very large loan (ie mortgage) so they can get a better rate - over 30 years, even fractions of a percentage on APR can mean 10,000s of savings over the life of the loan (The magic of compound interest!)
Opening a credit card: You apply for a card and the credit company looks at your credit score to determine your credit risk. Low risk = lower APR.
TL;DR: Credit score is important later in life. Find cards with a low APR and pay them off in full every month. Take loans with a low APR and never miss a payment. | APR: Annual Percentage Rate. This is the annualized interest rate that you pay on any loan or credit card. Most credit cards/loans look at your balance (often called the principal - the original amount you borrowed/charged) every month to compute your interest charges. To get your APR, you simply take that interest rate to the 12th power. So if they charge you 5% interest on principal every month, that would be 1.05^12 = 1.7958 or a 79.58% APR. You want as low an APR as you can get.
Credit Score: The number that is put together by the credit reporting agencies that assesses how much of a credit risk you are. Higher number means lower risk. It takes into account your payment history, any late payments, bankruptcy, total credit available, recent credit applictions, etc. - basically every number that involves you borrowing money or paying bills. They use all this history to estimate how likely you are to default on your loan/credit cards. If you are very likely to default, they will charge you a higher interest rate to compensate themselves for taking a higher risk - or just not lend to you at all. Everyone has 3 primary credit scores from the 3 reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and Transunion)
Building credit: The process of taking out loans/credit cards and paying them off (or not) so that data can be sent to the 3 credit reporting agencies and they can begin to track your credit history and build a credit score. People usually do this before taking out a very large loan (ie mortgage) so they can get a better rate - over 30 years, even fractions of a percentage on APR can mean 10,000s of savings over the life of the loan (The magic of compound interest!)
Opening a credit card: You apply for a card and the credit company looks at your credit score to determine your credit risk. Low risk = lower APR.
TL;DR: Credit score is important later in life. Find cards with a low APR and pay them off in full every month. Take loans with a low APR and never miss a payment.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cc7qujv | APR: Annual Percentage Rate. This is the annualized interest rate that you pay on any loan or credit card. Most credit cards/loans look at your balance (often called the principal - the original amount you borrowed/charged) every month to compute your interest charges. To get your APR, you simply take that interest rate to the 12th power. So if they charge you 5% interest on principal every month, that would be 1.05^12 = 1.7958 or a 79.58% APR. You want as low an APR as you can get.
Credit Score: The number that is put together by the credit reporting agencies that assesses how much of a credit risk you are. Higher number means lower risk. It takes into account your payment history, any late payments, bankruptcy, total credit available, recent credit applictions, etc. - basically every number that involves you borrowing money or paying bills. They use all this history to estimate how likely you are to default on your loan/credit cards. If you are very likely to default, they will charge you a higher interest rate to compensate themselves for taking a higher risk - or just not lend to you at all. Everyone has 3 primary credit scores from the 3 reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian and Transunion)
Building credit: The process of taking out loans/credit cards and paying them off (or not) so that data can be sent to the 3 credit reporting agencies and they can begin to track your credit history and build a credit score. People usually do this before taking out a very large loan (ie mortgage) so they can get a better rate - over 30 years, even fractions of a percentage on APR can mean 10,000s of savings over the life of the loan (The magic of compound interest!)
Opening a credit card: You apply for a card and the credit company looks at your credit score to determine your credit risk. Low risk = lower APR. | Credit score is important later in life. Find cards with a low APR and pay them off in full every month. Take loans with a low APR and never miss a payment. |
Quothefool | When I was a kid, my family and our dog (a small Pomeranian) used to live in a duplex. Our neighbors, the Potters, were good friends of ours. We would sometimes leave Blossom our on a stake with a really long leash and let her hang out outside for a while. We had a pretty large but unfenced backyard that we shared with the Potters.
So one day I look outside the back window to check on Blossom and I see the youngest Potter kid, Kelby throwing sticks at our dog who was trapped on the stake. **[THIS]( is what a Pomeranian looks like!** The kid was about 5-7 and I was in sixth grade so probably around 12 years old. Also, Blossom wasn't hurt, but I was pissed and went outside and screamed at him to not do that. 5-7 year-olds being what they are, he was mortified at being caught and ran back into his house.
Fast forward a couple years. I'm in 8th grade. My family has moved and we now live on a lovely little street called Winterbrook Drive. I'd received a beautiful husky for my birthday not too long ago. This house had a decent sized gated backyard and the husky, Maya, ran around in it unattended all the time. Fucking **AGAIN** I look out the back window and see some asshole kids through the slats of the gate, spraying something into Maya's face. I think it may have been spray paint, I can't imagine what else it may have been, but at any rate it was aerosolized. I ran outside and asked them what the hell they were doing. There were two and one freaked out and ran away. The other stayed and said some bullshit like 'We're saying hi to your dog' or something. He and the other were older and bigger than me so I just got Maya and took here inside.
**TLDR; To this day, I'm 20 now, I don't leave any dog that I care about unattended in a place where strangers can get to them because there are cunts out there that will do them harm.** The one exception is that I will leave a dog in a car in a parking lot but only if I'm going to be gone for no more than 10 minutes or so. And even then I don't roll the windows down all the way. **Fuck** people. | When I was a kid, my family and our dog (a small Pomeranian) used to live in a duplex. Our neighbors, the Potters, were good friends of ours. We would sometimes leave Blossom our on a stake with a really long leash and let her hang out outside for a while. We had a pretty large but unfenced backyard that we shared with the Potters.
So one day I look outside the back window to check on Blossom and I see the youngest Potter kid, Kelby throwing sticks at our dog who was trapped on the stake. [THIS]( is what a Pomeranian looks like! The kid was about 5-7 and I was in sixth grade so probably around 12 years old. Also, Blossom wasn't hurt, but I was pissed and went outside and screamed at him to not do that. 5-7 year-olds being what they are, he was mortified at being caught and ran back into his house.
Fast forward a couple years. I'm in 8th grade. My family has moved and we now live on a lovely little street called Winterbrook Drive. I'd received a beautiful husky for my birthday not too long ago. This house had a decent sized gated backyard and the husky, Maya, ran around in it unattended all the time. Fucking AGAIN I look out the back window and see some asshole kids through the slats of the gate, spraying something into Maya's face. I think it may have been spray paint, I can't imagine what else it may have been, but at any rate it was aerosolized. I ran outside and asked them what the hell they were doing. There were two and one freaked out and ran away. The other stayed and said some bullshit like 'We're saying hi to your dog' or something. He and the other were older and bigger than me so I just got Maya and took here inside.
TLDR; To this day, I'm 20 now, I don't leave any dog that I care about unattended in a place where strangers can get to them because there are cunts out there that will do them harm. The one exception is that I will leave a dog in a car in a parking lot but only if I'm going to be gone for no more than 10 minutes or so. And even then I don't roll the windows down all the way. Fuck people.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cc7vjot | When I was a kid, my family and our dog (a small Pomeranian) used to live in a duplex. Our neighbors, the Potters, were good friends of ours. We would sometimes leave Blossom our on a stake with a really long leash and let her hang out outside for a while. We had a pretty large but unfenced backyard that we shared with the Potters.
So one day I look outside the back window to check on Blossom and I see the youngest Potter kid, Kelby throwing sticks at our dog who was trapped on the stake. [THIS]( is what a Pomeranian looks like! The kid was about 5-7 and I was in sixth grade so probably around 12 years old. Also, Blossom wasn't hurt, but I was pissed and went outside and screamed at him to not do that. 5-7 year-olds being what they are, he was mortified at being caught and ran back into his house.
Fast forward a couple years. I'm in 8th grade. My family has moved and we now live on a lovely little street called Winterbrook Drive. I'd received a beautiful husky for my birthday not too long ago. This house had a decent sized gated backyard and the husky, Maya, ran around in it unattended all the time. Fucking AGAIN I look out the back window and see some asshole kids through the slats of the gate, spraying something into Maya's face. I think it may have been spray paint, I can't imagine what else it may have been, but at any rate it was aerosolized. I ran outside and asked them what the hell they were doing. There were two and one freaked out and ran away. The other stayed and said some bullshit like 'We're saying hi to your dog' or something. He and the other were older and bigger than me so I just got Maya and took here inside. | To this day, I'm 20 now, I don't leave any dog that I care about unattended in a place where strangers can get to them because there are cunts out there that will do them harm. The one exception is that I will leave a dog in a car in a parking lot but only if I'm going to be gone for no more than 10 minutes or so. And even then I don't roll the windows down all the way. Fuck people. |
Plattski16 | Okay so I don't want to be "that girl" but this is how I caught my ex cheating.
So circa 2009 I was dating my HS sweetheart and had been together just shy of two years. Things started to change, I was at a big university he was at a community college and working full time and he slowly just became stressed and disinterested. It was right before spring break and we had a heart to heart about how he feels like he is just stuck in the perpetual cycle of work school and trying to be a good boyfriend. I brought up how we never go out as a couple anymore all we do is sit around smoke weed and whatever else. I said hey it's a team effort you drive (didn't have a car at the time) I pay...movies dinner whatever. This was not good enough because then he'd have to use more gas to pick me up and bring me home. I lived maybe 20 mins away. I was leaving for FL to visit my dad for break and he mentioned this would be a good chance for him to get his priorities straight. Cool. I was there for almost a week and he calls saying how good things are going and he's feeling better about his life and that he loved me sooo much. Right. So cue later that night I call and he answers. He was taking his best friend and roommate(female, those two were hooking up at the time) and his roomies BFF out to a movie. UHM WHAT? Two things that he couldn't do for me. I knew nothing would happen with the roommate obviously but the friend I knew previously had told him she was DTF with MY bf. so I knew something was up. He said he'd call later and of course that never happened. Later that night a mutual friend called and I told him what happened and that I had an awful feeling about the whole thing and that I was 99% sure he was going to cheat. Same friend calls back the next morning...I was 3 hrs ahead and about to go fishing... Having fun with family on my spring break not partying my ass off as most would be. Mutual guy calls and tells me he's at my bfs appt. and had some details of the night and confirmed the deed. Bf didn't call and finally after 3 days right before my return back home I texted him saying " how was getting your shit together while fucking 'roomies BFF'?! He pretended like he had no idea what I was talking about. I didn't belabor it I just said FUCK YOU, IM OUT. Five years have passed and we are good friends. Turns out he cheated on me prior to this and ended up knocking up a different girl taboot. Currently He's married to her and fucking MISERABLE. :)
TL;DR my spidey senses knew what was up | Okay so I don't want to be "that girl" but this is how I caught my ex cheating.
So circa 2009 I was dating my HS sweetheart and had been together just shy of two years. Things started to change, I was at a big university he was at a community college and working full time and he slowly just became stressed and disinterested. It was right before spring break and we had a heart to heart about how he feels like he is just stuck in the perpetual cycle of work school and trying to be a good boyfriend. I brought up how we never go out as a couple anymore all we do is sit around smoke weed and whatever else. I said hey it's a team effort you drive (didn't have a car at the time) I pay...movies dinner whatever. This was not good enough because then he'd have to use more gas to pick me up and bring me home. I lived maybe 20 mins away. I was leaving for FL to visit my dad for break and he mentioned this would be a good chance for him to get his priorities straight. Cool. I was there for almost a week and he calls saying how good things are going and he's feeling better about his life and that he loved me sooo much. Right. So cue later that night I call and he answers. He was taking his best friend and roommate(female, those two were hooking up at the time) and his roomies BFF out to a movie. UHM WHAT? Two things that he couldn't do for me. I knew nothing would happen with the roommate obviously but the friend I knew previously had told him she was DTF with MY bf. so I knew something was up. He said he'd call later and of course that never happened. Later that night a mutual friend called and I told him what happened and that I had an awful feeling about the whole thing and that I was 99% sure he was going to cheat. Same friend calls back the next morning...I was 3 hrs ahead and about to go fishing... Having fun with family on my spring break not partying my ass off as most would be. Mutual guy calls and tells me he's at my bfs appt. and had some details of the night and confirmed the deed. Bf didn't call and finally after 3 days right before my return back home I texted him saying " how was getting your shit together while fucking 'roomies BFF'?! He pretended like he had no idea what I was talking about. I didn't belabor it I just said FUCK YOU, IM OUT. Five years have passed and we are good friends. Turns out he cheated on me prior to this and ended up knocking up a different girl taboot. Currently He's married to her and fucking MISERABLE. :)
TL;DR my spidey senses knew what was up
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc7w4ha | Okay so I don't want to be "that girl" but this is how I caught my ex cheating.
So circa 2009 I was dating my HS sweetheart and had been together just shy of two years. Things started to change, I was at a big university he was at a community college and working full time and he slowly just became stressed and disinterested. It was right before spring break and we had a heart to heart about how he feels like he is just stuck in the perpetual cycle of work school and trying to be a good boyfriend. I brought up how we never go out as a couple anymore all we do is sit around smoke weed and whatever else. I said hey it's a team effort you drive (didn't have a car at the time) I pay...movies dinner whatever. This was not good enough because then he'd have to use more gas to pick me up and bring me home. I lived maybe 20 mins away. I was leaving for FL to visit my dad for break and he mentioned this would be a good chance for him to get his priorities straight. Cool. I was there for almost a week and he calls saying how good things are going and he's feeling better about his life and that he loved me sooo much. Right. So cue later that night I call and he answers. He was taking his best friend and roommate(female, those two were hooking up at the time) and his roomies BFF out to a movie. UHM WHAT? Two things that he couldn't do for me. I knew nothing would happen with the roommate obviously but the friend I knew previously had told him she was DTF with MY bf. so I knew something was up. He said he'd call later and of course that never happened. Later that night a mutual friend called and I told him what happened and that I had an awful feeling about the whole thing and that I was 99% sure he was going to cheat. Same friend calls back the next morning...I was 3 hrs ahead and about to go fishing... Having fun with family on my spring break not partying my ass off as most would be. Mutual guy calls and tells me he's at my bfs appt. and had some details of the night and confirmed the deed. Bf didn't call and finally after 3 days right before my return back home I texted him saying " how was getting your shit together while fucking 'roomies BFF'?! He pretended like he had no idea what I was talking about. I didn't belabor it I just said FUCK YOU, IM OUT. Five years have passed and we are good friends. Turns out he cheated on me prior to this and ended up knocking up a different girl taboot. Currently He's married to her and fucking MISERABLE. :) | my spidey senses knew what was up |
LeftWithHonours | Didnt really get caught but I was involved with a guy before I met my boyfriend. We were fwb and I was too young at the time to realize how stupid I was. I started going out my.current bf and ditched the other guy. One night after I was feeling down I was texting my old fwb and he invited me over to cheer me up. I thought we could be friends and I didn't think I was playing with fire. After a beer and a lot of tokes I felt really tired and one thing led to another . Next day I cried driving home and went to work thinking about what I had done. I immediately owned up to it , crying over the phone and being a baby. I told him exactly what happened , how I went over, I was drinking and how I told the guy to stop midway through. He forgives me and I got a second chance. To this day (7 months later) I feel like the most disgusting human being, I still end up sobbing from guilt. This boy makes me so happy , and I've grown up faster than ever (I'm 18 now, young still) and I've learned to own up to my actions and think clearly before putting myself in a bad situation.
TL;DR don't cheat , duh. | Didnt really get caught but I was involved with a guy before I met my boyfriend. We were fwb and I was too young at the time to realize how stupid I was. I started going out my.current bf and ditched the other guy. One night after I was feeling down I was texting my old fwb and he invited me over to cheer me up. I thought we could be friends and I didn't think I was playing with fire. After a beer and a lot of tokes I felt really tired and one thing led to another . Next day I cried driving home and went to work thinking about what I had done. I immediately owned up to it , crying over the phone and being a baby. I told him exactly what happened , how I went over, I was drinking and how I told the guy to stop midway through. He forgives me and I got a second chance. To this day (7 months later) I feel like the most disgusting human being, I still end up sobbing from guilt. This boy makes me so happy , and I've grown up faster than ever (I'm 18 now, young still) and I've learned to own up to my actions and think clearly before putting myself in a bad situation.
TL;DR don't cheat , duh.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cc81ohz | Didnt really get caught but I was involved with a guy before I met my boyfriend. We were fwb and I was too young at the time to realize how stupid I was. I started going out my.current bf and ditched the other guy. One night after I was feeling down I was texting my old fwb and he invited me over to cheer me up. I thought we could be friends and I didn't think I was playing with fire. After a beer and a lot of tokes I felt really tired and one thing led to another . Next day I cried driving home and went to work thinking about what I had done. I immediately owned up to it , crying over the phone and being a baby. I told him exactly what happened , how I went over, I was drinking and how I told the guy to stop midway through. He forgives me and I got a second chance. To this day (7 months later) I feel like the most disgusting human being, I still end up sobbing from guilt. This boy makes me so happy , and I've grown up faster than ever (I'm 18 now, young still) and I've learned to own up to my actions and think clearly before putting myself in a bad situation. | don't cheat , duh. |
Edword23 | Many people feel deserter isn't long enough. If people dodge a ranked queue, they only miss 2 queues for it, and that's costing 9 people that waited out a 15 minute queue a huge chunk of time. And people should be punished for skipping out on a game, because when you hit that accept button you basically have agreed to play with these 9 other people.
>Could you please apply deserter statuses only to people who leave durning the game.
Honestly, that would be terrible. Team picked a comp you don't like? Desert. Realize the queue you're up against has a pro streamer or something similar to that? Desert. Just feel like trolling and making many many people miss out on their matchers? Sure, you have no punishment for it.
Now yes it sucks that you missed one queue because you had to help your grandfather, but its just an unintended side effect. There is no way Hi Rez could know you were off helping him, and you did make the right call. I know I've agreed to a match and alt tabbed to reddit, forgetting to pick a god. It happens, and so these punishments of only a half hour Smite ban really isn't that bad, and I feel could even be boosted a bit.
TL;DR Deserter is fine and needed. Sometimes shit just happens. | Many people feel deserter isn't long enough. If people dodge a ranked queue, they only miss 2 queues for it, and that's costing 9 people that waited out a 15 minute queue a huge chunk of time. And people should be punished for skipping out on a game, because when you hit that accept button you basically have agreed to play with these 9 other people.
>Could you please apply deserter statuses only to people who leave durning the game.
Honestly, that would be terrible. Team picked a comp you don't like? Desert. Realize the queue you're up against has a pro streamer or something similar to that? Desert. Just feel like trolling and making many many people miss out on their matchers? Sure, you have no punishment for it.
Now yes it sucks that you missed one queue because you had to help your grandfather, but its just an unintended side effect. There is no way Hi Rez could know you were off helping him, and you did make the right call. I know I've agreed to a match and alt tabbed to reddit, forgetting to pick a god. It happens, and so these punishments of only a half hour Smite ban really isn't that bad, and I feel could even be boosted a bit.
TL;DR Deserter is fine and needed. Sometimes shit just happens.
| Smite | t5_2stl8 | cc84hge | Many people feel deserter isn't long enough. If people dodge a ranked queue, they only miss 2 queues for it, and that's costing 9 people that waited out a 15 minute queue a huge chunk of time. And people should be punished for skipping out on a game, because when you hit that accept button you basically have agreed to play with these 9 other people.
>Could you please apply deserter statuses only to people who leave durning the game.
Honestly, that would be terrible. Team picked a comp you don't like? Desert. Realize the queue you're up against has a pro streamer or something similar to that? Desert. Just feel like trolling and making many many people miss out on their matchers? Sure, you have no punishment for it.
Now yes it sucks that you missed one queue because you had to help your grandfather, but its just an unintended side effect. There is no way Hi Rez could know you were off helping him, and you did make the right call. I know I've agreed to a match and alt tabbed to reddit, forgetting to pick a god. It happens, and so these punishments of only a half hour Smite ban really isn't that bad, and I feel could even be boosted a bit. | Deserter is fine and needed. Sometimes shit just happens. |
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