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minze | This is good advice. The people we bought the house included the clothes washing machine and clothes dryer in the purchase price (they were downsizing to an apartment). We had our own that we were bringing in, but I have rentals and would put them in there. We left ourselves a couple weeks of time before moving in to the new place to allow for cleaning, repainting, etc. My wife was washing the curtains in the washing machine they left. After tossing them in, she went back to cleaning the kitchen. Right before we are ready to leave she goes down the basement (full finished basement with carpeting) and I hear a scream. The clothes washing machine was overflowing water into the basement. I had about an inch of water on top of the carpeting. Apparently the switch to let the washing machine know it is full and stop filling wasn't working. For about 2 hours we had a full force water overflowing onto the basement floor. Did the old owners know? They said no, it was working fine the last time they used it. Could have been bad luck on our part. Either way, the mess was mine to rectify.
**tl;dr** Old owners included clothes washer with house. first load run through had the machine flood the basement. | This is good advice. The people we bought the house included the clothes washing machine and clothes dryer in the purchase price (they were downsizing to an apartment). We had our own that we were bringing in, but I have rentals and would put them in there. We left ourselves a couple weeks of time before moving in to the new place to allow for cleaning, repainting, etc. My wife was washing the curtains in the washing machine they left. After tossing them in, she went back to cleaning the kitchen. Right before we are ready to leave she goes down the basement (full finished basement with carpeting) and I hear a scream. The clothes washing machine was overflowing water into the basement. I had about an inch of water on top of the carpeting. Apparently the switch to let the washing machine know it is full and stop filling wasn't working. For about 2 hours we had a full force water overflowing onto the basement floor. Did the old owners know? They said no, it was working fine the last time they used it. Could have been bad luck on our part. Either way, the mess was mine to rectify.
tl;dr Old owners included clothes washer with house. first load run through had the machine flood the basement.
| homeowners | t5_2r9c1 | ccsviu8 | This is good advice. The people we bought the house included the clothes washing machine and clothes dryer in the purchase price (they were downsizing to an apartment). We had our own that we were bringing in, but I have rentals and would put them in there. We left ourselves a couple weeks of time before moving in to the new place to allow for cleaning, repainting, etc. My wife was washing the curtains in the washing machine they left. After tossing them in, she went back to cleaning the kitchen. Right before we are ready to leave she goes down the basement (full finished basement with carpeting) and I hear a scream. The clothes washing machine was overflowing water into the basement. I had about an inch of water on top of the carpeting. Apparently the switch to let the washing machine know it is full and stop filling wasn't working. For about 2 hours we had a full force water overflowing onto the basement floor. Did the old owners know? They said no, it was working fine the last time they used it. Could have been bad luck on our part. Either way, the mess was mine to rectify. | Old owners included clothes washer with house. first load run through had the machine flood the basement. |
emeraldrumm | This logic fails me for 2 reasons.
1. If you had a better defense, why wouldn't you want the QB that can put the team on his back like nobody's business, especially if he is slightly more turnover prone. That means that your defense could handle more turnovers and potential get the ball back to your team carrying QB quicker and without the other team scoring. Which would mean less points scored off of turnovers.
2. Looking at Johhny's turnovers, 1 in the Bama game was his fault(the pick six), the other was the receivers fault. His other turnovers(even the one that was his fault in the Bama game), you could argue that because he doesn't have a defense that he has to try and force the subject a bit more often than Mariota. If you can't trust your defense to make a stop then you are going to make some throws that might be in a tighter window.
TL;DR I don't understand why you wouldn't want the QB that can carry a team on his back with a good defense. | This logic fails me for 2 reasons.
If you had a better defense, why wouldn't you want the QB that can put the team on his back like nobody's business, especially if he is slightly more turnover prone. That means that your defense could handle more turnovers and potential get the ball back to your team carrying QB quicker and without the other team scoring. Which would mean less points scored off of turnovers.
Looking at Johhny's turnovers, 1 in the Bama game was his fault(the pick six), the other was the receivers fault. His other turnovers(even the one that was his fault in the Bama game), you could argue that because he doesn't have a defense that he has to try and force the subject a bit more often than Mariota. If you can't trust your defense to make a stop then you are going to make some throws that might be in a tighter window.
TL;DR I don't understand why you wouldn't want the QB that can carry a team on his back with a good defense.
| CFB | t5_2qm9d | ccseojs | This logic fails me for 2 reasons.
If you had a better defense, why wouldn't you want the QB that can put the team on his back like nobody's business, especially if he is slightly more turnover prone. That means that your defense could handle more turnovers and potential get the ball back to your team carrying QB quicker and without the other team scoring. Which would mean less points scored off of turnovers.
Looking at Johhny's turnovers, 1 in the Bama game was his fault(the pick six), the other was the receivers fault. His other turnovers(even the one that was his fault in the Bama game), you could argue that because he doesn't have a defense that he has to try and force the subject a bit more often than Mariota. If you can't trust your defense to make a stop then you are going to make some throws that might be in a tighter window. | I don't understand why you wouldn't want the QB that can carry a team on his back with a good defense. |
duhcassinidivision | I'd rather have Mariota as a pro prospect, but just for the purposes of this season, I'd go with Manziel, sheerly because he is putting that team on his back.
Mariota has better stats, but he has never had to play from behind. Right there apologetics for Manziel's stats are a two-edged sword: he has to throw more because the Aggies are behind so often, so he gets a lot of yards that way, and a lot more opportunity for turnovers.
With those caveats, and not even accounting for SOS, again, I'll go with JFF for this year. Basically what I mean is this, all things being equal (which they never are), Mariota is dominating and doing everything just about perfect, but has he really been challenged?
Have there been any instances this season where everything hasn't gone right? You could say he is the standard against which we're measuring Manziel, and that right there, the fact it's even a question, makes me lean toward Manziel because the gap is not that far.
TL:DR This man Johnny Manziel is valuable, despite his ~~racial~~ Aggie handicap. | I'd rather have Mariota as a pro prospect, but just for the purposes of this season, I'd go with Manziel, sheerly because he is putting that team on his back.
Mariota has better stats, but he has never had to play from behind. Right there apologetics for Manziel's stats are a two-edged sword: he has to throw more because the Aggies are behind so often, so he gets a lot of yards that way, and a lot more opportunity for turnovers.
With those caveats, and not even accounting for SOS, again, I'll go with JFF for this year. Basically what I mean is this, all things being equal (which they never are), Mariota is dominating and doing everything just about perfect, but has he really been challenged?
Have there been any instances this season where everything hasn't gone right? You could say he is the standard against which we're measuring Manziel, and that right there, the fact it's even a question, makes me lean toward Manziel because the gap is not that far.
TL:DR This man Johnny Manziel is valuable, despite his racial Aggie handicap.
| CFB | t5_2qm9d | ccsl59a | I'd rather have Mariota as a pro prospect, but just for the purposes of this season, I'd go with Manziel, sheerly because he is putting that team on his back.
Mariota has better stats, but he has never had to play from behind. Right there apologetics for Manziel's stats are a two-edged sword: he has to throw more because the Aggies are behind so often, so he gets a lot of yards that way, and a lot more opportunity for turnovers.
With those caveats, and not even accounting for SOS, again, I'll go with JFF for this year. Basically what I mean is this, all things being equal (which they never are), Mariota is dominating and doing everything just about perfect, but has he really been challenged?
Have there been any instances this season where everything hasn't gone right? You could say he is the standard against which we're measuring Manziel, and that right there, the fact it's even a question, makes me lean toward Manziel because the gap is not that far. | This man Johnny Manziel is valuable, despite his racial Aggie handicap. |
shwanman | "Downing it" is a bit of a misnomer. When the kicking team touches the ball past the line of scrimmage, it incurs an "illegal touching" penalty [1] where the receiving team will get the ball at the spot of the foul. It does not end the play however, as the receiving team has the opportunity to advance the ball. This is also why things get odd around the endzone when you're dealing with touchbacks, as a player can touch it at say, the 5 yard line, but if it crosses into the endzone then the receiving team can choose to decline the penalty and accept the touchback (in practice, they just put the ball at the 20.)
[1] - The penalty is a loss of ball penalty, in the same group as not reaching the line to gain on 4th down, so that is why they don't throw a flag or record a penalty as we commonly call it.
TL:DR - You "can't" touch the ball after you punt it, but it doesn't end the play when you do. | "Downing it" is a bit of a misnomer. When the kicking team touches the ball past the line of scrimmage, it incurs an "illegal touching" penalty [1] where the receiving team will get the ball at the spot of the foul. It does not end the play however, as the receiving team has the opportunity to advance the ball. This is also why things get odd around the endzone when you're dealing with touchbacks, as a player can touch it at say, the 5 yard line, but if it crosses into the endzone then the receiving team can choose to decline the penalty and accept the touchback (in practice, they just put the ball at the 20.)
[1] - The penalty is a loss of ball penalty, in the same group as not reaching the line to gain on 4th down, so that is why they don't throw a flag or record a penalty as we commonly call it.
TL:DR - You "can't" touch the ball after you punt it, but it doesn't end the play when you do.
| sports | t5_2qgzy | ccsc92n | Downing it" is a bit of a misnomer. When the kicking team touches the ball past the line of scrimmage, it incurs an "illegal touching" penalty [1] where the receiving team will get the ball at the spot of the foul. It does not end the play however, as the receiving team has the opportunity to advance the ball. This is also why things get odd around the endzone when you're dealing with touchbacks, as a player can touch it at say, the 5 yard line, but if it crosses into the endzone then the receiving team can choose to decline the penalty and accept the touchback (in practice, they just put the ball at the 20.)
[1] - The penalty is a loss of ball penalty, in the same group as not reaching the line to gain on 4th down, so that is why they don't throw a flag or record a penalty as we commonly call it. | You "can't" touch the ball after you punt it, but it doesn't end the play when you do. |
IArgueWithAtheists | Most people are familiar with theists saying things like "God is outside of time" or "outside of space" (I prefer "underneath" time and space). But I do not think that, from those, we should infer that God is also "outside of logic".
The "power" to commit logical impossibilities is not really a power. First, let's be clear, "logic" is a human endeavor to represent interconnections of true statements. There are plural logics, but from that, it does not follow that there are multiple conflicting truths (just different human systems not yet reconciled).
So logic is a very different sort of thing than time or space. The object of logic, reason, intelligibility, etc., is truth itself. They are what **Is**. Supposing there was a god (and let's keep to the scope of the question), it would be more accurate to say that logic is coextensive with God.
So to ask whether God can operate outside of logic is tantamount to saying that God can be not God. That's not a power; that would be a handicap.
That being said, the Thompson's Lamp paradox depends on a strictly linear understanding of time. There is a whole lot left we have to learn about time, and when we do (and I expect we will, someday), there might be a logically sound answer to Thompson's paradox.
TL;DR - Logical impossibilities are not powers, and being "unable" to perform them is not a limit. But also, the notion of supertasks might be obscured by how little we understand time. | Most people are familiar with theists saying things like "God is outside of time" or "outside of space" (I prefer "underneath" time and space). But I do not think that, from those, we should infer that God is also "outside of logic".
The "power" to commit logical impossibilities is not really a power. First, let's be clear, "logic" is a human endeavor to represent interconnections of true statements. There are plural logics, but from that, it does not follow that there are multiple conflicting truths (just different human systems not yet reconciled).
So logic is a very different sort of thing than time or space. The object of logic, reason, intelligibility, etc., is truth itself. They are what Is . Supposing there was a god (and let's keep to the scope of the question), it would be more accurate to say that logic is coextensive with God.
So to ask whether God can operate outside of logic is tantamount to saying that God can be not God. That's not a power; that would be a handicap.
That being said, the Thompson's Lamp paradox depends on a strictly linear understanding of time. There is a whole lot left we have to learn about time, and when we do (and I expect we will, someday), there might be a logically sound answer to Thompson's paradox.
TL;DR - Logical impossibilities are not powers, and being "unable" to perform them is not a limit. But also, the notion of supertasks might be obscured by how little we understand time.
| DebateReligion | t5_2snuc | ccsbcfw | Most people are familiar with theists saying things like "God is outside of time" or "outside of space" (I prefer "underneath" time and space). But I do not think that, from those, we should infer that God is also "outside of logic".
The "power" to commit logical impossibilities is not really a power. First, let's be clear, "logic" is a human endeavor to represent interconnections of true statements. There are plural logics, but from that, it does not follow that there are multiple conflicting truths (just different human systems not yet reconciled).
So logic is a very different sort of thing than time or space. The object of logic, reason, intelligibility, etc., is truth itself. They are what Is . Supposing there was a god (and let's keep to the scope of the question), it would be more accurate to say that logic is coextensive with God.
So to ask whether God can operate outside of logic is tantamount to saying that God can be not God. That's not a power; that would be a handicap.
That being said, the Thompson's Lamp paradox depends on a strictly linear understanding of time. There is a whole lot left we have to learn about time, and when we do (and I expect we will, someday), there might be a logically sound answer to Thompson's paradox. | Logical impossibilities are not powers, and being "unable" to perform them is not a limit. But also, the notion of supertasks might be obscured by how little we understand time. |
PhilboBaggins93 | I am really, really good at one sport. Ultimate Frisbee. You know where it is played the most? Colleges. I'm trying to learn basketball or soccer but I lack natural athleticism. Becoming amazing at Frisbee has taken 5 years of practice and a very enthusiastic German Shepherd.
TL;DR I'm trying that, but it's a struggle. | I am really, really good at one sport. Ultimate Frisbee. You know where it is played the most? Colleges. I'm trying to learn basketball or soccer but I lack natural athleticism. Becoming amazing at Frisbee has taken 5 years of practice and a very enthusiastic German Shepherd.
TL;DR I'm trying that, but it's a struggle.
| socialskills | t5_2r275 | ccsmfy3 | I am really, really good at one sport. Ultimate Frisbee. You know where it is played the most? Colleges. I'm trying to learn basketball or soccer but I lack natural athleticism. Becoming amazing at Frisbee has taken 5 years of practice and a very enthusiastic German Shepherd. | I'm trying that, but it's a struggle. |
critterdude542 | I think there is a time and a place for them.
-Crux low to the ground? No glasses.
-If the climber whips, will they fall beyond the field of vision of the glasses? no glasses
If I am going to be pulled WAY up and need to see where my feet are going to land? no glasses
A lot of times, lead belaying calls for active motion from the belayer. Your feet and stance aren't set in stone, you move around! You change your position, move the rope away from your partners foothold, sidestep all while taking or feeding slack correcty and safely. This isn't the time to be using glasses, usually because it's low to the ground.
But even when a climber is higher on the route, that doesn't mean that glasses can be worn 100% of the time. Sometimes if I know that my climber is going into the crux and there is BIG fall potential, I can take the glasses off real quick since they have a neck strap to possibly give a better catch.
Once you're used to them, you can monitor slack and rope with ease and go back to your climber very easily. I think safely/softly catching falls is the thing that takes the most work to get used to
TL/DR I think they're great, but they take getting used to and have a time and place
| I think there is a time and a place for them.
-Crux low to the ground? No glasses.
-If the climber whips, will they fall beyond the field of vision of the glasses? no glasses
If I am going to be pulled WAY up and need to see where my feet are going to land? no glasses
A lot of times, lead belaying calls for active motion from the belayer. Your feet and stance aren't set in stone, you move around! You change your position, move the rope away from your partners foothold, sidestep all while taking or feeding slack correcty and safely. This isn't the time to be using glasses, usually because it's low to the ground.
But even when a climber is higher on the route, that doesn't mean that glasses can be worn 100% of the time. Sometimes if I know that my climber is going into the crux and there is BIG fall potential, I can take the glasses off real quick since they have a neck strap to possibly give a better catch.
Once you're used to them, you can monitor slack and rope with ease and go back to your climber very easily. I think safely/softly catching falls is the thing that takes the most work to get used to
TL/DR I think they're great, but they take getting used to and have a time and place
| climbing | t5_2qk72 | ccsnxih | I think there is a time and a place for them.
-Crux low to the ground? No glasses.
-If the climber whips, will they fall beyond the field of vision of the glasses? no glasses
If I am going to be pulled WAY up and need to see where my feet are going to land? no glasses
A lot of times, lead belaying calls for active motion from the belayer. Your feet and stance aren't set in stone, you move around! You change your position, move the rope away from your partners foothold, sidestep all while taking or feeding slack correcty and safely. This isn't the time to be using glasses, usually because it's low to the ground.
But even when a climber is higher on the route, that doesn't mean that glasses can be worn 100% of the time. Sometimes if I know that my climber is going into the crux and there is BIG fall potential, I can take the glasses off real quick since they have a neck strap to possibly give a better catch.
Once you're used to them, you can monitor slack and rope with ease and go back to your climber very easily. I think safely/softly catching falls is the thing that takes the most work to get used to | I think they're great, but they take getting used to and have a time and place |
Opisnotwatuthink | The fight was Nice, but you actually used a way to edit that i've always loved so far (with the bot voice) and Turned it into a god awful clip.
TL;DR : Ruined two things in one video. | The fight was Nice, but you actually used a way to edit that i've always loved so far (with the bot voice) and Turned it into a god awful clip.
TL;DR : Ruined two things in one video.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | ccstizq | The fight was Nice, but you actually used a way to edit that i've always loved so far (with the bot voice) and Turned it into a god awful clip. | Ruined two things in one video. |
HamBiscuit | >...don't you think that disappearance of the middle class is because of the globalization of the labour pool which has reduced middle class wages? I'm also curious if you think anything can be done about this.
I definitely think that globalization, specifically free trade, is the reason that the middle class has disappeared. In fact, I believe Free Trade, our sorely compromised tax code and government corruption are the reasons behind the vast majority of fiscal and economic problems, the linchpins if you will. It took us 30+ years to get to this point and we won't get out of it quickly. However, it is a solvable problem and can be fixed with major political, socio-economic and fiscal reform.
The first step requires voting against Conservative politicians into the foreseeable future since they persistently resist the very reforms this country desperately needs. However, I would caution people to be very careful because the business community loves to run corporate shills as "Democrats" too.
Once the federal and state governments have been cleaned out, the second step requires economic reform. Unfortunately, Free Trade was designed to allow multinational corporations to move their operations overseas while still reaping all of the benefits if the U.S. market. This has to end because it allows the corporate sector to reap all of the benefits of this country without having to contribute to it in any meaningful way. It also allows U.S. trading partners to do the same thing. Does this mean the country has to kill trade completely? Absolutely not! It simply means that the U.S. has to restore all of the trade protections which U.S. trading partners never abandoned. It also means that the country must consider renegotiating or abandoning every trade agreement that is not mutually beneficial. NAFTA is a perfect example. As it stands, much of the investment that could be coming to the U.S., instead goes to Mexico because goods can be shipped across the border without any restrictions whatsoever. I have no problem with companies who want to invest in or trade with Mexico, but it is not in this country's best interest to maintain unfettered access between the countries. One merely needs to look at how our trade deficit exploded with Mexico shortly after NAFTA passed to understand why. The same holds true with the U.S.-China trade deficit.
In addition to trade reform, the country sorely needs to restore the progressive nature of the nation's tax code. If the trade extortion racket is fixed, corporations will no longer be able to threaten to move their operations overseas to escape paying their fair share of taxes because they would have to forgo the U.S. market and those profits to do so.
This brings me to labor reform. Over the past 30 years, corporations have successfully marginalized and demonized unions and collective bargaining rights. As a result, American workers have lost the ability to bargain for better working conditions and fair pay for the work they do. Collective bargaining rights and unions must be restored in the private sector. Part of labor reform should include a cap on earnings at the top and a true family living wage at the bottom. The days of subsidizing any company's labor costs with government welfare must end (e.g., fast food industry and Walmart are such examples). Part of this effort requires expanding employment protections to temporary and contract worker designations which employers use to circumvent fair on pay and benefits to workers.
As you can see, the business community has been VERY busy undermining the economic interests of most Americans in the country, but take heart in knowing this is not an insurmountable task. If people get lost on what to do, merely remember that reversing most of the political, economic and fiscal reforms of the past 30 years is a great place to start. This is still a great country, it has merely lost its way due to the meddling of far too many right wing ideologues.
TLDR: Restoring the middle class requires abandoning and reversing Reaganomics and Conservative economic/fiscal policies, particularly Free Trade, as well as the progressive tax structure it had pre-Reagan.
| >...don't you think that disappearance of the middle class is because of the globalization of the labour pool which has reduced middle class wages? I'm also curious if you think anything can be done about this.
I definitely think that globalization, specifically free trade, is the reason that the middle class has disappeared. In fact, I believe Free Trade, our sorely compromised tax code and government corruption are the reasons behind the vast majority of fiscal and economic problems, the linchpins if you will. It took us 30+ years to get to this point and we won't get out of it quickly. However, it is a solvable problem and can be fixed with major political, socio-economic and fiscal reform.
The first step requires voting against Conservative politicians into the foreseeable future since they persistently resist the very reforms this country desperately needs. However, I would caution people to be very careful because the business community loves to run corporate shills as "Democrats" too.
Once the federal and state governments have been cleaned out, the second step requires economic reform. Unfortunately, Free Trade was designed to allow multinational corporations to move their operations overseas while still reaping all of the benefits if the U.S. market. This has to end because it allows the corporate sector to reap all of the benefits of this country without having to contribute to it in any meaningful way. It also allows U.S. trading partners to do the same thing. Does this mean the country has to kill trade completely? Absolutely not! It simply means that the U.S. has to restore all of the trade protections which U.S. trading partners never abandoned. It also means that the country must consider renegotiating or abandoning every trade agreement that is not mutually beneficial. NAFTA is a perfect example. As it stands, much of the investment that could be coming to the U.S., instead goes to Mexico because goods can be shipped across the border without any restrictions whatsoever. I have no problem with companies who want to invest in or trade with Mexico, but it is not in this country's best interest to maintain unfettered access between the countries. One merely needs to look at how our trade deficit exploded with Mexico shortly after NAFTA passed to understand why. The same holds true with the U.S.-China trade deficit.
In addition to trade reform, the country sorely needs to restore the progressive nature of the nation's tax code. If the trade extortion racket is fixed, corporations will no longer be able to threaten to move their operations overseas to escape paying their fair share of taxes because they would have to forgo the U.S. market and those profits to do so.
This brings me to labor reform. Over the past 30 years, corporations have successfully marginalized and demonized unions and collective bargaining rights. As a result, American workers have lost the ability to bargain for better working conditions and fair pay for the work they do. Collective bargaining rights and unions must be restored in the private sector. Part of labor reform should include a cap on earnings at the top and a true family living wage at the bottom. The days of subsidizing any company's labor costs with government welfare must end (e.g., fast food industry and Walmart are such examples). Part of this effort requires expanding employment protections to temporary and contract worker designations which employers use to circumvent fair on pay and benefits to workers.
As you can see, the business community has been VERY busy undermining the economic interests of most Americans in the country, but take heart in knowing this is not an insurmountable task. If people get lost on what to do, merely remember that reversing most of the political, economic and fiscal reforms of the past 30 years is a great place to start. This is still a great country, it has merely lost its way due to the meddling of far too many right wing ideologues.
TLDR: Restoring the middle class requires abandoning and reversing Reaganomics and Conservative economic/fiscal policies, particularly Free Trade, as well as the progressive tax structure it had pre-Reagan.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cct44l2 | don't you think that disappearance of the middle class is because of the globalization of the labour pool which has reduced middle class wages? I'm also curious if you think anything can be done about this.
I definitely think that globalization, specifically free trade, is the reason that the middle class has disappeared. In fact, I believe Free Trade, our sorely compromised tax code and government corruption are the reasons behind the vast majority of fiscal and economic problems, the linchpins if you will. It took us 30+ years to get to this point and we won't get out of it quickly. However, it is a solvable problem and can be fixed with major political, socio-economic and fiscal reform.
The first step requires voting against Conservative politicians into the foreseeable future since they persistently resist the very reforms this country desperately needs. However, I would caution people to be very careful because the business community loves to run corporate shills as "Democrats" too.
Once the federal and state governments have been cleaned out, the second step requires economic reform. Unfortunately, Free Trade was designed to allow multinational corporations to move their operations overseas while still reaping all of the benefits if the U.S. market. This has to end because it allows the corporate sector to reap all of the benefits of this country without having to contribute to it in any meaningful way. It also allows U.S. trading partners to do the same thing. Does this mean the country has to kill trade completely? Absolutely not! It simply means that the U.S. has to restore all of the trade protections which U.S. trading partners never abandoned. It also means that the country must consider renegotiating or abandoning every trade agreement that is not mutually beneficial. NAFTA is a perfect example. As it stands, much of the investment that could be coming to the U.S., instead goes to Mexico because goods can be shipped across the border without any restrictions whatsoever. I have no problem with companies who want to invest in or trade with Mexico, but it is not in this country's best interest to maintain unfettered access between the countries. One merely needs to look at how our trade deficit exploded with Mexico shortly after NAFTA passed to understand why. The same holds true with the U.S.-China trade deficit.
In addition to trade reform, the country sorely needs to restore the progressive nature of the nation's tax code. If the trade extortion racket is fixed, corporations will no longer be able to threaten to move their operations overseas to escape paying their fair share of taxes because they would have to forgo the U.S. market and those profits to do so.
This brings me to labor reform. Over the past 30 years, corporations have successfully marginalized and demonized unions and collective bargaining rights. As a result, American workers have lost the ability to bargain for better working conditions and fair pay for the work they do. Collective bargaining rights and unions must be restored in the private sector. Part of labor reform should include a cap on earnings at the top and a true family living wage at the bottom. The days of subsidizing any company's labor costs with government welfare must end (e.g., fast food industry and Walmart are such examples). Part of this effort requires expanding employment protections to temporary and contract worker designations which employers use to circumvent fair on pay and benefits to workers.
As you can see, the business community has been VERY busy undermining the economic interests of most Americans in the country, but take heart in knowing this is not an insurmountable task. If people get lost on what to do, merely remember that reversing most of the political, economic and fiscal reforms of the past 30 years is a great place to start. This is still a great country, it has merely lost its way due to the meddling of far too many right wing ideologues. | Restoring the middle class requires abandoning and reversing Reaganomics and Conservative economic/fiscal policies, particularly Free Trade, as well as the progressive tax structure it had pre-Reagan. |
redditnotfacebook | give out a popular game: BOO I ALREADY HAVE IT!
give out an obscure game: BOO I DONT WANT IT!
TLDR: Go fuck yourself. | give out a popular game: BOO I ALREADY HAVE IT!
give out an obscure game: BOO I DONT WANT IT!
TLDR: Go fuck yourself.
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cctaiqt | give out a popular game: BOO I ALREADY HAVE IT!
give out an obscure game: BOO I DONT WANT IT! | Go fuck yourself. |
WAFFORAINBO | That's some nice black and white thinking, there couldn't possibly be games in the grey area that people want but aren't willing to pay full price for. You know, the games that Valve make their biseasonal profit from by selling at massive discounts. Nah, screw that, lets just give the players one of the most purchased games in the history of their console, because that's what players want.
TLDR: You're dumb.
Edit: downvote because I'm right lol | That's some nice black and white thinking, there couldn't possibly be games in the grey area that people want but aren't willing to pay full price for. You know, the games that Valve make their biseasonal profit from by selling at massive discounts. Nah, screw that, lets just give the players one of the most purchased games in the history of their console, because that's what players want.
TLDR: You're dumb.
Edit: downvote because I'm right lol
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cctdnqy | That's some nice black and white thinking, there couldn't possibly be games in the grey area that people want but aren't willing to pay full price for. You know, the games that Valve make their biseasonal profit from by selling at massive discounts. Nah, screw that, lets just give the players one of the most purchased games in the history of their console, because that's what players want. | You're dumb.
Edit: downvote because I'm right lol |
starfleetjedi | The jerk pulls out and unloads on me. Not my face. Usually my legs, back, or stomach. My exes were always nice enough to hand me a paper towel or an old shirt, but my bf right now goes straight for the shower. One time, he just plopped a small square of tissue paper on my back. I rolled over on his sheets. That sure showed him.
Edit:
TL;DR: disposable wipes, something from the hamper...help each other. | The jerk pulls out and unloads on me. Not my face. Usually my legs, back, or stomach. My exes were always nice enough to hand me a paper towel or an old shirt, but my bf right now goes straight for the shower. One time, he just plopped a small square of tissue paper on my back. I rolled over on his sheets. That sure showed him.
Edit:
TL;DR: disposable wipes, something from the hamper...help each other.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cct5l8c | The jerk pulls out and unloads on me. Not my face. Usually my legs, back, or stomach. My exes were always nice enough to hand me a paper towel or an old shirt, but my bf right now goes straight for the shower. One time, he just plopped a small square of tissue paper on my back. I rolled over on his sheets. That sure showed him.
Edit: | disposable wipes, something from the hamper...help each other. |
5plendiferou5 | Clark Arthur was born Sept 20th. I don't know where you other ladies and gents found time to write up your birth stories so soon after delivery!
It started several days before with some intense prodromal labor. I was staying up with insomnia and my husband was sleeping on the couch next to me. I got up to use the bathroom and found a big chunk of mucous plug. Then when I went back to the living room I started having some cramping and pressure. Soon after the contractions started.
I woke up my husband and we started to time them. They were pretty strong and got closer together and stronger for several hours, so we got ourselves ready to go in.
Unfortunately, they slowed down by morning. I tried to sleep because I hadn't gotten any sleep yet and was exhausted. It was really hard because the contractions were pretty strong. When I woke up the contractions were gone and I was super bummed,
They started up again that afternoon. They were strong enough that I had to stop what I was doing and breathe my way through them. It was really hard because if I didn't get myself calm and focused right away I would get frantic from the pain.
This went on again for another day. I had a midwife appointment and found I had made no progress as far as dilating.
The contractions continued for a third day, and finally something changed-- instead of the pain being centered in my low abdomen, I started to get the pain in my low back as well. Plus, I started having gobs of bloody show. I was sure this meant I was finally starting true labor.
My husband and I timed the contractions and they weren't terribly regular, but they were frequent-- all under 5 min apart. I called the nurse and she told me to come in right away.
I was admitted to the hospital and finally seen by a triage nurse. She monitored the baby, checked his position, then did a cervical check. Somehow, I still hadn't dilated!! My husband told me the look on my face when I learned that all of those contractions had made zero progress broke his heart.
I was sure I'd have to go back home, and who knows how long I'd be suffering through contractions? But before they could tell me the plan, the nurse noticed some meconium-- my water had broken! I hadn't noticed the trickle because my bloody show had been so heavy. (Ew)
So I would be staying! My midwife arrived and we decided that I'd be getting pitocin since the meconium was so thick. At one point a doctor remarked that it looked like pea soup! (Ew again)
Before administering it, she hooked up the fetal monitor again. Another nurse noticed that they were finding the baby's heart beat awfully high on my belly-- were we sure he was head down?
He'd been head down for three months! Every appointment I'd had recently included a glowing comment about what a great position he was in! In fact, I had just had a position check with the triage nurse, surely he hadn't flipped in the hour since then? They got an ultrasound to confirm, he had flipped to breech!
So, I had to have a C-Section. It was a big day for those, I was third in a line of four ladies who needed them that night!
My husband and I were pretty scared. They took me back and got me prepped without my husband. When I lay down on the table I suddenly felt a heavy weight on my chest that made breathing hard. I was getting pretty worked up. The anesthetist offered me an oxygen mask saying that sometimes it helps. I'm pretty sure it wasn't oxygen, since the pressure didn't stop I just started feeling really relaxed about everything!
They brought my husband back for the procedure. They had him watch as they pulled out my son. I couldn't see anything, and had to wait wondering what was going on.
Suddenly I heard the most amazing cry. It was absolutely beautiful. It was such a solid, clear voice, I couldn't believe I was hearing my son's voice for the first time.
They brought him around the curtain and I got a glimpse of him. He was absolutely beautiful! My husband cut the cord and they let him wheel the baby out to meet grandparents. I had to wait another 40 minutes to see Clark while they stitched me back up. The wait really sucked; keep that in mind when writing your birth plans!
Finally they finished and wheeled me back to my room. There was a crowd of nurses gathered waiting for me to arrive so they could weigh the baby. He was a big boy, so the nurses were having fun guessing how much he'd weigh. He came in at 9 lbs 9.6 oz, 21 in. long and with a head circumference of nearly 15 in.
Tl:dr. Clark Arthur was born Sept. 20th. 9 lbs 9.6 oz. 78 hours of prodromal contractions, water broke, baby flipped to breech at the hospital, c section required. Healthy baby!
And,,, pictures!
| Clark Arthur was born Sept 20th. I don't know where you other ladies and gents found time to write up your birth stories so soon after delivery!
It started several days before with some intense prodromal labor. I was staying up with insomnia and my husband was sleeping on the couch next to me. I got up to use the bathroom and found a big chunk of mucous plug. Then when I went back to the living room I started having some cramping and pressure. Soon after the contractions started.
I woke up my husband and we started to time them. They were pretty strong and got closer together and stronger for several hours, so we got ourselves ready to go in.
Unfortunately, they slowed down by morning. I tried to sleep because I hadn't gotten any sleep yet and was exhausted. It was really hard because the contractions were pretty strong. When I woke up the contractions were gone and I was super bummed,
They started up again that afternoon. They were strong enough that I had to stop what I was doing and breathe my way through them. It was really hard because if I didn't get myself calm and focused right away I would get frantic from the pain.
This went on again for another day. I had a midwife appointment and found I had made no progress as far as dilating.
The contractions continued for a third day, and finally something changed-- instead of the pain being centered in my low abdomen, I started to get the pain in my low back as well. Plus, I started having gobs of bloody show. I was sure this meant I was finally starting true labor.
My husband and I timed the contractions and they weren't terribly regular, but they were frequent-- all under 5 min apart. I called the nurse and she told me to come in right away.
I was admitted to the hospital and finally seen by a triage nurse. She monitored the baby, checked his position, then did a cervical check. Somehow, I still hadn't dilated!! My husband told me the look on my face when I learned that all of those contractions had made zero progress broke his heart.
I was sure I'd have to go back home, and who knows how long I'd be suffering through contractions? But before they could tell me the plan, the nurse noticed some meconium-- my water had broken! I hadn't noticed the trickle because my bloody show had been so heavy. (Ew)
So I would be staying! My midwife arrived and we decided that I'd be getting pitocin since the meconium was so thick. At one point a doctor remarked that it looked like pea soup! (Ew again)
Before administering it, she hooked up the fetal monitor again. Another nurse noticed that they were finding the baby's heart beat awfully high on my belly-- were we sure he was head down?
He'd been head down for three months! Every appointment I'd had recently included a glowing comment about what a great position he was in! In fact, I had just had a position check with the triage nurse, surely he hadn't flipped in the hour since then? They got an ultrasound to confirm, he had flipped to breech!
So, I had to have a C-Section. It was a big day for those, I was third in a line of four ladies who needed them that night!
My husband and I were pretty scared. They took me back and got me prepped without my husband. When I lay down on the table I suddenly felt a heavy weight on my chest that made breathing hard. I was getting pretty worked up. The anesthetist offered me an oxygen mask saying that sometimes it helps. I'm pretty sure it wasn't oxygen, since the pressure didn't stop I just started feeling really relaxed about everything!
They brought my husband back for the procedure. They had him watch as they pulled out my son. I couldn't see anything, and had to wait wondering what was going on.
Suddenly I heard the most amazing cry. It was absolutely beautiful. It was such a solid, clear voice, I couldn't believe I was hearing my son's voice for the first time.
They brought him around the curtain and I got a glimpse of him. He was absolutely beautiful! My husband cut the cord and they let him wheel the baby out to meet grandparents. I had to wait another 40 minutes to see Clark while they stitched me back up. The wait really sucked; keep that in mind when writing your birth plans!
Finally they finished and wheeled me back to my room. There was a crowd of nurses gathered waiting for me to arrive so they could weigh the baby. He was a big boy, so the nurses were having fun guessing how much he'd weigh. He came in at 9 lbs 9.6 oz, 21 in. long and with a head circumference of nearly 15 in.
Tl:dr. Clark Arthur was born Sept. 20th. 9 lbs 9.6 oz. 78 hours of prodromal contractions, water broke, baby flipped to breech at the hospital, c section required. Healthy baby!
And,,, pictures!
| BabyBumps | t5_2s7cl | cctg6vk | Clark Arthur was born Sept 20th. I don't know where you other ladies and gents found time to write up your birth stories so soon after delivery!
It started several days before with some intense prodromal labor. I was staying up with insomnia and my husband was sleeping on the couch next to me. I got up to use the bathroom and found a big chunk of mucous plug. Then when I went back to the living room I started having some cramping and pressure. Soon after the contractions started.
I woke up my husband and we started to time them. They were pretty strong and got closer together and stronger for several hours, so we got ourselves ready to go in.
Unfortunately, they slowed down by morning. I tried to sleep because I hadn't gotten any sleep yet and was exhausted. It was really hard because the contractions were pretty strong. When I woke up the contractions were gone and I was super bummed,
They started up again that afternoon. They were strong enough that I had to stop what I was doing and breathe my way through them. It was really hard because if I didn't get myself calm and focused right away I would get frantic from the pain.
This went on again for another day. I had a midwife appointment and found I had made no progress as far as dilating.
The contractions continued for a third day, and finally something changed-- instead of the pain being centered in my low abdomen, I started to get the pain in my low back as well. Plus, I started having gobs of bloody show. I was sure this meant I was finally starting true labor.
My husband and I timed the contractions and they weren't terribly regular, but they were frequent-- all under 5 min apart. I called the nurse and she told me to come in right away.
I was admitted to the hospital and finally seen by a triage nurse. She monitored the baby, checked his position, then did a cervical check. Somehow, I still hadn't dilated!! My husband told me the look on my face when I learned that all of those contractions had made zero progress broke his heart.
I was sure I'd have to go back home, and who knows how long I'd be suffering through contractions? But before they could tell me the plan, the nurse noticed some meconium-- my water had broken! I hadn't noticed the trickle because my bloody show had been so heavy. (Ew)
So I would be staying! My midwife arrived and we decided that I'd be getting pitocin since the meconium was so thick. At one point a doctor remarked that it looked like pea soup! (Ew again)
Before administering it, she hooked up the fetal monitor again. Another nurse noticed that they were finding the baby's heart beat awfully high on my belly-- were we sure he was head down?
He'd been head down for three months! Every appointment I'd had recently included a glowing comment about what a great position he was in! In fact, I had just had a position check with the triage nurse, surely he hadn't flipped in the hour since then? They got an ultrasound to confirm, he had flipped to breech!
So, I had to have a C-Section. It was a big day for those, I was third in a line of four ladies who needed them that night!
My husband and I were pretty scared. They took me back and got me prepped without my husband. When I lay down on the table I suddenly felt a heavy weight on my chest that made breathing hard. I was getting pretty worked up. The anesthetist offered me an oxygen mask saying that sometimes it helps. I'm pretty sure it wasn't oxygen, since the pressure didn't stop I just started feeling really relaxed about everything!
They brought my husband back for the procedure. They had him watch as they pulled out my son. I couldn't see anything, and had to wait wondering what was going on.
Suddenly I heard the most amazing cry. It was absolutely beautiful. It was such a solid, clear voice, I couldn't believe I was hearing my son's voice for the first time.
They brought him around the curtain and I got a glimpse of him. He was absolutely beautiful! My husband cut the cord and they let him wheel the baby out to meet grandparents. I had to wait another 40 minutes to see Clark while they stitched me back up. The wait really sucked; keep that in mind when writing your birth plans!
Finally they finished and wheeled me back to my room. There was a crowd of nurses gathered waiting for me to arrive so they could weigh the baby. He was a big boy, so the nurses were having fun guessing how much he'd weigh. He came in at 9 lbs 9.6 oz, 21 in. long and with a head circumference of nearly 15 in. | Clark Arthur was born Sept. 20th. 9 lbs 9.6 oz. 78 hours of prodromal contractions, water broke, baby flipped to breech at the hospital, c section required. Healthy baby!
And,,, pictures! |
itsnotgoingtohappen | Sure about that? Never shamed for masturbating or led to believe that touching yourself made you a pervert? Never asked by an adult in a private setting if you masturbate or have seen pornography?
It's not an overt thing that people easily recognize, and some never recognize it at all. However, when an organization systematically shames you for having natural physical impulses and desires (especially during puberty when you SHOULD be exploring your newly changing body) and links those impulses to eternal damnation and separation from your family, it doesn't just cross the line of abuse; it long jumps over it.
It's fascinating to hear stories of still Mormons who feel shame and dirtiness after having sex with their spouses. THEY'RE MARRIED! That means sex is supposed to be sacred and beautiful, doesn't it? But after a lifetime of having chastity and sexual shaming shoved down your throat, it's hard not to get past those feelings.
On top of that, sexual dissatisfaction, especially for women, can be emotionally damaging, and if you're shamed out of masturbating, you'll be hard pressed to know how to satisfy yourself, much less explain to a partner how they can satisfy you.
And since I'm on woman-specific issues, women are taught from a young age that their worth lies in their choice to become a mother and dutiful wife. Their blessings come from marrying a priesthood-holding return missionary (and being married to a priesthood holder is the only way for women to get into the celestial kingdom, mind you). They encourage you to get a higher education at their own institution, wherein return missionaries (who've been under buddy system lock & key with other chaste and wholesome young men) are abundant. Law of chastity(young singles + hormones)=Abundance of young marriages with short courtships & engagements. Because that's a healthy way to choose a partner for life. The running joke is that women don't go to byu for an education, but to find a husband.
So perhaps you didn't feel directly abused. However, at the very least, the church abuses its power and influence over young people, convincing them that because they have primal, physical instincts (sexual desires and urges, etc), that they are inadequate in the eyes of "The Lord" and they need to church (to repent and pay tithes) to be good enough to keep their family (a child's whole world) forever.
It seems you got out of it relatively unscathed, which is great! Really. I'm happy for you. But do be careful not to discount the damage that it's done to other people.
TL;DR: Church holds sexual urges over pubescent kids' heads, shames them for masturbating & feeling desire, which can lead to lifelong feelings of shame about sex, sexual dissatisfaction. Also teaches girls that their worth comes from marrying a priesthood holder and having babies. | Sure about that? Never shamed for masturbating or led to believe that touching yourself made you a pervert? Never asked by an adult in a private setting if you masturbate or have seen pornography?
It's not an overt thing that people easily recognize, and some never recognize it at all. However, when an organization systematically shames you for having natural physical impulses and desires (especially during puberty when you SHOULD be exploring your newly changing body) and links those impulses to eternal damnation and separation from your family, it doesn't just cross the line of abuse; it long jumps over it.
It's fascinating to hear stories of still Mormons who feel shame and dirtiness after having sex with their spouses. THEY'RE MARRIED! That means sex is supposed to be sacred and beautiful, doesn't it? But after a lifetime of having chastity and sexual shaming shoved down your throat, it's hard not to get past those feelings.
On top of that, sexual dissatisfaction, especially for women, can be emotionally damaging, and if you're shamed out of masturbating, you'll be hard pressed to know how to satisfy yourself, much less explain to a partner how they can satisfy you.
And since I'm on woman-specific issues, women are taught from a young age that their worth lies in their choice to become a mother and dutiful wife. Their blessings come from marrying a priesthood-holding return missionary (and being married to a priesthood holder is the only way for women to get into the celestial kingdom, mind you). They encourage you to get a higher education at their own institution, wherein return missionaries (who've been under buddy system lock & key with other chaste and wholesome young men) are abundant. Law of chastity(young singles + hormones)=Abundance of young marriages with short courtships & engagements. Because that's a healthy way to choose a partner for life. The running joke is that women don't go to byu for an education, but to find a husband.
So perhaps you didn't feel directly abused. However, at the very least, the church abuses its power and influence over young people, convincing them that because they have primal, physical instincts (sexual desires and urges, etc), that they are inadequate in the eyes of "The Lord" and they need to church (to repent and pay tithes) to be good enough to keep their family (a child's whole world) forever.
It seems you got out of it relatively unscathed, which is great! Really. I'm happy for you. But do be careful not to discount the damage that it's done to other people.
TL;DR: Church holds sexual urges over pubescent kids' heads, shames them for masturbating & feeling desire, which can lead to lifelong feelings of shame about sex, sexual dissatisfaction. Also teaches girls that their worth comes from marrying a priesthood holder and having babies.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | ccua3ps | Sure about that? Never shamed for masturbating or led to believe that touching yourself made you a pervert? Never asked by an adult in a private setting if you masturbate or have seen pornography?
It's not an overt thing that people easily recognize, and some never recognize it at all. However, when an organization systematically shames you for having natural physical impulses and desires (especially during puberty when you SHOULD be exploring your newly changing body) and links those impulses to eternal damnation and separation from your family, it doesn't just cross the line of abuse; it long jumps over it.
It's fascinating to hear stories of still Mormons who feel shame and dirtiness after having sex with their spouses. THEY'RE MARRIED! That means sex is supposed to be sacred and beautiful, doesn't it? But after a lifetime of having chastity and sexual shaming shoved down your throat, it's hard not to get past those feelings.
On top of that, sexual dissatisfaction, especially for women, can be emotionally damaging, and if you're shamed out of masturbating, you'll be hard pressed to know how to satisfy yourself, much less explain to a partner how they can satisfy you.
And since I'm on woman-specific issues, women are taught from a young age that their worth lies in their choice to become a mother and dutiful wife. Their blessings come from marrying a priesthood-holding return missionary (and being married to a priesthood holder is the only way for women to get into the celestial kingdom, mind you). They encourage you to get a higher education at their own institution, wherein return missionaries (who've been under buddy system lock & key with other chaste and wholesome young men) are abundant. Law of chastity(young singles + hormones)=Abundance of young marriages with short courtships & engagements. Because that's a healthy way to choose a partner for life. The running joke is that women don't go to byu for an education, but to find a husband.
So perhaps you didn't feel directly abused. However, at the very least, the church abuses its power and influence over young people, convincing them that because they have primal, physical instincts (sexual desires and urges, etc), that they are inadequate in the eyes of "The Lord" and they need to church (to repent and pay tithes) to be good enough to keep their family (a child's whole world) forever.
It seems you got out of it relatively unscathed, which is great! Really. I'm happy for you. But do be careful not to discount the damage that it's done to other people. | Church holds sexual urges over pubescent kids' heads, shames them for masturbating & feeling desire, which can lead to lifelong feelings of shame about sex, sexual dissatisfaction. Also teaches girls that their worth comes from marrying a priesthood holder and having babies. |
Muzzah | He, like most religious folk, picks and chooses his beliefs at will. Most religion not only affords that, but necessitates it by having many often conflicting scriptures and interpretations.
Tl;DR = Religion forces you to be a hypocrite. | He, like most religious folk, picks and chooses his beliefs at will. Most religion not only affords that, but necessitates it by having many often conflicting scriptures and interpretations.
Tl;DR = Religion forces you to be a hypocrite.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cctvlxr | He, like most religious folk, picks and chooses his beliefs at will. Most religion not only affords that, but necessitates it by having many often conflicting scriptures and interpretations. | Religion forces you to be a hypocrite. |
howsthatforirony | i got some wabasha boots from a men's boutique in japan for $90...a steal i know. they were marked down to $160 and were his last pair...perhaps a return? anyway, i told him i had to consult the wifey for anything over $100 and he just said, "well, they're my last pair, what if i just made them $90 for you?"
tldr: get lucky. | i got some wabasha boots from a men's boutique in japan for $90...a steal i know. they were marked down to $160 and were his last pair...perhaps a return? anyway, i told him i had to consult the wifey for anything over $100 and he just said, "well, they're my last pair, what if i just made them $90 for you?"
tldr: get lucky.
| malefashionadvice | t5_2r65t | ccu2wii | i got some wabasha boots from a men's boutique in japan for $90...a steal i know. they were marked down to $160 and were his last pair...perhaps a return? anyway, i told him i had to consult the wifey for anything over $100 and he just said, "well, they're my last pair, what if i just made them $90 for you?" | get lucky. |
blueberrypoptart | It's not necessary a problem with clamping.
An interesting effect of Riot's promo system is if you win a lot starting from a lower division (e.g. from Silver V-III then win all the way to Silver I). Because of the wins, your MMR becomes gold-level. However, because the system won't let you just go to gold, you still have to go through promotions multiple times.
This creates a problem if you are in Silver I with Gold III-II MMR. Instead of needing to win 3/5 games vs Silver I MMR teams (which any Gold III-II should be able to do), you need to win 3/5 agsint gold III-II, which is much harder! all while losing LP on losses despite having much higher MMR than their division.
tl;dr this is a problem because promo games are vs people at your MMR, not the people at the MMR of the division you're trying to reach.
| It's not necessary a problem with clamping.
An interesting effect of Riot's promo system is if you win a lot starting from a lower division (e.g. from Silver V-III then win all the way to Silver I). Because of the wins, your MMR becomes gold-level. However, because the system won't let you just go to gold, you still have to go through promotions multiple times.
This creates a problem if you are in Silver I with Gold III-II MMR. Instead of needing to win 3/5 games vs Silver I MMR teams (which any Gold III-II should be able to do), you need to win 3/5 agsint gold III-II, which is much harder! all while losing LP on losses despite having much higher MMR than their division.
tl;dr this is a problem because promo games are vs people at your MMR, not the people at the MMR of the division you're trying to reach.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | ccu4y4g | It's not necessary a problem with clamping.
An interesting effect of Riot's promo system is if you win a lot starting from a lower division (e.g. from Silver V-III then win all the way to Silver I). Because of the wins, your MMR becomes gold-level. However, because the system won't let you just go to gold, you still have to go through promotions multiple times.
This creates a problem if you are in Silver I with Gold III-II MMR. Instead of needing to win 3/5 games vs Silver I MMR teams (which any Gold III-II should be able to do), you need to win 3/5 agsint gold III-II, which is much harder! all while losing LP on losses despite having much higher MMR than their division. | this is a problem because promo games are vs people at your MMR, not the people at the MMR of the division you're trying to reach. |
Therier | Poll's name is not best one but I didn't came with any better one. What I'm trying to say is: Do you think that Solo players doesn't loose anything from game when they are not playing with (full) group?
As far as I know groups gets everything faster... am I right? But I'm not interested of Path of Exile because I want to be best and get everything as fast as possible. To be honest I like to play that game slow and lore in my opinion is really interesting. And I want to explore it.
But I just hope things doesn't start to go like in Diablo III. Of course you could now say that "Just enjoy the game as long as it lasts and then go play something else". Well in my opinion PoE is something what's something what I have waited from game(company) so long. Something what seems to be made because company wants to game be good and not some kind of money magnet. I'm not so freaking interested of this game just because I love ARPG games over everything else. I'm interested of this mostly because of how GGG handles players and it's game.
Well that did go little off topic. Anyway my main question was do you think this game is what solo player would love to get even though it's mostly made for group players? Is it worth of Hard Core Solo player. And I don't now mean Hardcore mode players. I mean players who love to play much in solo or in really small group.
TLDR; Is this game good for solo players?
Thanks! | Poll's name is not best one but I didn't came with any better one. What I'm trying to say is: Do you think that Solo players doesn't loose anything from game when they are not playing with (full) group?
As far as I know groups gets everything faster... am I right? But I'm not interested of Path of Exile because I want to be best and get everything as fast as possible. To be honest I like to play that game slow and lore in my opinion is really interesting. And I want to explore it.
But I just hope things doesn't start to go like in Diablo III. Of course you could now say that "Just enjoy the game as long as it lasts and then go play something else". Well in my opinion PoE is something what's something what I have waited from game(company) so long. Something what seems to be made because company wants to game be good and not some kind of money magnet. I'm not so freaking interested of this game just because I love ARPG games over everything else. I'm interested of this mostly because of how GGG handles players and it's game.
Well that did go little off topic. Anyway my main question was do you think this game is what solo player would love to get even though it's mostly made for group players? Is it worth of Hard Core Solo player. And I don't now mean Hardcore mode players. I mean players who love to play much in solo or in really small group.
TLDR; Is this game good for solo players?
Thanks!
| pathofexile | t5_2sf6m | ccu4arj | Poll's name is not best one but I didn't came with any better one. What I'm trying to say is: Do you think that Solo players doesn't loose anything from game when they are not playing with (full) group?
As far as I know groups gets everything faster... am I right? But I'm not interested of Path of Exile because I want to be best and get everything as fast as possible. To be honest I like to play that game slow and lore in my opinion is really interesting. And I want to explore it.
But I just hope things doesn't start to go like in Diablo III. Of course you could now say that "Just enjoy the game as long as it lasts and then go play something else". Well in my opinion PoE is something what's something what I have waited from game(company) so long. Something what seems to be made because company wants to game be good and not some kind of money magnet. I'm not so freaking interested of this game just because I love ARPG games over everything else. I'm interested of this mostly because of how GGG handles players and it's game.
Well that did go little off topic. Anyway my main question was do you think this game is what solo player would love to get even though it's mostly made for group players? Is it worth of Hard Core Solo player. And I don't now mean Hardcore mode players. I mean players who love to play much in solo or in really small group. | Is this game good for solo players?
Thanks! |
goodnamesdontexist | I had this a lot too at some point and I think it's partely hormones and just teenage "Emotions" as you could call it. I am not sure how severe your thoughts are and always be careful it's not going over the top but I think this might just be the natural emotion for a teenager that has a bit of a struggle..
hell at some point I even wanted to die just because girls never liked me.. because I wasn't attractive enough for myself. (You don't hear this a lot from boys but they do think about that, trust me.) but that all went away. and sometimes I still feel those insecurities sometimes but it's not the feeling of wanting to stop living like you might have right now.
tl;dr: dont be a lazy fuck
edit: blah blah english not main language any grammar mistakes you can shove up your arse. | I had this a lot too at some point and I think it's partely hormones and just teenage "Emotions" as you could call it. I am not sure how severe your thoughts are and always be careful it's not going over the top but I think this might just be the natural emotion for a teenager that has a bit of a struggle..
hell at some point I even wanted to die just because girls never liked me.. because I wasn't attractive enough for myself. (You don't hear this a lot from boys but they do think about that, trust me.) but that all went away. and sometimes I still feel those insecurities sometimes but it's not the feeling of wanting to stop living like you might have right now.
tl;dr: dont be a lazy fuck
edit: blah blah english not main language any grammar mistakes you can shove up your arse.
| teenagers | t5_2rjli | ccudi6y | I had this a lot too at some point and I think it's partely hormones and just teenage "Emotions" as you could call it. I am not sure how severe your thoughts are and always be careful it's not going over the top but I think this might just be the natural emotion for a teenager that has a bit of a struggle..
hell at some point I even wanted to die just because girls never liked me.. because I wasn't attractive enough for myself. (You don't hear this a lot from boys but they do think about that, trust me.) but that all went away. and sometimes I still feel those insecurities sometimes but it's not the feeling of wanting to stop living like you might have right now. | dont be a lazy fuck
edit: blah blah english not main language any grammar mistakes you can shove up your arse. |
prickelypear | The fact that you just said that made me realize something. The girl in the comments saying that what the two girls in the status said wasn't racist is white (she said so "*we* are the privileged"). I've heard PoC state that racism makes some PoC hate the color of their skin and become racist against their own race. This makes sense that racism against your race could ultimately make you hate your own race because it's ingrained in you that your race is bad. All these SJW's are standing by being white is bad. If you are white you are horrible and a racist and talking out against remarks made to "prove" you are an awful racist person makes you more racist. And don't even get them started if you are a straight white male.
TLDR: SJWs are trying to make whites racist against whites. | The fact that you just said that made me realize something. The girl in the comments saying that what the two girls in the status said wasn't racist is white (she said so " we are the privileged"). I've heard PoC state that racism makes some PoC hate the color of their skin and become racist against their own race. This makes sense that racism against your race could ultimately make you hate your own race because it's ingrained in you that your race is bad. All these SJW's are standing by being white is bad. If you are white you are horrible and a racist and talking out against remarks made to "prove" you are an awful racist person makes you more racist. And don't even get them started if you are a straight white male.
TLDR: SJWs are trying to make whites racist against whites.
| TumblrInAction | t5_2vizz | ccuqjet | The fact that you just said that made me realize something. The girl in the comments saying that what the two girls in the status said wasn't racist is white (she said so " we are the privileged"). I've heard PoC state that racism makes some PoC hate the color of their skin and become racist against their own race. This makes sense that racism against your race could ultimately make you hate your own race because it's ingrained in you that your race is bad. All these SJW's are standing by being white is bad. If you are white you are horrible and a racist and talking out against remarks made to "prove" you are an awful racist person makes you more racist. And don't even get them started if you are a straight white male. | SJWs are trying to make whites racist against whites. |
raeanin | First off, there's no easy/healthy way to lower you libido, and there's nothing wrong with having a high libido.
I think you and your girlfriend need to have a frank discussion about your sexual ideals and work from there. While it's perfectly fine for her to be not ready at 18, it's fairly unusual, and it may be that she just has heard a lot of negativity about sex her whole life and really doesn't know what she wants. It may help for you guys to talk about it, or for her to find a female she can talk to more openly than she may has in the past.
If it works out that you simply have a high libido and she has a very low libido, it just might not work out. I know that saying 'end the relationship' is the cliche /r/sex response, but in this specific case, at the ages you are and about to go to college/start working, etc it may a a prudent thing to start working towards. I normally hate to say this, but it very well may save you a ton of problems in the future.
The one thing I wish more people understood about relationships, especially at a young age, is that sexual compatibility is easily one of the most important factors to a healthy successful relationship. The typical way most of us were brought up is that it is virtually non-important.
To me, mismatch libidos, or mismatched sexual preferences are completely red flags, especially in a new relationship. Yes, most people are compatible for other reasons, similar likes or views etc. But is far more easy to, for example, learn to enjoy a significant other's hobbies or interests than it is to change sexual needs or desires.
TL:DR; Have a serious, open conversation with your GF about sex. If it's clear you are not sexually compatible, evaluate the relationship. | First off, there's no easy/healthy way to lower you libido, and there's nothing wrong with having a high libido.
I think you and your girlfriend need to have a frank discussion about your sexual ideals and work from there. While it's perfectly fine for her to be not ready at 18, it's fairly unusual, and it may be that she just has heard a lot of negativity about sex her whole life and really doesn't know what she wants. It may help for you guys to talk about it, or for her to find a female she can talk to more openly than she may has in the past.
If it works out that you simply have a high libido and she has a very low libido, it just might not work out. I know that saying 'end the relationship' is the cliche /r/sex response, but in this specific case, at the ages you are and about to go to college/start working, etc it may a a prudent thing to start working towards. I normally hate to say this, but it very well may save you a ton of problems in the future.
The one thing I wish more people understood about relationships, especially at a young age, is that sexual compatibility is easily one of the most important factors to a healthy successful relationship. The typical way most of us were brought up is that it is virtually non-important.
To me, mismatch libidos, or mismatched sexual preferences are completely red flags, especially in a new relationship. Yes, most people are compatible for other reasons, similar likes or views etc. But is far more easy to, for example, learn to enjoy a significant other's hobbies or interests than it is to change sexual needs or desires.
TL:DR; Have a serious, open conversation with your GF about sex. If it's clear you are not sexually compatible, evaluate the relationship.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | ccuqo80 | First off, there's no easy/healthy way to lower you libido, and there's nothing wrong with having a high libido.
I think you and your girlfriend need to have a frank discussion about your sexual ideals and work from there. While it's perfectly fine for her to be not ready at 18, it's fairly unusual, and it may be that she just has heard a lot of negativity about sex her whole life and really doesn't know what she wants. It may help for you guys to talk about it, or for her to find a female she can talk to more openly than she may has in the past.
If it works out that you simply have a high libido and she has a very low libido, it just might not work out. I know that saying 'end the relationship' is the cliche /r/sex response, but in this specific case, at the ages you are and about to go to college/start working, etc it may a a prudent thing to start working towards. I normally hate to say this, but it very well may save you a ton of problems in the future.
The one thing I wish more people understood about relationships, especially at a young age, is that sexual compatibility is easily one of the most important factors to a healthy successful relationship. The typical way most of us were brought up is that it is virtually non-important.
To me, mismatch libidos, or mismatched sexual preferences are completely red flags, especially in a new relationship. Yes, most people are compatible for other reasons, similar likes or views etc. But is far more easy to, for example, learn to enjoy a significant other's hobbies or interests than it is to change sexual needs or desires. | Have a serious, open conversation with your GF about sex. If it's clear you are not sexually compatible, evaluate the relationship. |
expremierepage | At the time, it was unprecedented for a president to be asked for such a thing. My impression was they didn't want to legitimize the folks on the fringe who were initially calling for it. But as time went on and more mainstream voices were also demanding it, he did release it.
Even still, people were ideologically driven, so no amount of evidence could disabuse them of the idea that Obama is an illegitimate president. I mean, they went from "Show us the birth certificate" to "show us the real birth certificate."
TL;DR - It's best not to feed the trolls. | At the time, it was unprecedented for a president to be asked for such a thing. My impression was they didn't want to legitimize the folks on the fringe who were initially calling for it. But as time went on and more mainstream voices were also demanding it, he did release it.
Even still, people were ideologically driven, so no amount of evidence could disabuse them of the idea that Obama is an illegitimate president. I mean, they went from "Show us the birth certificate" to "show us the real birth certificate."
TL;DR - It's best not to feed the trolls.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | ccuu9ty | At the time, it was unprecedented for a president to be asked for such a thing. My impression was they didn't want to legitimize the folks on the fringe who were initially calling for it. But as time went on and more mainstream voices were also demanding it, he did release it.
Even still, people were ideologically driven, so no amount of evidence could disabuse them of the idea that Obama is an illegitimate president. I mean, they went from "Show us the birth certificate" to "show us the real birth certificate." | It's best not to feed the trolls. |
Mojoderp | If you imagine a spinning planet, say, the Earth, you should realise one thing: Not every point in it rotates at the same speed. [The farther it is from the rotating axis, the faster it moves, because it has to travel more distance in the same time.](
Having that in mind, think of a proto solar system. Imagine a huge (3D) 'cloud' of gas, ice and rock. As matter aggregates, it starts spining. The direction in which the object with the biggest mass rotates (in this case the Sun) will define the general direction in which the entire thing rotates.
Now, since the objects that are 'over' or 'under' (relative to its spinning axis) the Sun are close to the rotating axis, they move slowly. That means they arent moving fast enough to overcome gravity, so they 'fall' into the Sun. After all of these objects have been removed, what's left? Only the objects that rotate in the perpendicular plane relative to the Sun's spinning axis 'survive'. I like to think about this as some kind of space natural selection.
TL;DR: Planets that don't orbit their star in a perpendicular plane succumb to gravity, while the rest stay rotating, all in the same plane. | If you imagine a spinning planet, say, the Earth, you should realise one thing: Not every point in it rotates at the same speed. [The farther it is from the rotating axis, the faster it moves, because it has to travel more distance in the same time.](
Having that in mind, think of a proto solar system. Imagine a huge (3D) 'cloud' of gas, ice and rock. As matter aggregates, it starts spining. The direction in which the object with the biggest mass rotates (in this case the Sun) will define the general direction in which the entire thing rotates.
Now, since the objects that are 'over' or 'under' (relative to its spinning axis) the Sun are close to the rotating axis, they move slowly. That means they arent moving fast enough to overcome gravity, so they 'fall' into the Sun. After all of these objects have been removed, what's left? Only the objects that rotate in the perpendicular plane relative to the Sun's spinning axis 'survive'. I like to think about this as some kind of space natural selection.
TL;DR: Planets that don't orbit their star in a perpendicular plane succumb to gravity, while the rest stay rotating, all in the same plane.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | ccux55n | If you imagine a spinning planet, say, the Earth, you should realise one thing: Not every point in it rotates at the same speed. [The farther it is from the rotating axis, the faster it moves, because it has to travel more distance in the same time.](
Having that in mind, think of a proto solar system. Imagine a huge (3D) 'cloud' of gas, ice and rock. As matter aggregates, it starts spining. The direction in which the object with the biggest mass rotates (in this case the Sun) will define the general direction in which the entire thing rotates.
Now, since the objects that are 'over' or 'under' (relative to its spinning axis) the Sun are close to the rotating axis, they move slowly. That means they arent moving fast enough to overcome gravity, so they 'fall' into the Sun. After all of these objects have been removed, what's left? Only the objects that rotate in the perpendicular plane relative to the Sun's spinning axis 'survive'. I like to think about this as some kind of space natural selection. | Planets that don't orbit their star in a perpendicular plane succumb to gravity, while the rest stay rotating, all in the same plane. |
wubwubturtle | 1. If your PC is good and you have a ps3, skip out on the ps4. You'll get the new release titles and you've already had access to the ps3 exclusives.
2. If your of isn't good then why did you say you could get games like bf4 on it? Games like that don't just run nicely on any hardware. If you're concerned about your of getting out of date, upgrade the gpu. If your rig isn't even meant for gaming, get a ps4 it'll be cheaper than buying a new rig entirely.
Tl;dr Upgrade your gpu if you already have a pretty nice computer. If not get the ps4 |
If your PC is good and you have a ps3, skip out on the ps4. You'll get the new release titles and you've already had access to the ps3 exclusives.
If your of isn't good then why did you say you could get games like bf4 on it? Games like that don't just run nicely on any hardware. If you're concerned about your of getting out of date, upgrade the gpu. If your rig isn't even meant for gaming, get a ps4 it'll be cheaper than buying a new rig entirely.
Tl;dr Upgrade your gpu if you already have a pretty nice computer. If not get the ps4
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | ccuxrpq | If your PC is good and you have a ps3, skip out on the ps4. You'll get the new release titles and you've already had access to the ps3 exclusives.
If your of isn't good then why did you say you could get games like bf4 on it? Games like that don't just run nicely on any hardware. If you're concerned about your of getting out of date, upgrade the gpu. If your rig isn't even meant for gaming, get a ps4 it'll be cheaper than buying a new rig entirely. | Upgrade your gpu if you already have a pretty nice computer. If not get the ps4 |
baskarcoyote | I can only speak from personal experience here. I was never a fan of the Elder Scroll series. But not because I didn't like them I just never played them. I spent a lot of time in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. I spent over 200 hours in F:NV (I added up all my play time) and had so much fun with the game.
I was pre-ordering something at Gamestop, don't remember what, but the manager asked me if I wanted to pre-order skyrim. I blew it off, never heard of it, didn't care.
But another customer suggested I give it a try, he was really stoked about dual-wielding. The commercial for it came on in the store, I watched it and figured, why not?
The midnight release came and people were lined up half-way down the strip-mall (I live in a small city in the mid-west, it was a lot for my city.) When I got home, I popped it in and it slowly enthralled me to it.
It took some of the best things from Fallout but kept it from feeling like "Medieval Fallout" to me. I know that sounds weird and dumb now in retrospect (considering Bethesda made Fallout resemble Elder Scrolls). Melee combat in first-person always felt weird to me in Fallout, considering all the guns. But Skyrim made it fun! I loved the magic spells, and had a ton of fun with archery.
I spent two years playing the game off and on. Bought every add-on when it came out. I just couldn't get enough of the game. I began to do some light "RP", writing out character back-stories, using in-game events for writing prompts, drawing my characters, etc. I just had too much fun. Eventually I decided to 100% the game and add-ons. So I set out to do that, and I finally made myself beat the game for the first time, two and a half years after release.
The reason for that is that I was worried if I beat it, I'd never play it again. I was having problems with other games, I kept getting to the "final dungeon/area" and just stopping. But I didn't with Skyrim. I was just having too much fun with the game. But I ended up with another problem, every time I got in the early 20s, I wanted to try out a new build! I must have rolled... I don't even know. At least 15 different characters. I set it down only when I got my last achievement, killing a Legendary Dragon.
Eventually though, with a heavy heart, I sold it. I was giving my little sister my 360 and she didn't want the game, so I sold it and the rest of my collection to help me switch systems. I'm not going to get into that other then saying that I did it so I could play games with my friends, who all had PS3s while I had zero people to play anything with on the 360.
I really miss Skyrim. If I could afford a copy right now, I'd go out and get it. But I just don't have the cash, I don't think I'll be able to buy a copy till next year. I want to be in that world again, I want to 100% the game again.
Erm... sorry, just went off there. Nostalgia overload.
tldr: Give it a try again! If you don't like it, no big deal! But you might find that you like it. Maybe ease into it by playing an archer? That helped me and makes it easy to transition that feeling of Fallout to Skyrim (ie Ranged Combat). I also had a lot of fun when I didn't activate the Dovahkiin storyline, and just explored/quested without it. It was a lot of fun to run around and do stuff without having to groan at dragons showing up every time I fast-traveled.
Edit: Grammar! | I can only speak from personal experience here. I was never a fan of the Elder Scroll series. But not because I didn't like them I just never played them. I spent a lot of time in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. I spent over 200 hours in F:NV (I added up all my play time) and had so much fun with the game.
I was pre-ordering something at Gamestop, don't remember what, but the manager asked me if I wanted to pre-order skyrim. I blew it off, never heard of it, didn't care.
But another customer suggested I give it a try, he was really stoked about dual-wielding. The commercial for it came on in the store, I watched it and figured, why not?
The midnight release came and people were lined up half-way down the strip-mall (I live in a small city in the mid-west, it was a lot for my city.) When I got home, I popped it in and it slowly enthralled me to it.
It took some of the best things from Fallout but kept it from feeling like "Medieval Fallout" to me. I know that sounds weird and dumb now in retrospect (considering Bethesda made Fallout resemble Elder Scrolls). Melee combat in first-person always felt weird to me in Fallout, considering all the guns. But Skyrim made it fun! I loved the magic spells, and had a ton of fun with archery.
I spent two years playing the game off and on. Bought every add-on when it came out. I just couldn't get enough of the game. I began to do some light "RP", writing out character back-stories, using in-game events for writing prompts, drawing my characters, etc. I just had too much fun. Eventually I decided to 100% the game and add-ons. So I set out to do that, and I finally made myself beat the game for the first time, two and a half years after release.
The reason for that is that I was worried if I beat it, I'd never play it again. I was having problems with other games, I kept getting to the "final dungeon/area" and just stopping. But I didn't with Skyrim. I was just having too much fun with the game. But I ended up with another problem, every time I got in the early 20s, I wanted to try out a new build! I must have rolled... I don't even know. At least 15 different characters. I set it down only when I got my last achievement, killing a Legendary Dragon.
Eventually though, with a heavy heart, I sold it. I was giving my little sister my 360 and she didn't want the game, so I sold it and the rest of my collection to help me switch systems. I'm not going to get into that other then saying that I did it so I could play games with my friends, who all had PS3s while I had zero people to play anything with on the 360.
I really miss Skyrim. If I could afford a copy right now, I'd go out and get it. But I just don't have the cash, I don't think I'll be able to buy a copy till next year. I want to be in that world again, I want to 100% the game again.
Erm... sorry, just went off there. Nostalgia overload.
tldr: Give it a try again! If you don't like it, no big deal! But you might find that you like it. Maybe ease into it by playing an archer? That helped me and makes it easy to transition that feeling of Fallout to Skyrim (ie Ranged Combat). I also had a lot of fun when I didn't activate the Dovahkiin storyline, and just explored/quested without it. It was a lot of fun to run around and do stuff without having to groan at dragons showing up every time I fast-traveled.
Edit: Grammar!
| skyrim | t5_2s837 | ccv4ijh | I can only speak from personal experience here. I was never a fan of the Elder Scroll series. But not because I didn't like them I just never played them. I spent a lot of time in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. I spent over 200 hours in F:NV (I added up all my play time) and had so much fun with the game.
I was pre-ordering something at Gamestop, don't remember what, but the manager asked me if I wanted to pre-order skyrim. I blew it off, never heard of it, didn't care.
But another customer suggested I give it a try, he was really stoked about dual-wielding. The commercial for it came on in the store, I watched it and figured, why not?
The midnight release came and people were lined up half-way down the strip-mall (I live in a small city in the mid-west, it was a lot for my city.) When I got home, I popped it in and it slowly enthralled me to it.
It took some of the best things from Fallout but kept it from feeling like "Medieval Fallout" to me. I know that sounds weird and dumb now in retrospect (considering Bethesda made Fallout resemble Elder Scrolls). Melee combat in first-person always felt weird to me in Fallout, considering all the guns. But Skyrim made it fun! I loved the magic spells, and had a ton of fun with archery.
I spent two years playing the game off and on. Bought every add-on when it came out. I just couldn't get enough of the game. I began to do some light "RP", writing out character back-stories, using in-game events for writing prompts, drawing my characters, etc. I just had too much fun. Eventually I decided to 100% the game and add-ons. So I set out to do that, and I finally made myself beat the game for the first time, two and a half years after release.
The reason for that is that I was worried if I beat it, I'd never play it again. I was having problems with other games, I kept getting to the "final dungeon/area" and just stopping. But I didn't with Skyrim. I was just having too much fun with the game. But I ended up with another problem, every time I got in the early 20s, I wanted to try out a new build! I must have rolled... I don't even know. At least 15 different characters. I set it down only when I got my last achievement, killing a Legendary Dragon.
Eventually though, with a heavy heart, I sold it. I was giving my little sister my 360 and she didn't want the game, so I sold it and the rest of my collection to help me switch systems. I'm not going to get into that other then saying that I did it so I could play games with my friends, who all had PS3s while I had zero people to play anything with on the 360.
I really miss Skyrim. If I could afford a copy right now, I'd go out and get it. But I just don't have the cash, I don't think I'll be able to buy a copy till next year. I want to be in that world again, I want to 100% the game again.
Erm... sorry, just went off there. Nostalgia overload. | Give it a try again! If you don't like it, no big deal! But you might find that you like it. Maybe ease into it by playing an archer? That helped me and makes it easy to transition that feeling of Fallout to Skyrim (ie Ranged Combat). I also had a lot of fun when I didn't activate the Dovahkiin storyline, and just explored/quested without it. It was a lot of fun to run around and do stuff without having to groan at dragons showing up every time I fast-traveled.
Edit: Grammar! |
Turboboxer | I could be an awesome Dad. My wife would be an incredible Mother. We babysit all the time. I got a 10 year old brother in-law that I love and spend time with often. We just do not want kids of our own right now. My wife is 28 and I 31. We feel like we have some time to think about it. Until then she had an IUD put in. If I sit and talk about it too much I get frustrated too. Its a huge decision, really it is. I am not dying to have children and yet I don't like to think of not having them. I think you will be just fine. If he knows deep inside he wants kids surely he would tell you. If I were to have ended up with someone else and she really really wanted them I might go that way, but my wife and I are making good money have a great start on life and want to be free and travel. That sounds so much more fun.
TL; DR If you think about something as heavy as having kids you may second guess yourself to death. He told you he is good with no kids. Trust him. | I could be an awesome Dad. My wife would be an incredible Mother. We babysit all the time. I got a 10 year old brother in-law that I love and spend time with often. We just do not want kids of our own right now. My wife is 28 and I 31. We feel like we have some time to think about it. Until then she had an IUD put in. If I sit and talk about it too much I get frustrated too. Its a huge decision, really it is. I am not dying to have children and yet I don't like to think of not having them. I think you will be just fine. If he knows deep inside he wants kids surely he would tell you. If I were to have ended up with someone else and she really really wanted them I might go that way, but my wife and I are making good money have a great start on life and want to be free and travel. That sounds so much more fun.
TL; DR If you think about something as heavy as having kids you may second guess yourself to death. He told you he is good with no kids. Trust him.
| childfree | t5_2qtwb | ccxd8o4 | I could be an awesome Dad. My wife would be an incredible Mother. We babysit all the time. I got a 10 year old brother in-law that I love and spend time with often. We just do not want kids of our own right now. My wife is 28 and I 31. We feel like we have some time to think about it. Until then she had an IUD put in. If I sit and talk about it too much I get frustrated too. Its a huge decision, really it is. I am not dying to have children and yet I don't like to think of not having them. I think you will be just fine. If he knows deep inside he wants kids surely he would tell you. If I were to have ended up with someone else and she really really wanted them I might go that way, but my wife and I are making good money have a great start on life and want to be free and travel. That sounds so much more fun. | If you think about something as heavy as having kids you may second guess yourself to death. He told you he is good with no kids. Trust him. |
xsStanky | TrackIR does that now. Lean closer you get a zoomed view, tilt your head and you can look around the back of your seat to look at the engine (or more usefully, your 6). There are caveats with both systems:
TrackIR use makes you use small head turns that translates to greater degree of rotation. Your eyes stay looking forward, so sometimes to get the exact view you want, you have to contort yourself in awkward positions while trying to keep your monitor in line of sight. But you still have awareness of your surroundings.
OR is hard to comment on, dev kits aren't up to spec with the production units, so it's not fair to comment on the what the experience will be. I will say, even if they scale the head movements, it will "feel" more natural as the display travels with the head movement. But seeing anything else, not so much. I look at other stuff when I game. I check my keyboard display to see who jumped in vent, I usually have a documentary or movie going on the 2nd monitor, or even check my phone to see who is getting rolled over to voicemail. You will be in your own world..so people who live with their special other might feel the effect in RL, especially if the special other is not a gamer or at least a very understanding non-gamer.
TL;DR TrackIR causes awkward head/body positions, but you retain awareness of the real world. OR will be very immersive with the display traveling with head movement, but with headphones and eyes covered, you are likely lose track of the rest of your life. | TrackIR does that now. Lean closer you get a zoomed view, tilt your head and you can look around the back of your seat to look at the engine (or more usefully, your 6). There are caveats with both systems:
TrackIR use makes you use small head turns that translates to greater degree of rotation. Your eyes stay looking forward, so sometimes to get the exact view you want, you have to contort yourself in awkward positions while trying to keep your monitor in line of sight. But you still have awareness of your surroundings.
OR is hard to comment on, dev kits aren't up to spec with the production units, so it's not fair to comment on the what the experience will be. I will say, even if they scale the head movements, it will "feel" more natural as the display travels with the head movement. But seeing anything else, not so much. I look at other stuff when I game. I check my keyboard display to see who jumped in vent, I usually have a documentary or movie going on the 2nd monitor, or even check my phone to see who is getting rolled over to voicemail. You will be in your own world..so people who live with their special other might feel the effect in RL, especially if the special other is not a gamer or at least a very understanding non-gamer.
TL;DR TrackIR causes awkward head/body positions, but you retain awareness of the real world. OR will be very immersive with the display traveling with head movement, but with headphones and eyes covered, you are likely lose track of the rest of your life.
| starcitizen | t5_2v94d | ccvcbjd | TrackIR does that now. Lean closer you get a zoomed view, tilt your head and you can look around the back of your seat to look at the engine (or more usefully, your 6). There are caveats with both systems:
TrackIR use makes you use small head turns that translates to greater degree of rotation. Your eyes stay looking forward, so sometimes to get the exact view you want, you have to contort yourself in awkward positions while trying to keep your monitor in line of sight. But you still have awareness of your surroundings.
OR is hard to comment on, dev kits aren't up to spec with the production units, so it's not fair to comment on the what the experience will be. I will say, even if they scale the head movements, it will "feel" more natural as the display travels with the head movement. But seeing anything else, not so much. I look at other stuff when I game. I check my keyboard display to see who jumped in vent, I usually have a documentary or movie going on the 2nd monitor, or even check my phone to see who is getting rolled over to voicemail. You will be in your own world..so people who live with their special other might feel the effect in RL, especially if the special other is not a gamer or at least a very understanding non-gamer. | TrackIR causes awkward head/body positions, but you retain awareness of the real world. OR will be very immersive with the display traveling with head movement, but with headphones and eyes covered, you are likely lose track of the rest of your life. |
saysseemsthatway | A zombie apocalypse. Not just so I can look and feel cool while slaying the undead, either (although I totally would). Here's why.
I love civilization as we see it, I really do. I think things like having food enough for almost everybody, advancement in fields like medicine, space exploration and even the arts are totally great, and make the human race overall pretty much the shit. The well being and even the expansion and progress of the human race is very important to me, and I am pretty happy that I get to live in a world like the one I live in. The way that humans live in the world today is really great for humans.
But is it great for the whole world? Human society is responsible for some really bitchin stuff, but it is also responsible for lots of bad stuff. Extinction of very cool species of plants and animals, nuclear war, pollution, climate change and pretty much anything on TLC, just to name a few.
I am of the belief that we as a species, while superior to others in many ways, are no more deserving of domination of the earth than any other species, and that life is about being a part of the amazing planet we live on, rather than shaping it to our needs and making it all about us. If we as a species were to somehow be quickly deprived of the lifestyle that we have as a species and returned to a setting in which we were fighting for survival instead of fighting each other to not destroy the whole planet, life on earth would be a lot more balanced, simple, and, in my opinion, better for the planet.
But how to accomplish such a thing? Nearly destroying something as globally encompassing as the human race, while not dramatically affecting the rest of the life on the planet, is no easy task. Global nuclear war would destroy pretty much all life if it was done right. So would an asteroid or a gamma ray. But on the other side of the spectrum, something as relatively insignificant as worldwide political change or revolution is not strong enough, it would be too easily overturned, ignored, or otherwise stopped from saving the rest of the world from human domination. A plague wouldn't- wait.. That's it!
A plague is just what we need to solve this problem. It wouldn't be so violent or abrupt that it would affect the rest of the life on the planet, but it would effectively destroy humans, and a whole lot of them. No ordinary case of the sniffles will do, however. We need something truly devastating, that won't have a vaccine shipped out the day after some elementary school kid coughs a little too loud. Something that will be universally destructive to humans, that will travel anywhere they do and target everyone.
Zombies are perfect for this. While they target anything that is meat, they do not infect anything that is not human, and won't catch any animal smart or fast enough to stay out of their reach. Because of this, zombies will even promote natural selection in humans, leaving behind no one that isn't capable of surviving the zombie apocalypse.
This results in very small groups of people left on earth, made of of the most clever, sensible and resourceful people that were there before. The surviving people would, of course, rebuilt form sort of society, and maybe it would end up eventually being the same one we have now, mostly careless about the planet and the importance of the balance of life on Earth. But maybe, as slim as the chance may be, the surviving humans would appreciate the fact that they are a part of something greater than them as an individual, a group, or even as a species. And if they recognize that, they might create a human race that lives more in harmony with the world, instead of in control of it. And even though the odds of me surviving a zombie apocalypse are very slim, the chance to have a better world is worth it to me.
TL:DR Zombies will save the world. | A zombie apocalypse. Not just so I can look and feel cool while slaying the undead, either (although I totally would). Here's why.
I love civilization as we see it, I really do. I think things like having food enough for almost everybody, advancement in fields like medicine, space exploration and even the arts are totally great, and make the human race overall pretty much the shit. The well being and even the expansion and progress of the human race is very important to me, and I am pretty happy that I get to live in a world like the one I live in. The way that humans live in the world today is really great for humans.
But is it great for the whole world? Human society is responsible for some really bitchin stuff, but it is also responsible for lots of bad stuff. Extinction of very cool species of plants and animals, nuclear war, pollution, climate change and pretty much anything on TLC, just to name a few.
I am of the belief that we as a species, while superior to others in many ways, are no more deserving of domination of the earth than any other species, and that life is about being a part of the amazing planet we live on, rather than shaping it to our needs and making it all about us. If we as a species were to somehow be quickly deprived of the lifestyle that we have as a species and returned to a setting in which we were fighting for survival instead of fighting each other to not destroy the whole planet, life on earth would be a lot more balanced, simple, and, in my opinion, better for the planet.
But how to accomplish such a thing? Nearly destroying something as globally encompassing as the human race, while not dramatically affecting the rest of the life on the planet, is no easy task. Global nuclear war would destroy pretty much all life if it was done right. So would an asteroid or a gamma ray. But on the other side of the spectrum, something as relatively insignificant as worldwide political change or revolution is not strong enough, it would be too easily overturned, ignored, or otherwise stopped from saving the rest of the world from human domination. A plague wouldn't- wait.. That's it!
A plague is just what we need to solve this problem. It wouldn't be so violent or abrupt that it would affect the rest of the life on the planet, but it would effectively destroy humans, and a whole lot of them. No ordinary case of the sniffles will do, however. We need something truly devastating, that won't have a vaccine shipped out the day after some elementary school kid coughs a little too loud. Something that will be universally destructive to humans, that will travel anywhere they do and target everyone.
Zombies are perfect for this. While they target anything that is meat, they do not infect anything that is not human, and won't catch any animal smart or fast enough to stay out of their reach. Because of this, zombies will even promote natural selection in humans, leaving behind no one that isn't capable of surviving the zombie apocalypse.
This results in very small groups of people left on earth, made of of the most clever, sensible and resourceful people that were there before. The surviving people would, of course, rebuilt form sort of society, and maybe it would end up eventually being the same one we have now, mostly careless about the planet and the importance of the balance of life on Earth. But maybe, as slim as the chance may be, the surviving humans would appreciate the fact that they are a part of something greater than them as an individual, a group, or even as a species. And if they recognize that, they might create a human race that lives more in harmony with the world, instead of in control of it. And even though the odds of me surviving a zombie apocalypse are very slim, the chance to have a better world is worth it to me.
TL:DR Zombies will save the world.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ccvi6ma | A zombie apocalypse. Not just so I can look and feel cool while slaying the undead, either (although I totally would). Here's why.
I love civilization as we see it, I really do. I think things like having food enough for almost everybody, advancement in fields like medicine, space exploration and even the arts are totally great, and make the human race overall pretty much the shit. The well being and even the expansion and progress of the human race is very important to me, and I am pretty happy that I get to live in a world like the one I live in. The way that humans live in the world today is really great for humans.
But is it great for the whole world? Human society is responsible for some really bitchin stuff, but it is also responsible for lots of bad stuff. Extinction of very cool species of plants and animals, nuclear war, pollution, climate change and pretty much anything on TLC, just to name a few.
I am of the belief that we as a species, while superior to others in many ways, are no more deserving of domination of the earth than any other species, and that life is about being a part of the amazing planet we live on, rather than shaping it to our needs and making it all about us. If we as a species were to somehow be quickly deprived of the lifestyle that we have as a species and returned to a setting in which we were fighting for survival instead of fighting each other to not destroy the whole planet, life on earth would be a lot more balanced, simple, and, in my opinion, better for the planet.
But how to accomplish such a thing? Nearly destroying something as globally encompassing as the human race, while not dramatically affecting the rest of the life on the planet, is no easy task. Global nuclear war would destroy pretty much all life if it was done right. So would an asteroid or a gamma ray. But on the other side of the spectrum, something as relatively insignificant as worldwide political change or revolution is not strong enough, it would be too easily overturned, ignored, or otherwise stopped from saving the rest of the world from human domination. A plague wouldn't- wait.. That's it!
A plague is just what we need to solve this problem. It wouldn't be so violent or abrupt that it would affect the rest of the life on the planet, but it would effectively destroy humans, and a whole lot of them. No ordinary case of the sniffles will do, however. We need something truly devastating, that won't have a vaccine shipped out the day after some elementary school kid coughs a little too loud. Something that will be universally destructive to humans, that will travel anywhere they do and target everyone.
Zombies are perfect for this. While they target anything that is meat, they do not infect anything that is not human, and won't catch any animal smart or fast enough to stay out of their reach. Because of this, zombies will even promote natural selection in humans, leaving behind no one that isn't capable of surviving the zombie apocalypse.
This results in very small groups of people left on earth, made of of the most clever, sensible and resourceful people that were there before. The surviving people would, of course, rebuilt form sort of society, and maybe it would end up eventually being the same one we have now, mostly careless about the planet and the importance of the balance of life on Earth. But maybe, as slim as the chance may be, the surviving humans would appreciate the fact that they are a part of something greater than them as an individual, a group, or even as a species. And if they recognize that, they might create a human race that lives more in harmony with the world, instead of in control of it. And even though the odds of me surviving a zombie apocalypse are very slim, the chance to have a better world is worth it to me. | Zombies will save the world. |
Silphex | This was a really good remix amongst the other stuff out there. I really liked the glitched vocals with the guitar. I like the chill feel I get from this mix. But the immediate bass drop could use some work. This piece is suppossed to be steady, so don't be discouraged on what people might say. They might have the wrong interpretation of what Dubstep or house is.
TL;DR
Glitching Vocals +++
Bass Drops---
Beat++
Blending+++
| This was a really good remix amongst the other stuff out there. I really liked the glitched vocals with the guitar. I like the chill feel I get from this mix. But the immediate bass drop could use some work. This piece is suppossed to be steady, so don't be discouraged on what people might say. They might have the wrong interpretation of what Dubstep or house is.
TL;DR
Glitching Vocals +++
Bass Drops---
Beat++
Blending+++
| RWBY | t5_2vhg0 | ccwur2o | This was a really good remix amongst the other stuff out there. I really liked the glitched vocals with the guitar. I like the chill feel I get from this mix. But the immediate bass drop could use some work. This piece is suppossed to be steady, so don't be discouraged on what people might say. They might have the wrong interpretation of what Dubstep or house is. | Glitching Vocals +++
Bass Drops---
Beat++
Blending+++ |
higher_moments | I don't think this is quite right. As with any lens problem, the focal point determines where the image of an object will be formed, but that image isn't *at* the focal point.
Check out [this]( diagram, in which the object and (real) image are indicated with vertical arrows. Notice that in this picture, the "object" is bigger than the "image"—but let's flip the labels so that the image is the arrow on the left and the object is the one on the right. (The ray diagram is still perfectly valid, regardless of which way the rays go.) This ordering represents what we want, since for these sorts of macro shots, we want the image the iPhone sees to be quite a bit larger than the actual object.
And of course, the iPhone has its own lens, which is focused "at infinity"—that is, it takes pictures using incoming rays that are basically collimated (all traveling horizontally, as in the left-hand sides of your pictures). We don't need the laser pointer lens to focus light onto the iPhone's camera; that's what the iPhone's lens is for.
tl;dr: the converging lens picture is correct, but in these diagrams the camera is on the left of the lens and the object is on the right. The tiny object is placed near the focal point of the laser pointer lens so that a bigger image is produced for the iPhone's lens to capture.
Indeed, more lenses can give you better magnification—that's exactly how [microscope objectives]( work—but that gets complicated quickly, which is why objectives are so expensive. | I don't think this is quite right. As with any lens problem, the focal point determines where the image of an object will be formed, but that image isn't at the focal point.
Check out this image are indicated with vertical arrows. Notice that in this picture, the "object" is bigger than the "image"—but let's flip the labels so that the image is the arrow on the left and the object is the one on the right. (The ray diagram is still perfectly valid, regardless of which way the rays go.) This ordering represents what we want, since for these sorts of macro shots, we want the image the iPhone sees to be quite a bit larger than the actual object.
And of course, the iPhone has its own lens, which is focused "at infinity"—that is, it takes pictures using incoming rays that are basically collimated (all traveling horizontally, as in the left-hand sides of your pictures). We don't need the laser pointer lens to focus light onto the iPhone's camera; that's what the iPhone's lens is for.
tl;dr: the converging lens picture is correct, but in these diagrams the camera is on the left of the lens and the object is on the right. The tiny object is placed near the focal point of the laser pointer lens so that a bigger image is produced for the iPhone's lens to capture.
Indeed, more lenses can give you better magnification—that's exactly how [microscope objectives]( work—but that gets complicated quickly, which is why objectives are so expensive.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | ccw7pex | I don't think this is quite right. As with any lens problem, the focal point determines where the image of an object will be formed, but that image isn't at the focal point.
Check out this image are indicated with vertical arrows. Notice that in this picture, the "object" is bigger than the "image"—but let's flip the labels so that the image is the arrow on the left and the object is the one on the right. (The ray diagram is still perfectly valid, regardless of which way the rays go.) This ordering represents what we want, since for these sorts of macro shots, we want the image the iPhone sees to be quite a bit larger than the actual object.
And of course, the iPhone has its own lens, which is focused "at infinity"—that is, it takes pictures using incoming rays that are basically collimated (all traveling horizontally, as in the left-hand sides of your pictures). We don't need the laser pointer lens to focus light onto the iPhone's camera; that's what the iPhone's lens is for. | the converging lens picture is correct, but in these diagrams the camera is on the left of the lens and the object is on the right. The tiny object is placed near the focal point of the laser pointer lens so that a bigger image is produced for the iPhone's lens to capture.
Indeed, more lenses can give you better magnification—that's exactly how [microscope objectives]( work—but that gets complicated quickly, which is why objectives are so expensive. |
KXI_System | I recently finished reading Hajime No Aku, not really supernatural but has action and is a comedy romance.
If you want a full on romance I suggest Suzuka, its not like your sparkle shojo romance - its a lot more shonen which makes it easy to transition from a heavy shonen title like you mentioned.
Iris Zero has a nice mix of romance and supernatural stuff, its hard to explain so at least read the first chapter to get a hang of it. The author is also back writing the manga so whoopee!
Air Gear has awesome action and stuff, with a good dose of sexy romance and amazing art. It sounds more like the kind of romance your looking for where its second to the action. That and I just really like Air Gear.
There's GE - Good Ending and Kimi no Iru Machi that leans more towards romance, but that's pretty much it - plus you'll be ripping your hair out at the MC sometimes so its up to you.
Would Hayate the combat butler, Mahou Sensei Negima and The world only God Knows count as romance? They're more like harem manga's but hit your super natural/action points, could check them out if it tickles your fancy.
I'll throw in Girls of the Wild, its a mawha about a girls fighting school that just accepted male entrants - if I remember it right.
There you go, a big list of action - romance like manga's for you.
**EDIT tl;dr**
* Hajume No Aku
* Suzuka
* Iris Zero
* Air Gear
* GE - Good Ending
* Kimi no Iru Machi
* Hayate the combat bulter (?)
* Mahou Sensei Negima (?)
* The World only God Knows (?)
* Girls of the Wild | I recently finished reading Hajime No Aku, not really supernatural but has action and is a comedy romance.
If you want a full on romance I suggest Suzuka, its not like your sparkle shojo romance - its a lot more shonen which makes it easy to transition from a heavy shonen title like you mentioned.
Iris Zero has a nice mix of romance and supernatural stuff, its hard to explain so at least read the first chapter to get a hang of it. The author is also back writing the manga so whoopee!
Air Gear has awesome action and stuff, with a good dose of sexy romance and amazing art. It sounds more like the kind of romance your looking for where its second to the action. That and I just really like Air Gear.
There's GE - Good Ending and Kimi no Iru Machi that leans more towards romance, but that's pretty much it - plus you'll be ripping your hair out at the MC sometimes so its up to you.
Would Hayate the combat butler, Mahou Sensei Negima and The world only God Knows count as romance? They're more like harem manga's but hit your super natural/action points, could check them out if it tickles your fancy.
I'll throw in Girls of the Wild, its a mawha about a girls fighting school that just accepted male entrants - if I remember it right.
There you go, a big list of action - romance like manga's for you.
EDIT tl;dr
Hajume No Aku
Suzuka
Iris Zero
Air Gear
GE - Good Ending
Kimi no Iru Machi
Hayate the combat bulter (?)
Mahou Sensei Negima (?)
The World only God Knows (?)
Girls of the Wild
| manga | t5_2ql0i | ccvv2dc | I recently finished reading Hajime No Aku, not really supernatural but has action and is a comedy romance.
If you want a full on romance I suggest Suzuka, its not like your sparkle shojo romance - its a lot more shonen which makes it easy to transition from a heavy shonen title like you mentioned.
Iris Zero has a nice mix of romance and supernatural stuff, its hard to explain so at least read the first chapter to get a hang of it. The author is also back writing the manga so whoopee!
Air Gear has awesome action and stuff, with a good dose of sexy romance and amazing art. It sounds more like the kind of romance your looking for where its second to the action. That and I just really like Air Gear.
There's GE - Good Ending and Kimi no Iru Machi that leans more towards romance, but that's pretty much it - plus you'll be ripping your hair out at the MC sometimes so its up to you.
Would Hayate the combat butler, Mahou Sensei Negima and The world only God Knows count as romance? They're more like harem manga's but hit your super natural/action points, could check them out if it tickles your fancy.
I'll throw in Girls of the Wild, its a mawha about a girls fighting school that just accepted male entrants - if I remember it right.
There you go, a big list of action - romance like manga's for you.
EDIT | Hajume No Aku
Suzuka
Iris Zero
Air Gear
GE - Good Ending
Kimi no Iru Machi
Hayate the combat bulter (?)
Mahou Sensei Negima (?)
The World only God Knows (?)
Girls of the Wild |
Kesuke | No you don't understand - it works one of two ways;
1) Either you are resident in the UK, in which case even if you require care in Sweden the costs **will be billed** to the UK - and by extension the taxpayer.
2) OR you are technically resident in Sweden, in which case you don't need a UK-endorsed EU healthcard and can apply for one directly in Sweden, although you may need your British passport to prove you are an EU citizen.
I don't mean to sound like I'm having a go at you - its not your fault, you're just trying to get care which is entirely reasonable. But I'm just saying, if ever there was proof that our relationship with the EU was faulty, this is it. That a supposed "UK-national" who has never actually even lived in the UK could potentially incur healthcare bills overseas amounting to millions of pounds, to be paid by the UK, is extraordinary.
The issue here is that you are being asked to provide something that you do not and should not need to provide.
**TL;DR - Just becasue you don't use a British doctor in Britain, doesn't necessarily mean the UK doesn't pay for it.** | No you don't understand - it works one of two ways;
1) Either you are resident in the UK, in which case even if you require care in Sweden the costs will be billed to the UK - and by extension the taxpayer.
2) OR you are technically resident in Sweden, in which case you don't need a UK-endorsed EU healthcard and can apply for one directly in Sweden, although you may need your British passport to prove you are an EU citizen.
I don't mean to sound like I'm having a go at you - its not your fault, you're just trying to get care which is entirely reasonable. But I'm just saying, if ever there was proof that our relationship with the EU was faulty, this is it. That a supposed "UK-national" who has never actually even lived in the UK could potentially incur healthcare bills overseas amounting to millions of pounds, to be paid by the UK, is extraordinary.
The issue here is that you are being asked to provide something that you do not and should not need to provide.
TL;DR - Just becasue you don't use a British doctor in Britain, doesn't necessarily mean the UK doesn't pay for it.
| england | t5_2qh8h | cczqwvw | No you don't understand - it works one of two ways;
1) Either you are resident in the UK, in which case even if you require care in Sweden the costs will be billed to the UK - and by extension the taxpayer.
2) OR you are technically resident in Sweden, in which case you don't need a UK-endorsed EU healthcard and can apply for one directly in Sweden, although you may need your British passport to prove you are an EU citizen.
I don't mean to sound like I'm having a go at you - its not your fault, you're just trying to get care which is entirely reasonable. But I'm just saying, if ever there was proof that our relationship with the EU was faulty, this is it. That a supposed "UK-national" who has never actually even lived in the UK could potentially incur healthcare bills overseas amounting to millions of pounds, to be paid by the UK, is extraordinary.
The issue here is that you are being asked to provide something that you do not and should not need to provide. | Just becasue you don't use a British doctor in Britain, doesn't necessarily mean the UK doesn't pay for it. |
ThePad07 | For me it would be my first encounter with MDMA. Took it at an EDM concert. It was amazing, I felt incredibly euphoric. Everything was perfect, the lights, the music, the people. I had this feeling that all my problems up to this point didn't matter, what matters is now and how could it possibly be anymore amazing.
My friends and I also managed to dance and party for a good 6+ hours. After that, our legs pretty much wouldn't work anymore, but it was worth it.
tl;dr MDMA is the shit. 10/10 would drugs again | For me it would be my first encounter with MDMA. Took it at an EDM concert. It was amazing, I felt incredibly euphoric. Everything was perfect, the lights, the music, the people. I had this feeling that all my problems up to this point didn't matter, what matters is now and how could it possibly be anymore amazing.
My friends and I also managed to dance and party for a good 6+ hours. After that, our legs pretty much wouldn't work anymore, but it was worth it.
tl;dr MDMA is the shit. 10/10 would drugs again
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ccwafje | For me it would be my first encounter with MDMA. Took it at an EDM concert. It was amazing, I felt incredibly euphoric. Everything was perfect, the lights, the music, the people. I had this feeling that all my problems up to this point didn't matter, what matters is now and how could it possibly be anymore amazing.
My friends and I also managed to dance and party for a good 6+ hours. After that, our legs pretty much wouldn't work anymore, but it was worth it. | MDMA is the shit. 10/10 would drugs again |
arashcuzi | Absolutely all incorrect. Plain and simply put, spam your instant cast abilities, i.e. aero for CNJ, quick nock for ARC, etc. When I say spam, I mean SPAM, don't wait for it to drop, I do not believe FATE are about group damage as a whole because if that was correct you'd NEVER get full credit for a FATE when solo and I consistently do. Now, adding to this, I will state, LEVEL A GLD, even if it's just the first few levels. Trust me, once you have Flash, and you slot it on ANY other class, you will get gold 95% of the time. I am not kidding about this, SLOT FLASH. Sorry for caps, but I'm trying to iterate how absolutely OP Flash is, case in point, Drunkard in Quarrymill, on THM, run in at 10% health, hit 1 Flash, drunkard dies, I get full credit...solo...'nuff said
TL;DR FATE is about enmity table (most likely) slot flash (stay on class not job if you can't slot it) and spam it. 95% gold guaranteed even solo | Absolutely all incorrect. Plain and simply put, spam your instant cast abilities, i.e. aero for CNJ, quick nock for ARC, etc. When I say spam, I mean SPAM, don't wait for it to drop, I do not believe FATE are about group damage as a whole because if that was correct you'd NEVER get full credit for a FATE when solo and I consistently do. Now, adding to this, I will state, LEVEL A GLD, even if it's just the first few levels. Trust me, once you have Flash, and you slot it on ANY other class, you will get gold 95% of the time. I am not kidding about this, SLOT FLASH. Sorry for caps, but I'm trying to iterate how absolutely OP Flash is, case in point, Drunkard in Quarrymill, on THM, run in at 10% health, hit 1 Flash, drunkard dies, I get full credit...solo...'nuff said
TL;DR FATE is about enmity table (most likely) slot flash (stay on class not job if you can't slot it) and spam it. 95% gold guaranteed even solo
| ffxiv | t5_2rgs7 | ccwci4t | Absolutely all incorrect. Plain and simply put, spam your instant cast abilities, i.e. aero for CNJ, quick nock for ARC, etc. When I say spam, I mean SPAM, don't wait for it to drop, I do not believe FATE are about group damage as a whole because if that was correct you'd NEVER get full credit for a FATE when solo and I consistently do. Now, adding to this, I will state, LEVEL A GLD, even if it's just the first few levels. Trust me, once you have Flash, and you slot it on ANY other class, you will get gold 95% of the time. I am not kidding about this, SLOT FLASH. Sorry for caps, but I'm trying to iterate how absolutely OP Flash is, case in point, Drunkard in Quarrymill, on THM, run in at 10% health, hit 1 Flash, drunkard dies, I get full credit...solo...'nuff said | FATE is about enmity table (most likely) slot flash (stay on class not job if you can't slot it) and spam it. 95% gold guaranteed even solo |
MidasTGolden | One of the coolest things I've seen in terms of videos surrounding this car culture.
It even made it onto a car blog I read, Jalopnik, where racists and ignorant people are bashing it and calling it "lowriders with no class" etc. (ninja edit: here's the [link](
That really pisses me off. I am so passionate about Houston, and this being something that originated here, is a part of our culture and should be celebrated, even if we have nothing to do with it. And to think that people would bash something they don't know about, really pisses me off. End rant.
TL:DR - This is awesome. | One of the coolest things I've seen in terms of videos surrounding this car culture.
It even made it onto a car blog I read, Jalopnik, where racists and ignorant people are bashing it and calling it "lowriders with no class" etc. (ninja edit: here's the [link](
That really pisses me off. I am so passionate about Houston, and this being something that originated here, is a part of our culture and should be celebrated, even if we have nothing to do with it. And to think that people would bash something they don't know about, really pisses me off. End rant.
TL:DR - This is awesome.
| houston | t5_2qj1l | ccwxh6m | One of the coolest things I've seen in terms of videos surrounding this car culture.
It even made it onto a car blog I read, Jalopnik, where racists and ignorant people are bashing it and calling it "lowriders with no class" etc. (ninja edit: here's the [link](
That really pisses me off. I am so passionate about Houston, and this being something that originated here, is a part of our culture and should be celebrated, even if we have nothing to do with it. And to think that people would bash something they don't know about, really pisses me off. End rant. | This is awesome. |
hardboiledjuice | Cultural anthropologist here.
It's funny, this afternoon in my Intro to Anthro undergrad class I just used a [previous example]( of fraternal twins of "different races" to illustrate the social construction of race.
This is generally portrayed as a "medical phenomenon" when it is actually a social phenomenon that we, as Americans, perceive racial difference as natural and innate. "White" and "Black" are historically contingent categories. While it is indeed rare that fraternal twins would get such different genetic material for their skin color from the same set of parents, the fact that we see them as of two distinct races is a culturally-ingrained perception. We have been taught to see race that way.
In Brazil, by contrast, there are more than 500 official racial categories since the Census just has a blank to write in, not a limited set of boxes to check. Families often call children by different racial names because race, for Brazilians, is a question of color, not ancestry.
TL;DR: I just taught cited this thing to a bunch of college students. Oh, and race is not a biological fact, it's a cultural construct. | Cultural anthropologist here.
It's funny, this afternoon in my Intro to Anthro undergrad class I just used a [previous example]( of fraternal twins of "different races" to illustrate the social construction of race.
This is generally portrayed as a "medical phenomenon" when it is actually a social phenomenon that we, as Americans, perceive racial difference as natural and innate. "White" and "Black" are historically contingent categories. While it is indeed rare that fraternal twins would get such different genetic material for their skin color from the same set of parents, the fact that we see them as of two distinct races is a culturally-ingrained perception. We have been taught to see race that way.
In Brazil, by contrast, there are more than 500 official racial categories since the Census just has a blank to write in, not a limited set of boxes to check. Families often call children by different racial names because race, for Brazilians, is a question of color, not ancestry.
TL;DR: I just taught cited this thing to a bunch of college students. Oh, and race is not a biological fact, it's a cultural construct.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | ccwnmta | Cultural anthropologist here.
It's funny, this afternoon in my Intro to Anthro undergrad class I just used a [previous example]( of fraternal twins of "different races" to illustrate the social construction of race.
This is generally portrayed as a "medical phenomenon" when it is actually a social phenomenon that we, as Americans, perceive racial difference as natural and innate. "White" and "Black" are historically contingent categories. While it is indeed rare that fraternal twins would get such different genetic material for their skin color from the same set of parents, the fact that we see them as of two distinct races is a culturally-ingrained perception. We have been taught to see race that way.
In Brazil, by contrast, there are more than 500 official racial categories since the Census just has a blank to write in, not a limited set of boxes to check. Families often call children by different racial names because race, for Brazilians, is a question of color, not ancestry. | I just taught cited this thing to a bunch of college students. Oh, and race is not a biological fact, it's a cultural construct. |
mredofcourse | > If they live in a middle to upper class American environment, they will likely both receive the same treatment. However, one of them will have a lot better chance of getting a scholarship.
Not so much really. I hope this is a TIL for someone...
As (half) black man who graduated (bachelor and master) at one of the most expensive schools in the US, I was often accused by my high school friends of either getting in because I was black or getting a free ride because I was black. In reality, I got no special treatment. I worked my ass off and ended up tens of thousands of dollars in debt (today that would be hundreds of thousands).
Sure, we had an African-American student union with 1 computer available for students to use, and I went in and took advantage of that 1 computer every chance I got, but the entire African-American student union was open to all students.
Scholarships? Yes, there were a few small scholarships that I could apply for that were targeted towards African-Americans, but they all noted that they were open to all races.
There's a common misconception that the United Negro College Fund is this giant bank giving kids free rides to Harvard, but the **UNCF doesn't give scholarships directly. They give funds to schools that target African-Americans, but are open to all.**
Here's the thing...
If you're from a deeply impoverished black community, going to a UNCF backed school makes a lot of sense. It can be a huge opportunity. If on the other hand, you're living in middle-to-upper class America and have the resources to go to pretty much any other school, you'll most likely do so.
I'm not criticizing African-American colleges here, because many are great schools, but there are many reasons why you'd want to go to a different school if you had the resources to do so.
TL;DR: Complaining about black college scholarships is like complaining that kids at an inner-city school get free paper and pencils, when all the kids at your school have iPads that their parents bought them. | > If they live in a middle to upper class American environment, they will likely both receive the same treatment. However, one of them will have a lot better chance of getting a scholarship.
Not so much really. I hope this is a TIL for someone...
As (half) black man who graduated (bachelor and master) at one of the most expensive schools in the US, I was often accused by my high school friends of either getting in because I was black or getting a free ride because I was black. In reality, I got no special treatment. I worked my ass off and ended up tens of thousands of dollars in debt (today that would be hundreds of thousands).
Sure, we had an African-American student union with 1 computer available for students to use, and I went in and took advantage of that 1 computer every chance I got, but the entire African-American student union was open to all students.
Scholarships? Yes, there were a few small scholarships that I could apply for that were targeted towards African-Americans, but they all noted that they were open to all races.
There's a common misconception that the United Negro College Fund is this giant bank giving kids free rides to Harvard, but the UNCF doesn't give scholarships directly. They give funds to schools that target African-Americans, but are open to all.
Here's the thing...
If you're from a deeply impoverished black community, going to a UNCF backed school makes a lot of sense. It can be a huge opportunity. If on the other hand, you're living in middle-to-upper class America and have the resources to go to pretty much any other school, you'll most likely do so.
I'm not criticizing African-American colleges here, because many are great schools, but there are many reasons why you'd want to go to a different school if you had the resources to do so.
TL;DR: Complaining about black college scholarships is like complaining that kids at an inner-city school get free paper and pencils, when all the kids at your school have iPads that their parents bought them.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | ccwqzra | If they live in a middle to upper class American environment, they will likely both receive the same treatment. However, one of them will have a lot better chance of getting a scholarship.
Not so much really. I hope this is a TIL for someone...
As (half) black man who graduated (bachelor and master) at one of the most expensive schools in the US, I was often accused by my high school friends of either getting in because I was black or getting a free ride because I was black. In reality, I got no special treatment. I worked my ass off and ended up tens of thousands of dollars in debt (today that would be hundreds of thousands).
Sure, we had an African-American student union with 1 computer available for students to use, and I went in and took advantage of that 1 computer every chance I got, but the entire African-American student union was open to all students.
Scholarships? Yes, there were a few small scholarships that I could apply for that were targeted towards African-Americans, but they all noted that they were open to all races.
There's a common misconception that the United Negro College Fund is this giant bank giving kids free rides to Harvard, but the UNCF doesn't give scholarships directly. They give funds to schools that target African-Americans, but are open to all.
Here's the thing...
If you're from a deeply impoverished black community, going to a UNCF backed school makes a lot of sense. It can be a huge opportunity. If on the other hand, you're living in middle-to-upper class America and have the resources to go to pretty much any other school, you'll most likely do so.
I'm not criticizing African-American colleges here, because many are great schools, but there are many reasons why you'd want to go to a different school if you had the resources to do so. | Complaining about black college scholarships is like complaining that kids at an inner-city school get free paper and pencils, when all the kids at your school have iPads that their parents bought them. |
silvermember | Just because you are black doesn't suddenly make you an expert. While he might be technically half white, ultimately all that matters is the color of your skin. If you did not know his background and you saw obama, you would assume he is black, because he is black.
An important thing to also realize is that genetics is only a small part of what makes you black in America. While he is half white, the experiences he went through growing up are all akin to the average African American NOT white. He didn't get benefit for being half white, and generally the only time people ever consider him half white is when people try to attempt to minimize what he has achieve as a person of color. During the election nobody care about him being half white, they only played on the fact he was black right until he won then immediate people started calling him half-black.
tl;dr
Obama looks black, went through or goes through the same racist crap that blacks around the country deal with. the fact that he is half white did not matter nor did anybody care, it only became an issue after he won the election. For 200+ yr, being half white, meant you were not white, you can't suddenly change that because you don't like the idea. | Just because you are black doesn't suddenly make you an expert. While he might be technically half white, ultimately all that matters is the color of your skin. If you did not know his background and you saw obama, you would assume he is black, because he is black.
An important thing to also realize is that genetics is only a small part of what makes you black in America. While he is half white, the experiences he went through growing up are all akin to the average African American NOT white. He didn't get benefit for being half white, and generally the only time people ever consider him half white is when people try to attempt to minimize what he has achieve as a person of color. During the election nobody care about him being half white, they only played on the fact he was black right until he won then immediate people started calling him half-black.
tl;dr
Obama looks black, went through or goes through the same racist crap that blacks around the country deal with. the fact that he is half white did not matter nor did anybody care, it only became an issue after he won the election. For 200+ yr, being half white, meant you were not white, you can't suddenly change that because you don't like the idea.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | ccwr5je | Just because you are black doesn't suddenly make you an expert. While he might be technically half white, ultimately all that matters is the color of your skin. If you did not know his background and you saw obama, you would assume he is black, because he is black.
An important thing to also realize is that genetics is only a small part of what makes you black in America. While he is half white, the experiences he went through growing up are all akin to the average African American NOT white. He didn't get benefit for being half white, and generally the only time people ever consider him half white is when people try to attempt to minimize what he has achieve as a person of color. During the election nobody care about him being half white, they only played on the fact he was black right until he won then immediate people started calling him half-black. | Obama looks black, went through or goes through the same racist crap that blacks around the country deal with. the fact that he is half white did not matter nor did anybody care, it only became an issue after he won the election. For 200+ yr, being half white, meant you were not white, you can't suddenly change that because you don't like the idea. |
alittleperil | yea, I was using the blond hair gene as an analogy for the haemophilia gene. There are some really deadly things (and some even nastier not completely deadly things) that can be inherited in the same way I attempted to explain the inheritence of something like blond hair genes
Siblings are just more likely to both be carrying nasty recessive alleles of important genes (recessive meaning the normal variant, called the dominant allele, completely masks the nasty one, the way the brunette completely masked the presence of the blond copy of the hair color gene). People would have seen the adverse results of siblings mating, most everyone has something they're carrying that would be bad to get two copies of under normal circumstances.
The reason more deadly genes, like haemophilia for example, are still around in all of us is because sometimes there are circumstances under which they're beneficial. Sickle-cell anemia is a good example, because it's incredibly highly present in the African continent and a lot of people there are carriers, with one good copy of the gene and one bad copy, if you get two bad copies your blood get stuck in your blood vessels and you die very young, one bad copy and nobody without a microscope can tell. There's so many carriers around because if you have one good copy and one bad copy it's harder for malaria to reproduce inside you, so carriers and their children tend to do well. But children of two carriers have decent odds of getting two bad copies of the gene, and dying young instead.
There are lots of "bad" genes out there we haven't met yet, and you just don't know for sure that you aren't carrying something nasty, but if you happen to be a carrier of something bad, it's 50% odds at least that your brother is, whereas a random stranger has very very low odds of carrying it, so you're less likely to have kids with two bad copies that way than if you had kids with your brother.
**tl;dr** incest is bad :) | yea, I was using the blond hair gene as an analogy for the haemophilia gene. There are some really deadly things (and some even nastier not completely deadly things) that can be inherited in the same way I attempted to explain the inheritence of something like blond hair genes
Siblings are just more likely to both be carrying nasty recessive alleles of important genes (recessive meaning the normal variant, called the dominant allele, completely masks the nasty one, the way the brunette completely masked the presence of the blond copy of the hair color gene). People would have seen the adverse results of siblings mating, most everyone has something they're carrying that would be bad to get two copies of under normal circumstances.
The reason more deadly genes, like haemophilia for example, are still around in all of us is because sometimes there are circumstances under which they're beneficial. Sickle-cell anemia is a good example, because it's incredibly highly present in the African continent and a lot of people there are carriers, with one good copy of the gene and one bad copy, if you get two bad copies your blood get stuck in your blood vessels and you die very young, one bad copy and nobody without a microscope can tell. There's so many carriers around because if you have one good copy and one bad copy it's harder for malaria to reproduce inside you, so carriers and their children tend to do well. But children of two carriers have decent odds of getting two bad copies of the gene, and dying young instead.
There are lots of "bad" genes out there we haven't met yet, and you just don't know for sure that you aren't carrying something nasty, but if you happen to be a carrier of something bad, it's 50% odds at least that your brother is, whereas a random stranger has very very low odds of carrying it, so you're less likely to have kids with two bad copies that way than if you had kids with your brother.
tl;dr incest is bad :)
| pics | t5_2qh0u | ccwtx90 | yea, I was using the blond hair gene as an analogy for the haemophilia gene. There are some really deadly things (and some even nastier not completely deadly things) that can be inherited in the same way I attempted to explain the inheritence of something like blond hair genes
Siblings are just more likely to both be carrying nasty recessive alleles of important genes (recessive meaning the normal variant, called the dominant allele, completely masks the nasty one, the way the brunette completely masked the presence of the blond copy of the hair color gene). People would have seen the adverse results of siblings mating, most everyone has something they're carrying that would be bad to get two copies of under normal circumstances.
The reason more deadly genes, like haemophilia for example, are still around in all of us is because sometimes there are circumstances under which they're beneficial. Sickle-cell anemia is a good example, because it's incredibly highly present in the African continent and a lot of people there are carriers, with one good copy of the gene and one bad copy, if you get two bad copies your blood get stuck in your blood vessels and you die very young, one bad copy and nobody without a microscope can tell. There's so many carriers around because if you have one good copy and one bad copy it's harder for malaria to reproduce inside you, so carriers and their children tend to do well. But children of two carriers have decent odds of getting two bad copies of the gene, and dying young instead.
There are lots of "bad" genes out there we haven't met yet, and you just don't know for sure that you aren't carrying something nasty, but if you happen to be a carrier of something bad, it's 50% odds at least that your brother is, whereas a random stranger has very very low odds of carrying it, so you're less likely to have kids with two bad copies that way than if you had kids with your brother. | incest is bad :) |
poker2death | Have you ever thought maybe its because most arabs(esp Saudis) are mixed with African? If you consider the largest "Arab" country is in Africa, most Egyptians actually look like mixed black people.
TLDR; A mixed black person can look "Arab" because most Arabs are mixed black people.
| Have you ever thought maybe its because most arabs(esp Saudis) are mixed with African? If you consider the largest "Arab" country is in Africa, most Egyptians actually look like mixed black people.
TLDR; A mixed black person can look "Arab" because most Arabs are mixed black people.
| pics | t5_2qh0u | ccwuwir | Have you ever thought maybe its because most arabs(esp Saudis) are mixed with African? If you consider the largest "Arab" country is in Africa, most Egyptians actually look like mixed black people. | A mixed black person can look "Arab" because most Arabs are mixed black people. |
Aliastral | 不當 (simp:不当) means unsuitable or inappropriate.
I doubt there would be a character that could both fit between them and change that definition significantly.
If I had to guess, it might be 不適當, which still means inappropriate.
tl;dr: Encountered an invalid parameter. | 不當 (simp:不当) means unsuitable or inappropriate.
I doubt there would be a character that could both fit between them and change that definition significantly.
If I had to guess, it might be 不適當, which still means inappropriate.
tl;dr: Encountered an invalid parameter.
| Chinese | t5_2qilf | ccx1zfs | 不當 (simp:不当) means unsuitable or inappropriate.
I doubt there would be a character that could both fit between them and change that definition significantly.
If I had to guess, it might be 不適當, which still means inappropriate. | Encountered an invalid parameter. |
Teby2 | It is clear that neither you nor anyone else commenting on this (or any of the other similarly poorly reasoned posts on r/Smite/ every day), understand marketing and the economics behind it. That said, I'll try to explain why this idea (while something many players would enjoy) **would not be financially viable for HiRez**.
>Trying out a god in an actual game might make you more incline to buy them
Yes, it *might*. After trying out a god people will feel one of two ways:
**1.** I like this god (I'm going to buy this god as planned)
**2.** I enjoyed getting a chance to try out this god in a proper match, I played him/her a while and now I'm content. The novelty of the new god has worn off after a few plays, and I no longer feel the urge to buy said god.
This all-new-god MOTD will cause more people to decide *against* buying the god than it will cause people to buy the god.
Of the people interested in a certain new god, 90% will buy the god anyways after trying him/her out in practice mode. Thus the new MOTD will lead to a small increase in sales among these people. However, a much greater percentage of those interested (at least to some degree) will end up not making a purchase after contenting themselves with trying out the new god in the MOTD.
To clarify, **I agree wholeheartedly that having an opportunity to try out the new god in such an MOTD would make prospective buyers more informed in their decision-making.** If I didn't have the god pack, I would be very much in favor of such an MOTD, as a player. The thing is, if the question is "would it be beneficial for HiRez to allow free access to their newest released product (the new god)", **the answer is no**.
The easiest way to consider this question is with the following analogy.
* **Short movie trailer for free** - Trying out a new god in a practice match. (Brief glimpse at the product).
* **Watching the entire film on a small screen online** - The proposed MOTD with the new god. (Less than ideal, but still get the majority of the experience).
* **Watching the entire film in a theater on an enormous theater screen, in darkness and quiet for $10** - Buying the god and being able to use whenever, in any game mode. (The full experience).
If you let people see a movie trailer, it will overall increase the number of people who will go see the movie (some turned away, but most are interested by the trailer).
If you let people see the entire film in sub-optimal (but still functional conditions) it will overall **decrease** the number of people who will end up going and paying to see the film in theater. Sure, some people will say "*Wow, that film was great, I'm going to pay $10 for the experience watching it in HD in the theater!*" But most people will say "That was great, but now that I've seen it I'm going to save my money for the next film I can't see for free."
Some people will be encouraged to buy the product, but more people will be discouraged (didn't like it after all, content with the taste given them, happy to wait until the new product is rentable or at a reduced price.
**TL;DR Suggested *MOTD* would offer enough of a taste of the new god to end up having a net negative impact on purchases of said god.** | It is clear that neither you nor anyone else commenting on this (or any of the other similarly poorly reasoned posts on r/Smite/ every day), understand marketing and the economics behind it. That said, I'll try to explain why this idea (while something many players would enjoy) would not be financially viable for HiRez .
>Trying out a god in an actual game might make you more incline to buy them
Yes, it might . After trying out a god people will feel one of two ways:
1. I like this god (I'm going to buy this god as planned)
2. I enjoyed getting a chance to try out this god in a proper match, I played him/her a while and now I'm content. The novelty of the new god has worn off after a few plays, and I no longer feel the urge to buy said god.
This all-new-god MOTD will cause more people to decide against buying the god than it will cause people to buy the god.
Of the people interested in a certain new god, 90% will buy the god anyways after trying him/her out in practice mode. Thus the new MOTD will lead to a small increase in sales among these people. However, a much greater percentage of those interested (at least to some degree) will end up not making a purchase after contenting themselves with trying out the new god in the MOTD.
To clarify, I agree wholeheartedly that having an opportunity to try out the new god in such an MOTD would make prospective buyers more informed in their decision-making. If I didn't have the god pack, I would be very much in favor of such an MOTD, as a player. The thing is, if the question is "would it be beneficial for HiRez to allow free access to their newest released product (the new god)", the answer is no .
The easiest way to consider this question is with the following analogy.
Short movie trailer for free - Trying out a new god in a practice match. (Brief glimpse at the product).
Watching the entire film on a small screen online - The proposed MOTD with the new god. (Less than ideal, but still get the majority of the experience).
Watching the entire film in a theater on an enormous theater screen, in darkness and quiet for $10 - Buying the god and being able to use whenever, in any game mode. (The full experience).
If you let people see a movie trailer, it will overall increase the number of people who will go see the movie (some turned away, but most are interested by the trailer).
If you let people see the entire film in sub-optimal (but still functional conditions) it will overall decrease the number of people who will end up going and paying to see the film in theater. Sure, some people will say " Wow, that film was great, I'm going to pay $10 for the experience watching it in HD in the theater! " But most people will say "That was great, but now that I've seen it I'm going to save my money for the next film I can't see for free."
Some people will be encouraged to buy the product, but more people will be discouraged (didn't like it after all, content with the taste given them, happy to wait until the new product is rentable or at a reduced price.
TL;DR Suggested MOTD would offer enough of a taste of the new god to end up having a net negative impact on purchases of said god.
| Smite | t5_2stl8 | ccwxrxr | It is clear that neither you nor anyone else commenting on this (or any of the other similarly poorly reasoned posts on r/Smite/ every day), understand marketing and the economics behind it. That said, I'll try to explain why this idea (while something many players would enjoy) would not be financially viable for HiRez .
>Trying out a god in an actual game might make you more incline to buy them
Yes, it might . After trying out a god people will feel one of two ways:
1. I like this god (I'm going to buy this god as planned)
2. I enjoyed getting a chance to try out this god in a proper match, I played him/her a while and now I'm content. The novelty of the new god has worn off after a few plays, and I no longer feel the urge to buy said god.
This all-new-god MOTD will cause more people to decide against buying the god than it will cause people to buy the god.
Of the people interested in a certain new god, 90% will buy the god anyways after trying him/her out in practice mode. Thus the new MOTD will lead to a small increase in sales among these people. However, a much greater percentage of those interested (at least to some degree) will end up not making a purchase after contenting themselves with trying out the new god in the MOTD.
To clarify, I agree wholeheartedly that having an opportunity to try out the new god in such an MOTD would make prospective buyers more informed in their decision-making. If I didn't have the god pack, I would be very much in favor of such an MOTD, as a player. The thing is, if the question is "would it be beneficial for HiRez to allow free access to their newest released product (the new god)", the answer is no .
The easiest way to consider this question is with the following analogy.
Short movie trailer for free - Trying out a new god in a practice match. (Brief glimpse at the product).
Watching the entire film on a small screen online - The proposed MOTD with the new god. (Less than ideal, but still get the majority of the experience).
Watching the entire film in a theater on an enormous theater screen, in darkness and quiet for $10 - Buying the god and being able to use whenever, in any game mode. (The full experience).
If you let people see a movie trailer, it will overall increase the number of people who will go see the movie (some turned away, but most are interested by the trailer).
If you let people see the entire film in sub-optimal (but still functional conditions) it will overall decrease the number of people who will end up going and paying to see the film in theater. Sure, some people will say " Wow, that film was great, I'm going to pay $10 for the experience watching it in HD in the theater! " But most people will say "That was great, but now that I've seen it I'm going to save my money for the next film I can't see for free."
Some people will be encouraged to buy the product, but more people will be discouraged (didn't like it after all, content with the taste given them, happy to wait until the new product is rentable or at a reduced price. | Suggested MOTD would offer enough of a taste of the new god to end up having a net negative impact on purchases of said god. |
erichand | Well to be fair that's what i'd say is atleast a gram there. I used to tell people who ran the line "I have a scale and it says so and so" to fuck off because 9 times out of ten they didn't understand the fact you need to calibrate your scale or it'll give shit readings.
TLDR: Buy some calibration weights. Calibrate that thing if you haven't already. | Well to be fair that's what i'd say is atleast a gram there. I used to tell people who ran the line "I have a scale and it says so and so" to fuck off because 9 times out of ten they didn't understand the fact you need to calibrate your scale or it'll give shit readings.
TLDR: Buy some calibration weights. Calibrate that thing if you haven't already.
| trees | t5_2r9vp | ccwwozx | Well to be fair that's what i'd say is atleast a gram there. I used to tell people who ran the line "I have a scale and it says so and so" to fuck off because 9 times out of ten they didn't understand the fact you need to calibrate your scale or it'll give shit readings. | Buy some calibration weights. Calibrate that thing if you haven't already. |
Da_Choppah | IWhat FSU has going against them is not Oregon, it's Alabama. When you look at voter breakdown, you see that the west coast guys were much more likely to vote Oregon 1st or 2nd, as expected. East of the Mississippi, virtually everyone is voting Bama #1 and a lot of votes for FSU at the 2 spot. FSU isn't going to steal votes from Oregon. They need Bama to look rough in a game or two. If that happens, FSU would likely be the beneficiary of 1st place votes as opposed to Oregon because voters like to keep a regional team #1.
Tl dr: FSU benefits more from Bama winning ugly than from bad performances by Oregon. | IWhat FSU has going against them is not Oregon, it's Alabama. When you look at voter breakdown, you see that the west coast guys were much more likely to vote Oregon 1st or 2nd, as expected. East of the Mississippi, virtually everyone is voting Bama #1 and a lot of votes for FSU at the 2 spot. FSU isn't going to steal votes from Oregon. They need Bama to look rough in a game or two. If that happens, FSU would likely be the beneficiary of 1st place votes as opposed to Oregon because voters like to keep a regional team #1.
Tl dr: FSU benefits more from Bama winning ugly than from bad performances by Oregon.
| CFB | t5_2qm9d | ccxcoiv | IWhat FSU has going against them is not Oregon, it's Alabama. When you look at voter breakdown, you see that the west coast guys were much more likely to vote Oregon 1st or 2nd, as expected. East of the Mississippi, virtually everyone is voting Bama #1 and a lot of votes for FSU at the 2 spot. FSU isn't going to steal votes from Oregon. They need Bama to look rough in a game or two. If that happens, FSU would likely be the beneficiary of 1st place votes as opposed to Oregon because voters like to keep a regional team #1. | FSU benefits more from Bama winning ugly than from bad performances by Oregon. |
BishSticks | Not trying to be rude. Just curious. Ive met too nany people who hate their birthday. They usually have the same thing in common. As you get older people start to not care as much about your birthday. Especially parents. Hell I spent many years alone on my biryhday. But in the end it was my fault. Its my birthday, I have to plan it. Since I came to that realization I've had many parties. Usually dinner\video games. That with about 5 friends is really all I need. No gifts, just hanging out. My SO and I have been doing theme birthday parties. Wolf shirt party. Ugly outfit party. Fancy party. Smorgasbord party. Hopefully in 2 months ill be having a superhero party! Just in case tl;dr plan your own party. And invite people ahead if time. Have the party in a weekend. Not a weekday.
| Not trying to be rude. Just curious. Ive met too nany people who hate their birthday. They usually have the same thing in common. As you get older people start to not care as much about your birthday. Especially parents. Hell I spent many years alone on my biryhday. But in the end it was my fault. Its my birthday, I have to plan it. Since I came to that realization I've had many parties. Usually dinner\video games. That with about 5 friends is really all I need. No gifts, just hanging out. My SO and I have been doing theme birthday parties. Wolf shirt party. Ugly outfit party. Fancy party. Smorgasbord party. Hopefully in 2 months ill be having a superhero party! Just in case tl;dr plan your own party. And invite people ahead if time. Have the party in a weekend. Not a weekday.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ccxmn28 | Not trying to be rude. Just curious. Ive met too nany people who hate their birthday. They usually have the same thing in common. As you get older people start to not care as much about your birthday. Especially parents. Hell I spent many years alone on my biryhday. But in the end it was my fault. Its my birthday, I have to plan it. Since I came to that realization I've had many parties. Usually dinner\video games. That with about 5 friends is really all I need. No gifts, just hanging out. My SO and I have been doing theme birthday parties. Wolf shirt party. Ugly outfit party. Fancy party. Smorgasbord party. Hopefully in 2 months ill be having a superhero party! Just in case | plan your own party. And invite people ahead if time. Have the party in a weekend. Not a weekday. |
cajunbander | That's how many U of X universities are. The largest school on the system is typically just known as U of X.
University of Texas is actually UT Austin.
University of Minnesota is actually UM Twin Cities.
Univ. of Wisconsin is UW Madison.
When people say UL they generally are referring to UL Lafayette.
Not to mention, after the name change ULM was the first school to use Louisiana like UL uses it now.
Tl;dr, ULM butthurt.
| That's how many U of X universities are. The largest school on the system is typically just known as U of X.
University of Texas is actually UT Austin.
University of Minnesota is actually UM Twin Cities.
Univ. of Wisconsin is UW Madison.
When people say UL they generally are referring to UL Lafayette.
Not to mention, after the name change ULM was the first school to use Louisiana like UL uses it now.
Tl;dr, ULM butthurt.
| Louisiana | t5_2qr93 | ccy0cqm | That's how many U of X universities are. The largest school on the system is typically just known as U of X.
University of Texas is actually UT Austin.
University of Minnesota is actually UM Twin Cities.
Univ. of Wisconsin is UW Madison.
When people say UL they generally are referring to UL Lafayette.
Not to mention, after the name change ULM was the first school to use Louisiana like UL uses it now. | ULM butthurt. |
dudewhateven | Obviously they're massively different - can you not understand that I used those two watches because they're very famous and expensive and classic watches? If not, refer to the previous sentence.
Their design is functional - BUT THEY DO NOT MAKE UGLY WATCHES. THEY DO NOT MAKE UGLY WATCHES FOR A REASON. I don't understand what you're not getting from this. lol. You seem like the type of guy to spit on Steve Jobs books.
TLDR: Style is a function. | Obviously they're massively different - can you not understand that I used those two watches because they're very famous and expensive and classic watches? If not, refer to the previous sentence.
Their design is functional - BUT THEY DO NOT MAKE UGLY WATCHES. THEY DO NOT MAKE UGLY WATCHES FOR A REASON. I don't understand what you're not getting from this. lol. You seem like the type of guy to spit on Steve Jobs books.
TLDR: Style is a function.
| Watches | t5_2qls5 | ce9aa49 | Obviously they're massively different - can you not understand that I used those two watches because they're very famous and expensive and classic watches? If not, refer to the previous sentence.
Their design is functional - BUT THEY DO NOT MAKE UGLY WATCHES. THEY DO NOT MAKE UGLY WATCHES FOR A REASON. I don't understand what you're not getting from this. lol. You seem like the type of guy to spit on Steve Jobs books. | Style is a function. |
coddoc11 | Don't get me wrong, I believe the Smite community is deteriorating, but I think that the most appropriate way of dealing with them is by being as nice and humble as you can be and reporting the harassing/trolling player. Don't just give up on the game. Also, never degrade your teammates because everyone has their bad days and bad games. Also, saying VVGL or complimenting others on things they do also really changes the dynamic of the team.
TL;DR, Be kind and courteous no matter the outcome and report when necessary. | Don't get me wrong, I believe the Smite community is deteriorating, but I think that the most appropriate way of dealing with them is by being as nice and humble as you can be and reporting the harassing/trolling player. Don't just give up on the game. Also, never degrade your teammates because everyone has their bad days and bad games. Also, saying VVGL or complimenting others on things they do also really changes the dynamic of the team.
TL;DR, Be kind and courteous no matter the outcome and report when necessary.
| Smite | t5_2stl8 | ccy11z9 | Don't get me wrong, I believe the Smite community is deteriorating, but I think that the most appropriate way of dealing with them is by being as nice and humble as you can be and reporting the harassing/trolling player. Don't just give up on the game. Also, never degrade your teammates because everyone has their bad days and bad games. Also, saying VVGL or complimenting others on things they do also really changes the dynamic of the team. | Be kind and courteous no matter the outcome and report when necessary. |
weartheblue | Here how I look at it.
Cockiness is part of any sport, Eddie produces, He capitalizes on other teams mistake. In MY HUMBLE OPINION he is a huge part of the team. Now the only reason we don't have a shit ton of players like EJ in the MLS is because they are playing other sports. Look at American Football, a guy scores 1 fucking touchdown that mother fucker is dancing for a solid 10 seconds that shit is on ESPN, etc. If the MLS intends on getting bigger and more money comes to the MLS, more players, cockiness is going to come with it.
TL;DR EJ can stay he is alright in my book. | Here how I look at it.
Cockiness is part of any sport, Eddie produces, He capitalizes on other teams mistake. In MY HUMBLE OPINION he is a huge part of the team. Now the only reason we don't have a shit ton of players like EJ in the MLS is because they are playing other sports. Look at American Football, a guy scores 1 fucking touchdown that mother fucker is dancing for a solid 10 seconds that shit is on ESPN, etc. If the MLS intends on getting bigger and more money comes to the MLS, more players, cockiness is going to come with it.
TL;DR EJ can stay he is alright in my book.
| SoundersFC | t5_2qpk6 | ccyiwai | Here how I look at it.
Cockiness is part of any sport, Eddie produces, He capitalizes on other teams mistake. In MY HUMBLE OPINION he is a huge part of the team. Now the only reason we don't have a shit ton of players like EJ in the MLS is because they are playing other sports. Look at American Football, a guy scores 1 fucking touchdown that mother fucker is dancing for a solid 10 seconds that shit is on ESPN, etc. If the MLS intends on getting bigger and more money comes to the MLS, more players, cockiness is going to come with it. | EJ can stay he is alright in my book. |
spozmo | John 16:12.
TL;DR - strapons | John 16:12.
TL;DR - strapons
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccy7tyj | John 16:12. | strapons |
Charle-mang | Howdy! Getting into games is a fairly simple process! If you have a desktop computer that was made in the last 5 years, I can recommend a fairly popular puzzle game called portal! It is a breeze to pick up and play, and it is challenging enough towards the end to give you a sense of accomplishment. If you dont have a computer that can run it, I recommend picking up a earlier console called an N64. it was made by Nintendo entertainment in the 1990's and many of the games it has are iconic, cheap, and great party games (Mario kart 64 springs to mind)
Even though it is dated, they are still pretty ubiquitous and very easy to find if you know where to look! A beautiful journey awaits you and your SO will be very surprised!
Tl;DR: Pick up Portal on your PC, or get an N64 from and have fun! | Howdy! Getting into games is a fairly simple process! If you have a desktop computer that was made in the last 5 years, I can recommend a fairly popular puzzle game called portal! It is a breeze to pick up and play, and it is challenging enough towards the end to give you a sense of accomplishment. If you dont have a computer that can run it, I recommend picking up a earlier console called an N64. it was made by Nintendo entertainment in the 1990's and many of the games it has are iconic, cheap, and great party games (Mario kart 64 springs to mind)
Even though it is dated, they are still pretty ubiquitous and very easy to find if you know where to look! A beautiful journey awaits you and your SO will be very surprised!
Tl;DR: Pick up Portal on your PC, or get an N64 from and have fun!
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccyc09o | Howdy! Getting into games is a fairly simple process! If you have a desktop computer that was made in the last 5 years, I can recommend a fairly popular puzzle game called portal! It is a breeze to pick up and play, and it is challenging enough towards the end to give you a sense of accomplishment. If you dont have a computer that can run it, I recommend picking up a earlier console called an N64. it was made by Nintendo entertainment in the 1990's and many of the games it has are iconic, cheap, and great party games (Mario kart 64 springs to mind)
Even though it is dated, they are still pretty ubiquitous and very easy to find if you know where to look! A beautiful journey awaits you and your SO will be very surprised! | Pick up Portal on your PC, or get an N64 from and have fun! |
37899920032 | Then you'd probably have more fun with a Zelda game (they're awesome). First person shooters (for the most part) probably won't be your thing. Most Blizzard games are also war/fighting-related, though with very different mechanics. If it's the war, gore, violence, whatever that doesn't resonate with you then you probably won't enjoy those either.
TL;DR: Play some Zelda games. They've got good puzzles, good story, and some good (non warlike) combat. | Then you'd probably have more fun with a Zelda game (they're awesome). First person shooters (for the most part) probably won't be your thing. Most Blizzard games are also war/fighting-related, though with very different mechanics. If it's the war, gore, violence, whatever that doesn't resonate with you then you probably won't enjoy those either.
TL;DR: Play some Zelda games. They've got good puzzles, good story, and some good (non warlike) combat.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccye1vo | Then you'd probably have more fun with a Zelda game (they're awesome). First person shooters (for the most part) probably won't be your thing. Most Blizzard games are also war/fighting-related, though with very different mechanics. If it's the war, gore, violence, whatever that doesn't resonate with you then you probably won't enjoy those either. | Play some Zelda games. They've got good puzzles, good story, and some good (non warlike) combat. |
R4N63R | I looked into polish that could work on glass before. Turns out that glass is made of silicone (mostly) and in its hardened state it is near the top of the Mohs hardness scale, and the only thing you can use to polish glass is very expensive and horribly toxic to humans.
Tldr: glass is too hard to polish so get a new window :( | I looked into polish that could work on glass before. Turns out that glass is made of silicone (mostly) and in its hardened state it is near the top of the Mohs hardness scale, and the only thing you can use to polish glass is very expensive and horribly toxic to humans.
Tldr: glass is too hard to polish so get a new window :(
| Volkswagen | t5_2qr4f | ccyeaep | I looked into polish that could work on glass before. Turns out that glass is made of silicone (mostly) and in its hardened state it is near the top of the Mohs hardness scale, and the only thing you can use to polish glass is very expensive and horribly toxic to humans. | glass is too hard to polish so get a new window :( |
Janus408 | My cousin was willed a sizeable sum of money when her grandparents passed. She was underage at the time, but was suppose to get it at 18. Well her parents never told her about it.
Instead when she asks for something, or needs something, her parents use that money for it. Often times there is a big back and forth fight over the subject, and they usually give in and help her out. She doesn't know that they are doing this.
I understand some of their idea behind it. They are essentially managing her finances for her, something which knowing her she probably needs, but the way in which they do it comes out as outright manipulation. When they buy her something, with her money, they make sure she is super greatful to them, which she should be, but they take it a few steps too far. It is like some kind of odd emotional extortion.
She works for 99% of what she has, but often asks for help with larger purchases, like a new car when her last one completely crapped out. They haggle back and forth on what she can afford, and she puts in a lot of her own money for it (obviously all of it in the end, but she doesn't know this) and the parents 'cover' the rest, but with her willed funds.
I dont really know how I feel about it, and I know she would probably never talk to them again if she found out, so I say nothing. It wouldn't have been a positive thing for her had she gotten it when she was 18. But she is going on 30 now and it just seems crazy to me. The whole dynamic between them seems unhealthy.
But who am I to judge.
**TLDR: Aunt and Uncle don't tell 30 year old cousin about trust fund she got at 18. Have used it for the last 12 years to pay for things for her/help her out. While helping her be responsible with it, for the most part, cousin has this mistaken notion that her parents are very generous with her, when in fact it is her money they are using for said things, and wouldn't do them for her if it wasn't. If she were told, she would probably stop talking to them for good.** | My cousin was willed a sizeable sum of money when her grandparents passed. She was underage at the time, but was suppose to get it at 18. Well her parents never told her about it.
Instead when she asks for something, or needs something, her parents use that money for it. Often times there is a big back and forth fight over the subject, and they usually give in and help her out. She doesn't know that they are doing this.
I understand some of their idea behind it. They are essentially managing her finances for her, something which knowing her she probably needs, but the way in which they do it comes out as outright manipulation. When they buy her something, with her money, they make sure she is super greatful to them, which she should be, but they take it a few steps too far. It is like some kind of odd emotional extortion.
She works for 99% of what she has, but often asks for help with larger purchases, like a new car when her last one completely crapped out. They haggle back and forth on what she can afford, and she puts in a lot of her own money for it (obviously all of it in the end, but she doesn't know this) and the parents 'cover' the rest, but with her willed funds.
I dont really know how I feel about it, and I know she would probably never talk to them again if she found out, so I say nothing. It wouldn't have been a positive thing for her had she gotten it when she was 18. But she is going on 30 now and it just seems crazy to me. The whole dynamic between them seems unhealthy.
But who am I to judge.
TLDR: Aunt and Uncle don't tell 30 year old cousin about trust fund she got at 18. Have used it for the last 12 years to pay for things for her/help her out. While helping her be responsible with it, for the most part, cousin has this mistaken notion that her parents are very generous with her, when in fact it is her money they are using for said things, and wouldn't do them for her if it wasn't. If she were told, she would probably stop talking to them for good.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ccyjqyw | My cousin was willed a sizeable sum of money when her grandparents passed. She was underage at the time, but was suppose to get it at 18. Well her parents never told her about it.
Instead when she asks for something, or needs something, her parents use that money for it. Often times there is a big back and forth fight over the subject, and they usually give in and help her out. She doesn't know that they are doing this.
I understand some of their idea behind it. They are essentially managing her finances for her, something which knowing her she probably needs, but the way in which they do it comes out as outright manipulation. When they buy her something, with her money, they make sure she is super greatful to them, which she should be, but they take it a few steps too far. It is like some kind of odd emotional extortion.
She works for 99% of what she has, but often asks for help with larger purchases, like a new car when her last one completely crapped out. They haggle back and forth on what she can afford, and she puts in a lot of her own money for it (obviously all of it in the end, but she doesn't know this) and the parents 'cover' the rest, but with her willed funds.
I dont really know how I feel about it, and I know she would probably never talk to them again if she found out, so I say nothing. It wouldn't have been a positive thing for her had she gotten it when she was 18. But she is going on 30 now and it just seems crazy to me. The whole dynamic between them seems unhealthy.
But who am I to judge. | Aunt and Uncle don't tell 30 year old cousin about trust fund she got at 18. Have used it for the last 12 years to pay for things for her/help her out. While helping her be responsible with it, for the most part, cousin has this mistaken notion that her parents are very generous with her, when in fact it is her money they are using for said things, and wouldn't do them for her if it wasn't. If she were told, she would probably stop talking to them for good. |
kennyvb | Thanks for the reminder. I also ordered these the other week and my order was held. I called customer service and apparently my name didn't match my CC info. They asked if I could be put on hold and subsequently contacted my CC company and were able to get the order released and put through. I checked my order status online shortly thereafter and saw that the order was processed but they tacked on $8.95 shipping. No thanks. Called them and cancelled the order altogether.
TL;DR: Shoe trees didn't ship, called Jos A. Bank, "problem" with CC but resolved except charged a bogus $8.95 for shipping. Called again to cancel altogether. | Thanks for the reminder. I also ordered these the other week and my order was held. I called customer service and apparently my name didn't match my CC info. They asked if I could be put on hold and subsequently contacted my CC company and were able to get the order released and put through. I checked my order status online shortly thereafter and saw that the order was processed but they tacked on $8.95 shipping. No thanks. Called them and cancelled the order altogether.
TL;DR: Shoe trees didn't ship, called Jos A. Bank, "problem" with CC but resolved except charged a bogus $8.95 for shipping. Called again to cancel altogether.
| frugalmalefashion | t5_2s8e9 | ccyxiap | Thanks for the reminder. I also ordered these the other week and my order was held. I called customer service and apparently my name didn't match my CC info. They asked if I could be put on hold and subsequently contacted my CC company and were able to get the order released and put through. I checked my order status online shortly thereafter and saw that the order was processed but they tacked on $8.95 shipping. No thanks. Called them and cancelled the order altogether. | Shoe trees didn't ship, called Jos A. Bank, "problem" with CC but resolved except charged a bogus $8.95 for shipping. Called again to cancel altogether. |
bmidge | I've gotten to gold 4 with the vast majority of my games being karma either top or mid. You have 3 ults that do 3 different things. If you play like one is the best that should be used all the time and another is the worst and should never be used, you aren't playing her right. Each bonus has it's own ideal situations that it should be used in. When sieging and trying to poke from afar, your mantra'd Q along with a self shield to get yourself into position, and you start widdling down their health bars. Once a fight breaks out, you have your options open to how you want to play out the battle. Mantra Q will give you the best shot at nuking one of their squishies, and the slow can open up opportunities for your teammates to move on them. Mantra W is great for when one enemy is seperated from their team and you want to have a 1v1 duel with them, the damage is not to be underestimated, mantra'd W will always deal more damage than getting just the first proc of mantra Q, only the combined two mantra Q procs will add up to being more damage than a full mantra W. The heal is incredible for baiting, either under turret or engaging on the enemy laner that is trying to finish you but has no more cooldowns or tools to use on you. Mantra E really shines in teamfights, if you wanna to sit back and play the role of crazy fed support, karma does it well - sit right next to your AD carry and keep your shield on them as much as possible. When a tank comes to get at them you can easily peel them off with your slow and your root. With enough CDR and AP they won't be able to get through to the carries you are protecting.
TL;DR 250 ranked wins with karma. Learn the explosion range of your Q so you can harass in lane phase. If you know you won't get engaged on or are trying to catch someone use mantra Q. If you are in a situation where you are trading damage with an enemy, mantra your W. If you are forced to sit in the backline, mantra e and peel for your carries. Getting High/Maxed CDR on Karma and then stacking AP works wonders, similar to the way a riven can get CDR and then straight AD because of her shield and strong abilities, your offense is your best defense. | I've gotten to gold 4 with the vast majority of my games being karma either top or mid. You have 3 ults that do 3 different things. If you play like one is the best that should be used all the time and another is the worst and should never be used, you aren't playing her right. Each bonus has it's own ideal situations that it should be used in. When sieging and trying to poke from afar, your mantra'd Q along with a self shield to get yourself into position, and you start widdling down their health bars. Once a fight breaks out, you have your options open to how you want to play out the battle. Mantra Q will give you the best shot at nuking one of their squishies, and the slow can open up opportunities for your teammates to move on them. Mantra W is great for when one enemy is seperated from their team and you want to have a 1v1 duel with them, the damage is not to be underestimated, mantra'd W will always deal more damage than getting just the first proc of mantra Q, only the combined two mantra Q procs will add up to being more damage than a full mantra W. The heal is incredible for baiting, either under turret or engaging on the enemy laner that is trying to finish you but has no more cooldowns or tools to use on you. Mantra E really shines in teamfights, if you wanna to sit back and play the role of crazy fed support, karma does it well - sit right next to your AD carry and keep your shield on them as much as possible. When a tank comes to get at them you can easily peel them off with your slow and your root. With enough CDR and AP they won't be able to get through to the carries you are protecting.
TL;DR 250 ranked wins with karma. Learn the explosion range of your Q so you can harass in lane phase. If you know you won't get engaged on or are trying to catch someone use mantra Q. If you are in a situation where you are trading damage with an enemy, mantra your W. If you are forced to sit in the backline, mantra e and peel for your carries. Getting High/Maxed CDR on Karma and then stacking AP works wonders, similar to the way a riven can get CDR and then straight AD because of her shield and strong abilities, your offense is your best defense.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cczji47 | I've gotten to gold 4 with the vast majority of my games being karma either top or mid. You have 3 ults that do 3 different things. If you play like one is the best that should be used all the time and another is the worst and should never be used, you aren't playing her right. Each bonus has it's own ideal situations that it should be used in. When sieging and trying to poke from afar, your mantra'd Q along with a self shield to get yourself into position, and you start widdling down their health bars. Once a fight breaks out, you have your options open to how you want to play out the battle. Mantra Q will give you the best shot at nuking one of their squishies, and the slow can open up opportunities for your teammates to move on them. Mantra W is great for when one enemy is seperated from their team and you want to have a 1v1 duel with them, the damage is not to be underestimated, mantra'd W will always deal more damage than getting just the first proc of mantra Q, only the combined two mantra Q procs will add up to being more damage than a full mantra W. The heal is incredible for baiting, either under turret or engaging on the enemy laner that is trying to finish you but has no more cooldowns or tools to use on you. Mantra E really shines in teamfights, if you wanna to sit back and play the role of crazy fed support, karma does it well - sit right next to your AD carry and keep your shield on them as much as possible. When a tank comes to get at them you can easily peel them off with your slow and your root. With enough CDR and AP they won't be able to get through to the carries you are protecting. | 250 ranked wins with karma. Learn the explosion range of your Q so you can harass in lane phase. If you know you won't get engaged on or are trying to catch someone use mantra Q. If you are in a situation where you are trading damage with an enemy, mantra your W. If you are forced to sit in the backline, mantra e and peel for your carries. Getting High/Maxed CDR on Karma and then stacking AP works wonders, similar to the way a riven can get CDR and then straight AD because of her shield and strong abilities, your offense is your best defense. |
idredd | While yes, these achievements are utterly achievable they're not in line with achievements for pretty much any other aspect of the game. 1-2 hours a day may not sound like much but that assumes one is playing literally every day until December and that they're on a solid PvP server or are with a group more focused on achieving the season objectives than anything else.
TLDR: The achievements are not at all hard to obtain, but compared to any other aspect of gameplay (look at living world updates) they're ridiculous. | While yes, these achievements are utterly achievable they're not in line with achievements for pretty much any other aspect of the game. 1-2 hours a day may not sound like much but that assumes one is playing literally every day until December and that they're on a solid PvP server or are with a group more focused on achieving the season objectives than anything else.
TLDR: The achievements are not at all hard to obtain, but compared to any other aspect of gameplay (look at living world updates) they're ridiculous.
| Guildwars2 | t5_2r9po | ccynfc8 | While yes, these achievements are utterly achievable they're not in line with achievements for pretty much any other aspect of the game. 1-2 hours a day may not sound like much but that assumes one is playing literally every day until December and that they're on a solid PvP server or are with a group more focused on achieving the season objectives than anything else. | The achievements are not at all hard to obtain, but compared to any other aspect of gameplay (look at living world updates) they're ridiculous. |
Spagoo | The boy is happy to eat a hamburger. He dreams about making the hamburger. But he knows he has to do good in school. As he concentrates on his schoolwork, the vision or reality of the dream sadly slips away. In the end, even though he is a "succesful astronaut," he is sad because he just wants to be the burger flipper.
TL;DR - It isn't a funny comic. | The boy is happy to eat a hamburger. He dreams about making the hamburger. But he knows he has to do good in school. As he concentrates on his schoolwork, the vision or reality of the dream sadly slips away. In the end, even though he is a "succesful astronaut," he is sad because he just wants to be the burger flipper.
TL;DR - It isn't a funny comic.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccyslhp | The boy is happy to eat a hamburger. He dreams about making the hamburger. But he knows he has to do good in school. As he concentrates on his schoolwork, the vision or reality of the dream sadly slips away. In the end, even though he is a "succesful astronaut," he is sad because he just wants to be the burger flipper. | It isn't a funny comic. |
EKU_JCD | Basicly, the comic is saying that the world makes jobs like flipping burgers look so bad and only the "stupid" people do it. We don't allow people to follow **their** dreams and become whatever **they** want to be. Instead, we force them to go higher, even if their dream job is flipping burgers.
TL:DR: We don't allow people to follow their dreams due to what society thinks of the manual labor jobs.
I hope I've explained it.
| Basicly, the comic is saying that the world makes jobs like flipping burgers look so bad and only the "stupid" people do it. We don't allow people to follow their dreams and become whatever they want to be. Instead, we force them to go higher, even if their dream job is flipping burgers.
TL:DR: We don't allow people to follow their dreams due to what society thinks of the manual labor jobs.
I hope I've explained it.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccysmr2 | Basicly, the comic is saying that the world makes jobs like flipping burgers look so bad and only the "stupid" people do it. We don't allow people to follow their dreams and become whatever they want to be. Instead, we force them to go higher, even if their dream job is flipping burgers. | We don't allow people to follow their dreams due to what society thinks of the manual labor jobs.
I hope I've explained it. |
DanYouTall | They told us growing up we could anything we wanted, an astronaut and President were their favorite examples. I'm 6'5 and foreign, so I can be neither.
tl;dr:Me sad | They told us growing up we could anything we wanted, an astronaut and President were their favorite examples. I'm 6'5 and foreign, so I can be neither.
tl;dr:Me sad
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccytda1 | They told us growing up we could anything we wanted, an astronaut and President were their favorite examples. I'm 6'5 and foreign, so I can be neither. | Me sad |
loggic | Because "education" has become a self-serving industry driven by the standards of people who never left academia. Of course they think these things are great career choices; they don't have a clue what people in the labor market want.
On top of that, now that everyone thinks they have to go to college, banks and governments have created programs that allow anyone access to cheap (ish) loans or free money. This, in turn, causes the cost of education to inflate. A good parallel would be the housing bubble. The problem was that anyone could get a loan without any evidence they could ever pay it back. What happens when people can get $1mil loan with no down payment or proof of income? Housing goes to insanely inflated prices that make no sense, the bubble finally bursts, everyone in these programs loses their house. Eventually the "education bubble" in the US is going to have to burst, but until it does, we are going to continue to see rising tuition prices, bigger student loans, more people making their money entirely from academia, and bigger regrets from the people who made bad choices based on bad data given to them by people who are "more knowledgeable".
Plus, we are going to see continued vilification of laborers. Fast food workers, farm hands, welders, construction workers, all of them are going to get an even worse image than they already have. Then, unemployment will be even worse, because people won't want to take jobs that they "went to college to avoid". It is no wonder teens (in my area at least) avoid trades like the plague. In high school we were told that we need to get in to a "good college", which meant expensive college. When my wife told her English teacher what school she wanted to go to, the teacher said, "You know you can get in to a legitimate school, right?" Yes. Never mind that this particular university has one of the top programs in the nation for her major. Let's go to one with a more "prestigious" name that has 4x the tuition cost plus higher cost of living.
Wow. That turned into a rant. Sorry.
TL;DR: Professors mistakenly believe the world outside the university is willing to pay for the people they train. They convince others within academia of the same, who convince high school teachers, who in turn convince students. Easily accessible loans and grants artificially inflate the cost of education, government funding is stripped from universities, and everyone just goes along with it. Malice doesn't need to play into it, the whole system runs on the idea that "everyone should go to college and get a 'good' job", where 'good' is defined by academics, not by what society needs. | Because "education" has become a self-serving industry driven by the standards of people who never left academia. Of course they think these things are great career choices; they don't have a clue what people in the labor market want.
On top of that, now that everyone thinks they have to go to college, banks and governments have created programs that allow anyone access to cheap (ish) loans or free money. This, in turn, causes the cost of education to inflate. A good parallel would be the housing bubble. The problem was that anyone could get a loan without any evidence they could ever pay it back. What happens when people can get $1mil loan with no down payment or proof of income? Housing goes to insanely inflated prices that make no sense, the bubble finally bursts, everyone in these programs loses their house. Eventually the "education bubble" in the US is going to have to burst, but until it does, we are going to continue to see rising tuition prices, bigger student loans, more people making their money entirely from academia, and bigger regrets from the people who made bad choices based on bad data given to them by people who are "more knowledgeable".
Plus, we are going to see continued vilification of laborers. Fast food workers, farm hands, welders, construction workers, all of them are going to get an even worse image than they already have. Then, unemployment will be even worse, because people won't want to take jobs that they "went to college to avoid". It is no wonder teens (in my area at least) avoid trades like the plague. In high school we were told that we need to get in to a "good college", which meant expensive college. When my wife told her English teacher what school she wanted to go to, the teacher said, "You know you can get in to a legitimate school, right?" Yes. Never mind that this particular university has one of the top programs in the nation for her major. Let's go to one with a more "prestigious" name that has 4x the tuition cost plus higher cost of living.
Wow. That turned into a rant. Sorry.
TL;DR: Professors mistakenly believe the world outside the university is willing to pay for the people they train. They convince others within academia of the same, who convince high school teachers, who in turn convince students. Easily accessible loans and grants artificially inflate the cost of education, government funding is stripped from universities, and everyone just goes along with it. Malice doesn't need to play into it, the whole system runs on the idea that "everyone should go to college and get a 'good' job", where 'good' is defined by academics, not by what society needs.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccytgic | Because "education" has become a self-serving industry driven by the standards of people who never left academia. Of course they think these things are great career choices; they don't have a clue what people in the labor market want.
On top of that, now that everyone thinks they have to go to college, banks and governments have created programs that allow anyone access to cheap (ish) loans or free money. This, in turn, causes the cost of education to inflate. A good parallel would be the housing bubble. The problem was that anyone could get a loan without any evidence they could ever pay it back. What happens when people can get $1mil loan with no down payment or proof of income? Housing goes to insanely inflated prices that make no sense, the bubble finally bursts, everyone in these programs loses their house. Eventually the "education bubble" in the US is going to have to burst, but until it does, we are going to continue to see rising tuition prices, bigger student loans, more people making their money entirely from academia, and bigger regrets from the people who made bad choices based on bad data given to them by people who are "more knowledgeable".
Plus, we are going to see continued vilification of laborers. Fast food workers, farm hands, welders, construction workers, all of them are going to get an even worse image than they already have. Then, unemployment will be even worse, because people won't want to take jobs that they "went to college to avoid". It is no wonder teens (in my area at least) avoid trades like the plague. In high school we were told that we need to get in to a "good college", which meant expensive college. When my wife told her English teacher what school she wanted to go to, the teacher said, "You know you can get in to a legitimate school, right?" Yes. Never mind that this particular university has one of the top programs in the nation for her major. Let's go to one with a more "prestigious" name that has 4x the tuition cost plus higher cost of living.
Wow. That turned into a rant. Sorry. | Professors mistakenly believe the world outside the university is willing to pay for the people they train. They convince others within academia of the same, who convince high school teachers, who in turn convince students. Easily accessible loans and grants artificially inflate the cost of education, government funding is stripped from universities, and everyone just goes along with it. Malice doesn't need to play into it, the whole system runs on the idea that "everyone should go to college and get a 'good' job", where 'good' is defined by academics, not by what society needs. |
EntarteteJungvolk | Yup, I work harder than all my coworkers and now i'm stuck having to work 2 extra hours once a week (No over time pay) so i can take out trash and mop the floors. Solely because I'm the only employee(in my position) that *occasionally* help at the end of a shift because everyone else would leave ASAP to avoid helping.
TL;DR I learned from my experience to never excel beyond what is required of you or else you will be expected to continually. | Yup, I work harder than all my coworkers and now i'm stuck having to work 2 extra hours once a week (No over time pay) so i can take out trash and mop the floors. Solely because I'm the only employee(in my position) that occasionally help at the end of a shift because everyone else would leave ASAP to avoid helping.
TL;DR I learned from my experience to never excel beyond what is required of you or else you will be expected to continually.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccywroj | Yup, I work harder than all my coworkers and now i'm stuck having to work 2 extra hours once a week (No over time pay) so i can take out trash and mop the floors. Solely because I'm the only employee(in my position) that occasionally help at the end of a shift because everyone else would leave ASAP to avoid helping. | I learned from my experience to never excel beyond what is required of you or else you will be expected to continually. |
Bozo31215 | You should have let a cart accidentally hit his car.
I never really got along with school, after I graduated I kind of just sat around and played MMO's till my dad got sick and passed. Found a job handful of months later at a retail store, everyone bugged me with "Are you in college? Why not?". It was pretty annoying to be badgered by random customers about it. 2 years later I am the manager of the same store(no prior work experience besides pushing carts) and my DM talks highly of me.
TL;DR Don't harass people you don't know about college especially if you don't know their situation. | You should have let a cart accidentally hit his car.
I never really got along with school, after I graduated I kind of just sat around and played MMO's till my dad got sick and passed. Found a job handful of months later at a retail store, everyone bugged me with "Are you in college? Why not?". It was pretty annoying to be badgered by random customers about it. 2 years later I am the manager of the same store(no prior work experience besides pushing carts) and my DM talks highly of me.
TL;DR Don't harass people you don't know about college especially if you don't know their situation.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccyx1kp | You should have let a cart accidentally hit his car.
I never really got along with school, after I graduated I kind of just sat around and played MMO's till my dad got sick and passed. Found a job handful of months later at a retail store, everyone bugged me with "Are you in college? Why not?". It was pretty annoying to be badgered by random customers about it. 2 years later I am the manager of the same store(no prior work experience besides pushing carts) and my DM talks highly of me. | Don't harass people you don't know about college especially if you don't know their situation. |
D-bar | I went to Uiversity for 5 years and got 2 degrees. A friend offered me a job doing road works when I graduated while I looked for something in my field so I took that. Was doing the stop/go sign outside a school where we were working and people would always make jokes about what qualification I needed etc (mostly light-hearted jokes but still pissed me right the fuck off). Took great pleasure in telling them infront of their kids that I went to University and would up a road worker so I should have just gone straight into that line of work after high school. They all tried to hurry off before little Jimmy or Sally got bad ideas about doing physical work.
TL;DR went to University, ended up as a road worker, told kinds not to go to University when their parents told them to stay in school. | I went to Uiversity for 5 years and got 2 degrees. A friend offered me a job doing road works when I graduated while I looked for something in my field so I took that. Was doing the stop/go sign outside a school where we were working and people would always make jokes about what qualification I needed etc (mostly light-hearted jokes but still pissed me right the fuck off). Took great pleasure in telling them infront of their kids that I went to University and would up a road worker so I should have just gone straight into that line of work after high school. They all tried to hurry off before little Jimmy or Sally got bad ideas about doing physical work.
TL;DR went to University, ended up as a road worker, told kinds not to go to University when their parents told them to stay in school.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccz01xj | I went to Uiversity for 5 years and got 2 degrees. A friend offered me a job doing road works when I graduated while I looked for something in my field so I took that. Was doing the stop/go sign outside a school where we were working and people would always make jokes about what qualification I needed etc (mostly light-hearted jokes but still pissed me right the fuck off). Took great pleasure in telling them infront of their kids that I went to University and would up a road worker so I should have just gone straight into that line of work after high school. They all tried to hurry off before little Jimmy or Sally got bad ideas about doing physical work. | went to University, ended up as a road worker, told kinds not to go to University when their parents told them to stay in school. |
Therearenopeas | Yeah, I worked as a maid at a high end resort and had these horrible guests say the same thing to me and a fellow employee. Both of us are working on masters degrees and worked there to pay the bills. Our boss was out in the hallway and told us to stop cleaning up her spilled bath water, said some curt, but truthfully things to the woman and we all left. The guest complained, but the resort values their employees so much that they asked the guests to leave. It was very rewarding,
Tl;dr same experience, but our employer is awesome. | Yeah, I worked as a maid at a high end resort and had these horrible guests say the same thing to me and a fellow employee. Both of us are working on masters degrees and worked there to pay the bills. Our boss was out in the hallway and told us to stop cleaning up her spilled bath water, said some curt, but truthfully things to the woman and we all left. The guest complained, but the resort values their employees so much that they asked the guests to leave. It was very rewarding,
Tl;dr same experience, but our employer is awesome.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | ccytjwk | Yeah, I worked as a maid at a high end resort and had these horrible guests say the same thing to me and a fellow employee. Both of us are working on masters degrees and worked there to pay the bills. Our boss was out in the hallway and told us to stop cleaning up her spilled bath water, said some curt, but truthfully things to the woman and we all left. The guest complained, but the resort values their employees so much that they asked the guests to leave. It was very rewarding, | same experience, but our employer is awesome. |
NerdxRage | Happened when I was younger, but have a read.
Round 1
Working at a Walmart at 18 as a stocker in groceries, I knew where a thing or two was located. An older woman came up to me and asked if I knew where a certain item was, lemon juice I think, so I answered with it location, aisle 5 top shelf above the tomato juice and v8. Her reply was that she was just there and it's not where I said it was, so I walked her over. To which she said somebody just stocked it so she missed it.
Round 2
Some old lady, same question, different item. I gave her the answer, but this time she didn't believe me and asked for a manager. Ok, whatever, I spot my manager cruising , so I flag him down. Tell him the lady had a problem with me, but she wants ITEM and its located at LOCATION. Tells me not to worth about it and off he goes.
Round 3!
An hour or so later, here she is again. She sees me and starts to ask me the same question of another item, but this time she sees and older worker behind me cleaning some shelves. Flat out tells me she sees a more experienced worker so she'll just ask them instead.
I watched her walk over to the "More experienced" worker, ask the same question and to my surprise they walk back to me.
"Hey NerdxRage, this woman is looking for Cheese cake mix, do you know where it is?"
"Yes I do, it's at aisle 7 above the sugar past the marshmallows."
"See I knew you knew where it was, I just don't know why she wasted my time by refusing your help the first time," and she made sure the old lady heard her.
One of the annoying things about customer service. I'm young, have shaggy hair, and don't have a smooth shaved face. But I do my job, do it right, and do it good.
TLDR: old lady thought I was a know nothing kid, got put in her place by older coworker. | Happened when I was younger, but have a read.
Round 1
Working at a Walmart at 18 as a stocker in groceries, I knew where a thing or two was located. An older woman came up to me and asked if I knew where a certain item was, lemon juice I think, so I answered with it location, aisle 5 top shelf above the tomato juice and v8. Her reply was that she was just there and it's not where I said it was, so I walked her over. To which she said somebody just stocked it so she missed it.
Round 2
Some old lady, same question, different item. I gave her the answer, but this time she didn't believe me and asked for a manager. Ok, whatever, I spot my manager cruising , so I flag him down. Tell him the lady had a problem with me, but she wants ITEM and its located at LOCATION. Tells me not to worth about it and off he goes.
Round 3!
An hour or so later, here she is again. She sees me and starts to ask me the same question of another item, but this time she sees and older worker behind me cleaning some shelves. Flat out tells me she sees a more experienced worker so she'll just ask them instead.
I watched her walk over to the "More experienced" worker, ask the same question and to my surprise they walk back to me.
"Hey NerdxRage, this woman is looking for Cheese cake mix, do you know where it is?"
"Yes I do, it's at aisle 7 above the sugar past the marshmallows."
"See I knew you knew where it was, I just don't know why she wasted my time by refusing your help the first time," and she made sure the old lady heard her.
One of the annoying things about customer service. I'm young, have shaggy hair, and don't have a smooth shaved face. But I do my job, do it right, and do it good.
TLDR: old lady thought I was a know nothing kid, got put in her place by older coworker.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cczedmj | Happened when I was younger, but have a read.
Round 1
Working at a Walmart at 18 as a stocker in groceries, I knew where a thing or two was located. An older woman came up to me and asked if I knew where a certain item was, lemon juice I think, so I answered with it location, aisle 5 top shelf above the tomato juice and v8. Her reply was that she was just there and it's not where I said it was, so I walked her over. To which she said somebody just stocked it so she missed it.
Round 2
Some old lady, same question, different item. I gave her the answer, but this time she didn't believe me and asked for a manager. Ok, whatever, I spot my manager cruising , so I flag him down. Tell him the lady had a problem with me, but she wants ITEM and its located at LOCATION. Tells me not to worth about it and off he goes.
Round 3!
An hour or so later, here she is again. She sees me and starts to ask me the same question of another item, but this time she sees and older worker behind me cleaning some shelves. Flat out tells me she sees a more experienced worker so she'll just ask them instead.
I watched her walk over to the "More experienced" worker, ask the same question and to my surprise they walk back to me.
"Hey NerdxRage, this woman is looking for Cheese cake mix, do you know where it is?"
"Yes I do, it's at aisle 7 above the sugar past the marshmallows."
"See I knew you knew where it was, I just don't know why she wasted my time by refusing your help the first time," and she made sure the old lady heard her.
One of the annoying things about customer service. I'm young, have shaggy hair, and don't have a smooth shaved face. But I do my job, do it right, and do it good. | old lady thought I was a know nothing kid, got put in her place by older coworker. |
nickxaloja | A shitload of gaming channels, Mental Floss, comedy channels like Smosh, trick channels like CrazyRussianHacker, TheKingofRandom, and an obscene amount of Dubstep channels that have this certain click to them, like Ephixa, Monstercat, GodLikeDubstep, MrSuicideSheep, SKILLZmakeKILLZ, etc.
**TL;DR I am a lonely man.** | A shitload of gaming channels, Mental Floss, comedy channels like Smosh, trick channels like CrazyRussianHacker, TheKingofRandom, and an obscene amount of Dubstep channels that have this certain click to them, like Ephixa, Monstercat, GodLikeDubstep, MrSuicideSheep, SKILLZmakeKILLZ, etc.
TL;DR I am a lonely man.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ccyo6a6 | A shitload of gaming channels, Mental Floss, comedy channels like Smosh, trick channels like CrazyRussianHacker, TheKingofRandom, and an obscene amount of Dubstep channels that have this certain click to them, like Ephixa, Monstercat, GodLikeDubstep, MrSuicideSheep, SKILLZmakeKILLZ, etc. | I am a lonely man. |
macanus_pounder | I played a game a while ago and went vlads first item to accelerate my farm and allow me to stay in jungle. we were getting ownd pretty hard but the rat dota with vlads gave me some early towers that allowed me to eventuallly split push and trade raxes. We won the game despite being far behind and losing every lane. I rediscovered my respect for this amazing pushing 1 man army.
**TL;DR** a game of rat dota brings back respect for PL
- Match ID for anyone interested | I played a game a while ago and went vlads first item to accelerate my farm and allow me to stay in jungle. we were getting ownd pretty hard but the rat dota with vlads gave me some early towers that allowed me to eventuallly split push and trade raxes. We won the game despite being far behind and losing every lane. I rediscovered my respect for this amazing pushing 1 man army.
TL;DR a game of rat dota brings back respect for PL
Match ID for anyone interested
| DotA2 | t5_2s580 | ccypqje | I played a game a while ago and went vlads first item to accelerate my farm and allow me to stay in jungle. we were getting ownd pretty hard but the rat dota with vlads gave me some early towers that allowed me to eventuallly split push and trade raxes. We won the game despite being far behind and losing every lane. I rediscovered my respect for this amazing pushing 1 man army. | a game of rat dota brings back respect for PL
Match ID for anyone interested |
a_deli | It's a decision I'm going to have to make soon.
I started a band 3 years ago, around the same time I met my girlfriend who I am still dating. The band wants to expand out of this hell hole of a city to LA, because where I live, the music scene is full of inconfident musicians who play terrible music and perform like idiots. There are no fans to be had, and the biggest show we've played was for a group of people who came to see a traveling Christian rock band. Moving to LA, however, would mean that I'd have to leave my girlfriend.
My girlfriend and I have been dating for a few months over 3 years, and we've been through EVERYTHING together. I've grown to love her parents, as they love me, the only problem is, she hates everything that has to do with my band. She won't follow me to LA, she won't maintain a long distance relationship and she has no intentions of making it work. I know she feels this way because she had no problem telling me this when I told her I might want to move to LA.
In LA we have the ability to be on massive shows, we've been there before and get asked to come back constantly. My band and I really feel that we have a shot at being able to tour in the states and possibly Europe! The dream!
So my choices are: chase the dream, or stay with my girlfriend...
Tl;dr: Band wants to move to LA, gf doesnt want me to, what do? | It's a decision I'm going to have to make soon.
I started a band 3 years ago, around the same time I met my girlfriend who I am still dating. The band wants to expand out of this hell hole of a city to LA, because where I live, the music scene is full of inconfident musicians who play terrible music and perform like idiots. There are no fans to be had, and the biggest show we've played was for a group of people who came to see a traveling Christian rock band. Moving to LA, however, would mean that I'd have to leave my girlfriend.
My girlfriend and I have been dating for a few months over 3 years, and we've been through EVERYTHING together. I've grown to love her parents, as they love me, the only problem is, she hates everything that has to do with my band. She won't follow me to LA, she won't maintain a long distance relationship and she has no intentions of making it work. I know she feels this way because she had no problem telling me this when I told her I might want to move to LA.
In LA we have the ability to be on massive shows, we've been there before and get asked to come back constantly. My band and I really feel that we have a shot at being able to tour in the states and possibly Europe! The dream!
So my choices are: chase the dream, or stay with my girlfriend...
Tl;dr: Band wants to move to LA, gf doesnt want me to, what do?
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ccyqx17 | It's a decision I'm going to have to make soon.
I started a band 3 years ago, around the same time I met my girlfriend who I am still dating. The band wants to expand out of this hell hole of a city to LA, because where I live, the music scene is full of inconfident musicians who play terrible music and perform like idiots. There are no fans to be had, and the biggest show we've played was for a group of people who came to see a traveling Christian rock band. Moving to LA, however, would mean that I'd have to leave my girlfriend.
My girlfriend and I have been dating for a few months over 3 years, and we've been through EVERYTHING together. I've grown to love her parents, as they love me, the only problem is, she hates everything that has to do with my band. She won't follow me to LA, she won't maintain a long distance relationship and she has no intentions of making it work. I know she feels this way because she had no problem telling me this when I told her I might want to move to LA.
In LA we have the ability to be on massive shows, we've been there before and get asked to come back constantly. My band and I really feel that we have a shot at being able to tour in the states and possibly Europe! The dream!
So my choices are: chase the dream, or stay with my girlfriend... | Band wants to move to LA, gf doesnt want me to, what do? |
fox112 | > Ruby Sightstone / Boots / Shurylia's / Ryiali's
As of right now, you should be happy if you can afford the Shurelia's after Oracles and wards...
Also Rylai's is 3 pieces, make sure you dont fill your inventory with damage items and neglect to ward.
To be honest if I had a Luxury item I'm not big on Rylai's for Annie. You'll probably land AoE cc with the Tibbers, and continue pumping it out with your W, I dont think a small slow from Rylai's is going to mean a world of difference. The health is nice, but it's not going to stop you from getting melted, Annie has great range and doesnt need to walk into a fight like that.
I'd personally grab Haunting Guise, Voidstaff, or maybe DFG. Rank 3 Tibbers (you probably won't be able to afford a damage item until you at that high level anyway) and your combo already do insane burst damage, as that's just what Annie does. Capitalizing on that will start really hurting squishy targets.
tldr: Yeah Rylai's is okay, other options are also good. | > Ruby Sightstone / Boots / Shurylia's / Ryiali's
As of right now, you should be happy if you can afford the Shurelia's after Oracles and wards...
Also Rylai's is 3 pieces, make sure you dont fill your inventory with damage items and neglect to ward.
To be honest if I had a Luxury item I'm not big on Rylai's for Annie. You'll probably land AoE cc with the Tibbers, and continue pumping it out with your W, I dont think a small slow from Rylai's is going to mean a world of difference. The health is nice, but it's not going to stop you from getting melted, Annie has great range and doesnt need to walk into a fight like that.
I'd personally grab Haunting Guise, Voidstaff, or maybe DFG. Rank 3 Tibbers (you probably won't be able to afford a damage item until you at that high level anyway) and your combo already do insane burst damage, as that's just what Annie does. Capitalizing on that will start really hurting squishy targets.
tldr: Yeah Rylai's is okay, other options are also good.
| LeagueofLegendsMeta | t5_2smhl | ccysh7j | Ruby Sightstone / Boots / Shurylia's / Ryiali's
As of right now, you should be happy if you can afford the Shurelia's after Oracles and wards...
Also Rylai's is 3 pieces, make sure you dont fill your inventory with damage items and neglect to ward.
To be honest if I had a Luxury item I'm not big on Rylai's for Annie. You'll probably land AoE cc with the Tibbers, and continue pumping it out with your W, I dont think a small slow from Rylai's is going to mean a world of difference. The health is nice, but it's not going to stop you from getting melted, Annie has great range and doesnt need to walk into a fight like that.
I'd personally grab Haunting Guise, Voidstaff, or maybe DFG. Rank 3 Tibbers (you probably won't be able to afford a damage item until you at that high level anyway) and your combo already do insane burst damage, as that's just what Annie does. Capitalizing on that will start really hurting squishy targets. | Yeah Rylai's is okay, other options are also good. |
anticonventionalwisd | That's nice, now back on topic to the actual video of a guy making threats. I'm sure your mate's daddy was a swell fellow, but I don't think it's the guy or lodge in the video, is it? If you threaten someone with death for taking a picture of your club's building, then who really gives a shit about any philanthropy for whatever purpose it serves? The Taliban give a ton of charity to schools and communities they're in charge of in exchange for their protection and so forth, so your suggestion that charity equates to morality, without first examining the whole character, actions and history of the charitable, is disingenuous.
The Nazi's also gave tons of charity to causes they liked to support, and were the largest donors in their hay day no doubt just as the Taliban are in Afghanistan or Pakistan. It swoons people right into their arms, and given the demeanor of the man I really don't see too much of a distinction.
There we have a patriarchal male with the same level of entitlement and arrogance as any Taliban member, or Saudi religious male, who knows they have the power to do as they please with others' lives and freewill - especially over women. If he's not representative of masonry, then perhaps he should be expelled and the mason's post an apology and denounce his cryptic, but obvious, lethal threats over PICTURES, similar to how moderate Islamic or Jewish PR groups do so when extreme members of their communities do something stupid.
Again, I see no distinction between this man's rhetoric and patriarchal posturing with that of the Taliban. The only thing separating him from them is a code of laws and the deterrent of law enforcement and media exposure. Other than that he is no different. Reminds me of some white trash in Florida yelling "nigger" and threatening lynchings, and being ignorantly territorial unbecoming of any mature, virtuous, enlightened and responsible individual. The FSB or ISI would be more considerate than this bloke. What a poor representative if what you say is accurate.
Edit **tl;dr** the contention is death for photography? The man's actions, the one being filmed in the video, are indefensible. | That's nice, now back on topic to the actual video of a guy making threats. I'm sure your mate's daddy was a swell fellow, but I don't think it's the guy or lodge in the video, is it? If you threaten someone with death for taking a picture of your club's building, then who really gives a shit about any philanthropy for whatever purpose it serves? The Taliban give a ton of charity to schools and communities they're in charge of in exchange for their protection and so forth, so your suggestion that charity equates to morality, without first examining the whole character, actions and history of the charitable, is disingenuous.
The Nazi's also gave tons of charity to causes they liked to support, and were the largest donors in their hay day no doubt just as the Taliban are in Afghanistan or Pakistan. It swoons people right into their arms, and given the demeanor of the man I really don't see too much of a distinction.
There we have a patriarchal male with the same level of entitlement and arrogance as any Taliban member, or Saudi religious male, who knows they have the power to do as they please with others' lives and freewill - especially over women. If he's not representative of masonry, then perhaps he should be expelled and the mason's post an apology and denounce his cryptic, but obvious, lethal threats over PICTURES, similar to how moderate Islamic or Jewish PR groups do so when extreme members of their communities do something stupid.
Again, I see no distinction between this man's rhetoric and patriarchal posturing with that of the Taliban. The only thing separating him from them is a code of laws and the deterrent of law enforcement and media exposure. Other than that he is no different. Reminds me of some white trash in Florida yelling "nigger" and threatening lynchings, and being ignorantly territorial unbecoming of any mature, virtuous, enlightened and responsible individual. The FSB or ISI would be more considerate than this bloke. What a poor representative if what you say is accurate.
Edit tl;dr the contention is death for photography? The man's actions, the one being filmed in the video, are indefensible.
| conspiratard | t5_2r2dd | ccz0g9v | That's nice, now back on topic to the actual video of a guy making threats. I'm sure your mate's daddy was a swell fellow, but I don't think it's the guy or lodge in the video, is it? If you threaten someone with death for taking a picture of your club's building, then who really gives a shit about any philanthropy for whatever purpose it serves? The Taliban give a ton of charity to schools and communities they're in charge of in exchange for their protection and so forth, so your suggestion that charity equates to morality, without first examining the whole character, actions and history of the charitable, is disingenuous.
The Nazi's also gave tons of charity to causes they liked to support, and were the largest donors in their hay day no doubt just as the Taliban are in Afghanistan or Pakistan. It swoons people right into their arms, and given the demeanor of the man I really don't see too much of a distinction.
There we have a patriarchal male with the same level of entitlement and arrogance as any Taliban member, or Saudi religious male, who knows they have the power to do as they please with others' lives and freewill - especially over women. If he's not representative of masonry, then perhaps he should be expelled and the mason's post an apology and denounce his cryptic, but obvious, lethal threats over PICTURES, similar to how moderate Islamic or Jewish PR groups do so when extreme members of their communities do something stupid.
Again, I see no distinction between this man's rhetoric and patriarchal posturing with that of the Taliban. The only thing separating him from them is a code of laws and the deterrent of law enforcement and media exposure. Other than that he is no different. Reminds me of some white trash in Florida yelling "nigger" and threatening lynchings, and being ignorantly territorial unbecoming of any mature, virtuous, enlightened and responsible individual. The FSB or ISI would be more considerate than this bloke. What a poor representative if what you say is accurate.
Edit | the contention is death for photography? The man's actions, the one being filmed in the video, are indefensible. |
poptamale | So instead of a non paid day...you're using your vacation days. You do realize at most jobs you can just ask them to do this for you. Vacation is just PTO, use it how you feel.
TL;DR: you aren't getting a deal | So instead of a non paid day...you're using your vacation days. You do realize at most jobs you can just ask them to do this for you. Vacation is just PTO, use it how you feel.
TL;DR: you aren't getting a deal
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cczb1af | So instead of a non paid day...you're using your vacation days. You do realize at most jobs you can just ask them to do this for you. Vacation is just PTO, use it how you feel. | you aren't getting a deal |
FLSun | You speak of a desire to learn what the truth is. Well we live in an evidence based world. IF I claim that 20 ft fire breathing dragon lives in my garage, you're going to have a hard time accepting that. In fact you're going to require evidence from me. If I open the door and there is a 20 ft fire breathing dragon that would be enough evidence to convince anyone that my claim is true. If I open the door and no dragon is there well the lack of evidence is going to prove my claim false. No matter how much I tell you that you just need to believe that dragon is there the lack of evidence tells you the truth.
Now let's look at Religion. There are many different religions making many claims. Some of the claims are similar and some contradict each other. How do we tell which is true and which is false? Well once again, we use Evidence. To date no one has been able to provide any reliable evidence despite the thousands of claims.
Another tool we can use to determine what is true is to use logic. You asked if your prayers were ever answered. Well the Watchtower claims that Jehovah is omniscient. (All Knowing) They also claim that Jehovah has a plan for everyone one of us. Well if Jehovah is all knowing why would we need to pray to him? He already knows what we are going to say if he is all knowing, correct? So why pray? What can you say to Jehovah in a prayer that he doesn't already know?
The same thing apllies to to Free Will. Again the Watchtower claims that Jehovah is Omnipotent (All Powerful) and Omniscient (All Knowing). Also He has a plan for us. Well if Jehovah is all knowing he knows that when you approach the bowl of fruit that you will hem and haw 17 times between the apple and the banana before choosing the apple. He planned for you to take the apple. So how can you have free will to go against an all powerful gods plan? Do you see how the claims of the Watchtower Society are illogical?
They also claim the Jehovah tests us. Why would an all knowing god need to test us? He already knows what we will do if he is all knowing. So why test us?
TL:DR Forget about belief, The best tools for determining the truth are Logic and Evidence. | You speak of a desire to learn what the truth is. Well we live in an evidence based world. IF I claim that 20 ft fire breathing dragon lives in my garage, you're going to have a hard time accepting that. In fact you're going to require evidence from me. If I open the door and there is a 20 ft fire breathing dragon that would be enough evidence to convince anyone that my claim is true. If I open the door and no dragon is there well the lack of evidence is going to prove my claim false. No matter how much I tell you that you just need to believe that dragon is there the lack of evidence tells you the truth.
Now let's look at Religion. There are many different religions making many claims. Some of the claims are similar and some contradict each other. How do we tell which is true and which is false? Well once again, we use Evidence. To date no one has been able to provide any reliable evidence despite the thousands of claims.
Another tool we can use to determine what is true is to use logic. You asked if your prayers were ever answered. Well the Watchtower claims that Jehovah is omniscient. (All Knowing) They also claim that Jehovah has a plan for everyone one of us. Well if Jehovah is all knowing why would we need to pray to him? He already knows what we are going to say if he is all knowing, correct? So why pray? What can you say to Jehovah in a prayer that he doesn't already know?
The same thing apllies to to Free Will. Again the Watchtower claims that Jehovah is Omnipotent (All Powerful) and Omniscient (All Knowing). Also He has a plan for us. Well if Jehovah is all knowing he knows that when you approach the bowl of fruit that you will hem and haw 17 times between the apple and the banana before choosing the apple. He planned for you to take the apple. So how can you have free will to go against an all powerful gods plan? Do you see how the claims of the Watchtower Society are illogical?
They also claim the Jehovah tests us. Why would an all knowing god need to test us? He already knows what we will do if he is all knowing. So why test us?
TL:DR Forget about belief, The best tools for determining the truth are Logic and Evidence.
| exjw | t5_2qp5l | ccz6pmz | You speak of a desire to learn what the truth is. Well we live in an evidence based world. IF I claim that 20 ft fire breathing dragon lives in my garage, you're going to have a hard time accepting that. In fact you're going to require evidence from me. If I open the door and there is a 20 ft fire breathing dragon that would be enough evidence to convince anyone that my claim is true. If I open the door and no dragon is there well the lack of evidence is going to prove my claim false. No matter how much I tell you that you just need to believe that dragon is there the lack of evidence tells you the truth.
Now let's look at Religion. There are many different religions making many claims. Some of the claims are similar and some contradict each other. How do we tell which is true and which is false? Well once again, we use Evidence. To date no one has been able to provide any reliable evidence despite the thousands of claims.
Another tool we can use to determine what is true is to use logic. You asked if your prayers were ever answered. Well the Watchtower claims that Jehovah is omniscient. (All Knowing) They also claim that Jehovah has a plan for everyone one of us. Well if Jehovah is all knowing why would we need to pray to him? He already knows what we are going to say if he is all knowing, correct? So why pray? What can you say to Jehovah in a prayer that he doesn't already know?
The same thing apllies to to Free Will. Again the Watchtower claims that Jehovah is Omnipotent (All Powerful) and Omniscient (All Knowing). Also He has a plan for us. Well if Jehovah is all knowing he knows that when you approach the bowl of fruit that you will hem and haw 17 times between the apple and the banana before choosing the apple. He planned for you to take the apple. So how can you have free will to go against an all powerful gods plan? Do you see how the claims of the Watchtower Society are illogical?
They also claim the Jehovah tests us. Why would an all knowing god need to test us? He already knows what we will do if he is all knowing. So why test us? | Forget about belief, The best tools for determining the truth are Logic and Evidence. |
Saltthedead | It will barely affect footsies at all. It costs 2 meters to do an it's a gamble. People aren't gonna just throw it out and if they do they're gonna eat it hard. It's basically a desperation move which alone will not only make it hype when it works out for who's doing it, but it will be somewhat predictable to see coming because to gamble two bars of meter, you gotta be in a down and out situation. Smart players will make the most out of it for comebacks and hype, and punish those who just throw it out.
TL;dr- its a two bar gamble. Footsies will be fine. | It will barely affect footsies at all. It costs 2 meters to do an it's a gamble. People aren't gonna just throw it out and if they do they're gonna eat it hard. It's basically a desperation move which alone will not only make it hype when it works out for who's doing it, but it will be somewhat predictable to see coming because to gamble two bars of meter, you gotta be in a down and out situation. Smart players will make the most out of it for comebacks and hype, and punish those who just throw it out.
TL;dr- its a two bar gamble. Footsies will be fine.
| SF4 | t5_2r4cj | ccz9dfw | It will barely affect footsies at all. It costs 2 meters to do an it's a gamble. People aren't gonna just throw it out and if they do they're gonna eat it hard. It's basically a desperation move which alone will not only make it hype when it works out for who's doing it, but it will be somewhat predictable to see coming because to gamble two bars of meter, you gotta be in a down and out situation. Smart players will make the most out of it for comebacks and hype, and punish those who just throw it out. | its a two bar gamble. Footsies will be fine. |
Another_Generic | Don't let your women whip you. Appreciate her and be equal with her, treat her like a queen if she treats you like a king. But do not let yourself become whipped!!
Something I've learned about some people, they're always trying to see how much they can get out of you. Made her a bagel? Expect to always make one from now on. They'll find the smallest ways to control and whip you into their bidding. It'll start with small things, like getting you to get her a cup of water, but it graduates to the point where she tries to push the bar further and further. So the lesson is to stand up for yourself, I'm not saying be a jerk, just don't be a sucker and allow her to grow lazy. Sometimes they won't even ask, they'll hand you a bag or object and expect you to put it away or hold it. Do not hold it, she's being lazy. My SO finally caught on that I was aware of her tactics, she now knows her place and never tries to push my generosity.
Whenever she gives you an excuse, and let me tell you they are filled with them, never give in to her bullshit excuse and call her out on it. Your legs are too tired to feed yourself? Man up cause you were walking fine 10 minutes ago. She'll come up with another excuse and so on so forth... but eventually she'll learn you know better.
Anyways I'd say more but women are complicating and dangerous, they will try and control you and manipulate you, I'd say you're better off without one, but if you train them you'll be fine.
Tldr: on top of he generic stuff that you'd find in the top comments, don't be whipped by her. | Don't let your women whip you. Appreciate her and be equal with her, treat her like a queen if she treats you like a king. But do not let yourself become whipped!!
Something I've learned about some people, they're always trying to see how much they can get out of you. Made her a bagel? Expect to always make one from now on. They'll find the smallest ways to control and whip you into their bidding. It'll start with small things, like getting you to get her a cup of water, but it graduates to the point where she tries to push the bar further and further. So the lesson is to stand up for yourself, I'm not saying be a jerk, just don't be a sucker and allow her to grow lazy. Sometimes they won't even ask, they'll hand you a bag or object and expect you to put it away or hold it. Do not hold it, she's being lazy. My SO finally caught on that I was aware of her tactics, she now knows her place and never tries to push my generosity.
Whenever she gives you an excuse, and let me tell you they are filled with them, never give in to her bullshit excuse and call her out on it. Your legs are too tired to feed yourself? Man up cause you were walking fine 10 minutes ago. She'll come up with another excuse and so on so forth... but eventually she'll learn you know better.
Anyways I'd say more but women are complicating and dangerous, they will try and control you and manipulate you, I'd say you're better off without one, but if you train them you'll be fine.
Tldr: on top of he generic stuff that you'd find in the top comments, don't be whipped by her.
| AskMen | t5_2s30g | ccz65tn | Don't let your women whip you. Appreciate her and be equal with her, treat her like a queen if she treats you like a king. But do not let yourself become whipped!!
Something I've learned about some people, they're always trying to see how much they can get out of you. Made her a bagel? Expect to always make one from now on. They'll find the smallest ways to control and whip you into their bidding. It'll start with small things, like getting you to get her a cup of water, but it graduates to the point where she tries to push the bar further and further. So the lesson is to stand up for yourself, I'm not saying be a jerk, just don't be a sucker and allow her to grow lazy. Sometimes they won't even ask, they'll hand you a bag or object and expect you to put it away or hold it. Do not hold it, she's being lazy. My SO finally caught on that I was aware of her tactics, she now knows her place and never tries to push my generosity.
Whenever she gives you an excuse, and let me tell you they are filled with them, never give in to her bullshit excuse and call her out on it. Your legs are too tired to feed yourself? Man up cause you were walking fine 10 minutes ago. She'll come up with another excuse and so on so forth... but eventually she'll learn you know better.
Anyways I'd say more but women are complicating and dangerous, they will try and control you and manipulate you, I'd say you're better off without one, but if you train them you'll be fine. | on top of he generic stuff that you'd find in the top comments, don't be whipped by her. |
GoreClinic | So back in 2003 I went to Marley Fest and ate way too many shrooms. When suddenly I looked up and saw a guy with spiky blonde Billy Idol hair, a dangling cross earring, and an oval cut out of his shirt in order to display the batman logo tattooed on his chest. Just behind him was an old Russian woman in a wheel chair. I always thought he was a drug induces hallucination. Until I saw him at ACL this year. I told him the story and he posed for this pic. Thank you Batman guy. I caught my white whale.
TL;DR hallucination if Batman guy turned out to be real person. | So back in 2003 I went to Marley Fest and ate way too many shrooms. When suddenly I looked up and saw a guy with spiky blonde Billy Idol hair, a dangling cross earring, and an oval cut out of his shirt in order to display the batman logo tattooed on his chest. Just behind him was an old Russian woman in a wheel chair. I always thought he was a drug induces hallucination. Until I saw him at ACL this year. I told him the story and he posed for this pic. Thank you Batman guy. I caught my white whale.
TL;DR hallucination if Batman guy turned out to be real person.
| Austin | t5_2qhn5 | ccz7hd1 | So back in 2003 I went to Marley Fest and ate way too many shrooms. When suddenly I looked up and saw a guy with spiky blonde Billy Idol hair, a dangling cross earring, and an oval cut out of his shirt in order to display the batman logo tattooed on his chest. Just behind him was an old Russian woman in a wheel chair. I always thought he was a drug induces hallucination. Until I saw him at ACL this year. I told him the story and he posed for this pic. Thank you Batman guy. I caught my white whale. | hallucination if Batman guy turned out to be real person. |
RedBigMan | >On the other hand, my particular field of interest has also prevented me from getting up to the usual partying/casual sex shenanigans that most women my age get up to, not that I'm really the type to begin with.
Given you identify yourself as a woman. This is actually a POSITIVE trait to have developed! Women who go out partying and become the town bicycle plummet in value dramatically. By doing what you have been doing you've preserved your presumably high SMV.
>Anyway, I've been in a serious, multi-year relationship with a great, honest, stable, loving, kind, mature, intelligent, awesome, etc. guy. We have discussed and plan on getting married soon enough, barring bad relationship happenings.
This is a mating strategy that has worked for women for thousands of years. Find a good man and marry him! The common advice given to men in TRP is generally don't get married and fuck as many women as possible. The advice (that should be) given to women in TRP is to get married ASAP and with as low of a partner count as possible. This is because men value loyalty in their women above all else. The woman who stands by him during good times and bad will not find herself out in the cold when the bad times come.
>The caveat: my man is only a year older than me. By all accounts, a woman's value goes down as a man's value goes up over the years, which means two decades from now, my boyfriend will be even more awesome than he is now and I'll be... well. Significantly less so.
While it is true his SMV will go up and your SMV will go down. When locked into a marriage contract, this effectively means that both of you (in theory) are out of the sexual marketplace which means your relative values should not make much of a difference unless one of you causes the other to start looking outside of your marriage for stuff.
>Should I be finding his much older clone to date/marry/make babies with instead?
Why would you do that when you already have this man to the point where he is willing to say 'I Do'. The older clone would likely be divorced at least once maybe twice and be weary of another marriage to a younger woman with potentially lesser assets than himself would be a hard sell for sure and you would be sacrificing the years you've already put into the man you already have acquired a relationship with. Hypergamy is a good sexual strategy for females entering into the sexual marketplace, not planning a departure from it.
tl;dr consider this another vote in favor of what you are currently doing. Also as others have suggested /r/redpillwomen for advice on how to keep a marriage happy and healthy. | >On the other hand, my particular field of interest has also prevented me from getting up to the usual partying/casual sex shenanigans that most women my age get up to, not that I'm really the type to begin with.
Given you identify yourself as a woman. This is actually a POSITIVE trait to have developed! Women who go out partying and become the town bicycle plummet in value dramatically. By doing what you have been doing you've preserved your presumably high SMV.
>Anyway, I've been in a serious, multi-year relationship with a great, honest, stable, loving, kind, mature, intelligent, awesome, etc. guy. We have discussed and plan on getting married soon enough, barring bad relationship happenings.
This is a mating strategy that has worked for women for thousands of years. Find a good man and marry him! The common advice given to men in TRP is generally don't get married and fuck as many women as possible. The advice (that should be) given to women in TRP is to get married ASAP and with as low of a partner count as possible. This is because men value loyalty in their women above all else. The woman who stands by him during good times and bad will not find herself out in the cold when the bad times come.
>The caveat: my man is only a year older than me. By all accounts, a woman's value goes down as a man's value goes up over the years, which means two decades from now, my boyfriend will be even more awesome than he is now and I'll be... well. Significantly less so.
While it is true his SMV will go up and your SMV will go down. When locked into a marriage contract, this effectively means that both of you (in theory) are out of the sexual marketplace which means your relative values should not make much of a difference unless one of you causes the other to start looking outside of your marriage for stuff.
>Should I be finding his much older clone to date/marry/make babies with instead?
Why would you do that when you already have this man to the point where he is willing to say 'I Do'. The older clone would likely be divorced at least once maybe twice and be weary of another marriage to a younger woman with potentially lesser assets than himself would be a hard sell for sure and you would be sacrificing the years you've already put into the man you already have acquired a relationship with. Hypergamy is a good sexual strategy for females entering into the sexual marketplace, not planning a departure from it.
tl;dr consider this another vote in favor of what you are currently doing. Also as others have suggested /r/redpillwomen for advice on how to keep a marriage happy and healthy.
| asktrp | t5_2y2sm | cczsymy | On the other hand, my particular field of interest has also prevented me from getting up to the usual partying/casual sex shenanigans that most women my age get up to, not that I'm really the type to begin with.
Given you identify yourself as a woman. This is actually a POSITIVE trait to have developed! Women who go out partying and become the town bicycle plummet in value dramatically. By doing what you have been doing you've preserved your presumably high SMV.
>Anyway, I've been in a serious, multi-year relationship with a great, honest, stable, loving, kind, mature, intelligent, awesome, etc. guy. We have discussed and plan on getting married soon enough, barring bad relationship happenings.
This is a mating strategy that has worked for women for thousands of years. Find a good man and marry him! The common advice given to men in TRP is generally don't get married and fuck as many women as possible. The advice (that should be) given to women in TRP is to get married ASAP and with as low of a partner count as possible. This is because men value loyalty in their women above all else. The woman who stands by him during good times and bad will not find herself out in the cold when the bad times come.
>The caveat: my man is only a year older than me. By all accounts, a woman's value goes down as a man's value goes up over the years, which means two decades from now, my boyfriend will be even more awesome than he is now and I'll be... well. Significantly less so.
While it is true his SMV will go up and your SMV will go down. When locked into a marriage contract, this effectively means that both of you (in theory) are out of the sexual marketplace which means your relative values should not make much of a difference unless one of you causes the other to start looking outside of your marriage for stuff.
>Should I be finding his much older clone to date/marry/make babies with instead?
Why would you do that when you already have this man to the point where he is willing to say 'I Do'. The older clone would likely be divorced at least once maybe twice and be weary of another marriage to a younger woman with potentially lesser assets than himself would be a hard sell for sure and you would be sacrificing the years you've already put into the man you already have acquired a relationship with. Hypergamy is a good sexual strategy for females entering into the sexual marketplace, not planning a departure from it. | consider this another vote in favor of what you are currently doing. Also as others have suggested /r/redpillwomen for advice on how to keep a marriage happy and healthy. |
thrella | >According to my logic, you should be a little more understanding if you meet a white dude that grew up in Compton and is wary of black people. It doesn't justify racist behaviors, but it can sometimes help us understand why those feelings exist.
No. If he's constantly exposed to it (i.e raised in Compton) he should be more comfortable than anyone else around blacks, unless you're actually suggesting every single last black person in Compton either robbed him, treated him like shit, or just refused to socialize with him. I highly doubt this would be the case.
He might have a thing against **racism** because he was probably treated like shit arbitrarily a lot, and he might understand that racism is a sword that cuts both ways, but how could this possibly lead him to hate blacks? It doesn't work this way when all your friends, school life, work, home, etc are there and the majority of the population falls into a homogenized category. If we can assume he wasn't raised in isolation within a homogeneous white group who spew hate speech constantly entrenched in Compton for no apparent reason, and as I mentioned before, experienced all sorts of bad shit from every side and every angle, there's no reason for us to believe he would be racist. Maybe very opposed to Compton "gangsta" culture, which some people will **call** racist, but that's really just the politically correct bullshit America faces, where everyone but whites are immune to cultural criticism because it's "racist" or "discriminatory" otherwise.
I'm most definitely not going to stand here and say Roma are great. I've been to Europe, and a lot of them are thieves and scam artists, no one disagrees. But guess what? Most criminals I had to face in my life were black, and I'm not throwing their entire race under the bus for that. I understand that these things have a lot of factors, such as nurture while being raised, socioeconomic status, cultural attitudes towards a certain group, education, and even personality of an individual.
I get what you're trying to suggest, but by going the wrong way about it you're just either revealing some deeply seated racism, or you're not actually understanding what you're saying.
TL;DR: **Man, I REALLY love bold letters. It makes my comments look just... awesome, yo.** | >According to my logic, you should be a little more understanding if you meet a white dude that grew up in Compton and is wary of black people. It doesn't justify racist behaviors, but it can sometimes help us understand why those feelings exist.
No. If he's constantly exposed to it (i.e raised in Compton) he should be more comfortable than anyone else around blacks, unless you're actually suggesting every single last black person in Compton either robbed him, treated him like shit, or just refused to socialize with him. I highly doubt this would be the case.
He might have a thing against racism because he was probably treated like shit arbitrarily a lot, and he might understand that racism is a sword that cuts both ways, but how could this possibly lead him to hate blacks? It doesn't work this way when all your friends, school life, work, home, etc are there and the majority of the population falls into a homogenized category. If we can assume he wasn't raised in isolation within a homogeneous white group who spew hate speech constantly entrenched in Compton for no apparent reason, and as I mentioned before, experienced all sorts of bad shit from every side and every angle, there's no reason for us to believe he would be racist. Maybe very opposed to Compton "gangsta" culture, which some people will call racist, but that's really just the politically correct bullshit America faces, where everyone but whites are immune to cultural criticism because it's "racist" or "discriminatory" otherwise.
I'm most definitely not going to stand here and say Roma are great. I've been to Europe, and a lot of them are thieves and scam artists, no one disagrees. But guess what? Most criminals I had to face in my life were black, and I'm not throwing their entire race under the bus for that. I understand that these things have a lot of factors, such as nurture while being raised, socioeconomic status, cultural attitudes towards a certain group, education, and even personality of an individual.
I get what you're trying to suggest, but by going the wrong way about it you're just either revealing some deeply seated racism, or you're not actually understanding what you're saying.
TL;DR: Man, I REALLY love bold letters. It makes my comments look just... awesome, yo.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cczn2ek | According to my logic, you should be a little more understanding if you meet a white dude that grew up in Compton and is wary of black people. It doesn't justify racist behaviors, but it can sometimes help us understand why those feelings exist.
No. If he's constantly exposed to it (i.e raised in Compton) he should be more comfortable than anyone else around blacks, unless you're actually suggesting every single last black person in Compton either robbed him, treated him like shit, or just refused to socialize with him. I highly doubt this would be the case.
He might have a thing against racism because he was probably treated like shit arbitrarily a lot, and he might understand that racism is a sword that cuts both ways, but how could this possibly lead him to hate blacks? It doesn't work this way when all your friends, school life, work, home, etc are there and the majority of the population falls into a homogenized category. If we can assume he wasn't raised in isolation within a homogeneous white group who spew hate speech constantly entrenched in Compton for no apparent reason, and as I mentioned before, experienced all sorts of bad shit from every side and every angle, there's no reason for us to believe he would be racist. Maybe very opposed to Compton "gangsta" culture, which some people will call racist, but that's really just the politically correct bullshit America faces, where everyone but whites are immune to cultural criticism because it's "racist" or "discriminatory" otherwise.
I'm most definitely not going to stand here and say Roma are great. I've been to Europe, and a lot of them are thieves and scam artists, no one disagrees. But guess what? Most criminals I had to face in my life were black, and I'm not throwing their entire race under the bus for that. I understand that these things have a lot of factors, such as nurture while being raised, socioeconomic status, cultural attitudes towards a certain group, education, and even personality of an individual.
I get what you're trying to suggest, but by going the wrong way about it you're just either revealing some deeply seated racism, or you're not actually understanding what you're saying. | Man, I REALLY love bold letters. It makes my comments look just... awesome, yo. |
qed1 | To quote Augustine (*Civ. Dei*, 19.17):
>The earthly city, which does not live by faith, seeks an earthly peace, and the end it proposes, in the well-ordered concord of civic obedience and rule, is the combination of men's wills to attain the things which are helpful to this life. The heavenly city, or rather the part of it which sojourns on earth and lives by faith, makes use of this peace only because it must, until this mortal condition which necessitates it shall pass away. Consequently, so long as it lives like a captive and a stranger in the earthly city, though it has already received the promise of redemption, and the gift of the Spirit as the earnest of it, it makes no scruple to obey the laws of the earthly city, whereby the things necessary for the maintenance of this mortal life are administered; and thus, as this life is common to both cities, so there is a harmony between them in regard to what belongs to it.
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> This heavenly city, then, while it sojourns on earth, calls citizens out of all nations, and gathers together a society of pilgrims of all languages, not scrupling about diversities in the manners, laws, and institutions whereby earthly peace is secured and maintained, but recognizing that, however various these are, they all tend to one and the same end of earthly peace. It therefore is so far from rescinding and abolishing these diversities, that it even preserves and adopts them, so long only as no hindrance to the worship of the one supreme and true God is thus introduced. Even the heavenly city, therefore, while in its state of pilgrimage, avails itself of the peace of earth, and, so far as it can without injuring faith and godliness, desires and maintains a common agreement among men regarding the acquisition of the necessaries of life, and makes this earthly peace bear upon the peace of heaven; for this alone can be truly called and esteemed the peace of the reasonable creatures, consisting as it does in the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God and of one another in God.
Tl;dr: Christianity is not about the earthly city (political institutions), nor their end in earthly peace. However, insofar as the heavenly city is still on earth, and intermixed with that city, it avails itself of earthly peace in harmony with the earthly city. | To quote Augustine ( Civ. Dei , 19.17):
>The earthly city, which does not live by faith, seeks an earthly peace, and the end it proposes, in the well-ordered concord of civic obedience and rule, is the combination of men's wills to attain the things which are helpful to this life. The heavenly city, or rather the part of it which sojourns on earth and lives by faith, makes use of this peace only because it must, until this mortal condition which necessitates it shall pass away. Consequently, so long as it lives like a captive and a stranger in the earthly city, though it has already received the promise of redemption, and the gift of the Spirit as the earnest of it, it makes no scruple to obey the laws of the earthly city, whereby the things necessary for the maintenance of this mortal life are administered; and thus, as this life is common to both cities, so there is a harmony between them in regard to what belongs to it.
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> This heavenly city, then, while it sojourns on earth, calls citizens out of all nations, and gathers together a society of pilgrims of all languages, not scrupling about diversities in the manners, laws, and institutions whereby earthly peace is secured and maintained, but recognizing that, however various these are, they all tend to one and the same end of earthly peace. It therefore is so far from rescinding and abolishing these diversities, that it even preserves and adopts them, so long only as no hindrance to the worship of the one supreme and true God is thus introduced. Even the heavenly city, therefore, while in its state of pilgrimage, avails itself of the peace of earth, and, so far as it can without injuring faith and godliness, desires and maintains a common agreement among men regarding the acquisition of the necessaries of life, and makes this earthly peace bear upon the peace of heaven; for this alone can be truly called and esteemed the peace of the reasonable creatures, consisting as it does in the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God and of one another in God.
Tl;dr: Christianity is not about the earthly city (political institutions), nor their end in earthly peace. However, insofar as the heavenly city is still on earth, and intermixed with that city, it avails itself of earthly peace in harmony with the earthly city.
| DebateReligion | t5_2snuc | cczhbk4 | To quote Augustine ( Civ. Dei , 19.17):
>The earthly city, which does not live by faith, seeks an earthly peace, and the end it proposes, in the well-ordered concord of civic obedience and rule, is the combination of men's wills to attain the things which are helpful to this life. The heavenly city, or rather the part of it which sojourns on earth and lives by faith, makes use of this peace only because it must, until this mortal condition which necessitates it shall pass away. Consequently, so long as it lives like a captive and a stranger in the earthly city, though it has already received the promise of redemption, and the gift of the Spirit as the earnest of it, it makes no scruple to obey the laws of the earthly city, whereby the things necessary for the maintenance of this mortal life are administered; and thus, as this life is common to both cities, so there is a harmony between them in regard to what belongs to it.
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> This heavenly city, then, while it sojourns on earth, calls citizens out of all nations, and gathers together a society of pilgrims of all languages, not scrupling about diversities in the manners, laws, and institutions whereby earthly peace is secured and maintained, but recognizing that, however various these are, they all tend to one and the same end of earthly peace. It therefore is so far from rescinding and abolishing these diversities, that it even preserves and adopts them, so long only as no hindrance to the worship of the one supreme and true God is thus introduced. Even the heavenly city, therefore, while in its state of pilgrimage, avails itself of the peace of earth, and, so far as it can without injuring faith and godliness, desires and maintains a common agreement among men regarding the acquisition of the necessaries of life, and makes this earthly peace bear upon the peace of heaven; for this alone can be truly called and esteemed the peace of the reasonable creatures, consisting as it does in the perfectly ordered and harmonious enjoyment of God and of one another in God. | Christianity is not about the earthly city (political institutions), nor their end in earthly peace. However, insofar as the heavenly city is still on earth, and intermixed with that city, it avails itself of earthly peace in harmony with the earthly city. |
jonflow | Some signalized intersections are on a timer, and some are controlled by Loop detectors.
Timed intersections function like they sound...after a certain amount of time, the lights change to red/green.
Loop detectors are in essence, metal detectors. Next time you drive up to a red light, pay attention to the road and you can see the saw-cuts in the road in a rectangle. As soon as your car/truck/motorcycle enters the loop detector, the intersection knows you're there. Just stay inside that rectangle, and the light will change.
Lots of people think that inching up at the red light will make the light change. They ed up in the crosswalk, blocking people and cars and it's all for nothing.
TL;DR: inching up at a red light doesn't work, makes you look like a moron. | Some signalized intersections are on a timer, and some are controlled by Loop detectors.
Timed intersections function like they sound...after a certain amount of time, the lights change to red/green.
Loop detectors are in essence, metal detectors. Next time you drive up to a red light, pay attention to the road and you can see the saw-cuts in the road in a rectangle. As soon as your car/truck/motorcycle enters the loop detector, the intersection knows you're there. Just stay inside that rectangle, and the light will change.
Lots of people think that inching up at the red light will make the light change. They ed up in the crosswalk, blocking people and cars and it's all for nothing.
TL;DR: inching up at a red light doesn't work, makes you look like a moron.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cczv295 | Some signalized intersections are on a timer, and some are controlled by Loop detectors.
Timed intersections function like they sound...after a certain amount of time, the lights change to red/green.
Loop detectors are in essence, metal detectors. Next time you drive up to a red light, pay attention to the road and you can see the saw-cuts in the road in a rectangle. As soon as your car/truck/motorcycle enters the loop detector, the intersection knows you're there. Just stay inside that rectangle, and the light will change.
Lots of people think that inching up at the red light will make the light change. They ed up in the crosswalk, blocking people and cars and it's all for nothing. | inching up at a red light doesn't work, makes you look like a moron. |
Sidwill | Now he supports this? First it's a great idea, second he would never in a million years actually vote for it third it would require a tax rate more akin to what we see in Western Europe and fourth neither Issa nor his Republican buddies would ever, never, ever vote for this.
tldr/ he's just jerkin our chain with this. | Now he supports this? First it's a great idea, second he would never in a million years actually vote for it third it would require a tax rate more akin to what we see in Western Europe and fourth neither Issa nor his Republican buddies would ever, never, ever vote for this.
tldr/ he's just jerkin our chain with this.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cd000pj | Now he supports this? First it's a great idea, second he would never in a million years actually vote for it third it would require a tax rate more akin to what we see in Western Europe and fourth neither Issa nor his Republican buddies would ever, never, ever vote for this. | he's just jerkin our chain with this. |
kzrider550 | In the dining room in the apartment I live in. It pretty much lines the perimeter of the room from carboys and pots and buckets. Gas burner, propane and drip pan live in the outside closet. My corona mill lives in my closer, and bulk grain lives in the heater closet.
Tl,DR: Any open space. | In the dining room in the apartment I live in. It pretty much lines the perimeter of the room from carboys and pots and buckets. Gas burner, propane and drip pan live in the outside closet. My corona mill lives in my closer, and bulk grain lives in the heater closet.
Tl,DR: Any open space.
| Homebrewing | t5_2qj8u | cd02bew | In the dining room in the apartment I live in. It pretty much lines the perimeter of the room from carboys and pots and buckets. Gas burner, propane and drip pan live in the outside closet. My corona mill lives in my closer, and bulk grain lives in the heater closet. | Any open space. |
Kimpak | It depends on how I do it before my network access gets yanked. But..if I go un-noticed at first and delete all the config backups then it would take them a long time to physically re-write configs and re-build optical circuits.
Another thing occurred to me, I could potentially boost power to some of the lasers enough to burn out receiver cards. Then they'd have physically send techs out with replacements.
tl;dr: A few hours if I just do a hit and run. Few days if I'm really thorough. | It depends on how I do it before my network access gets yanked. But..if I go un-noticed at first and delete all the config backups then it would take them a long time to physically re-write configs and re-build optical circuits.
Another thing occurred to me, I could potentially boost power to some of the lasers enough to burn out receiver cards. Then they'd have physically send techs out with replacements.
tl;dr: A few hours if I just do a hit and run. Few days if I'm really thorough.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cd02n6p | It depends on how I do it before my network access gets yanked. But..if I go un-noticed at first and delete all the config backups then it would take them a long time to physically re-write configs and re-build optical circuits.
Another thing occurred to me, I could potentially boost power to some of the lasers enough to burn out receiver cards. Then they'd have physically send techs out with replacements. | A few hours if I just do a hit and run. Few days if I'm really thorough. |
LabKitty | I don't know about cat whiskers, but there there have been literally hundreds of scientific papers published on mice and rat whiskers (an important difference is that in rodents the whiskers are *motile* -- i.e. they can wave them around, whereas in cats, dogs, etc they are fixed). In these species, it appears that the whiskers form a movable sensor array that is used to explore objects similar to the way you use your fingertips.
If I blindfold you and give you a piece of sandpaper to hold, you can tell me which is the smooth side and which is the rough side using your fingers. A blindfolded rat can do the same thing using its whiskers, and is more or less as good at the task using its whiskers as you are using your fingertips.
And, yep, whiskers attach to all sorts of nerves (although, IIRC the whisker itself is just keratin). There's at least two different types of specialized nerve endings embedded in tissue surrounding the shafts, these project to the brainstem via the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve, which in turn projects to ventrobasal thalamus and then to somatosensory cortex. In the cortex there are specialized clusters of neurons that process whisker information. In fact, a lot of what we know about how touch information is processed in the brain comes from studies of rat and mice whiskers. Go figure.
TL:DR: Face fingertips, at least in rats and mice. | I don't know about cat whiskers, but there there have been literally hundreds of scientific papers published on mice and rat whiskers (an important difference is that in rodents the whiskers are motile -- i.e. they can wave them around, whereas in cats, dogs, etc they are fixed). In these species, it appears that the whiskers form a movable sensor array that is used to explore objects similar to the way you use your fingertips.
If I blindfold you and give you a piece of sandpaper to hold, you can tell me which is the smooth side and which is the rough side using your fingers. A blindfolded rat can do the same thing using its whiskers, and is more or less as good at the task using its whiskers as you are using your fingertips.
And, yep, whiskers attach to all sorts of nerves (although, IIRC the whisker itself is just keratin). There's at least two different types of specialized nerve endings embedded in tissue surrounding the shafts, these project to the brainstem via the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve, which in turn projects to ventrobasal thalamus and then to somatosensory cortex. In the cortex there are specialized clusters of neurons that process whisker information. In fact, a lot of what we know about how touch information is processed in the brain comes from studies of rat and mice whiskers. Go figure.
TL:DR: Face fingertips, at least in rats and mice.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cd09bkl | I don't know about cat whiskers, but there there have been literally hundreds of scientific papers published on mice and rat whiskers (an important difference is that in rodents the whiskers are motile -- i.e. they can wave them around, whereas in cats, dogs, etc they are fixed). In these species, it appears that the whiskers form a movable sensor array that is used to explore objects similar to the way you use your fingertips.
If I blindfold you and give you a piece of sandpaper to hold, you can tell me which is the smooth side and which is the rough side using your fingers. A blindfolded rat can do the same thing using its whiskers, and is more or less as good at the task using its whiskers as you are using your fingertips.
And, yep, whiskers attach to all sorts of nerves (although, IIRC the whisker itself is just keratin). There's at least two different types of specialized nerve endings embedded in tissue surrounding the shafts, these project to the brainstem via the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve, which in turn projects to ventrobasal thalamus and then to somatosensory cortex. In the cortex there are specialized clusters of neurons that process whisker information. In fact, a lot of what we know about how touch information is processed in the brain comes from studies of rat and mice whiskers. Go figure. | Face fingertips, at least in rats and mice. |
Mama_Catfish | Mine's tame, but it pissed me off at the time. I delivered pizza once because we were slammed (I was managing). I get to this guy's house, and it's been like 35 minutes. He tells me I'm past 30 minutes, so it's free, right? I tell him no, that's not our company's policy. His total is like $13. He keeps complaining about how late it is, making me late for other deliveries, so I call up the call centre and tell them to take 10% off, making his bill like $11. The guy then hands me $15 and says to keep the change. I would much rather have just continued on and done my job, because that bullshit was not worth the extra $1.30 in tip.
tl;dr: Fucker wasted my time complaining and made me late to other deliveries to get a tiny discount and then gave it to me as a tip. | Mine's tame, but it pissed me off at the time. I delivered pizza once because we were slammed (I was managing). I get to this guy's house, and it's been like 35 minutes. He tells me I'm past 30 minutes, so it's free, right? I tell him no, that's not our company's policy. His total is like $13. He keeps complaining about how late it is, making me late for other deliveries, so I call up the call centre and tell them to take 10% off, making his bill like $11. The guy then hands me $15 and says to keep the change. I would much rather have just continued on and done my job, because that bullshit was not worth the extra $1.30 in tip.
tl;dr: Fucker wasted my time complaining and made me late to other deliveries to get a tiny discount and then gave it to me as a tip.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cd0ai83 | Mine's tame, but it pissed me off at the time. I delivered pizza once because we were slammed (I was managing). I get to this guy's house, and it's been like 35 minutes. He tells me I'm past 30 minutes, so it's free, right? I tell him no, that's not our company's policy. His total is like $13. He keeps complaining about how late it is, making me late for other deliveries, so I call up the call centre and tell them to take 10% off, making his bill like $11. The guy then hands me $15 and says to keep the change. I would much rather have just continued on and done my job, because that bullshit was not worth the extra $1.30 in tip. | Fucker wasted my time complaining and made me late to other deliveries to get a tiny discount and then gave it to me as a tip. |
Aleda2357 | In his (her?) defense after having completed the game there are quite a few game breaking glitches that need a restart of the system to fix such as being unable to leave the building after the copperhead fight, freezes or lag after using quick transit and falling through elevators and getting stuck and bomb timers being wonky
Add that in with the voice acting changes and while they aren't bad I couldn't get past the fact that it felt like a friend doing a good imitation rather than the characters
(especially the joker) and I can understand a feeling of the game feeling rushed, the story a bit forced at times and a sense of voice acting not quite up to snuff
Finally the controls seem a bit more clunky than in Arkham city/asylum although that might just be my own fault after not playing video games in a while
Tldr: The game while not bad by any means feels unpolished at times and the "new" voices aren't quite up to snuff
Edit: while I'm only focusing on the negative I'm trying to point out why someone could justifiably say it's the "worst"out of the three and I personally enjoyed my first play through, glitches and all and will continue to enjoy it | In his (her?) defense after having completed the game there are quite a few game breaking glitches that need a restart of the system to fix such as being unable to leave the building after the copperhead fight, freezes or lag after using quick transit and falling through elevators and getting stuck and bomb timers being wonky
Add that in with the voice acting changes and while they aren't bad I couldn't get past the fact that it felt like a friend doing a good imitation rather than the characters
(especially the joker) and I can understand a feeling of the game feeling rushed, the story a bit forced at times and a sense of voice acting not quite up to snuff
Finally the controls seem a bit more clunky than in Arkham city/asylum although that might just be my own fault after not playing video games in a while
Tldr: The game while not bad by any means feels unpolished at times and the "new" voices aren't quite up to snuff
Edit: while I'm only focusing on the negative I'm trying to point out why someone could justifiably say it's the "worst"out of the three and I personally enjoyed my first play through, glitches and all and will continue to enjoy it
| batman | t5_2qqt8 | cd114oj | In his (her?) defense after having completed the game there are quite a few game breaking glitches that need a restart of the system to fix such as being unable to leave the building after the copperhead fight, freezes or lag after using quick transit and falling through elevators and getting stuck and bomb timers being wonky
Add that in with the voice acting changes and while they aren't bad I couldn't get past the fact that it felt like a friend doing a good imitation rather than the characters
(especially the joker) and I can understand a feeling of the game feeling rushed, the story a bit forced at times and a sense of voice acting not quite up to snuff
Finally the controls seem a bit more clunky than in Arkham city/asylum although that might just be my own fault after not playing video games in a while | The game while not bad by any means feels unpolished at times and the "new" voices aren't quite up to snuff
Edit: while I'm only focusing on the negative I'm trying to point out why someone could justifiably say it's the "worst"out of the three and I personally enjoyed my first play through, glitches and all and will continue to enjoy it |
AmericanSk3ptic | > here is not a minimum wage problem, there is a problem of finding ways to increase your income by providing more value. This may take more than 30 seconds. Think apprentice (minimum wage) journeyman (living wage) master (surplus wage). If you are in a minimum wage job and are not thinking about "how can I advance" then you won't.
I'm inclined to agree with you. I see workers at my local big-box store that have been working the same position for over ten years. I can't help but wonder "why the hell haven't you moved up yet? Why are you still a cashier after ten years?"
A lot of people lack ambition and drive. I have friends like this who would rather work a low paying job and smoke pot and/or drink all the time then get a real career (on the flip side, I have friends that drink/smoke all the time that have better jobs than me).
So, I think there is truth to what you are saying. However, there will always be people like this. Some people just aren't smart enough to get it, or they get it and don't care. Some people are afraid of change and would rather work the same low paying job the rest of their life then be promoted; and while some social engineering and cultural change some people's attitudes, I think there will always be lazy, unambitious, ignorant, and scared-of-change people. We are never going to get everyone on board, and that should be okay.
These people may not be the next Elon Musk or Bill Gates, but they do contribute to society at least in some small way. They do work. A lot of them are genuinely good people who support their friends and family; they will go out of their way to help a neighbor they just don't care about getting a promotion or making more money; they are happy where the are.
For me, the problem does not lie with the less ambitious. The problem is with our system that puts an unbalanced importance on cash money, physical wealth, and career success. Our system values things based on how much those things produce in terms of economic output. When we look at someone and say they are lazy because they work a minimum wage job at 35, we are commodifying a human being. Its kinda like looking at an old tractor and saying "this tractor is a piece of shit. It only harvests THIS much grain. These other tractors harvest five times that much!" But people aren't commodities; people aren't tractors -- they have value beyond economic production.
To give you an example, think about retired elders. They no longer directly contribute to producing anything, but intuitively we know they provide value to society anyway. We know that their love and support props us up. We know that their stories and experiences help guide us to be better people. So even though they aren't figuratively harvesting grain anymore, they still have value to society and that's why most people support things like medicare and social security.
I think the same is true for younger people who we consider unambitious or lazy. Even though they may not be contributing as much economically, they are still valuable to society; its just that their value does not have a dollar value. Like I said, I have friends that seem to be unambitious; they work low-wage jobs and smoke and drink all the time, and they don't seem to have plans to change anything, but if I need someone to talk to or someone to hang out, they are always there. Spending time with them is what allows me to be so productive; in a sense they recharge my batteries. To me, they have value beyond market value.
Because of all of this, I think people like this should be taken care of. We should afford them the resources they need to live comfortably. If that means they decide they no longer need to work, then that's fine. Maybe someone who does want to work and move up now has a better opportunity to do that due to less competition.
Anyway, that's my two sense. Feel free to poke holes in it.
TL;DR - People have value beyond their economic output.
| > here is not a minimum wage problem, there is a problem of finding ways to increase your income by providing more value. This may take more than 30 seconds. Think apprentice (minimum wage) journeyman (living wage) master (surplus wage). If you are in a minimum wage job and are not thinking about "how can I advance" then you won't.
I'm inclined to agree with you. I see workers at my local big-box store that have been working the same position for over ten years. I can't help but wonder "why the hell haven't you moved up yet? Why are you still a cashier after ten years?"
A lot of people lack ambition and drive. I have friends like this who would rather work a low paying job and smoke pot and/or drink all the time then get a real career (on the flip side, I have friends that drink/smoke all the time that have better jobs than me).
So, I think there is truth to what you are saying. However, there will always be people like this. Some people just aren't smart enough to get it, or they get it and don't care. Some people are afraid of change and would rather work the same low paying job the rest of their life then be promoted; and while some social engineering and cultural change some people's attitudes, I think there will always be lazy, unambitious, ignorant, and scared-of-change people. We are never going to get everyone on board, and that should be okay.
These people may not be the next Elon Musk or Bill Gates, but they do contribute to society at least in some small way. They do work. A lot of them are genuinely good people who support their friends and family; they will go out of their way to help a neighbor they just don't care about getting a promotion or making more money; they are happy where the are.
For me, the problem does not lie with the less ambitious. The problem is with our system that puts an unbalanced importance on cash money, physical wealth, and career success. Our system values things based on how much those things produce in terms of economic output. When we look at someone and say they are lazy because they work a minimum wage job at 35, we are commodifying a human being. Its kinda like looking at an old tractor and saying "this tractor is a piece of shit. It only harvests THIS much grain. These other tractors harvest five times that much!" But people aren't commodities; people aren't tractors -- they have value beyond economic production.
To give you an example, think about retired elders. They no longer directly contribute to producing anything, but intuitively we know they provide value to society anyway. We know that their love and support props us up. We know that their stories and experiences help guide us to be better people. So even though they aren't figuratively harvesting grain anymore, they still have value to society and that's why most people support things like medicare and social security.
I think the same is true for younger people who we consider unambitious or lazy. Even though they may not be contributing as much economically, they are still valuable to society; its just that their value does not have a dollar value. Like I said, I have friends that seem to be unambitious; they work low-wage jobs and smoke and drink all the time, and they don't seem to have plans to change anything, but if I need someone to talk to or someone to hang out, they are always there. Spending time with them is what allows me to be so productive; in a sense they recharge my batteries. To me, they have value beyond market value.
Because of all of this, I think people like this should be taken care of. We should afford them the resources they need to live comfortably. If that means they decide they no longer need to work, then that's fine. Maybe someone who does want to work and move up now has a better opportunity to do that due to less competition.
Anyway, that's my two sense. Feel free to poke holes in it.
TL;DR - People have value beyond their economic output.
| PoliticalDiscussion | t5_2sfmf | cd0mjib | here is not a minimum wage problem, there is a problem of finding ways to increase your income by providing more value. This may take more than 30 seconds. Think apprentice (minimum wage) journeyman (living wage) master (surplus wage). If you are in a minimum wage job and are not thinking about "how can I advance" then you won't.
I'm inclined to agree with you. I see workers at my local big-box store that have been working the same position for over ten years. I can't help but wonder "why the hell haven't you moved up yet? Why are you still a cashier after ten years?"
A lot of people lack ambition and drive. I have friends like this who would rather work a low paying job and smoke pot and/or drink all the time then get a real career (on the flip side, I have friends that drink/smoke all the time that have better jobs than me).
So, I think there is truth to what you are saying. However, there will always be people like this. Some people just aren't smart enough to get it, or they get it and don't care. Some people are afraid of change and would rather work the same low paying job the rest of their life then be promoted; and while some social engineering and cultural change some people's attitudes, I think there will always be lazy, unambitious, ignorant, and scared-of-change people. We are never going to get everyone on board, and that should be okay.
These people may not be the next Elon Musk or Bill Gates, but they do contribute to society at least in some small way. They do work. A lot of them are genuinely good people who support their friends and family; they will go out of their way to help a neighbor they just don't care about getting a promotion or making more money; they are happy where the are.
For me, the problem does not lie with the less ambitious. The problem is with our system that puts an unbalanced importance on cash money, physical wealth, and career success. Our system values things based on how much those things produce in terms of economic output. When we look at someone and say they are lazy because they work a minimum wage job at 35, we are commodifying a human being. Its kinda like looking at an old tractor and saying "this tractor is a piece of shit. It only harvests THIS much grain. These other tractors harvest five times that much!" But people aren't commodities; people aren't tractors -- they have value beyond economic production.
To give you an example, think about retired elders. They no longer directly contribute to producing anything, but intuitively we know they provide value to society anyway. We know that their love and support props us up. We know that their stories and experiences help guide us to be better people. So even though they aren't figuratively harvesting grain anymore, they still have value to society and that's why most people support things like medicare and social security.
I think the same is true for younger people who we consider unambitious or lazy. Even though they may not be contributing as much economically, they are still valuable to society; its just that their value does not have a dollar value. Like I said, I have friends that seem to be unambitious; they work low-wage jobs and smoke and drink all the time, and they don't seem to have plans to change anything, but if I need someone to talk to or someone to hang out, they are always there. Spending time with them is what allows me to be so productive; in a sense they recharge my batteries. To me, they have value beyond market value.
Because of all of this, I think people like this should be taken care of. We should afford them the resources they need to live comfortably. If that means they decide they no longer need to work, then that's fine. Maybe someone who does want to work and move up now has a better opportunity to do that due to less competition.
Anyway, that's my two sense. Feel free to poke holes in it. | People have value beyond their economic output. |
banksinator | You have every right to be upset and should express your concerns to your principal. I found a note in my room that said "Black vs. White" (myself being the only white staff member in the building) and had a picture of a student stabbing me with a smile on his face. I was pretty upset and showed it to my principal. (Side note: I would personally make a copy of what you have received so you have it should any further action/ decisions need to be taken.) After figuring out who wrote it with the help of another teacher, the principal (unknown to me) pulled the student out of class and he admitted it. I was then pulled out of my class without warning and arrived in the principal's office to see the student sitting there. He had to apologize, but there was absolutely no consequence on the table. I was torn between trying to build the relationship with the student since he was in the room while still stating that it wasn't ok and he needed a consequence so he ended the meeting with a 1 day suspension. (Afterward, my principal and another staff member had a conversation asking what I was doing to have basically earned that note... which was almost worse than actually receiving the note.) This student did personally feel bad and really tried to be the best student in class for months after the fact, but it still was really frustrating.
I also have received a (in my opinion) smaller threat from a girl who was upset with me and sent a text to someone when she went to the bathroom. I caught her passing a note that said "I just sent [student] a text saying that imma murder Ms. _____. lol" My principal that year (different from the previous one) suspended her for 5 days and had a mandatory parent meeting before she was allowed back to school.
In both cases I didn't have a union rep either, and by the first scenario I was really caught off guard. Be very clear with the principal in your meeting that you are upset by this and feel uncomfortable with no action being taken. Do you have a good idea of who wrote the note? I'm not sure of the consequence you would be most comfortable with, but think that through and clearly state it to the principal. If you are able to identify the student(s), I would encourage a face-to-face parent meeting with you and administration (if supportive), and generally make sure you are keeping in contact with those parents. I wouldn't take it to the district/ police level without giving your principal a chance to address the situation. If nothing is done, you need to have decided how far you are willing to take the matter and inform them of this.
In your classroom, I know it will be hard, but I would try to be confident and go about with business as usual. Most of the time students are blowing smoke and are frustrated, and I was able to talk through the situation with students after the fact and (coupled with consequences to deter further behavior) working on those relationships/ making an effort to treat the student normally after the fact really helped the situation.
If it seems like a lot of students are aware of the situation, you may decide to address it as a class. I found out the first note was passed to a few students "to make them laugh" so I decided that it was important to address the situation (without using specifics/ names) and why it made me feel disappointed and uncomfortable, but it ultimately depends on your class culture.
That was a long ramble, but feel free to PM me if you have questions/ need to vent. I was teaching in a similar-sounding urban, charter school at the time! Teaching is rough, and especially with the unfortunate events of last week you deserve to be taken seriously and be supported by administration!
TL;DR I've gotten death threats too. You aren't overreacting. Be firm and clear if your principal about your feelings and expectations.
| You have every right to be upset and should express your concerns to your principal. I found a note in my room that said "Black vs. White" (myself being the only white staff member in the building) and had a picture of a student stabbing me with a smile on his face. I was pretty upset and showed it to my principal. (Side note: I would personally make a copy of what you have received so you have it should any further action/ decisions need to be taken.) After figuring out who wrote it with the help of another teacher, the principal (unknown to me) pulled the student out of class and he admitted it. I was then pulled out of my class without warning and arrived in the principal's office to see the student sitting there. He had to apologize, but there was absolutely no consequence on the table. I was torn between trying to build the relationship with the student since he was in the room while still stating that it wasn't ok and he needed a consequence so he ended the meeting with a 1 day suspension. (Afterward, my principal and another staff member had a conversation asking what I was doing to have basically earned that note... which was almost worse than actually receiving the note.) This student did personally feel bad and really tried to be the best student in class for months after the fact, but it still was really frustrating.
I also have received a (in my opinion) smaller threat from a girl who was upset with me and sent a text to someone when she went to the bathroom. I caught her passing a note that said "I just sent [student] a text saying that imma murder Ms. _ . lol" My principal that year (different from the previous one) suspended her for 5 days and had a mandatory parent meeting before she was allowed back to school.
In both cases I didn't have a union rep either, and by the first scenario I was really caught off guard. Be very clear with the principal in your meeting that you are upset by this and feel uncomfortable with no action being taken. Do you have a good idea of who wrote the note? I'm not sure of the consequence you would be most comfortable with, but think that through and clearly state it to the principal. If you are able to identify the student(s), I would encourage a face-to-face parent meeting with you and administration (if supportive), and generally make sure you are keeping in contact with those parents. I wouldn't take it to the district/ police level without giving your principal a chance to address the situation. If nothing is done, you need to have decided how far you are willing to take the matter and inform them of this.
In your classroom, I know it will be hard, but I would try to be confident and go about with business as usual. Most of the time students are blowing smoke and are frustrated, and I was able to talk through the situation with students after the fact and (coupled with consequences to deter further behavior) working on those relationships/ making an effort to treat the student normally after the fact really helped the situation.
If it seems like a lot of students are aware of the situation, you may decide to address it as a class. I found out the first note was passed to a few students "to make them laugh" so I decided that it was important to address the situation (without using specifics/ names) and why it made me feel disappointed and uncomfortable, but it ultimately depends on your class culture.
That was a long ramble, but feel free to PM me if you have questions/ need to vent. I was teaching in a similar-sounding urban, charter school at the time! Teaching is rough, and especially with the unfortunate events of last week you deserve to be taken seriously and be supported by administration!
TL;DR I've gotten death threats too. You aren't overreacting. Be firm and clear if your principal about your feelings and expectations.
| Teachers | t5_2qqcs | cd0rva6 | You have every right to be upset and should express your concerns to your principal. I found a note in my room that said "Black vs. White" (myself being the only white staff member in the building) and had a picture of a student stabbing me with a smile on his face. I was pretty upset and showed it to my principal. (Side note: I would personally make a copy of what you have received so you have it should any further action/ decisions need to be taken.) After figuring out who wrote it with the help of another teacher, the principal (unknown to me) pulled the student out of class and he admitted it. I was then pulled out of my class without warning and arrived in the principal's office to see the student sitting there. He had to apologize, but there was absolutely no consequence on the table. I was torn between trying to build the relationship with the student since he was in the room while still stating that it wasn't ok and he needed a consequence so he ended the meeting with a 1 day suspension. (Afterward, my principal and another staff member had a conversation asking what I was doing to have basically earned that note... which was almost worse than actually receiving the note.) This student did personally feel bad and really tried to be the best student in class for months after the fact, but it still was really frustrating.
I also have received a (in my opinion) smaller threat from a girl who was upset with me and sent a text to someone when she went to the bathroom. I caught her passing a note that said "I just sent [student] a text saying that imma murder Ms. _ . lol" My principal that year (different from the previous one) suspended her for 5 days and had a mandatory parent meeting before she was allowed back to school.
In both cases I didn't have a union rep either, and by the first scenario I was really caught off guard. Be very clear with the principal in your meeting that you are upset by this and feel uncomfortable with no action being taken. Do you have a good idea of who wrote the note? I'm not sure of the consequence you would be most comfortable with, but think that through and clearly state it to the principal. If you are able to identify the student(s), I would encourage a face-to-face parent meeting with you and administration (if supportive), and generally make sure you are keeping in contact with those parents. I wouldn't take it to the district/ police level without giving your principal a chance to address the situation. If nothing is done, you need to have decided how far you are willing to take the matter and inform them of this.
In your classroom, I know it will be hard, but I would try to be confident and go about with business as usual. Most of the time students are blowing smoke and are frustrated, and I was able to talk through the situation with students after the fact and (coupled with consequences to deter further behavior) working on those relationships/ making an effort to treat the student normally after the fact really helped the situation.
If it seems like a lot of students are aware of the situation, you may decide to address it as a class. I found out the first note was passed to a few students "to make them laugh" so I decided that it was important to address the situation (without using specifics/ names) and why it made me feel disappointed and uncomfortable, but it ultimately depends on your class culture.
That was a long ramble, but feel free to PM me if you have questions/ need to vent. I was teaching in a similar-sounding urban, charter school at the time! Teaching is rough, and especially with the unfortunate events of last week you deserve to be taken seriously and be supported by administration! | I've gotten death threats too. You aren't overreacting. Be firm and clear if your principal about your feelings and expectations. |
rastathefish | This is actually pretty ironic since I saw you comment on sbo0919's post about playing characters. The ironic part is he started play Ivysaur just last night (I know this because he's an IRL friend of mine and we played friendlies last night). But anyway, how I ended up defeating him is using projectiles and dashes to knock him up in the air. Once he's up in the air, I use a back air or a nair (depending on the hit ratio) to cast him off ledge and screen. From there, use projectiles of spikes to make sure he doesn't come near the ledge. Ivysaur's recovery is somewhat like Zero Suit Samus's but with better range. Keep this up and you'll be fine.
TL;DR: Use projectiles and smashes to throw him of the stage and make sure he doesn't come near the ledge to use his recovery. | This is actually pretty ironic since I saw you comment on sbo0919's post about playing characters. The ironic part is he started play Ivysaur just last night (I know this because he's an IRL friend of mine and we played friendlies last night). But anyway, how I ended up defeating him is using projectiles and dashes to knock him up in the air. Once he's up in the air, I use a back air or a nair (depending on the hit ratio) to cast him off ledge and screen. From there, use projectiles of spikes to make sure he doesn't come near the ledge. Ivysaur's recovery is somewhat like Zero Suit Samus's but with better range. Keep this up and you'll be fine.
TL;DR: Use projectiles and smashes to throw him of the stage and make sure he doesn't come near the ledge to use his recovery.
| SSBPM | t5_2u3tn | cd0orml | This is actually pretty ironic since I saw you comment on sbo0919's post about playing characters. The ironic part is he started play Ivysaur just last night (I know this because he's an IRL friend of mine and we played friendlies last night). But anyway, how I ended up defeating him is using projectiles and dashes to knock him up in the air. Once he's up in the air, I use a back air or a nair (depending on the hit ratio) to cast him off ledge and screen. From there, use projectiles of spikes to make sure he doesn't come near the ledge. Ivysaur's recovery is somewhat like Zero Suit Samus's but with better range. Keep this up and you'll be fine. | Use projectiles and smashes to throw him of the stage and make sure he doesn't come near the ledge to use his recovery. |
Thesydparadigm | Me and two other buddies of mine were initially looking to spend only $30 on an early Friday night, but when we ran into 6 of our close friEnts I decided to pitch in another $40 to buy what was around a pick of about 10gs. The day had only just begun and we all made our way back to one of the guys' homebase to commence the rolling of some decent bud. This day was so memorable because we were all in a circle rolling our own individual joints while vaping for about an hour. At about a [4] from the vape sesh we had all finished rolling our respective joints, but before heading out to our regular smoke spot we had one of the guys preform a monumental task of extreme importance...rolling an almighty Cross-Joint. This cross-joint is still hazy in memory as it hit me so hard when we sparked it, but it was nearly 4 grams filled and looked as if the God of Ganja had bestowed it upon us that night. We all gathered in the usual circle and smoked the beautiful creation that was among us and shortly after it had given us all its glory we finished the sesh with us just sitting and talking about random shit while smoking our own joints. We split off, me with the starting 2 others guys I was with, and ended up just walking around the city, deep in the night at this point, blazed to shit for a couple of hours before I crashed back at my place. Just an all around great day that I spent with a lot of my buddies. The day was so amazing it's known as "Cross-Day" among the people who were there and I won't ever forget it.
TL;DR bought 10 grams of weed when I only thought I was gonna by $30 worth. vaped, smoked our own joints and a huge 4 gram cross joint with 8 other people and then walked in the gorgeous night. | Me and two other buddies of mine were initially looking to spend only $30 on an early Friday night, but when we ran into 6 of our close friEnts I decided to pitch in another $40 to buy what was around a pick of about 10gs. The day had only just begun and we all made our way back to one of the guys' homebase to commence the rolling of some decent bud. This day was so memorable because we were all in a circle rolling our own individual joints while vaping for about an hour. At about a [4] from the vape sesh we had all finished rolling our respective joints, but before heading out to our regular smoke spot we had one of the guys preform a monumental task of extreme importance...rolling an almighty Cross-Joint. This cross-joint is still hazy in memory as it hit me so hard when we sparked it, but it was nearly 4 grams filled and looked as if the God of Ganja had bestowed it upon us that night. We all gathered in the usual circle and smoked the beautiful creation that was among us and shortly after it had given us all its glory we finished the sesh with us just sitting and talking about random shit while smoking our own joints. We split off, me with the starting 2 others guys I was with, and ended up just walking around the city, deep in the night at this point, blazed to shit for a couple of hours before I crashed back at my place. Just an all around great day that I spent with a lot of my buddies. The day was so amazing it's known as "Cross-Day" among the people who were there and I won't ever forget it.
TL;DR bought 10 grams of weed when I only thought I was gonna by $30 worth. vaped, smoked our own joints and a huge 4 gram cross joint with 8 other people and then walked in the gorgeous night.
| trees | t5_2r9vp | cd0zhpf | Me and two other buddies of mine were initially looking to spend only $30 on an early Friday night, but when we ran into 6 of our close friEnts I decided to pitch in another $40 to buy what was around a pick of about 10gs. The day had only just begun and we all made our way back to one of the guys' homebase to commence the rolling of some decent bud. This day was so memorable because we were all in a circle rolling our own individual joints while vaping for about an hour. At about a [4] from the vape sesh we had all finished rolling our respective joints, but before heading out to our regular smoke spot we had one of the guys preform a monumental task of extreme importance...rolling an almighty Cross-Joint. This cross-joint is still hazy in memory as it hit me so hard when we sparked it, but it was nearly 4 grams filled and looked as if the God of Ganja had bestowed it upon us that night. We all gathered in the usual circle and smoked the beautiful creation that was among us and shortly after it had given us all its glory we finished the sesh with us just sitting and talking about random shit while smoking our own joints. We split off, me with the starting 2 others guys I was with, and ended up just walking around the city, deep in the night at this point, blazed to shit for a couple of hours before I crashed back at my place. Just an all around great day that I spent with a lot of my buddies. The day was so amazing it's known as "Cross-Day" among the people who were there and I won't ever forget it. | bought 10 grams of weed when I only thought I was gonna by $30 worth. vaped, smoked our own joints and a huge 4 gram cross joint with 8 other people and then walked in the gorgeous night. |
esaks | It's the closest programming language to what a computer can actually understand. Most programming languages are written with a lot of english terms and words and then are sent to a compiler to translate that to machine speak, assembly has some of that but much much less it is mostly numbers. It's like the difference between writing a novel on a computer with spell check, and auto formatting, printing onto paper with one click of a mouse etc, and handwriting a book, then binding binding it yourself. It's a pain in the ass and only hardcore programmers actually enjoy it (if any enjoy it).
TL;DR : It's a fucking brutal programming language to write. | It's the closest programming language to what a computer can actually understand. Most programming languages are written with a lot of english terms and words and then are sent to a compiler to translate that to machine speak, assembly has some of that but much much less it is mostly numbers. It's like the difference between writing a novel on a computer with spell check, and auto formatting, printing onto paper with one click of a mouse etc, and handwriting a book, then binding binding it yourself. It's a pain in the ass and only hardcore programmers actually enjoy it (if any enjoy it).
TL;DR : It's a fucking brutal programming language to write.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cd0vad1 | It's the closest programming language to what a computer can actually understand. Most programming languages are written with a lot of english terms and words and then are sent to a compiler to translate that to machine speak, assembly has some of that but much much less it is mostly numbers. It's like the difference between writing a novel on a computer with spell check, and auto formatting, printing onto paper with one click of a mouse etc, and handwriting a book, then binding binding it yourself. It's a pain in the ass and only hardcore programmers actually enjoy it (if any enjoy it). | It's a fucking brutal programming language to write. |
CadenceBreak | 90 degrees is quite unsafe for most people. Almost nobody has that hip mobility and will end up compromising the knee.
45 degrees for warrior 2 seems very odd, and probably knee-impinging with proper length in the stance.
TLDR; both those sound knee-harming.
| 90 degrees is quite unsafe for most people. Almost nobody has that hip mobility and will end up compromising the knee.
45 degrees for warrior 2 seems very odd, and probably knee-impinging with proper length in the stance.
TLDR; both those sound knee-harming.
| yoga | t5_2qhq6 | cd17zfs | 90 degrees is quite unsafe for most people. Almost nobody has that hip mobility and will end up compromising the knee.
45 degrees for warrior 2 seems very odd, and probably knee-impinging with proper length in the stance. | both those sound knee-harming. |
kyebosh | *Giggity*
I'm a Male C5/6 Complete Quadriplegic due to a spinal cord injury. For reference, my level of function is almost identical to [Jesse Billauer](//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QssaLfFdKu0&t=71) (i.e: no sensation/active function from chest down, limited hand function, but otherwise in great physical condition). Sex is great!
**How does it work?**
Everything works just fine, with a few differences. Without going into too much biology, there's 2 parts of your nervous system each with a different method of action: the autonomic system is in charge of the things your body does without instruction (internal organ operation, reflexes, etc) & the sympathetic system is for the rest (sensation, active function, etc). In terms of sexual response I can be incredibly turned on mentally & emotionally, but the sympathetic "go time" signals don't get sent to my genitals because of the break in communication between my brain & lower body (my brain sends the signals but the communication cables have been cut). However, reflex action of the autonomic system is alive & well, so if you rub me the right way everything works as expected. From there it's pretty straight forward!
**How does it feel?**
Describing sensations is tricky. Tap your elbow on the table... You can feel that sensation referred up your arm, but not on the skin, right? I can "feel" my insides, but not my skin. I can feel the pressure of my girlfriend riding me, & when she moves my cock I feel that referred internally. My body feels it in full force, enough to make me cum when she gets just the right spot. In short it feels incredible, but probably not in the way you're used to. Oh also, sometimes my muscles in my legs & abdomen react by twitching, especially when I'm getting close - built-in vibrator!
**Positions etc**
My girlfriend likes being on top, which is perfect :) Sitting (or lying) is the easiest position for me, & I get to play with her boobs & guide her hips. It's a win:win! Also, I **love** going down on her. There are not enough emphatic words to explain how much I love it. For me, I'd say that has become the primary way I'm physically sexual. Not that we forego sex, but it's a way to be fully sexually intimate with no impediment from lack of sensation or agility. She says I don't suck at it too, so I guess she likes it.
That's my side of the story anyway. Care to add anything, /u/animalcollectivity?
**TL;DR: Just read it & learn stuff :)**
Questions welcome! | Giggity
I'm a Male C5/6 Complete Quadriplegic due to a spinal cord injury. For reference, my level of function is almost identical to Jesse Billauer (i.e: no sensation/active function from chest down, limited hand function, but otherwise in great physical condition). Sex is great!
How does it work?
Everything works just fine, with a few differences. Without going into too much biology, there's 2 parts of your nervous system each with a different method of action: the autonomic system is in charge of the things your body does without instruction (internal organ operation, reflexes, etc) & the sympathetic system is for the rest (sensation, active function, etc). In terms of sexual response I can be incredibly turned on mentally & emotionally, but the sympathetic "go time" signals don't get sent to my genitals because of the break in communication between my brain & lower body (my brain sends the signals but the communication cables have been cut). However, reflex action of the autonomic system is alive & well, so if you rub me the right way everything works as expected. From there it's pretty straight forward!
How does it feel?
Describing sensations is tricky. Tap your elbow on the table... You can feel that sensation referred up your arm, but not on the skin, right? I can "feel" my insides, but not my skin. I can feel the pressure of my girlfriend riding me, & when she moves my cock I feel that referred internally. My body feels it in full force, enough to make me cum when she gets just the right spot. In short it feels incredible, but probably not in the way you're used to. Oh also, sometimes my muscles in my legs & abdomen react by twitching, especially when I'm getting close - built-in vibrator!
Positions etc
My girlfriend likes being on top, which is perfect :) Sitting (or lying) is the easiest position for me, & I get to play with her boobs & guide her hips. It's a win:win! Also, I love going down on her. There are not enough emphatic words to explain how much I love it. For me, I'd say that has become the primary way I'm physically sexual. Not that we forego sex, but it's a way to be fully sexually intimate with no impediment from lack of sensation or agility. She says I don't suck at it too, so I guess she likes it.
That's my side of the story anyway. Care to add anything, /u/animalcollectivity?
TL;DR: Just read it & learn stuff :)
Questions welcome!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cd157rs | Giggity
I'm a Male C5/6 Complete Quadriplegic due to a spinal cord injury. For reference, my level of function is almost identical to Jesse Billauer (i.e: no sensation/active function from chest down, limited hand function, but otherwise in great physical condition). Sex is great!
How does it work?
Everything works just fine, with a few differences. Without going into too much biology, there's 2 parts of your nervous system each with a different method of action: the autonomic system is in charge of the things your body does without instruction (internal organ operation, reflexes, etc) & the sympathetic system is for the rest (sensation, active function, etc). In terms of sexual response I can be incredibly turned on mentally & emotionally, but the sympathetic "go time" signals don't get sent to my genitals because of the break in communication between my brain & lower body (my brain sends the signals but the communication cables have been cut). However, reflex action of the autonomic system is alive & well, so if you rub me the right way everything works as expected. From there it's pretty straight forward!
How does it feel?
Describing sensations is tricky. Tap your elbow on the table... You can feel that sensation referred up your arm, but not on the skin, right? I can "feel" my insides, but not my skin. I can feel the pressure of my girlfriend riding me, & when she moves my cock I feel that referred internally. My body feels it in full force, enough to make me cum when she gets just the right spot. In short it feels incredible, but probably not in the way you're used to. Oh also, sometimes my muscles in my legs & abdomen react by twitching, especially when I'm getting close - built-in vibrator!
Positions etc
My girlfriend likes being on top, which is perfect :) Sitting (or lying) is the easiest position for me, & I get to play with her boobs & guide her hips. It's a win:win! Also, I love going down on her. There are not enough emphatic words to explain how much I love it. For me, I'd say that has become the primary way I'm physically sexual. Not that we forego sex, but it's a way to be fully sexually intimate with no impediment from lack of sensation or agility. She says I don't suck at it too, so I guess she likes it.
That's my side of the story anyway. Care to add anything, /u/animalcollectivity? | Just read it & learn stuff :)
Questions welcome! |
AlwaysMakes5 | My $0.02 as a physically disabled female:
The extent to which a person is impacted varies so much depending on the person and their disability. Some people may have a condition that limits their sensations. Others, like myself, have limited movement in their legs/arms/torso/whatever. You may be dealing with someone who has their own own limitations or feels pain more intensely. But if there's one thing I hope everyone can understand about people, like myself, with disabilities if they're curious about this kind of thing...
***Just fucking ask them about it.*** There's no blanket response that will adequately describe every disabled person's situation. And don't think of physically disabled people as individuals who just aren't capable of having sex. Rest assured, we're just as horny as everyone else. We want to get laid, too, and if people assume a disabled person is unable to have sex just because they walk differently or don't look like everyone else, well, you're wrong! Not trying to sound like a bitch, but I just wish that more people would understand this.
For me, personally, my disability (Cerebral Palsy) just limits my flexibility. So with regards to sex, I just have to get a little creative with regards to some positions. (Some positions just straight up don't work for me, whereas others get painful if I'm in them for too long.) Communication gets super important here, like if my partner and I are in a position that doesn't work for me I have to ask him to stop, even if I'm enjoying myself sexually, to ease the pain. (*Major* bummer when that happens... :c ) It's really inconvenient sometimes, but I've found my own ways to work around it when I get uncomfortable or need a break. Giving oral to my partner is my personal favorite intermission, and receiving is also nice, that way we can get back to sex once I take a breather and feel better. Plus who cares! If I'm getting laid, no way I'm gonna let my disability stop me from having a good time... ;)
**TL;DR** - There are so many people in unique situations out there that have their own ways of managing their disability in and out of the bedroom. If you want to know how a person's sexual life is limited by their disability, just ask them! | My $0.02 as a physically disabled female:
The extent to which a person is impacted varies so much depending on the person and their disability. Some people may have a condition that limits their sensations. Others, like myself, have limited movement in their legs/arms/torso/whatever. You may be dealing with someone who has their own own limitations or feels pain more intensely. But if there's one thing I hope everyone can understand about people, like myself, with disabilities if they're curious about this kind of thing...
Just fucking ask them about it. There's no blanket response that will adequately describe every disabled person's situation. And don't think of physically disabled people as individuals who just aren't capable of having sex. Rest assured, we're just as horny as everyone else. We want to get laid, too, and if people assume a disabled person is unable to have sex just because they walk differently or don't look like everyone else, well, you're wrong! Not trying to sound like a bitch, but I just wish that more people would understand this.
For me, personally, my disability (Cerebral Palsy) just limits my flexibility. So with regards to sex, I just have to get a little creative with regards to some positions. (Some positions just straight up don't work for me, whereas others get painful if I'm in them for too long.) Communication gets super important here, like if my partner and I are in a position that doesn't work for me I have to ask him to stop, even if I'm enjoying myself sexually, to ease the pain. ( Major bummer when that happens... :c ) It's really inconvenient sometimes, but I've found my own ways to work around it when I get uncomfortable or need a break. Giving oral to my partner is my personal favorite intermission, and receiving is also nice, that way we can get back to sex once I take a breather and feel better. Plus who cares! If I'm getting laid, no way I'm gonna let my disability stop me from having a good time... ;)
TL;DR - There are so many people in unique situations out there that have their own ways of managing their disability in and out of the bedroom. If you want to know how a person's sexual life is limited by their disability, just ask them!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cd154h2 | My $0.02 as a physically disabled female:
The extent to which a person is impacted varies so much depending on the person and their disability. Some people may have a condition that limits their sensations. Others, like myself, have limited movement in their legs/arms/torso/whatever. You may be dealing with someone who has their own own limitations or feels pain more intensely. But if there's one thing I hope everyone can understand about people, like myself, with disabilities if they're curious about this kind of thing...
Just fucking ask them about it. There's no blanket response that will adequately describe every disabled person's situation. And don't think of physically disabled people as individuals who just aren't capable of having sex. Rest assured, we're just as horny as everyone else. We want to get laid, too, and if people assume a disabled person is unable to have sex just because they walk differently or don't look like everyone else, well, you're wrong! Not trying to sound like a bitch, but I just wish that more people would understand this.
For me, personally, my disability (Cerebral Palsy) just limits my flexibility. So with regards to sex, I just have to get a little creative with regards to some positions. (Some positions just straight up don't work for me, whereas others get painful if I'm in them for too long.) Communication gets super important here, like if my partner and I are in a position that doesn't work for me I have to ask him to stop, even if I'm enjoying myself sexually, to ease the pain. ( Major bummer when that happens... :c ) It's really inconvenient sometimes, but I've found my own ways to work around it when I get uncomfortable or need a break. Giving oral to my partner is my personal favorite intermission, and receiving is also nice, that way we can get back to sex once I take a breather and feel better. Plus who cares! If I'm getting laid, no way I'm gonna let my disability stop me from having a good time... ;) | There are so many people in unique situations out there that have their own ways of managing their disability in and out of the bedroom. If you want to know how a person's sexual life is limited by their disability, just ask them! |
free2012 | Its not the girls that can't make you cum. Its your mindset and the fact that you're not as comfortable with yourself sexually as you may think. This lack of understanding causes a rift between you and your partner. One where sex is long lasting but not lively.(if it was, you would cum)
TLDR-You're still sexually immature, introspection and self exploration are in order. | Its not the girls that can't make you cum. Its your mindset and the fact that you're not as comfortable with yourself sexually as you may think. This lack of understanding causes a rift between you and your partner. One where sex is long lasting but not lively.(if it was, you would cum)
TLDR-You're still sexually immature, introspection and self exploration are in order.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cd1c7lg | Its not the girls that can't make you cum. Its your mindset and the fact that you're not as comfortable with yourself sexually as you may think. This lack of understanding causes a rift between you and your partner. One where sex is long lasting but not lively.(if it was, you would cum) | You're still sexually immature, introspection and self exploration are in order. |
spidersoup | Re. cross walk buttons: They're not magic buttons that instantly change the flow of traffic to let you cross, they're devices to let the system know somebody is waiting. In our town, the majority of intersections don't equally divide green light time between all the streets, one way will stay green until a car pulls up on the other side. Without the button to mash, these intersections would never change to let pedestrians cross.
tl;dr: cross walk buttons work a lot, you just might not notice it. | Re. cross walk buttons: They're not magic buttons that instantly change the flow of traffic to let you cross, they're devices to let the system know somebody is waiting. In our town, the majority of intersections don't equally divide green light time between all the streets, one way will stay green until a car pulls up on the other side. Without the button to mash, these intersections would never change to let pedestrians cross.
tl;dr: cross walk buttons work a lot, you just might not notice it.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cd0yutt | Re. cross walk buttons: They're not magic buttons that instantly change the flow of traffic to let you cross, they're devices to let the system know somebody is waiting. In our town, the majority of intersections don't equally divide green light time between all the streets, one way will stay green until a car pulls up on the other side. Without the button to mash, these intersections would never change to let pedestrians cross. | cross walk buttons work a lot, you just might not notice it. |
spongebobcurvedick | Confront the possibility (and the thoughts) that it could all go wrong with the fact that it could go right.
I understand that dealing with people is a difficult, complex thing and sometimes people and situations demand things of you that you may not be prepared to give, but I urge you to try.
I think it most effective to simply surrender to your own hope and innocence; to aim for the best possible outcome. If you fail somewhere along the way, stay humble and honest. Do your very best to identify the SOURCE of whatever problem you may have, and respond effectively - without shame.
You are who you are, broken or damaged though you may be, because of a number of things that are far beyond your control and because of some things that are. Try to identify them all. Study them. Try to figure out what you need most and see if you can find a way to combine those "ingredients", those factors, in such a way that you maximize personal and mutual/communal benefit.
If you need a break but can't afford a vacation, search for an unexplored place nearby OR *within*. I find that simply laying down and taking a second to enjoy it is better than many of the things that I've paid a notable amount of money for.
I'm a bit off-track but feel free to ask anything that comes to mind. We're all on the same journey.
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**tl;dr : We are all hopeful and hesitant. But, the solution, the antidote to that hesitation can be found in that very statement.** | Confront the possibility (and the thoughts) that it could all go wrong with the fact that it could go right.
I understand that dealing with people is a difficult, complex thing and sometimes people and situations demand things of you that you may not be prepared to give, but I urge you to try.
I think it most effective to simply surrender to your own hope and innocence; to aim for the best possible outcome. If you fail somewhere along the way, stay humble and honest. Do your very best to identify the SOURCE of whatever problem you may have, and respond effectively - without shame.
You are who you are, broken or damaged though you may be, because of a number of things that are far beyond your control and because of some things that are. Try to identify them all. Study them. Try to figure out what you need most and see if you can find a way to combine those "ingredients", those factors, in such a way that you maximize personal and mutual/communal benefit.
If you need a break but can't afford a vacation, search for an unexplored place nearby OR within . I find that simply laying down and taking a second to enjoy it is better than many of the things that I've paid a notable amount of money for.
I'm a bit off-track but feel free to ask anything that comes to mind. We're all on the same journey.
tl;dr : We are all hopeful and hesitant. But, the solution, the antidote to that hesitation can be found in that very statement.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cd1cw64 | Confront the possibility (and the thoughts) that it could all go wrong with the fact that it could go right.
I understand that dealing with people is a difficult, complex thing and sometimes people and situations demand things of you that you may not be prepared to give, but I urge you to try.
I think it most effective to simply surrender to your own hope and innocence; to aim for the best possible outcome. If you fail somewhere along the way, stay humble and honest. Do your very best to identify the SOURCE of whatever problem you may have, and respond effectively - without shame.
You are who you are, broken or damaged though you may be, because of a number of things that are far beyond your control and because of some things that are. Try to identify them all. Study them. Try to figure out what you need most and see if you can find a way to combine those "ingredients", those factors, in such a way that you maximize personal and mutual/communal benefit.
If you need a break but can't afford a vacation, search for an unexplored place nearby OR within . I find that simply laying down and taking a second to enjoy it is better than many of the things that I've paid a notable amount of money for.
I'm a bit off-track but feel free to ask anything that comes to mind. We're all on the same journey. | We are all hopeful and hesitant. But, the solution, the antidote to that hesitation can be found in that very statement. |
mesalocar | >I don't envy your position, but I remember going through some of the things you are describing. I spent a good amount of time fantasizing about suicide from 12 to about 23. I think it's great that you are deciding to stick it out. If my opinion means anything to you: Emotions are often very transient and when on day or week seems utterly hopeless, brighter skies are often on the way. I still don't think life has any objective meaning, but it feels a lot better to approach life on its own terms. I'm only 25, so the last two or three years have offered a lot for me. I'm happier now than I've even been. Truthfully, I'm not laughing and smiling constantly, but I have a steady contentment that I did not experience in my younger days.
I've felt suicidal on and off for years. It hasn't really improved.
>Back to your options - If you use your parents' insurance, they will get a notice in the mail that you are now receiving psychostimulants. This will be good because you now have medication, but you'll have to weather whatever storm may come from your parents. I don't know everyone, but if you communicated the extent of your current struggles, I can imagine your mother might be more understanding than expected. Have you ever told her you thought about suicide? These kinds of things are often hereditary. My mother is affected with depression and takes medication. If your mom does not or has not gone through this, she likely know a relative who is or did.
>So how do you access your insurance information? Try calling the company. Do you know your social security number? You are an adult now, so you should be able to legally access your own insurance information. Call the insurance company and try to get all your information. If possible, get them to mail a card to your house or the house of a friend. You shouldn't need parental authorization at your age.
>Once you receive your insurance information, set an appointment with a psychiatrist. Tell the doctor about your symptoms. Consider other forms of medication (e.g. anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, etc.).
I'm not going to use their insurance - it's *their* insurance policy. They'll know if I use it. They know that I've considered and even half-tried suicide, but she thinks that a psychologist is the ultimate solution. Maybe it is, I don't know.
>If you struggle communicating with your parents - I relate to that. No one wants to discuss such things with their parents, especially at that age. Consider writing down what you are going through. Keep a log of your thoughts and feelings. When your parents eventually discover the medication, you'll have an entire history of the silent struggles you have been battling with in secret. Just give your mother the papers and tell her you didn't feel comfortable talking about it. At that point you will have the medication and the likelihood that your parents will toss out their clinically depressed child will probably be quite small.
You don't understand. She's really, *really* insane about this. She is *ridiculously* against psychotropic medication. Part of the issue is that she's a conspiracy theorist who believes every single one of the "big pharma" conspiracies and places emotions above evidence. It's really pathetic, considering her level of education.
>I'm sorry for writing so much, I'm just trying to help. If some of this is genuinely bad advice, please don't follow it. However, remember the transient and obfuscating nature of these emotions. "Mental illness" clouds our perception of the world. Right now it might be hard to leave your room. Calling an insurance company might seem like a Herculean feat. I get that. It probably is, but there are options available to you. Good luck!
The only half-option I have is contacting a psychiatrist completely independently, but I have limited savings.
I do have a plan, one that should work. See, I'm a dual citizen (CA/US), and thanks to being born in Montreal, I'm by default assigned the residential tuition rate for Quebec (and for Canadian citizens everywhere else). Due to this, I'm applying solely to Canadian universities, and will (hopefully) end up attending one next fall. In Canada, as far as I understand, I'll have to get student insurance instead of remaining on my parents insurance policy (since they're in the US). And according to what I've found, it looks like student health plans at at least *some* universities cover limited psychiatric care.
Now even if I don't have coverage for psychiatric care under a student health plan, as a Canadian citizen, I can apparently get provincial healthcare access after a mandatory three-month waiting period. So after three months, it looks like I'll have access to the public healthcare system in some fashion. The downside seems to be a somewhat complicated approval process and apparently long waiting times, but it's (mostly) free.
Worst-case, if I end up in Quebec and have no access whatsoever and need some form of coverage, I know that my grandparents on my father's side have no stigma against psychotropic medication and would likely be willing to help me.
So basically it looks like as long as I go to school in Quebec I'll have some form of access to a psychiatrist independently of my parents, it just might take a while. If I end up on medication, I'd avoid telling my parents at least until I graduate university.
In the meantime, I've got caffeine and exercise. As long as I don't fall apart during university I should be fine. I'll still probably fall apart, but maybe I won't. I'm too reliant on my parents for EF right now, which I've discovered more and more recently.
Tl;Dr: Unique university situation means that I can get independent access to healthcare sometime around when I start university. It's just going to be extremely complicated. | >I don't envy your position, but I remember going through some of the things you are describing. I spent a good amount of time fantasizing about suicide from 12 to about 23. I think it's great that you are deciding to stick it out. If my opinion means anything to you: Emotions are often very transient and when on day or week seems utterly hopeless, brighter skies are often on the way. I still don't think life has any objective meaning, but it feels a lot better to approach life on its own terms. I'm only 25, so the last two or three years have offered a lot for me. I'm happier now than I've even been. Truthfully, I'm not laughing and smiling constantly, but I have a steady contentment that I did not experience in my younger days.
I've felt suicidal on and off for years. It hasn't really improved.
>Back to your options - If you use your parents' insurance, they will get a notice in the mail that you are now receiving psychostimulants. This will be good because you now have medication, but you'll have to weather whatever storm may come from your parents. I don't know everyone, but if you communicated the extent of your current struggles, I can imagine your mother might be more understanding than expected. Have you ever told her you thought about suicide? These kinds of things are often hereditary. My mother is affected with depression and takes medication. If your mom does not or has not gone through this, she likely know a relative who is or did.
>So how do you access your insurance information? Try calling the company. Do you know your social security number? You are an adult now, so you should be able to legally access your own insurance information. Call the insurance company and try to get all your information. If possible, get them to mail a card to your house or the house of a friend. You shouldn't need parental authorization at your age.
>Once you receive your insurance information, set an appointment with a psychiatrist. Tell the doctor about your symptoms. Consider other forms of medication (e.g. anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, etc.).
I'm not going to use their insurance - it's their insurance policy. They'll know if I use it. They know that I've considered and even half-tried suicide, but she thinks that a psychologist is the ultimate solution. Maybe it is, I don't know.
>If you struggle communicating with your parents - I relate to that. No one wants to discuss such things with their parents, especially at that age. Consider writing down what you are going through. Keep a log of your thoughts and feelings. When your parents eventually discover the medication, you'll have an entire history of the silent struggles you have been battling with in secret. Just give your mother the papers and tell her you didn't feel comfortable talking about it. At that point you will have the medication and the likelihood that your parents will toss out their clinically depressed child will probably be quite small.
You don't understand. She's really, really insane about this. She is ridiculously against psychotropic medication. Part of the issue is that she's a conspiracy theorist who believes every single one of the "big pharma" conspiracies and places emotions above evidence. It's really pathetic, considering her level of education.
>I'm sorry for writing so much, I'm just trying to help. If some of this is genuinely bad advice, please don't follow it. However, remember the transient and obfuscating nature of these emotions. "Mental illness" clouds our perception of the world. Right now it might be hard to leave your room. Calling an insurance company might seem like a Herculean feat. I get that. It probably is, but there are options available to you. Good luck!
The only half-option I have is contacting a psychiatrist completely independently, but I have limited savings.
I do have a plan, one that should work. See, I'm a dual citizen (CA/US), and thanks to being born in Montreal, I'm by default assigned the residential tuition rate for Quebec (and for Canadian citizens everywhere else). Due to this, I'm applying solely to Canadian universities, and will (hopefully) end up attending one next fall. In Canada, as far as I understand, I'll have to get student insurance instead of remaining on my parents insurance policy (since they're in the US). And according to what I've found, it looks like student health plans at at least some universities cover limited psychiatric care.
Now even if I don't have coverage for psychiatric care under a student health plan, as a Canadian citizen, I can apparently get provincial healthcare access after a mandatory three-month waiting period. So after three months, it looks like I'll have access to the public healthcare system in some fashion. The downside seems to be a somewhat complicated approval process and apparently long waiting times, but it's (mostly) free.
Worst-case, if I end up in Quebec and have no access whatsoever and need some form of coverage, I know that my grandparents on my father's side have no stigma against psychotropic medication and would likely be willing to help me.
So basically it looks like as long as I go to school in Quebec I'll have some form of access to a psychiatrist independently of my parents, it just might take a while. If I end up on medication, I'd avoid telling my parents at least until I graduate university.
In the meantime, I've got caffeine and exercise. As long as I don't fall apart during university I should be fine. I'll still probably fall apart, but maybe I won't. I'm too reliant on my parents for EF right now, which I've discovered more and more recently.
Tl;Dr: Unique university situation means that I can get independent access to healthcare sometime around when I start university. It's just going to be extremely complicated.
| ADHD | t5_2qnwb | cd2k6h1 | I don't envy your position, but I remember going through some of the things you are describing. I spent a good amount of time fantasizing about suicide from 12 to about 23. I think it's great that you are deciding to stick it out. If my opinion means anything to you: Emotions are often very transient and when on day or week seems utterly hopeless, brighter skies are often on the way. I still don't think life has any objective meaning, but it feels a lot better to approach life on its own terms. I'm only 25, so the last two or three years have offered a lot for me. I'm happier now than I've even been. Truthfully, I'm not laughing and smiling constantly, but I have a steady contentment that I did not experience in my younger days.
I've felt suicidal on and off for years. It hasn't really improved.
>Back to your options - If you use your parents' insurance, they will get a notice in the mail that you are now receiving psychostimulants. This will be good because you now have medication, but you'll have to weather whatever storm may come from your parents. I don't know everyone, but if you communicated the extent of your current struggles, I can imagine your mother might be more understanding than expected. Have you ever told her you thought about suicide? These kinds of things are often hereditary. My mother is affected with depression and takes medication. If your mom does not or has not gone through this, she likely know a relative who is or did.
>So how do you access your insurance information? Try calling the company. Do you know your social security number? You are an adult now, so you should be able to legally access your own insurance information. Call the insurance company and try to get all your information. If possible, get them to mail a card to your house or the house of a friend. You shouldn't need parental authorization at your age.
>Once you receive your insurance information, set an appointment with a psychiatrist. Tell the doctor about your symptoms. Consider other forms of medication (e.g. anti-depressants, anti-anxiety, etc.).
I'm not going to use their insurance - it's their insurance policy. They'll know if I use it. They know that I've considered and even half-tried suicide, but she thinks that a psychologist is the ultimate solution. Maybe it is, I don't know.
>If you struggle communicating with your parents - I relate to that. No one wants to discuss such things with their parents, especially at that age. Consider writing down what you are going through. Keep a log of your thoughts and feelings. When your parents eventually discover the medication, you'll have an entire history of the silent struggles you have been battling with in secret. Just give your mother the papers and tell her you didn't feel comfortable talking about it. At that point you will have the medication and the likelihood that your parents will toss out their clinically depressed child will probably be quite small.
You don't understand. She's really, really insane about this. She is ridiculously against psychotropic medication. Part of the issue is that she's a conspiracy theorist who believes every single one of the "big pharma" conspiracies and places emotions above evidence. It's really pathetic, considering her level of education.
>I'm sorry for writing so much, I'm just trying to help. If some of this is genuinely bad advice, please don't follow it. However, remember the transient and obfuscating nature of these emotions. "Mental illness" clouds our perception of the world. Right now it might be hard to leave your room. Calling an insurance company might seem like a Herculean feat. I get that. It probably is, but there are options available to you. Good luck!
The only half-option I have is contacting a psychiatrist completely independently, but I have limited savings.
I do have a plan, one that should work. See, I'm a dual citizen (CA/US), and thanks to being born in Montreal, I'm by default assigned the residential tuition rate for Quebec (and for Canadian citizens everywhere else). Due to this, I'm applying solely to Canadian universities, and will (hopefully) end up attending one next fall. In Canada, as far as I understand, I'll have to get student insurance instead of remaining on my parents insurance policy (since they're in the US). And according to what I've found, it looks like student health plans at at least some universities cover limited psychiatric care.
Now even if I don't have coverage for psychiatric care under a student health plan, as a Canadian citizen, I can apparently get provincial healthcare access after a mandatory three-month waiting period. So after three months, it looks like I'll have access to the public healthcare system in some fashion. The downside seems to be a somewhat complicated approval process and apparently long waiting times, but it's (mostly) free.
Worst-case, if I end up in Quebec and have no access whatsoever and need some form of coverage, I know that my grandparents on my father's side have no stigma against psychotropic medication and would likely be willing to help me.
So basically it looks like as long as I go to school in Quebec I'll have some form of access to a psychiatrist independently of my parents, it just might take a while. If I end up on medication, I'd avoid telling my parents at least until I graduate university.
In the meantime, I've got caffeine and exercise. As long as I don't fall apart during university I should be fine. I'll still probably fall apart, but maybe I won't. I'm too reliant on my parents for EF right now, which I've discovered more and more recently. | Unique university situation means that I can get independent access to healthcare sometime around when I start university. It's just going to be extremely complicated. |
DeuxLegit2Quit | IMO he didn't like the egotistical aspect of being the singer, but he knew he had to sing because he wrote the songs. As a songwriter it's sometimes really tough to let someone else try to sing your words and your melody. It was probably extra hard to even consider that because he was so into the performance of a song as well. I imagine he didn't totally like it, but he would never let anyone else try and sing all his songs.
TL;DR Even if he didn't he was going to because he wouldn't be happy with someone else singing his lyrics and melodies. IMO | IMO he didn't like the egotistical aspect of being the singer, but he knew he had to sing because he wrote the songs. As a songwriter it's sometimes really tough to let someone else try to sing your words and your melody. It was probably extra hard to even consider that because he was so into the performance of a song as well. I imagine he didn't totally like it, but he would never let anyone else try and sing all his songs.
TL;DR Even if he didn't he was going to because he wouldn't be happy with someone else singing his lyrics and melodies. IMO
| Nirvana | t5_2qman | cd61zjd | IMO he didn't like the egotistical aspect of being the singer, but he knew he had to sing because he wrote the songs. As a songwriter it's sometimes really tough to let someone else try to sing your words and your melody. It was probably extra hard to even consider that because he was so into the performance of a song as well. I imagine he didn't totally like it, but he would never let anyone else try and sing all his songs. | Even if he didn't he was going to because he wouldn't be happy with someone else singing his lyrics and melodies. IMO |
fakeredditor | I don't think you understand what that guy was holding.
I took a picture of an industrial spatula for you, with a TV remote control for reference.
They are solid steel, heavy, and SHARP to scrape the griddle. One shot upside the head from one of these would split a person's skull.
TL;DR your internet bravado is showing through | I don't think you understand what that guy was holding.
I took a picture of an industrial spatula for you, with a TV remote control for reference.
They are solid steel, heavy, and SHARP to scrape the griddle. One shot upside the head from one of these would split a person's skull.
TL;DR your internet bravado is showing through
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cd1ivt0 | I don't think you understand what that guy was holding.
I took a picture of an industrial spatula for you, with a TV remote control for reference.
They are solid steel, heavy, and SHARP to scrape the griddle. One shot upside the head from one of these would split a person's skull. | your internet bravado is showing through |
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