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paintedLady318 | If you want to feel even worse about yourself, by all means, proceed.
If, however, you would like to be a person with integrity, decency, and self respect, you will cut communications with this man immediately.
Work on yourself and gaining self confidence in ways you can be proud of: Therapy, community group activities, making new friends.
Romance will come when you're happy with yourself. What you have in mind will only drag you down further.
TL;DR don't be a dick. | If you want to feel even worse about yourself, by all means, proceed.
If, however, you would like to be a person with integrity, decency, and self respect, you will cut communications with this man immediately.
Work on yourself and gaining self confidence in ways you can be proud of: Therapy, community group activities, making new friends.
Romance will come when you're happy with yourself. What you have in mind will only drag you down further.
TL;DR don't be a dick.
| relationship_advice | t5_2r0cn | cdde9fp | If you want to feel even worse about yourself, by all means, proceed.
If, however, you would like to be a person with integrity, decency, and self respect, you will cut communications with this man immediately.
Work on yourself and gaining self confidence in ways you can be proud of: Therapy, community group activities, making new friends.
Romance will come when you're happy with yourself. What you have in mind will only drag you down further. | don't be a dick. |
iwantabetterpc | es incomodo leer un "reporte" que desde la primera frase muestra su conclusión de que todo es una estafa. Independientemente de que tan certera sea esa apreciación, no me parece un estudio serio y su tono sería rechazado inmediatamente por cualquier revisión académica. TL;DR) Quizas sea cierto, pero no confio en algo escrito asi. | es incomodo leer un "reporte" que desde la primera frase muestra su conclusión de que todo es una estafa. Independientemente de que tan certera sea esa apreciación, no me parece un estudio serio y su tono sería rechazado inmediatamente por cualquier revisión académica. TL;DR) Quizas sea cierto, pero no confio en algo escrito asi.
| chile | t5_2rer8 | cdds5mm | es incomodo leer un "reporte" que desde la primera frase muestra su conclusión de que todo es una estafa. Independientemente de que tan certera sea esa apreciación, no me parece un estudio serio y su tono sería rechazado inmediatamente por cualquier revisión académica. | Quizas sea cierto, pero no confio en algo escrito asi. |
dflame45 | It actually doesn't look that bad with the patriot camo imo. I liked it better where the camo covered the full sythe but its not as bad as people are making it out to be.
TL DR
it works with some camos and is terrible with others. | It actually doesn't look that bad with the patriot camo imo. I liked it better where the camo covered the full sythe but its not as bad as people are making it out to be.
TL DR
it works with some camos and is terrible with others.
| Planetside | t5_2s48x | cddif6r | It actually doesn't look that bad with the patriot camo imo. I liked it better where the camo covered the full sythe but its not as bad as people are making it out to be. | it works with some camos and is terrible with others. |
doomrabbit | Frugal milk freezing tip to know if it's fresh later: Before freezing, write the number of days until expiration on the outside in Sharpie. When you thaw, look at calendar and add that number to the date. Now you know what day your milk is good til.
TL;DR -know how many days until spoilage on your milk before freezing, you will have that many good days after thawing. | Frugal milk freezing tip to know if it's fresh later: Before freezing, write the number of days until expiration on the outside in Sharpie. When you thaw, look at calendar and add that number to the date. Now you know what day your milk is good til.
TL;DR -know how many days until spoilage on your milk before freezing, you will have that many good days after thawing.
| Cheap_Meals | t5_2r7s6 | cdebkrc | Frugal milk freezing tip to know if it's fresh later: Before freezing, write the number of days until expiration on the outside in Sharpie. When you thaw, look at calendar and add that number to the date. Now you know what day your milk is good til. | know how many days until spoilage on your milk before freezing, you will have that many good days after thawing. |
Pikistikman | Honestly, I used to hate MLP just as much as I hated anyone who identifies as a brony. But I got over it. Real talk, it's probably because of my deep involvement in the furry community when I was a kid. After I realized how cringeworthy it was that my first experiences with sex were through weird, furry shit, I started to hate furries.
TL;DR: I don't give a shit what you do on your own time, and neither should anyone else. | Honestly, I used to hate MLP just as much as I hated anyone who identifies as a brony. But I got over it. Real talk, it's probably because of my deep involvement in the furry community when I was a kid. After I realized how cringeworthy it was that my first experiences with sex were through weird, furry shit, I started to hate furries.
TL;DR: I don't give a shit what you do on your own time, and neither should anyone else.
| pokemon | t5_2qmeb | cddz3un | Honestly, I used to hate MLP just as much as I hated anyone who identifies as a brony. But I got over it. Real talk, it's probably because of my deep involvement in the furry community when I was a kid. After I realized how cringeworthy it was that my first experiences with sex were through weird, furry shit, I started to hate furries. | I don't give a shit what you do on your own time, and neither should anyone else. |
Arn13 | The problem is that Friedan's ideas have been framed as an older generation of feminism. Nobody ever wins a fight for ideas perceived as backwards and outdated. Ideas need to look fresh. Even if MRM ideas are identical or similar to Friedans (and I doubt it), it is better to use new terms rather than fall back on a discarded legacy. Otherwise people will just tell you "we've been there and have long since moved on. Get with the times!" And those times would be third generation feminism. No thanks.
Time flows in one direction, that also happens in people's minds. Dead things don't resurrect and nobody likes zombies anyway, but if the new kid in town looks a lot like the old one, that's fine. Just don't give him the same name.
We want to be able to say "we've had feminism and have long since moved on. Get with the times!" That's not going to happen if we wave the banner of an old version of feminism.
tl;dr It's a pointless discussion. Even if there are similarities, we can't capitalize on them. | The problem is that Friedan's ideas have been framed as an older generation of feminism. Nobody ever wins a fight for ideas perceived as backwards and outdated. Ideas need to look fresh. Even if MRM ideas are identical or similar to Friedans (and I doubt it), it is better to use new terms rather than fall back on a discarded legacy. Otherwise people will just tell you "we've been there and have long since moved on. Get with the times!" And those times would be third generation feminism. No thanks.
Time flows in one direction, that also happens in people's minds. Dead things don't resurrect and nobody likes zombies anyway, but if the new kid in town looks a lot like the old one, that's fine. Just don't give him the same name.
We want to be able to say "we've had feminism and have long since moved on. Get with the times!" That's not going to happen if we wave the banner of an old version of feminism.
tl;dr It's a pointless discussion. Even if there are similarities, we can't capitalize on them.
| MensRights | t5_2qhk3 | cdejjjs | The problem is that Friedan's ideas have been framed as an older generation of feminism. Nobody ever wins a fight for ideas perceived as backwards and outdated. Ideas need to look fresh. Even if MRM ideas are identical or similar to Friedans (and I doubt it), it is better to use new terms rather than fall back on a discarded legacy. Otherwise people will just tell you "we've been there and have long since moved on. Get with the times!" And those times would be third generation feminism. No thanks.
Time flows in one direction, that also happens in people's minds. Dead things don't resurrect and nobody likes zombies anyway, but if the new kid in town looks a lot like the old one, that's fine. Just don't give him the same name.
We want to be able to say "we've had feminism and have long since moved on. Get with the times!" That's not going to happen if we wave the banner of an old version of feminism. | It's a pointless discussion. Even if there are similarities, we can't capitalize on them. |
iwantathink | Hey rumplefistbump, that is a great point about there not being handy separators for numbers on the righthand side of the decimal. There's a threat at bitcointalk about this.
tl;dr What do you think of using a semicolon ";"? i.e. 0.001;190;00 or 1,234.567;890;12 | Hey rumplefistbump, that is a great point about there not being handy separators for numbers on the righthand side of the decimal. There's a threat at bitcointalk about this.
tl;dr What do you think of using a semicolon ";"? i.e. 0.001;190;00 or 1,234.567;890;12
| Bitcoin | t5_2s3qj | cde2rl0 | Hey rumplefistbump, that is a great point about there not being handy separators for numbers on the righthand side of the decimal. There's a threat at bitcointalk about this. | What do you think of using a semicolon ";"? i.e. 0.001;190;00 or 1,234.567;890;12 |
thehalfchink | Feed the Beast is hard to play alone. I LOVE playing FTB with friends on a server, because you can see what everyone is doing, how everyone builds differently and you also get a social-interactivity fix. You get to build together, and show off your accomplishments. You cna share resources, and explore together. It makes the experience much more pleasant.
I recently tried to start a new solo world, found the perfect place to build, levelled the earth, then quit.
TL;DR - find a server to play on, or friends to play with. | Feed the Beast is hard to play alone. I LOVE playing FTB with friends on a server, because you can see what everyone is doing, how everyone builds differently and you also get a social-interactivity fix. You get to build together, and show off your accomplishments. You cna share resources, and explore together. It makes the experience much more pleasant.
I recently tried to start a new solo world, found the perfect place to build, levelled the earth, then quit.
TL;DR - find a server to play on, or friends to play with.
| feedthebeast | t5_2v620 | cdegl5e | Feed the Beast is hard to play alone. I LOVE playing FTB with friends on a server, because you can see what everyone is doing, how everyone builds differently and you also get a social-interactivity fix. You get to build together, and show off your accomplishments. You cna share resources, and explore together. It makes the experience much more pleasant.
I recently tried to start a new solo world, found the perfect place to build, levelled the earth, then quit. | find a server to play on, or friends to play with. |
dj_squelch | My 6yo wanted to be a zombie for Halloween. He hasn't seen anything but kiddie zombies (Scooby doo and the like) but he knew "they were green and you could see their bones and had blood and stuff". So since he was adamant that he wanted to be one that was the plan. It was his choice and damnit I was gonna make him the coolest 6yo zombie ever! He changed his mind to vampire at the last minute so it didn't happen in the end, I was almost disappointed.
TLDR: If my kid wants to have fun and dress up like something scary/somewhat gory for Halloween then good on him and screw anybody for trying to keep him down! | My 6yo wanted to be a zombie for Halloween. He hasn't seen anything but kiddie zombies (Scooby doo and the like) but he knew "they were green and you could see their bones and had blood and stuff". So since he was adamant that he wanted to be one that was the plan. It was his choice and damnit I was gonna make him the coolest 6yo zombie ever! He changed his mind to vampire at the last minute so it didn't happen in the end, I was almost disappointed.
TLDR: If my kid wants to have fun and dress up like something scary/somewhat gory for Halloween then good on him and screw anybody for trying to keep him down!
| Parenting | t5_2qhn3 | cdeazw8 | My 6yo wanted to be a zombie for Halloween. He hasn't seen anything but kiddie zombies (Scooby doo and the like) but he knew "they were green and you could see their bones and had blood and stuff". So since he was adamant that he wanted to be one that was the plan. It was his choice and damnit I was gonna make him the coolest 6yo zombie ever! He changed his mind to vampire at the last minute so it didn't happen in the end, I was almost disappointed. | If my kid wants to have fun and dress up like something scary/somewhat gory for Halloween then good on him and screw anybody for trying to keep him down! |
VulvarCancerSucks | I thought the costume was adorable and funny! Now if she were dressed like Julia Roberts from Pretty Woman or a boy was dressed like Channing Tatum from Magic Mike then I would have a problem with it but I still wouldn't slap a parent, just silently judge them.
My daughter likes to eat Nutella on toast and when she does, she frequently gets the "joker" face. The first time it happened I looked at her and said "why so serious?!?" In the growling tone Heath Ledger used. To this day, she will growl "why so serious?!?" When she has a nutella face. I guess your friend thinks we should be slapped. To us, and everyone else who has seen her do it, it is hilarious! She doesn't get the reference, doesn't even know it is the joker. All she knows is that when she does it, she gets a laugh from all the adults around. When she is much older she will understand what we were all laughing about but I don't think it will give her a complex. Maybe I'm wrong and I will end up with an emotionally damaged child, but I don't really think that's the case.
TL:DR your friend is overbearing and self righteous, its a funny joke, get over it. | I thought the costume was adorable and funny! Now if she were dressed like Julia Roberts from Pretty Woman or a boy was dressed like Channing Tatum from Magic Mike then I would have a problem with it but I still wouldn't slap a parent, just silently judge them.
My daughter likes to eat Nutella on toast and when she does, she frequently gets the "joker" face. The first time it happened I looked at her and said "why so serious?!?" In the growling tone Heath Ledger used. To this day, she will growl "why so serious?!?" When she has a nutella face. I guess your friend thinks we should be slapped. To us, and everyone else who has seen her do it, it is hilarious! She doesn't get the reference, doesn't even know it is the joker. All she knows is that when she does it, she gets a laugh from all the adults around. When she is much older she will understand what we were all laughing about but I don't think it will give her a complex. Maybe I'm wrong and I will end up with an emotionally damaged child, but I don't really think that's the case.
TL:DR your friend is overbearing and self righteous, its a funny joke, get over it.
| Parenting | t5_2qhn3 | cderhy6 | I thought the costume was adorable and funny! Now if she were dressed like Julia Roberts from Pretty Woman or a boy was dressed like Channing Tatum from Magic Mike then I would have a problem with it but I still wouldn't slap a parent, just silently judge them.
My daughter likes to eat Nutella on toast and when she does, she frequently gets the "joker" face. The first time it happened I looked at her and said "why so serious?!?" In the growling tone Heath Ledger used. To this day, she will growl "why so serious?!?" When she has a nutella face. I guess your friend thinks we should be slapped. To us, and everyone else who has seen her do it, it is hilarious! She doesn't get the reference, doesn't even know it is the joker. All she knows is that when she does it, she gets a laugh from all the adults around. When she is much older she will understand what we were all laughing about but I don't think it will give her a complex. Maybe I'm wrong and I will end up with an emotionally damaged child, but I don't really think that's the case. | your friend is overbearing and self righteous, its a funny joke, get over it. |
cyberbemon | I'm glad these morons are a minority!! Generally speaking, Indians love when foreigners try our culture and all that.. for eg: [watch this video]( This is Finnair, Finnish Airline, celebrating Indian Independence by doing a surprise bollywood dance on flight.. have a glance at the comments, 99% of them from Indians.. How many of them yell "OMG CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, MAH FEELS, OH VISHNU MAH TRIGGERS!!".. None, because we don't care, we love it...
EDIT: [More cultural appropriation from Finland](
TL;DR: Do what ever the fuck you want!
Source: Irish-Indian!
| I'm glad these morons are a minority!! Generally speaking, Indians love when foreigners try our culture and all that.. for eg: [watch this video]( This is Finnair, Finnish Airline, celebrating Indian Independence by doing a surprise bollywood dance on flight.. have a glance at the comments, 99% of them from Indians.. How many of them yell "OMG CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, MAH FEELS, OH VISHNU MAH TRIGGERS!!".. None, because we don't care, we love it...
EDIT: [More cultural appropriation from Finland](
TL;DR: Do what ever the fuck you want!
Source: Irish-Indian!
| TumblrInAction | t5_2vizz | cdevrif | I'm glad these morons are a minority!! Generally speaking, Indians love when foreigners try our culture and all that.. for eg: [watch this video]( This is Finnair, Finnish Airline, celebrating Indian Independence by doing a surprise bollywood dance on flight.. have a glance at the comments, 99% of them from Indians.. How many of them yell "OMG CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, MAH FEELS, OH VISHNU MAH TRIGGERS!!".. None, because we don't care, we love it...
EDIT: [More cultural appropriation from Finland]( | Do what ever the fuck you want!
Source: Irish-Indian! |
pathein_mathein | He was a genius and one of my intellectual heroes, but like all geniuses and heroes, he had feet of clay.
You have to read *Hitch-22,* if you want to offer an opinion on the man, because it explains so much.
I've learned more in disagreement than I've learned in agreement from others. If there's a critical failing, he bought the Chalabi line - like a lot of people did - but stuck with it, even after it had fallen into disfavor, which is both boon and curse.
I think, if being Reddit-Centric, that there are far too many people who know him for his eloquence in service of atheism, when he (in the aforementioned book) really nails the notion of the Nunminal and that sort of indisputable thing that so much of the Atheistic movement these days is in vehement denial of.
TL;DR: I often don't agree with him, but he's the best sort of opponent. | He was a genius and one of my intellectual heroes, but like all geniuses and heroes, he had feet of clay.
You have to read Hitch-22, if you want to offer an opinion on the man, because it explains so much.
I've learned more in disagreement than I've learned in agreement from others. If there's a critical failing, he bought the Chalabi line - like a lot of people did - but stuck with it, even after it had fallen into disfavor, which is both boon and curse.
I think, if being Reddit-Centric, that there are far too many people who know him for his eloquence in service of atheism, when he (in the aforementioned book) really nails the notion of the Nunminal and that sort of indisputable thing that so much of the Atheistic movement these days is in vehement denial of.
TL;DR: I often don't agree with him, but he's the best sort of opponent.
| badhistory | t5_2wo26 | cdeucd2 | He was a genius and one of my intellectual heroes, but like all geniuses and heroes, he had feet of clay.
You have to read Hitch-22, if you want to offer an opinion on the man, because it explains so much.
I've learned more in disagreement than I've learned in agreement from others. If there's a critical failing, he bought the Chalabi line - like a lot of people did - but stuck with it, even after it had fallen into disfavor, which is both boon and curse.
I think, if being Reddit-Centric, that there are far too many people who know him for his eloquence in service of atheism, when he (in the aforementioned book) really nails the notion of the Nunminal and that sort of indisputable thing that so much of the Atheistic movement these days is in vehement denial of. | I often don't agree with him, but he's the best sort of opponent. |
trogdor5 | When you put it like that, it does sound ridiculous. But what everybody has been saying, for the past two years at least, is that Dwight actually hits his free throws in practice and it's just the mental side of things when he gets in a game. It might sound like bogus, but why are we putting so much blame on him for something that might be subconscious?
Here are a few examples of things that might happen to you that you can't really help:
You have trouble falling asleep a few nights in a row because you're anxious about something. You realize this trend, and start getting nervous about it. Now all of a sudden the anxiety-causing event is gone but you're still thinking about how long it's going to take you to fall asleep instead of just doing it naturally.
Pee shyness. It's really just all in your the person's head - they can pee perfectly fine when they don't think anybody's around. But something that is completely out of their control doesn't allow them to pee when "put on stage"
tl;dr Dwight has the ability to hit free throws. The trend of people expecting him to miss, him overthinking things, and subconscious thoughts don't allow him to perform well. It probably isn't his fault and accusing him of not working on it is unwarranted. | When you put it like that, it does sound ridiculous. But what everybody has been saying, for the past two years at least, is that Dwight actually hits his free throws in practice and it's just the mental side of things when he gets in a game. It might sound like bogus, but why are we putting so much blame on him for something that might be subconscious?
Here are a few examples of things that might happen to you that you can't really help:
You have trouble falling asleep a few nights in a row because you're anxious about something. You realize this trend, and start getting nervous about it. Now all of a sudden the anxiety-causing event is gone but you're still thinking about how long it's going to take you to fall asleep instead of just doing it naturally.
Pee shyness. It's really just all in your the person's head - they can pee perfectly fine when they don't think anybody's around. But something that is completely out of their control doesn't allow them to pee when "put on stage"
tl;dr Dwight has the ability to hit free throws. The trend of people expecting him to miss, him overthinking things, and subconscious thoughts don't allow him to perform well. It probably isn't his fault and accusing him of not working on it is unwarranted.
| nba | t5_2qo4s | cdesz05 | When you put it like that, it does sound ridiculous. But what everybody has been saying, for the past two years at least, is that Dwight actually hits his free throws in practice and it's just the mental side of things when he gets in a game. It might sound like bogus, but why are we putting so much blame on him for something that might be subconscious?
Here are a few examples of things that might happen to you that you can't really help:
You have trouble falling asleep a few nights in a row because you're anxious about something. You realize this trend, and start getting nervous about it. Now all of a sudden the anxiety-causing event is gone but you're still thinking about how long it's going to take you to fall asleep instead of just doing it naturally.
Pee shyness. It's really just all in your the person's head - they can pee perfectly fine when they don't think anybody's around. But something that is completely out of their control doesn't allow them to pee when "put on stage" | Dwight has the ability to hit free throws. The trend of people expecting him to miss, him overthinking things, and subconscious thoughts don't allow him to perform well. It probably isn't his fault and accusing him of not working on it is unwarranted. |
Jmrwacko | I was at the game. The whole stadium cheered each time Lin dunked. And this was the same crowd that started a refs suck chant three times during the 2nd half.
tl;dr New Yorkers are aware that Dolan is a retard for giving up Lin back in 2012. | I was at the game. The whole stadium cheered each time Lin dunked. And this was the same crowd that started a refs suck chant three times during the 2nd half.
tl;dr New Yorkers are aware that Dolan is a retard for giving up Lin back in 2012.
| nba | t5_2qo4s | cderpo9 | I was at the game. The whole stadium cheered each time Lin dunked. And this was the same crowd that started a refs suck chant three times during the 2nd half. | New Yorkers are aware that Dolan is a retard for giving up Lin back in 2012. |
bill_tampa | There is a special place in Heaven for you! My wife, before she developed a chronic illness that limited her ability to do so, took in and adopted out over 100 kittens and about 20 adult cats. She was the prototypical neighborhood "cat lady" to whom everybody turned when a stay cat or litter turned up. She even had a website and ran adverts in the local newspaper for placements. At one time we had 50 cats in our 2400 SF suburban home. Every litter has an un-adoptable runt, and some adult cats that seem to have rehab potential turn out to be too skittish and afraid of people to be adoptable -- so we now have a residual household of 18 cats who are our "forever" un-adoptable herd. (That does not count the 6 or so "stray" cats that I'm feeding every day outdoors on the side of our house, and not even trying to take in due to [me] getting too old to keep up with the work required).
tl;dr -- many thanks, keep up the good work!
| There is a special place in Heaven for you! My wife, before she developed a chronic illness that limited her ability to do so, took in and adopted out over 100 kittens and about 20 adult cats. She was the prototypical neighborhood "cat lady" to whom everybody turned when a stay cat or litter turned up. She even had a website and ran adverts in the local newspaper for placements. At one time we had 50 cats in our 2400 SF suburban home. Every litter has an un-adoptable runt, and some adult cats that seem to have rehab potential turn out to be too skittish and afraid of people to be adoptable -- so we now have a residual household of 18 cats who are our "forever" un-adoptable herd. (That does not count the 6 or so "stray" cats that I'm feeding every day outdoors on the side of our house, and not even trying to take in due to [me] getting too old to keep up with the work required).
tl;dr -- many thanks, keep up the good work!
| cats | t5_2qhta | cdff3zf | There is a special place in Heaven for you! My wife, before she developed a chronic illness that limited her ability to do so, took in and adopted out over 100 kittens and about 20 adult cats. She was the prototypical neighborhood "cat lady" to whom everybody turned when a stay cat or litter turned up. She even had a website and ran adverts in the local newspaper for placements. At one time we had 50 cats in our 2400 SF suburban home. Every litter has an un-adoptable runt, and some adult cats that seem to have rehab potential turn out to be too skittish and afraid of people to be adoptable -- so we now have a residual household of 18 cats who are our "forever" un-adoptable herd. (That does not count the 6 or so "stray" cats that I'm feeding every day outdoors on the side of our house, and not even trying to take in due to [me] getting too old to keep up with the work required). | many thanks, keep up the good work! |
mispronounced | Used to put this on my grindr profile and it helped weed out the guys with potential and the guys without (I'd like to think I had standards even when it came to ons): "not straight acting - I'm not straight nor do I need to act."
Interestingly enough, men who were confident in who they were messaged me and the rest, as they say, is history.
Tl,dr; I really dislike the term "str8-acting" and just put it out there so guys who thought the same would know. Helped a great deal. | Used to put this on my grindr profile and it helped weed out the guys with potential and the guys without (I'd like to think I had standards even when it came to ons): "not straight acting - I'm not straight nor do I need to act."
Interestingly enough, men who were confident in who they were messaged me and the rest, as they say, is history.
Tl,dr; I really dislike the term "str8-acting" and just put it out there so guys who thought the same would know. Helped a great deal.
| gaybros | t5_2tdzg | cdf26xh | Used to put this on my grindr profile and it helped weed out the guys with potential and the guys without (I'd like to think I had standards even when it came to ons): "not straight acting - I'm not straight nor do I need to act."
Interestingly enough, men who were confident in who they were messaged me and the rest, as they say, is history. | I really dislike the term "str8-acting" and just put it out there so guys who thought the same would know. Helped a great deal. |
culady | True story....
When I lived in Gulfport Mississippi I had a friend who lived in an apartment with her husband. One day she came in to work and told me about a dream she had. She was in a field with her husband and saw a man waving at her, trying to get her to go to him. He was near a large lonely tree. Her husband kept telling her not to go and to ignore the man which she did.
She had this dream 3 days in a row.
The creepy part? All during this time the couple noticed a smell in their apartment. They checked everything and couldn't find a source. It kept getting stronger and they called the super who also couldn't find the source.
The super remembered that the ventilation was shared between hers and the upstairs apartment. Super tries to get neighbor to the door with no luck. That's why it went on for three days. Finally the door is forced with the cops there to follow procedure for opening his apartment without his consent.
What they find is the neighbor dead, stabbed so many times the stopped counting after 50 some odd hits.
My friends dream stopped after that. I clearly remember her coming in each day to work talking about the dream before the smell problem.
Why was he killed? He brought a prostitute and her pimp to his apartment on the promise of crack cocaine if she serviced him. He had no drugs and the pair became enraged. They killed him in a frenzy, changed into some of his clothes, jumped out the 2nd story window in back and got away.
This made the news and can be checked. It was in 2002-2005 time frame.
TL;DR. Friends neighbor died in apartment above hers. Wasn't found for days. Meantime friend dreams of strange man beckoning her. | True story....
When I lived in Gulfport Mississippi I had a friend who lived in an apartment with her husband. One day she came in to work and told me about a dream she had. She was in a field with her husband and saw a man waving at her, trying to get her to go to him. He was near a large lonely tree. Her husband kept telling her not to go and to ignore the man which she did.
She had this dream 3 days in a row.
The creepy part? All during this time the couple noticed a smell in their apartment. They checked everything and couldn't find a source. It kept getting stronger and they called the super who also couldn't find the source.
The super remembered that the ventilation was shared between hers and the upstairs apartment. Super tries to get neighbor to the door with no luck. That's why it went on for three days. Finally the door is forced with the cops there to follow procedure for opening his apartment without his consent.
What they find is the neighbor dead, stabbed so many times the stopped counting after 50 some odd hits.
My friends dream stopped after that. I clearly remember her coming in each day to work talking about the dream before the smell problem.
Why was he killed? He brought a prostitute and her pimp to his apartment on the promise of crack cocaine if she serviced him. He had no drugs and the pair became enraged. They killed him in a frenzy, changed into some of his clothes, jumped out the 2nd story window in back and got away.
This made the news and can be checked. It was in 2002-2005 time frame.
TL;DR. Friends neighbor died in apartment above hers. Wasn't found for days. Meantime friend dreams of strange man beckoning her.
| nosleep | t5_2rm4d | cdewp7q | True story....
When I lived in Gulfport Mississippi I had a friend who lived in an apartment with her husband. One day she came in to work and told me about a dream she had. She was in a field with her husband and saw a man waving at her, trying to get her to go to him. He was near a large lonely tree. Her husband kept telling her not to go and to ignore the man which she did.
She had this dream 3 days in a row.
The creepy part? All during this time the couple noticed a smell in their apartment. They checked everything and couldn't find a source. It kept getting stronger and they called the super who also couldn't find the source.
The super remembered that the ventilation was shared between hers and the upstairs apartment. Super tries to get neighbor to the door with no luck. That's why it went on for three days. Finally the door is forced with the cops there to follow procedure for opening his apartment without his consent.
What they find is the neighbor dead, stabbed so many times the stopped counting after 50 some odd hits.
My friends dream stopped after that. I clearly remember her coming in each day to work talking about the dream before the smell problem.
Why was he killed? He brought a prostitute and her pimp to his apartment on the promise of crack cocaine if she serviced him. He had no drugs and the pair became enraged. They killed him in a frenzy, changed into some of his clothes, jumped out the 2nd story window in back and got away.
This made the news and can be checked. It was in 2002-2005 time frame. | Friends neighbor died in apartment above hers. Wasn't found for days. Meantime friend dreams of strange man beckoning her. |
bhayward2000 | It tastes of iron, a little like blood (cause that has iron too). From UK, and it is always in shops. I love it, and it is usually cheaper than Coca-Cola too, so win-win.
TL;DR: Drink Irn Bru. | It tastes of iron, a little like blood (cause that has iron too). From UK, and it is always in shops. I love it, and it is usually cheaper than Coca-Cola too, so win-win.
TL;DR: Drink Irn Bru.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdfeo5u | It tastes of iron, a little like blood (cause that has iron too). From UK, and it is always in shops. I love it, and it is usually cheaper than Coca-Cola too, so win-win. | Drink Irn Bru. |
J-squire | Ok. So here's the worst one of them I think. Sadly it's not the last one because we still hung out for a couple weeks after this.
I have this longtime platonic friend. Anyone who knows us knows that there is nothing at all going on romantically. This friend was at the time engaged to a horrible horrible girl. I hated this girl, everyone did. I was just the most vocal.
One night we were hanging out with 2 of my friends and we were at a diner after a night of drinking and I got up to go to the bathroom. I came back, and he immediately got up to go too. I sat down and my friends said as soon as I walked away he started grilling them about me being in love with my friend. Their only response to him was, "No, she's not, but we definitely are not comfortable with you asking us these questions about her." I felt so terrible. We had all ridden together, and after we left they dropped me and him off at my apartment.
We got out of the car, and I asked him why he would do that. We started arguing and I asked him to keep his voice down until we got inside. He was screaming at me in the elevator and all down the halls and I was begging him to shut up cause it was the middle of the night and I never wanted to be "that girl".
First he completely admitted that he did it and I was his girlfriend and he had the right. After a bit of arguing he tried to say that he didn't say it. I reminded him of how he admitted it, and he said that he did say it, but they took it out of context. I reminded him again of what he had already said, and he changed it to "Well, I did, but it's ok because they completely put my fears to rest." Somehow them changing the subject and refusing to say anything made him believe I didn't have feelings for this guy.
So by now it's early morning and I'm so angry and I just really hate this guy. He didn't have a car (he lived in the city and didn't need one, I lived just outside in the burbs), so I had to drive his ass home. I was completely sober by this point, he was still a hot mess.
We are in the car and we're screaming at each other. Like we've been resenting each other for years level. And finally I just say, "It doesn't matter, I'm done. We aren't dating. As soon as you get out of my car, we never have to deal with this again. There's no reason to fight for 4 hours when in another 15 minutes, we can just be strangers again." He got really quiet and said, "If that's true, I don't know what I will do. I will hurt myself." And I just very calmly said, "Only you are responsible for your actions. I can only control what I do." To which he quickly changed his tune and said he would never hurt himself. By now we are outside his building (same address as me for those keeping track at home) and he won't get out of the car. He's just sitting there holding his stupid bathrobe and all the other crap he had "left behind" at my place refusing to get out of the car. He's begging me to come inside and I was just so tired. I finally convinced him by promising we could talk the next day. He got out of the car, went to close the door, and threw something back in the car. I don't remember what it was. Concert tickets or something. He had bought it and I told him I wasn't going to go with him anymore, but he wouldn't take the tickets back. He said I could give them back next time I saw him and I wanted to be like, "THIS IS THE LAST TIME EVER" but I didn't want him getting back in the car.
Sooooo. The next day he calls, terribly upset, and basically blamed the entire mess on his inability to mix pot and alcohol. Offered to apologize to my friends, promised never to smoke pot around me. And like an idiot, I rationalized it away. I rationalized all this shit away. And now I'm repeating all the stories and remembering how this all happened in the span of 2 months and it's nuts. When we did break up (about 2 weeks after this), telling the stories all in a row was so embarrassing. Now I'm in a really good relationship with a stable guy and it's funny.
TL;DR Guy freaks out, tries every tactic to make it work, lasted another 2 weeks. | Ok. So here's the worst one of them I think. Sadly it's not the last one because we still hung out for a couple weeks after this.
I have this longtime platonic friend. Anyone who knows us knows that there is nothing at all going on romantically. This friend was at the time engaged to a horrible horrible girl. I hated this girl, everyone did. I was just the most vocal.
One night we were hanging out with 2 of my friends and we were at a diner after a night of drinking and I got up to go to the bathroom. I came back, and he immediately got up to go too. I sat down and my friends said as soon as I walked away he started grilling them about me being in love with my friend. Their only response to him was, "No, she's not, but we definitely are not comfortable with you asking us these questions about her." I felt so terrible. We had all ridden together, and after we left they dropped me and him off at my apartment.
We got out of the car, and I asked him why he would do that. We started arguing and I asked him to keep his voice down until we got inside. He was screaming at me in the elevator and all down the halls and I was begging him to shut up cause it was the middle of the night and I never wanted to be "that girl".
First he completely admitted that he did it and I was his girlfriend and he had the right. After a bit of arguing he tried to say that he didn't say it. I reminded him of how he admitted it, and he said that he did say it, but they took it out of context. I reminded him again of what he had already said, and he changed it to "Well, I did, but it's ok because they completely put my fears to rest." Somehow them changing the subject and refusing to say anything made him believe I didn't have feelings for this guy.
So by now it's early morning and I'm so angry and I just really hate this guy. He didn't have a car (he lived in the city and didn't need one, I lived just outside in the burbs), so I had to drive his ass home. I was completely sober by this point, he was still a hot mess.
We are in the car and we're screaming at each other. Like we've been resenting each other for years level. And finally I just say, "It doesn't matter, I'm done. We aren't dating. As soon as you get out of my car, we never have to deal with this again. There's no reason to fight for 4 hours when in another 15 minutes, we can just be strangers again." He got really quiet and said, "If that's true, I don't know what I will do. I will hurt myself." And I just very calmly said, "Only you are responsible for your actions. I can only control what I do." To which he quickly changed his tune and said he would never hurt himself. By now we are outside his building (same address as me for those keeping track at home) and he won't get out of the car. He's just sitting there holding his stupid bathrobe and all the other crap he had "left behind" at my place refusing to get out of the car. He's begging me to come inside and I was just so tired. I finally convinced him by promising we could talk the next day. He got out of the car, went to close the door, and threw something back in the car. I don't remember what it was. Concert tickets or something. He had bought it and I told him I wasn't going to go with him anymore, but he wouldn't take the tickets back. He said I could give them back next time I saw him and I wanted to be like, "THIS IS THE LAST TIME EVER" but I didn't want him getting back in the car.
Sooooo. The next day he calls, terribly upset, and basically blamed the entire mess on his inability to mix pot and alcohol. Offered to apologize to my friends, promised never to smoke pot around me. And like an idiot, I rationalized it away. I rationalized all this shit away. And now I'm repeating all the stories and remembering how this all happened in the span of 2 months and it's nuts. When we did break up (about 2 weeks after this), telling the stories all in a row was so embarrassing. Now I'm in a really good relationship with a stable guy and it's funny.
TL;DR Guy freaks out, tries every tactic to make it work, lasted another 2 weeks.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdfjilb | Ok. So here's the worst one of them I think. Sadly it's not the last one because we still hung out for a couple weeks after this.
I have this longtime platonic friend. Anyone who knows us knows that there is nothing at all going on romantically. This friend was at the time engaged to a horrible horrible girl. I hated this girl, everyone did. I was just the most vocal.
One night we were hanging out with 2 of my friends and we were at a diner after a night of drinking and I got up to go to the bathroom. I came back, and he immediately got up to go too. I sat down and my friends said as soon as I walked away he started grilling them about me being in love with my friend. Their only response to him was, "No, she's not, but we definitely are not comfortable with you asking us these questions about her." I felt so terrible. We had all ridden together, and after we left they dropped me and him off at my apartment.
We got out of the car, and I asked him why he would do that. We started arguing and I asked him to keep his voice down until we got inside. He was screaming at me in the elevator and all down the halls and I was begging him to shut up cause it was the middle of the night and I never wanted to be "that girl".
First he completely admitted that he did it and I was his girlfriend and he had the right. After a bit of arguing he tried to say that he didn't say it. I reminded him of how he admitted it, and he said that he did say it, but they took it out of context. I reminded him again of what he had already said, and he changed it to "Well, I did, but it's ok because they completely put my fears to rest." Somehow them changing the subject and refusing to say anything made him believe I didn't have feelings for this guy.
So by now it's early morning and I'm so angry and I just really hate this guy. He didn't have a car (he lived in the city and didn't need one, I lived just outside in the burbs), so I had to drive his ass home. I was completely sober by this point, he was still a hot mess.
We are in the car and we're screaming at each other. Like we've been resenting each other for years level. And finally I just say, "It doesn't matter, I'm done. We aren't dating. As soon as you get out of my car, we never have to deal with this again. There's no reason to fight for 4 hours when in another 15 minutes, we can just be strangers again." He got really quiet and said, "If that's true, I don't know what I will do. I will hurt myself." And I just very calmly said, "Only you are responsible for your actions. I can only control what I do." To which he quickly changed his tune and said he would never hurt himself. By now we are outside his building (same address as me for those keeping track at home) and he won't get out of the car. He's just sitting there holding his stupid bathrobe and all the other crap he had "left behind" at my place refusing to get out of the car. He's begging me to come inside and I was just so tired. I finally convinced him by promising we could talk the next day. He got out of the car, went to close the door, and threw something back in the car. I don't remember what it was. Concert tickets or something. He had bought it and I told him I wasn't going to go with him anymore, but he wouldn't take the tickets back. He said I could give them back next time I saw him and I wanted to be like, "THIS IS THE LAST TIME EVER" but I didn't want him getting back in the car.
Sooooo. The next day he calls, terribly upset, and basically blamed the entire mess on his inability to mix pot and alcohol. Offered to apologize to my friends, promised never to smoke pot around me. And like an idiot, I rationalized it away. I rationalized all this shit away. And now I'm repeating all the stories and remembering how this all happened in the span of 2 months and it's nuts. When we did break up (about 2 weeks after this), telling the stories all in a row was so embarrassing. Now I'm in a really good relationship with a stable guy and it's funny. | Guy freaks out, tries every tactic to make it work, lasted another 2 weeks. |
franckhimself | I would say that in my experience it's an exception. As a finance guy I work mostly with models I can rely upon even though they are not 100% accurate.
Therefore, yes it is true that some people can function without speaking English but most where I come from will not go very far. Also, I used English, but if you're bilingual, even without English, to me it shows pretty much the same, which is a good thing. I was mostly refering to people speaking only one language in Quebec.
I also tend to be more fascinated by Germanic cultures. So yes, I do know people who speak Spanish to go to Cuba and who don't speak English, but again their interests are not really in line with mine, as I'm more into speaking English and German.
Tl;dr Yes there are exceptions, and yes there are people who speak multiple languages without English, but mostly what I said works for me in my experience. Also, Northern Europe ftw! | I would say that in my experience it's an exception. As a finance guy I work mostly with models I can rely upon even though they are not 100% accurate.
Therefore, yes it is true that some people can function without speaking English but most where I come from will not go very far. Also, I used English, but if you're bilingual, even without English, to me it shows pretty much the same, which is a good thing. I was mostly refering to people speaking only one language in Quebec.
I also tend to be more fascinated by Germanic cultures. So yes, I do know people who speak Spanish to go to Cuba and who don't speak English, but again their interests are not really in line with mine, as I'm more into speaking English and German.
Tl;dr Yes there are exceptions, and yes there are people who speak multiple languages without English, but mostly what I said works for me in my experience. Also, Northern Europe ftw!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdftm9o | I would say that in my experience it's an exception. As a finance guy I work mostly with models I can rely upon even though they are not 100% accurate.
Therefore, yes it is true that some people can function without speaking English but most where I come from will not go very far. Also, I used English, but if you're bilingual, even without English, to me it shows pretty much the same, which is a good thing. I was mostly refering to people speaking only one language in Quebec.
I also tend to be more fascinated by Germanic cultures. So yes, I do know people who speak Spanish to go to Cuba and who don't speak English, but again their interests are not really in line with mine, as I'm more into speaking English and German. | Yes there are exceptions, and yes there are people who speak multiple languages without English, but mostly what I said works for me in my experience. Also, Northern Europe ftw! |
arniegrape | It's not that the printer is using a VGA port, it's that VGA happens to commonly use a DB-15HD connector (the HD stands for "high density"), which is a member of the [D-subminiature family of connectors]( Although VGA is by far the most common application for the DB-15HD connector (at least on consumer electronics), it's not the only application.
Side note: VGA doesn't necessarily always use a DB-15HD connector. On Macs from the '90s, they used a DB-15 connector, which is wider and has only two rows of pins. And required an easily lost adapter to connect to a non-Apple brand monitor.
TL;DR: VGA uses a standard DB-15HD connector, which can be and is used for other applications. | It's not that the printer is using a VGA port, it's that VGA happens to commonly use a DB-15HD connector (the HD stands for "high density"), which is a member of the D-subminiature family of connectors , it's not the only application.
Side note: VGA doesn't necessarily always use a DB-15HD connector. On Macs from the '90s, they used a DB-15 connector, which is wider and has only two rows of pins. And required an easily lost adapter to connect to a non-Apple brand monitor.
TL;DR: VGA uses a standard DB-15HD connector, which can be and is used for other applications.
| NoStupidQuestions | t5_2w844 | cdfc28a | It's not that the printer is using a VGA port, it's that VGA happens to commonly use a DB-15HD connector (the HD stands for "high density"), which is a member of the D-subminiature family of connectors , it's not the only application.
Side note: VGA doesn't necessarily always use a DB-15HD connector. On Macs from the '90s, they used a DB-15 connector, which is wider and has only two rows of pins. And required an easily lost adapter to connect to a non-Apple brand monitor. | VGA uses a standard DB-15HD connector, which can be and is used for other applications. |
CelebornX | Or MAYBE no one knows the dude or his dad or their family dynamic and everyone is just inventing characters and arguing for them.
tl;dr Shut the fuck up everyone. | Or MAYBE no one knows the dude or his dad or their family dynamic and everyone is just inventing characters and arguing for them.
tl;dr Shut the fuck up everyone.
| facepalm | t5_2r5rp | cdfi2qw | Or MAYBE no one knows the dude or his dad or their family dynamic and everyone is just inventing characters and arguing for them. | Shut the fuck up everyone. |
Xcalibershard | >Why drive at all?
To get from A - B quicker than normal?
To avoid the use of public transport?
Convenience?
It's your job?
Physically impaired to walk?
Because you enjoy driving?
The list goes on
Yes you're right, some people should never drive sober, but two wrongs don't make a right.
Yes, it's not heinous to drive under influence but you are making yourself less able than normal... why? What benefit is there? When doing things that risk lives, why would you ever, ever, not take every precaution you can to ensure you don't manage to kill others or yourself?
TL;DR: You would't drop acid and go hunting... | >Why drive at all?
To get from A - B quicker than normal?
To avoid the use of public transport?
Convenience?
It's your job?
Physically impaired to walk?
Because you enjoy driving?
The list goes on
Yes you're right, some people should never drive sober, but two wrongs don't make a right.
Yes, it's not heinous to drive under influence but you are making yourself less able than normal... why? What benefit is there? When doing things that risk lives, why would you ever, ever, not take every precaution you can to ensure you don't manage to kill others or yourself?
TL;DR: You would't drop acid and go hunting...
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdfrl80 | Why drive at all?
To get from A - B quicker than normal?
To avoid the use of public transport?
Convenience?
It's your job?
Physically impaired to walk?
Because you enjoy driving?
The list goes on
Yes you're right, some people should never drive sober, but two wrongs don't make a right.
Yes, it's not heinous to drive under influence but you are making yourself less able than normal... why? What benefit is there? When doing things that risk lives, why would you ever, ever, not take every precaution you can to ensure you don't manage to kill others or yourself? | You would't drop acid and go hunting... |
Johny_P | I agree so much with your statement.
I was walking to the bus one day and was crossing a small intersection when this little pickup truck stopped right in the middle of his left turn. I thought he was going to ask me for directions or something, but he started rambling to me about this pizza place a few blocks away and that if I ever needed to take a date anywhere that it was a great place to do that, and it's never very busy because of the location, but I shouldn't get the pasta, just the pizza. I ended up having to just walk away because he wouldn't stop talking and I was going to be late for work. This experience really scared me because I hadn't really thought about the fact that people who were obviously mentally unstable would be able to get their driver's license. Or that the people doing the driving tests would overlook someones mental instability and allow them to have a license.
**TL;DR:** People who are mentally unstable with driver's licenses scare me. | I agree so much with your statement.
I was walking to the bus one day and was crossing a small intersection when this little pickup truck stopped right in the middle of his left turn. I thought he was going to ask me for directions or something, but he started rambling to me about this pizza place a few blocks away and that if I ever needed to take a date anywhere that it was a great place to do that, and it's never very busy because of the location, but I shouldn't get the pasta, just the pizza. I ended up having to just walk away because he wouldn't stop talking and I was going to be late for work. This experience really scared me because I hadn't really thought about the fact that people who were obviously mentally unstable would be able to get their driver's license. Or that the people doing the driving tests would overlook someones mental instability and allow them to have a license.
TL;DR: People who are mentally unstable with driver's licenses scare me.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdfro1n | I agree so much with your statement.
I was walking to the bus one day and was crossing a small intersection when this little pickup truck stopped right in the middle of his left turn. I thought he was going to ask me for directions or something, but he started rambling to me about this pizza place a few blocks away and that if I ever needed to take a date anywhere that it was a great place to do that, and it's never very busy because of the location, but I shouldn't get the pasta, just the pizza. I ended up having to just walk away because he wouldn't stop talking and I was going to be late for work. This experience really scared me because I hadn't really thought about the fact that people who were obviously mentally unstable would be able to get their driver's license. Or that the people doing the driving tests would overlook someones mental instability and allow them to have a license. | People who are mentally unstable with driver's licenses scare me. |
DougDante | It essentially continues the pattern and practice of undermining the federal laws surrounding Title IV-D parenting time enforcement, which is fair, because bureaucrats within the HHS have done everything in their power to undermine that law and make its effects null and void.
IIRC its in the OCSE:
> The Office of Child Support Enforcement, serving a quarter of all children and half of all poor children, helps parents improve their ability to support their children and encourages fathers and mothers to cooperate with each other and be involved in their children’s lives. Across the county, child support programs are finding innovative ways to engage fathers in the lives of their children, to increase non-custodial parent employment, to improve family relationships, and to address family violence prevention.
[from fatherhood.gov](
What about:
US CODE TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 7 > SUBCHAPTER IV > Part D > § 669b.Grants to States for access and visitation programs
[here](
and referenced [here](
IMHO they appear to be intentionally undermining the rule of law and harming innocent children and fathers by undermining those programs at every conceivable step.
By claiming that such violations of federal law are in " the best interests of the child" they are also denying the settled science that fathers benefit children. (See the FAQ)
(Inspectors General also appear to intentionally violate federal law by not auditing those programs despite repeated requests)
TLDR: The law says the government is supposed to help dads see their kids when dads and moms are separated. The DHS and other agencies don't like the law, so they appear to pretend it doesn't exist. Dads can't see kids. Kids and dads suffer.
| It essentially continues the pattern and practice of undermining the federal laws surrounding Title IV-D parenting time enforcement, which is fair, because bureaucrats within the HHS have done everything in their power to undermine that law and make its effects null and void.
IIRC its in the OCSE:
> The Office of Child Support Enforcement, serving a quarter of all children and half of all poor children, helps parents improve their ability to support their children and encourages fathers and mothers to cooperate with each other and be involved in their children’s lives. Across the county, child support programs are finding innovative ways to engage fathers in the lives of their children, to increase non-custodial parent employment, to improve family relationships, and to address family violence prevention.
[from fatherhood.gov](
What about:
US CODE TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 7 > SUBCHAPTER IV > Part D > § 669b.Grants to States for access and visitation programs
[here](
and referenced [here](
IMHO they appear to be intentionally undermining the rule of law and harming innocent children and fathers by undermining those programs at every conceivable step.
By claiming that such violations of federal law are in " the best interests of the child" they are also denying the settled science that fathers benefit children. (See the FAQ)
(Inspectors General also appear to intentionally violate federal law by not auditing those programs despite repeated requests)
TLDR: The law says the government is supposed to help dads see their kids when dads and moms are separated. The DHS and other agencies don't like the law, so they appear to pretend it doesn't exist. Dads can't see kids. Kids and dads suffer.
| MensRights | t5_2qhk3 | cdfnb6d | It essentially continues the pattern and practice of undermining the federal laws surrounding Title IV-D parenting time enforcement, which is fair, because bureaucrats within the HHS have done everything in their power to undermine that law and make its effects null and void.
IIRC its in the OCSE:
> The Office of Child Support Enforcement, serving a quarter of all children and half of all poor children, helps parents improve their ability to support their children and encourages fathers and mothers to cooperate with each other and be involved in their children’s lives. Across the county, child support programs are finding innovative ways to engage fathers in the lives of their children, to increase non-custodial parent employment, to improve family relationships, and to address family violence prevention.
[from fatherhood.gov](
What about:
US CODE TITLE 42 > CHAPTER 7 > SUBCHAPTER IV > Part D > § 669b.Grants to States for access and visitation programs
[here](
and referenced [here](
IMHO they appear to be intentionally undermining the rule of law and harming innocent children and fathers by undermining those programs at every conceivable step.
By claiming that such violations of federal law are in " the best interests of the child" they are also denying the settled science that fathers benefit children. (See the FAQ)
(Inspectors General also appear to intentionally violate federal law by not auditing those programs despite repeated requests) | The law says the government is supposed to help dads see their kids when dads and moms are separated. The DHS and other agencies don't like the law, so they appear to pretend it doesn't exist. Dads can't see kids. Kids and dads suffer. |
jjssjj71 | I was on the subway pretty late at night when a visibly drunk guy gets on. After a few minutes, he suddenly sits up straight as a ramrod. I fully expect him to spew everywhere, instead he stands up and takes off his backpack. At this point, he looks like he's gonna do everyone a favor and puke into his backpack. Instead, he procures a clear Ziploc bag. He proceeds to calmly vomit into the bag. After he's finished, he zips up the bag and puts it back into his backpack. He sits back and pretends like nothing happened.
TL:DR Guy pukes into a Ziploc bag, keeps it in his backpack. | I was on the subway pretty late at night when a visibly drunk guy gets on. After a few minutes, he suddenly sits up straight as a ramrod. I fully expect him to spew everywhere, instead he stands up and takes off his backpack. At this point, he looks like he's gonna do everyone a favor and puke into his backpack. Instead, he procures a clear Ziploc bag. He proceeds to calmly vomit into the bag. After he's finished, he zips up the bag and puts it back into his backpack. He sits back and pretends like nothing happened.
TL:DR Guy pukes into a Ziploc bag, keeps it in his backpack.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdfpud9 | I was on the subway pretty late at night when a visibly drunk guy gets on. After a few minutes, he suddenly sits up straight as a ramrod. I fully expect him to spew everywhere, instead he stands up and takes off his backpack. At this point, he looks like he's gonna do everyone a favor and puke into his backpack. Instead, he procures a clear Ziploc bag. He proceeds to calmly vomit into the bag. After he's finished, he zips up the bag and puts it back into his backpack. He sits back and pretends like nothing happened. | Guy pukes into a Ziploc bag, keeps it in his backpack. |
85_squats | I'll agree to disagree.
Just think about it this way; Mentally handicapped programs are good, but not all mentally handicapped people will get anything good from them. Because not all mentally handicapped people have the same handicap, they are all different, and unique in the way that they learn.
This is the same as any other situation with any other group of people. Every person is different, no program can honestly absolutely cover every single person, but the fact that the program exists is a good thing.
TL;DR it's better to offer education to those who can learn, than to not offer it just because there might be some in the group who cannot learn. | I'll agree to disagree.
Just think about it this way; Mentally handicapped programs are good, but not all mentally handicapped people will get anything good from them. Because not all mentally handicapped people have the same handicap, they are all different, and unique in the way that they learn.
This is the same as any other situation with any other group of people. Every person is different, no program can honestly absolutely cover every single person, but the fact that the program exists is a good thing.
TL;DR it's better to offer education to those who can learn, than to not offer it just because there might be some in the group who cannot learn.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdg1rqb | I'll agree to disagree.
Just think about it this way; Mentally handicapped programs are good, but not all mentally handicapped people will get anything good from them. Because not all mentally handicapped people have the same handicap, they are all different, and unique in the way that they learn.
This is the same as any other situation with any other group of people. Every person is different, no program can honestly absolutely cover every single person, but the fact that the program exists is a good thing. | it's better to offer education to those who can learn, than to not offer it just because there might be some in the group who cannot learn. |
the_real_jones | generally speaking if a teacher is dealing with children who are that severely handicapped they are specially trained this generally includes at minimum basic first aid but often the training goes further. Generally these aren't normal teachers in classrooms with these types of students (that only happens at severely underfunded districts which brings a whole new set of problems) these are teachers who've chosen to go into this niche field of special education....
To me the revision sounds like we need nurses looking after these not teachers... but when you consider specialized training these teachers get and that generally this is their chosen field you start to get into a game of semantics. If someone can perform the basic functions of a nurse and teacher (bear in mind teaching in these cases usually has more to do with helping develop coping mechanisms and learning how to communicate on any basic level) what does it matter if I call them a teacher? I don't think you sound cold-hearted, I just think you haven't really thought the issue through... unless you're voting to just kill or neglect handicapped people which in that case you can go fuck yourself, but I don't think that's the argument you're making.
My point about all the other issues is not that this is the place to discuss them, but that they all should be dealt with before the issue brought up can be thoroughly examined. So what makes a productive member of society? someone who works at a factory? is productivity in society based on a paycheck? what is productivity in society based on? if we are going to determine that then we should consider the function of society. what is the function of society? is it to consume? to produce goods? help people?
My point being how can you measure any individual as a "productive member of society" without understanding what productivity in society is and you can't begin to understand the answer to that question without understanding what the function of society is.
All of this and we haven't touched on measuring the value of a person which is at the root what this post is about...
tl;dr: Life isn't as simple as we would like and easy answers to complex issues often overlook a plethora of other problems. | generally speaking if a teacher is dealing with children who are that severely handicapped they are specially trained this generally includes at minimum basic first aid but often the training goes further. Generally these aren't normal teachers in classrooms with these types of students (that only happens at severely underfunded districts which brings a whole new set of problems) these are teachers who've chosen to go into this niche field of special education....
To me the revision sounds like we need nurses looking after these not teachers... but when you consider specialized training these teachers get and that generally this is their chosen field you start to get into a game of semantics. If someone can perform the basic functions of a nurse and teacher (bear in mind teaching in these cases usually has more to do with helping develop coping mechanisms and learning how to communicate on any basic level) what does it matter if I call them a teacher? I don't think you sound cold-hearted, I just think you haven't really thought the issue through... unless you're voting to just kill or neglect handicapped people which in that case you can go fuck yourself, but I don't think that's the argument you're making.
My point about all the other issues is not that this is the place to discuss them, but that they all should be dealt with before the issue brought up can be thoroughly examined. So what makes a productive member of society? someone who works at a factory? is productivity in society based on a paycheck? what is productivity in society based on? if we are going to determine that then we should consider the function of society. what is the function of society? is it to consume? to produce goods? help people?
My point being how can you measure any individual as a "productive member of society" without understanding what productivity in society is and you can't begin to understand the answer to that question without understanding what the function of society is.
All of this and we haven't touched on measuring the value of a person which is at the root what this post is about...
tl;dr: Life isn't as simple as we would like and easy answers to complex issues often overlook a plethora of other problems.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdg6erz | generally speaking if a teacher is dealing with children who are that severely handicapped they are specially trained this generally includes at minimum basic first aid but often the training goes further. Generally these aren't normal teachers in classrooms with these types of students (that only happens at severely underfunded districts which brings a whole new set of problems) these are teachers who've chosen to go into this niche field of special education....
To me the revision sounds like we need nurses looking after these not teachers... but when you consider specialized training these teachers get and that generally this is their chosen field you start to get into a game of semantics. If someone can perform the basic functions of a nurse and teacher (bear in mind teaching in these cases usually has more to do with helping develop coping mechanisms and learning how to communicate on any basic level) what does it matter if I call them a teacher? I don't think you sound cold-hearted, I just think you haven't really thought the issue through... unless you're voting to just kill or neglect handicapped people which in that case you can go fuck yourself, but I don't think that's the argument you're making.
My point about all the other issues is not that this is the place to discuss them, but that they all should be dealt with before the issue brought up can be thoroughly examined. So what makes a productive member of society? someone who works at a factory? is productivity in society based on a paycheck? what is productivity in society based on? if we are going to determine that then we should consider the function of society. what is the function of society? is it to consume? to produce goods? help people?
My point being how can you measure any individual as a "productive member of society" without understanding what productivity in society is and you can't begin to understand the answer to that question without understanding what the function of society is.
All of this and we haven't touched on measuring the value of a person which is at the root what this post is about... | Life isn't as simple as we would like and easy answers to complex issues often overlook a plethora of other problems. |
Jazz_Rabbit | I'm really astonished how out of place the phrase 'contributing to society' gets used. Contribution to society is an obligation that should be fulfilled according to one's wealth and abilities and is in no way a measurement of 'goodness' of a person.
It's not like you are contributing more to society just because you have more money or do more voluntary work. Everyone is obligated to do his share. You're doing more? Enjoy your karma, have my thanks and my admiration. What you're doing is a gift to society, and I wish there'd be more people like you.
You're doing more and feel entitled because of it? Suddenly, that's a bit like 'I gave you that nice necklace for christmas, so you have to blow me' in my ears. Know what? Blow yourself, then. Gifts are a sign of appreciation, not a way to buy friends.
**TL;DR:** 'Contributing to society' is not a dick waving contest.
P.S.: By the way, education is a basic human right. So, everyone's entitled to it. 'Nuff said.
| I'm really astonished how out of place the phrase 'contributing to society' gets used. Contribution to society is an obligation that should be fulfilled according to one's wealth and abilities and is in no way a measurement of 'goodness' of a person.
It's not like you are contributing more to society just because you have more money or do more voluntary work. Everyone is obligated to do his share. You're doing more? Enjoy your karma, have my thanks and my admiration. What you're doing is a gift to society, and I wish there'd be more people like you.
You're doing more and feel entitled because of it? Suddenly, that's a bit like 'I gave you that nice necklace for christmas, so you have to blow me' in my ears. Know what? Blow yourself, then. Gifts are a sign of appreciation, not a way to buy friends.
TL;DR: 'Contributing to society' is not a dick waving contest.
P.S.: By the way, education is a basic human right. So, everyone's entitled to it. 'Nuff said.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdfyh3h | I'm really astonished how out of place the phrase 'contributing to society' gets used. Contribution to society is an obligation that should be fulfilled according to one's wealth and abilities and is in no way a measurement of 'goodness' of a person.
It's not like you are contributing more to society just because you have more money or do more voluntary work. Everyone is obligated to do his share. You're doing more? Enjoy your karma, have my thanks and my admiration. What you're doing is a gift to society, and I wish there'd be more people like you.
You're doing more and feel entitled because of it? Suddenly, that's a bit like 'I gave you that nice necklace for christmas, so you have to blow me' in my ears. Know what? Blow yourself, then. Gifts are a sign of appreciation, not a way to buy friends. | Contributing to society' is not a dick waving contest.
P.S.: By the way, education is a basic human right. So, everyone's entitled to it. 'Nuff said. |
Heliyum | Close. "If you find a man seeking only the affection of those who are great, depend upon it he is ambitious and self-seeking; but when you observe that a man seeks the affection of those who can do nothing for him, but for whom he must do everything, you know that he is not seeking himself, but that pure benevolence sways his heart."
- Charles Spurgeon
TL;DR version “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”—Malcolm S. Forbes.
Using the term "inferiors" is a bit too loaded and imprecise to be used effectively here. | Close. "If you find a man seeking only the affection of those who are great, depend upon it he is ambitious and self-seeking; but when you observe that a man seeks the affection of those who can do nothing for him, but for whom he must do everything, you know that he is not seeking himself, but that pure benevolence sways his heart."
Charles Spurgeon
TL;DR version “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”—Malcolm S. Forbes.
Using the term "inferiors" is a bit too loaded and imprecise to be used effectively here.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdg4lz1 | Close. "If you find a man seeking only the affection of those who are great, depend upon it he is ambitious and self-seeking; but when you observe that a man seeks the affection of those who can do nothing for him, but for whom he must do everything, you know that he is not seeking himself, but that pure benevolence sways his heart."
Charles Spurgeon | version “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”—Malcolm S. Forbes.
Using the term "inferiors" is a bit too loaded and imprecise to be used effectively here. |
irrigger | Alright, I'll post my happy story. Not really just a today thing, but the last few months kind of thing.
My super unfaithful wife of 8 years had finally pushed me to the limit and we split. She moved into her own apartment, I became the home parent for our three kids and began a journey to turn my life around.
I lost 40lbs and have put on some decent muscle (thanks to /r/Fitness), started dressing much nicer (thanks to /r/malefashionadvice), started taking my kids out more and being much more active with them, and also started breaking out of my shell and talking to women.
This led to me taking out a colleague of mine and so far it has been incredible! She's super fun to be around, incredibly beautiful, awesome in bed, and the best part is she actually wants me. May sound odd, but It's almost like I've never really known that feeling.
I got married right out of highschool to the first girl I ever kissed, she cheated on me our whole marriage and was never really that into me.
It's been the best thing, feeling wanted. I'm going over to her place tomorrow night and I already know it's going to be awesome!
tl;dr
Left a bad relationship, improved myself on all fronts, began dating a beautiful colleague, I've not been this happy since I can't remember.
*edit a comma and a word. | Alright, I'll post my happy story. Not really just a today thing, but the last few months kind of thing.
My super unfaithful wife of 8 years had finally pushed me to the limit and we split. She moved into her own apartment, I became the home parent for our three kids and began a journey to turn my life around.
I lost 40lbs and have put on some decent muscle (thanks to /r/Fitness), started dressing much nicer (thanks to /r/malefashionadvice), started taking my kids out more and being much more active with them, and also started breaking out of my shell and talking to women.
This led to me taking out a colleague of mine and so far it has been incredible! She's super fun to be around, incredibly beautiful, awesome in bed, and the best part is she actually wants me. May sound odd, but It's almost like I've never really known that feeling.
I got married right out of highschool to the first girl I ever kissed, she cheated on me our whole marriage and was never really that into me.
It's been the best thing, feeling wanted. I'm going over to her place tomorrow night and I already know it's going to be awesome!
tl;dr
Left a bad relationship, improved myself on all fronts, began dating a beautiful colleague, I've not been this happy since I can't remember.
*edit a comma and a word.
| AskMen | t5_2s30g | cdfytop | Alright, I'll post my happy story. Not really just a today thing, but the last few months kind of thing.
My super unfaithful wife of 8 years had finally pushed me to the limit and we split. She moved into her own apartment, I became the home parent for our three kids and began a journey to turn my life around.
I lost 40lbs and have put on some decent muscle (thanks to /r/Fitness), started dressing much nicer (thanks to /r/malefashionadvice), started taking my kids out more and being much more active with them, and also started breaking out of my shell and talking to women.
This led to me taking out a colleague of mine and so far it has been incredible! She's super fun to be around, incredibly beautiful, awesome in bed, and the best part is she actually wants me. May sound odd, but It's almost like I've never really known that feeling.
I got married right out of highschool to the first girl I ever kissed, she cheated on me our whole marriage and was never really that into me.
It's been the best thing, feeling wanted. I'm going over to her place tomorrow night and I already know it's going to be awesome! | Left a bad relationship, improved myself on all fronts, began dating a beautiful colleague, I've not been this happy since I can't remember.
*edit a comma and a word. |
-o0_0o- | Isabelle Stengers: "Commitment to an experimentation capable of freeing the question of nature from its habitual formulations associated with our specialized branches of knowledge...presupposes a trust that needs neither guarantee nor foundation. On the contrary, it conveys a difference between two modes of 'trusting': the implicit one presupposed by our certainties and habits, and the riskier one, which exposes the thinker to adventure."
TL;DR: Think outside the box, but all you know *is* the box! | Isabelle Stengers: "Commitment to an experimentation capable of freeing the question of nature from its habitual formulations associated with our specialized branches of knowledge...presupposes a trust that needs neither guarantee nor foundation. On the contrary, it conveys a difference between two modes of 'trusting': the implicit one presupposed by our certainties and habits, and the riskier one, which exposes the thinker to adventure."
TL;DR: Think outside the box, but all you know is the box!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdg3gxq | Isabelle Stengers: "Commitment to an experimentation capable of freeing the question of nature from its habitual formulations associated with our specialized branches of knowledge...presupposes a trust that needs neither guarantee nor foundation. On the contrary, it conveys a difference between two modes of 'trusting': the implicit one presupposed by our certainties and habits, and the riskier one, which exposes the thinker to adventure." | Think outside the box, but all you know is the box! |
ctoombs | I was in the market for a D2 a while back and got decently close with a LR mechanic in town and I was speaking to him about the current state of the lineup. We were discussing LR3 vs D2 and p38 vs L322 (the previous gen before this most recent) and he was telling me that despite improved reliability, these vehicles were in the shop quite often for their suspension.
Granted, this is pretty general and does not warrant any specific issue, I will say that the current state of LR's reflects a growing issue with all vehicles and that is over complex machinery. There are so many different computers and parts in a modern vehicle, which just creates more opportunities for things to go wrong. I.e. Air suspension that is so great it allows you to cross the MOAB, while also making your vehicle feel like its floating across the road when you want it to. This diversification of purpose (making a vehicle intended for soccer moms that is still capable off road) will always create weaknesses.
You can see these weaknesses in the current generation of rovers. Sure they are all decently capable, but they are also equally breakable, and cost quite a bit to fix. They just arent reasonable off road rigs any more, namely because they have so many luxury offerings.
Don't take this post as a way of bashing rovers as they are great vehicles which have an amazingly storied history and their roots represent some of the finest 4x4's ever built, but the newest vehicles are a departure from the spirit of Rover past and reflects their meeting of a new demographic, which will probably never ever take their range rover or lr4 off road.
TL;DR consumerism killed Rover as a true builder of 4x4's though you can still purchase defender;s which are the companies saving grace IMO.
Edit: just came up with the term I was looking for all post. The new Rover's are just over engineered. They are beautiful, amazingly capable machines, but fuck when they break it isnt easy to fix.
| I was in the market for a D2 a while back and got decently close with a LR mechanic in town and I was speaking to him about the current state of the lineup. We were discussing LR3 vs D2 and p38 vs L322 (the previous gen before this most recent) and he was telling me that despite improved reliability, these vehicles were in the shop quite often for their suspension.
Granted, this is pretty general and does not warrant any specific issue, I will say that the current state of LR's reflects a growing issue with all vehicles and that is over complex machinery. There are so many different computers and parts in a modern vehicle, which just creates more opportunities for things to go wrong. I.e. Air suspension that is so great it allows you to cross the MOAB, while also making your vehicle feel like its floating across the road when you want it to. This diversification of purpose (making a vehicle intended for soccer moms that is still capable off road) will always create weaknesses.
You can see these weaknesses in the current generation of rovers. Sure they are all decently capable, but they are also equally breakable, and cost quite a bit to fix. They just arent reasonable off road rigs any more, namely because they have so many luxury offerings.
Don't take this post as a way of bashing rovers as they are great vehicles which have an amazingly storied history and their roots represent some of the finest 4x4's ever built, but the newest vehicles are a departure from the spirit of Rover past and reflects their meeting of a new demographic, which will probably never ever take their range rover or lr4 off road.
TL;DR consumerism killed Rover as a true builder of 4x4's though you can still purchase defender;s which are the companies saving grace IMO.
Edit: just came up with the term I was looking for all post. The new Rover's are just over engineered. They are beautiful, amazingly capable machines, but fuck when they break it isnt easy to fix.
| 4x4 | t5_2qu1p | cdgurby | I was in the market for a D2 a while back and got decently close with a LR mechanic in town and I was speaking to him about the current state of the lineup. We were discussing LR3 vs D2 and p38 vs L322 (the previous gen before this most recent) and he was telling me that despite improved reliability, these vehicles were in the shop quite often for their suspension.
Granted, this is pretty general and does not warrant any specific issue, I will say that the current state of LR's reflects a growing issue with all vehicles and that is over complex machinery. There are so many different computers and parts in a modern vehicle, which just creates more opportunities for things to go wrong. I.e. Air suspension that is so great it allows you to cross the MOAB, while also making your vehicle feel like its floating across the road when you want it to. This diversification of purpose (making a vehicle intended for soccer moms that is still capable off road) will always create weaknesses.
You can see these weaknesses in the current generation of rovers. Sure they are all decently capable, but they are also equally breakable, and cost quite a bit to fix. They just arent reasonable off road rigs any more, namely because they have so many luxury offerings.
Don't take this post as a way of bashing rovers as they are great vehicles which have an amazingly storied history and their roots represent some of the finest 4x4's ever built, but the newest vehicles are a departure from the spirit of Rover past and reflects their meeting of a new demographic, which will probably never ever take their range rover or lr4 off road. | consumerism killed Rover as a true builder of 4x4's though you can still purchase defender;s which are the companies saving grace IMO.
Edit: just came up with the term I was looking for all post. The new Rover's are just over engineered. They are beautiful, amazingly capable machines, but fuck when they break it isnt easy to fix. |
JakeGFX | SK got disqualified because Psiyo's sound was not working.
Then people got enraged and prOxyQQ was also upset with the decision and they offer to forfeit but they got disqualified instead of forfeit. So prOxyQQ made this hashtag. People are upset so they spam the hashtag on the smitegame channel. So mods shut them up by putting it in sub mode and now the subscriber are talking shit about the guy who spam the hashtag.
TL;DR : they got disqualify, they don't receive points or any cash. people spam chat, people with power are trying to shut them up by putting it in sub mode. | SK got disqualified because Psiyo's sound was not working.
Then people got enraged and prOxyQQ was also upset with the decision and they offer to forfeit but they got disqualified instead of forfeit. So prOxyQQ made this hashtag. People are upset so they spam the hashtag on the smitegame channel. So mods shut them up by putting it in sub mode and now the subscriber are talking shit about the guy who spam the hashtag.
TL;DR : they got disqualify, they don't receive points or any cash. people spam chat, people with power are trying to shut them up by putting it in sub mode.
| Smite | t5_2stl8 | cdghg47 | SK got disqualified because Psiyo's sound was not working.
Then people got enraged and prOxyQQ was also upset with the decision and they offer to forfeit but they got disqualified instead of forfeit. So prOxyQQ made this hashtag. People are upset so they spam the hashtag on the smitegame channel. So mods shut them up by putting it in sub mode and now the subscriber are talking shit about the guy who spam the hashtag. | they got disqualify, they don't receive points or any cash. people spam chat, people with power are trying to shut them up by putting it in sub mode. |
Oggie90 | Yes and no.
I think a new word needs to be made.
I've seen people claim bullying because everyone treated them like shit but you know why they were being treated like shit... they were an arsehole.
I've also seen lovely people get bullied for no reason than bullies getting their jollies.
Then there's the whole argument of: "kids 'bully' the strange kid so he conforms". This might be valid but kids are retarded and anything can be strange to them.
The truth is there are some kids that need a kick up the arse so they stop acting a certain way but it shouldn't be the kids that decide it should be the parents.
And hell whats wrong with being a brony? I live with a brony, nicest guy I know... a little strange but I'm fucking glad he's the way he is, he likes a TV programme I think is a little odd and collects the toys. I sit in my room and write code and play dnd, I'm your text book nerd, should I have been bullied?
Hell to be honest if it was my choice I would change anyone who likes sport because some people get way to into it but the truth is I dont care and shouldn't care.
tl;dr Some people are wierd and most people need to just get over it. | Yes and no.
I think a new word needs to be made.
I've seen people claim bullying because everyone treated them like shit but you know why they were being treated like shit... they were an arsehole.
I've also seen lovely people get bullied for no reason than bullies getting their jollies.
Then there's the whole argument of: "kids 'bully' the strange kid so he conforms". This might be valid but kids are retarded and anything can be strange to them.
The truth is there are some kids that need a kick up the arse so they stop acting a certain way but it shouldn't be the kids that decide it should be the parents.
And hell whats wrong with being a brony? I live with a brony, nicest guy I know... a little strange but I'm fucking glad he's the way he is, he likes a TV programme I think is a little odd and collects the toys. I sit in my room and write code and play dnd, I'm your text book nerd, should I have been bullied?
Hell to be honest if it was my choice I would change anyone who likes sport because some people get way to into it but the truth is I dont care and shouldn't care.
tl;dr Some people are wierd and most people need to just get over it.
| thatHappened | t5_2vmb7 | cdgvxdd | Yes and no.
I think a new word needs to be made.
I've seen people claim bullying because everyone treated them like shit but you know why they were being treated like shit... they were an arsehole.
I've also seen lovely people get bullied for no reason than bullies getting their jollies.
Then there's the whole argument of: "kids 'bully' the strange kid so he conforms". This might be valid but kids are retarded and anything can be strange to them.
The truth is there are some kids that need a kick up the arse so they stop acting a certain way but it shouldn't be the kids that decide it should be the parents.
And hell whats wrong with being a brony? I live with a brony, nicest guy I know... a little strange but I'm fucking glad he's the way he is, he likes a TV programme I think is a little odd and collects the toys. I sit in my room and write code and play dnd, I'm your text book nerd, should I have been bullied?
Hell to be honest if it was my choice I would change anyone who likes sport because some people get way to into it but the truth is I dont care and shouldn't care. | Some people are wierd and most people need to just get over it. |
TehSnowman | I never said that women should only be valued for looks or sex. At no point in my post was I defending anything that objectified women at all. I don't feel they should be objectified. My point in the entire thing is that it's seemingly okay for some people to be offended by certain comments, while others have to accept that because they don't fit into the norm. It's not much different than racism or homophobia, except for the fact it's not a race or a sexual orientation (that I know of). If that's your viewpoint, you have a right to feel that way, but someone eventually is bound to call you out on it.
The fact that you're *personally* attacking me over it is pretty interesting though, considering I made no attacks or offending remarks whatsoever. Is it that important to secure a hold on your ability to cut someone down because they're not like the rest of society? Whether or not people call me a creep (and I'm sure they have at some point in time) isn't the point in this situation.
The point is, whether I came into this thread and spoke up or not makes no difference. The fact that someone isn't considered normal doesn't take away their rights (assuming they aren't committing crimes). The entire thing is that a woman is *rightfully* being offended by a mindset that affects every human being on earth, but no one is standing up for the others in here that might be offended by the opinions and jokes going on. That's unacceptable, but society tends to accept it because it's one of those dark corners they don't want to go to.
TL;DR - I don't think women should be objectified or shouldn't be offended by the age comment. I just don't think it's okay to emotionally murder another group of people due to their social standing. | I never said that women should only be valued for looks or sex. At no point in my post was I defending anything that objectified women at all. I don't feel they should be objectified. My point in the entire thing is that it's seemingly okay for some people to be offended by certain comments, while others have to accept that because they don't fit into the norm. It's not much different than racism or homophobia, except for the fact it's not a race or a sexual orientation (that I know of). If that's your viewpoint, you have a right to feel that way, but someone eventually is bound to call you out on it.
The fact that you're personally attacking me over it is pretty interesting though, considering I made no attacks or offending remarks whatsoever. Is it that important to secure a hold on your ability to cut someone down because they're not like the rest of society? Whether or not people call me a creep (and I'm sure they have at some point in time) isn't the point in this situation.
The point is, whether I came into this thread and spoke up or not makes no difference. The fact that someone isn't considered normal doesn't take away their rights (assuming they aren't committing crimes). The entire thing is that a woman is rightfully being offended by a mindset that affects every human being on earth, but no one is standing up for the others in here that might be offended by the opinions and jokes going on. That's unacceptable, but society tends to accept it because it's one of those dark corners they don't want to go to.
TL;DR - I don't think women should be objectified or shouldn't be offended by the age comment. I just don't think it's okay to emotionally murder another group of people due to their social standing.
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cdh8560 | I never said that women should only be valued for looks or sex. At no point in my post was I defending anything that objectified women at all. I don't feel they should be objectified. My point in the entire thing is that it's seemingly okay for some people to be offended by certain comments, while others have to accept that because they don't fit into the norm. It's not much different than racism or homophobia, except for the fact it's not a race or a sexual orientation (that I know of). If that's your viewpoint, you have a right to feel that way, but someone eventually is bound to call you out on it.
The fact that you're personally attacking me over it is pretty interesting though, considering I made no attacks or offending remarks whatsoever. Is it that important to secure a hold on your ability to cut someone down because they're not like the rest of society? Whether or not people call me a creep (and I'm sure they have at some point in time) isn't the point in this situation.
The point is, whether I came into this thread and spoke up or not makes no difference. The fact that someone isn't considered normal doesn't take away their rights (assuming they aren't committing crimes). The entire thing is that a woman is rightfully being offended by a mindset that affects every human being on earth, but no one is standing up for the others in here that might be offended by the opinions and jokes going on. That's unacceptable, but society tends to accept it because it's one of those dark corners they don't want to go to. | I don't think women should be objectified or shouldn't be offended by the age comment. I just don't think it's okay to emotionally murder another group of people due to their social standing. |
dreamlax | The 7-Eleven ATMs (and ATMs at post offices) in Japan **used** to accept Cirrus cards but stopped earlier this year. They still accept Plus though (Visa's version of Cirrus). I was just in Tokyo last week and withdrew cash exclusively through 7-Eleven ATMs. The ATM pings you, and the bank pings you, and you get a not-so-great exchange rate, but you're never far away from a 7-Eleven in Tokyo.
Westpac charge $8.00 per overseas withdrawal, the ATM charged what looks like a flat ¥500 fee (two separate fees appeared on my statement), and the exchange rate looks like it was about 1.5 percent worse than their usual rate. So a withdrawal of ¥50,000 would end up costing you ~ $632.00 including all fees, giving you an "actual" conversion rate of 79.11 yen per dollar, about 3 yen per dollar under Westpac's current sell rate of 82.14.
In perspective, an online order of either cash or a cash passport at Travelex (i.e. commission-free) would save you up to $12 in this situation. Their sell rate is 80.6199, so for ¥50,000 it would cost ~$620. The only downer is that the cash passport operates on the MasterCard network, so for Japan it is pretty hopeless as you say.
tl;dr I decided not to use a cash passport for my recent trip to Japan because although the rate was better, my usual EFTPOS card was far more convenient to use. | The 7-Eleven ATMs (and ATMs at post offices) in Japan used to accept Cirrus cards but stopped earlier this year. They still accept Plus though (Visa's version of Cirrus). I was just in Tokyo last week and withdrew cash exclusively through 7-Eleven ATMs. The ATM pings you, and the bank pings you, and you get a not-so-great exchange rate, but you're never far away from a 7-Eleven in Tokyo.
Westpac charge $8.00 per overseas withdrawal, the ATM charged what looks like a flat ¥500 fee (two separate fees appeared on my statement), and the exchange rate looks like it was about 1.5 percent worse than their usual rate. So a withdrawal of ¥50,000 would end up costing you ~ $632.00 including all fees, giving you an "actual" conversion rate of 79.11 yen per dollar, about 3 yen per dollar under Westpac's current sell rate of 82.14.
In perspective, an online order of either cash or a cash passport at Travelex (i.e. commission-free) would save you up to $12 in this situation. Their sell rate is 80.6199, so for ¥50,000 it would cost ~$620. The only downer is that the cash passport operates on the MasterCard network, so for Japan it is pretty hopeless as you say.
tl;dr I decided not to use a cash passport for my recent trip to Japan because although the rate was better, my usual EFTPOS card was far more convenient to use.
| newzealand | t5_2qhma | cdgxbgr | The 7-Eleven ATMs (and ATMs at post offices) in Japan used to accept Cirrus cards but stopped earlier this year. They still accept Plus though (Visa's version of Cirrus). I was just in Tokyo last week and withdrew cash exclusively through 7-Eleven ATMs. The ATM pings you, and the bank pings you, and you get a not-so-great exchange rate, but you're never far away from a 7-Eleven in Tokyo.
Westpac charge $8.00 per overseas withdrawal, the ATM charged what looks like a flat ¥500 fee (two separate fees appeared on my statement), and the exchange rate looks like it was about 1.5 percent worse than their usual rate. So a withdrawal of ¥50,000 would end up costing you ~ $632.00 including all fees, giving you an "actual" conversion rate of 79.11 yen per dollar, about 3 yen per dollar under Westpac's current sell rate of 82.14.
In perspective, an online order of either cash or a cash passport at Travelex (i.e. commission-free) would save you up to $12 in this situation. Their sell rate is 80.6199, so for ¥50,000 it would cost ~$620. The only downer is that the cash passport operates on the MasterCard network, so for Japan it is pretty hopeless as you say. | I decided not to use a cash passport for my recent trip to Japan because although the rate was better, my usual EFTPOS card was far more convenient to use. |
CatherineConstance | This seems weird to a lot of people, but if I can't sleep (usually because I'm thinking too hard/worrying), I pretend the world is going to end overnight in my sleep. It doesn't feel morbid or scary to me, and I by no means am depressed or have a death wish. It doesn't end in fire or war or anything like that, just calmly and peacefully while everyone is asleep (I also pretend all of the time zones sync up...). It works because it makes everything I'm concerned or thinking about not matter in the slightest, and it leaves you in a way that you won't be missing out on everything because the whole world is ending, not just you.
TLDR: Pretend the world is ending | This seems weird to a lot of people, but if I can't sleep (usually because I'm thinking too hard/worrying), I pretend the world is going to end overnight in my sleep. It doesn't feel morbid or scary to me, and I by no means am depressed or have a death wish. It doesn't end in fire or war or anything like that, just calmly and peacefully while everyone is asleep (I also pretend all of the time zones sync up...). It works because it makes everything I'm concerned or thinking about not matter in the slightest, and it leaves you in a way that you won't be missing out on everything because the whole world is ending, not just you.
TLDR: Pretend the world is ending
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdguauk | This seems weird to a lot of people, but if I can't sleep (usually because I'm thinking too hard/worrying), I pretend the world is going to end overnight in my sleep. It doesn't feel morbid or scary to me, and I by no means am depressed or have a death wish. It doesn't end in fire or war or anything like that, just calmly and peacefully while everyone is asleep (I also pretend all of the time zones sync up...). It works because it makes everything I'm concerned or thinking about not matter in the slightest, and it leaves you in a way that you won't be missing out on everything because the whole world is ending, not just you. | Pretend the world is ending |
SwordsOfVaul | Its from a puzzle game called Portal. Which i would highly recommend btw, great game. Portal is a puzzle game where they give you items to solve puzzles, one of those items is a cube that looks like [this]( In one level you are given a cube that the tester/computer voice that talks to you/mocks you throughout the game claims is your "companion cube" that looks like [this]( They make a point about how the cube is your friend and you need to take care of it.
[SPOILER] STOP READING AND GO PLAY PORTAL!! They make you put your companion cube buddy into an incinerator before you can finish the level. Very sad. There is speculation about if the cube did or didnt die as it (or maybe another one) appears in the second game, and some speculation on the cube being sentient or not
TL;DR its your cube buddy in a game called portal, which is amazing and you should go play it right now | Its from a puzzle game called Portal. Which i would highly recommend btw, great game. Portal is a puzzle game where they give you items to solve puzzles, one of those items is a cube that looks like [this]( In one level you are given a cube that the tester/computer voice that talks to you/mocks you throughout the game claims is your "companion cube" that looks like [this]( They make a point about how the cube is your friend and you need to take care of it.
[SPOILER] STOP READING AND GO PLAY PORTAL!! They make you put your companion cube buddy into an incinerator before you can finish the level. Very sad. There is speculation about if the cube did or didnt die as it (or maybe another one) appears in the second game, and some speculation on the cube being sentient or not
TL;DR its your cube buddy in a game called portal, which is amazing and you should go play it right now
| climbing | t5_2qk72 | cdhehgy | Its from a puzzle game called Portal. Which i would highly recommend btw, great game. Portal is a puzzle game where they give you items to solve puzzles, one of those items is a cube that looks like [this]( In one level you are given a cube that the tester/computer voice that talks to you/mocks you throughout the game claims is your "companion cube" that looks like [this]( They make a point about how the cube is your friend and you need to take care of it.
[SPOILER] STOP READING AND GO PLAY PORTAL!! They make you put your companion cube buddy into an incinerator before you can finish the level. Very sad. There is speculation about if the cube did or didnt die as it (or maybe another one) appears in the second game, and some speculation on the cube being sentient or not | its your cube buddy in a game called portal, which is amazing and you should go play it right now |
Frugal_Finlander | My Answer:
I've really only been active on Reddit for a couple of months, but I've noticed an incredible change in my personality in respect to confidence in the real world, and I'm willing to attribute that in some or even all degree to my activity on Reddit. Why? Well I come here to argue, non-stop, all the time, with anyone and everyone. I pride myself on doing well in an argument, and I pride myself on knowing when I'm beat in an argument, and I especially pride myself when I find a common ground between myself and another in an argument. I've always enjoyed this, and I can even remember when I was playing WoW in 2005-2007 how my argumentative side on the internet was bolstered by arguing about all facets of the game on ventrilo and on forums.
However Reddit is uniquely different, in that all arguments must be presented in text (i.e. they have a transcript), and all arguments can be rated (regardless of what the reasoning behind a rating is). This said, the reinforcement of knowing when I'm right, when I'm wrong, and why, and why not, and having it all enveloped in a nice little "comment karma" system (i.e. I even dropped by /r/Christianity and made an idiot of myself (while undergoing nicotine withdrawal) and got hugely downvoted at a nice total of (-38) to know just how much an idiot I was) makes this form of argumentation so rewarding. It makes me confident in knowing when I've done something "right" via the use of language. But this is all fine on the internet, but does it translate to the real world?
**Here's an example of how I think this confidence translates to the real world:**
At my favourite chain of coffee shops, the price of an iced coffee went up by 27 cents. So what was a $2.36 medium iced coffee, became a $2.63 iced coffee. This information was not available to me as the change happened on the Friday the week before. However, the large iced coffee used to be $2.63 and is now $2.75. Again, this information was not available to me, so when I asked for a medium iced coffee, I was charged $2.63. I looked at this number and I was naturally perplexed. **Instead of just being my usual "Canadian self" and politely tapping my credit card on the paypass for payment of this $2.63, I actually challenged this (seemingly, like an idiot).** I stopped and I said "I ordered a medium". The barista looked at me and agreed. **This is now very awkward for me**, because I'm trying to identify that as far as I can tell she just charged me for a large. Again, not like my usual Canadian self, I repeated this point but with the observation that this is the price of a large. She did not clue in. So she once again said "This is the price for a medium", *without also explaining that the price had gone up*. So now, it's very awkward (and remember this is all in a matter of half a minute, no matter how long this story looks like it may be), and in not doing the polite thing and paying immediately, I instead demanded that she "show me the price of a large iced coffee". So she gives me some snarky attitude (and I don't fault her for this as this was all a result of a lapse in communication) and she demonstrates the price of a large iced coffee (now $2.75). **I should also emphasise the cash register display does not say "Medium" or "Large".** As a consumer, I can't distinguish the difference without actually seeing the options physically punched in. But now having seen this price "$2.75", i take that as reassurance enough that I'm not being bamboozled as if she was trying to declare that she was charging me for a medium, and sticking her to guns in that I was thinking she might have accidentally punched in "large" and just "stuck to that argument" without providing me proof. All in all, I was happy to now pay the $2.63. The point being is, had I not had all this reassurance from Reddit communities that I am "good at debating", I would never have even thought to try to stand up for myself. I was wrong, but I had the confidence to pursue the argument until I knew for sure I was wrong. After this, amongst the awkwardness, another barista (the one I know better) **did chime in, knowing my dilemma, and said "prices went up last Friday"**, reassuring me of my concern and that it was now resolved. That said, I did go and buy another coffee that day at another location, but from the same chain, and asked for a medium, without contest, just to absolutely confirm my concern lol.
All in all, I thank Reddit for making it possible for me to actually "demand to be proven wrong" when I'm wrong, instead of just blindly assuming that I'm wrong. And this to me, is a feature of self confidence.
**Tl;Dr: In real life, I didn't trust my coffee barista on the cash register, so I argued confidently with her instead of just blindly accepting her cash-register-punch-in as truth. I thank my internet life on Reddit for that confidence, if you're willing to call it confidence. Do you think Reddit does the same for you? or maybe the same but in a different way?**
| My Answer:
I've really only been active on Reddit for a couple of months, but I've noticed an incredible change in my personality in respect to confidence in the real world, and I'm willing to attribute that in some or even all degree to my activity on Reddit. Why? Well I come here to argue, non-stop, all the time, with anyone and everyone. I pride myself on doing well in an argument, and I pride myself on knowing when I'm beat in an argument, and I especially pride myself when I find a common ground between myself and another in an argument. I've always enjoyed this, and I can even remember when I was playing WoW in 2005-2007 how my argumentative side on the internet was bolstered by arguing about all facets of the game on ventrilo and on forums.
However Reddit is uniquely different, in that all arguments must be presented in text (i.e. they have a transcript), and all arguments can be rated (regardless of what the reasoning behind a rating is). This said, the reinforcement of knowing when I'm right, when I'm wrong, and why, and why not, and having it all enveloped in a nice little "comment karma" system (i.e. I even dropped by /r/Christianity and made an idiot of myself (while undergoing nicotine withdrawal) and got hugely downvoted at a nice total of (-38) to know just how much an idiot I was) makes this form of argumentation so rewarding. It makes me confident in knowing when I've done something "right" via the use of language. But this is all fine on the internet, but does it translate to the real world?
Here's an example of how I think this confidence translates to the real world:
At my favourite chain of coffee shops, the price of an iced coffee went up by 27 cents. So what was a $2.36 medium iced coffee, became a $2.63 iced coffee. This information was not available to me as the change happened on the Friday the week before. However, the large iced coffee used to be $2.63 and is now $2.75. Again, this information was not available to me, so when I asked for a medium iced coffee, I was charged $2.63. I looked at this number and I was naturally perplexed. Instead of just being my usual "Canadian self" and politely tapping my credit card on the paypass for payment of this $2.63, I actually challenged this (seemingly, like an idiot). I stopped and I said "I ordered a medium". The barista looked at me and agreed. This is now very awkward for me , because I'm trying to identify that as far as I can tell she just charged me for a large. Again, not like my usual Canadian self, I repeated this point but with the observation that this is the price of a large. She did not clue in. So she once again said "This is the price for a medium", without also explaining that the price had gone up . So now, it's very awkward (and remember this is all in a matter of half a minute, no matter how long this story looks like it may be), and in not doing the polite thing and paying immediately, I instead demanded that she "show me the price of a large iced coffee". So she gives me some snarky attitude (and I don't fault her for this as this was all a result of a lapse in communication) and she demonstrates the price of a large iced coffee (now $2.75). I should also emphasise the cash register display does not say "Medium" or "Large". As a consumer, I can't distinguish the difference without actually seeing the options physically punched in. But now having seen this price "$2.75", i take that as reassurance enough that I'm not being bamboozled as if she was trying to declare that she was charging me for a medium, and sticking her to guns in that I was thinking she might have accidentally punched in "large" and just "stuck to that argument" without providing me proof. All in all, I was happy to now pay the $2.63. The point being is, had I not had all this reassurance from Reddit communities that I am "good at debating", I would never have even thought to try to stand up for myself. I was wrong, but I had the confidence to pursue the argument until I knew for sure I was wrong. After this, amongst the awkwardness, another barista (the one I know better) did chime in, knowing my dilemma, and said "prices went up last Friday" , reassuring me of my concern and that it was now resolved. That said, I did go and buy another coffee that day at another location, but from the same chain, and asked for a medium, without contest, just to absolutely confirm my concern lol.
All in all, I thank Reddit for making it possible for me to actually "demand to be proven wrong" when I'm wrong, instead of just blindly assuming that I'm wrong. And this to me, is a feature of self confidence.
Tl;Dr: In real life, I didn't trust my coffee barista on the cash register, so I argued confidently with her instead of just blindly accepting her cash-register-punch-in as truth. I thank my internet life on Reddit for that confidence, if you're willing to call it confidence. Do you think Reddit does the same for you? or maybe the same but in a different way?
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhfb4p | My Answer:
I've really only been active on Reddit for a couple of months, but I've noticed an incredible change in my personality in respect to confidence in the real world, and I'm willing to attribute that in some or even all degree to my activity on Reddit. Why? Well I come here to argue, non-stop, all the time, with anyone and everyone. I pride myself on doing well in an argument, and I pride myself on knowing when I'm beat in an argument, and I especially pride myself when I find a common ground between myself and another in an argument. I've always enjoyed this, and I can even remember when I was playing WoW in 2005-2007 how my argumentative side on the internet was bolstered by arguing about all facets of the game on ventrilo and on forums.
However Reddit is uniquely different, in that all arguments must be presented in text (i.e. they have a transcript), and all arguments can be rated (regardless of what the reasoning behind a rating is). This said, the reinforcement of knowing when I'm right, when I'm wrong, and why, and why not, and having it all enveloped in a nice little "comment karma" system (i.e. I even dropped by /r/Christianity and made an idiot of myself (while undergoing nicotine withdrawal) and got hugely downvoted at a nice total of (-38) to know just how much an idiot I was) makes this form of argumentation so rewarding. It makes me confident in knowing when I've done something "right" via the use of language. But this is all fine on the internet, but does it translate to the real world?
Here's an example of how I think this confidence translates to the real world:
At my favourite chain of coffee shops, the price of an iced coffee went up by 27 cents. So what was a $2.36 medium iced coffee, became a $2.63 iced coffee. This information was not available to me as the change happened on the Friday the week before. However, the large iced coffee used to be $2.63 and is now $2.75. Again, this information was not available to me, so when I asked for a medium iced coffee, I was charged $2.63. I looked at this number and I was naturally perplexed. Instead of just being my usual "Canadian self" and politely tapping my credit card on the paypass for payment of this $2.63, I actually challenged this (seemingly, like an idiot). I stopped and I said "I ordered a medium". The barista looked at me and agreed. This is now very awkward for me , because I'm trying to identify that as far as I can tell she just charged me for a large. Again, not like my usual Canadian self, I repeated this point but with the observation that this is the price of a large. She did not clue in. So she once again said "This is the price for a medium", without also explaining that the price had gone up . So now, it's very awkward (and remember this is all in a matter of half a minute, no matter how long this story looks like it may be), and in not doing the polite thing and paying immediately, I instead demanded that she "show me the price of a large iced coffee". So she gives me some snarky attitude (and I don't fault her for this as this was all a result of a lapse in communication) and she demonstrates the price of a large iced coffee (now $2.75). I should also emphasise the cash register display does not say "Medium" or "Large". As a consumer, I can't distinguish the difference without actually seeing the options physically punched in. But now having seen this price "$2.75", i take that as reassurance enough that I'm not being bamboozled as if she was trying to declare that she was charging me for a medium, and sticking her to guns in that I was thinking she might have accidentally punched in "large" and just "stuck to that argument" without providing me proof. All in all, I was happy to now pay the $2.63. The point being is, had I not had all this reassurance from Reddit communities that I am "good at debating", I would never have even thought to try to stand up for myself. I was wrong, but I had the confidence to pursue the argument until I knew for sure I was wrong. After this, amongst the awkwardness, another barista (the one I know better) did chime in, knowing my dilemma, and said "prices went up last Friday" , reassuring me of my concern and that it was now resolved. That said, I did go and buy another coffee that day at another location, but from the same chain, and asked for a medium, without contest, just to absolutely confirm my concern lol.
All in all, I thank Reddit for making it possible for me to actually "demand to be proven wrong" when I'm wrong, instead of just blindly assuming that I'm wrong. And this to me, is a feature of self confidence. | In real life, I didn't trust my coffee barista on the cash register, so I argued confidently with her instead of just blindly accepting her cash-register-punch-in as truth. I thank my internet life on Reddit for that confidence, if you're willing to call it confidence. Do you think Reddit does the same for you? or maybe the same but in a different way? |
bohemian_wombat | >We've never been attacked on our own soil.
Aside from Navy action off the coast of Australia, there was that time that when 242 Japanese planes bombed the fuck out of Darwin, killing 235 people. This event is known as "The Bombing of Darwin".
Then there was that other time that the Japanese midget subs killed 21 people in Sydney Harbor.
You could be pedantic and argue that the midget subs were not on our soil, but the bombing runs definitely were. As was the recon party that landed in the Kimberlys.
Tl;dr: you clearly feel no need to be factually accurate. | >We've never been attacked on our own soil.
Aside from Navy action off the coast of Australia, there was that time that when 242 Japanese planes bombed the fuck out of Darwin, killing 235 people. This event is known as "The Bombing of Darwin".
Then there was that other time that the Japanese midget subs killed 21 people in Sydney Harbor.
You could be pedantic and argue that the midget subs were not on our soil, but the bombing runs definitely were. As was the recon party that landed in the Kimberlys.
Tl;dr: you clearly feel no need to be factually accurate.
| australia | t5_2qh8e | cdhv66r | We've never been attacked on our own soil.
Aside from Navy action off the coast of Australia, there was that time that when 242 Japanese planes bombed the fuck out of Darwin, killing 235 people. This event is known as "The Bombing of Darwin".
Then there was that other time that the Japanese midget subs killed 21 people in Sydney Harbor.
You could be pedantic and argue that the midget subs were not on our soil, but the bombing runs definitely were. As was the recon party that landed in the Kimberlys. | you clearly feel no need to be factually accurate. |
mister_cunt_face | I'll try to answer these questions as best I can.
First of all, there is only one Islamic theocracy that I'm aware of: Iran. Other Islamic countries may have some pretty fucked up leadership, but they aren't really theocracies in any meaningful sense. For example, one country (cough... looking at you Saudi Arabia) claims to be an Islamic state but is actually a monarchy where the leadership isn't really beholden to anybody at all.
As far as failed states go, I'm just going to run down some of the top ones mentioned by Wikipedia (in order of how badly screwed up they are):
1) Somalia: Largely Islamic population, but a communist nation before it failed.
2) Democratic Republic of the Congo: 95% Christian, with no notable religious aspect to governance.
3) Sudan: Before its complete collapse, it was a real mess of political nonsense. Most people think the problems were ethnic, with religion not really blamed much.
4) Chad: A screwed up constitutional democracy. Muslims make up about 50% of the population and get together well with the other religious groups (conflicts are mainly political).
5) Yemen: Another country with screwed up politics, though very little of it was religious in nature. Mostly they went from colonial to random infighting to civil war, etc.
6) Afghanistan: I'm going to have to give you this one, though it's not clear that throwing out the religious leadership really fixed anything.
7) Haiti: A nation where most people are Christian, with a long history of dictatorship and foreign screwings-around.
8) Central African Republic: Christians are 50% of the population and Muslims about 15%, but the government hasn't really incorporated either.
9) Zimbabwe: A disastrous history of dictatorship. No religious elements are or were present in these troubles, though most citizens are (very nominally) Christians.
10) Iraq: Saddam really only used religion on the rare occasions when he could use it for propaganda.
So, why do I think these countries failed? Colonialism. Until very recently countries in Africa and the Middle East were ruled by colonial powers, who generally didn't have much respect for the ethnic and religious issues involved. As a result, when they pulled out and left arbitrary states behind, the states were unstable and generally totally fucked up. Fucked up states do fucked up things, regardless of religious orientation.
> Actually, just how many officials in these governments ARE Islamic scholars BTW?
You can't have it both ways. Either these countries are theocracies (in which the officials are, by definition, knowledgeable about religion) or they're not, in which case you wouldn't expect them to e Islamic scholars. It doesn't seem to me that you can reasonably argue simultaneously that a country is a theocracy, but doesn't know enough about the Qur'an to Google it.
TL;DR A bunch of stuff that people will get mad about. | I'll try to answer these questions as best I can.
First of all, there is only one Islamic theocracy that I'm aware of: Iran. Other Islamic countries may have some pretty fucked up leadership, but they aren't really theocracies in any meaningful sense. For example, one country (cough... looking at you Saudi Arabia) claims to be an Islamic state but is actually a monarchy where the leadership isn't really beholden to anybody at all.
As far as failed states go, I'm just going to run down some of the top ones mentioned by Wikipedia (in order of how badly screwed up they are):
1) Somalia: Largely Islamic population, but a communist nation before it failed.
2) Democratic Republic of the Congo: 95% Christian, with no notable religious aspect to governance.
3) Sudan: Before its complete collapse, it was a real mess of political nonsense. Most people think the problems were ethnic, with religion not really blamed much.
4) Chad: A screwed up constitutional democracy. Muslims make up about 50% of the population and get together well with the other religious groups (conflicts are mainly political).
5) Yemen: Another country with screwed up politics, though very little of it was religious in nature. Mostly they went from colonial to random infighting to civil war, etc.
6) Afghanistan: I'm going to have to give you this one, though it's not clear that throwing out the religious leadership really fixed anything.
7) Haiti: A nation where most people are Christian, with a long history of dictatorship and foreign screwings-around.
8) Central African Republic: Christians are 50% of the population and Muslims about 15%, but the government hasn't really incorporated either.
9) Zimbabwe: A disastrous history of dictatorship. No religious elements are or were present in these troubles, though most citizens are (very nominally) Christians.
10) Iraq: Saddam really only used religion on the rare occasions when he could use it for propaganda.
So, why do I think these countries failed? Colonialism. Until very recently countries in Africa and the Middle East were ruled by colonial powers, who generally didn't have much respect for the ethnic and religious issues involved. As a result, when they pulled out and left arbitrary states behind, the states were unstable and generally totally fucked up. Fucked up states do fucked up things, regardless of religious orientation.
> Actually, just how many officials in these governments ARE Islamic scholars BTW?
You can't have it both ways. Either these countries are theocracies (in which the officials are, by definition, knowledgeable about religion) or they're not, in which case you wouldn't expect them to e Islamic scholars. It doesn't seem to me that you can reasonably argue simultaneously that a country is a theocracy, but doesn't know enough about the Qur'an to Google it.
TL;DR A bunch of stuff that people will get mad about.
| offbeat | t5_2qh11 | cdi161e | I'll try to answer these questions as best I can.
First of all, there is only one Islamic theocracy that I'm aware of: Iran. Other Islamic countries may have some pretty fucked up leadership, but they aren't really theocracies in any meaningful sense. For example, one country (cough... looking at you Saudi Arabia) claims to be an Islamic state but is actually a monarchy where the leadership isn't really beholden to anybody at all.
As far as failed states go, I'm just going to run down some of the top ones mentioned by Wikipedia (in order of how badly screwed up they are):
1) Somalia: Largely Islamic population, but a communist nation before it failed.
2) Democratic Republic of the Congo: 95% Christian, with no notable religious aspect to governance.
3) Sudan: Before its complete collapse, it was a real mess of political nonsense. Most people think the problems were ethnic, with religion not really blamed much.
4) Chad: A screwed up constitutional democracy. Muslims make up about 50% of the population and get together well with the other religious groups (conflicts are mainly political).
5) Yemen: Another country with screwed up politics, though very little of it was religious in nature. Mostly they went from colonial to random infighting to civil war, etc.
6) Afghanistan: I'm going to have to give you this one, though it's not clear that throwing out the religious leadership really fixed anything.
7) Haiti: A nation where most people are Christian, with a long history of dictatorship and foreign screwings-around.
8) Central African Republic: Christians are 50% of the population and Muslims about 15%, but the government hasn't really incorporated either.
9) Zimbabwe: A disastrous history of dictatorship. No religious elements are or were present in these troubles, though most citizens are (very nominally) Christians.
10) Iraq: Saddam really only used religion on the rare occasions when he could use it for propaganda.
So, why do I think these countries failed? Colonialism. Until very recently countries in Africa and the Middle East were ruled by colonial powers, who generally didn't have much respect for the ethnic and religious issues involved. As a result, when they pulled out and left arbitrary states behind, the states were unstable and generally totally fucked up. Fucked up states do fucked up things, regardless of religious orientation.
> Actually, just how many officials in these governments ARE Islamic scholars BTW?
You can't have it both ways. Either these countries are theocracies (in which the officials are, by definition, knowledgeable about religion) or they're not, in which case you wouldn't expect them to e Islamic scholars. It doesn't seem to me that you can reasonably argue simultaneously that a country is a theocracy, but doesn't know enough about the Qur'an to Google it. | A bunch of stuff that people will get mad about. |
suprsadface | **Don't use**
* Anything that is so situational or unreliable that it is a downgrade to stock: Backburner, mantreads, sandman.
* Anything that is dependent on team chemistry or class coordination(which rarely exists in lobbies): sun-on-a-stick, Sydney sleeper
* Anything that is likely to take away your ability to do your expected role at a basic level: stickyjumper as demoman, rocket jumper as soldier, Scottish resistance as demoman.
**Do use:**
* Anything that's so fundamental to the game that its absence will be noted: Scattergun, stock uber, rocket launcher, stickylauncher, gunboats as roamer in 6s.
* Any sidegrade that is nearly always a better choice than the stock equivalent: Sandvich, degreaser, escape plan, ubersaw.
**General note about loadouts**: You are 'playing the odds' when you pick a loadout. "What are the odds that this loadout will help me and my team, on average, more than it hurts me and the team?" You want to do something that, *on the balance of probability*, is probably going to serve you well. I cannot believe the number of pedantic arguments going around in lobbies from people who want to tell me that *situationally*, there are times that the phlogistinator is really good! I've noticed that these arguments typically come from low-to-moderate skill players who are really excited to pick a theorycrafting fight because they know that TECHNICALLY, there is a situation out there where the mostly bad unlock they have picked would be JUST PERFECT.
These people are technically right about their unlocks - sometimes they will be the perfect choice. In the same vein, I could say "SITUATIONALLY, SOMETIMES YOU SHOULD SWERVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT." The "situation" I'm describing is incredibly specific and nuanced. Most non-expert drivers will be hurt - not helped - if I tell them that sometimes swerving into oncoming traffic is OK.
TL:DR; Run generally accepted, good-at-all-things-but-not-too-specific-at-any-one-thing loadouts. | Don't use
Anything that is so situational or unreliable that it is a downgrade to stock: Backburner, mantreads, sandman.
Anything that is dependent on team chemistry or class coordination(which rarely exists in lobbies): sun-on-a-stick, Sydney sleeper
Anything that is likely to take away your ability to do your expected role at a basic level: stickyjumper as demoman, rocket jumper as soldier, Scottish resistance as demoman.
Do use:
Anything that's so fundamental to the game that its absence will be noted: Scattergun, stock uber, rocket launcher, stickylauncher, gunboats as roamer in 6s.
Any sidegrade that is nearly always a better choice than the stock equivalent: Sandvich, degreaser, escape plan, ubersaw.
General note about loadouts : You are 'playing the odds' when you pick a loadout. "What are the odds that this loadout will help me and my team, on average, more than it hurts me and the team?" You want to do something that, on the balance of probability , is probably going to serve you well. I cannot believe the number of pedantic arguments going around in lobbies from people who want to tell me that situationally , there are times that the phlogistinator is really good! I've noticed that these arguments typically come from low-to-moderate skill players who are really excited to pick a theorycrafting fight because they know that TECHNICALLY, there is a situation out there where the mostly bad unlock they have picked would be JUST PERFECT.
These people are technically right about their unlocks - sometimes they will be the perfect choice. In the same vein, I could say "SITUATIONALLY, SOMETIMES YOU SHOULD SWERVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT." The "situation" I'm describing is incredibly specific and nuanced. Most non-expert drivers will be hurt - not helped - if I tell them that sometimes swerving into oncoming traffic is OK.
TL:DR; Run generally accepted, good-at-all-things-but-not-too-specific-at-any-one-thing loadouts.
| truetf2 | t5_2stfn | cdhyz0c | Don't use
Anything that is so situational or unreliable that it is a downgrade to stock: Backburner, mantreads, sandman.
Anything that is dependent on team chemistry or class coordination(which rarely exists in lobbies): sun-on-a-stick, Sydney sleeper
Anything that is likely to take away your ability to do your expected role at a basic level: stickyjumper as demoman, rocket jumper as soldier, Scottish resistance as demoman.
Do use:
Anything that's so fundamental to the game that its absence will be noted: Scattergun, stock uber, rocket launcher, stickylauncher, gunboats as roamer in 6s.
Any sidegrade that is nearly always a better choice than the stock equivalent: Sandvich, degreaser, escape plan, ubersaw.
General note about loadouts : You are 'playing the odds' when you pick a loadout. "What are the odds that this loadout will help me and my team, on average, more than it hurts me and the team?" You want to do something that, on the balance of probability , is probably going to serve you well. I cannot believe the number of pedantic arguments going around in lobbies from people who want to tell me that situationally , there are times that the phlogistinator is really good! I've noticed that these arguments typically come from low-to-moderate skill players who are really excited to pick a theorycrafting fight because they know that TECHNICALLY, there is a situation out there where the mostly bad unlock they have picked would be JUST PERFECT.
These people are technically right about their unlocks - sometimes they will be the perfect choice. In the same vein, I could say "SITUATIONALLY, SOMETIMES YOU SHOULD SWERVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT." The "situation" I'm describing is incredibly specific and nuanced. Most non-expert drivers will be hurt - not helped - if I tell them that sometimes swerving into oncoming traffic is OK. | Run generally accepted, good-at-all-things-but-not-too-specific-at-any-one-thing loadouts. |
Voortsy | I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but as a christian, I hate that guy. Fundamentalists are the worst people to be around. They just shove shit in your face without giving people the right to chose what they want.
We had a Dj gig we had at church and after one of his sets a local dance group got up to do some hip-hop dance routine that they wanted to show. This guy came up to my brother who organized the whole thing and has some whole rehearsed speech about how provocative these girls were with their dancing.
It's fucking ridiculous how some people act. West B. Baptist Church and the ridiculous shit they say is just the tip of the iceberg.
Atheists and those who believe (or say they believe) something different to me I can live with because they're just believe what makes sense to them and you can have intelligent conversation with them. It's the fundamentalist Christians that really fuck everything up, because then you get the shit where every body thinks you're a fucking loon if you say your christian.
TL:DR Even Christians hate those "Christians" | I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but as a christian, I hate that guy. Fundamentalists are the worst people to be around. They just shove shit in your face without giving people the right to chose what they want.
We had a Dj gig we had at church and after one of his sets a local dance group got up to do some hip-hop dance routine that they wanted to show. This guy came up to my brother who organized the whole thing and has some whole rehearsed speech about how provocative these girls were with their dancing.
It's fucking ridiculous how some people act. West B. Baptist Church and the ridiculous shit they say is just the tip of the iceberg.
Atheists and those who believe (or say they believe) something different to me I can live with because they're just believe what makes sense to them and you can have intelligent conversation with them. It's the fundamentalist Christians that really fuck everything up, because then you get the shit where every body thinks you're a fucking loon if you say your christian.
TL:DR Even Christians hate those "Christians"
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cdi4lqv | I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but as a christian, I hate that guy. Fundamentalists are the worst people to be around. They just shove shit in your face without giving people the right to chose what they want.
We had a Dj gig we had at church and after one of his sets a local dance group got up to do some hip-hop dance routine that they wanted to show. This guy came up to my brother who organized the whole thing and has some whole rehearsed speech about how provocative these girls were with their dancing.
It's fucking ridiculous how some people act. West B. Baptist Church and the ridiculous shit they say is just the tip of the iceberg.
Atheists and those who believe (or say they believe) something different to me I can live with because they're just believe what makes sense to them and you can have intelligent conversation with them. It's the fundamentalist Christians that really fuck everything up, because then you get the shit where every body thinks you're a fucking loon if you say your christian. | Even Christians hate those "Christians" |
kevan0317 | Came here to say this. If Jupiter was the same distance as the Moon it would nearly engulf our night sky. OP's gif makes Jupiter look like it's further out - maybe the distance of several moons.
Jupiter's radius - 71,492 ± 4 km
Moon's radius - 1,738.14 km
That's 41 times the size.
The Moon orbits at ~384,400 km from Earth. You can see some of the largest craters with the naked eye (think about that). Jupiter, just being in that same space, would take up ~10% of the Moon's approximate distance from earth.
TL;DR Jupiter es muy largo. | Came here to say this. If Jupiter was the same distance as the Moon it would nearly engulf our night sky. OP's gif makes Jupiter look like it's further out - maybe the distance of several moons.
Jupiter's radius - 71,492 ± 4 km
Moon's radius - 1,738.14 km
That's 41 times the size.
The Moon orbits at ~384,400 km from Earth. You can see some of the largest craters with the naked eye (think about that). Jupiter, just being in that same space, would take up ~10% of the Moon's approximate distance from earth.
TL;DR Jupiter es muy largo.
| woahdude | t5_2r8tu | cdi3n0j | Came here to say this. If Jupiter was the same distance as the Moon it would nearly engulf our night sky. OP's gif makes Jupiter look like it's further out - maybe the distance of several moons.
Jupiter's radius - 71,492 ± 4 km
Moon's radius - 1,738.14 km
That's 41 times the size.
The Moon orbits at ~384,400 km from Earth. You can see some of the largest craters with the naked eye (think about that). Jupiter, just being in that same space, would take up ~10% of the Moon's approximate distance from earth. | Jupiter es muy largo. |
Achaern | I cannot answer scientifically. I can answer pseudo-scientifically and from personal experience as someone who used to drink 1-3 litres a day of diet soda. You will not gain weight, but you will not lose it. The sweetener is going to have you craving sweets, and at least for me there is some metabolic action from sweeteners. Aspartame makes it very hard for me to lose weight. Even if I am eating less, I always found I lost weight much more slowly when when drinking diet soda. It really messed with my ability to judge when I was 'full'. I found aspartame suppressed/delayed that mechanism telling me I was full. I would eat and eat until I was literally full, not hormonally signalled as such. Between the fact I can't tell if I am really full and eat too much, and the fact that I'm replacing water with something actively preventing my body from absorbing nutrients (caffeine and phosphoric acid) diet soda would aid in making me feel run down. I would drink more, feel 'better', need more later. It was a bad, downward spiral. And it wasn't free. Soda is really cheap so it was easy to justify the cost, but it built up.
Also, it did terrible damage to my teeth. The acid in the soda is not good.
tl;dr: You will lose weight more slowly, you will rarely feel satisfied, avoid it. Drink green tea.
Edit: poor spellin' | I cannot answer scientifically. I can answer pseudo-scientifically and from personal experience as someone who used to drink 1-3 litres a day of diet soda. You will not gain weight, but you will not lose it. The sweetener is going to have you craving sweets, and at least for me there is some metabolic action from sweeteners. Aspartame makes it very hard for me to lose weight. Even if I am eating less, I always found I lost weight much more slowly when when drinking diet soda. It really messed with my ability to judge when I was 'full'. I found aspartame suppressed/delayed that mechanism telling me I was full. I would eat and eat until I was literally full, not hormonally signalled as such. Between the fact I can't tell if I am really full and eat too much, and the fact that I'm replacing water with something actively preventing my body from absorbing nutrients (caffeine and phosphoric acid) diet soda would aid in making me feel run down. I would drink more, feel 'better', need more later. It was a bad, downward spiral. And it wasn't free. Soda is really cheap so it was easy to justify the cost, but it built up.
Also, it did terrible damage to my teeth. The acid in the soda is not good.
tl;dr: You will lose weight more slowly, you will rarely feel satisfied, avoid it. Drink green tea.
Edit: poor spellin'
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cdidbed | I cannot answer scientifically. I can answer pseudo-scientifically and from personal experience as someone who used to drink 1-3 litres a day of diet soda. You will not gain weight, but you will not lose it. The sweetener is going to have you craving sweets, and at least for me there is some metabolic action from sweeteners. Aspartame makes it very hard for me to lose weight. Even if I am eating less, I always found I lost weight much more slowly when when drinking diet soda. It really messed with my ability to judge when I was 'full'. I found aspartame suppressed/delayed that mechanism telling me I was full. I would eat and eat until I was literally full, not hormonally signalled as such. Between the fact I can't tell if I am really full and eat too much, and the fact that I'm replacing water with something actively preventing my body from absorbing nutrients (caffeine and phosphoric acid) diet soda would aid in making me feel run down. I would drink more, feel 'better', need more later. It was a bad, downward spiral. And it wasn't free. Soda is really cheap so it was easy to justify the cost, but it built up.
Also, it did terrible damage to my teeth. The acid in the soda is not good. | You will lose weight more slowly, you will rarely feel satisfied, avoid it. Drink green tea.
Edit: poor spellin' |
Herlock | So your saying adding 2 rooms to your house takes as much time as building the entire house ?
Ok it's metro we are talking about so we can arguably say that they didn't put much effort into the original design. Yet refining something already existing and creating an entire new level from scratch are quite very different workloads.
Making iconic maps is though job, that's why DICe will never ever redo most maps from 1942... mainly because 3/4 of them weren't good at all.
That's why they brought back some others from later battlefield games too : because the design was fantastic and universaly applaused across the community.
Now for metro the map was popular indeed, but certainly for bad reasons in my opinion.
TL;DR : doing version 2 of a map is a lot less work than creating somethine entirely new and original. | So your saying adding 2 rooms to your house takes as much time as building the entire house ?
Ok it's metro we are talking about so we can arguably say that they didn't put much effort into the original design. Yet refining something already existing and creating an entire new level from scratch are quite very different workloads.
Making iconic maps is though job, that's why DICe will never ever redo most maps from 1942... mainly because 3/4 of them weren't good at all.
That's why they brought back some others from later battlefield games too : because the design was fantastic and universaly applaused across the community.
Now for metro the map was popular indeed, but certainly for bad reasons in my opinion.
TL;DR : doing version 2 of a map is a lot less work than creating somethine entirely new and original.
| battlefield_4 | t5_2uie9 | cdjv99f | So your saying adding 2 rooms to your house takes as much time as building the entire house ?
Ok it's metro we are talking about so we can arguably say that they didn't put much effort into the original design. Yet refining something already existing and creating an entire new level from scratch are quite very different workloads.
Making iconic maps is though job, that's why DICe will never ever redo most maps from 1942... mainly because 3/4 of them weren't good at all.
That's why they brought back some others from later battlefield games too : because the design was fantastic and universaly applaused across the community.
Now for metro the map was popular indeed, but certainly for bad reasons in my opinion. | doing version 2 of a map is a lot less work than creating somethine entirely new and original. |
youngharris77 | I met Blake Clark, better known for mumbling in Adam Sandler movies. He played Farmer Fran in "The Waterboy", Drew Barrymore's dad in "50 First Dates", and the "Home is where you make it..." guy in "Joe Dirt", among others.
He came into the restaurant I worked at in high school. Someone in his family had passed, and they were in the area for the funeral. I approached him while he was eating and asked if I could get an autograph after his meal. When his group was done, he signed for, and took pictures with anyone who asked. He was genuinely an awesome guy.
Also, I'm from the same hometown as Adrian Peterson. My mother was the assistant principal his senior year, and my brother was on the team with him. She passed away that next summer. Not only did he come back to Palestine for her funeral right before his stellar freshman year at OU, but now, if I ever see him around Palestine, he asks how my brother and father have been. He is an incredible guy, and extremely down-to-earth to have achieved what he has.
TL;DR- I met "Farmer Fran", and somewhat know Adrian Peterson. Both awesome guys. | I met Blake Clark, better known for mumbling in Adam Sandler movies. He played Farmer Fran in "The Waterboy", Drew Barrymore's dad in "50 First Dates", and the "Home is where you make it..." guy in "Joe Dirt", among others.
He came into the restaurant I worked at in high school. Someone in his family had passed, and they were in the area for the funeral. I approached him while he was eating and asked if I could get an autograph after his meal. When his group was done, he signed for, and took pictures with anyone who asked. He was genuinely an awesome guy.
Also, I'm from the same hometown as Adrian Peterson. My mother was the assistant principal his senior year, and my brother was on the team with him. She passed away that next summer. Not only did he come back to Palestine for her funeral right before his stellar freshman year at OU, but now, if I ever see him around Palestine, he asks how my brother and father have been. He is an incredible guy, and extremely down-to-earth to have achieved what he has.
TL;DR- I met "Farmer Fran", and somewhat know Adrian Peterson. Both awesome guys.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdin7ly | I met Blake Clark, better known for mumbling in Adam Sandler movies. He played Farmer Fran in "The Waterboy", Drew Barrymore's dad in "50 First Dates", and the "Home is where you make it..." guy in "Joe Dirt", among others.
He came into the restaurant I worked at in high school. Someone in his family had passed, and they were in the area for the funeral. I approached him while he was eating and asked if I could get an autograph after his meal. When his group was done, he signed for, and took pictures with anyone who asked. He was genuinely an awesome guy.
Also, I'm from the same hometown as Adrian Peterson. My mother was the assistant principal his senior year, and my brother was on the team with him. She passed away that next summer. Not only did he come back to Palestine for her funeral right before his stellar freshman year at OU, but now, if I ever see him around Palestine, he asks how my brother and father have been. He is an incredible guy, and extremely down-to-earth to have achieved what he has. | I met "Farmer Fran", and somewhat know Adrian Peterson. Both awesome guys. |
i_give_you_gum | ok im going through the same thing right now, although you have passed me in my CSS studies. The next thing you're going to want to learn is PHP, you need to have a good understanding of CSS to do that, so you are on your way...
There are some tutorials that combine learning PHP with wordpress.org and CHILD THEMES, in order to play around with a wordpress site you will need to install XAMMP on your computer, it lets you host a wordpress.org website on a server that is hosted by your computer, it will not be visible to anyone but you...
Why wordpress? some people like joomla and a ton of other languages, but themeforest has a zillion wordpress.org themes that you can buy for very little money, customize them and then charge bigger money...
here's some information on child themes...
and from another post somewhere in reddit
but again you'll need to install your own server to play with wordpress,
its not that hard, you might not understand what is going on but you'll
be able to get it working...
THen.... Having some photoshop knowledge will really help you,
adobe was just giving away CS2 for awhile, you should be able to find a copy...
This series of tutorials is what i was going to start with but i needed some CSS
training before i understood what was going on... so i'm still learning CSS...
this is the CSS tut im am taking now...
and this is another tut i'm hoping ill be able to understand in the future....
TL;DR learn PHP next, then play around with wordpress.org, then learn about plugins etc...
good luck and IF AT ALL POSSIBLE i'd love to have the code academy link for your CSS tut...
also sign up for email from envato, they give away free themes from theme forest once a month...
| ok im going through the same thing right now, although you have passed me in my CSS studies. The next thing you're going to want to learn is PHP, you need to have a good understanding of CSS to do that, so you are on your way...
There are some tutorials that combine learning PHP with wordpress.org and CHILD THEMES, in order to play around with a wordpress site you will need to install XAMMP on your computer, it lets you host a wordpress.org website on a server that is hosted by your computer, it will not be visible to anyone but you...
Why wordpress? some people like joomla and a ton of other languages, but themeforest has a zillion wordpress.org themes that you can buy for very little money, customize them and then charge bigger money...
here's some information on child themes...
and from another post somewhere in reddit
but again you'll need to install your own server to play with wordpress,
its not that hard, you might not understand what is going on but you'll
be able to get it working...
THen.... Having some photoshop knowledge will really help you,
adobe was just giving away CS2 for awhile, you should be able to find a copy...
This series of tutorials is what i was going to start with but i needed some CSS
training before i understood what was going on... so i'm still learning CSS...
this is the CSS tut im am taking now...
and this is another tut i'm hoping ill be able to understand in the future....
TL;DR learn PHP next, then play around with wordpress.org, then learn about plugins etc...
good luck and IF AT ALL POSSIBLE i'd love to have the code academy link for your CSS tut...
also sign up for email from envato, they give away free themes from theme forest once a month...
| css | t5_2qifv | cdix8oy | ok im going through the same thing right now, although you have passed me in my CSS studies. The next thing you're going to want to learn is PHP, you need to have a good understanding of CSS to do that, so you are on your way...
There are some tutorials that combine learning PHP with wordpress.org and CHILD THEMES, in order to play around with a wordpress site you will need to install XAMMP on your computer, it lets you host a wordpress.org website on a server that is hosted by your computer, it will not be visible to anyone but you...
Why wordpress? some people like joomla and a ton of other languages, but themeforest has a zillion wordpress.org themes that you can buy for very little money, customize them and then charge bigger money...
here's some information on child themes...
and from another post somewhere in reddit
but again you'll need to install your own server to play with wordpress,
its not that hard, you might not understand what is going on but you'll
be able to get it working...
THen.... Having some photoshop knowledge will really help you,
adobe was just giving away CS2 for awhile, you should be able to find a copy...
This series of tutorials is what i was going to start with but i needed some CSS
training before i understood what was going on... so i'm still learning CSS...
this is the CSS tut im am taking now...
and this is another tut i'm hoping ill be able to understand in the future.... | learn PHP next, then play around with wordpress.org, then learn about plugins etc...
good luck and IF AT ALL POSSIBLE i'd love to have the code academy link for your CSS tut...
also sign up for email from envato, they give away free themes from theme forest once a month... |
internethertspert | The upset in the story is the american runner Jim Ryun was favored to win because he was famous for his "kick", which is the last lap speed burst. Plus everyone at the games knew Keino was injured and thought it would be a no-contest agains Ryun. Keino won, didn't die, and beat Ryun by an easy 30+ yards. From this, a group of researchers have spent a lot of time trying to understand why kenyan's are able to beat other racers in long distance running. They found that one particular group of Kenyans out perform all other racers, all the time. Kalenjin's of Kenya basically run everywhere they go on a daily basis. It's an old tradition to constantly expose themselves to self-inflicted burns, slaps, beatings in order to train their mind to ignore pain they are suffering. In the end, they have to go through a grueling initiation in their tribe at puberty where they get beat as a warm up, then get circumcised. The worst part, is that they put mud on the young boys AND girls' faces during the process and let it dry. During circumcision and female mutilation, if they flinch even the slightest amount, cracks in the dried up mud will form and the towns/tribes people will start beating them on the spot because they are showing signs of weakness. In the end, the people of Kalenjin have an enormous ability to run long distances and completely shut off all pain that they are going through.
**TL; DR:** Kalenjin's of Kenya run everyday anywhere they go, exposed to painful beatings and markings growing up, which allows them to run long distance and battle mind over matter. | The upset in the story is the american runner Jim Ryun was favored to win because he was famous for his "kick", which is the last lap speed burst. Plus everyone at the games knew Keino was injured and thought it would be a no-contest agains Ryun. Keino won, didn't die, and beat Ryun by an easy 30+ yards. From this, a group of researchers have spent a lot of time trying to understand why kenyan's are able to beat other racers in long distance running. They found that one particular group of Kenyans out perform all other racers, all the time. Kalenjin's of Kenya basically run everywhere they go on a daily basis. It's an old tradition to constantly expose themselves to self-inflicted burns, slaps, beatings in order to train their mind to ignore pain they are suffering. In the end, they have to go through a grueling initiation in their tribe at puberty where they get beat as a warm up, then get circumcised. The worst part, is that they put mud on the young boys AND girls' faces during the process and let it dry. During circumcision and female mutilation, if they flinch even the slightest amount, cracks in the dried up mud will form and the towns/tribes people will start beating them on the spot because they are showing signs of weakness. In the end, the people of Kalenjin have an enormous ability to run long distances and completely shut off all pain that they are going through.
TL; DR: Kalenjin's of Kenya run everyday anywhere they go, exposed to painful beatings and markings growing up, which allows them to run long distance and battle mind over matter.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cdj5w1c | The upset in the story is the american runner Jim Ryun was favored to win because he was famous for his "kick", which is the last lap speed burst. Plus everyone at the games knew Keino was injured and thought it would be a no-contest agains Ryun. Keino won, didn't die, and beat Ryun by an easy 30+ yards. From this, a group of researchers have spent a lot of time trying to understand why kenyan's are able to beat other racers in long distance running. They found that one particular group of Kenyans out perform all other racers, all the time. Kalenjin's of Kenya basically run everywhere they go on a daily basis. It's an old tradition to constantly expose themselves to self-inflicted burns, slaps, beatings in order to train their mind to ignore pain they are suffering. In the end, they have to go through a grueling initiation in their tribe at puberty where they get beat as a warm up, then get circumcised. The worst part, is that they put mud on the young boys AND girls' faces during the process and let it dry. During circumcision and female mutilation, if they flinch even the slightest amount, cracks in the dried up mud will form and the towns/tribes people will start beating them on the spot because they are showing signs of weakness. In the end, the people of Kalenjin have an enormous ability to run long distances and completely shut off all pain that they are going through. | Kalenjin's of Kenya run everyday anywhere they go, exposed to painful beatings and markings growing up, which allows them to run long distance and battle mind over matter. |
tangoing | Discouragement and teasing about overweight people's bodies does more harm than good. Teasing lowers self-esteem, and [this study]( found that being part of a friend group that was preoccupied with body image lead individuals to have more body image issues and more disordered eating behaviors. Eating disorders are the [most deadly mental disorders]( with high rates of suicide contributing to that death toll. In addition, stress in general has a whole host of negative health effects. I don't think there are numbers on this, but it would not surprise me if part of the correlation between poor health and obesity is from stress due to the stigma associated with being overweight or obese.
Obesity also [may not actually cause poor health]( It may be that many of the diseases associated with obesity actually cause the obesity. For instance, there's evidence that [diabetes may cause obesity]( rather than the other way around. Thyroid disorders can also cause obesity. And studies have shown that [gut bacteria plays a big role]( and obese mice can lose weight by getting a transplant of gut bacteria from skinny mice. Working out is not all it takes for everyone to lose weight. And if people are unsuccessful at weight loss, it may lead to more stress and actually hurt their health. In addition, it seems like exercise habits and diet have a bigger impact on health than obesity, so a skinny couch potato may be less healthy than an active overweight or obese person.
Therefore, teasing fat people or pointing our that they are fat most likely causes them to be *less* healthy than if you said nothing.
Fat positivity, on the other hand, is associated with [better health outcomes]( And by removing the self-esteem issues and stress, people will likely engage less in disordered eating behaviors and may even exercise more (anecdotally, I have heard fat people so many times say they are afraid of going to the gym because they're worried people will judge them). They're mental health will likely also be much improved, which will more likely than not lead them to be more healthy.
TL;DR Telling obese people they look beautiful is much better for their health than teasing them or reminding them they are obese. So if you want to encourage obese people to be active and healthy, remind them how beautiful and strong and wonderful they are! | Discouragement and teasing about overweight people's bodies does more harm than good. Teasing lowers self-esteem, and [this study]( found that being part of a friend group that was preoccupied with body image lead individuals to have more body image issues and more disordered eating behaviors. Eating disorders are the [most deadly mental disorders]( with high rates of suicide contributing to that death toll. In addition, stress in general has a whole host of negative health effects. I don't think there are numbers on this, but it would not surprise me if part of the correlation between poor health and obesity is from stress due to the stigma associated with being overweight or obese.
Obesity also [may not actually cause poor health]( It may be that many of the diseases associated with obesity actually cause the obesity. For instance, there's evidence that [diabetes may cause obesity]( rather than the other way around. Thyroid disorders can also cause obesity. And studies have shown that [gut bacteria plays a big role]( and obese mice can lose weight by getting a transplant of gut bacteria from skinny mice. Working out is not all it takes for everyone to lose weight. And if people are unsuccessful at weight loss, it may lead to more stress and actually hurt their health. In addition, it seems like exercise habits and diet have a bigger impact on health than obesity, so a skinny couch potato may be less healthy than an active overweight or obese person.
Therefore, teasing fat people or pointing our that they are fat most likely causes them to be less healthy than if you said nothing.
Fat positivity, on the other hand, is associated with better health outcomes . They're mental health will likely also be much improved, which will more likely than not lead them to be more healthy.
TL;DR Telling obese people they look beautiful is much better for their health than teasing them or reminding them they are obese. So if you want to encourage obese people to be active and healthy, remind them how beautiful and strong and wonderful they are!
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cdjhiqr | Discouragement and teasing about overweight people's bodies does more harm than good. Teasing lowers self-esteem, and [this study]( found that being part of a friend group that was preoccupied with body image lead individuals to have more body image issues and more disordered eating behaviors. Eating disorders are the [most deadly mental disorders]( with high rates of suicide contributing to that death toll. In addition, stress in general has a whole host of negative health effects. I don't think there are numbers on this, but it would not surprise me if part of the correlation between poor health and obesity is from stress due to the stigma associated with being overweight or obese.
Obesity also [may not actually cause poor health]( It may be that many of the diseases associated with obesity actually cause the obesity. For instance, there's evidence that [diabetes may cause obesity]( rather than the other way around. Thyroid disorders can also cause obesity. And studies have shown that [gut bacteria plays a big role]( and obese mice can lose weight by getting a transplant of gut bacteria from skinny mice. Working out is not all it takes for everyone to lose weight. And if people are unsuccessful at weight loss, it may lead to more stress and actually hurt their health. In addition, it seems like exercise habits and diet have a bigger impact on health than obesity, so a skinny couch potato may be less healthy than an active overweight or obese person.
Therefore, teasing fat people or pointing our that they are fat most likely causes them to be less healthy than if you said nothing.
Fat positivity, on the other hand, is associated with better health outcomes . They're mental health will likely also be much improved, which will more likely than not lead them to be more healthy. | Telling obese people they look beautiful is much better for their health than teasing them or reminding them they are obese. So if you want to encourage obese people to be active and healthy, remind them how beautiful and strong and wonderful they are! |
Shampyon | > can you source that? I have heard that fact in the past but havent seen a source.
Not the person you're replying to, but:
> ##Perceived Weight Discrimination and Obesity
> *Angelina R. Sutin mail, Antonio Terracciano*
> *Published: Jul 24, 2013DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070048*
> ###Abstract
> Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The objectives of this research are (1) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of becoming obese (Body Mass Index≥30; BMI) by follow-up among those not obese at baseline, and (2) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of remaining obese at follow-up among those already obese at baseline.
>Participants were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of community-dwelling US residents. A total of 6,157 participants (58.6% female) completed the discrimination measure and had weight and height available from the 2006 and 2010 assessments. Participants who experienced weight discrimination were approximately 2.5 times more likely to become obese by follow-up (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.58–4.08) and participants who were obese at baseline were three times more likely to remain obese at follow up (OR = 3.20, 95% CI = 2.06–4.97) than those who had not experienced such discrimination.
> These effects held when controlling for demographic factors (age, sex, ethnicity, education) and when baseline BMI was included as a covariate. These effects were also specific to weight discrimination; other forms of discrimination (e.g., sex, race) were unrelated to risk of obesity at follow-up. The present research demonstrates that, in addition to poorer mental health outcomes, weight discrimination has implications for obesity. Rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, weight discrimination increases risk for obesity.
[Source](
**TL,DR: Negative reinforcement makes overweight people 2.5x more likely to become obese, and makes obese people 3x more likely to stay obese.**
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EDIT: Now for my opinion:
It's pretty likely someone who's overweight already knows it. They don't need you to point it out.
Leave unsolicited advice to the people who actually know them. If they do ask for help, give it in a positive, encouraging manner. To do anything else is to act against your own purpose (unless your purpose isn't actually to help them).
That said, we shouldn't be pretending that being overweight is healthy either. We need to encourage health without shaming people. Don't fat-shame, but don't encourage obesity. | > can you source that? I have heard that fact in the past but havent seen a source.
Not the person you're replying to, but:
> ##Perceived Weight Discrimination and Obesity
> Angelina R. Sutin mail, Antonio Terracciano
> Published: Jul 24, 2013DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070048
> ###Abstract
> Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The objectives of this research are (1) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of becoming obese (Body Mass Index≥30; BMI) by follow-up among those not obese at baseline, and (2) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of remaining obese at follow-up among those already obese at baseline.
>Participants were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of community-dwelling US residents. A total of 6,157 participants (58.6% female) completed the discrimination measure and had weight and height available from the 2006 and 2010 assessments. Participants who experienced weight discrimination were approximately 2.5 times more likely to become obese by follow-up (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.58–4.08) and participants who were obese at baseline were three times more likely to remain obese at follow up (OR = 3.20, 95% CI = 2.06–4.97) than those who had not experienced such discrimination.
> These effects held when controlling for demographic factors (age, sex, ethnicity, education) and when baseline BMI was included as a covariate. These effects were also specific to weight discrimination; other forms of discrimination (e.g., sex, race) were unrelated to risk of obesity at follow-up. The present research demonstrates that, in addition to poorer mental health outcomes, weight discrimination has implications for obesity. Rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, weight discrimination increases risk for obesity.
[Source](
TL,DR: Negative reinforcement makes overweight people 2.5x more likely to become obese, and makes obese people 3x more likely to stay obese.
EDIT: Now for my opinion:
It's pretty likely someone who's overweight already knows it. They don't need you to point it out.
Leave unsolicited advice to the people who actually know them. If they do ask for help, give it in a positive, encouraging manner. To do anything else is to act against your own purpose (unless your purpose isn't actually to help them).
That said, we shouldn't be pretending that being overweight is healthy either. We need to encourage health without shaming people. Don't fat-shame, but don't encourage obesity.
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cdjgxyw | can you source that? I have heard that fact in the past but havent seen a source.
Not the person you're replying to, but:
> ##Perceived Weight Discrimination and Obesity
> Angelina R. Sutin mail, Antonio Terracciano
> Published: Jul 24, 2013DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070048
> ###Abstract
> Weight discrimination is prevalent in American society. Although associated consistently with psychological and economic outcomes, less is known about whether weight discrimination is associated with longitudinal changes in obesity. The objectives of this research are (1) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of becoming obese (Body Mass Index≥30; BMI) by follow-up among those not obese at baseline, and (2) to test whether weight discrimination is associated with risk of remaining obese at follow-up among those already obese at baseline.
>Participants were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study, a nationally representative longitudinal survey of community-dwelling US residents. A total of 6,157 participants (58.6% female) completed the discrimination measure and had weight and height available from the 2006 and 2010 assessments. Participants who experienced weight discrimination were approximately 2.5 times more likely to become obese by follow-up (OR = 2.54, 95% CI = 1.58–4.08) and participants who were obese at baseline were three times more likely to remain obese at follow up (OR = 3.20, 95% CI = 2.06–4.97) than those who had not experienced such discrimination.
> These effects held when controlling for demographic factors (age, sex, ethnicity, education) and when baseline BMI was included as a covariate. These effects were also specific to weight discrimination; other forms of discrimination (e.g., sex, race) were unrelated to risk of obesity at follow-up. The present research demonstrates that, in addition to poorer mental health outcomes, weight discrimination has implications for obesity. Rather than motivating individuals to lose weight, weight discrimination increases risk for obesity.
[Source]( | Negative reinforcement makes overweight people 2.5x more likely to become obese, and makes obese people 3x more likely to stay obese.
EDIT: Now for my opinion:
It's pretty likely someone who's overweight already knows it. They don't need you to point it out.
Leave unsolicited advice to the people who actually know them. If they do ask for help, give it in a positive, encouraging manner. To do anything else is to act against your own purpose (unless your purpose isn't actually to help them).
That said, we shouldn't be pretending that being overweight is healthy either. We need to encourage health without shaming people. Don't fat-shame, but don't encourage obesity. |
mistershy | This may be guiding off point, but I think the major conceit here is that for the people saying, "you're beautiful," their intention was that they actually find the person attractive and are informing them thus. For most people fat is unattractive. And for the friends of the person who are fat, they probably feel that. But they don't want to make their friend feel bad, they want to make them feel good; so they lie a little, because they aren't as concerned about judging their friend's attractiveness.
Attractiveness, is however, something they (and all of us) are judged on. Obesity is related to all sorts of health problems, and no, telling a person not to change will not lead them to a healthier lifestyle. But, point in fact, while we should be concerned with a person's health, we aren't only talking about how a person is health-wise when we talk about weight; we're talking about a person's appearance as well.
I make this point because we've gotten to a place where "fat" equates in most people's minds as "unattractive" AND "unhealthy." The two now seem reflexive with one another, but they are separate reasons for discussing obesity; if you're concerned for someone's health, because they're fat, that may be a noble endeavor. But for the person looking at the fat girl posting a selfie on facebook, you're probably thinking that she is unattractive. So he, in his honesty, wants to tell her that he finds her unattractive. And being unattractive is wrong in this culture right?
So in the facebook scenario: OP is a jerk for judging the selfie-girl: its not noble to tell someone they're unattractive for any reason. It's just OP projecting his values of beauty on another person. To OP's credit, she's posting to Facebook's "Cutest Teens," so she is probably concerned to some degree about her appearance. She might be a self-righteous bitch, and she's deluded into thinking she's pretty and everyone should like her for it. Or maybe she does feel ugly and maybe she's desperate for a little attention, and wants to see herself be praised for her appearance for once. Her friends then post to support her endeavors, because they're her friends. Ultimately, they're all in the wrong because they choose to express their judgement, or idea of self-worth, or support through the lens of appearance and attractiveness, rather than a more worth while or mature one.
At least when the friends get indignant on people like OP - who probably isn't an asshole, but probably had no business commenting on this girls picture, because it obviously wasn't intended for him - they can go home and say, "I wanted my friend to know I support her."
**TL,DR: Telling a fat person they're beautiful is probably a lie and doesn't "help them about their looks." But, society inflates the value of beauty; the friend is lying to support their friend, OP is bothered because he finds the girl unattractive. IMHO, OP is more in the wrong than the liars.** | This may be guiding off point, but I think the major conceit here is that for the people saying, "you're beautiful," their intention was that they actually find the person attractive and are informing them thus. For most people fat is unattractive. And for the friends of the person who are fat, they probably feel that. But they don't want to make their friend feel bad, they want to make them feel good; so they lie a little, because they aren't as concerned about judging their friend's attractiveness.
Attractiveness, is however, something they (and all of us) are judged on. Obesity is related to all sorts of health problems, and no, telling a person not to change will not lead them to a healthier lifestyle. But, point in fact, while we should be concerned with a person's health, we aren't only talking about how a person is health-wise when we talk about weight; we're talking about a person's appearance as well.
I make this point because we've gotten to a place where "fat" equates in most people's minds as "unattractive" AND "unhealthy." The two now seem reflexive with one another, but they are separate reasons for discussing obesity; if you're concerned for someone's health, because they're fat, that may be a noble endeavor. But for the person looking at the fat girl posting a selfie on facebook, you're probably thinking that she is unattractive. So he, in his honesty, wants to tell her that he finds her unattractive. And being unattractive is wrong in this culture right?
So in the facebook scenario: OP is a jerk for judging the selfie-girl: its not noble to tell someone they're unattractive for any reason. It's just OP projecting his values of beauty on another person. To OP's credit, she's posting to Facebook's "Cutest Teens," so she is probably concerned to some degree about her appearance. She might be a self-righteous bitch, and she's deluded into thinking she's pretty and everyone should like her for it. Or maybe she does feel ugly and maybe she's desperate for a little attention, and wants to see herself be praised for her appearance for once. Her friends then post to support her endeavors, because they're her friends. Ultimately, they're all in the wrong because they choose to express their judgement, or idea of self-worth, or support through the lens of appearance and attractiveness, rather than a more worth while or mature one.
At least when the friends get indignant on people like OP - who probably isn't an asshole, but probably had no business commenting on this girls picture, because it obviously wasn't intended for him - they can go home and say, "I wanted my friend to know I support her."
TL,DR: Telling a fat person they're beautiful is probably a lie and doesn't "help them about their looks." But, society inflates the value of beauty; the friend is lying to support their friend, OP is bothered because he finds the girl unattractive. IMHO, OP is more in the wrong than the liars.
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cdjik7w | This may be guiding off point, but I think the major conceit here is that for the people saying, "you're beautiful," their intention was that they actually find the person attractive and are informing them thus. For most people fat is unattractive. And for the friends of the person who are fat, they probably feel that. But they don't want to make their friend feel bad, they want to make them feel good; so they lie a little, because they aren't as concerned about judging their friend's attractiveness.
Attractiveness, is however, something they (and all of us) are judged on. Obesity is related to all sorts of health problems, and no, telling a person not to change will not lead them to a healthier lifestyle. But, point in fact, while we should be concerned with a person's health, we aren't only talking about how a person is health-wise when we talk about weight; we're talking about a person's appearance as well.
I make this point because we've gotten to a place where "fat" equates in most people's minds as "unattractive" AND "unhealthy." The two now seem reflexive with one another, but they are separate reasons for discussing obesity; if you're concerned for someone's health, because they're fat, that may be a noble endeavor. But for the person looking at the fat girl posting a selfie on facebook, you're probably thinking that she is unattractive. So he, in his honesty, wants to tell her that he finds her unattractive. And being unattractive is wrong in this culture right?
So in the facebook scenario: OP is a jerk for judging the selfie-girl: its not noble to tell someone they're unattractive for any reason. It's just OP projecting his values of beauty on another person. To OP's credit, she's posting to Facebook's "Cutest Teens," so she is probably concerned to some degree about her appearance. She might be a self-righteous bitch, and she's deluded into thinking she's pretty and everyone should like her for it. Or maybe she does feel ugly and maybe she's desperate for a little attention, and wants to see herself be praised for her appearance for once. Her friends then post to support her endeavors, because they're her friends. Ultimately, they're all in the wrong because they choose to express their judgement, or idea of self-worth, or support through the lens of appearance and attractiveness, rather than a more worth while or mature one.
At least when the friends get indignant on people like OP - who probably isn't an asshole, but probably had no business commenting on this girls picture, because it obviously wasn't intended for him - they can go home and say, "I wanted my friend to know I support her." | Telling a fat person they're beautiful is probably a lie and doesn't "help them about their looks." But, society inflates the value of beauty; the friend is lying to support their friend, OP is bothered because he finds the girl unattractive. IMHO, OP is more in the wrong than the liars. |
Spuds_Jake | It's a good thought. I've been watching griselbrand for a while now. The question is - since he has now rotated into modern, will he be competitive with the extremely busy field of powerful black demons?
Almost every set sees 1 or more new mono black demons with ridiculous p/t for the mana cost.
Griselbrand has a stupidly powerful ability, in that he allows you to reset your hand for a penalty, but swing once with him, or even declare him as a blocker, and he pays off some card draw.
My guess? He is a pretty strong bet. Monoblack demons have to be absolutely dominant at a niche to stand out, and griselbrand is just about the most reliable card draw bomb black has seen in a long time in modern.
Buying in as a spec is a pros v. cons game. Modern is less fickle than standard, so even if gris doesn't quite play out as you hoped, you won't LOSE much. The fact that he didn't drop hard after avacyn restored rotated out should strongly indicate that this big guy is not going to drop any time soon, and if he does it will be very slow.
TL:DR - Pick them up where you can. Despite that big demons are incredibly prevalent, he does a particularly job (card draw/combo) far better than anything black has. Griselbrand has staying power, and he won't be falling out of favor any time soon. | It's a good thought. I've been watching griselbrand for a while now. The question is - since he has now rotated into modern, will he be competitive with the extremely busy field of powerful black demons?
Almost every set sees 1 or more new mono black demons with ridiculous p/t for the mana cost.
Griselbrand has a stupidly powerful ability, in that he allows you to reset your hand for a penalty, but swing once with him, or even declare him as a blocker, and he pays off some card draw.
My guess? He is a pretty strong bet. Monoblack demons have to be absolutely dominant at a niche to stand out, and griselbrand is just about the most reliable card draw bomb black has seen in a long time in modern.
Buying in as a spec is a pros v. cons game. Modern is less fickle than standard, so even if gris doesn't quite play out as you hoped, you won't LOSE much. The fact that he didn't drop hard after avacyn restored rotated out should strongly indicate that this big guy is not going to drop any time soon, and if he does it will be very slow.
TL:DR - Pick them up where you can. Despite that big demons are incredibly prevalent, he does a particularly job (card draw/combo) far better than anything black has. Griselbrand has staying power, and he won't be falling out of favor any time soon.
| mtgfinance | t5_2vv1m | cdjeyyn | It's a good thought. I've been watching griselbrand for a while now. The question is - since he has now rotated into modern, will he be competitive with the extremely busy field of powerful black demons?
Almost every set sees 1 or more new mono black demons with ridiculous p/t for the mana cost.
Griselbrand has a stupidly powerful ability, in that he allows you to reset your hand for a penalty, but swing once with him, or even declare him as a blocker, and he pays off some card draw.
My guess? He is a pretty strong bet. Monoblack demons have to be absolutely dominant at a niche to stand out, and griselbrand is just about the most reliable card draw bomb black has seen in a long time in modern.
Buying in as a spec is a pros v. cons game. Modern is less fickle than standard, so even if gris doesn't quite play out as you hoped, you won't LOSE much. The fact that he didn't drop hard after avacyn restored rotated out should strongly indicate that this big guy is not going to drop any time soon, and if he does it will be very slow. | Pick them up where you can. Despite that big demons are incredibly prevalent, he does a particularly job (card draw/combo) far better than anything black has. Griselbrand has staying power, and he won't be falling out of favor any time soon. |
exoscoriae | Sewer Shark is the "pinnacle" of FMV gaming.... which is the same thing as being the pinnacle of the financial crisis. But when your young and its the only sega cd you have.....
reading your response, and your original post, it obviously comes down to - you just had fun playing it. Which is obviously something that should be a considering factor in a game. I was just thinking of the old GamePro review system with the 0-5 scale and the little faces, and I always remember seeing games that had "meh" faces in the graphics or gameplay categories, but 5.0 YEEEEAAAAAHHHHH faces in the "fun factor" category. I wanted to play those games.
So I'm not knocking you guys for giving Ryse a yes, so much as I think that most games are fun to some degree, and if that is all it takes to get a yes, then everygame gets a yes. I mean, is Killzone *really* so by the numbers that there is *no* fun to be had? Is it really so preditcable that people really shouldn't play it?
What about Madden? I haven't played a Madden game in 6-7 years. I picked up Madden 25 w/ my ps4 though, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Why should someone honestly not play Madden 25? Fans of the series generally pony up every year, if for nothing else than the roster update. People from outside series don't see how small the jumps are each year and are bound to find something they enjoy if they have any interest in football what-so-ever. So again, it deserves a yes.
And that is the problem with a yes/no system. It is the equivalent of a 0/10 system. You are either saying a game is good or it is not. That is WAY more polarizing than simply giving a game a 5.5 or a 6.3 or whatever. At least that kind of scoring accounts for grey areas. A simple Yes/No is all or nothing. I feel it undersells all the work your reviewers are doing, as they can write paragraphs of pros and cons, but at the end of the day they have to lump it all into one category or the other.
So when someone is trying to get a broad spectrum of opinions on a game, all they see is a title on a site like reddit that says, "Kotaku says you should not play Madden 25" or "Kotaku says YES to Ryse!".
If I see a score like a 5-7, I become curious, especially when there is a wide spread on metacritic of really low and really high scores. But a simple yes or no isn't very intriguing. It doesn't give me a reason to go read the review behind it, and as I pointed out above, it undersells games that are good at what they do - but aren't new.
TL:DR: Giving Ryse a yes due to it being fun while giving the above mentioned games a No for being repetitive (even though the gameplay is solid) is a system that skews towards creativity at the cost of quality. | Sewer Shark is the "pinnacle" of FMV gaming.... which is the same thing as being the pinnacle of the financial crisis. But when your young and its the only sega cd you have.....
reading your response, and your original post, it obviously comes down to - you just had fun playing it. Which is obviously something that should be a considering factor in a game. I was just thinking of the old GamePro review system with the 0-5 scale and the little faces, and I always remember seeing games that had "meh" faces in the graphics or gameplay categories, but 5.0 YEEEEAAAAAHHHHH faces in the "fun factor" category. I wanted to play those games.
So I'm not knocking you guys for giving Ryse a yes, so much as I think that most games are fun to some degree, and if that is all it takes to get a yes, then everygame gets a yes. I mean, is Killzone really so by the numbers that there is no fun to be had? Is it really so preditcable that people really shouldn't play it?
What about Madden? I haven't played a Madden game in 6-7 years. I picked up Madden 25 w/ my ps4 though, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Why should someone honestly not play Madden 25? Fans of the series generally pony up every year, if for nothing else than the roster update. People from outside series don't see how small the jumps are each year and are bound to find something they enjoy if they have any interest in football what-so-ever. So again, it deserves a yes.
And that is the problem with a yes/no system. It is the equivalent of a 0/10 system. You are either saying a game is good or it is not. That is WAY more polarizing than simply giving a game a 5.5 or a 6.3 or whatever. At least that kind of scoring accounts for grey areas. A simple Yes/No is all or nothing. I feel it undersells all the work your reviewers are doing, as they can write paragraphs of pros and cons, but at the end of the day they have to lump it all into one category or the other.
So when someone is trying to get a broad spectrum of opinions on a game, all they see is a title on a site like reddit that says, "Kotaku says you should not play Madden 25" or "Kotaku says YES to Ryse!".
If I see a score like a 5-7, I become curious, especially when there is a wide spread on metacritic of really low and really high scores. But a simple yes or no isn't very intriguing. It doesn't give me a reason to go read the review behind it, and as I pointed out above, it undersells games that are good at what they do - but aren't new.
TL:DR: Giving Ryse a yes due to it being fun while giving the above mentioned games a No for being repetitive (even though the gameplay is solid) is a system that skews towards creativity at the cost of quality.
| Games | t5_2qhwp | cdjvx0c | Sewer Shark is the "pinnacle" of FMV gaming.... which is the same thing as being the pinnacle of the financial crisis. But when your young and its the only sega cd you have.....
reading your response, and your original post, it obviously comes down to - you just had fun playing it. Which is obviously something that should be a considering factor in a game. I was just thinking of the old GamePro review system with the 0-5 scale and the little faces, and I always remember seeing games that had "meh" faces in the graphics or gameplay categories, but 5.0 YEEEEAAAAAHHHHH faces in the "fun factor" category. I wanted to play those games.
So I'm not knocking you guys for giving Ryse a yes, so much as I think that most games are fun to some degree, and if that is all it takes to get a yes, then everygame gets a yes. I mean, is Killzone really so by the numbers that there is no fun to be had? Is it really so preditcable that people really shouldn't play it?
What about Madden? I haven't played a Madden game in 6-7 years. I picked up Madden 25 w/ my ps4 though, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Why should someone honestly not play Madden 25? Fans of the series generally pony up every year, if for nothing else than the roster update. People from outside series don't see how small the jumps are each year and are bound to find something they enjoy if they have any interest in football what-so-ever. So again, it deserves a yes.
And that is the problem with a yes/no system. It is the equivalent of a 0/10 system. You are either saying a game is good or it is not. That is WAY more polarizing than simply giving a game a 5.5 or a 6.3 or whatever. At least that kind of scoring accounts for grey areas. A simple Yes/No is all or nothing. I feel it undersells all the work your reviewers are doing, as they can write paragraphs of pros and cons, but at the end of the day they have to lump it all into one category or the other.
So when someone is trying to get a broad spectrum of opinions on a game, all they see is a title on a site like reddit that says, "Kotaku says you should not play Madden 25" or "Kotaku says YES to Ryse!".
If I see a score like a 5-7, I become curious, especially when there is a wide spread on metacritic of really low and really high scores. But a simple yes or no isn't very intriguing. It doesn't give me a reason to go read the review behind it, and as I pointed out above, it undersells games that are good at what they do - but aren't new. | Giving Ryse a yes due to it being fun while giving the above mentioned games a No for being repetitive (even though the gameplay is solid) is a system that skews towards creativity at the cost of quality. |
Hamlet7768 | The one thing I can remember posting that was longer than that TLDR was my explanation of canonization. | The one thing I can remember posting that was longer than that TLDR was my explanation of canonization.
| conspiratard | t5_2r2dd | cdjuvoj | The one thing I can remember posting that was longer than that | was my explanation of canonization. |
evenastoppedclock | Younha's The Real Reason We Broke Up.
Trouble Maker's Now.
IU's Between The Lips.
IU's Bad Day.
Kim Yerim - Like You Know It All.
BEG - Lie.
f(x) - Ending Page.
VIXX - everything.
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~~what even happened this year how is it november and almost gayo time where did 2013 go~~
~~Fade was a really great song! As far as I remember, I liked everything by IU, Younha, and Davichi. I really got into VIXX this year (Jekyll/Hyde minis). SHINee was pretty solid too. IGAB was very divisive, but I liked it and a few songs from the album (Baby Maybe, Lost In Love, Express 999). Some of their Japanese stuff this year was nice too. I *love* Trouble Maker's Chemistry (and still have Now/Attention in my playlist). Kim Yerim was a great debut this year, as was Ladies' Code (and I love that Sojung keeps doing radio covers, her voice is lovely). Ailee's stuff was good this year, especially some of the stuff she featured on/covered. I liked SJ-M's Break Down. BEG'S Black Box was amazing, as was f(x)'s Pink Tape. Both of K.Will's comebacks were nice miss A finally had a comeback too, and Hush is an addictive song. SISTAR/19 were this year, right? I liked Give It To Me and Gone Not Around Any Longer (still a mouthful). Was BoA's Disturbance this year? I *really* liked that. I really like [this one random song by Kim Greem]( too...and that reminded me of [Navi's song]( I don't even remember what happened this year. Was Lee Hi this year?~~
~~TL;DR: IU, Younha, Davichi, VIXX, SHINee, Trouble Maker, SNSD, Kim Yerim, Ailee, SJ-M, BEG, f(x), K.Will, Sistar/19, BoA (?), Ladies' Code... I'm sorry, I just kind of listed at random everything that I liked enough to add to my library. I've definitely forgotten things.~~
~~IU, Trouble Maker, BEG, f(x), and Kim Yerim might be my top picks for the year.~~ | Younha's The Real Reason We Broke Up.
Trouble Maker's Now.
IU's Between The Lips.
IU's Bad Day.
Kim Yerim - Like You Know It All.
BEG - Lie.
f(x) - Ending Page.
VIXX - everything.
what even happened this year how is it november and almost gayo time where did 2013 go
Fade was a really great song! As far as I remember, I liked everything by IU, Younha, and Davichi. I really got into VIXX this year (Jekyll/Hyde minis). SHINee was pretty solid too. IGAB was very divisive, but I liked it and a few songs from the album (Baby Maybe, Lost In Love, Express 999). Some of their Japanese stuff this year was nice too. I love Trouble Maker's Chemistry (and still have Now/Attention in my playlist). Kim Yerim was a great debut this year, as was Ladies' Code (and I love that Sojung keeps doing radio covers, her voice is lovely). Ailee's stuff was good this year, especially some of the stuff she featured on/covered. I liked SJ-M's Break Down. BEG'S Black Box was amazing, as was f(x)'s Pink Tape. Both of K.Will's comebacks were nice miss A finally had a comeback too, and Hush is an addictive song. SISTAR/19 were this year, right? I liked Give It To Me and Gone Not Around Any Longer (still a mouthful). Was BoA's Disturbance this year? I really liked that. I really like [this one random song by Kim Greem]( too...and that reminded me of [Navi's song]( I don't even remember what happened this year. Was Lee Hi this year?
TL;DR: IU, Younha, Davichi, VIXX, SHINee, Trouble Maker, SNSD, Kim Yerim, Ailee, SJ-M, BEG, f(x), K.Will, Sistar/19, BoA (?), Ladies' Code... I'm sorry, I just kind of listed at random everything that I liked enough to add to my library. I've definitely forgotten things.
IU, Trouble Maker, BEG, f(x), and Kim Yerim might be my top picks for the year.
| kpop | t5_2r1ox | cdjpbkx | Younha's The Real Reason We Broke Up.
Trouble Maker's Now.
IU's Between The Lips.
IU's Bad Day.
Kim Yerim - Like You Know It All.
BEG - Lie.
f(x) - Ending Page.
VIXX - everything.
what even happened this year how is it november and almost gayo time where did 2013 go
Fade was a really great song! As far as I remember, I liked everything by IU, Younha, and Davichi. I really got into VIXX this year (Jekyll/Hyde minis). SHINee was pretty solid too. IGAB was very divisive, but I liked it and a few songs from the album (Baby Maybe, Lost In Love, Express 999). Some of their Japanese stuff this year was nice too. I love Trouble Maker's Chemistry (and still have Now/Attention in my playlist). Kim Yerim was a great debut this year, as was Ladies' Code (and I love that Sojung keeps doing radio covers, her voice is lovely). Ailee's stuff was good this year, especially some of the stuff she featured on/covered. I liked SJ-M's Break Down. BEG'S Black Box was amazing, as was f(x)'s Pink Tape. Both of K.Will's comebacks were nice miss A finally had a comeback too, and Hush is an addictive song. SISTAR/19 were this year, right? I liked Give It To Me and Gone Not Around Any Longer (still a mouthful). Was BoA's Disturbance this year? I really liked that. I really like [this one random song by Kim Greem]( too...and that reminded me of [Navi's song]( I don't even remember what happened this year. Was Lee Hi this year? | IU, Younha, Davichi, VIXX, SHINee, Trouble Maker, SNSD, Kim Yerim, Ailee, SJ-M, BEG, f(x), K.Will, Sistar/19, BoA (?), Ladies' Code... I'm sorry, I just kind of listed at random everything that I liked enough to add to my library. I've definitely forgotten things.
IU, Trouble Maker, BEG, f(x), and Kim Yerim might be my top picks for the year. |
SirEriim | Physical attraction is just as important as anything else in a relationship. So don't fuss over that.
Try finding a girl you really click with. Get along with and can spend time with. And then get to know her. How she looks is irellevant so long as you're attracted to her. Physical attraction is part of that.
Tl:dr Find a girl you really like and get along well with. Sometimes it takes time. | Physical attraction is just as important as anything else in a relationship. So don't fuss over that.
Try finding a girl you really click with. Get along with and can spend time with. And then get to know her. How she looks is irellevant so long as you're attracted to her. Physical attraction is part of that.
Tl:dr Find a girl you really like and get along well with. Sometimes it takes time.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cdjre5d | Physical attraction is just as important as anything else in a relationship. So don't fuss over that.
Try finding a girl you really click with. Get along with and can spend time with. And then get to know her. How she looks is irellevant so long as you're attracted to her. Physical attraction is part of that. | Find a girl you really like and get along well with. Sometimes it takes time. |
ojtech | On a macro level what qe does is increase liquidity in the market by pushing down long term interest rates. This makes it cheaper for businesses to borrow and invest in stocks (and also lowers incentives to invest in bonds with low interest rates, further pushing liquidity into stocks and other investments) and theoretically new value generating ventures.
As the taper begins long term bond rates will rise again, theoretically lowering liquidity (and potentially lowering equity valuations). This will also increase incentives to save (higher rates on savings accounts) and raise interest rates on bonds. Keep in mind this also means decreasing market prices for bonds (market value of a bond moves inverse to rates).
TL;DR stock prices go down (maybe) since bond interest rates go up (making it more expensive to leverage investing in stocks) and bond prices go down | On a macro level what qe does is increase liquidity in the market by pushing down long term interest rates. This makes it cheaper for businesses to borrow and invest in stocks (and also lowers incentives to invest in bonds with low interest rates, further pushing liquidity into stocks and other investments) and theoretically new value generating ventures.
As the taper begins long term bond rates will rise again, theoretically lowering liquidity (and potentially lowering equity valuations). This will also increase incentives to save (higher rates on savings accounts) and raise interest rates on bonds. Keep in mind this also means decreasing market prices for bonds (market value of a bond moves inverse to rates).
TL;DR stock prices go down (maybe) since bond interest rates go up (making it more expensive to leverage investing in stocks) and bond prices go down
| investing | t5_2qhhq | cdjrpyy | On a macro level what qe does is increase liquidity in the market by pushing down long term interest rates. This makes it cheaper for businesses to borrow and invest in stocks (and also lowers incentives to invest in bonds with low interest rates, further pushing liquidity into stocks and other investments) and theoretically new value generating ventures.
As the taper begins long term bond rates will rise again, theoretically lowering liquidity (and potentially lowering equity valuations). This will also increase incentives to save (higher rates on savings accounts) and raise interest rates on bonds. Keep in mind this also means decreasing market prices for bonds (market value of a bond moves inverse to rates). | stock prices go down (maybe) since bond interest rates go up (making it more expensive to leverage investing in stocks) and bond prices go down |
Regina_King | I cook at night and school all day. Honestly just having the time to do the homework is an amazing effort. My major is really research, reading and writing intensive. I have to be in archives at times but I only have an hour between class and work so that means I have to find out what I need and photocopy everything so I can read it after work. Writing my papers takes a lot of planning ahead but sometimes comes down to double all nighters. I get paid shit money so im always broke and have to share a single room apartment with a roommate who does not go to school and is persuing a rap career. Dealing with the noise unbearable so I go back to campus (far away through a shit part of town) after work to study in classrooms they leave open. Im pretty sure some mornings I look homeless going to class straight from studying in a desk from 12am until 9am. Im almost done with college and I am making a C+ average but feel like im working harder than anyone making an A. I feel robbed of opportunity, maybe is I was smarter or more mature I could do it all and make A's while working or at least join some campus clubs for my resume. Im.passionate about what I study but I feel like grad schools will never look at me twice and I will just be a cook who know a lot about colonial Brazil.
Tl;dr - not enough hours in the day
Edit -- sorry, this is clearly not the story you are looking for haha. We will be fine, we are industrious and smart. | I cook at night and school all day. Honestly just having the time to do the homework is an amazing effort. My major is really research, reading and writing intensive. I have to be in archives at times but I only have an hour between class and work so that means I have to find out what I need and photocopy everything so I can read it after work. Writing my papers takes a lot of planning ahead but sometimes comes down to double all nighters. I get paid shit money so im always broke and have to share a single room apartment with a roommate who does not go to school and is persuing a rap career. Dealing with the noise unbearable so I go back to campus (far away through a shit part of town) after work to study in classrooms they leave open. Im pretty sure some mornings I look homeless going to class straight from studying in a desk from 12am until 9am. Im almost done with college and I am making a C+ average but feel like im working harder than anyone making an A. I feel robbed of opportunity, maybe is I was smarter or more mature I could do it all and make A's while working or at least join some campus clubs for my resume. Im.passionate about what I study but I feel like grad schools will never look at me twice and I will just be a cook who know a lot about colonial Brazil.
Tl;dr - not enough hours in the day
Edit -- sorry, this is clearly not the story you are looking for haha. We will be fine, we are industrious and smart.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdjsxq7 | I cook at night and school all day. Honestly just having the time to do the homework is an amazing effort. My major is really research, reading and writing intensive. I have to be in archives at times but I only have an hour between class and work so that means I have to find out what I need and photocopy everything so I can read it after work. Writing my papers takes a lot of planning ahead but sometimes comes down to double all nighters. I get paid shit money so im always broke and have to share a single room apartment with a roommate who does not go to school and is persuing a rap career. Dealing with the noise unbearable so I go back to campus (far away through a shit part of town) after work to study in classrooms they leave open. Im pretty sure some mornings I look homeless going to class straight from studying in a desk from 12am until 9am. Im almost done with college and I am making a C+ average but feel like im working harder than anyone making an A. I feel robbed of opportunity, maybe is I was smarter or more mature I could do it all and make A's while working or at least join some campus clubs for my resume. Im.passionate about what I study but I feel like grad schools will never look at me twice and I will just be a cook who know a lot about colonial Brazil. | not enough hours in the day
Edit -- sorry, this is clearly not the story you are looking for haha. We will be fine, we are industrious and smart. |
Ledgo | Depends how they view the product.
Right now Big E is picking up a lot of heat and building an audience. I personally think he's the better all-round player. However, Reigns has potential to be a second Rock and is a very able bodied performer. The two should give us amazing matches in the future. If I had to put money on one of those two, I would THINK Big E. Seth Rollins would easily be in the running and is already an awesome wrestler, he just needs (In my opinion) an angle to boost him and show off his singles power. However, the wild card is how people sell. If Ambrose has a fan girl/boy audience that buys the stuff then he may be put forward.
TL;DR Summary-Big E or Reigns definitely up there. Would like to see better demonstration of Rollins (And for that matter Reigns) in singles. Ambrose if he sells like Cena. | Depends how they view the product.
Right now Big E is picking up a lot of heat and building an audience. I personally think he's the better all-round player. However, Reigns has potential to be a second Rock and is a very able bodied performer. The two should give us amazing matches in the future. If I had to put money on one of those two, I would THINK Big E. Seth Rollins would easily be in the running and is already an awesome wrestler, he just needs (In my opinion) an angle to boost him and show off his singles power. However, the wild card is how people sell. If Ambrose has a fan girl/boy audience that buys the stuff then he may be put forward.
TL;DR Summary-Big E or Reigns definitely up there. Would like to see better demonstration of Rollins (And for that matter Reigns) in singles. Ambrose if he sells like Cena.
| SquaredCircle | t5_2sljg | cdkcer4 | Depends how they view the product.
Right now Big E is picking up a lot of heat and building an audience. I personally think he's the better all-round player. However, Reigns has potential to be a second Rock and is a very able bodied performer. The two should give us amazing matches in the future. If I had to put money on one of those two, I would THINK Big E. Seth Rollins would easily be in the running and is already an awesome wrestler, he just needs (In my opinion) an angle to boost him and show off his singles power. However, the wild card is how people sell. If Ambrose has a fan girl/boy audience that buys the stuff then he may be put forward. | Summary-Big E or Reigns definitely up there. Would like to see better demonstration of Rollins (And for that matter Reigns) in singles. Ambrose if he sells like Cena. |
justkirk | I think all of these are pretty cool. Part of what makes SW amazing is the background detail included and how rich and alive the universe is. As a kid, I used to daydream about background characters like the Cantina Patrons, Bespin junk pile workers, Jabba's thralls, et. al. all of the time, wondering what kind of stories these characters were a part of outside the movies. The fact that they make a toy for every single one is totally validated. I played with my Hammerhead and Ponda Boba toys just as much as my Han Solo and Boba Fett toys.
The Rancor Keeper is one of my favorite background characters in the entire series. Coming out of the Rancor sequence, there is all this tension that built up during the battle, which climaxes with Lukes triumph in an awesome feat of jedi prowess, way more advanced than we'd seen in the previous two films. Then they cut to an enraged Jabba, and the devastated Malakili. There are emotional consequences associated with Luke's actions. The villains in this case are not just static tropes. The fact that this random character loved and took care of this giant killer beast adds this whole other angle to the fight. Through the Rancor Keeper, the Rancor itself stops being a one dimensional movie monster, and gives this random background character a lot of depth for such a short appearance. Especially because he lives in the party pad of the galaxy's biggest gangster filled with hardened criminals. It makes you feel like the world we are in has a life outside the story in the film, that these arent just arbitrary Special Effects makeup extras jammed into the frame. They have stories, too. The toys let you create those stories.
This list makes me scared that i09 is becoming some kind of sci-fi Buzzfeed (or even worse: it has been all along).
**TLDR** These toys are rad.
edit: words | I think all of these are pretty cool. Part of what makes SW amazing is the background detail included and how rich and alive the universe is. As a kid, I used to daydream about background characters like the Cantina Patrons, Bespin junk pile workers, Jabba's thralls, et. al. all of the time, wondering what kind of stories these characters were a part of outside the movies. The fact that they make a toy for every single one is totally validated. I played with my Hammerhead and Ponda Boba toys just as much as my Han Solo and Boba Fett toys.
The Rancor Keeper is one of my favorite background characters in the entire series. Coming out of the Rancor sequence, there is all this tension that built up during the battle, which climaxes with Lukes triumph in an awesome feat of jedi prowess, way more advanced than we'd seen in the previous two films. Then they cut to an enraged Jabba, and the devastated Malakili. There are emotional consequences associated with Luke's actions. The villains in this case are not just static tropes. The fact that this random character loved and took care of this giant killer beast adds this whole other angle to the fight. Through the Rancor Keeper, the Rancor itself stops being a one dimensional movie monster, and gives this random background character a lot of depth for such a short appearance. Especially because he lives in the party pad of the galaxy's biggest gangster filled with hardened criminals. It makes you feel like the world we are in has a life outside the story in the film, that these arent just arbitrary Special Effects makeup extras jammed into the frame. They have stories, too. The toys let you create those stories.
This list makes me scared that i09 is becoming some kind of sci-fi Buzzfeed (or even worse: it has been all along).
TLDR These toys are rad.
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| StarWars | t5_2qi4s | cdk10xj | I think all of these are pretty cool. Part of what makes SW amazing is the background detail included and how rich and alive the universe is. As a kid, I used to daydream about background characters like the Cantina Patrons, Bespin junk pile workers, Jabba's thralls, et. al. all of the time, wondering what kind of stories these characters were a part of outside the movies. The fact that they make a toy for every single one is totally validated. I played with my Hammerhead and Ponda Boba toys just as much as my Han Solo and Boba Fett toys.
The Rancor Keeper is one of my favorite background characters in the entire series. Coming out of the Rancor sequence, there is all this tension that built up during the battle, which climaxes with Lukes triumph in an awesome feat of jedi prowess, way more advanced than we'd seen in the previous two films. Then they cut to an enraged Jabba, and the devastated Malakili. There are emotional consequences associated with Luke's actions. The villains in this case are not just static tropes. The fact that this random character loved and took care of this giant killer beast adds this whole other angle to the fight. Through the Rancor Keeper, the Rancor itself stops being a one dimensional movie monster, and gives this random background character a lot of depth for such a short appearance. Especially because he lives in the party pad of the galaxy's biggest gangster filled with hardened criminals. It makes you feel like the world we are in has a life outside the story in the film, that these arent just arbitrary Special Effects makeup extras jammed into the frame. They have stories, too. The toys let you create those stories.
This list makes me scared that i09 is becoming some kind of sci-fi Buzzfeed (or even worse: it has been all along). | These toys are rad.
edit: words |
milaha | fun old story only vaguely related to this game. Medal of honor allied assualt came out while I was in HS. I was a giant computer geek back then, and often had lan parties. The lack of prolific broadband back then meant that often once arriving to a lan you would install the various games that had come out (installing from the cracked copy someone had ofc) which required overwriting files. This exposed us to the fact that the .exe file was MOHAA.exe. Of course we needed to shout "mohaa!" every time we did anything with it.
Fast forward a few months later and it is now an inside joke and despite the fact that no one really likes the game it is constantly suggested so we can shout "MOHAA". One guy really hates the joke and the game both, this only makes it better. Anyway, he passes out on his keyboard one night, and we all gather around him and scream "MOHAA" into his ears. Freaks him out so bad that he falls out of his char, knocks over his tower, and flips the fuck out. Meanwhile we are all deliriously tired and think this is the funniest thing ever.
To this day every time I see a medal of honor game I cant help but scream "MOHAA" in my head and chuckle to myself.
tl;dr: Random memory that is hilarious to me but is probably boring to everyone else. | fun old story only vaguely related to this game. Medal of honor allied assualt came out while I was in HS. I was a giant computer geek back then, and often had lan parties. The lack of prolific broadband back then meant that often once arriving to a lan you would install the various games that had come out (installing from the cracked copy someone had ofc) which required overwriting files. This exposed us to the fact that the .exe file was MOHAA.exe. Of course we needed to shout "mohaa!" every time we did anything with it.
Fast forward a few months later and it is now an inside joke and despite the fact that no one really likes the game it is constantly suggested so we can shout "MOHAA". One guy really hates the joke and the game both, this only makes it better. Anyway, he passes out on his keyboard one night, and we all gather around him and scream "MOHAA" into his ears. Freaks him out so bad that he falls out of his char, knocks over his tower, and flips the fuck out. Meanwhile we are all deliriously tired and think this is the funniest thing ever.
To this day every time I see a medal of honor game I cant help but scream "MOHAA" in my head and chuckle to myself.
tl;dr: Random memory that is hilarious to me but is probably boring to everyone else.
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cdke143 | fun old story only vaguely related to this game. Medal of honor allied assualt came out while I was in HS. I was a giant computer geek back then, and often had lan parties. The lack of prolific broadband back then meant that often once arriving to a lan you would install the various games that had come out (installing from the cracked copy someone had ofc) which required overwriting files. This exposed us to the fact that the .exe file was MOHAA.exe. Of course we needed to shout "mohaa!" every time we did anything with it.
Fast forward a few months later and it is now an inside joke and despite the fact that no one really likes the game it is constantly suggested so we can shout "MOHAA". One guy really hates the joke and the game both, this only makes it better. Anyway, he passes out on his keyboard one night, and we all gather around him and scream "MOHAA" into his ears. Freaks him out so bad that he falls out of his char, knocks over his tower, and flips the fuck out. Meanwhile we are all deliriously tired and think this is the funniest thing ever.
To this day every time I see a medal of honor game I cant help but scream "MOHAA" in my head and chuckle to myself. | Random memory that is hilarious to me but is probably boring to everyone else. |
madsmitty | I have two stories/pieces of advice for you:
1. My cat, when I first got her, stayed with us for about 3 weeks, and then disappeared for three days and miraculously came back. As a nine year old, I was also devastated. Of course she was a new kitty to is then, unlike your cat, who has been with you for a long time, which brings us to...
2. My second story/advice bit. My friend's cat is an indoor/outdoor cat. They've had it for a while, I'm not sure how long. One day, it just disappeared. She was there when my friend left for school in the morning, and gone when she got home. About a week and a half later, the cat came back! She was a little rough looking, had some scratches and such but they took her to the vet and she's fine now!
TL;DR: I've personally had a cat disappear and turn up again later, and so has one of my friends. There is hope! | I have two stories/pieces of advice for you:
My cat, when I first got her, stayed with us for about 3 weeks, and then disappeared for three days and miraculously came back. As a nine year old, I was also devastated. Of course she was a new kitty to is then, unlike your cat, who has been with you for a long time, which brings us to...
My second story/advice bit. My friend's cat is an indoor/outdoor cat. They've had it for a while, I'm not sure how long. One day, it just disappeared. She was there when my friend left for school in the morning, and gone when she got home. About a week and a half later, the cat came back! She was a little rough looking, had some scratches and such but they took her to the vet and she's fine now!
TL;DR: I've personally had a cat disappear and turn up again later, and so has one of my friends. There is hope!
| cats | t5_2qhta | cdk6deq | I have two stories/pieces of advice for you:
My cat, when I first got her, stayed with us for about 3 weeks, and then disappeared for three days and miraculously came back. As a nine year old, I was also devastated. Of course she was a new kitty to is then, unlike your cat, who has been with you for a long time, which brings us to...
My second story/advice bit. My friend's cat is an indoor/outdoor cat. They've had it for a while, I'm not sure how long. One day, it just disappeared. She was there when my friend left for school in the morning, and gone when she got home. About a week and a half later, the cat came back! She was a little rough looking, had some scratches and such but they took her to the vet and she's fine now! | I've personally had a cat disappear and turn up again later, and so has one of my friends. There is hope! |
pharmaconaut | Nope.
I have ADHD, and I dislike more than 10 milligrams of dexedrine intensely. I get jittery, stutter profusely, and dislike the experience. (you can imagine how I was on 40 milligrams of adderall. Roid rage filled anxious hell). My experience is not yours.
And took stimulants from age 8-17. I've taken nearly single one at one point or another, from instant release methylphenidate (and extended release, concerta) , mixed amphetamine salts (adderall), dextroamphetamine, atomoxetine, buproprion, and copious caffeine.
All make me jittery and anxious, and I'm sensitive in low doses (though I've been on high doses of methylphenidate and adderall. Tolerance certainly played a role in that, bumping up the dosage every year). Currently not a part of my life by choice (and my grades have suffered accordingly, I'm in community college)
Dopamine is a just a small part of the picture, which you're bastardizing for simplicity. Individual biochemistry plays so much in how we react to drugs. I don't feel we have even half of the ADHD picture, and what's going on in those individuals.
TL;DR I wouldn't chalk it up to OP having ADHD. It's a product of his individual biochemistry, which includes ADHD, but I wouldn't consider it the causer. Stimulants effect everyone similarly, though with differences based on individual biochemistry. | Nope.
I have ADHD, and I dislike more than 10 milligrams of dexedrine intensely. I get jittery, stutter profusely, and dislike the experience. (you can imagine how I was on 40 milligrams of adderall. Roid rage filled anxious hell). My experience is not yours.
And took stimulants from age 8-17. I've taken nearly single one at one point or another, from instant release methylphenidate (and extended release, concerta) , mixed amphetamine salts (adderall), dextroamphetamine, atomoxetine, buproprion, and copious caffeine.
All make me jittery and anxious, and I'm sensitive in low doses (though I've been on high doses of methylphenidate and adderall. Tolerance certainly played a role in that, bumping up the dosage every year). Currently not a part of my life by choice (and my grades have suffered accordingly, I'm in community college)
Dopamine is a just a small part of the picture, which you're bastardizing for simplicity. Individual biochemistry plays so much in how we react to drugs. I don't feel we have even half of the ADHD picture, and what's going on in those individuals.
TL;DR I wouldn't chalk it up to OP having ADHD. It's a product of his individual biochemistry, which includes ADHD, but I wouldn't consider it the causer. Stimulants effect everyone similarly, though with differences based on individual biochemistry.
| Drugs | t5_2qh7l | cdklz6l | Nope.
I have ADHD, and I dislike more than 10 milligrams of dexedrine intensely. I get jittery, stutter profusely, and dislike the experience. (you can imagine how I was on 40 milligrams of adderall. Roid rage filled anxious hell). My experience is not yours.
And took stimulants from age 8-17. I've taken nearly single one at one point or another, from instant release methylphenidate (and extended release, concerta) , mixed amphetamine salts (adderall), dextroamphetamine, atomoxetine, buproprion, and copious caffeine.
All make me jittery and anxious, and I'm sensitive in low doses (though I've been on high doses of methylphenidate and adderall. Tolerance certainly played a role in that, bumping up the dosage every year). Currently not a part of my life by choice (and my grades have suffered accordingly, I'm in community college)
Dopamine is a just a small part of the picture, which you're bastardizing for simplicity. Individual biochemistry plays so much in how we react to drugs. I don't feel we have even half of the ADHD picture, and what's going on in those individuals. | I wouldn't chalk it up to OP having ADHD. It's a product of his individual biochemistry, which includes ADHD, but I wouldn't consider it the causer. Stimulants effect everyone similarly, though with differences based on individual biochemistry. |
xHaZxMaTx | So I and some other users of /r/mylittlepony have been getting nigh daily PMs from a ~~mysterious~~ user by the name of /u/NOTLinker ~~who I totally have no clue as to who they might actually be~~. Anywho, most of their messages thus far have been very entertaining emote stories such as this. I keep telling NOTLinker that they should be submitting them to the sub as self-posts, but I've not yet heard anything in reply, so I figured I'd go ahead and post this one for them since it's a little time-sensitive.
[](/twibeam)TL;DR: Credit goes to /u/NOTLinker. | So I and some other users of /r/mylittlepony have been getting nigh daily PMs from a mysterious user by the name of /u/NOTLinker who I totally have no clue as to who they might actually be . Anywho, most of their messages thus far have been very entertaining emote stories such as this. I keep telling NOTLinker that they should be submitting them to the sub as self-posts, but I've not yet heard anything in reply, so I figured I'd go ahead and post this one for them since it's a little time-sensitive.
TL;DR: Credit goes to /u/NOTLinker.
| mylittlepony | t5_2s8bl | cdkm5nl | So I and some other users of /r/mylittlepony have been getting nigh daily PMs from a mysterious user by the name of /u/NOTLinker who I totally have no clue as to who they might actually be . Anywho, most of their messages thus far have been very entertaining emote stories such as this. I keep telling NOTLinker that they should be submitting them to the sub as self-posts, but I've not yet heard anything in reply, so I figured I'd go ahead and post this one for them since it's a little time-sensitive. | Credit goes to /u/NOTLinker. |
kandbmcd | I'm 26. I've had Baby Fever since around the time I graduated college in 2009. See, at the time, my boyfriend at the time (husband now), had been planning on getting married when I graduated. I had it all planned out. Married at 22, babies by 23. He had a great job with a bank and we were set.
In April, weeks before my birthday when I thought he was going to propose, his bank went under hostile takeover and his entire branch was laid off. I was crushed, but expected things to get back on track.
He spent the next two years unemployed, and I waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Repeat ad nauseam.
We finally got back on our feet in 2011ish, got engaged in 2012, got married this past April.
I've been in baby overdrive. I'm in graduate school; we're not financially stable - I quit working in June to finish up school on a full-time basis when I found out I was slated to graduate in May 2015 instead of August 2014 like I thought. Noooo thanks. So I'll be graduating in May 2014, but in the meantime, we're scraping by at sub-poverty income levels.
So yeah.
tl;dr: baby fever going on five years now. If we're not settled a year from now, I'm pulling the goalie. /r/personalfinance can kiss my ass. | I'm 26. I've had Baby Fever since around the time I graduated college in 2009. See, at the time, my boyfriend at the time (husband now), had been planning on getting married when I graduated. I had it all planned out. Married at 22, babies by 23. He had a great job with a bank and we were set.
In April, weeks before my birthday when I thought he was going to propose, his bank went under hostile takeover and his entire branch was laid off. I was crushed, but expected things to get back on track.
He spent the next two years unemployed, and I waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Repeat ad nauseam.
We finally got back on our feet in 2011ish, got engaged in 2012, got married this past April.
I've been in baby overdrive. I'm in graduate school; we're not financially stable - I quit working in June to finish up school on a full-time basis when I found out I was slated to graduate in May 2015 instead of August 2014 like I thought. Noooo thanks. So I'll be graduating in May 2014, but in the meantime, we're scraping by at sub-poverty income levels.
So yeah.
tl;dr: baby fever going on five years now. If we're not settled a year from now, I'm pulling the goalie. /r/personalfinance can kiss my ass.
| waiting_to_try | t5_2yge0 | cdqncst | I'm 26. I've had Baby Fever since around the time I graduated college in 2009. See, at the time, my boyfriend at the time (husband now), had been planning on getting married when I graduated. I had it all planned out. Married at 22, babies by 23. He had a great job with a bank and we were set.
In April, weeks before my birthday when I thought he was going to propose, his bank went under hostile takeover and his entire branch was laid off. I was crushed, but expected things to get back on track.
He spent the next two years unemployed, and I waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. Repeat ad nauseam.
We finally got back on our feet in 2011ish, got engaged in 2012, got married this past April.
I've been in baby overdrive. I'm in graduate school; we're not financially stable - I quit working in June to finish up school on a full-time basis when I found out I was slated to graduate in May 2015 instead of August 2014 like I thought. Noooo thanks. So I'll be graduating in May 2014, but in the meantime, we're scraping by at sub-poverty income levels.
So yeah. | baby fever going on five years now. If we're not settled a year from now, I'm pulling the goalie. /r/personalfinance can kiss my ass. |
ChenMango | Maybe some lesser youkai and humans help them out through some sort of "blood bank", only instead of getting paid money to help out, YOU have to pay money AND give the blood to help the vampires out. Another theory could be that as long as you pay for the books in Voile, Patchouli will let you keep them (unlike the explosive blonde, who blows through the library). And Sakuya IS said to be a cook for the Scarlets....(Cooking Mama X Touhou crossover?) She would know how to make pastries for sale and sell them through the human village. Meiling might also teach you tae kwon do or jujitsu or any other karate form for a price.
tl:dr The Scarlets have a secret blood bank, Sakuya is Cooking Mama, Patch is a bookstore manager, Meiling is a karate teacher.
Joke Theory: All of them are prostitutes and all the blood comes from....the same time as a "full moon" would happen.... | Maybe some lesser youkai and humans help them out through some sort of "blood bank", only instead of getting paid money to help out, YOU have to pay money AND give the blood to help the vampires out. Another theory could be that as long as you pay for the books in Voile, Patchouli will let you keep them (unlike the explosive blonde, who blows through the library). And Sakuya IS said to be a cook for the Scarlets....(Cooking Mama X Touhou crossover?) She would know how to make pastries for sale and sell them through the human village. Meiling might also teach you tae kwon do or jujitsu or any other karate form for a price.
tl:dr The Scarlets have a secret blood bank, Sakuya is Cooking Mama, Patch is a bookstore manager, Meiling is a karate teacher.
Joke Theory: All of them are prostitutes and all the blood comes from....the same time as a "full moon" would happen....
| touhou | t5_2qvi5 | cdl4yy9 | Maybe some lesser youkai and humans help them out through some sort of "blood bank", only instead of getting paid money to help out, YOU have to pay money AND give the blood to help the vampires out. Another theory could be that as long as you pay for the books in Voile, Patchouli will let you keep them (unlike the explosive blonde, who blows through the library). And Sakuya IS said to be a cook for the Scarlets....(Cooking Mama X Touhou crossover?) She would know how to make pastries for sale and sell them through the human village. Meiling might also teach you tae kwon do or jujitsu or any other karate form for a price. | The Scarlets have a secret blood bank, Sakuya is Cooking Mama, Patch is a bookstore manager, Meiling is a karate teacher.
Joke Theory: All of them are prostitutes and all the blood comes from....the same time as a "full moon" would happen.... |
zombie_owlbear | > but instead gave you a bunch of (probably unwanted) criticism
Actually, the criticism is very welcome, and I actually agree with what you've said.
Cursive fonts were made primarily to be written faster, and they will probably always be at least a bit more difficult to read. Another problem on my sheet is the ink I've used; it doesn't 'behave' as well as I'd like (yes, it's *actually* handwritten, with a pen that needs to be dipped in ink regularly). [Here's]( the same font in a different ink, I'm sure you'll find it much more readable.
Presenting the information is another problem, since I can't write as tiny as a printer can, so some has to be omitted, and the spacing chosen well for the rest. Personally, I'm not going to be bothered by the lack of information or the readability, since I know most of it by heart (and am used to my writing).
I'm definitely going to test different designs to find a few that work well. My quest to find out how to make usable handwritten sheets is just starting. :)
TL;DR You've been helpful and the internet needs more superheroes like you.
Edit: Don't you miss Invisibility when you drop Illusion? Or is it worth occasionally using 2 slots? | > but instead gave you a bunch of (probably unwanted) criticism
Actually, the criticism is very welcome, and I actually agree with what you've said.
Cursive fonts were made primarily to be written faster, and they will probably always be at least a bit more difficult to read. Another problem on my sheet is the ink I've used; it doesn't 'behave' as well as I'd like (yes, it's actually handwritten, with a pen that needs to be dipped in ink regularly). [Here's]( the same font in a different ink, I'm sure you'll find it much more readable.
Presenting the information is another problem, since I can't write as tiny as a printer can, so some has to be omitted, and the spacing chosen well for the rest. Personally, I'm not going to be bothered by the lack of information or the readability, since I know most of it by heart (and am used to my writing).
I'm definitely going to test different designs to find a few that work well. My quest to find out how to make usable handwritten sheets is just starting. :)
TL;DR You've been helpful and the internet needs more superheroes like you.
Edit: Don't you miss Invisibility when you drop Illusion? Or is it worth occasionally using 2 slots?
| Pathfinder_RPG | t5_2trms | cdkzzzj | but instead gave you a bunch of (probably unwanted) criticism
Actually, the criticism is very welcome, and I actually agree with what you've said.
Cursive fonts were made primarily to be written faster, and they will probably always be at least a bit more difficult to read. Another problem on my sheet is the ink I've used; it doesn't 'behave' as well as I'd like (yes, it's actually handwritten, with a pen that needs to be dipped in ink regularly). [Here's]( the same font in a different ink, I'm sure you'll find it much more readable.
Presenting the information is another problem, since I can't write as tiny as a printer can, so some has to be omitted, and the spacing chosen well for the rest. Personally, I'm not going to be bothered by the lack of information or the readability, since I know most of it by heart (and am used to my writing).
I'm definitely going to test different designs to find a few that work well. My quest to find out how to make usable handwritten sheets is just starting. :) | You've been helpful and the internet needs more superheroes like you.
Edit: Don't you miss Invisibility when you drop Illusion? Or is it worth occasionally using 2 slots? |
srblows | You are describing meth withdrawal exactly. That is exactly what happens, a lot of people get terrible anxiety even psychosis on the comedown and even more so the next day or two after using. The more you use the worse it will be. I find myself not having a large problem with it, I never get out of control at the worst sometimes I have a little extra anxiety the next day (I don't have meth withdrawals). However my SO (female as well) has terrible withdrawals and the same kind of situations have happened with her. Literally fucking crazy as shit. Benzodiazepines help a little but not completely. It just depends on the person. She has quit several times because of it. I have learned that when it is happening to just let her take benzo's and then if it still happens get it all out of her system.
This should happen to you for at most a week or two and then it will go away. It will start getting better after a few days, withdrawals are the worst the first few days.
That said meth and opiates are still my DOC's (can you have two?). I generally have comedown anxiety on meth alone but heroin or fent ease that very well. You also don't tweak when mixing the two and are nice and relaxed without nodding.
TL;DR It will go away within a week or at most 2 weeks and it is probably a good reason to avoid the drug unless you plan on doing it often, because you definitely have bad withdrawals which is common. | You are describing meth withdrawal exactly. That is exactly what happens, a lot of people get terrible anxiety even psychosis on the comedown and even more so the next day or two after using. The more you use the worse it will be. I find myself not having a large problem with it, I never get out of control at the worst sometimes I have a little extra anxiety the next day (I don't have meth withdrawals). However my SO (female as well) has terrible withdrawals and the same kind of situations have happened with her. Literally fucking crazy as shit. Benzodiazepines help a little but not completely. It just depends on the person. She has quit several times because of it. I have learned that when it is happening to just let her take benzo's and then if it still happens get it all out of her system.
This should happen to you for at most a week or two and then it will go away. It will start getting better after a few days, withdrawals are the worst the first few days.
That said meth and opiates are still my DOC's (can you have two?). I generally have comedown anxiety on meth alone but heroin or fent ease that very well. You also don't tweak when mixing the two and are nice and relaxed without nodding.
TL;DR It will go away within a week or at most 2 weeks and it is probably a good reason to avoid the drug unless you plan on doing it often, because you definitely have bad withdrawals which is common.
| opiates | t5_2r0y3 | cdkwv52 | You are describing meth withdrawal exactly. That is exactly what happens, a lot of people get terrible anxiety even psychosis on the comedown and even more so the next day or two after using. The more you use the worse it will be. I find myself not having a large problem with it, I never get out of control at the worst sometimes I have a little extra anxiety the next day (I don't have meth withdrawals). However my SO (female as well) has terrible withdrawals and the same kind of situations have happened with her. Literally fucking crazy as shit. Benzodiazepines help a little but not completely. It just depends on the person. She has quit several times because of it. I have learned that when it is happening to just let her take benzo's and then if it still happens get it all out of her system.
This should happen to you for at most a week or two and then it will go away. It will start getting better after a few days, withdrawals are the worst the first few days.
That said meth and opiates are still my DOC's (can you have two?). I generally have comedown anxiety on meth alone but heroin or fent ease that very well. You also don't tweak when mixing the two and are nice and relaxed without nodding. | It will go away within a week or at most 2 weeks and it is probably a good reason to avoid the drug unless you plan on doing it often, because you definitely have bad withdrawals which is common. |
IMind | It could not be clearly defined as a liquid as a liquid is held together by intermolecular bonds. However, the generic definition of a liquid is that it has a definite volume but no fixed shape. This is what engineering sciences use to define liquids. As you approach smaller scales the individual particles become harder to see and thus it appears as if the solid particles are indeed acting in a liquid type manner. At the small nanoscale, roughly 10-20 nm, it's very hard to tell any difference in any of the particles. However it also resembles more like a dust in most cases. Imagine a very fine dust or powder. The individual particles stick together at some points but do not at others. This is due to the shape of the individual particles as well as environmental factors. If say the particles were small in size, ~20nm or lower, and spherical in shape the objects would be able to move much more freely and mimic a liquid much closer. However even non-spherical particles can mimic behavior of liquids, albeit very vicious ones.
TLDR yes sorta, spherical shape matter a lot in this | It could not be clearly defined as a liquid as a liquid is held together by intermolecular bonds. However, the generic definition of a liquid is that it has a definite volume but no fixed shape. This is what engineering sciences use to define liquids. As you approach smaller scales the individual particles become harder to see and thus it appears as if the solid particles are indeed acting in a liquid type manner. At the small nanoscale, roughly 10-20 nm, it's very hard to tell any difference in any of the particles. However it also resembles more like a dust in most cases. Imagine a very fine dust or powder. The individual particles stick together at some points but do not at others. This is due to the shape of the individual particles as well as environmental factors. If say the particles were small in size, ~20nm or lower, and spherical in shape the objects would be able to move much more freely and mimic a liquid much closer. However even non-spherical particles can mimic behavior of liquids, albeit very vicious ones.
TLDR yes sorta, spherical shape matter a lot in this
| askscience | t5_2qm4e | cdlicll | It could not be clearly defined as a liquid as a liquid is held together by intermolecular bonds. However, the generic definition of a liquid is that it has a definite volume but no fixed shape. This is what engineering sciences use to define liquids. As you approach smaller scales the individual particles become harder to see and thus it appears as if the solid particles are indeed acting in a liquid type manner. At the small nanoscale, roughly 10-20 nm, it's very hard to tell any difference in any of the particles. However it also resembles more like a dust in most cases. Imagine a very fine dust or powder. The individual particles stick together at some points but do not at others. This is due to the shape of the individual particles as well as environmental factors. If say the particles were small in size, ~20nm or lower, and spherical in shape the objects would be able to move much more freely and mimic a liquid much closer. However even non-spherical particles can mimic behavior of liquids, albeit very vicious ones. | yes sorta, spherical shape matter a lot in this |
BBoySperadix | While i agree it could be painful to learn the splits in a short amount of time, i disagree that stretching hurts. If you stretch regularly, its actually very relaxing. And if you arent stretching regularly, you really should because its great for you! 5 min a day is plenty of time to do 5-10 stretches (10-20 sec of reaching per stretch). If it hurts while you are stretching, you are doing it wrong, and damaging your muscles. Reach to where there is a very small level of discomfort and hold. i could go on and on but this is already very long.
TL;DR Stretch regularly, it doesnt hurt. Source: Gymnastics coach. | While i agree it could be painful to learn the splits in a short amount of time, i disagree that stretching hurts. If you stretch regularly, its actually very relaxing. And if you arent stretching regularly, you really should because its great for you! 5 min a day is plenty of time to do 5-10 stretches (10-20 sec of reaching per stretch). If it hurts while you are stretching, you are doing it wrong, and damaging your muscles. Reach to where there is a very small level of discomfort and hold. i could go on and on but this is already very long.
TL;DR Stretch regularly, it doesnt hurt. Source: Gymnastics coach.
| IWantToLearn | t5_2rjo5 | cdlffay | While i agree it could be painful to learn the splits in a short amount of time, i disagree that stretching hurts. If you stretch regularly, its actually very relaxing. And if you arent stretching regularly, you really should because its great for you! 5 min a day is plenty of time to do 5-10 stretches (10-20 sec of reaching per stretch). If it hurts while you are stretching, you are doing it wrong, and damaging your muscles. Reach to where there is a very small level of discomfort and hold. i could go on and on but this is already very long. | Stretch regularly, it doesnt hurt. Source: Gymnastics coach. |
AngularSpecter | I don't think it would be as dramatic or obvious as is depicted in fiction.
If it starts as a typical epidemic, then it would start with a rather localized infection. If the virus acted very quickly, it would likely be identified and quarantined quickly. It might take out an entire city, but I don't see it making it into the general populus.
The real threat is an infection that has a long incubation time in which the patient is contagious but not symptomatic. This would allow the virus to spread to a wide area before it is discovered to be a problem.
In this scenario, things would play out really slowly. It would start off as isolated incidents which would be blamed on more benign causes...like bath salts, or mental health patients. Only once multiple, similar cases start to appear would anyone start to take notice...and chances are those people would be branded as paranoid whack jobs. By the time anyone started taking it seriously, it would be so wide spread that it would be impossible to stop. All 'flu like symptoms' would be stigmatized as someone being infected. Hospitals would swiftly become overwhelmed by people who misdiagnose themselves or loved ones, which would deny care to those actually infected, making the situation worse. As hospitals become useless, vigilante groups would emerge to eliminate the threat on their own. They would begin killing those they believed to be infected, whether or not there was strong evidence or not.
The actions of the unafflicted, based on fear alone would fragment society to the point of collapse without even considering the zombie influence. The vigilante groups that initiated the decline become increasingly militant and begin warring with one another for resources and land. These groups become increasingly paranoid about infiltration by enemy factions, leading them fortify and entrench their positions.
Due to the long incubation time of the disease, infected persons inevitably manage to make it into several of these newly formed clans. The close proximity and tight security ensures very effective exposure of the entire group. This leads to an explosion in the zombie population. What is worse, is that before the collapse, the militant factions stockpiled a large fraction of the available weapons, meaning that the bulk of the weapons needed in the resistance are now in the hands of the turned. Even if the zombies do not know how to use the weapons, they would still lie deep within zombie territory, making it suicide for someone to attempt to find them.
**tl;dr** i give it a week | I don't think it would be as dramatic or obvious as is depicted in fiction.
If it starts as a typical epidemic, then it would start with a rather localized infection. If the virus acted very quickly, it would likely be identified and quarantined quickly. It might take out an entire city, but I don't see it making it into the general populus.
The real threat is an infection that has a long incubation time in which the patient is contagious but not symptomatic. This would allow the virus to spread to a wide area before it is discovered to be a problem.
In this scenario, things would play out really slowly. It would start off as isolated incidents which would be blamed on more benign causes...like bath salts, or mental health patients. Only once multiple, similar cases start to appear would anyone start to take notice...and chances are those people would be branded as paranoid whack jobs. By the time anyone started taking it seriously, it would be so wide spread that it would be impossible to stop. All 'flu like symptoms' would be stigmatized as someone being infected. Hospitals would swiftly become overwhelmed by people who misdiagnose themselves or loved ones, which would deny care to those actually infected, making the situation worse. As hospitals become useless, vigilante groups would emerge to eliminate the threat on their own. They would begin killing those they believed to be infected, whether or not there was strong evidence or not.
The actions of the unafflicted, based on fear alone would fragment society to the point of collapse without even considering the zombie influence. The vigilante groups that initiated the decline become increasingly militant and begin warring with one another for resources and land. These groups become increasingly paranoid about infiltration by enemy factions, leading them fortify and entrench their positions.
Due to the long incubation time of the disease, infected persons inevitably manage to make it into several of these newly formed clans. The close proximity and tight security ensures very effective exposure of the entire group. This leads to an explosion in the zombie population. What is worse, is that before the collapse, the militant factions stockpiled a large fraction of the available weapons, meaning that the bulk of the weapons needed in the resistance are now in the hands of the turned. Even if the zombies do not know how to use the weapons, they would still lie deep within zombie territory, making it suicide for someone to attempt to find them.
tl;dr i give it a week
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdm7rky | I don't think it would be as dramatic or obvious as is depicted in fiction.
If it starts as a typical epidemic, then it would start with a rather localized infection. If the virus acted very quickly, it would likely be identified and quarantined quickly. It might take out an entire city, but I don't see it making it into the general populus.
The real threat is an infection that has a long incubation time in which the patient is contagious but not symptomatic. This would allow the virus to spread to a wide area before it is discovered to be a problem.
In this scenario, things would play out really slowly. It would start off as isolated incidents which would be blamed on more benign causes...like bath salts, or mental health patients. Only once multiple, similar cases start to appear would anyone start to take notice...and chances are those people would be branded as paranoid whack jobs. By the time anyone started taking it seriously, it would be so wide spread that it would be impossible to stop. All 'flu like symptoms' would be stigmatized as someone being infected. Hospitals would swiftly become overwhelmed by people who misdiagnose themselves or loved ones, which would deny care to those actually infected, making the situation worse. As hospitals become useless, vigilante groups would emerge to eliminate the threat on their own. They would begin killing those they believed to be infected, whether or not there was strong evidence or not.
The actions of the unafflicted, based on fear alone would fragment society to the point of collapse without even considering the zombie influence. The vigilante groups that initiated the decline become increasingly militant and begin warring with one another for resources and land. These groups become increasingly paranoid about infiltration by enemy factions, leading them fortify and entrench their positions.
Due to the long incubation time of the disease, infected persons inevitably manage to make it into several of these newly formed clans. The close proximity and tight security ensures very effective exposure of the entire group. This leads to an explosion in the zombie population. What is worse, is that before the collapse, the militant factions stockpiled a large fraction of the available weapons, meaning that the bulk of the weapons needed in the resistance are now in the hands of the turned. Even if the zombies do not know how to use the weapons, they would still lie deep within zombie territory, making it suicide for someone to attempt to find them. | i give it a week |
themuffinking | Let's learn about meat!
Cows and sheep have very dense muscle tissue, dense enough that the bacteria you generally find on steaks and lamb can't quickly migrate very far into the meat, they just live on the surface. Over time the bacteria can eat through it and make it go rotten, but unless your cow was horribly sick or your steak has been left out for a few days, heating the very surface of the steak above 160 degrees Fahrenheit (344.26 Kelvin) is enough to kill any dangerous pathogens. This really has little to do with regulations; it's not challenging to keep the interior of a steak relatively bacteria-free.
Burgers throw this rule out the window, because they're made of ground beef. Grinding up the meat moves all the surface bacteria around, permeating the entire burger. That's where meat industry regulations come in, hopefully ensuring that you won't get sick eating a medium-rare burger, even though you didn't cook it enough to kill all the bacteria at the center.
With chicken and turkey, the muscle tissue isn't dense enough to prevent the spread of bacteria, and a large percentage of commercially-bought chicken and turkey meat has salmonella on it, which permeates all of the meat, so you have to cook it all the way through.
Pork can contain Trichinella spiralis, the roundworm that causes trichinosis, which can be fatal. T. spiralis dies at ~150 degrees Fahrenheit (338.71 Kelvin), so even questionable pork is going to be safe if you cook it all the way through. People still get trichinosis from eating undercooked wild boar here, but the regulations are good enough that it's safe to eat medium cooked commercially-bought pork.
Tl;dr: Try a medium-rare steak! It's so good! | Let's learn about meat!
Cows and sheep have very dense muscle tissue, dense enough that the bacteria you generally find on steaks and lamb can't quickly migrate very far into the meat, they just live on the surface. Over time the bacteria can eat through it and make it go rotten, but unless your cow was horribly sick or your steak has been left out for a few days, heating the very surface of the steak above 160 degrees Fahrenheit (344.26 Kelvin) is enough to kill any dangerous pathogens. This really has little to do with regulations; it's not challenging to keep the interior of a steak relatively bacteria-free.
Burgers throw this rule out the window, because they're made of ground beef. Grinding up the meat moves all the surface bacteria around, permeating the entire burger. That's where meat industry regulations come in, hopefully ensuring that you won't get sick eating a medium-rare burger, even though you didn't cook it enough to kill all the bacteria at the center.
With chicken and turkey, the muscle tissue isn't dense enough to prevent the spread of bacteria, and a large percentage of commercially-bought chicken and turkey meat has salmonella on it, which permeates all of the meat, so you have to cook it all the way through.
Pork can contain Trichinella spiralis, the roundworm that causes trichinosis, which can be fatal. T. spiralis dies at ~150 degrees Fahrenheit (338.71 Kelvin), so even questionable pork is going to be safe if you cook it all the way through. People still get trichinosis from eating undercooked wild boar here, but the regulations are good enough that it's safe to eat medium cooked commercially-bought pork.
Tl;dr: Try a medium-rare steak! It's so good!
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdmgvwe | Let's learn about meat!
Cows and sheep have very dense muscle tissue, dense enough that the bacteria you generally find on steaks and lamb can't quickly migrate very far into the meat, they just live on the surface. Over time the bacteria can eat through it and make it go rotten, but unless your cow was horribly sick or your steak has been left out for a few days, heating the very surface of the steak above 160 degrees Fahrenheit (344.26 Kelvin) is enough to kill any dangerous pathogens. This really has little to do with regulations; it's not challenging to keep the interior of a steak relatively bacteria-free.
Burgers throw this rule out the window, because they're made of ground beef. Grinding up the meat moves all the surface bacteria around, permeating the entire burger. That's where meat industry regulations come in, hopefully ensuring that you won't get sick eating a medium-rare burger, even though you didn't cook it enough to kill all the bacteria at the center.
With chicken and turkey, the muscle tissue isn't dense enough to prevent the spread of bacteria, and a large percentage of commercially-bought chicken and turkey meat has salmonella on it, which permeates all of the meat, so you have to cook it all the way through.
Pork can contain Trichinella spiralis, the roundworm that causes trichinosis, which can be fatal. T. spiralis dies at ~150 degrees Fahrenheit (338.71 Kelvin), so even questionable pork is going to be safe if you cook it all the way through. People still get trichinosis from eating undercooked wild boar here, but the regulations are good enough that it's safe to eat medium cooked commercially-bought pork. | Try a medium-rare steak! It's so good! |
josiahpapaya | I tried to find the clip, but couldn't... My favorite episode of Grey's Anatomy (I don't watch anymore) features a cameo by Faye Dunaway as the aging Dr. Campbell who refuses to admit she's become obsolete.
Her excellent bedside manner and years of experience with her return patients allows her to explain away routine mistakes as "complications". I haven't seen the episode in forever, but I think she does a gall-bladder operation by hand when newer, laproscopic procedures (which she refuses to learn, because of the *back in my day* bullshit discourse) could have done the job much better.
Toward the end of the episode, after Dr. Yang (Sandra Oh) embarrasses her in front of the interns during a surgery she has a Oscar-worthy meltdown screaming "THIS IS STILL MY O.R!!!! OUT! EVERYONE OUT!!!"
Then they fire her.
**TL;DR**: Seniors will usually fear becoming obsolete and their loss of independence more than they fear death. | I tried to find the clip, but couldn't... My favorite episode of Grey's Anatomy (I don't watch anymore) features a cameo by Faye Dunaway as the aging Dr. Campbell who refuses to admit she's become obsolete.
Her excellent bedside manner and years of experience with her return patients allows her to explain away routine mistakes as "complications". I haven't seen the episode in forever, but I think she does a gall-bladder operation by hand when newer, laproscopic procedures (which she refuses to learn, because of the back in my day bullshit discourse) could have done the job much better.
Toward the end of the episode, after Dr. Yang (Sandra Oh) embarrasses her in front of the interns during a surgery she has a Oscar-worthy meltdown screaming "THIS IS STILL MY O.R!!!! OUT! EVERYONE OUT!!!"
Then they fire her.
TL;DR : Seniors will usually fear becoming obsolete and their loss of independence more than they fear death.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdmhixk | I tried to find the clip, but couldn't... My favorite episode of Grey's Anatomy (I don't watch anymore) features a cameo by Faye Dunaway as the aging Dr. Campbell who refuses to admit she's become obsolete.
Her excellent bedside manner and years of experience with her return patients allows her to explain away routine mistakes as "complications". I haven't seen the episode in forever, but I think she does a gall-bladder operation by hand when newer, laproscopic procedures (which she refuses to learn, because of the back in my day bullshit discourse) could have done the job much better.
Toward the end of the episode, after Dr. Yang (Sandra Oh) embarrasses her in front of the interns during a surgery she has a Oscar-worthy meltdown screaming "THIS IS STILL MY O.R!!!! OUT! EVERYONE OUT!!!"
Then they fire her. | Seniors will usually fear becoming obsolete and their loss of independence more than they fear death. |
The_Superfool | I am not an EMT. I am a paramedic. I give a wide range of drugs, intubate, cannulate, read ECG's to reasonable depth, and do a variety of other interventions that EMT's can't (in the UK).
He is no longer a Health Care Professional, and has been retired for 2 decades. He is from the 'old school' of medicine. You know, where women were pretty little things in uniforms, and were laughed at for being considered able to go higher than nurse. Ambulance men, were just taxi drivers, with a stretcher to scrape people up, and nurses were just the arse-wipers, and gophers. He has not had a clinical update in 30-40 years.
His 'tests' for me would be stuff that we would see every day.
An example:
UNCLE:- You are called to a man in the road; he is seemingly unconscious. What do you do?
ME:- Well, check for danger, try and get a response from verbal, then pain stimuli, then assess his ABC's.
UNCLE:- Ah, yes, but then you notice an empty bottle. Now what do you do?
ME:- Assume it must be Friday night, and I must be in a town in the UK, but not rule out medical or trauma causes. So get a blood sugar, take other observations, such as pulse, BP, oxygen saturations, and do a full secondary survey, to assess for trauma, from the head down. In the event of no obvious cause, and irreversibility with anti-opioids, transfer to the appropriate A&E dept at hospital, depending on if there is stroke, cardiac or trauma as a potential cause. (in the UK there are specialist treatment centres for these things).
At this point my uncle, would usually try and go to a depth of medical knowledge that would be beyond me, but fail, because his knowledge has diminished, and he thinks I am just an ambulance driver. Which I am not - I drive a car.
I don't pretend to know everything, and there is an enormous gap between General Practitioner, or in fact ANY medical doctor, and a Paramedic, There is no disputing this, and I would not even try. But my uncle is not a GP any more, and has not been for some time. He would not be able to cut it in the modern world of medicine. He is quite patronising, and also rather condescending with his manor, as I imagine he has always been to his staff, and patients, because that is how a lot of them were in the "good ol' days".
TL;DR - I know I am not a Dr, but he thinks other HCP's are laymen, and patients are all idiots. | I am not an EMT. I am a paramedic. I give a wide range of drugs, intubate, cannulate, read ECG's to reasonable depth, and do a variety of other interventions that EMT's can't (in the UK).
He is no longer a Health Care Professional, and has been retired for 2 decades. He is from the 'old school' of medicine. You know, where women were pretty little things in uniforms, and were laughed at for being considered able to go higher than nurse. Ambulance men, were just taxi drivers, with a stretcher to scrape people up, and nurses were just the arse-wipers, and gophers. He has not had a clinical update in 30-40 years.
His 'tests' for me would be stuff that we would see every day.
An example:
UNCLE:- You are called to a man in the road; he is seemingly unconscious. What do you do?
ME:- Well, check for danger, try and get a response from verbal, then pain stimuli, then assess his ABC's.
UNCLE:- Ah, yes, but then you notice an empty bottle. Now what do you do?
ME:- Assume it must be Friday night, and I must be in a town in the UK, but not rule out medical or trauma causes. So get a blood sugar, take other observations, such as pulse, BP, oxygen saturations, and do a full secondary survey, to assess for trauma, from the head down. In the event of no obvious cause, and irreversibility with anti-opioids, transfer to the appropriate A&E dept at hospital, depending on if there is stroke, cardiac or trauma as a potential cause. (in the UK there are specialist treatment centres for these things).
At this point my uncle, would usually try and go to a depth of medical knowledge that would be beyond me, but fail, because his knowledge has diminished, and he thinks I am just an ambulance driver. Which I am not - I drive a car.
I don't pretend to know everything, and there is an enormous gap between General Practitioner, or in fact ANY medical doctor, and a Paramedic, There is no disputing this, and I would not even try. But my uncle is not a GP any more, and has not been for some time. He would not be able to cut it in the modern world of medicine. He is quite patronising, and also rather condescending with his manor, as I imagine he has always been to his staff, and patients, because that is how a lot of them were in the "good ol' days".
TL;DR - I know I am not a Dr, but he thinks other HCP's are laymen, and patients are all idiots.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdmi1zd | I am not an EMT. I am a paramedic. I give a wide range of drugs, intubate, cannulate, read ECG's to reasonable depth, and do a variety of other interventions that EMT's can't (in the UK).
He is no longer a Health Care Professional, and has been retired for 2 decades. He is from the 'old school' of medicine. You know, where women were pretty little things in uniforms, and were laughed at for being considered able to go higher than nurse. Ambulance men, were just taxi drivers, with a stretcher to scrape people up, and nurses were just the arse-wipers, and gophers. He has not had a clinical update in 30-40 years.
His 'tests' for me would be stuff that we would see every day.
An example:
UNCLE:- You are called to a man in the road; he is seemingly unconscious. What do you do?
ME:- Well, check for danger, try and get a response from verbal, then pain stimuli, then assess his ABC's.
UNCLE:- Ah, yes, but then you notice an empty bottle. Now what do you do?
ME:- Assume it must be Friday night, and I must be in a town in the UK, but not rule out medical or trauma causes. So get a blood sugar, take other observations, such as pulse, BP, oxygen saturations, and do a full secondary survey, to assess for trauma, from the head down. In the event of no obvious cause, and irreversibility with anti-opioids, transfer to the appropriate A&E dept at hospital, depending on if there is stroke, cardiac or trauma as a potential cause. (in the UK there are specialist treatment centres for these things).
At this point my uncle, would usually try and go to a depth of medical knowledge that would be beyond me, but fail, because his knowledge has diminished, and he thinks I am just an ambulance driver. Which I am not - I drive a car.
I don't pretend to know everything, and there is an enormous gap between General Practitioner, or in fact ANY medical doctor, and a Paramedic, There is no disputing this, and I would not even try. But my uncle is not a GP any more, and has not been for some time. He would not be able to cut it in the modern world of medicine. He is quite patronising, and also rather condescending with his manor, as I imagine he has always been to his staff, and patients, because that is how a lot of them were in the "good ol' days". | I know I am not a Dr, but he thinks other HCP's are laymen, and patients are all idiots. |
The_Superfool | Copy/pasted from another response.
I am not an EMT. I am a paramedic. I give a wide range of drugs, intubate, cannulate, read ECG's to reasonable depth, and do a variety of other interventions that EMT's can't (in the UK).
He is no longer a Health Care Professional, and has been retired for 2 decades. He is from the 'old school' of medicine. You know, where women were pretty little things in uniforms, and were laughed at for being considered able to go higher than nurse. Ambulance men, were just taxi drivers, with a stretcher to scrape people up, and nurses were just the arse-wipers, and gophers. He has not had a clinical update in 30-40 years.
His 'tests' for me would be stuff that we would see every day.
An example:
UNCLE:- You are called to a man in the road; he is seemingly unconscious. What do you do?
ME:- Well, check for danger, try and get a response from verbal, then pain stimuli, then assess his ABC's.
UNCLE:- Ah, yes, but then you notice an empty bottle. Now what do you do?
ME:- Assume it must be Friday night, and I must be in a town in the UK, but not rule out medical or trauma causes. So get a blood sugar, take other observations, such as pulse, BP, oxygen saturations, and do a full secondary survey, to assess for trauma, from the head down. In the event of no obvious cause, and irreversibility with anti-opioids, transfer to the appropriate A&E dept at hospital, depending on if there is stroke, cardiac or trauma as a potential cause. (in the UK there are specialist treatment centres for these things).
At this point my uncle, would usually try and go to a depth of medical knowledge that would be beyond me, but fail, because his knowledge has diminished, and he thinks I am just an ambulance driver. Which I am not - I drive a car.
I don't pretend to know everything, and there is an enormous gap between General Practitioner, or in fact ANY medical doctor, and a Paramedic, There is no disputing this, and I would not even try. But my uncle is not a GP any more, and has not been for some time. He would not be able to cut it in the modern world of medicine. He is quite patronising, and also rather condescending with his manor, as I imagine he has always been to his staff, and patients, because that is how a lot of them were in the "good ol' days".
TL;DR - I know I am not a Dr, but he thinks other HCP's are laymen, and patients are all idiots. | Copy/pasted from another response.
I am not an EMT. I am a paramedic. I give a wide range of drugs, intubate, cannulate, read ECG's to reasonable depth, and do a variety of other interventions that EMT's can't (in the UK).
He is no longer a Health Care Professional, and has been retired for 2 decades. He is from the 'old school' of medicine. You know, where women were pretty little things in uniforms, and were laughed at for being considered able to go higher than nurse. Ambulance men, were just taxi drivers, with a stretcher to scrape people up, and nurses were just the arse-wipers, and gophers. He has not had a clinical update in 30-40 years.
His 'tests' for me would be stuff that we would see every day.
An example:
UNCLE:- You are called to a man in the road; he is seemingly unconscious. What do you do?
ME:- Well, check for danger, try and get a response from verbal, then pain stimuli, then assess his ABC's.
UNCLE:- Ah, yes, but then you notice an empty bottle. Now what do you do?
ME:- Assume it must be Friday night, and I must be in a town in the UK, but not rule out medical or trauma causes. So get a blood sugar, take other observations, such as pulse, BP, oxygen saturations, and do a full secondary survey, to assess for trauma, from the head down. In the event of no obvious cause, and irreversibility with anti-opioids, transfer to the appropriate A&E dept at hospital, depending on if there is stroke, cardiac or trauma as a potential cause. (in the UK there are specialist treatment centres for these things).
At this point my uncle, would usually try and go to a depth of medical knowledge that would be beyond me, but fail, because his knowledge has diminished, and he thinks I am just an ambulance driver. Which I am not - I drive a car.
I don't pretend to know everything, and there is an enormous gap between General Practitioner, or in fact ANY medical doctor, and a Paramedic, There is no disputing this, and I would not even try. But my uncle is not a GP any more, and has not been for some time. He would not be able to cut it in the modern world of medicine. He is quite patronising, and also rather condescending with his manor, as I imagine he has always been to his staff, and patients, because that is how a lot of them were in the "good ol' days".
TL;DR - I know I am not a Dr, but he thinks other HCP's are laymen, and patients are all idiots.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdmi3tx | Copy/pasted from another response.
I am not an EMT. I am a paramedic. I give a wide range of drugs, intubate, cannulate, read ECG's to reasonable depth, and do a variety of other interventions that EMT's can't (in the UK).
He is no longer a Health Care Professional, and has been retired for 2 decades. He is from the 'old school' of medicine. You know, where women were pretty little things in uniforms, and were laughed at for being considered able to go higher than nurse. Ambulance men, were just taxi drivers, with a stretcher to scrape people up, and nurses were just the arse-wipers, and gophers. He has not had a clinical update in 30-40 years.
His 'tests' for me would be stuff that we would see every day.
An example:
UNCLE:- You are called to a man in the road; he is seemingly unconscious. What do you do?
ME:- Well, check for danger, try and get a response from verbal, then pain stimuli, then assess his ABC's.
UNCLE:- Ah, yes, but then you notice an empty bottle. Now what do you do?
ME:- Assume it must be Friday night, and I must be in a town in the UK, but not rule out medical or trauma causes. So get a blood sugar, take other observations, such as pulse, BP, oxygen saturations, and do a full secondary survey, to assess for trauma, from the head down. In the event of no obvious cause, and irreversibility with anti-opioids, transfer to the appropriate A&E dept at hospital, depending on if there is stroke, cardiac or trauma as a potential cause. (in the UK there are specialist treatment centres for these things).
At this point my uncle, would usually try and go to a depth of medical knowledge that would be beyond me, but fail, because his knowledge has diminished, and he thinks I am just an ambulance driver. Which I am not - I drive a car.
I don't pretend to know everything, and there is an enormous gap between General Practitioner, or in fact ANY medical doctor, and a Paramedic, There is no disputing this, and I would not even try. But my uncle is not a GP any more, and has not been for some time. He would not be able to cut it in the modern world of medicine. He is quite patronising, and also rather condescending with his manor, as I imagine he has always been to his staff, and patients, because that is how a lot of them were in the "good ol' days". | I know I am not a Dr, but he thinks other HCP's are laymen, and patients are all idiots. |
curbstickle | > serve you something that doesn't reflect their art/skills
'Fuck what you want, I'm an artist!'?
That is ridiculous. I have a colleague who is the CEO of a billion dollar a year company. Like me, he has issues with textures.
Rare steak makes him throw up.
An oh so clever chef pulled the 'You ordered medium well, so I'll deliver completely rare' thing. A table of 20 people, who ended up spending about $7,000, ended up at a different restaurant.
tl;dr; don't be a dick.
Edit: Before anyone asks, the high bill was due to the drinks, for obvious reasons. | > serve you something that doesn't reflect their art/skills
'Fuck what you want, I'm an artist!'?
That is ridiculous. I have a colleague who is the CEO of a billion dollar a year company. Like me, he has issues with textures.
Rare steak makes him throw up.
An oh so clever chef pulled the 'You ordered medium well, so I'll deliver completely rare' thing. A table of 20 people, who ended up spending about $7,000, ended up at a different restaurant.
tl;dr; don't be a dick.
Edit: Before anyone asks, the high bill was due to the drinks, for obvious reasons.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdmjvlj | serve you something that doesn't reflect their art/skills
'Fuck what you want, I'm an artist!'?
That is ridiculous. I have a colleague who is the CEO of a billion dollar a year company. Like me, he has issues with textures.
Rare steak makes him throw up.
An oh so clever chef pulled the 'You ordered medium well, so I'll deliver completely rare' thing. A table of 20 people, who ended up spending about $7,000, ended up at a different restaurant. | don't be a dick.
Edit: Before anyone asks, the high bill was due to the drinks, for obvious reasons. |
WorldDownSideUp | Rule #1: Just because you are a male, does not mean you need constant "coaching" at cooking. Especially if you are a professional chef. It's also not "cute" when a male is trying to cook, and obviously has the right experience and knowledge...
Rule #2: Do not assume you are better at cooking from other people just because you have been cooking for a long while. There is a huge difference between a cook and a chef. TL;DR : **Don't be a condescending ass**...
Rule #3: For the love of God, do not fuck with anyone's food while they are still cooking, no matter how much -you- think they screwed up. That's just wrong. | Rule #1: Just because you are a male, does not mean you need constant "coaching" at cooking. Especially if you are a professional chef. It's also not "cute" when a male is trying to cook, and obviously has the right experience and knowledge...
Rule #2: Do not assume you are better at cooking from other people just because you have been cooking for a long while. There is a huge difference between a cook and a chef. TL;DR : Don't be a condescending ass ...
Rule #3: For the love of God, do not fuck with anyone's food while they are still cooking, no matter how much -you- think they screwed up. That's just wrong.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdmk0xd | Rule #1: Just because you are a male, does not mean you need constant "coaching" at cooking. Especially if you are a professional chef. It's also not "cute" when a male is trying to cook, and obviously has the right experience and knowledge...
Rule #2: Do not assume you are better at cooking from other people just because you have been cooking for a long while. There is a huge difference between a cook and a chef. | Don't be a condescending ass ...
Rule #3: For the love of God, do not fuck with anyone's food while they are still cooking, no matter how much -you- think they screwed up. That's just wrong. |
BioGenx2b | > people have been ignoring your order and deceiving you.
How fucked up is it that they can't be bothered to tell you how they *actually* cooked your meal after you've enjoyed it. If well done is that bad, and my order was ignored and made medium well, I'd like to fucking know so next time I know what to order and don't look like an asshole.
tl;dr Then at least inform the customer. You have an ethical obligation to do so. | > people have been ignoring your order and deceiving you.
How fucked up is it that they can't be bothered to tell you how they actually cooked your meal after you've enjoyed it. If well done is that bad, and my order was ignored and made medium well, I'd like to fucking know so next time I know what to order and don't look like an asshole.
tl;dr Then at least inform the customer. You have an ethical obligation to do so.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdmo1rh | people have been ignoring your order and deceiving you.
How fucked up is it that they can't be bothered to tell you how they actually cooked your meal after you've enjoyed it. If well done is that bad, and my order was ignored and made medium well, I'd like to fucking know so next time I know what to order and don't look like an asshole. | Then at least inform the customer. You have an ethical obligation to do so. |
unlimitedgeek | I find this truly an interesting test of a persons financial status growing up. It is usually also a indication of the class of person, not always. Seeing someone request a steak anything above medium rare seems that they have never had a good steak or one prepared correctly. I have family that is rich and family that is poor so I see a stark contrast in how each orders food. Wealthier people almost always order a steak medium rare to rare and no steak sauce, or ketchup (cringe). There is a reason McDonalds puts ketchup with everything, including their shakes. It is to mask the poor/bland flavor of their food. The reason people had to cook their steaks so much was to prevent food born illness due to poor refrigeration and lack of money so food was kept on the shelf longer. This was also the reason most southern food is so spicy, they were some of the last states to get refrigeration so meat was often rancid and spices were used to mask the bad flavors.
TL;DR - how someone orders their steak often shows their financial status, growing up, and often their class.
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| I find this truly an interesting test of a persons financial status growing up. It is usually also a indication of the class of person, not always. Seeing someone request a steak anything above medium rare seems that they have never had a good steak or one prepared correctly. I have family that is rich and family that is poor so I see a stark contrast in how each orders food. Wealthier people almost always order a steak medium rare to rare and no steak sauce, or ketchup (cringe). There is a reason McDonalds puts ketchup with everything, including their shakes. It is to mask the poor/bland flavor of their food. The reason people had to cook their steaks so much was to prevent food born illness due to poor refrigeration and lack of money so food was kept on the shelf longer. This was also the reason most southern food is so spicy, they were some of the last states to get refrigeration so meat was often rancid and spices were used to mask the bad flavors.
TL;DR - how someone orders their steak often shows their financial status, growing up, and often their class.
edit - grammer
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdmp5nm | I find this truly an interesting test of a persons financial status growing up. It is usually also a indication of the class of person, not always. Seeing someone request a steak anything above medium rare seems that they have never had a good steak or one prepared correctly. I have family that is rich and family that is poor so I see a stark contrast in how each orders food. Wealthier people almost always order a steak medium rare to rare and no steak sauce, or ketchup (cringe). There is a reason McDonalds puts ketchup with everything, including their shakes. It is to mask the poor/bland flavor of their food. The reason people had to cook their steaks so much was to prevent food born illness due to poor refrigeration and lack of money so food was kept on the shelf longer. This was also the reason most southern food is so spicy, they were some of the last states to get refrigeration so meat was often rancid and spices were used to mask the bad flavors. | how someone orders their steak often shows their financial status, growing up, and often their class.
edit - grammer |
eskimoexplosion | It wasn't so much the war but rather poor understanding of food-borne illness and proper ways to handle food. The war which I'm assuming you mean WW2, propelled biological research and that continues through the cold war into today. This led to a change in thinking about how we handle and cook our food. Let's say for instance in the past they knew that rare meat got you sick and that it was somehow related to bacteria, So the official safe guideline was cook it all the way through. Later on someone figured out that If you kept meat cold before you ate it there would be less existing bacteria to start with and cooking 80% of steak would still maintain it at a safe level. The official safe temperature is lowered but med-well to well is not a vast enough change to cause anyone to change their ways. It wasn't until years of research and emergence of newer generations to adopt the practice. This was also spurred on by the advent of Americas large super-corporations and their test kitchens. Companies like Hormel and Kraft put millions into finding out exactly how to keep their meat from spoiling for the longest possible time. This combined with the food distribution infrastructure created by those corporations led to the widespread availability and affordability of quality time/temperature controlled meats. Organizations like the Pork Council spent millions on education to boost sales of pork since you can eat some cuts medium rare with about the same risks as eating a med-rare cut of beef.
TL;DR It had a lot less to do with war time rationing than it did with advancements in science/understanding, distribution/refrigeration, and proper food handling and storage. | It wasn't so much the war but rather poor understanding of food-borne illness and proper ways to handle food. The war which I'm assuming you mean WW2, propelled biological research and that continues through the cold war into today. This led to a change in thinking about how we handle and cook our food. Let's say for instance in the past they knew that rare meat got you sick and that it was somehow related to bacteria, So the official safe guideline was cook it all the way through. Later on someone figured out that If you kept meat cold before you ate it there would be less existing bacteria to start with and cooking 80% of steak would still maintain it at a safe level. The official safe temperature is lowered but med-well to well is not a vast enough change to cause anyone to change their ways. It wasn't until years of research and emergence of newer generations to adopt the practice. This was also spurred on by the advent of Americas large super-corporations and their test kitchens. Companies like Hormel and Kraft put millions into finding out exactly how to keep their meat from spoiling for the longest possible time. This combined with the food distribution infrastructure created by those corporations led to the widespread availability and affordability of quality time/temperature controlled meats. Organizations like the Pork Council spent millions on education to boost sales of pork since you can eat some cuts medium rare with about the same risks as eating a med-rare cut of beef.
TL;DR It had a lot less to do with war time rationing than it did with advancements in science/understanding, distribution/refrigeration, and proper food handling and storage.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdn4kke | It wasn't so much the war but rather poor understanding of food-borne illness and proper ways to handle food. The war which I'm assuming you mean WW2, propelled biological research and that continues through the cold war into today. This led to a change in thinking about how we handle and cook our food. Let's say for instance in the past they knew that rare meat got you sick and that it was somehow related to bacteria, So the official safe guideline was cook it all the way through. Later on someone figured out that If you kept meat cold before you ate it there would be less existing bacteria to start with and cooking 80% of steak would still maintain it at a safe level. The official safe temperature is lowered but med-well to well is not a vast enough change to cause anyone to change their ways. It wasn't until years of research and emergence of newer generations to adopt the practice. This was also spurred on by the advent of Americas large super-corporations and their test kitchens. Companies like Hormel and Kraft put millions into finding out exactly how to keep their meat from spoiling for the longest possible time. This combined with the food distribution infrastructure created by those corporations led to the widespread availability and affordability of quality time/temperature controlled meats. Organizations like the Pork Council spent millions on education to boost sales of pork since you can eat some cuts medium rare with about the same risks as eating a med-rare cut of beef. | It had a lot less to do with war time rationing than it did with advancements in science/understanding, distribution/refrigeration, and proper food handling and storage. |
DurtMacGurt | Interesting take on that verse. I would have to disagree in your interpretation of that verse. James states murder and sexual sin as the examples in the verse, but if they weren't the most serious why does he use them? To your point, God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. Murder and sexual sin are also types of theft, covetousness, not loving your neighbor (giving into lusts are totally selfish and are lust, not love) and can lead to many other sins. **I agree with you that the murder, they who commit whoredoms, the thief and robber, the liar, the covetous heart, and every other way in which there is to commit sin, *which I cannot enumerate here*, who do not repent through the Atonement of Jesus Christ will suffer the eternal consequences of the their actions**.
Romans 3:23
>For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
We all need to repent and come unto Christ, because He does not look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.
Murder takes life and sexual immorality is toying with the co-creative divine powers that have been given to us. All sin is not pleasing to God. Divine justice will take hold on one unrepentant sin as well as a soul who is truly stained with all manner of sins. I know I have been quite redundant in this first part of my response, but I want to make it sure, even to redundancy, that all sin is not acceptable before God.
Repentance and cleansing from the mercy and grace of Christ's Atonement is first step of what Christ preaches.
Some sin explicitly stated by Christ to be grievous.
Mark 3:28-29
>Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
>But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Murder, sexual sin and all other sins can be forgiven, sinning against Holy Ghost is unforgivable. Christ states that sinning against the Holy Ghost is the worst sin, and is unforgivable. Sexual sin is toying with the God given power of bringing life into the world. Murdering is taking life that is really God's to take, for He gave it.
I would like to make clear that when the scriptures speak of adultery (Thou shalt not commit adultery) all of us can liken that to any sexual sin. I will be assuming such.
The Greek word (πορνεία) *porneía* is translated to fornication (the root of the English terms "pornography, pornographic";/pórnos) which is derived from pernaō, "to sell off") – properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity; **promiscuity of any (every) type**
The Greek word μοιχός (moichos) is used for adultery or an adulterer. **Hebraistically** (see μοιχαλίς, b.) and figuratively, faithless toward God, ungodly:
My source was biblesuite.com
>Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
>Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? . . .
>But whoso committeth adultery with a woman **lacketh understanding**: he that doeth it **destroyeth his own soul**.
>A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.[Proverbs 6:27-33]
Sexual sin is likened to being burnt with fire. I think the scripture stands on its own. Adultery and fornication are in the same lusty boat. The dishonor that is spoken of here would be guilt. Thankfully guilt is a gift from God, because it can move us to repentance. Think of the destruction that sin causes to our spirits (*He that doeth it destroyeth his own soul*).
When we sin we have taken our will from God and given it to Satan. Satan, figuratively, binds us with the chains of spiritual death or a death to things that pertain to righteousness. What does that even mean? Our righteous desires to serve God die away, or at least become superficial. A heart that is not *pure* will surely be filled with "evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies (Matt 15:19)." Sin has a corrupting influence on our heart or desires.
Matt. 5:27-28
>Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
>But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Lust is not love and is the root of all sexual sin.
**TLDR: To the person who posted the topic, sounds to me like you just want to excuse yourself in sin. Read the scriptures and it will be plain what God expects on the subject of chastity.**
More scriptures for the OP.
1 Thess. 4:3-4
>For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Heb. 13:4
>Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
2 Tim. 2:21-23
>If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
1 Corinth. 6:13-20
>Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. . . .Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. . . .Flee fornication. . . He that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. . . Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Corinth. 7:1-4
> 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: aIt is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Eph. 5:3
>But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Coloss. 3:5-6
>Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Galat. 5:9
>Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, | Interesting take on that verse. I would have to disagree in your interpretation of that verse. James states murder and sexual sin as the examples in the verse, but if they weren't the most serious why does he use them? To your point, God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. Murder and sexual sin are also types of theft, covetousness, not loving your neighbor (giving into lusts are totally selfish and are lust, not love) and can lead to many other sins. I agree with you that the murder, they who commit whoredoms, the thief and robber, the liar, the covetous heart, and every other way in which there is to commit sin, which I cannot enumerate here , who do not repent through the Atonement of Jesus Christ will suffer the eternal consequences of the their actions .
Romans 3:23
>For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
We all need to repent and come unto Christ, because He does not look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.
Murder takes life and sexual immorality is toying with the co-creative divine powers that have been given to us. All sin is not pleasing to God. Divine justice will take hold on one unrepentant sin as well as a soul who is truly stained with all manner of sins. I know I have been quite redundant in this first part of my response, but I want to make it sure, even to redundancy, that all sin is not acceptable before God.
Repentance and cleansing from the mercy and grace of Christ's Atonement is first step of what Christ preaches.
Some sin explicitly stated by Christ to be grievous.
Mark 3:28-29
>Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
>But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Murder, sexual sin and all other sins can be forgiven, sinning against Holy Ghost is unforgivable. Christ states that sinning against the Holy Ghost is the worst sin, and is unforgivable. Sexual sin is toying with the God given power of bringing life into the world. Murdering is taking life that is really God's to take, for He gave it.
I would like to make clear that when the scriptures speak of adultery (Thou shalt not commit adultery) all of us can liken that to any sexual sin. I will be assuming such.
The Greek word (πορνεία) porneía is translated to fornication (the root of the English terms "pornography, pornographic";/pórnos) which is derived from pernaō, "to sell off") – properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity; promiscuity of any (every) type
The Greek word μοιχός (moichos) is used for adultery or an adulterer. Hebraistically (see μοιχαλίς, b.) and figuratively, faithless toward God, ungodly:
My source was biblesuite.com
>Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
>Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? . . .
>But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding : he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul .
>A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.[Proverbs 6:27-33]
Sexual sin is likened to being burnt with fire. I think the scripture stands on its own. Adultery and fornication are in the same lusty boat. The dishonor that is spoken of here would be guilt. Thankfully guilt is a gift from God, because it can move us to repentance. Think of the destruction that sin causes to our spirits ( He that doeth it destroyeth his own soul ).
When we sin we have taken our will from God and given it to Satan. Satan, figuratively, binds us with the chains of spiritual death or a death to things that pertain to righteousness. What does that even mean? Our righteous desires to serve God die away, or at least become superficial. A heart that is not pure will surely be filled with "evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies (Matt 15:19)." Sin has a corrupting influence on our heart or desires.
Matt. 5:27-28
>Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
>But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Lust is not love and is the root of all sexual sin.
TLDR: To the person who posted the topic, sounds to me like you just want to excuse yourself in sin. Read the scriptures and it will be plain what God expects on the subject of chastity.
More scriptures for the OP.
1 Thess. 4:3-4
>For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Heb. 13:4
>Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
2 Tim. 2:21-23
>If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
1 Corinth. 6:13-20
>Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. . . .Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. . . .Flee fornication. . . He that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. . . Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Corinth. 7:1-4
> 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: aIt is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Eph. 5:3
>But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Coloss. 3:5-6
>Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Galat. 5:9
>Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
| Christianity | t5_2qh6c | cdp47xf | Interesting take on that verse. I would have to disagree in your interpretation of that verse. James states murder and sexual sin as the examples in the verse, but if they weren't the most serious why does he use them? To your point, God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. Murder and sexual sin are also types of theft, covetousness, not loving your neighbor (giving into lusts are totally selfish and are lust, not love) and can lead to many other sins. I agree with you that the murder, they who commit whoredoms, the thief and robber, the liar, the covetous heart, and every other way in which there is to commit sin, which I cannot enumerate here , who do not repent through the Atonement of Jesus Christ will suffer the eternal consequences of the their actions .
Romans 3:23
>For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
We all need to repent and come unto Christ, because He does not look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.
Murder takes life and sexual immorality is toying with the co-creative divine powers that have been given to us. All sin is not pleasing to God. Divine justice will take hold on one unrepentant sin as well as a soul who is truly stained with all manner of sins. I know I have been quite redundant in this first part of my response, but I want to make it sure, even to redundancy, that all sin is not acceptable before God.
Repentance and cleansing from the mercy and grace of Christ's Atonement is first step of what Christ preaches.
Some sin explicitly stated by Christ to be grievous.
Mark 3:28-29
>Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
>But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
Murder, sexual sin and all other sins can be forgiven, sinning against Holy Ghost is unforgivable. Christ states that sinning against the Holy Ghost is the worst sin, and is unforgivable. Sexual sin is toying with the God given power of bringing life into the world. Murdering is taking life that is really God's to take, for He gave it.
I would like to make clear that when the scriptures speak of adultery (Thou shalt not commit adultery) all of us can liken that to any sexual sin. I will be assuming such.
The Greek word (πορνεία) porneía is translated to fornication (the root of the English terms "pornography, pornographic";/pórnos) which is derived from pernaō, "to sell off") – properly, a selling off (surrendering) of sexual purity; promiscuity of any (every) type
The Greek word μοιχός (moichos) is used for adultery or an adulterer. Hebraistically (see μοιχαλίς, b.) and figuratively, faithless toward God, ungodly:
My source was biblesuite.com
>Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
>Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? . . .
>But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding : he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul .
>A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.[Proverbs 6:27-33]
Sexual sin is likened to being burnt with fire. I think the scripture stands on its own. Adultery and fornication are in the same lusty boat. The dishonor that is spoken of here would be guilt. Thankfully guilt is a gift from God, because it can move us to repentance. Think of the destruction that sin causes to our spirits ( He that doeth it destroyeth his own soul ).
When we sin we have taken our will from God and given it to Satan. Satan, figuratively, binds us with the chains of spiritual death or a death to things that pertain to righteousness. What does that even mean? Our righteous desires to serve God die away, or at least become superficial. A heart that is not pure will surely be filled with "evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies (Matt 15:19)." Sin has a corrupting influence on our heart or desires.
Matt. 5:27-28
>Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
>But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Lust is not love and is the root of all sexual sin. | To the person who posted the topic, sounds to me like you just want to excuse yourself in sin. Read the scriptures and it will be plain what God expects on the subject of chastity.
More scriptures for the OP.
1 Thess. 4:3-4
>For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Heb. 13:4
>Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
2 Tim. 2:21-23
>If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
1 Corinth. 6:13-20
>Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. . . .Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. . . .Flee fornication. . . He that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. . . Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Corinth. 7:1-4
> 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: aIt is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
Eph. 5:3
>But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Coloss. 3:5-6
>Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Galat. 5:9
>Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, |
n0ggy | To me, it has never been about the clothes or the hobbies or even the people you hang out with.
One of the most feminine and sexy girl I have ever met in my life was a girl whose jobs had been car mechanic and building painter.
It's all about the way you move and talk. This girl was walking as if she was a cat and she knew exactly how to move, talk, and act with sensuality.
It made her look extremely feminine even though she spent her weekends on a motorbike doing all sort of crazy shit.
TL;DR : Feminine attitude. Keep the hobbies and friends you want. | To me, it has never been about the clothes or the hobbies or even the people you hang out with.
One of the most feminine and sexy girl I have ever met in my life was a girl whose jobs had been car mechanic and building painter.
It's all about the way you move and talk. This girl was walking as if she was a cat and she knew exactly how to move, talk, and act with sensuality.
It made her look extremely feminine even though she spent her weekends on a motorbike doing all sort of crazy shit.
TL;DR : Feminine attitude. Keep the hobbies and friends you want.
| AskMen | t5_2s30g | cdmhtbe | To me, it has never been about the clothes or the hobbies or even the people you hang out with.
One of the most feminine and sexy girl I have ever met in my life was a girl whose jobs had been car mechanic and building painter.
It's all about the way you move and talk. This girl was walking as if she was a cat and she knew exactly how to move, talk, and act with sensuality.
It made her look extremely feminine even though she spent her weekends on a motorbike doing all sort of crazy shit. | Feminine attitude. Keep the hobbies and friends you want. |
omgimonfire | I think a better idea would probably be to watch football games.
Sure he has made mistakes. I've watched all the ones he's famous for. But every week I sit down and watch the Cowboys battle their own implosions while Romo fights like a goddamn warrior to give them any semblance of a chance to win. Then he takes all the blame when the rest of the team can't give him an iota of help. Sure you can point to a few times he didn't play a 100% fault-free game and say he didn't make the clutch play they needed at the time, and sure you can point to some times he played terribly all-around. But you can do that for every other QB in the league as well, including PFM and Tom Brady.
The media never gives him the credit for the fact that half of these clutch plays are only clutch because he managed to overcome some horrible play from the rest of the team, and him "failing at crunch time" is more dramatic than "Cowboys team played shitty and then lost."
But yeah stats and stuff, hope you find your answer.
TLDR: Tony Romo is not the reason we lose, and you can identify a person who doesn't really follow the Cowboys that closely by whether or not they think he is. | I think a better idea would probably be to watch football games.
Sure he has made mistakes. I've watched all the ones he's famous for. But every week I sit down and watch the Cowboys battle their own implosions while Romo fights like a goddamn warrior to give them any semblance of a chance to win. Then he takes all the blame when the rest of the team can't give him an iota of help. Sure you can point to a few times he didn't play a 100% fault-free game and say he didn't make the clutch play they needed at the time, and sure you can point to some times he played terribly all-around. But you can do that for every other QB in the league as well, including PFM and Tom Brady.
The media never gives him the credit for the fact that half of these clutch plays are only clutch because he managed to overcome some horrible play from the rest of the team, and him "failing at crunch time" is more dramatic than "Cowboys team played shitty and then lost."
But yeah stats and stuff, hope you find your answer.
TLDR: Tony Romo is not the reason we lose, and you can identify a person who doesn't really follow the Cowboys that closely by whether or not they think he is.
| cowboys | t5_2re7g | cdmxe11 | I think a better idea would probably be to watch football games.
Sure he has made mistakes. I've watched all the ones he's famous for. But every week I sit down and watch the Cowboys battle their own implosions while Romo fights like a goddamn warrior to give them any semblance of a chance to win. Then he takes all the blame when the rest of the team can't give him an iota of help. Sure you can point to a few times he didn't play a 100% fault-free game and say he didn't make the clutch play they needed at the time, and sure you can point to some times he played terribly all-around. But you can do that for every other QB in the league as well, including PFM and Tom Brady.
The media never gives him the credit for the fact that half of these clutch plays are only clutch because he managed to overcome some horrible play from the rest of the team, and him "failing at crunch time" is more dramatic than "Cowboys team played shitty and then lost."
But yeah stats and stuff, hope you find your answer. | Tony Romo is not the reason we lose, and you can identify a person who doesn't really follow the Cowboys that closely by whether or not they think he is. |
mjike | First off don't necessarily single out XBONE for having micro transactions, PS4 will have equally as many.
Because you said "stingy family man" I'd recommend a gen 7 console. There are a TON of great games you missed out on playing and will get much more entertainment per $$ spent out of a gen 7. The upfront cost on a brand new console is going to be way higher anyway and there's less to do with it.
I have both the PS3 and the 360. I'm a huge racing fan and found Forza3/4 much better than GranTurismo 5 and for that reason I prefer the 360 over the PS3. However there so many games that aren't exclusive you could pick your poison without much error. Having said that I will recommend that you get a PS3 for one reason alone: The Last of Us is just that good. My console gaming goes all the way back to Intellivision and Colecovision and The Last of Us is easily in my top 5 games ever played. Plus it's free to go online with a PS3 whereas a 360 will require a XBlive subscription.
Sony/Microsoft are expecting plenty of people to have waited until the next gen release to purchase the PS3/360 so you aren't going to see a drastic price drop on new gen7 products. You should however be able to find plenty of good used console/game bundles on Ebay/Amazon.
TLDR: Get a PS3 and have a ton of fun | First off don't necessarily single out XBONE for having micro transactions, PS4 will have equally as many.
Because you said "stingy family man" I'd recommend a gen 7 console. There are a TON of great games you missed out on playing and will get much more entertainment per $$ spent out of a gen 7. The upfront cost on a brand new console is going to be way higher anyway and there's less to do with it.
I have both the PS3 and the 360. I'm a huge racing fan and found Forza3/4 much better than GranTurismo 5 and for that reason I prefer the 360 over the PS3. However there so many games that aren't exclusive you could pick your poison without much error. Having said that I will recommend that you get a PS3 for one reason alone: The Last of Us is just that good. My console gaming goes all the way back to Intellivision and Colecovision and The Last of Us is easily in my top 5 games ever played. Plus it's free to go online with a PS3 whereas a 360 will require a XBlive subscription.
Sony/Microsoft are expecting plenty of people to have waited until the next gen release to purchase the PS3/360 so you aren't going to see a drastic price drop on new gen7 products. You should however be able to find plenty of good used console/game bundles on Ebay/Amazon.
TLDR: Get a PS3 and have a ton of fun
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cdmw2gi | First off don't necessarily single out XBONE for having micro transactions, PS4 will have equally as many.
Because you said "stingy family man" I'd recommend a gen 7 console. There are a TON of great games you missed out on playing and will get much more entertainment per $$ spent out of a gen 7. The upfront cost on a brand new console is going to be way higher anyway and there's less to do with it.
I have both the PS3 and the 360. I'm a huge racing fan and found Forza3/4 much better than GranTurismo 5 and for that reason I prefer the 360 over the PS3. However there so many games that aren't exclusive you could pick your poison without much error. Having said that I will recommend that you get a PS3 for one reason alone: The Last of Us is just that good. My console gaming goes all the way back to Intellivision and Colecovision and The Last of Us is easily in my top 5 games ever played. Plus it's free to go online with a PS3 whereas a 360 will require a XBlive subscription.
Sony/Microsoft are expecting plenty of people to have waited until the next gen release to purchase the PS3/360 so you aren't going to see a drastic price drop on new gen7 products. You should however be able to find plenty of good used console/game bundles on Ebay/Amazon. | Get a PS3 and have a ton of fun |
jk1598 | No, you decided to call me a cunt over a remark I made. You seem like the exact kind of person whom I despise on this website. Tldr ; stop being a little twat and use punctuation like a normal adult | No, you decided to call me a cunt over a remark I made. You seem like the exact kind of person whom I despise on this website. Tldr ; stop being a little twat and use punctuation like a normal adult
| GTAV | t5_2rjys | cdoi8ge | No, you decided to call me a cunt over a remark I made. You seem like the exact kind of person whom I despise on this website. | stop being a little twat and use punctuation like a normal adult |
miamcfly | I was in space about to go in to cryo sleep or whatever to go back to earth when i hear some one say that it would be a 12 year trip back. I instantly thought about how much i will have missed out on a got really sad and upset. all of a sudden i'm back on earth. I had been gone for 24 years but hadn't ages at all because of the cryo sleep. I was still 19, my parents were in their 70s and my friends were in there 40s and now were married with children close to my age. It was horrible because even though my friends were still around i knew i could never be friends with them again. All of my favorite TV shows, movies, video games were long over and out of date. I had no friends and no way of making new friends because i knew nothing about what was now popular. It was such an awful dream i nearly cried when i woke up.
TL;DR basically what happened to captain america happened to me. | I was in space about to go in to cryo sleep or whatever to go back to earth when i hear some one say that it would be a 12 year trip back. I instantly thought about how much i will have missed out on a got really sad and upset. all of a sudden i'm back on earth. I had been gone for 24 years but hadn't ages at all because of the cryo sleep. I was still 19, my parents were in their 70s and my friends were in there 40s and now were married with children close to my age. It was horrible because even though my friends were still around i knew i could never be friends with them again. All of my favorite TV shows, movies, video games were long over and out of date. I had no friends and no way of making new friends because i knew nothing about what was now popular. It was such an awful dream i nearly cried when i woke up.
TL;DR basically what happened to captain america happened to me.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdn4caa | I was in space about to go in to cryo sleep or whatever to go back to earth when i hear some one say that it would be a 12 year trip back. I instantly thought about how much i will have missed out on a got really sad and upset. all of a sudden i'm back on earth. I had been gone for 24 years but hadn't ages at all because of the cryo sleep. I was still 19, my parents were in their 70s and my friends were in there 40s and now were married with children close to my age. It was horrible because even though my friends were still around i knew i could never be friends with them again. All of my favorite TV shows, movies, video games were long over and out of date. I had no friends and no way of making new friends because i knew nothing about what was now popular. It was such an awful dream i nearly cried when i woke up. | basically what happened to captain america happened to me. |
soldiercrabs | /u/simonask sa i princip det jag ville säga, men jag säger det också för att runda av bilden lite: Självklart är människohandel ett allvarligt brott som måste läggas resurser på att bekämpa. Men trafficking är inte lagligt vare sig i Nederländerna, Tyskland, eller något annat i-land med laglig prostitution. Jag tror att alla vill att den typen av grova frihetsberövande brott ska bekämpas, men det är en fråga som handlar mer om att ge polisen rätt resurser. Jag tror inte att polisen struntar i våldsbrott och människohandel bara för att laglig sexhandel finns.
Som jag sa i en annan kommentar: det finns ingen enstaka gyllene lösning som löser alla problem, och det tror jag ingen har hävdat heller. Men man löser inte polisiära problem genom att illegalisera allt som är närliggande problemet man vill lösa.
tl;dr: ingen har sagt att allt skulle bli bra och seriöst *bara* det blev lagligt. | /u/simonask sa i princip det jag ville säga, men jag säger det också för att runda av bilden lite: Självklart är människohandel ett allvarligt brott som måste läggas resurser på att bekämpa. Men trafficking är inte lagligt vare sig i Nederländerna, Tyskland, eller något annat i-land med laglig prostitution. Jag tror att alla vill att den typen av grova frihetsberövande brott ska bekämpas, men det är en fråga som handlar mer om att ge polisen rätt resurser. Jag tror inte att polisen struntar i våldsbrott och människohandel bara för att laglig sexhandel finns.
Som jag sa i en annan kommentar: det finns ingen enstaka gyllene lösning som löser alla problem, och det tror jag ingen har hävdat heller. Men man löser inte polisiära problem genom att illegalisera allt som är närliggande problemet man vill lösa.
tl;dr: ingen har sagt att allt skulle bli bra och seriöst bara det blev lagligt.
| sweden | t5_2qofe | cdnc5pj | u/simonask sa i princip det jag ville säga, men jag säger det också för att runda av bilden lite: Självklart är människohandel ett allvarligt brott som måste läggas resurser på att bekämpa. Men trafficking är inte lagligt vare sig i Nederländerna, Tyskland, eller något annat i-land med laglig prostitution. Jag tror att alla vill att den typen av grova frihetsberövande brott ska bekämpas, men det är en fråga som handlar mer om att ge polisen rätt resurser. Jag tror inte att polisen struntar i våldsbrott och människohandel bara för att laglig sexhandel finns.
Som jag sa i en annan kommentar: det finns ingen enstaka gyllene lösning som löser alla problem, och det tror jag ingen har hävdat heller. Men man löser inte polisiära problem genom att illegalisera allt som är närliggande problemet man vill lösa. | ingen har sagt att allt skulle bli bra och seriöst bara det blev lagligt. |
CrispyDogmeat | I'm hoping the "fight" is more of like the following scenario:
Batman heads to Metropolis to look into something that started out in Gotham, like rumors of Luthor smuggling tech through Gotham Harbor for the development of his armor. Batman does his stealth thing, breaking and entering into Lex Corp for evidence.
Superman happens upon the scene and tries to apprehend Batman, knowing that not only is he involved in this B&E he's also a vigilante, and "needs to be brought to justice" as far as Superman is concerned. Superman attempts to take Batman into custody and Batman leads him on a chase through Metropolis.
Superman is like, "there's no way this guy is human. He's fast, strong, and a brilliant strategist," as evidenced by Batman's consistency in evading capture, as Superman is trying not to use maximum powers in order not to hurt Batman. In the chase, something horrible goes down, like a gas explosion at a hospital, and they both stop, look at the carnage, turn to each other, and then simultaneously say, "let's go."
On the way to the fire, Batman says, "you're on fire control and getting the seriously injured out of harm's way. I'm evacuating the patients and staff not currently affected." They work together, possibly save each other a couple of times during the whole thing, and at the end of it all, Batman finds evidence of foul play. He says he needs to study it with X-ray tech at the Batcave, and Superman gives him a quick rundown with his eyes.
Batman thanks him, and while Superman turns around to start something else, then turns back, Batman is gone. Superman smiles and takes off.
TL;DR: Not a fight, but an example of their capabilities and proof that they're the best team-up since peanut butter and jelly. | I'm hoping the "fight" is more of like the following scenario:
Batman heads to Metropolis to look into something that started out in Gotham, like rumors of Luthor smuggling tech through Gotham Harbor for the development of his armor. Batman does his stealth thing, breaking and entering into Lex Corp for evidence.
Superman happens upon the scene and tries to apprehend Batman, knowing that not only is he involved in this B&E he's also a vigilante, and "needs to be brought to justice" as far as Superman is concerned. Superman attempts to take Batman into custody and Batman leads him on a chase through Metropolis.
Superman is like, "there's no way this guy is human. He's fast, strong, and a brilliant strategist," as evidenced by Batman's consistency in evading capture, as Superman is trying not to use maximum powers in order not to hurt Batman. In the chase, something horrible goes down, like a gas explosion at a hospital, and they both stop, look at the carnage, turn to each other, and then simultaneously say, "let's go."
On the way to the fire, Batman says, "you're on fire control and getting the seriously injured out of harm's way. I'm evacuating the patients and staff not currently affected." They work together, possibly save each other a couple of times during the whole thing, and at the end of it all, Batman finds evidence of foul play. He says he needs to study it with X-ray tech at the Batcave, and Superman gives him a quick rundown with his eyes.
Batman thanks him, and while Superman turns around to start something else, then turns back, Batman is gone. Superman smiles and takes off.
TL;DR: Not a fight, but an example of their capabilities and proof that they're the best team-up since peanut butter and jelly.
| batman | t5_2qqt8 | cdnfvwc | I'm hoping the "fight" is more of like the following scenario:
Batman heads to Metropolis to look into something that started out in Gotham, like rumors of Luthor smuggling tech through Gotham Harbor for the development of his armor. Batman does his stealth thing, breaking and entering into Lex Corp for evidence.
Superman happens upon the scene and tries to apprehend Batman, knowing that not only is he involved in this B&E he's also a vigilante, and "needs to be brought to justice" as far as Superman is concerned. Superman attempts to take Batman into custody and Batman leads him on a chase through Metropolis.
Superman is like, "there's no way this guy is human. He's fast, strong, and a brilliant strategist," as evidenced by Batman's consistency in evading capture, as Superman is trying not to use maximum powers in order not to hurt Batman. In the chase, something horrible goes down, like a gas explosion at a hospital, and they both stop, look at the carnage, turn to each other, and then simultaneously say, "let's go."
On the way to the fire, Batman says, "you're on fire control and getting the seriously injured out of harm's way. I'm evacuating the patients and staff not currently affected." They work together, possibly save each other a couple of times during the whole thing, and at the end of it all, Batman finds evidence of foul play. He says he needs to study it with X-ray tech at the Batcave, and Superman gives him a quick rundown with his eyes.
Batman thanks him, and while Superman turns around to start something else, then turns back, Batman is gone. Superman smiles and takes off. | Not a fight, but an example of their capabilities and proof that they're the best team-up since peanut butter and jelly. |
Bewildered_vagabond | I would guess the reason for this is because it isnt an olympic sport.
[Brittany Bowe]( is a world champion inliner that went to ice just a couple years ago and already broke the world record for the 1000m on ice.
5 out of 6 guys on the short track world team are all world class ex-inliners before going to ice.
Tl;dr inline speedskating isnt in the olympics so the majority of the top athletes leave the sport to win an olympic medal.
| I would guess the reason for this is because it isnt an olympic sport.
[Brittany Bowe]( is a world champion inliner that went to ice just a couple years ago and already broke the world record for the 1000m on ice.
5 out of 6 guys on the short track world team are all world class ex-inliners before going to ice.
Tl;dr inline speedskating isnt in the olympics so the majority of the top athletes leave the sport to win an olympic medal.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cdnowb7 | I would guess the reason for this is because it isnt an olympic sport.
[Brittany Bowe]( is a world champion inliner that went to ice just a couple years ago and already broke the world record for the 1000m on ice.
5 out of 6 guys on the short track world team are all world class ex-inliners before going to ice. | inline speedskating isnt in the olympics so the majority of the top athletes leave the sport to win an olympic medal. |
obama_tax | I don't think that a lot of classes would be the best way to handle things. It should be more about what items you get in the game and how you use them. For example, a bender from the air nomad race would start out with their bare hands and some basic airbending moves. As they progress, they would find scrolls and level up to learn new airbending moves. This would make their character unique. They could also find different types of airbending staffs to be able to travel faster and get up to high places.
The main thing about MMORPGs in my opinion is the ability to explore the open world and customize your character. Learning new bending moves would definitely help to customize your character. If you were a warrior who is a non-bender, you could still have different types of attacks and weapons to make yourself unique.
Anyway, my input. TLDR; less classes, more abilities/spells and weapons. | I don't think that a lot of classes would be the best way to handle things. It should be more about what items you get in the game and how you use them. For example, a bender from the air nomad race would start out with their bare hands and some basic airbending moves. As they progress, they would find scrolls and level up to learn new airbending moves. This would make their character unique. They could also find different types of airbending staffs to be able to travel faster and get up to high places.
The main thing about MMORPGs in my opinion is the ability to explore the open world and customize your character. Learning new bending moves would definitely help to customize your character. If you were a warrior who is a non-bender, you could still have different types of attacks and weapons to make yourself unique.
Anyway, my input. TLDR; less classes, more abilities/spells and weapons.
| TheLastAirbender | t5_2rybx | cdnut61 | I don't think that a lot of classes would be the best way to handle things. It should be more about what items you get in the game and how you use them. For example, a bender from the air nomad race would start out with their bare hands and some basic airbending moves. As they progress, they would find scrolls and level up to learn new airbending moves. This would make their character unique. They could also find different types of airbending staffs to be able to travel faster and get up to high places.
The main thing about MMORPGs in my opinion is the ability to explore the open world and customize your character. Learning new bending moves would definitely help to customize your character. If you were a warrior who is a non-bender, you could still have different types of attacks and weapons to make yourself unique.
Anyway, my input. | less classes, more abilities/spells and weapons. |
blackredgoldcat | That would be living on 500-700 calories a day from age 13-14 so I would lose weight. I counted the calories on everything. I felt fat and would always cover up with sweatshirts, etc. and it really depressed me.
For a sedentary lifestyle, the recommended intake at that age was 1800 calories every day. I was moderately active so I should have had 2000.
Sometimes I felt like I was starving and going to pass out. In the summer I completely lost my appetite since I had cut out sugar and corn syrup, and one day I didn't eat anything from 4 pm one day to 7 pm the next; a day and three hours without food. The whole thing ended up with me losing 30 pounds.
I didn't think what I was doing would hurt me. I only thought it would make me healthier since I was getting my body weight down. But then I realized what I was doing was wrong and dangerous.
TL;DR: Consuming less than half of the calories I should have because I didn't feel good about myself.
| That would be living on 500-700 calories a day from age 13-14 so I would lose weight. I counted the calories on everything. I felt fat and would always cover up with sweatshirts, etc. and it really depressed me.
For a sedentary lifestyle, the recommended intake at that age was 1800 calories every day. I was moderately active so I should have had 2000.
Sometimes I felt like I was starving and going to pass out. In the summer I completely lost my appetite since I had cut out sugar and corn syrup, and one day I didn't eat anything from 4 pm one day to 7 pm the next; a day and three hours without food. The whole thing ended up with me losing 30 pounds.
I didn't think what I was doing would hurt me. I only thought it would make me healthier since I was getting my body weight down. But then I realized what I was doing was wrong and dangerous.
TL;DR: Consuming less than half of the calories I should have because I didn't feel good about myself.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdnu2xc | That would be living on 500-700 calories a day from age 13-14 so I would lose weight. I counted the calories on everything. I felt fat and would always cover up with sweatshirts, etc. and it really depressed me.
For a sedentary lifestyle, the recommended intake at that age was 1800 calories every day. I was moderately active so I should have had 2000.
Sometimes I felt like I was starving and going to pass out. In the summer I completely lost my appetite since I had cut out sugar and corn syrup, and one day I didn't eat anything from 4 pm one day to 7 pm the next; a day and three hours without food. The whole thing ended up with me losing 30 pounds.
I didn't think what I was doing would hurt me. I only thought it would make me healthier since I was getting my body weight down. But then I realized what I was doing was wrong and dangerous. | Consuming less than half of the calories I should have because I didn't feel good about myself. |
we_are_not_sinners | I believe I have the spiritual gift of discernment, evidenced by the fact that the Lord was able to lead me out of the deception of Christianity into the clarity and truth of atheism, despite a tremendous amount of pressure to remain in the religion. I was slated to be moved at work, and I prayed and asked the Lord not to place me in the easiest place, but in the place he could use to bring me closer to him. I wound up in one of the easiest jobs in the plant, but an isolated one that gave me a ton of time to think. A Christian magazine article (well, the comments from apologists especially) started my thought process. Then I went to the internet, and ended up reading again for the first time in years as I devoured atheistic books. The day I told my wife I was an atheist was the day after she had prayed and asked God to give her something to encourage her faith. She has always struggled a bit since she didn't have the same religious emotions that most people have, in spite of her earnest desire to feel saved like them.
TL;DR: The Lord led me into atheism and then tried to lead my wife into it too, but she resisted. Pray for her that she will come to the truth as well. | I believe I have the spiritual gift of discernment, evidenced by the fact that the Lord was able to lead me out of the deception of Christianity into the clarity and truth of atheism, despite a tremendous amount of pressure to remain in the religion. I was slated to be moved at work, and I prayed and asked the Lord not to place me in the easiest place, but in the place he could use to bring me closer to him. I wound up in one of the easiest jobs in the plant, but an isolated one that gave me a ton of time to think. A Christian magazine article (well, the comments from apologists especially) started my thought process. Then I went to the internet, and ended up reading again for the first time in years as I devoured atheistic books. The day I told my wife I was an atheist was the day after she had prayed and asked God to give her something to encourage her faith. She has always struggled a bit since she didn't have the same religious emotions that most people have, in spite of her earnest desire to feel saved like them.
TL;DR: The Lord led me into atheism and then tried to lead my wife into it too, but she resisted. Pray for her that she will come to the truth as well.
| DebateAChristian | t5_2ryd5 | cdotjl0 | I believe I have the spiritual gift of discernment, evidenced by the fact that the Lord was able to lead me out of the deception of Christianity into the clarity and truth of atheism, despite a tremendous amount of pressure to remain in the religion. I was slated to be moved at work, and I prayed and asked the Lord not to place me in the easiest place, but in the place he could use to bring me closer to him. I wound up in one of the easiest jobs in the plant, but an isolated one that gave me a ton of time to think. A Christian magazine article (well, the comments from apologists especially) started my thought process. Then I went to the internet, and ended up reading again for the first time in years as I devoured atheistic books. The day I told my wife I was an atheist was the day after she had prayed and asked God to give her something to encourage her faith. She has always struggled a bit since she didn't have the same religious emotions that most people have, in spite of her earnest desire to feel saved like them. | The Lord led me into atheism and then tried to lead my wife into it too, but she resisted. Pray for her that she will come to the truth as well. |
DY357LX | Come on! Take 4 seconds to click the links provided for you!
>I never played FIFA, am I safe?
>No. As with last year, these are folks with discs, who obviously can play the game on any account they can gain access to.
TL;DR - Everyone. | Come on! Take 4 seconds to click the links provided for you!
>I never played FIFA, am I safe?
>No. As with last year, these are folks with discs, who obviously can play the game on any account they can gain access to.
TL;DR - Everyone.
| PlayStationPlus | t5_2u8bb | cdo3rqb | Come on! Take 4 seconds to click the links provided for you!
>I never played FIFA, am I safe?
>No. As with last year, these are folks with discs, who obviously can play the game on any account they can gain access to. | Everyone. |
ConstableCockBlock | In terms of learning ADC on a higher level, I'd say tristana is one of the best champs to do it with. Went from silver 1 to plat 1 pretty much exclusively with her. She trades very well, is very forgiving in terms of being able to get out of sticky situations with her jump and ult, and by playing her, you begin to see the mechanics of what makes an adc.
Past lane phase, her damage is pretty much entirely autohits. This lets you practice simply autohitting on a high level, like firing a shot and moving immediately to cancel the rest of the animation, or using the A-move feature to fire quickly on the run without having to worry about actually clicking on the enemy. End of the day, with enough Tristana, you learn what makes an ADC: Positioning and autohitting. The number one reason that Tristana wins games is her ability to do those two things absurdly well late game. Her w lets her jump around to reposition after every kill/assist, her passive range increase keeps her at a safe autohitting distance, and her ult lets her peel for herself, giving her all the tools to autohit and position at will. Not to mention a 90% attack speed steroid to help out those autohits.
TL;DR: If you want to learn the essentials of any ADC, learn Tristana first. | In terms of learning ADC on a higher level, I'd say tristana is one of the best champs to do it with. Went from silver 1 to plat 1 pretty much exclusively with her. She trades very well, is very forgiving in terms of being able to get out of sticky situations with her jump and ult, and by playing her, you begin to see the mechanics of what makes an adc.
Past lane phase, her damage is pretty much entirely autohits. This lets you practice simply autohitting on a high level, like firing a shot and moving immediately to cancel the rest of the animation, or using the A-move feature to fire quickly on the run without having to worry about actually clicking on the enemy. End of the day, with enough Tristana, you learn what makes an ADC: Positioning and autohitting. The number one reason that Tristana wins games is her ability to do those two things absurdly well late game. Her w lets her jump around to reposition after every kill/assist, her passive range increase keeps her at a safe autohitting distance, and her ult lets her peel for herself, giving her all the tools to autohit and position at will. Not to mention a 90% attack speed steroid to help out those autohits.
TL;DR: If you want to learn the essentials of any ADC, learn Tristana first.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cdo31m1 | In terms of learning ADC on a higher level, I'd say tristana is one of the best champs to do it with. Went from silver 1 to plat 1 pretty much exclusively with her. She trades very well, is very forgiving in terms of being able to get out of sticky situations with her jump and ult, and by playing her, you begin to see the mechanics of what makes an adc.
Past lane phase, her damage is pretty much entirely autohits. This lets you practice simply autohitting on a high level, like firing a shot and moving immediately to cancel the rest of the animation, or using the A-move feature to fire quickly on the run without having to worry about actually clicking on the enemy. End of the day, with enough Tristana, you learn what makes an ADC: Positioning and autohitting. The number one reason that Tristana wins games is her ability to do those two things absurdly well late game. Her w lets her jump around to reposition after every kill/assist, her passive range increase keeps her at a safe autohitting distance, and her ult lets her peel for herself, giving her all the tools to autohit and position at will. Not to mention a 90% attack speed steroid to help out those autohits. | If you want to learn the essentials of any ADC, learn Tristana first. |
Simonthefish | /u/scartol here is some stuff I pulled from my blog I had wrote about my experience working for Amazon. I can post the full story, if you or anyone is interested.
Types of People at Amazon
•Staffers- People who are hired by the staffing company, and are trying to be converted to what’s known as the blue badge.
•Blue Badges- Direct employees of Amazon, hired direct by Amazon.
•Orange Vests-Ambassadors, or higher level direct employees of Amazon, typically these are the people who train other people, including the people hired by the staffing company.
•Blue Vests- The staffing companies employees who work at the actual warehouse and manage the staffers. They are pretty much all assholes, and have no time of day for anything. Not really sure what they do other than be jerks.
Getting Hired at Amazon
1.Apply online; get a call within the same day or the next day asking you to come to the Staffing Office.
2.Take a series of computer tests, to which they give you the answer sheets to, and pass. It’s impossible to not pass these tests. Also, don't dress like you're going to an interview. Dress however you want. PJs were totally acceptable, there was even a lady in a housecoat and rollers!
3.Watch a short movie about how AWESOME working for Amazon is.
4.Do an “interview” where all they really do is confirm what you told them already. Your birthday, sex, race, personal identity #’s, etc. They don’t even go over job history or a resume that you may have dumbly brought with you.
5.Swab drug test, which I think everyone knows are the easiest ones out there.
6.Get your piece of paper with your start date and position, as well as a date for your orientation.
7.Step 7 is the step where you go to orientation, and you come in an hour early to start work the next day. You’re told that it’s a small chance that after orientation your start date may change, but really that “small chance” is a 9 times out of 10 chance.
8.Now you can just be lead along like a starving horse looking for water for the next month or more while Amazon decides if [a] they have room for you [b] they have a position for you, whether it’s the one promised or not [c] how many times do they want to falsely give you hope of starting your job.
Amazon has 3 things it cares about. Rate, the point system, and rate.
Orientation was a bunch of chairs in the middle of the warehouse in a fenced off area where they projected power point onto the wall. The man conducting the presentation had to use a megaphone because it was so loud in the area we were at. Powerpoint went over sexual harassment, work ethics,attendance,etc.etc.
The main thing was the point system.
-Clock in 1 hr or later-1pt
-Called out-1.5pts
-No call/No Show-3.5pts
-Out for more than 2 days-3pts
-Clock in less than an hour late-0.5pts
But when you are hired, and trained by someone they tell you some things that are actually much different.
-At the start and end of each shift you have a 7 minute window.
If you start at 7:30am, for example, you can clock in between 7:30-7:23, no later or earlier or you get 0.5pts.
-If you get off at 6pm for example, you can clock out between 5:53-6:00, no later or earlier or you receive the 0.5pts. That’s right NO LATER, if you work over your shift time that’s a big no no and you will get fired if you don’t have a good reason as to why you stayed over for 1 minute and 4 seconds.
-Clocking in and out from lunch you have to clock out at 12:30pm and no later than 30 minutes later, except for the 2 minute window they a lot you because of the amount of people trying to clock out at once (so 12:32).
You are given two 15 minute breaks, but the break rooms across the building, so unless you leave early to start walking and risk getting yelled at by a blue vest you spend a good 5-7 min of your break just to get to the break room.
-If you have to go to the bathroom, go on break or during lunch. You can go during your shift is what they were told, I once was heading to the bathroom on my shift and was stopped by a Blue Vest inquiring to see my scanner and make sure I was "going the right way". I explained I was going to the bathroom, he claimed he had saw me multiple times in the day "going to the bathroom". He was crazy, and had me confused for someone else obviously. What really made me mad is that WHAT IF I had explosive diarrhea or something, or was pregnant and had to go multiple times a day? Is that a problem?
They also mentioned that on your first day of work there might not be enough “availability”. So if you show up there’s a chance you could get sent home and asked to come back on another day but the chances of that happening were "slim".
The main thing that kept coming was how valuable to the company you were. **“You are not a number! Or just a face! You are a name! an asset! A value!”** was said about a dozen times.
I went through about 2 months of getting the run around before I was actually working at Amazon and it went something like this.
RATERATERATERATE.
I was hired for one position, by the time I was actually hired, my assigned position & hours had been switched numerous times. When all was said and done I was counter, known in fancy Amazon terms as ICQA. You went around and counted the shelves and made sure things were correct in the system. They wanted us counting 123 bins an hour. We had a handheld scanner, just like in the video, with a countdown bar and assigned locations. Scan your bin, scan your item, count, input number, and then it sent you to your next bin. Sometimes your bin would be in the same mod (same shelve, next door or in that area). A good portion of the time your scanner would send you to the other side of the warehouse, and then back to the shelf next to the shelf you just counted. One thing Amazon WAS upfront about was all the walking, and most people were pretty cool with that.
Imagine you are counting things all day, or picking, or packing. You have no music, little to no social interaction with anyone. And all you can hear if the sound of the warehouse and the machines around you, that and the beep of your gun subliminally telling you **YOU ARE NOT MAKING RATE, FASTER.**.
My counseling session for my points was not done in private, but in front of my whole team where we met in the mornings to get guns and "stretch".
I ended up getting fired, which was one of the most single embarrassing moments of my life. That in itself is a whole different story.
**TL:DR;** you have to have no life, no emotion to work at Amazon; the desire to make your life a living hell on a daily basis | /u/scartol here is some stuff I pulled from my blog I had wrote about my experience working for Amazon. I can post the full story, if you or anyone is interested.
Types of People at Amazon
•Staffers- People who are hired by the staffing company, and are trying to be converted to what’s known as the blue badge.
•Blue Badges- Direct employees of Amazon, hired direct by Amazon.
•Orange Vests-Ambassadors, or higher level direct employees of Amazon, typically these are the people who train other people, including the people hired by the staffing company.
•Blue Vests- The staffing companies employees who work at the actual warehouse and manage the staffers. They are pretty much all assholes, and have no time of day for anything. Not really sure what they do other than be jerks.
Getting Hired at Amazon
1.Apply online; get a call within the same day or the next day asking you to come to the Staffing Office.
2.Take a series of computer tests, to which they give you the answer sheets to, and pass. It’s impossible to not pass these tests. Also, don't dress like you're going to an interview. Dress however you want. PJs were totally acceptable, there was even a lady in a housecoat and rollers!
3.Watch a short movie about how AWESOME working for Amazon is.
4.Do an “interview” where all they really do is confirm what you told them already. Your birthday, sex, race, personal identity #’s, etc. They don’t even go over job history or a resume that you may have dumbly brought with you.
5.Swab drug test, which I think everyone knows are the easiest ones out there.
6.Get your piece of paper with your start date and position, as well as a date for your orientation.
7.Step 7 is the step where you go to orientation, and you come in an hour early to start work the next day. You’re told that it’s a small chance that after orientation your start date may change, but really that “small chance” is a 9 times out of 10 chance.
8.Now you can just be lead along like a starving horse looking for water for the next month or more while Amazon decides if [a] they have room for you [b] they have a position for you, whether it’s the one promised or not [c] how many times do they want to falsely give you hope of starting your job.
Amazon has 3 things it cares about. Rate, the point system, and rate.
Orientation was a bunch of chairs in the middle of the warehouse in a fenced off area where they projected power point onto the wall. The man conducting the presentation had to use a megaphone because it was so loud in the area we were at. Powerpoint went over sexual harassment, work ethics,attendance,etc.etc.
The main thing was the point system.
-Clock in 1 hr or later-1pt
-Called out-1.5pts
-No call/No Show-3.5pts
-Out for more than 2 days-3pts
-Clock in less than an hour late-0.5pts
But when you are hired, and trained by someone they tell you some things that are actually much different.
-At the start and end of each shift you have a 7 minute window.
If you start at 7:30am, for example, you can clock in between 7:30-7:23, no later or earlier or you get 0.5pts.
-If you get off at 6pm for example, you can clock out between 5:53-6:00, no later or earlier or you receive the 0.5pts. That’s right NO LATER, if you work over your shift time that’s a big no no and you will get fired if you don’t have a good reason as to why you stayed over for 1 minute and 4 seconds.
-Clocking in and out from lunch you have to clock out at 12:30pm and no later than 30 minutes later, except for the 2 minute window they a lot you because of the amount of people trying to clock out at once (so 12:32).
You are given two 15 minute breaks, but the break rooms across the building, so unless you leave early to start walking and risk getting yelled at by a blue vest you spend a good 5-7 min of your break just to get to the break room.
-If you have to go to the bathroom, go on break or during lunch. You can go during your shift is what they were told, I once was heading to the bathroom on my shift and was stopped by a Blue Vest inquiring to see my scanner and make sure I was "going the right way". I explained I was going to the bathroom, he claimed he had saw me multiple times in the day "going to the bathroom". He was crazy, and had me confused for someone else obviously. What really made me mad is that WHAT IF I had explosive diarrhea or something, or was pregnant and had to go multiple times a day? Is that a problem?
They also mentioned that on your first day of work there might not be enough “availability”. So if you show up there’s a chance you could get sent home and asked to come back on another day but the chances of that happening were "slim".
The main thing that kept coming was how valuable to the company you were. “You are not a number! Or just a face! You are a name! an asset! A value!” was said about a dozen times.
I went through about 2 months of getting the run around before I was actually working at Amazon and it went something like this.
RATERATERATERATE.
I was hired for one position, by the time I was actually hired, my assigned position & hours had been switched numerous times. When all was said and done I was counter, known in fancy Amazon terms as ICQA. You went around and counted the shelves and made sure things were correct in the system. They wanted us counting 123 bins an hour. We had a handheld scanner, just like in the video, with a countdown bar and assigned locations. Scan your bin, scan your item, count, input number, and then it sent you to your next bin. Sometimes your bin would be in the same mod (same shelve, next door or in that area). A good portion of the time your scanner would send you to the other side of the warehouse, and then back to the shelf next to the shelf you just counted. One thing Amazon WAS upfront about was all the walking, and most people were pretty cool with that.
Imagine you are counting things all day, or picking, or packing. You have no music, little to no social interaction with anyone. And all you can hear if the sound of the warehouse and the machines around you, that and the beep of your gun subliminally telling you YOU ARE NOT MAKING RATE, FASTER. .
My counseling session for my points was not done in private, but in front of my whole team where we met in the mornings to get guns and "stretch".
I ended up getting fired, which was one of the most single embarrassing moments of my life. That in itself is a whole different story.
TL:DR; you have to have no life, no emotion to work at Amazon; the desire to make your life a living hell on a daily basis
| Documentaries | t5_2qhlh | cdo9cas | u/scartol here is some stuff I pulled from my blog I had wrote about my experience working for Amazon. I can post the full story, if you or anyone is interested.
Types of People at Amazon
•Staffers- People who are hired by the staffing company, and are trying to be converted to what’s known as the blue badge.
•Blue Badges- Direct employees of Amazon, hired direct by Amazon.
•Orange Vests-Ambassadors, or higher level direct employees of Amazon, typically these are the people who train other people, including the people hired by the staffing company.
•Blue Vests- The staffing companies employees who work at the actual warehouse and manage the staffers. They are pretty much all assholes, and have no time of day for anything. Not really sure what they do other than be jerks.
Getting Hired at Amazon
1.Apply online; get a call within the same day or the next day asking you to come to the Staffing Office.
2.Take a series of computer tests, to which they give you the answer sheets to, and pass. It’s impossible to not pass these tests. Also, don't dress like you're going to an interview. Dress however you want. PJs were totally acceptable, there was even a lady in a housecoat and rollers!
3.Watch a short movie about how AWESOME working for Amazon is.
4.Do an “interview” where all they really do is confirm what you told them already. Your birthday, sex, race, personal identity #’s, etc. They don’t even go over job history or a resume that you may have dumbly brought with you.
5.Swab drug test, which I think everyone knows are the easiest ones out there.
6.Get your piece of paper with your start date and position, as well as a date for your orientation.
7.Step 7 is the step where you go to orientation, and you come in an hour early to start work the next day. You’re told that it’s a small chance that after orientation your start date may change, but really that “small chance” is a 9 times out of 10 chance.
8.Now you can just be lead along like a starving horse looking for water for the next month or more while Amazon decides if [a] they have room for you [b] they have a position for you, whether it’s the one promised or not [c] how many times do they want to falsely give you hope of starting your job.
Amazon has 3 things it cares about. Rate, the point system, and rate.
Orientation was a bunch of chairs in the middle of the warehouse in a fenced off area where they projected power point onto the wall. The man conducting the presentation had to use a megaphone because it was so loud in the area we were at. Powerpoint went over sexual harassment, work ethics,attendance,etc.etc.
The main thing was the point system.
-Clock in 1 hr or later-1pt
-Called out-1.5pts
-No call/No Show-3.5pts
-Out for more than 2 days-3pts
-Clock in less than an hour late-0.5pts
But when you are hired, and trained by someone they tell you some things that are actually much different.
-At the start and end of each shift you have a 7 minute window.
If you start at 7:30am, for example, you can clock in between 7:30-7:23, no later or earlier or you get 0.5pts.
-If you get off at 6pm for example, you can clock out between 5:53-6:00, no later or earlier or you receive the 0.5pts. That’s right NO LATER, if you work over your shift time that’s a big no no and you will get fired if you don’t have a good reason as to why you stayed over for 1 minute and 4 seconds.
-Clocking in and out from lunch you have to clock out at 12:30pm and no later than 30 minutes later, except for the 2 minute window they a lot you because of the amount of people trying to clock out at once (so 12:32).
You are given two 15 minute breaks, but the break rooms across the building, so unless you leave early to start walking and risk getting yelled at by a blue vest you spend a good 5-7 min of your break just to get to the break room.
-If you have to go to the bathroom, go on break or during lunch. You can go during your shift is what they were told, I once was heading to the bathroom on my shift and was stopped by a Blue Vest inquiring to see my scanner and make sure I was "going the right way". I explained I was going to the bathroom, he claimed he had saw me multiple times in the day "going to the bathroom". He was crazy, and had me confused for someone else obviously. What really made me mad is that WHAT IF I had explosive diarrhea or something, or was pregnant and had to go multiple times a day? Is that a problem?
They also mentioned that on your first day of work there might not be enough “availability”. So if you show up there’s a chance you could get sent home and asked to come back on another day but the chances of that happening were "slim".
The main thing that kept coming was how valuable to the company you were. “You are not a number! Or just a face! You are a name! an asset! A value!” was said about a dozen times.
I went through about 2 months of getting the run around before I was actually working at Amazon and it went something like this.
RATERATERATERATE.
I was hired for one position, by the time I was actually hired, my assigned position & hours had been switched numerous times. When all was said and done I was counter, known in fancy Amazon terms as ICQA. You went around and counted the shelves and made sure things were correct in the system. They wanted us counting 123 bins an hour. We had a handheld scanner, just like in the video, with a countdown bar and assigned locations. Scan your bin, scan your item, count, input number, and then it sent you to your next bin. Sometimes your bin would be in the same mod (same shelve, next door or in that area). A good portion of the time your scanner would send you to the other side of the warehouse, and then back to the shelf next to the shelf you just counted. One thing Amazon WAS upfront about was all the walking, and most people were pretty cool with that.
Imagine you are counting things all day, or picking, or packing. You have no music, little to no social interaction with anyone. And all you can hear if the sound of the warehouse and the machines around you, that and the beep of your gun subliminally telling you YOU ARE NOT MAKING RATE, FASTER. .
My counseling session for my points was not done in private, but in front of my whole team where we met in the mornings to get guns and "stretch".
I ended up getting fired, which was one of the most single embarrassing moments of my life. That in itself is a whole different story. | you have to have no life, no emotion to work at Amazon; the desire to make your life a living hell on a daily basis |
orbojunglist | New posters perceptions of 'a little leeway' would vary a lot...(mine did this was my first post here 8 months ago) so the 'acceptable flaw zone' would naturally be a lot larger,leading to more removals and discouraging further posts.
I said to a user the other week that it's the difference between seeing the seam and the seam being very jarring.
Sometimes just plain common sense leads you to spot a seam in a loop, there are obvious places the seam would be easier to create, so you pay more attention there.
I think a lot of people inerpret the subreddit as a challenge "bet you cant tell how we did this"... and a lot of the time you can tell...even on a seamless loop.
I see the join on 99.9% of all the stuff that gets posted, but i don't feel the need to say so, or remove it unless it's blatant and jarring.
tl;dr people have their own perception of slight imperfection...it would mean ours would have to change for the worse. | New posters perceptions of 'a little leeway' would vary a lot...(mine did this was my first post here 8 months ago) so the 'acceptable flaw zone' would naturally be a lot larger,leading to more removals and discouraging further posts.
I said to a user the other week that it's the difference between seeing the seam and the seam being very jarring.
Sometimes just plain common sense leads you to spot a seam in a loop, there are obvious places the seam would be easier to create, so you pay more attention there.
I think a lot of people inerpret the subreddit as a challenge "bet you cant tell how we did this"... and a lot of the time you can tell...even on a seamless loop.
I see the join on 99.9% of all the stuff that gets posted, but i don't feel the need to say so, or remove it unless it's blatant and jarring.
tl;dr people have their own perception of slight imperfection...it would mean ours would have to change for the worse.
| perfectloops | t5_2ubff | cdp3h9y | New posters perceptions of 'a little leeway' would vary a lot...(mine did this was my first post here 8 months ago) so the 'acceptable flaw zone' would naturally be a lot larger,leading to more removals and discouraging further posts.
I said to a user the other week that it's the difference between seeing the seam and the seam being very jarring.
Sometimes just plain common sense leads you to spot a seam in a loop, there are obvious places the seam would be easier to create, so you pay more attention there.
I think a lot of people inerpret the subreddit as a challenge "bet you cant tell how we did this"... and a lot of the time you can tell...even on a seamless loop.
I see the join on 99.9% of all the stuff that gets posted, but i don't feel the need to say so, or remove it unless it's blatant and jarring. | people have their own perception of slight imperfection...it would mean ours would have to change for the worse. |
Felt_Ninja | I had a pretty cheap experience with Enterprise, while in San Diego a couple months ago. The rates from the non-airport location are going to be immensely cheaper, which justify the cab ride to the nearest branch, and the $20 fee for leaving a non-airport car at the airport (that's their "aw man, I have to pick it up?" fee).
For a week, I think I paid about 200-some dollars.
**TL;DR:** Get it from not-the-airport, or any locations not linked to the airport.
| I had a pretty cheap experience with Enterprise, while in San Diego a couple months ago. The rates from the non-airport location are going to be immensely cheaper, which justify the cab ride to the nearest branch, and the $20 fee for leaving a non-airport car at the airport (that's their "aw man, I have to pick it up?" fee).
For a week, I think I paid about 200-some dollars.
TL;DR: Get it from not-the-airport, or any locations not linked to the airport.
| orlando | t5_2qh7s | cdoh8p6 | I had a pretty cheap experience with Enterprise, while in San Diego a couple months ago. The rates from the non-airport location are going to be immensely cheaper, which justify the cab ride to the nearest branch, and the $20 fee for leaving a non-airport car at the airport (that's their "aw man, I have to pick it up?" fee).
For a week, I think I paid about 200-some dollars. | Get it from not-the-airport, or any locations not linked to the airport. |
Melkly | I am not trained in psychology to give you a diagnosis, so what I say isn't law and you should talk to a doctor if you have the means to.
Trichotillomania literally means Hair Pulling Manic.
If you find yourself always touching or tugging your hair, wrapping it around your finger, playing with your eyelashes/brows, tweezing feels relaxing/relieving not just vain then there is a *chance* that you *could* have it.
You might not be conscious of doing it. It is an impulse, if you don't pull it consumes you until you stop thinking about it or do it, or until it is enough. To me it is like a hunger, a craving, something that you can sedate for a moment like being on a diet and ignoring your favourite food, but you know what you really want.
If you are worried, talk to your family doc, or even call telehealth or something to get more answers. It isn't life threatening, and has very few side effects, but if you do suffer from it chances are there are other "disorders" you have.
TLDR; Talk to someone professional about it and don't freak out if you do. | I am not trained in psychology to give you a diagnosis, so what I say isn't law and you should talk to a doctor if you have the means to.
Trichotillomania literally means Hair Pulling Manic.
If you find yourself always touching or tugging your hair, wrapping it around your finger, playing with your eyelashes/brows, tweezing feels relaxing/relieving not just vain then there is a chance that you could have it.
You might not be conscious of doing it. It is an impulse, if you don't pull it consumes you until you stop thinking about it or do it, or until it is enough. To me it is like a hunger, a craving, something that you can sedate for a moment like being on a diet and ignoring your favourite food, but you know what you really want.
If you are worried, talk to your family doc, or even call telehealth or something to get more answers. It isn't life threatening, and has very few side effects, but if you do suffer from it chances are there are other "disorders" you have.
TLDR; Talk to someone professional about it and don't freak out if you do.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cdoqmen | I am not trained in psychology to give you a diagnosis, so what I say isn't law and you should talk to a doctor if you have the means to.
Trichotillomania literally means Hair Pulling Manic.
If you find yourself always touching or tugging your hair, wrapping it around your finger, playing with your eyelashes/brows, tweezing feels relaxing/relieving not just vain then there is a chance that you could have it.
You might not be conscious of doing it. It is an impulse, if you don't pull it consumes you until you stop thinking about it or do it, or until it is enough. To me it is like a hunger, a craving, something that you can sedate for a moment like being on a diet and ignoring your favourite food, but you know what you really want.
If you are worried, talk to your family doc, or even call telehealth or something to get more answers. It isn't life threatening, and has very few side effects, but if you do suffer from it chances are there are other "disorders" you have. | Talk to someone professional about it and don't freak out if you do. |
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