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singular1ty94 | > I imagine that everyone upvoting me doesn't know the answer so their upvoting this post in the hopes someone sees it and gives me an answer.
Yeah, the [Game Mechanics]( on the wiki are missing a few equations apparently. I thought /u/martyrboy has access to the source code or something, so maybe he can take a peak in the figures and adjust the wiki.
*However*, the wiki mentions that:
>When one actor (Hero, Rat, Goo, ect) attacks another, what happens is determined by several factors; the attackSkill, attackProc, damageRoll, defenceProc, defenseSkill, dr. These values are given to both parties. To simplfy things, let the attacker be the Hero and the defender be the Enemy - the same thing happens when an Enemy attacks the Hero.
Then it gives this code:
float acuRoll = Random.Float(Hero.attackSkill(defender));
float defRoll = Random.Float(Enemy.defenseSkill(attacker));
if (usingMagic) {
acuRoll *= 2.0F;
}
if (acuRoll >= defRoll) {
// successful hit
} else {
// unsuccessful hit
}
}
Now, that triggers two other functions: `attackSkill` and `defenseSkill` to be run.
Last anyone knew, all enemies have the same attackSkill, which gets listed on their pages as `accuracy`. Therefore, when an enemy attacks the player, a static variable is used (one predefined in the enemy's description) and is run against the `defenseSkill` function that is calculated based on the Hero.
**This function is missing from the wiki.**
So until we really know what `defenseSkill()`'s code is, we can't know for sure how the code works. There is a high degree of randomness to the battles (based on using `Random.Float()`, although strangely enough, there is no `Float()` function of the `Random` library in Android. See [here]( Maybe Watabou is using a different library than the default?
**TL;DR** We need more accurate Source Code access to determine the full conditions surrounding how attacks and defense work, which in turn triggers how dodge and accuracy play into the battles. | > I imagine that everyone upvoting me doesn't know the answer so their upvoting this post in the hopes someone sees it and gives me an answer.
Yeah, the [Game Mechanics]( on the wiki are missing a few equations apparently. I thought /u/martyrboy has access to the source code or something, so maybe he can take a peak in the figures and adjust the wiki.
However , the wiki mentions that:
>When one actor (Hero, Rat, Goo, ect) attacks another, what happens is determined by several factors; the attackSkill, attackProc, damageRoll, defenceProc, defenseSkill, dr. These values are given to both parties. To simplfy things, let the attacker be the Hero and the defender be the Enemy - the same thing happens when an Enemy attacks the Hero.
Then it gives this code:
float acuRoll = Random.Float(Hero.attackSkill(defender));
float defRoll = Random.Float(Enemy.defenseSkill(attacker));
if (usingMagic) {
acuRoll *= 2.0F;
}
if (acuRoll >= defRoll) {
// successful hit
} else {
// unsuccessful hit
}
}
Now, that triggers two other functions: attackSkill and defenseSkill to be run.
Last anyone knew, all enemies have the same attackSkill, which gets listed on their pages as accuracy . Therefore, when an enemy attacks the player, a static variable is used (one predefined in the enemy's description) and is run against the defenseSkill function that is calculated based on the Hero.
This function is missing from the wiki.
So until we really know what defenseSkill() 's code is, we can't know for sure how the code works. There is a high degree of randomness to the battles (based on using Random.Float() , although strangely enough, there is no Float() function of the Random library in Android. See [here]( Maybe Watabou is using a different library than the default?
TL;DR We need more accurate Source Code access to determine the full conditions surrounding how attacks and defense work, which in turn triggers how dodge and accuracy play into the battles.
| PixelDungeon | t5_2wzgt | ce2uzhp | I imagine that everyone upvoting me doesn't know the answer so their upvoting this post in the hopes someone sees it and gives me an answer.
Yeah, the [Game Mechanics]( on the wiki are missing a few equations apparently. I thought /u/martyrboy has access to the source code or something, so maybe he can take a peak in the figures and adjust the wiki.
However , the wiki mentions that:
>When one actor (Hero, Rat, Goo, ect) attacks another, what happens is determined by several factors; the attackSkill, attackProc, damageRoll, defenceProc, defenseSkill, dr. These values are given to both parties. To simplfy things, let the attacker be the Hero and the defender be the Enemy - the same thing happens when an Enemy attacks the Hero.
Then it gives this code:
float acuRoll = Random.Float(Hero.attackSkill(defender));
float defRoll = Random.Float(Enemy.defenseSkill(attacker));
if (usingMagic) {
acuRoll *= 2.0F;
}
if (acuRoll >= defRoll) {
// successful hit
} else {
// unsuccessful hit
}
}
Now, that triggers two other functions: attackSkill and defenseSkill to be run.
Last anyone knew, all enemies have the same attackSkill, which gets listed on their pages as accuracy . Therefore, when an enemy attacks the player, a static variable is used (one predefined in the enemy's description) and is run against the defenseSkill function that is calculated based on the Hero.
This function is missing from the wiki.
So until we really know what defenseSkill() 's code is, we can't know for sure how the code works. There is a high degree of randomness to the battles (based on using Random.Float() , although strangely enough, there is no Float() function of the Random library in Android. See [here]( Maybe Watabou is using a different library than the default? | We need more accurate Source Code access to determine the full conditions surrounding how attacks and defense work, which in turn triggers how dodge and accuracy play into the battles. |
oh_him | To expand a little bit on this, English has over time replaced most of its grammatical [cases]( with the use of prepositions. In Anglo-Saxon the ending of a word would change (this is called inflection) in order to signify if a word was dative (Dative is one of the grammatical cases). Since we no longer used inflection for case for the most part, we use words like "to" to signify an indirect object and "for" to signify the dative of benefit.
TL;DR the guy above me's post | To expand a little bit on this, English has over time replaced most of its grammatical cases in order to signify if a word was dative (Dative is one of the grammatical cases). Since we no longer used inflection for case for the most part, we use words like "to" to signify an indirect object and "for" to signify the dative of benefit.
TL;DR the guy above me's post
| linguistics | t5_2qhos | ce2gfcq | To expand a little bit on this, English has over time replaced most of its grammatical cases in order to signify if a word was dative (Dative is one of the grammatical cases). Since we no longer used inflection for case for the most part, we use words like "to" to signify an indirect object and "for" to signify the dative of benefit. | the guy above me's post |
amatorfati | >A society that is able to contain immortals (I'm using that term loosely, it means they don't die from illness or age and can survive massive damage to their body) would be one with a really low birth rate since there would be relatively few people dieing. But if you take a look at the advanced nations on earth, like Japan or certain countrys in europe, you will notice that the birthrates are going down and the life expectancy is going up so this potential society might not be all that unrealistic.
Meh. You make certainly a very interesting argument, so for that alone you have my attention and respect. But an interesting argument is not necessarily a rock-solid one. And I don't think yours is very solid.
Sure, right now, while stuck on one planet in this specific point in history, first world nation-states have declining birth rates. But I think it's too bold a leap in logic to conclude from that, that this is entirely or even mostly due to lower death rate alone. There are a million other factors at play here that have evolved alongside birth and death rate changes. Energy usage at individual and societal levels are enormous, and the resources and methods used to produce that energy are ever-changing. The kind of materials we use in everyday products are entirely unrecognizable from a few hundred years ago, and in a hundred years we may also find the world very new in this way. Agriculture has evolved with the explosion of genetic science, and for better or worse, genetic modification of crops is going to change everything.
All of that makes me very very skeptical as to whether or not this highly specific low birth rate phenomenon is even remotely a long-term permanent effect. First of all, it's largely limited to first world democracies. Secondly, in those countries, it varies depending on class, race, religion, et cetera. It's not a universal phenomenon even within those countries being studied, and it's a rather small window of time that this decline is really noticeable.
tl;dr You have an interesting idea but it's extremely speculative. | >A society that is able to contain immortals (I'm using that term loosely, it means they don't die from illness or age and can survive massive damage to their body) would be one with a really low birth rate since there would be relatively few people dieing. But if you take a look at the advanced nations on earth, like Japan or certain countrys in europe, you will notice that the birthrates are going down and the life expectancy is going up so this potential society might not be all that unrealistic.
Meh. You make certainly a very interesting argument, so for that alone you have my attention and respect. But an interesting argument is not necessarily a rock-solid one. And I don't think yours is very solid.
Sure, right now, while stuck on one planet in this specific point in history, first world nation-states have declining birth rates. But I think it's too bold a leap in logic to conclude from that, that this is entirely or even mostly due to lower death rate alone. There are a million other factors at play here that have evolved alongside birth and death rate changes. Energy usage at individual and societal levels are enormous, and the resources and methods used to produce that energy are ever-changing. The kind of materials we use in everyday products are entirely unrecognizable from a few hundred years ago, and in a hundred years we may also find the world very new in this way. Agriculture has evolved with the explosion of genetic science, and for better or worse, genetic modification of crops is going to change everything.
All of that makes me very very skeptical as to whether or not this highly specific low birth rate phenomenon is even remotely a long-term permanent effect. First of all, it's largely limited to first world democracies. Secondly, in those countries, it varies depending on class, race, religion, et cetera. It's not a universal phenomenon even within those countries being studied, and it's a rather small window of time that this decline is really noticeable.
tl;dr You have an interesting idea but it's extremely speculative.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce3b8s9 | A society that is able to contain immortals (I'm using that term loosely, it means they don't die from illness or age and can survive massive damage to their body) would be one with a really low birth rate since there would be relatively few people dieing. But if you take a look at the advanced nations on earth, like Japan or certain countrys in europe, you will notice that the birthrates are going down and the life expectancy is going up so this potential society might not be all that unrealistic.
Meh. You make certainly a very interesting argument, so for that alone you have my attention and respect. But an interesting argument is not necessarily a rock-solid one. And I don't think yours is very solid.
Sure, right now, while stuck on one planet in this specific point in history, first world nation-states have declining birth rates. But I think it's too bold a leap in logic to conclude from that, that this is entirely or even mostly due to lower death rate alone. There are a million other factors at play here that have evolved alongside birth and death rate changes. Energy usage at individual and societal levels are enormous, and the resources and methods used to produce that energy are ever-changing. The kind of materials we use in everyday products are entirely unrecognizable from a few hundred years ago, and in a hundred years we may also find the world very new in this way. Agriculture has evolved with the explosion of genetic science, and for better or worse, genetic modification of crops is going to change everything.
All of that makes me very very skeptical as to whether or not this highly specific low birth rate phenomenon is even remotely a long-term permanent effect. First of all, it's largely limited to first world democracies. Secondly, in those countries, it varies depending on class, race, religion, et cetera. It's not a universal phenomenon even within those countries being studied, and it's a rather small window of time that this decline is really noticeable. | You have an interesting idea but it's extremely speculative. |
thetypicalstudent | Cardiovascular physiology is pretty cool. Myogenic autoregulation fascinates me, that stretched vessels cause an increased intracellular concentration of Calcium which binds to calmodulin activating MLCK which causes crossbridge formation leading to contraction of smooth muscles.
TLDR: A vessel will automatically constrict if stretched to maintain local blood flow. | Cardiovascular physiology is pretty cool. Myogenic autoregulation fascinates me, that stretched vessels cause an increased intracellular concentration of Calcium which binds to calmodulin activating MLCK which causes crossbridge formation leading to contraction of smooth muscles.
TLDR: A vessel will automatically constrict if stretched to maintain local blood flow.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2d4el | Cardiovascular physiology is pretty cool. Myogenic autoregulation fascinates me, that stretched vessels cause an increased intracellular concentration of Calcium which binds to calmodulin activating MLCK which causes crossbridge formation leading to contraction of smooth muscles. | A vessel will automatically constrict if stretched to maintain local blood flow. |
Thatinsanity | The reason that many people die from drug overdoses in hotel rooms.
When you habitually use a certain drug, your brain learns contextual cues about where you tend to shoot up, smoke up, etc. Therefore, even just stepping into the room that you usually do the drug in alerts the brain that the drug is coming, causing the brain to shut off receptors for that drug. This is one of the reasons that we build up a tolerance to drugs when using them habitually.
So, when famous people, for example, are partying in hotel rooms and decide to shoot up, their bodies aren't prepared! The brain does not shut off receptors and therefore taking the same amount of drug as usual kills you.
tl;dr The brain is amazing. Don't ever believe someone that tells you we only use 10% of it. We use 100% of it and it's doing amazing things all the time. | The reason that many people die from drug overdoses in hotel rooms.
When you habitually use a certain drug, your brain learns contextual cues about where you tend to shoot up, smoke up, etc. Therefore, even just stepping into the room that you usually do the drug in alerts the brain that the drug is coming, causing the brain to shut off receptors for that drug. This is one of the reasons that we build up a tolerance to drugs when using them habitually.
So, when famous people, for example, are partying in hotel rooms and decide to shoot up, their bodies aren't prepared! The brain does not shut off receptors and therefore taking the same amount of drug as usual kills you.
tl;dr The brain is amazing. Don't ever believe someone that tells you we only use 10% of it. We use 100% of it and it's doing amazing things all the time.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2dbzz | The reason that many people die from drug overdoses in hotel rooms.
When you habitually use a certain drug, your brain learns contextual cues about where you tend to shoot up, smoke up, etc. Therefore, even just stepping into the room that you usually do the drug in alerts the brain that the drug is coming, causing the brain to shut off receptors for that drug. This is one of the reasons that we build up a tolerance to drugs when using them habitually.
So, when famous people, for example, are partying in hotel rooms and decide to shoot up, their bodies aren't prepared! The brain does not shut off receptors and therefore taking the same amount of drug as usual kills you. | The brain is amazing. Don't ever believe someone that tells you we only use 10% of it. We use 100% of it and it's doing amazing things all the time. |
Vanderwoolf | That we have the hand-eye coordination and muscle mechanics to be able to hit a golf ball over 1000' in the direction we want. Also apply this to hitting a pitched baseball traveling at upwards of 100mph, toss a basketball into a hoop suspended 10' in the air.
**tl/dr:** Sports | That we have the hand-eye coordination and muscle mechanics to be able to hit a golf ball over 1000' in the direction we want. Also apply this to hitting a pitched baseball traveling at upwards of 100mph, toss a basketball into a hoop suspended 10' in the air.
tl/dr: Sports
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2djhu | That we have the hand-eye coordination and muscle mechanics to be able to hit a golf ball over 1000' in the direction we want. Also apply this to hitting a pitched baseball traveling at upwards of 100mph, toss a basketball into a hoop suspended 10' in the air. | Sports |
Perdut | THE PLACEBO EFFECT.
Basically, if your brain has confidence in something it will work (medically). Say a doctor (figure you trust) gives you a pill and tells you it will help your headache, even if it's candy it can really help if you actually believe in your doctor. That's why some parents can just give some bogus stuff to their kids and make them feel better.
NOW, if you really think about it that means you have the complete ability to heal yourself because the effect can vary from a cut healing faster to major illnesses. The placebo effect acts as a provocation of this ability to heal yourself.
WHAT IF SOMEONE WERE ABLE TO TO LEARNT TO CONTROL THE ABILITY WITHOUT PROVOCATION. THEY WOULD BE SUPER HEROES HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
tl;dr: placebo effect can abilty heal become super people | THE PLACEBO EFFECT.
Basically, if your brain has confidence in something it will work (medically). Say a doctor (figure you trust) gives you a pill and tells you it will help your headache, even if it's candy it can really help if you actually believe in your doctor. That's why some parents can just give some bogus stuff to their kids and make them feel better.
NOW, if you really think about it that means you have the complete ability to heal yourself because the effect can vary from a cut healing faster to major illnesses. The placebo effect acts as a provocation of this ability to heal yourself.
WHAT IF SOMEONE WERE ABLE TO TO LEARNT TO CONTROL THE ABILITY WITHOUT PROVOCATION. THEY WOULD BE SUPER HEROES HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
tl;dr: placebo effect can abilty heal become super people
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2g3ri | THE PLACEBO EFFECT.
Basically, if your brain has confidence in something it will work (medically). Say a doctor (figure you trust) gives you a pill and tells you it will help your headache, even if it's candy it can really help if you actually believe in your doctor. That's why some parents can just give some bogus stuff to their kids and make them feel better.
NOW, if you really think about it that means you have the complete ability to heal yourself because the effect can vary from a cut healing faster to major illnesses. The placebo effect acts as a provocation of this ability to heal yourself.
WHAT IF SOMEONE WERE ABLE TO TO LEARNT TO CONTROL THE ABILITY WITHOUT PROVOCATION. THEY WOULD BE SUPER HEROES HOLY FUCKING SHIT. | placebo effect can abilty heal become super people |
Gomazing | Make no mistake, I have absolutely no academic background in these matters. But it makes sense as a natural product of population control - the idea of having sex with zero chance of reproduction. Thats where it 'clicks' for me. Now, is overpopulation an issue? I don't know what the academic community thinks.
Does it make evolutionary sense to NOT want to pass on your genes? I suppose not. But a lot of shit happens that doesn't make sense. I appreciate the research the experts put into their field, but I can't be an expert in everything. So I have no other choice than to dismiss it completely or just accept where the dots are connecting for me.
On your point of 'genetically motivated', maybe it isn't. Maybe its a product of observation on society - that reproduction would be bad for society, therefore eliminate the chance for reproduction. TL;DR, shit is weird man. Fuck whoever you want (with consent), screw 'evolution'. | Make no mistake, I have absolutely no academic background in these matters. But it makes sense as a natural product of population control - the idea of having sex with zero chance of reproduction. Thats where it 'clicks' for me. Now, is overpopulation an issue? I don't know what the academic community thinks.
Does it make evolutionary sense to NOT want to pass on your genes? I suppose not. But a lot of shit happens that doesn't make sense. I appreciate the research the experts put into their field, but I can't be an expert in everything. So I have no other choice than to dismiss it completely or just accept where the dots are connecting for me.
On your point of 'genetically motivated', maybe it isn't. Maybe its a product of observation on society - that reproduction would be bad for society, therefore eliminate the chance for reproduction. TL;DR, shit is weird man. Fuck whoever you want (with consent), screw 'evolution'.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2gw49 | Make no mistake, I have absolutely no academic background in these matters. But it makes sense as a natural product of population control - the idea of having sex with zero chance of reproduction. Thats where it 'clicks' for me. Now, is overpopulation an issue? I don't know what the academic community thinks.
Does it make evolutionary sense to NOT want to pass on your genes? I suppose not. But a lot of shit happens that doesn't make sense. I appreciate the research the experts put into their field, but I can't be an expert in everything. So I have no other choice than to dismiss it completely or just accept where the dots are connecting for me.
On your point of 'genetically motivated', maybe it isn't. Maybe its a product of observation on society - that reproduction would be bad for society, therefore eliminate the chance for reproduction. | shit is weird man. Fuck whoever you want (with consent), screw 'evolution'. |
theragingclap | And don't forget that the man you dont love and smashed arsehole drunk you who thinks procreating with the aforementioned man is absolutely the best plan of action can also create a third being. If the tequila doesn't get in the way it might even be a third and 4th being simultaneously.
TL;DR no love required for third being creation, lots of alcohol and any random can have same effect. | And don't forget that the man you dont love and smashed arsehole drunk you who thinks procreating with the aforementioned man is absolutely the best plan of action can also create a third being. If the tequila doesn't get in the way it might even be a third and 4th being simultaneously.
TL;DR no love required for third being creation, lots of alcohol and any random can have same effect.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2jixj | And don't forget that the man you dont love and smashed arsehole drunk you who thinks procreating with the aforementioned man is absolutely the best plan of action can also create a third being. If the tequila doesn't get in the way it might even be a third and 4th being simultaneously. | no love required for third being creation, lots of alcohol and any random can have same effect. |
pineapplemaster | You've probably worn shoes your whole life. You probably wear shoes when you try to run. Almost all modern shoes are highly restrictive to the full motion that your feet and legs would undergo while running/walking barefoot, and as a result, a good deal of the muscles in your feet and legs are relatively atrophied.
TL;DR: You're not running how you evolved to run.
See also: the book "Born to Run". | You've probably worn shoes your whole life. You probably wear shoes when you try to run. Almost all modern shoes are highly restrictive to the full motion that your feet and legs would undergo while running/walking barefoot, and as a result, a good deal of the muscles in your feet and legs are relatively atrophied.
TL;DR: You're not running how you evolved to run.
See also: the book "Born to Run".
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2jsp4 | You've probably worn shoes your whole life. You probably wear shoes when you try to run. Almost all modern shoes are highly restrictive to the full motion that your feet and legs would undergo while running/walking barefoot, and as a result, a good deal of the muscles in your feet and legs are relatively atrophied. | You're not running how you evolved to run.
See also: the book "Born to Run". |
nicholsml | Such a common misconception and not strictly true.
Humans can out run most (not all) animals during the heat of the day only. A human for example would not be able to out run a moose in winter over distance no matter how hard he tried.
It is known as the persistence hunt and it is why most scientists believe humans evolved with little hair compared to other primates. So we could run down prey during the heat of the day when other predators and prey rested to prevent overheating.
It isn't that we are faster or more persistent over time, but that we can cool our bodies with relatively no hair and full body sweating to reduce heat from jogging.
Our ability to out run animals over distance is completely dependent on how hot it is outside.
Another example is the human versus horse marathon. You'll notice that humans win only when when it is "hot" and even when it is hot they sometimes do not win.....
You should also note the horses usually win even though they are carrying one of the competitors on it's back and the competition takes place during the summer in the heat of the day. If it was just the horse (without the extra weight on his back) vs the man, the man wouldn't even win during the heat of the day. They should put an equivalent weight (based on mass, not a full human body weight on the man) on the men in the form of a back pack on the runners to make the race a fair comparison.
TL;DR It's a common misconception that we can outrun all animals over time. It's that we can outrun SOME animals during the high heat of the middle of the day because we can cool ourselves better. That combined with tools and trapping. | Such a common misconception and not strictly true.
Humans can out run most (not all) animals during the heat of the day only. A human for example would not be able to out run a moose in winter over distance no matter how hard he tried.
It is known as the persistence hunt and it is why most scientists believe humans evolved with little hair compared to other primates. So we could run down prey during the heat of the day when other predators and prey rested to prevent overheating.
It isn't that we are faster or more persistent over time, but that we can cool our bodies with relatively no hair and full body sweating to reduce heat from jogging.
Our ability to out run animals over distance is completely dependent on how hot it is outside.
Another example is the human versus horse marathon. You'll notice that humans win only when when it is "hot" and even when it is hot they sometimes do not win.....
You should also note the horses usually win even though they are carrying one of the competitors on it's back and the competition takes place during the summer in the heat of the day. If it was just the horse (without the extra weight on his back) vs the man, the man wouldn't even win during the heat of the day. They should put an equivalent weight (based on mass, not a full human body weight on the man) on the men in the form of a back pack on the runners to make the race a fair comparison.
TL;DR It's a common misconception that we can outrun all animals over time. It's that we can outrun SOME animals during the high heat of the middle of the day because we can cool ourselves better. That combined with tools and trapping.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2ks6e | Such a common misconception and not strictly true.
Humans can out run most (not all) animals during the heat of the day only. A human for example would not be able to out run a moose in winter over distance no matter how hard he tried.
It is known as the persistence hunt and it is why most scientists believe humans evolved with little hair compared to other primates. So we could run down prey during the heat of the day when other predators and prey rested to prevent overheating.
It isn't that we are faster or more persistent over time, but that we can cool our bodies with relatively no hair and full body sweating to reduce heat from jogging.
Our ability to out run animals over distance is completely dependent on how hot it is outside.
Another example is the human versus horse marathon. You'll notice that humans win only when when it is "hot" and even when it is hot they sometimes do not win.....
You should also note the horses usually win even though they are carrying one of the competitors on it's back and the competition takes place during the summer in the heat of the day. If it was just the horse (without the extra weight on his back) vs the man, the man wouldn't even win during the heat of the day. They should put an equivalent weight (based on mass, not a full human body weight on the man) on the men in the form of a back pack on the runners to make the race a fair comparison. | It's a common misconception that we can outrun all animals over time. It's that we can outrun SOME animals during the high heat of the middle of the day because we can cool ourselves better. That combined with tools and trapping. |
Ducky9202 | Point mutations. One little fuck up during DNA reproduction- one single nucleotide can change just one single amino acid in a protein, which can cause that protein stop working correctly. So one single nucleotide change can cause disfiguring to deadly genetic diseases. Some examples: [Tay-Sachs disease, Sickle-Cell Anemia, Cystic Fibrosis]( [FOP aka "Stone Man's Syndrome"]( and [Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease]( On top of that, some of these mutations have dominant effect- it's as if your body says "Nope, can't remember how to make it correctly," because that one nucleotide is incorrect on *one copy of the gene*. Replication just seems so fragile when such a small, seemingly insignificant piece of the puzzle can cause death.
If you think of all the trillions and trillions of cells that make up you during your entire lifetime, and all the DNA reproduction and the protein synthesis needed to make these cells function correctly, potentially devastating mistakes seem so easy. However, they rarely happen. Your body is so amazing at DNA reproduction that these trillions of cells have built in protection during replication to prevent, identify, and fix copying errors.
**TL;DR** I don't know what leaves me in more awe: the fact that a point mutation can cause such amazing changes to the *entire* body, or the fact that the body is able to protect against this on such a mind-blowing scale. | Point mutations. One little fuck up during DNA reproduction- one single nucleotide can change just one single amino acid in a protein, which can cause that protein stop working correctly. So one single nucleotide change can cause disfiguring to deadly genetic diseases. Some examples: [Tay-Sachs disease, Sickle-Cell Anemia, Cystic Fibrosis]( [FOP aka "Stone Man's Syndrome"]( and [Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease]( On top of that, some of these mutations have dominant effect- it's as if your body says "Nope, can't remember how to make it correctly," because that one nucleotide is incorrect on one copy of the gene . Replication just seems so fragile when such a small, seemingly insignificant piece of the puzzle can cause death.
If you think of all the trillions and trillions of cells that make up you during your entire lifetime, and all the DNA reproduction and the protein synthesis needed to make these cells function correctly, potentially devastating mistakes seem so easy. However, they rarely happen. Your body is so amazing at DNA reproduction that these trillions of cells have built in protection during replication to prevent, identify, and fix copying errors.
TL;DR I don't know what leaves me in more awe: the fact that a point mutation can cause such amazing changes to the entire body, or the fact that the body is able to protect against this on such a mind-blowing scale.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2m5x3 | Point mutations. One little fuck up during DNA reproduction- one single nucleotide can change just one single amino acid in a protein, which can cause that protein stop working correctly. So one single nucleotide change can cause disfiguring to deadly genetic diseases. Some examples: [Tay-Sachs disease, Sickle-Cell Anemia, Cystic Fibrosis]( [FOP aka "Stone Man's Syndrome"]( and [Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease]( On top of that, some of these mutations have dominant effect- it's as if your body says "Nope, can't remember how to make it correctly," because that one nucleotide is incorrect on one copy of the gene . Replication just seems so fragile when such a small, seemingly insignificant piece of the puzzle can cause death.
If you think of all the trillions and trillions of cells that make up you during your entire lifetime, and all the DNA reproduction and the protein synthesis needed to make these cells function correctly, potentially devastating mistakes seem so easy. However, they rarely happen. Your body is so amazing at DNA reproduction that these trillions of cells have built in protection during replication to prevent, identify, and fix copying errors. | I don't know what leaves me in more awe: the fact that a point mutation can cause such amazing changes to the entire body, or the fact that the body is able to protect against this on such a mind-blowing scale. |
H_is_for_Human | Interestingly, you and your sperm face slightly different evolutionary pressures. If for example, there was a transcription faster that made you slightly more intelligent, but also made sperm swim not as fast, faster sperm would win out over the slower, "smarter" sperm.
You can think of your sperm as another organism with the same set of genes but different requirements from those genes.
TL;DR you are competing with your sperm, but your sperm will win in the long run. | Interestingly, you and your sperm face slightly different evolutionary pressures. If for example, there was a transcription faster that made you slightly more intelligent, but also made sperm swim not as fast, faster sperm would win out over the slower, "smarter" sperm.
You can think of your sperm as another organism with the same set of genes but different requirements from those genes.
TL;DR you are competing with your sperm, but your sperm will win in the long run.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2n65t | Interestingly, you and your sperm face slightly different evolutionary pressures. If for example, there was a transcription faster that made you slightly more intelligent, but also made sperm swim not as fast, faster sperm would win out over the slower, "smarter" sperm.
You can think of your sperm as another organism with the same set of genes but different requirements from those genes. | you are competing with your sperm, but your sperm will win in the long run. |
iNeeTineeChineeGinee | Sensory organs pick up massive amounts of data, and send this chaos to the brain. The brain processes this data, sorting out what it can make sense of, and the resulting processed data is 100% of what someone experiences. This means people never truly experience reality, but rather, they only experience what the brain creates out of chaos.
TL;DR: 100% of your experiences are simulations of reality, and not actually reality. | Sensory organs pick up massive amounts of data, and send this chaos to the brain. The brain processes this data, sorting out what it can make sense of, and the resulting processed data is 100% of what someone experiences. This means people never truly experience reality, but rather, they only experience what the brain creates out of chaos.
TL;DR: 100% of your experiences are simulations of reality, and not actually reality.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2q980 | Sensory organs pick up massive amounts of data, and send this chaos to the brain. The brain processes this data, sorting out what it can make sense of, and the resulting processed data is 100% of what someone experiences. This means people never truly experience reality, but rather, they only experience what the brain creates out of chaos. | 100% of your experiences are simulations of reality, and not actually reality. |
kgb_agent_zhivago | It's just more complicated than that. I'm not explicitly disagreeing with you. The guy I originally responded to said evolution doesn't work at the species level, but it does. It makes a differences because different forces have different effects at different rates, levels, and timing. Additionally, there's the whole argument about what roles evolutionary developmental biology plays a role in speciation and such.
As a reminder, the essential evolutionary forces are: recombination, mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
Some things that don't affect survival are still evolutionary forces. Likewise, natural selection is only one force. Migration, gene flow, isolation, horizontal/vertical gene transfer, hybridization, bottlenecking, etc.
A lot of people (not you per se) that only have high school biology backgrounds or even college bio for non majors have this view that natural selection is the only thing about evolution. Basically, the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis is not stressed enough in high school or popular science.
It likewise gets even more complicated when discussing paleontology and how macro- and microevolution are decoupled/re-coupled, especially w/r/t speciation. E.g. the debate revolving around whether phyletic gradualism or punctuated equilibrium is the dominate speciation mechanism and the favored position generally revolves around which time span one is looking at.
TL;DR: Evolution, speciation, phylogeny, population genetics, evo-devo, history of evolutionary thought, etc is complex, convoluted, and *fucking interesting* | It's just more complicated than that. I'm not explicitly disagreeing with you. The guy I originally responded to said evolution doesn't work at the species level, but it does. It makes a differences because different forces have different effects at different rates, levels, and timing. Additionally, there's the whole argument about what roles evolutionary developmental biology plays a role in speciation and such.
As a reminder, the essential evolutionary forces are: recombination, mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
Some things that don't affect survival are still evolutionary forces. Likewise, natural selection is only one force. Migration, gene flow, isolation, horizontal/vertical gene transfer, hybridization, bottlenecking, etc.
A lot of people (not you per se) that only have high school biology backgrounds or even college bio for non majors have this view that natural selection is the only thing about evolution. Basically, the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis is not stressed enough in high school or popular science.
It likewise gets even more complicated when discussing paleontology and how macro- and microevolution are decoupled/re-coupled, especially w/r/t speciation. E.g. the debate revolving around whether phyletic gradualism or punctuated equilibrium is the dominate speciation mechanism and the favored position generally revolves around which time span one is looking at.
TL;DR: Evolution, speciation, phylogeny, population genetics, evo-devo, history of evolutionary thought, etc is complex, convoluted, and fucking interesting
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2rt14 | It's just more complicated than that. I'm not explicitly disagreeing with you. The guy I originally responded to said evolution doesn't work at the species level, but it does. It makes a differences because different forces have different effects at different rates, levels, and timing. Additionally, there's the whole argument about what roles evolutionary developmental biology plays a role in speciation and such.
As a reminder, the essential evolutionary forces are: recombination, mutation, natural selection, and genetic drift.
Some things that don't affect survival are still evolutionary forces. Likewise, natural selection is only one force. Migration, gene flow, isolation, horizontal/vertical gene transfer, hybridization, bottlenecking, etc.
A lot of people (not you per se) that only have high school biology backgrounds or even college bio for non majors have this view that natural selection is the only thing about evolution. Basically, the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis is not stressed enough in high school or popular science.
It likewise gets even more complicated when discussing paleontology and how macro- and microevolution are decoupled/re-coupled, especially w/r/t speciation. E.g. the debate revolving around whether phyletic gradualism or punctuated equilibrium is the dominate speciation mechanism and the favored position generally revolves around which time span one is looking at. | Evolution, speciation, phylogeny, population genetics, evo-devo, history of evolutionary thought, etc is complex, convoluted, and fucking interesting |
KroniK907 | Actually, it has been theorized that when tracking a moving object, because of this loss of visual time, you actually see where the object WILL BE, when your brain is done compensating. aka, you are actually seeing into the future. Your brain runs the trajectory of the object and makes you see what you are looking at, slightly ahead of where you actually see the moving object, therefore compensating for the time it takes to process what you are seeing.
(I'm not good at explaining these things)
It is my personal theory that this is why babies can not catch a thrown object. They have yet to develop the ability to erase this motion blur and predict the trajectory of an object.
Anyway TLDR, we can see several microseconds into the future. | Actually, it has been theorized that when tracking a moving object, because of this loss of visual time, you actually see where the object WILL BE, when your brain is done compensating. aka, you are actually seeing into the future. Your brain runs the trajectory of the object and makes you see what you are looking at, slightly ahead of where you actually see the moving object, therefore compensating for the time it takes to process what you are seeing.
(I'm not good at explaining these things)
It is my personal theory that this is why babies can not catch a thrown object. They have yet to develop the ability to erase this motion blur and predict the trajectory of an object.
Anyway TLDR, we can see several microseconds into the future.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2km91 | Actually, it has been theorized that when tracking a moving object, because of this loss of visual time, you actually see where the object WILL BE, when your brain is done compensating. aka, you are actually seeing into the future. Your brain runs the trajectory of the object and makes you see what you are looking at, slightly ahead of where you actually see the moving object, therefore compensating for the time it takes to process what you are seeing.
(I'm not good at explaining these things)
It is my personal theory that this is why babies can not catch a thrown object. They have yet to develop the ability to erase this motion blur and predict the trajectory of an object.
Anyway | we can see several microseconds into the future. |
EffingTank | actually, you're one big tube from your mouth to your anus. everything else is to make sure that you make more tubes before you die.
Another interesting factoid: when you were first concieved and the cells had multiplied enough, they form a hollow sphere called a blastula. Eventually, a dent forms on one side and starts growing through the center of the blastula to the other side until it reaches the other side to create a tunnel through the center of the blastula. That first dent goes on to become your anus
TL;DR: you're a glorified tube but before that you were an asshole. | actually, you're one big tube from your mouth to your anus. everything else is to make sure that you make more tubes before you die.
Another interesting factoid: when you were first concieved and the cells had multiplied enough, they form a hollow sphere called a blastula. Eventually, a dent forms on one side and starts growing through the center of the blastula to the other side until it reaches the other side to create a tunnel through the center of the blastula. That first dent goes on to become your anus
TL;DR: you're a glorified tube but before that you were an asshole.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2l1hq | actually, you're one big tube from your mouth to your anus. everything else is to make sure that you make more tubes before you die.
Another interesting factoid: when you were first concieved and the cells had multiplied enough, they form a hollow sphere called a blastula. Eventually, a dent forms on one side and starts growing through the center of the blastula to the other side until it reaches the other side to create a tunnel through the center of the blastula. That first dent goes on to become your anus | you're a glorified tube but before that you were an asshole. |
fantumn | darker skin pigment helps protect skin cells from exposure to sun, so you see darker skin in humans from environments with harsher sunlight. The lighter skin colors are usually seen where the sun was not as intense, because there was less danger of damage from the sun, and less melanin let them absorb more vitamin D from the weaker sunlight. Many ethnicities also have an epicanthal fold, which is the extra fold on the inner corner of the eye, giving the eye an "almond" shape, primarily some Asian races, which is believed to be an adaptation evolved to cope with windy or arid environments. Eskimos have it too, as well as many "island" ethnicities that spent a lot of time on/around the sea. About 80% of non-white races completely lose their ability to digest lactose after about 2 years, whereas the areas that domesticated cows and relied on dairy products can process lactose better later in life. Body size is also a product of environment, many ethnicities from colder climates tend to be stockier or shorter, as the need to dissipate heat was less important. Differences in hair types and abundance of body hair too, as humans in warmer environments did not need to insulate exposed skin against cold, so you see vikings with thick body hair and beard growth, compared to some ethnicities from milder climates that don't grow facial hair at all. There are dozens of examples, but they are less and less prominent ever since humans became capable of travelling quicker than every millennia or so. (I'm no expert so tell me if I'm wildly mistaken about something please)
Tl;Dr physical differences between human ethnicities are a product of adaptation to environmental factors | darker skin pigment helps protect skin cells from exposure to sun, so you see darker skin in humans from environments with harsher sunlight. The lighter skin colors are usually seen where the sun was not as intense, because there was less danger of damage from the sun, and less melanin let them absorb more vitamin D from the weaker sunlight. Many ethnicities also have an epicanthal fold, which is the extra fold on the inner corner of the eye, giving the eye an "almond" shape, primarily some Asian races, which is believed to be an adaptation evolved to cope with windy or arid environments. Eskimos have it too, as well as many "island" ethnicities that spent a lot of time on/around the sea. About 80% of non-white races completely lose their ability to digest lactose after about 2 years, whereas the areas that domesticated cows and relied on dairy products can process lactose better later in life. Body size is also a product of environment, many ethnicities from colder climates tend to be stockier or shorter, as the need to dissipate heat was less important. Differences in hair types and abundance of body hair too, as humans in warmer environments did not need to insulate exposed skin against cold, so you see vikings with thick body hair and beard growth, compared to some ethnicities from milder climates that don't grow facial hair at all. There are dozens of examples, but they are less and less prominent ever since humans became capable of travelling quicker than every millennia or so. (I'm no expert so tell me if I'm wildly mistaken about something please)
Tl;Dr physical differences between human ethnicities are a product of adaptation to environmental factors
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2nnqu | darker skin pigment helps protect skin cells from exposure to sun, so you see darker skin in humans from environments with harsher sunlight. The lighter skin colors are usually seen where the sun was not as intense, because there was less danger of damage from the sun, and less melanin let them absorb more vitamin D from the weaker sunlight. Many ethnicities also have an epicanthal fold, which is the extra fold on the inner corner of the eye, giving the eye an "almond" shape, primarily some Asian races, which is believed to be an adaptation evolved to cope with windy or arid environments. Eskimos have it too, as well as many "island" ethnicities that spent a lot of time on/around the sea. About 80% of non-white races completely lose their ability to digest lactose after about 2 years, whereas the areas that domesticated cows and relied on dairy products can process lactose better later in life. Body size is also a product of environment, many ethnicities from colder climates tend to be stockier or shorter, as the need to dissipate heat was less important. Differences in hair types and abundance of body hair too, as humans in warmer environments did not need to insulate exposed skin against cold, so you see vikings with thick body hair and beard growth, compared to some ethnicities from milder climates that don't grow facial hair at all. There are dozens of examples, but they are less and less prominent ever since humans became capable of travelling quicker than every millennia or so. (I'm no expert so tell me if I'm wildly mistaken about something please) | physical differences between human ethnicities are a product of adaptation to environmental factors |
telestrial | You've stumbled onto an area that gets covered in most music students 3rd or 4th semester of music history (if the teacher is worth their salt). What is music? You're asking about singing but I think your question has more to do with "at what point are sounds not music?" and the extremely short answer is never. Anything can be music. If your intent is music..it's music. **Music is organized sound.** Whether or not it's quality..that's all in the ear of the beholder. This is covered by music history teachers because the 20th century has brought some pretty unique pieces forward.
Case in point: John Cage's "4'33" is essentially a man coming out onto a stage..opening the lid to the piano..and sitting there in absolute silence. He doesn't play anything. I think he adjusts his chair or closes the lid or something within the piece..but the piano is never played.
Again, your question was related to singing but the principles of the piece I just mentioned apply. It's all music so long as its intent is musical. You can't even argue that writing it down makes it music because oral tradition far predates any manuscripts we have.
A personal anecdote to drive it home a little further:
During my undergraduate I had the great privilege of working with a composer that was very intrigued by pieces like 4'33. He asked me to participate in one of his creations. Being a good personal friend, I knew he had had trouble in the past getting people to perform what he wrote...so I agreed! The piece was about creation..evolution..but also sex. It drew this line between the Neanderthal and the modern man in their creation of life. Honestly, I didn't quite get it..but being friends I agreed.
I went to Christian liberal arts college. It was extremely "right"..very proper..quite expensive (my father worked there so I got to go to this school for nearly nothing). Their view on sex was very clear. Strict "open house" hours..if a woman was in the room the door had to be at 45 degrees. All that.
So we perform the piece..and it's 2 guys and 2 girls standing at different parts of the recital hall essentially MOANING at each other. Grunting, too..but lots and lots of moaning. Also banging on shit...rhythmically. The three other people were singers but after hearing it you could argue anyone could perform the piece. It WAS music. It was organized sound. That's all music really is.
It was also one of the more embarrassing moments of my life. Packed house full of peers and faculty.
**TL;DR Music is organized sound. No matter what the resonance..whether it's chest voice..head voice..screaming. Speaking. Moaning. It's all considered music** | You've stumbled onto an area that gets covered in most music students 3rd or 4th semester of music history (if the teacher is worth their salt). What is music? You're asking about singing but I think your question has more to do with "at what point are sounds not music?" and the extremely short answer is never. Anything can be music. If your intent is music..it's music. Music is organized sound. Whether or not it's quality..that's all in the ear of the beholder. This is covered by music history teachers because the 20th century has brought some pretty unique pieces forward.
Case in point: John Cage's "4'33" is essentially a man coming out onto a stage..opening the lid to the piano..and sitting there in absolute silence. He doesn't play anything. I think he adjusts his chair or closes the lid or something within the piece..but the piano is never played.
Again, your question was related to singing but the principles of the piece I just mentioned apply. It's all music so long as its intent is musical. You can't even argue that writing it down makes it music because oral tradition far predates any manuscripts we have.
A personal anecdote to drive it home a little further:
During my undergraduate I had the great privilege of working with a composer that was very intrigued by pieces like 4'33. He asked me to participate in one of his creations. Being a good personal friend, I knew he had had trouble in the past getting people to perform what he wrote...so I agreed! The piece was about creation..evolution..but also sex. It drew this line between the Neanderthal and the modern man in their creation of life. Honestly, I didn't quite get it..but being friends I agreed.
I went to Christian liberal arts college. It was extremely "right"..very proper..quite expensive (my father worked there so I got to go to this school for nearly nothing). Their view on sex was very clear. Strict "open house" hours..if a woman was in the room the door had to be at 45 degrees. All that.
So we perform the piece..and it's 2 guys and 2 girls standing at different parts of the recital hall essentially MOANING at each other. Grunting, too..but lots and lots of moaning. Also banging on shit...rhythmically. The three other people were singers but after hearing it you could argue anyone could perform the piece. It WAS music. It was organized sound. That's all music really is.
It was also one of the more embarrassing moments of my life. Packed house full of peers and faculty.
TL;DR Music is organized sound. No matter what the resonance..whether it's chest voice..head voice..screaming. Speaking. Moaning. It's all considered music
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | ce2pfor | You've stumbled onto an area that gets covered in most music students 3rd or 4th semester of music history (if the teacher is worth their salt). What is music? You're asking about singing but I think your question has more to do with "at what point are sounds not music?" and the extremely short answer is never. Anything can be music. If your intent is music..it's music. Music is organized sound. Whether or not it's quality..that's all in the ear of the beholder. This is covered by music history teachers because the 20th century has brought some pretty unique pieces forward.
Case in point: John Cage's "4'33" is essentially a man coming out onto a stage..opening the lid to the piano..and sitting there in absolute silence. He doesn't play anything. I think he adjusts his chair or closes the lid or something within the piece..but the piano is never played.
Again, your question was related to singing but the principles of the piece I just mentioned apply. It's all music so long as its intent is musical. You can't even argue that writing it down makes it music because oral tradition far predates any manuscripts we have.
A personal anecdote to drive it home a little further:
During my undergraduate I had the great privilege of working with a composer that was very intrigued by pieces like 4'33. He asked me to participate in one of his creations. Being a good personal friend, I knew he had had trouble in the past getting people to perform what he wrote...so I agreed! The piece was about creation..evolution..but also sex. It drew this line between the Neanderthal and the modern man in their creation of life. Honestly, I didn't quite get it..but being friends I agreed.
I went to Christian liberal arts college. It was extremely "right"..very proper..quite expensive (my father worked there so I got to go to this school for nearly nothing). Their view on sex was very clear. Strict "open house" hours..if a woman was in the room the door had to be at 45 degrees. All that.
So we perform the piece..and it's 2 guys and 2 girls standing at different parts of the recital hall essentially MOANING at each other. Grunting, too..but lots and lots of moaning. Also banging on shit...rhythmically. The three other people were singers but after hearing it you could argue anyone could perform the piece. It WAS music. It was organized sound. That's all music really is.
It was also one of the more embarrassing moments of my life. Packed house full of peers and faculty. | Music is organized sound. No matter what the resonance..whether it's chest voice..head voice..screaming. Speaking. Moaning. It's all considered music |
Anticode | I've had many dreams that I probably won't ever forget, but here is one of my favorites.
I woke up inside the dream (Lucid dream) standing on a victorian-style white balcony. Behind me, through the doors, I could see a massive green field full of flowers and green grass. I noted the way the wind blew through it, making it look like a green ocean; waves. I look back out onto the balcony, because at this point I'm confused why there is a balcony in a field. I look out and see an infinite void. The stars looked huge - No, wait, those aren't stars. What I was seeing was individual galaxies (think hubble deep field image). The closest galaxy to me actually resembled a galaxy - I recognized it immediately as my home galaxy, the milky way. I watched it in awe. It was the only thing I could see. It was huge, but I knew it was still thousands of light years away from where I stood on my balcony floating in space.
I could see each individual star moving a slow dance through the galaxy. I noted each subtle variation and spin and rotation of each star. Some collided and exploded or just winked out of existence. The galaxy started to spin faster.
I watched in fascination as it started to condense. More stars started to collide as their orbit shrunk. It started spinning faster - Like water in a drain. More stars collided. I started to see some bright points of light whipping out glowing tendrils - I realized that these must be black holes siphoning the life from neighboring stars.
Eventually the galaxy became one massive black hole. I could still see it; a shadow on the backdrop of myriad distant galaxies. Two jets of energy were shooting outward from the poles. It was too bright to look at, but I tried to follow the spears of light upwards to see how far they went. They went on forever.
I started to feel sad. I looked behind me back through the doors to the balcony to find that the beautiful green field behind me was gone. All that remained was more space, more distant galaxies.
I woke up with tears in my eyes. It was beautiful. It was a glimpse of oblivion.
TLDR: I stood outside the galaxy and watched it collapse. | I've had many dreams that I probably won't ever forget, but here is one of my favorites.
I woke up inside the dream (Lucid dream) standing on a victorian-style white balcony. Behind me, through the doors, I could see a massive green field full of flowers and green grass. I noted the way the wind blew through it, making it look like a green ocean; waves. I look back out onto the balcony, because at this point I'm confused why there is a balcony in a field. I look out and see an infinite void. The stars looked huge - No, wait, those aren't stars. What I was seeing was individual galaxies (think hubble deep field image). The closest galaxy to me actually resembled a galaxy - I recognized it immediately as my home galaxy, the milky way. I watched it in awe. It was the only thing I could see. It was huge, but I knew it was still thousands of light years away from where I stood on my balcony floating in space.
I could see each individual star moving a slow dance through the galaxy. I noted each subtle variation and spin and rotation of each star. Some collided and exploded or just winked out of existence. The galaxy started to spin faster.
I watched in fascination as it started to condense. More stars started to collide as their orbit shrunk. It started spinning faster - Like water in a drain. More stars collided. I started to see some bright points of light whipping out glowing tendrils - I realized that these must be black holes siphoning the life from neighboring stars.
Eventually the galaxy became one massive black hole. I could still see it; a shadow on the backdrop of myriad distant galaxies. Two jets of energy were shooting outward from the poles. It was too bright to look at, but I tried to follow the spears of light upwards to see how far they went. They went on forever.
I started to feel sad. I looked behind me back through the doors to the balcony to find that the beautiful green field behind me was gone. All that remained was more space, more distant galaxies.
I woke up with tears in my eyes. It was beautiful. It was a glimpse of oblivion.
TLDR: I stood outside the galaxy and watched it collapse.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce2kyo2 | I've had many dreams that I probably won't ever forget, but here is one of my favorites.
I woke up inside the dream (Lucid dream) standing on a victorian-style white balcony. Behind me, through the doors, I could see a massive green field full of flowers and green grass. I noted the way the wind blew through it, making it look like a green ocean; waves. I look back out onto the balcony, because at this point I'm confused why there is a balcony in a field. I look out and see an infinite void. The stars looked huge - No, wait, those aren't stars. What I was seeing was individual galaxies (think hubble deep field image). The closest galaxy to me actually resembled a galaxy - I recognized it immediately as my home galaxy, the milky way. I watched it in awe. It was the only thing I could see. It was huge, but I knew it was still thousands of light years away from where I stood on my balcony floating in space.
I could see each individual star moving a slow dance through the galaxy. I noted each subtle variation and spin and rotation of each star. Some collided and exploded or just winked out of existence. The galaxy started to spin faster.
I watched in fascination as it started to condense. More stars started to collide as their orbit shrunk. It started spinning faster - Like water in a drain. More stars collided. I started to see some bright points of light whipping out glowing tendrils - I realized that these must be black holes siphoning the life from neighboring stars.
Eventually the galaxy became one massive black hole. I could still see it; a shadow on the backdrop of myriad distant galaxies. Two jets of energy were shooting outward from the poles. It was too bright to look at, but I tried to follow the spears of light upwards to see how far they went. They went on forever.
I started to feel sad. I looked behind me back through the doors to the balcony to find that the beautiful green field behind me was gone. All that remained was more space, more distant galaxies.
I woke up with tears in my eyes. It was beautiful. It was a glimpse of oblivion. | I stood outside the galaxy and watched it collapse. |
HostessTwinky | What do you think made you blow up so quickly? Obviously talent, looks, subject matter of songs and all that stuff *help*, but there are many musicians who don't end up making it anywhere with just those traits. So do you have any ideas on what might set you apart; and what got you noticed in the first place?
Really impressed by what you've made so far and I think you do good work, but like I say, that's not always enough to make it anywhere; to have that kind of generic appeal to such a large group usually takes a considerable amount of time. You must be fun to work with and confident in yourself too, right?
It would also be cool to know how long you really tried to make music your career before you got any traction, and what that process looked and felt like. I think the assumption is that you didn't even have to try for very long, because of your age, and you just got noticed by someone who could market your sound, but I doubt that's the whole story. Were you always singing as a kid, and then just decided to take it up as a career? And how long were you actively calling it "work" before you saw any opportunities come up?
TL;DR
1: What do you think makes you stand out in the music industry?
2: What is a quick timeline of your love of music to superstar musician?
Keep doing what you're doing, because it obviously works, and keep your distance from hard drugs.
Cheers from the states :) | What do you think made you blow up so quickly? Obviously talent, looks, subject matter of songs and all that stuff help , but there are many musicians who don't end up making it anywhere with just those traits. So do you have any ideas on what might set you apart; and what got you noticed in the first place?
Really impressed by what you've made so far and I think you do good work, but like I say, that's not always enough to make it anywhere; to have that kind of generic appeal to such a large group usually takes a considerable amount of time. You must be fun to work with and confident in yourself too, right?
It would also be cool to know how long you really tried to make music your career before you got any traction, and what that process looked and felt like. I think the assumption is that you didn't even have to try for very long, because of your age, and you just got noticed by someone who could market your sound, but I doubt that's the whole story. Were you always singing as a kid, and then just decided to take it up as a career? And how long were you actively calling it "work" before you saw any opportunities come up?
TL;DR
1: What do you think makes you stand out in the music industry?
2: What is a quick timeline of your love of music to superstar musician?
Keep doing what you're doing, because it obviously works, and keep your distance from hard drugs.
Cheers from the states :)
| IAmA | t5_2qzb6 | ce2io09 | What do you think made you blow up so quickly? Obviously talent, looks, subject matter of songs and all that stuff help , but there are many musicians who don't end up making it anywhere with just those traits. So do you have any ideas on what might set you apart; and what got you noticed in the first place?
Really impressed by what you've made so far and I think you do good work, but like I say, that's not always enough to make it anywhere; to have that kind of generic appeal to such a large group usually takes a considerable amount of time. You must be fun to work with and confident in yourself too, right?
It would also be cool to know how long you really tried to make music your career before you got any traction, and what that process looked and felt like. I think the assumption is that you didn't even have to try for very long, because of your age, and you just got noticed by someone who could market your sound, but I doubt that's the whole story. Were you always singing as a kid, and then just decided to take it up as a career? And how long were you actively calling it "work" before you saw any opportunities come up? | 1: What do you think makes you stand out in the music industry?
2: What is a quick timeline of your love of music to superstar musician?
Keep doing what you're doing, because it obviously works, and keep your distance from hard drugs.
Cheers from the states :) |
100100111 | As someone that does not watch music videos... I cant be the only one that thought you were black.
tl;dr ...holy crap she's white? | As someone that does not watch music videos... I cant be the only one that thought you were black.
tl;dr ...holy crap she's white?
| IAmA | t5_2qzb6 | ce2ix60 | As someone that does not watch music videos... I cant be the only one that thought you were black. | holy crap she's white? |
Death_Star_ | **Is that Asian guy really her boyfriend?**
I'm 31, but I had no clue who Lorde was until 10 minutes ago (had to wiki her since her AMA was on the top of the front page). I'm way out of the music loop..
But anyway, she appears to be a prominent and rising musical talent and an obvious beauty, so it's, um, surprising that her rumored beau is this James Lowe character... since you don't see many white girls with Asian guys (or, really, *any* girls with Asian guys), let alone a pretty, famous, talented white girl with, well, a non-model Asian.
And before anyone says I'm racist, I'm an Asian male who has had pretty white girlfriends and I've had to endure both blatant and subtle racism from whites and Asians. Any time I see an Asian guy with a white girl -- especially a pretty one -- I silently/internally get ecstatic and throw imaginary high fives. (Yes, I'm loosely using "Asian" to mean Southeast/Far East Asian, like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, etc.).
**It's not easy being an Asian guy and trying to date.** Even the Asian girls are typically into white guys, since, as my Asian female friend put it, Asian girls feel "prestigious" when they snag a white guy. And then I have to deal with the Asian guy stereotypes (and dispel them), which are either:
* a) shy, awkward math geek who's good with numbers and the violin or
* b) gangster Asian dude who's totally insecure but makes up for it by acting tough, driving his rice rocket fast, and getting into 4 on 1 fights.
These are the TWO extremes of the stereotypes, and neither one is all that palatable to a girl. Once you've dispelled these stereotypes, you still have to deal with the fact that girls just typically do not find Asian guys attractive. I've had 3 white girlfriends, and ALL THREE of them said that they never thought they'd ever date an Asian guy. Basically, Asian guys have to find ways to attract white girls who generally find Asian guys unattractive. And it seems like the ONLY white girls who find Asian guys attractive always turn out to be ugly and fat. I've even met and dated Asian girls who flat out say they're not attracted to Asian guys. It sucks being an Asian guy. Rarely, if ever, do you hear girls say, "I have a thing for Asian guys!"
In actuality, not only do non-Asian girls find Asian guys unattractive, but more and more, *Asian girls* find *Asian guys* to be unattractive or "not their type."
Basically the complete opposite of the Asian girl fetish. You can find men of all ethnicities who have "a thing for Asian girls," so Asian girls have no trouble finding men; in fact, they have a decent amount of power and control over who "gets to" date them.
**TL;DR -- Good on that Asian guy for dating Lorde..... it ain't easy being an Asian guy trying to date a white girl, especially a pretty, talented one (and not just one of the white girls who, against all odds, have some sort of Asian guy fetish)**
**EDIT: I don't mind or care about the downvotes, but why are people calling me racist? First of all, it seems like most are missing the sentence where I mention that I AM AN Asian guy who has had to endure racist taunting from people when I dated white girls. Also, I merely pointed out stereotypes among the popular consciousness. It doesn't mean that they're true or even politically correct -- only that they're stereotypes. I'm an Asian guy who went to an 97% white middle school and high school, a predominantly white private university, and I was in an nearly-all-white fraternity -- and I heard plenty of stereotyping, and they fell into those two categories: nerdy, and thug. Do me a favor (seriously) and actually read my post before attacking me. Most of the stuff I'm talking about is from first-hand experience (like the racism I faced from white people for dating a white girl, or the stereotype comments I got from classmates, or the opinions I've gotten from my female friends about Asian guys). I have yet to see a post saying "I find Asian guys attractive."**
When I say, "it's surprising to see a pretty, talented white girl with an Asian guy" -- can someone please provide me an argument or an example demonstrating why I shouldn't be surprised? Are there any white celebrities who have Asian husbands or boyfriends? Anna Chlumsky is the only one I know of. Or is it "racist" just to say what I said, even as an Asian guy?
Some links:
[Asian-American Men Less Likely to Date Interracially](
[Why is it so hard for an Asian guy to date a white girl?](
[Heated message board about Asian guys dating outside their ethnicities]( | Is that Asian guy really her boyfriend?
I'm 31, but I had no clue who Lorde was until 10 minutes ago (had to wiki her since her AMA was on the top of the front page). I'm way out of the music loop..
But anyway, she appears to be a prominent and rising musical talent and an obvious beauty, so it's, um, surprising that her rumored beau is this James Lowe character... since you don't see many white girls with Asian guys (or, really, any girls with Asian guys), let alone a pretty, famous, talented white girl with, well, a non-model Asian.
And before anyone says I'm racist, I'm an Asian male who has had pretty white girlfriends and I've had to endure both blatant and subtle racism from whites and Asians. Any time I see an Asian guy with a white girl -- especially a pretty one -- I silently/internally get ecstatic and throw imaginary high fives. (Yes, I'm loosely using "Asian" to mean Southeast/Far East Asian, like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, etc.).
It's not easy being an Asian guy and trying to date. Even the Asian girls are typically into white guys, since, as my Asian female friend put it, Asian girls feel "prestigious" when they snag a white guy. And then I have to deal with the Asian guy stereotypes (and dispel them), which are either:
a) shy, awkward math geek who's good with numbers and the violin or
b) gangster Asian dude who's totally insecure but makes up for it by acting tough, driving his rice rocket fast, and getting into 4 on 1 fights.
These are the TWO extremes of the stereotypes, and neither one is all that palatable to a girl. Once you've dispelled these stereotypes, you still have to deal with the fact that girls just typically do not find Asian guys attractive. I've had 3 white girlfriends, and ALL THREE of them said that they never thought they'd ever date an Asian guy. Basically, Asian guys have to find ways to attract white girls who generally find Asian guys unattractive. And it seems like the ONLY white girls who find Asian guys attractive always turn out to be ugly and fat. I've even met and dated Asian girls who flat out say they're not attracted to Asian guys. It sucks being an Asian guy. Rarely, if ever, do you hear girls say, "I have a thing for Asian guys!"
In actuality, not only do non-Asian girls find Asian guys unattractive, but more and more, Asian girls find Asian guys to be unattractive or "not their type."
Basically the complete opposite of the Asian girl fetish. You can find men of all ethnicities who have "a thing for Asian girls," so Asian girls have no trouble finding men; in fact, they have a decent amount of power and control over who "gets to" date them.
TL;DR -- Good on that Asian guy for dating Lorde..... it ain't easy being an Asian guy trying to date a white girl, especially a pretty, talented one (and not just one of the white girls who, against all odds, have some sort of Asian guy fetish)
EDIT: I don't mind or care about the downvotes, but why are people calling me racist? First of all, it seems like most are missing the sentence where I mention that I AM AN Asian guy who has had to endure racist taunting from people when I dated white girls. Also, I merely pointed out stereotypes among the popular consciousness. It doesn't mean that they're true or even politically correct -- only that they're stereotypes. I'm an Asian guy who went to an 97% white middle school and high school, a predominantly white private university, and I was in an nearly-all-white fraternity -- and I heard plenty of stereotyping, and they fell into those two categories: nerdy, and thug. Do me a favor (seriously) and actually read my post before attacking me. Most of the stuff I'm talking about is from first-hand experience (like the racism I faced from white people for dating a white girl, or the stereotype comments I got from classmates, or the opinions I've gotten from my female friends about Asian guys). I have yet to see a post saying "I find Asian guys attractive."
When I say, "it's surprising to see a pretty, talented white girl with an Asian guy" -- can someone please provide me an argument or an example demonstrating why I shouldn't be surprised? Are there any white celebrities who have Asian husbands or boyfriends? Anna Chlumsky is the only one I know of. Or is it "racist" just to say what I said, even as an Asian guy?
Some links:
[Asian-American Men Less Likely to Date Interracially](
[Why is it so hard for an Asian guy to date a white girl?](
[Heated message board about Asian guys dating outside their ethnicities](
| IAmA | t5_2qzb6 | ce2kchv | Is that Asian guy really her boyfriend?
I'm 31, but I had no clue who Lorde was until 10 minutes ago (had to wiki her since her AMA was on the top of the front page). I'm way out of the music loop..
But anyway, she appears to be a prominent and rising musical talent and an obvious beauty, so it's, um, surprising that her rumored beau is this James Lowe character... since you don't see many white girls with Asian guys (or, really, any girls with Asian guys), let alone a pretty, famous, talented white girl with, well, a non-model Asian.
And before anyone says I'm racist, I'm an Asian male who has had pretty white girlfriends and I've had to endure both blatant and subtle racism from whites and Asians. Any time I see an Asian guy with a white girl -- especially a pretty one -- I silently/internally get ecstatic and throw imaginary high fives. (Yes, I'm loosely using "Asian" to mean Southeast/Far East Asian, like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, etc.).
It's not easy being an Asian guy and trying to date. Even the Asian girls are typically into white guys, since, as my Asian female friend put it, Asian girls feel "prestigious" when they snag a white guy. And then I have to deal with the Asian guy stereotypes (and dispel them), which are either:
a) shy, awkward math geek who's good with numbers and the violin or
b) gangster Asian dude who's totally insecure but makes up for it by acting tough, driving his rice rocket fast, and getting into 4 on 1 fights.
These are the TWO extremes of the stereotypes, and neither one is all that palatable to a girl. Once you've dispelled these stereotypes, you still have to deal with the fact that girls just typically do not find Asian guys attractive. I've had 3 white girlfriends, and ALL THREE of them said that they never thought they'd ever date an Asian guy. Basically, Asian guys have to find ways to attract white girls who generally find Asian guys unattractive. And it seems like the ONLY white girls who find Asian guys attractive always turn out to be ugly and fat. I've even met and dated Asian girls who flat out say they're not attracted to Asian guys. It sucks being an Asian guy. Rarely, if ever, do you hear girls say, "I have a thing for Asian guys!"
In actuality, not only do non-Asian girls find Asian guys unattractive, but more and more, Asian girls find Asian guys to be unattractive or "not their type."
Basically the complete opposite of the Asian girl fetish. You can find men of all ethnicities who have "a thing for Asian girls," so Asian girls have no trouble finding men; in fact, they have a decent amount of power and control over who "gets to" date them. | Good on that Asian guy for dating Lorde..... it ain't easy being an Asian guy trying to date a white girl, especially a pretty, talented one (and not just one of the white girls who, against all odds, have some sort of Asian guy fetish)
EDIT: I don't mind or care about the downvotes, but why are people calling me racist? First of all, it seems like most are missing the sentence where I mention that I AM AN Asian guy who has had to endure racist taunting from people when I dated white girls. Also, I merely pointed out stereotypes among the popular consciousness. It doesn't mean that they're true or even politically correct -- only that they're stereotypes. I'm an Asian guy who went to an 97% white middle school and high school, a predominantly white private university, and I was in an nearly-all-white fraternity -- and I heard plenty of stereotyping, and they fell into those two categories: nerdy, and thug. Do me a favor (seriously) and actually read my post before attacking me. Most of the stuff I'm talking about is from first-hand experience (like the racism I faced from white people for dating a white girl, or the stereotype comments I got from classmates, or the opinions I've gotten from my female friends about Asian guys). I have yet to see a post saying "I find Asian guys attractive."
When I say, "it's surprising to see a pretty, talented white girl with an Asian guy" -- can someone please provide me an argument or an example demonstrating why I shouldn't be surprised? Are there any white celebrities who have Asian husbands or boyfriends? Anna Chlumsky is the only one I know of. Or is it "racist" just to say what I said, even as an Asian guy?
Some links:
[Asian-American Men Less Likely to Date Interracially](
[Why is it so hard for an Asian guy to date a white girl?](
[Heated message board about Asian guys dating outside their ethnicities]( |
Death_Star_ | **Is that Asian guy really her boyfriend?**
I'm 31, but I had no clue who Lorde was until 10 minutes ago (had to wiki her since her AMA was on the top of the front page). I'm way out of the music loop..
But anyway, she appears to be a prominent and rising musical talent and an obvious beauty, so it's, um, surprising that her rumored beau is this James Lowe character... since you don't see many white girls with Asian guys (or, really, *any* girls with Asian guys), let alone a pretty, famous, talented white girl with, well, a non-model Asian.
And before anyone says I'm racist, I'm an Asian male who has had pretty white girlfriends and I've had to endure both blatant and subtle racism from whites and Asians. Any time I see an Asian guy with a white girl -- especially a pretty one -- I silently/internally get ecstatic and throw imaginary high fives. (Yes, I'm loosely using "Asian" to mean Southeast/Far East Asian, like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, etc.).
**It's not easy being an Asian guy and trying to date.** Even the Asian girls are typically into white guys, since, as my Asian female friend put it, Asian girls feel "prestigious" when they snag a white guy. And then I have to deal with the Asian guy stereotypes (and dispel them), which are either:
* a) shy, awkward math geek who's good with numbers and the violin or
* b) gangster Asian dude who's totally insecure but makes up for it by acting tough, driving his rice rocket fast, and getting into 4 on 1 fights.
These are the TWO extremes of the stereotypes, and neither one is all that palatable to a girl. Once you've dispelled these stereotypes, you still have to deal with the fact that girls just typically do not find Asian guys attractive. I've had 3 white girlfriends, and ALL THREE of them said that they never thought they'd ever date an Asian guy. Basically, Asian guys have to find ways to attract white girls who generally find Asian guys unattractive. And it seems like the ONLY white girls who find Asian guys attractive always turn out to be ugly and fat. I've even met and dated Asian girls who flat out say they're not attracted to Asian guys. It sucks being an Asian guy. Rarely, if ever, do you hear girls say, "I have a thing for Asian guys!"
In actuality, not only do non-Asian girls find Asian guys unattractive, but more and more, *Asian girls* find *Asian guys* to be unattractive or "not their type."
Basically the complete opposite of the Asian girl fetish. You can find men of all ethnicities who have "a thing for Asian girls," so Asian girls have no trouble finding men; in fact, they have a decent amount of power and control over who "gets to" date them.
**TL;DR -- Good on that Asian guy for dating Lorde..... it ain't easy being an Asian guy trying to date a white girl, especially a pretty, talented one (and not just one of the white girls who, against all odds, have some sort of Asian guy fetish)**
| Is that Asian guy really her boyfriend?
I'm 31, but I had no clue who Lorde was until 10 minutes ago (had to wiki her since her AMA was on the top of the front page). I'm way out of the music loop..
But anyway, she appears to be a prominent and rising musical talent and an obvious beauty, so it's, um, surprising that her rumored beau is this James Lowe character... since you don't see many white girls with Asian guys (or, really, any girls with Asian guys), let alone a pretty, famous, talented white girl with, well, a non-model Asian.
And before anyone says I'm racist, I'm an Asian male who has had pretty white girlfriends and I've had to endure both blatant and subtle racism from whites and Asians. Any time I see an Asian guy with a white girl -- especially a pretty one -- I silently/internally get ecstatic and throw imaginary high fives. (Yes, I'm loosely using "Asian" to mean Southeast/Far East Asian, like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, etc.).
It's not easy being an Asian guy and trying to date. Even the Asian girls are typically into white guys, since, as my Asian female friend put it, Asian girls feel "prestigious" when they snag a white guy. And then I have to deal with the Asian guy stereotypes (and dispel them), which are either:
a) shy, awkward math geek who's good with numbers and the violin or
b) gangster Asian dude who's totally insecure but makes up for it by acting tough, driving his rice rocket fast, and getting into 4 on 1 fights.
These are the TWO extremes of the stereotypes, and neither one is all that palatable to a girl. Once you've dispelled these stereotypes, you still have to deal with the fact that girls just typically do not find Asian guys attractive. I've had 3 white girlfriends, and ALL THREE of them said that they never thought they'd ever date an Asian guy. Basically, Asian guys have to find ways to attract white girls who generally find Asian guys unattractive. And it seems like the ONLY white girls who find Asian guys attractive always turn out to be ugly and fat. I've even met and dated Asian girls who flat out say they're not attracted to Asian guys. It sucks being an Asian guy. Rarely, if ever, do you hear girls say, "I have a thing for Asian guys!"
In actuality, not only do non-Asian girls find Asian guys unattractive, but more and more, Asian girls find Asian guys to be unattractive or "not their type."
Basically the complete opposite of the Asian girl fetish. You can find men of all ethnicities who have "a thing for Asian girls," so Asian girls have no trouble finding men; in fact, they have a decent amount of power and control over who "gets to" date them.
TL;DR -- Good on that Asian guy for dating Lorde..... it ain't easy being an Asian guy trying to date a white girl, especially a pretty, talented one (and not just one of the white girls who, against all odds, have some sort of Asian guy fetish)
| IAmA | t5_2qzb6 | ce2kcom | Is that Asian guy really her boyfriend?
I'm 31, but I had no clue who Lorde was until 10 minutes ago (had to wiki her since her AMA was on the top of the front page). I'm way out of the music loop..
But anyway, she appears to be a prominent and rising musical talent and an obvious beauty, so it's, um, surprising that her rumored beau is this James Lowe character... since you don't see many white girls with Asian guys (or, really, any girls with Asian guys), let alone a pretty, famous, talented white girl with, well, a non-model Asian.
And before anyone says I'm racist, I'm an Asian male who has had pretty white girlfriends and I've had to endure both blatant and subtle racism from whites and Asians. Any time I see an Asian guy with a white girl -- especially a pretty one -- I silently/internally get ecstatic and throw imaginary high fives. (Yes, I'm loosely using "Asian" to mean Southeast/Far East Asian, like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, etc.).
It's not easy being an Asian guy and trying to date. Even the Asian girls are typically into white guys, since, as my Asian female friend put it, Asian girls feel "prestigious" when they snag a white guy. And then I have to deal with the Asian guy stereotypes (and dispel them), which are either:
a) shy, awkward math geek who's good with numbers and the violin or
b) gangster Asian dude who's totally insecure but makes up for it by acting tough, driving his rice rocket fast, and getting into 4 on 1 fights.
These are the TWO extremes of the stereotypes, and neither one is all that palatable to a girl. Once you've dispelled these stereotypes, you still have to deal with the fact that girls just typically do not find Asian guys attractive. I've had 3 white girlfriends, and ALL THREE of them said that they never thought they'd ever date an Asian guy. Basically, Asian guys have to find ways to attract white girls who generally find Asian guys unattractive. And it seems like the ONLY white girls who find Asian guys attractive always turn out to be ugly and fat. I've even met and dated Asian girls who flat out say they're not attracted to Asian guys. It sucks being an Asian guy. Rarely, if ever, do you hear girls say, "I have a thing for Asian guys!"
In actuality, not only do non-Asian girls find Asian guys unattractive, but more and more, Asian girls find Asian guys to be unattractive or "not their type."
Basically the complete opposite of the Asian girl fetish. You can find men of all ethnicities who have "a thing for Asian girls," so Asian girls have no trouble finding men; in fact, they have a decent amount of power and control over who "gets to" date them. | Good on that Asian guy for dating Lorde..... it ain't easy being an Asian guy trying to date a white girl, especially a pretty, talented one (and not just one of the white girls who, against all odds, have some sort of Asian guy fetish) |
toadc69 | Watching the live in-studio performance of Royals really made me appreciate the talent of Lorde. There's no post-production trickery going on, she's , phenomenal!
tl;dr [watch this]( | Watching the live in-studio performance of Royals really made me appreciate the talent of Lorde. There's no post-production trickery going on, she's , phenomenal!
tl;dr [watch this](
| IAmA | t5_2qzb6 | ce2m4qe | Watching the live in-studio performance of Royals really made me appreciate the talent of Lorde. There's no post-production trickery going on, she's , phenomenal! | watch this]( |
dcousineau | There's still a lot of prejudice *against* post-grad degrees in the industry, and listing a PHD on your resume may actively harm your chances at landing a job. The one exception to this rule is if your PHD is extremely focused and you're looking for a job that perfectly matches your focus.
The reasons why this is the case are many:
* Some companies were started out of garages and basements by college dropouts and they tend to believe that "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" results in a better developer than schooling
* Some companies are run/managed by people with Bachelors-only degrees and tend to assume that one loses all practical abilities once they start their Masters degrees. I actually fall into this camp (and recognize it's a stereotype, just being completely honest).
* Many HR departments will view the PHD and assume that you wouldn't be satisfied with the pay levels that are set to attract people with Bachelors or were self-taught.
* Even if you declare you're fine with it, there's the assumption that your job dissatisfaction will be very high after a few months and you will view the work as beneath you.
**tl;dr** *Over*qualification is a very very real thing. | There's still a lot of prejudice against post-grad degrees in the industry, and listing a PHD on your resume may actively harm your chances at landing a job. The one exception to this rule is if your PHD is extremely focused and you're looking for a job that perfectly matches your focus.
The reasons why this is the case are many:
Some companies were started out of garages and basements by college dropouts and they tend to believe that "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" results in a better developer than schooling
Some companies are run/managed by people with Bachelors-only degrees and tend to assume that one loses all practical abilities once they start their Masters degrees. I actually fall into this camp (and recognize it's a stereotype, just being completely honest).
Many HR departments will view the PHD and assume that you wouldn't be satisfied with the pay levels that are set to attract people with Bachelors or were self-taught.
Even if you declare you're fine with it, there's the assumption that your job dissatisfaction will be very high after a few months and you will view the work as beneath you.
tl;dr Over qualification is a very very real thing.
| cscareerquestions | t5_2sdpm | ce2kw0p | There's still a lot of prejudice against post-grad degrees in the industry, and listing a PHD on your resume may actively harm your chances at landing a job. The one exception to this rule is if your PHD is extremely focused and you're looking for a job that perfectly matches your focus.
The reasons why this is the case are many:
Some companies were started out of garages and basements by college dropouts and they tend to believe that "pick yourself up by your bootstraps" results in a better developer than schooling
Some companies are run/managed by people with Bachelors-only degrees and tend to assume that one loses all practical abilities once they start their Masters degrees. I actually fall into this camp (and recognize it's a stereotype, just being completely honest).
Many HR departments will view the PHD and assume that you wouldn't be satisfied with the pay levels that are set to attract people with Bachelors or were self-taught.
Even if you declare you're fine with it, there's the assumption that your job dissatisfaction will be very high after a few months and you will view the work as beneath you. | Over qualification is a very very real thing. |
dcousineau | Pure Math is a slightly different ball game.
When I'm hiring a software engineer I need practicality mixed with the ability to anticipate problems and inefficiencies. CompSci degrees give one a broad introduction to computing which is a resource you can pull on to more easily understand software techniques and tools and creatively come up with your own. That utility is fully taken advantage of at the BS level where as MS level work gets deep into the theory of computation that is not always applicable to the fact that I need this system functioning by tomorrow in a way that is maintainable a year from now.
If I were to hire a stats guy I would want someone who can take reams of data and give me distilled bite sizes chunks of information I can use effectively. I don't know much about that side of the world but AFAIK pure Math PHDs tend to get snapped up as quants pretty quickly.
Math is also and older, more defined discipline.
**tl;dr** I have no idea but my gut says it's easier to work with a Masters in math with a focus on stats. | Pure Math is a slightly different ball game.
When I'm hiring a software engineer I need practicality mixed with the ability to anticipate problems and inefficiencies. CompSci degrees give one a broad introduction to computing which is a resource you can pull on to more easily understand software techniques and tools and creatively come up with your own. That utility is fully taken advantage of at the BS level where as MS level work gets deep into the theory of computation that is not always applicable to the fact that I need this system functioning by tomorrow in a way that is maintainable a year from now.
If I were to hire a stats guy I would want someone who can take reams of data and give me distilled bite sizes chunks of information I can use effectively. I don't know much about that side of the world but AFAIK pure Math PHDs tend to get snapped up as quants pretty quickly.
Math is also and older, more defined discipline.
tl;dr I have no idea but my gut says it's easier to work with a Masters in math with a focus on stats.
| cscareerquestions | t5_2sdpm | ce2r0ov | Pure Math is a slightly different ball game.
When I'm hiring a software engineer I need practicality mixed with the ability to anticipate problems and inefficiencies. CompSci degrees give one a broad introduction to computing which is a resource you can pull on to more easily understand software techniques and tools and creatively come up with your own. That utility is fully taken advantage of at the BS level where as MS level work gets deep into the theory of computation that is not always applicable to the fact that I need this system functioning by tomorrow in a way that is maintainable a year from now.
If I were to hire a stats guy I would want someone who can take reams of data and give me distilled bite sizes chunks of information I can use effectively. I don't know much about that side of the world but AFAIK pure Math PHDs tend to get snapped up as quants pretty quickly.
Math is also and older, more defined discipline. | I have no idea but my gut says it's easier to work with a Masters in math with a focus on stats. |
zataks | Actually didn't watch that fight. Not surprised though, Pac is fast and agile and Rios is a brawler, were you expecting him to look fast?
Tl;dr not blaming Garcia for Rios loss. | Actually didn't watch that fight. Not surprised though, Pac is fast and agile and Rios is a brawler, were you expecting him to look fast?
Tl;dr not blaming Garcia for Rios loss.
| Boxing | t5_2qj0l | ce33hjv | Actually didn't watch that fight. Not surprised though, Pac is fast and agile and Rios is a brawler, were you expecting him to look fast? | not blaming Garcia for Rios loss. |
Onyxdeity | The most important thing is: BE PATIENT. I'm sure you have heard that already, but it's worth hearing twice. Don't plan anything around your ed like you might with smoking. It could take hours to work and maybe never work, so you don't want to be in a situation where you're eagerly waiting to feel it hit you. Eat it in a situation where you can be high but it's also easy to be distracted too (for waiting purposes.) Furthermore, it is better to eat less than more. Eating too much ed can put you in a real bad place mentally, sometimes more than if you smoked too much. I've had some bad-trip style shit going on in my head from eating too much ed too fast. Since i'm advising you to be careful how high you get, i'm also gonna rule out the smoking weed thing. Not only will it make the ed's effect unclear, it will also risk getting you way too high for your own enjoyment.
TL;DR- Be careful and make sure you know exactly how the edible acts before you go doing anything too adventurous. | The most important thing is: BE PATIENT. I'm sure you have heard that already, but it's worth hearing twice. Don't plan anything around your ed like you might with smoking. It could take hours to work and maybe never work, so you don't want to be in a situation where you're eagerly waiting to feel it hit you. Eat it in a situation where you can be high but it's also easy to be distracted too (for waiting purposes.) Furthermore, it is better to eat less than more. Eating too much ed can put you in a real bad place mentally, sometimes more than if you smoked too much. I've had some bad-trip style shit going on in my head from eating too much ed too fast. Since i'm advising you to be careful how high you get, i'm also gonna rule out the smoking weed thing. Not only will it make the ed's effect unclear, it will also risk getting you way too high for your own enjoyment.
TL;DR- Be careful and make sure you know exactly how the edible acts before you go doing anything too adventurous.
| saplings | t5_2rukl | ce2rba7 | The most important thing is: BE PATIENT. I'm sure you have heard that already, but it's worth hearing twice. Don't plan anything around your ed like you might with smoking. It could take hours to work and maybe never work, so you don't want to be in a situation where you're eagerly waiting to feel it hit you. Eat it in a situation where you can be high but it's also easy to be distracted too (for waiting purposes.) Furthermore, it is better to eat less than more. Eating too much ed can put you in a real bad place mentally, sometimes more than if you smoked too much. I've had some bad-trip style shit going on in my head from eating too much ed too fast. Since i'm advising you to be careful how high you get, i'm also gonna rule out the smoking weed thing. Not only will it make the ed's effect unclear, it will also risk getting you way too high for your own enjoyment. | Be careful and make sure you know exactly how the edible acts before you go doing anything too adventurous. |
maester_chief | If you got your head out of your ass for a second and actually watched a couple of games you might realise that:
1. DK went 18-0 when they first formed. That showed what kind of synergy the team naturally has and what they can accomplish when they're comfortable with a patch.
2. See their results from Saturday in the G-League. They just beat VG, a team fresh from from defeating Fnatic, Na'Vi, Alliance, LGD and iG in the last couple of weeks. They also defeated Speed Gaming, who are fresh from their victory at MLG Columbus and are performing excellently in scrims (see xaio8's tweet about them)
They have shown the capability to perform and recent form as well. They are a world-class team.
tl;dr - go fuck yourself :) | If you got your head out of your ass for a second and actually watched a couple of games you might realise that:
DK went 18-0 when they first formed. That showed what kind of synergy the team naturally has and what they can accomplish when they're comfortable with a patch.
See their results from Saturday in the G-League. They just beat VG, a team fresh from from defeating Fnatic, Na'Vi, Alliance, LGD and iG in the last couple of weeks. They also defeated Speed Gaming, who are fresh from their victory at MLG Columbus and are performing excellently in scrims (see xaio8's tweet about them)
They have shown the capability to perform and recent form as well. They are a world-class team.
tl;dr - go fuck yourself :)
| DotA2 | t5_2s580 | ce2za9r | If you got your head out of your ass for a second and actually watched a couple of games you might realise that:
DK went 18-0 when they first formed. That showed what kind of synergy the team naturally has and what they can accomplish when they're comfortable with a patch.
See their results from Saturday in the G-League. They just beat VG, a team fresh from from defeating Fnatic, Na'Vi, Alliance, LGD and iG in the last couple of weeks. They also defeated Speed Gaming, who are fresh from their victory at MLG Columbus and are performing excellently in scrims (see xaio8's tweet about them)
They have shown the capability to perform and recent form as well. They are a world-class team. | go fuck yourself :) |
Pleecu | I came out to most of my closest friends except for one, and a very close friend at that. I told him about my preference for love from anyone, regardless of "who" they are and he confided in me his strange feelings he had as a young man. drug fueled and confused he enjoyed "alternative" sexual stimulation and wore eyeliner and nail polish in those days. He's well rounded and a wonderful person now (as far as the drugs and his ability to find weed instead of the massive psychedelic trips.) and has been one of the best things that i've ever had in my circle of friends. He shared that with me and we shared that common bond to a certain extent (i've never really done any "drugs" but i experimented as a youngling in different sensual things.) When i told him he berated me with ideas that i'm a man and i'm his man friend and that i'd be an ugly woman and that it's wrong. He had this idea in his head that i was coming out this way and being this new person to fulfill some kind of perverted kick, in his words i was "getting off on it." That was awful, so painful that i reacted in a mean spirited way and locked him out of my house after telling him to leave. A couple of days later he in his own awkward way pretended that it never happened and showed up with some other friends wearing a smile and toting a six pack. He realized that i'm not fucking with him, and i'm not some "pervert" but a person, his good close friend. Every day i feel i am closer to being who i am and even my hardened and traditional friends are understanding and respecting me. This might not be the right venue for this story, but i think it's close and wanted to share it and thankyou all for taking the time to read it.
tl;dr: My friend thought i was being perverted and getting off on being trans to fulfill my carnal desires and with a little friendship, a nights retrospect, and alot of love he understood and respected me.
edit: please if there's some weird wording or nonsense, please excuse me i'm taking strong pain pills for a painting injury >.>;; | I came out to most of my closest friends except for one, and a very close friend at that. I told him about my preference for love from anyone, regardless of "who" they are and he confided in me his strange feelings he had as a young man. drug fueled and confused he enjoyed "alternative" sexual stimulation and wore eyeliner and nail polish in those days. He's well rounded and a wonderful person now (as far as the drugs and his ability to find weed instead of the massive psychedelic trips.) and has been one of the best things that i've ever had in my circle of friends. He shared that with me and we shared that common bond to a certain extent (i've never really done any "drugs" but i experimented as a youngling in different sensual things.) When i told him he berated me with ideas that i'm a man and i'm his man friend and that i'd be an ugly woman and that it's wrong. He had this idea in his head that i was coming out this way and being this new person to fulfill some kind of perverted kick, in his words i was "getting off on it." That was awful, so painful that i reacted in a mean spirited way and locked him out of my house after telling him to leave. A couple of days later he in his own awkward way pretended that it never happened and showed up with some other friends wearing a smile and toting a six pack. He realized that i'm not fucking with him, and i'm not some "pervert" but a person, his good close friend. Every day i feel i am closer to being who i am and even my hardened and traditional friends are understanding and respecting me. This might not be the right venue for this story, but i think it's close and wanted to share it and thankyou all for taking the time to read it.
tl;dr: My friend thought i was being perverted and getting off on being trans to fulfill my carnal desires and with a little friendship, a nights retrospect, and alot of love he understood and respected me.
edit: please if there's some weird wording or nonsense, please excuse me i'm taking strong pain pills for a painting injury >.>;;
| transgender | t5_2qxpm | ce3n6nn | I came out to most of my closest friends except for one, and a very close friend at that. I told him about my preference for love from anyone, regardless of "who" they are and he confided in me his strange feelings he had as a young man. drug fueled and confused he enjoyed "alternative" sexual stimulation and wore eyeliner and nail polish in those days. He's well rounded and a wonderful person now (as far as the drugs and his ability to find weed instead of the massive psychedelic trips.) and has been one of the best things that i've ever had in my circle of friends. He shared that with me and we shared that common bond to a certain extent (i've never really done any "drugs" but i experimented as a youngling in different sensual things.) When i told him he berated me with ideas that i'm a man and i'm his man friend and that i'd be an ugly woman and that it's wrong. He had this idea in his head that i was coming out this way and being this new person to fulfill some kind of perverted kick, in his words i was "getting off on it." That was awful, so painful that i reacted in a mean spirited way and locked him out of my house after telling him to leave. A couple of days later he in his own awkward way pretended that it never happened and showed up with some other friends wearing a smile and toting a six pack. He realized that i'm not fucking with him, and i'm not some "pervert" but a person, his good close friend. Every day i feel i am closer to being who i am and even my hardened and traditional friends are understanding and respecting me. This might not be the right venue for this story, but i think it's close and wanted to share it and thankyou all for taking the time to read it. | My friend thought i was being perverted and getting off on being trans to fulfill my carnal desires and with a little friendship, a nights retrospect, and alot of love he understood and respected me.
edit: please if there's some weird wording or nonsense, please excuse me i'm taking strong pain pills for a painting injury >.>;; |
Beelzeebuck | It's always pained me that one of the world's great design/art capitals is in a state whose flag looks like a coat of arms stuck on a table cloth. So here is my first attempt at something better. Criticism appreciated. Made it on inkscape, which is a nifty lil program! Symbolism: the red, white and blue are American, British and Dutch colors (all part of NY history). The white triangle has the tip pointing at the hoist, which reflects the population of the state (lots of people living on the Western coast with considerably fewer people towards the east). The sun emblem is based on the crown of the statue of liberty. Ten points for the ten regions of NY state, and you could work something in there like how all the immigrants landing at NY were starting a new life, akin to a new dawn, blah, blah, blah
TLDR: A new flag for NY state. Red, white and blue + Lady Liberty's crown | It's always pained me that one of the world's great design/art capitals is in a state whose flag looks like a coat of arms stuck on a table cloth. So here is my first attempt at something better. Criticism appreciated. Made it on inkscape, which is a nifty lil program! Symbolism: the red, white and blue are American, British and Dutch colors (all part of NY history). The white triangle has the tip pointing at the hoist, which reflects the population of the state (lots of people living on the Western coast with considerably fewer people towards the east). The sun emblem is based on the crown of the statue of liberty. Ten points for the ten regions of NY state, and you could work something in there like how all the immigrants landing at NY were starting a new life, akin to a new dawn, blah, blah, blah
TLDR: A new flag for NY state. Red, white and blue + Lady Liberty's crown
| vexillology | t5_2rygj | ce3d45q | It's always pained me that one of the world's great design/art capitals is in a state whose flag looks like a coat of arms stuck on a table cloth. So here is my first attempt at something better. Criticism appreciated. Made it on inkscape, which is a nifty lil program! Symbolism: the red, white and blue are American, British and Dutch colors (all part of NY history). The white triangle has the tip pointing at the hoist, which reflects the population of the state (lots of people living on the Western coast with considerably fewer people towards the east). The sun emblem is based on the crown of the statue of liberty. Ten points for the ten regions of NY state, and you could work something in there like how all the immigrants landing at NY were starting a new life, akin to a new dawn, blah, blah, blah | A new flag for NY state. Red, white and blue + Lady Liberty's crown |
Niteloc | From what I gathered (I watched it all go down) one of the girls on one of the popular shipping blogs made a joke that she was the "Queen of White Rose" or "Queen of Bumblebee", I'm not entirely sure who was first.
Essentially after that shit hit that fan and things got a bit complicated, they all have a loyal following who were willing to participate in the 'war' and it all got a bit out of hand if you ask me.
tl;dr
Everything got real hairy real fast and everyone was willing to get involved. | From what I gathered (I watched it all go down) one of the girls on one of the popular shipping blogs made a joke that she was the "Queen of White Rose" or "Queen of Bumblebee", I'm not entirely sure who was first.
Essentially after that shit hit that fan and things got a bit complicated, they all have a loyal following who were willing to participate in the 'war' and it all got a bit out of hand if you ask me.
tl;dr
Everything got real hairy real fast and everyone was willing to get involved.
| RWBY | t5_2vhg0 | ce3qmzi | From what I gathered (I watched it all go down) one of the girls on one of the popular shipping blogs made a joke that she was the "Queen of White Rose" or "Queen of Bumblebee", I'm not entirely sure who was first.
Essentially after that shit hit that fan and things got a bit complicated, they all have a loyal following who were willing to participate in the 'war' and it all got a bit out of hand if you ask me. | Everything got real hairy real fast and everyone was willing to get involved. |
arguvan | Yes and no. It's not the "same" thing. The result may be similar in terms of that bitcoin being used it being converted to fiat and will have the same effect as just seeking it.
But buying products means that instead of the bitcoin simply being sold off, it adds to the list of transactions being done using bitcoin. Most businesses are using the system of accepting bitcoin and instantly converted to fiat anyways, so unless your going to argue that increased proof of transactions with bitcoin doesn't help increase the view of it being a viable currency (not stating it's there yet), the sure, selling on an exchange and buying it is "the same".
People seem to have the notion that because the current volatility essentially "requires" a business to use payment processors, that businesses accepting bitcoin aren't helping us get to the point where it is a stable, viable currency. No, businesses accepting bitcoin, and proof of transactions using bitcoin, doesn't directly increase bitcoins stability, but increased transactions = perceived use to public = greater belief that bitcoins are useful = more people buying bitcoins = greater market share = increased stability. And that, amongst a thousand other factors is what will shift bitcoin from being an investment/vehicle for money transfer into a truly legitimate currency.
TL; DR - increased bitcoin transactions with business, despite lowering the value of bitcoin with its instant conversion to fiat, is NOT the same as simply converting to fiat at exchanges. | Yes and no. It's not the "same" thing. The result may be similar in terms of that bitcoin being used it being converted to fiat and will have the same effect as just seeking it.
But buying products means that instead of the bitcoin simply being sold off, it adds to the list of transactions being done using bitcoin. Most businesses are using the system of accepting bitcoin and instantly converted to fiat anyways, so unless your going to argue that increased proof of transactions with bitcoin doesn't help increase the view of it being a viable currency (not stating it's there yet), the sure, selling on an exchange and buying it is "the same".
People seem to have the notion that because the current volatility essentially "requires" a business to use payment processors, that businesses accepting bitcoin aren't helping us get to the point where it is a stable, viable currency. No, businesses accepting bitcoin, and proof of transactions using bitcoin, doesn't directly increase bitcoins stability, but increased transactions = perceived use to public = greater belief that bitcoins are useful = more people buying bitcoins = greater market share = increased stability. And that, amongst a thousand other factors is what will shift bitcoin from being an investment/vehicle for money transfer into a truly legitimate currency.
TL; DR - increased bitcoin transactions with business, despite lowering the value of bitcoin with its instant conversion to fiat, is NOT the same as simply converting to fiat at exchanges.
| Bitcoin | t5_2s3qj | ce461em | Yes and no. It's not the "same" thing. The result may be similar in terms of that bitcoin being used it being converted to fiat and will have the same effect as just seeking it.
But buying products means that instead of the bitcoin simply being sold off, it adds to the list of transactions being done using bitcoin. Most businesses are using the system of accepting bitcoin and instantly converted to fiat anyways, so unless your going to argue that increased proof of transactions with bitcoin doesn't help increase the view of it being a viable currency (not stating it's there yet), the sure, selling on an exchange and buying it is "the same".
People seem to have the notion that because the current volatility essentially "requires" a business to use payment processors, that businesses accepting bitcoin aren't helping us get to the point where it is a stable, viable currency. No, businesses accepting bitcoin, and proof of transactions using bitcoin, doesn't directly increase bitcoins stability, but increased transactions = perceived use to public = greater belief that bitcoins are useful = more people buying bitcoins = greater market share = increased stability. And that, amongst a thousand other factors is what will shift bitcoin from being an investment/vehicle for money transfer into a truly legitimate currency. | increased bitcoin transactions with business, despite lowering the value of bitcoin with its instant conversion to fiat, is NOT the same as simply converting to fiat at exchanges. |
TechnoShaman | My save has been upgraded twice so far.
I play steam with beta updates enabled and it says build 19 when i currently play on the black screen.
When a new build filters down, the game will start up as normal, but when you select your current save it will state it is converting the save to the new format, and it will make a backup of it, so if it glitches or turns out to be incompatible, you have your old one to revert to.
case in point, when build 19 came out i started up as normal, i was outside and it was raining. due to it not remembering my UI choices, my second bag was unequipped, and i was holding a water bottle. i ran inside my safe house, only to be attacked by 3 zombies in the bathroom!
I was so confused, trying to attack(not understanding i had a water bottle instead of my hammer equipped that i got bite and scratched twice before I was able to escape...
I thus rage quit the game, deleted my current save and did the process again from the backed up save, this time making note to gear up for the zombies inside, which this time, they were not there(fluke spawn from previously)...
been on current save for a few while now w/ only a few attempted stair glitches here and there.
Previously looted areas will sometimes have new gear which was added. however it only seems to be places that at least some gear left in them which spawn new gear(trash bags, glue, rope, duct tape etc..) if the area was completely cleaned out, I've rarely found new spawned gear, thus i try to not completely clear ALL houses in an area. and like to keep a few crates around in warehouses that i have yet to demolish to get to so if new essential gear is added i can maybe find it after i've ransacked the town.
case in point. Trash bags are worth their weight n gold to me now, as they are essential to rain barrel creation. whereas before i was making rain barrels all day long(my older safe houses have half a dozen of the GOOD rain barrels, whereas my current safe house has only 1 good one, and one crappy 1, due to the lack of trash bags i've been able to find.
TLDR;
Older build saves will update to current build format, making a backup in case things are glitchy or wierd. | My save has been upgraded twice so far.
I play steam with beta updates enabled and it says build 19 when i currently play on the black screen.
When a new build filters down, the game will start up as normal, but when you select your current save it will state it is converting the save to the new format, and it will make a backup of it, so if it glitches or turns out to be incompatible, you have your old one to revert to.
case in point, when build 19 came out i started up as normal, i was outside and it was raining. due to it not remembering my UI choices, my second bag was unequipped, and i was holding a water bottle. i ran inside my safe house, only to be attacked by 3 zombies in the bathroom!
I was so confused, trying to attack(not understanding i had a water bottle instead of my hammer equipped that i got bite and scratched twice before I was able to escape...
I thus rage quit the game, deleted my current save and did the process again from the backed up save, this time making note to gear up for the zombies inside, which this time, they were not there(fluke spawn from previously)...
been on current save for a few while now w/ only a few attempted stair glitches here and there.
Previously looted areas will sometimes have new gear which was added. however it only seems to be places that at least some gear left in them which spawn new gear(trash bags, glue, rope, duct tape etc..) if the area was completely cleaned out, I've rarely found new spawned gear, thus i try to not completely clear ALL houses in an area. and like to keep a few crates around in warehouses that i have yet to demolish to get to so if new essential gear is added i can maybe find it after i've ransacked the town.
case in point. Trash bags are worth their weight n gold to me now, as they are essential to rain barrel creation. whereas before i was making rain barrels all day long(my older safe houses have half a dozen of the GOOD rain barrels, whereas my current safe house has only 1 good one, and one crappy 1, due to the lack of trash bags i've been able to find.
TLDR;
Older build saves will update to current build format, making a backup in case things are glitchy or wierd.
| projectzomboid | t5_2sdk8 | ce4mo59 | My save has been upgraded twice so far.
I play steam with beta updates enabled and it says build 19 when i currently play on the black screen.
When a new build filters down, the game will start up as normal, but when you select your current save it will state it is converting the save to the new format, and it will make a backup of it, so if it glitches or turns out to be incompatible, you have your old one to revert to.
case in point, when build 19 came out i started up as normal, i was outside and it was raining. due to it not remembering my UI choices, my second bag was unequipped, and i was holding a water bottle. i ran inside my safe house, only to be attacked by 3 zombies in the bathroom!
I was so confused, trying to attack(not understanding i had a water bottle instead of my hammer equipped that i got bite and scratched twice before I was able to escape...
I thus rage quit the game, deleted my current save and did the process again from the backed up save, this time making note to gear up for the zombies inside, which this time, they were not there(fluke spawn from previously)...
been on current save for a few while now w/ only a few attempted stair glitches here and there.
Previously looted areas will sometimes have new gear which was added. however it only seems to be places that at least some gear left in them which spawn new gear(trash bags, glue, rope, duct tape etc..) if the area was completely cleaned out, I've rarely found new spawned gear, thus i try to not completely clear ALL houses in an area. and like to keep a few crates around in warehouses that i have yet to demolish to get to so if new essential gear is added i can maybe find it after i've ransacked the town.
case in point. Trash bags are worth their weight n gold to me now, as they are essential to rain barrel creation. whereas before i was making rain barrels all day long(my older safe houses have half a dozen of the GOOD rain barrels, whereas my current safe house has only 1 good one, and one crappy 1, due to the lack of trash bags i've been able to find. | Older build saves will update to current build format, making a backup in case things are glitchy or wierd. |
Malorak | Why? Well that costs money and PoE is in developement for quite some time, that's an answer.
If PoE grows, and it will (GOTY and stuff helps I've heard)...So, it'd be more adequate if this was a request instead of a question.
...But I'd LOVE that! Just make them look more beastly. And make that for cosmetic effects as well! Zombies look more muddy at first and become beastly demonic creatures near level 20, Split arrow leaves a trail of air (Hajime No Ippo!) when shot on level 20 and stuff like Infernal blow could just have more gore because I like that shit.
So...TL;DR: Isn't here because it costs money, would be friggin neat. | Why? Well that costs money and PoE is in developement for quite some time, that's an answer.
If PoE grows, and it will (GOTY and stuff helps I've heard)...So, it'd be more adequate if this was a request instead of a question.
...But I'd LOVE that! Just make them look more beastly. And make that for cosmetic effects as well! Zombies look more muddy at first and become beastly demonic creatures near level 20, Split arrow leaves a trail of air (Hajime No Ippo!) when shot on level 20 and stuff like Infernal blow could just have more gore because I like that shit.
So...TL;DR: Isn't here because it costs money, would be friggin neat.
| pathofexile | t5_2sf6m | ce42551 | Why? Well that costs money and PoE is in developement for quite some time, that's an answer.
If PoE grows, and it will (GOTY and stuff helps I've heard)...So, it'd be more adequate if this was a request instead of a question.
...But I'd LOVE that! Just make them look more beastly. And make that for cosmetic effects as well! Zombies look more muddy at first and become beastly demonic creatures near level 20, Split arrow leaves a trail of air (Hajime No Ippo!) when shot on level 20 and stuff like Infernal blow could just have more gore because I like that shit.
So... | Isn't here because it costs money, would be friggin neat. |
Stanislawiii | It IS about money. If you're in a poor district, luxuries like enough textbooks for each student, let alone computer equipment or art equipment are just not in the budget. The pay-scale in those districts are also shit, which means that while the richest districts get top-flight teachers with lots of experience and are highly motivated, poor districts can only get either recent graduates (no experience but hopefully enthusiasm) or burnouts (lots of experience but just don't care) or last chancers who have been kicked from better districts.
So the school day of the rich (I'm only going to talk about public schools here) would include using a science textbook printed in the last 5 years (and one that the student can take home because it isn't a "classroom copy"), followed by using a fully equiped lab to replicate the thing he's learning about in the course. Taught by a teacher who loves science and teaching, and who actually holds teaching credentials as a science teacher.
Moving on to the poor district. Teacher begins by passing out the classroom copy of the textbook. He teaches directly out of the book. After that, there is no lab work. The school has no lab. Even if they do, they're being taught by a permasub teacher who knows very little about science because she's actually a history teacher. She doesn't care if the kids do well either, because teachers that are interested in doing a good job are snapped up by richer districts.
Which set of students is going to be able to follow /r/circlejerk 's advice and graduate with a sure-thing STEM degree, which is the supposed ticket to the middle class?
TL;DR
It's not just the national funding, districts are in competition for resources, and if a good teacher can get more money in a rich area than a poor area, she's going to go where the money is. | It IS about money. If you're in a poor district, luxuries like enough textbooks for each student, let alone computer equipment or art equipment are just not in the budget. The pay-scale in those districts are also shit, which means that while the richest districts get top-flight teachers with lots of experience and are highly motivated, poor districts can only get either recent graduates (no experience but hopefully enthusiasm) or burnouts (lots of experience but just don't care) or last chancers who have been kicked from better districts.
So the school day of the rich (I'm only going to talk about public schools here) would include using a science textbook printed in the last 5 years (and one that the student can take home because it isn't a "classroom copy"), followed by using a fully equiped lab to replicate the thing he's learning about in the course. Taught by a teacher who loves science and teaching, and who actually holds teaching credentials as a science teacher.
Moving on to the poor district. Teacher begins by passing out the classroom copy of the textbook. He teaches directly out of the book. After that, there is no lab work. The school has no lab. Even if they do, they're being taught by a permasub teacher who knows very little about science because she's actually a history teacher. She doesn't care if the kids do well either, because teachers that are interested in doing a good job are snapped up by richer districts.
Which set of students is going to be able to follow /r/circlejerk 's advice and graduate with a sure-thing STEM degree, which is the supposed ticket to the middle class?
TL;DR
It's not just the national funding, districts are in competition for resources, and if a good teacher can get more money in a rich area than a poor area, she's going to go where the money is.
| PoliticalDiscussion | t5_2sfmf | ce4nb02 | It IS about money. If you're in a poor district, luxuries like enough textbooks for each student, let alone computer equipment or art equipment are just not in the budget. The pay-scale in those districts are also shit, which means that while the richest districts get top-flight teachers with lots of experience and are highly motivated, poor districts can only get either recent graduates (no experience but hopefully enthusiasm) or burnouts (lots of experience but just don't care) or last chancers who have been kicked from better districts.
So the school day of the rich (I'm only going to talk about public schools here) would include using a science textbook printed in the last 5 years (and one that the student can take home because it isn't a "classroom copy"), followed by using a fully equiped lab to replicate the thing he's learning about in the course. Taught by a teacher who loves science and teaching, and who actually holds teaching credentials as a science teacher.
Moving on to the poor district. Teacher begins by passing out the classroom copy of the textbook. He teaches directly out of the book. After that, there is no lab work. The school has no lab. Even if they do, they're being taught by a permasub teacher who knows very little about science because she's actually a history teacher. She doesn't care if the kids do well either, because teachers that are interested in doing a good job are snapped up by richer districts.
Which set of students is going to be able to follow /r/circlejerk 's advice and graduate with a sure-thing STEM degree, which is the supposed ticket to the middle class? | It's not just the national funding, districts are in competition for resources, and if a good teacher can get more money in a rich area than a poor area, she's going to go where the money is. |
chuchijabrone | So many problems with the buds, let's get started
Fucking Paul Ranger is the worst defencemen since Komisarek. The guy leaves the NHL because he was "over it" then comes back because he runs out of money no doubt. I get why signing him was a good choice monetarily.. However his play makes me think he should be flipping burgers or selling cars.
Fraser is OK. He's a great AHL D man, but he cannot move fast enough at the NHL level to keep up with the faster talent on the ice, not to mention he really doesn't have enough of a hockey IQ to make smart decisions to render his cinder blocks less useless"
Not to mention these are established players that, at the sacrifice of sitting our best defensive prospect in Reilly, they continue to torpedo efforts to get better as a team.
Phaneuf is a great 2nd D, but he is by no means "the man" nor does he deserve to be the captain of the leafs. NOBODY on the current team deserves to be.. Except maybe Bolland.
Lest we forget it was phaneuf who cost us the playoffs as well as a chance at winning against Pittsburgh the other night. And the leafs have the most empty net goals against... Phaneuf is on the ice for those "big moments", regardless of +/- The shithawk only allows key goals against.
Now on to the goalies.
Reimer is routinely hung out to dry, and really isn't prone to shitty goals against. He should be starter until Bernier takes it from him. The fact the leafs essentially gave the starting job to a goalie who's never played 3 games in a row before this year is fucking rediculous. Reimer's composure, outlook, and work ethic are amazing, he is the eptiome of a professional. His technique is unique and it works with him, and I am glad to see that Francois Allaire left as his system is too complicated, antiquated, cerebral for the new age reactionary goalies. Ain't nobody got time to remember 12 zones anymore. As a fellow trendy, I find we get lit up most WHEN we think too much.
That being said, I think Bernier is the future for the leafs in the next couple years IF he gets his composure, work ethic, and save selection to the NHL level. In his last couple starts, he's been getting shelled for really no reason as there have been a lot of goals that go under him or through him (which are the ONLY goals that are a goalie's fault 100% of the time)
Bern's needs some reps at the NHL level in order to get better, but since the emergence of Martin Jones for the kings, I really think the kings were cutting "dead wood" off the tree and super scored with Ben Scrivvens. If Bernier went undefeated every time he had a start( as Jones has), he would have become the starter over Jon Quick right?
Tl; Dr: Ranger, Phaneuf, and Fraser are absolute shit hawks, Reimer should be undisputed #1, and Bernier has a season or two before he even comes close to Reimers "win ability" | So many problems with the buds, let's get started
Fucking Paul Ranger is the worst defencemen since Komisarek. The guy leaves the NHL because he was "over it" then comes back because he runs out of money no doubt. I get why signing him was a good choice monetarily.. However his play makes me think he should be flipping burgers or selling cars.
Fraser is OK. He's a great AHL D man, but he cannot move fast enough at the NHL level to keep up with the faster talent on the ice, not to mention he really doesn't have enough of a hockey IQ to make smart decisions to render his cinder blocks less useless"
Not to mention these are established players that, at the sacrifice of sitting our best defensive prospect in Reilly, they continue to torpedo efforts to get better as a team.
Phaneuf is a great 2nd D, but he is by no means "the man" nor does he deserve to be the captain of the leafs. NOBODY on the current team deserves to be.. Except maybe Bolland.
Lest we forget it was phaneuf who cost us the playoffs as well as a chance at winning against Pittsburgh the other night. And the leafs have the most empty net goals against... Phaneuf is on the ice for those "big moments", regardless of +/- The shithawk only allows key goals against.
Now on to the goalies.
Reimer is routinely hung out to dry, and really isn't prone to shitty goals against. He should be starter until Bernier takes it from him. The fact the leafs essentially gave the starting job to a goalie who's never played 3 games in a row before this year is fucking rediculous. Reimer's composure, outlook, and work ethic are amazing, he is the eptiome of a professional. His technique is unique and it works with him, and I am glad to see that Francois Allaire left as his system is too complicated, antiquated, cerebral for the new age reactionary goalies. Ain't nobody got time to remember 12 zones anymore. As a fellow trendy, I find we get lit up most WHEN we think too much.
That being said, I think Bernier is the future for the leafs in the next couple years IF he gets his composure, work ethic, and save selection to the NHL level. In his last couple starts, he's been getting shelled for really no reason as there have been a lot of goals that go under him or through him (which are the ONLY goals that are a goalie's fault 100% of the time)
Bern's needs some reps at the NHL level in order to get better, but since the emergence of Martin Jones for the kings, I really think the kings were cutting "dead wood" off the tree and super scored with Ben Scrivvens. If Bernier went undefeated every time he had a start( as Jones has), he would have become the starter over Jon Quick right?
Tl; Dr: Ranger, Phaneuf, and Fraser are absolute shit hawks, Reimer should be undisputed #1, and Bernier has a season or two before he even comes close to Reimers "win ability"
| leafs | t5_2r8hf | ce4nt0y | So many problems with the buds, let's get started
Fucking Paul Ranger is the worst defencemen since Komisarek. The guy leaves the NHL because he was "over it" then comes back because he runs out of money no doubt. I get why signing him was a good choice monetarily.. However his play makes me think he should be flipping burgers or selling cars.
Fraser is OK. He's a great AHL D man, but he cannot move fast enough at the NHL level to keep up with the faster talent on the ice, not to mention he really doesn't have enough of a hockey IQ to make smart decisions to render his cinder blocks less useless"
Not to mention these are established players that, at the sacrifice of sitting our best defensive prospect in Reilly, they continue to torpedo efforts to get better as a team.
Phaneuf is a great 2nd D, but he is by no means "the man" nor does he deserve to be the captain of the leafs. NOBODY on the current team deserves to be.. Except maybe Bolland.
Lest we forget it was phaneuf who cost us the playoffs as well as a chance at winning against Pittsburgh the other night. And the leafs have the most empty net goals against... Phaneuf is on the ice for those "big moments", regardless of +/- The shithawk only allows key goals against.
Now on to the goalies.
Reimer is routinely hung out to dry, and really isn't prone to shitty goals against. He should be starter until Bernier takes it from him. The fact the leafs essentially gave the starting job to a goalie who's never played 3 games in a row before this year is fucking rediculous. Reimer's composure, outlook, and work ethic are amazing, he is the eptiome of a professional. His technique is unique and it works with him, and I am glad to see that Francois Allaire left as his system is too complicated, antiquated, cerebral for the new age reactionary goalies. Ain't nobody got time to remember 12 zones anymore. As a fellow trendy, I find we get lit up most WHEN we think too much.
That being said, I think Bernier is the future for the leafs in the next couple years IF he gets his composure, work ethic, and save selection to the NHL level. In his last couple starts, he's been getting shelled for really no reason as there have been a lot of goals that go under him or through him (which are the ONLY goals that are a goalie's fault 100% of the time)
Bern's needs some reps at the NHL level in order to get better, but since the emergence of Martin Jones for the kings, I really think the kings were cutting "dead wood" off the tree and super scored with Ben Scrivvens. If Bernier went undefeated every time he had a start( as Jones has), he would have become the starter over Jon Quick right? | Ranger, Phaneuf, and Fraser are absolute shit hawks, Reimer should be undisputed #1, and Bernier has a season or two before he even comes close to Reimers "win ability" |
Deathafier77 | I never said the word tournament once and my opinion is the same whether it's tournament play or not. Never resign in Chess.
There are too many ways an opponent who is clearly ahead can lose by misplaying or not being able to stop me from forcing stalemate; that is why I kind of made an exception for playing with people at a masters level. I was just being overly nitpicky about BelaKunn's example of chess since one move can win or lose games whether you are ahead or behind.
If you and your mom are playing on the kitchen table the same logic applies. If you wanna give up it should be because of something other than "I know I've lost" because all it takes to win or lose is one move. THAT IS MY OPINION. Were talking about opinions here.
If we are being honest here you're not quitting because "you know you've lost" its because you are frustrated at how bad the game is going for you that you don't want to keep playing. You can't possibly "know you've lost" because of how the game works. You can think the odds are so stacked against you that you don't want to play with mom anymore, but we need to be honest here. Again, I'm just being nitpicky about the example of Chess.
I will not resign even if it's K vs KQ like in your example even if its with my mom. She might accidentally put me in stalemate.
tl:dr Chess was a bad example because one move can win/lose or force stalemate. | I never said the word tournament once and my opinion is the same whether it's tournament play or not. Never resign in Chess.
There are too many ways an opponent who is clearly ahead can lose by misplaying or not being able to stop me from forcing stalemate; that is why I kind of made an exception for playing with people at a masters level. I was just being overly nitpicky about BelaKunn's example of chess since one move can win or lose games whether you are ahead or behind.
If you and your mom are playing on the kitchen table the same logic applies. If you wanna give up it should be because of something other than "I know I've lost" because all it takes to win or lose is one move. THAT IS MY OPINION. Were talking about opinions here.
If we are being honest here you're not quitting because "you know you've lost" its because you are frustrated at how bad the game is going for you that you don't want to keep playing. You can't possibly "know you've lost" because of how the game works. You can think the odds are so stacked against you that you don't want to play with mom anymore, but we need to be honest here. Again, I'm just being nitpicky about the example of Chess.
I will not resign even if it's K vs KQ like in your example even if its with my mom. She might accidentally put me in stalemate.
tl:dr Chess was a bad example because one move can win/lose or force stalemate.
| boardgames | t5_2qmjp | ce6n2zu | I never said the word tournament once and my opinion is the same whether it's tournament play or not. Never resign in Chess.
There are too many ways an opponent who is clearly ahead can lose by misplaying or not being able to stop me from forcing stalemate; that is why I kind of made an exception for playing with people at a masters level. I was just being overly nitpicky about BelaKunn's example of chess since one move can win or lose games whether you are ahead or behind.
If you and your mom are playing on the kitchen table the same logic applies. If you wanna give up it should be because of something other than "I know I've lost" because all it takes to win or lose is one move. THAT IS MY OPINION. Were talking about opinions here.
If we are being honest here you're not quitting because "you know you've lost" its because you are frustrated at how bad the game is going for you that you don't want to keep playing. You can't possibly "know you've lost" because of how the game works. You can think the odds are so stacked against you that you don't want to play with mom anymore, but we need to be honest here. Again, I'm just being nitpicky about the example of Chess.
I will not resign even if it's K vs KQ like in your example even if its with my mom. She might accidentally put me in stalemate. | Chess was a bad example because one move can win/lose or force stalemate. |
VideoGameRescue-Kevi | Honestly, luck (and the fact that I do not think too many people realize how easy it is to get press passes for stuff that is not Blizzcon or E3 or PAX).
I reviewed shmups and every now and again I would get a Steam code for an indie game. I just kept at it. I applied for press passes for most of the major ones, including EVO, and I also applied for a press pass at RTX.
What I did not know is that if you have never been press before and are not expecting press passes, they like to tell you that you are press at the very last minute. I live on the west coast and got a press pass to RTX 2-3 weeks before the show was set to start. Same thing happened with EVO.
I just applied and that is it.
The thing is, though, since these were my first cons as press, I decided I was going to act 100% professional. I mean, no drinking, no going out after the show, lock down interviews and get footage.
I found out that some places, like RTX, really accepted pretty much anybody as press if they applied (well, as long as you had some proof that you were there to be a journalist and not just mess around, even if all you did was mess around). At the time, I was probably around 300 subs or less, and there were people who went as press and, to this day, the only things they even have up on YouTube are interviews for RTX. I used it to build my resume to get in to bigger places. Also, it was a great chance to go beyond just reviews. It was my chance to push forward and go beyond reviews. I worked hard on it and I think I did a good job of it
With EVO, since everything was already streamed, there was pretty much no reason to get any footage outside of unreleased games like, at the time, DiveKick and Killer Instinct. Yeah, there was really no getting interviews with companies there. Locking down interviews with players really couldn't happen either since they told me like 2-3 weeks before and I had no way to contact any players.
Again, a resume builder.
I know, it is way too much information for simply saying, "I applied for a ton of cons and these were the ones that let me in as press", but that is about it.
It was very much a learning experience though, especially at RTX. Some people were releasing videos from RTX because they snuck behind the scenes paparazzi style with a video camera and started asking questions and bugging people. I setup all of my reviews through the proper people and saw others doing this. I then saw the paparazzi style people taking pictures left and right.
I was a crazy learning experience. I found out how many people will be journalists at a con and never go near it again (I am guessing until the next con), which screams to me that some did it for free tickets to RTX.
I could write a book about the problems with gaming journalism at cons based on the 2 I went to, and the many I could not get in to and saw the content other places who claimed to be journalists produced (i.e. people with press passes at E3), and I have only been doing this for a year.
The amount of people who get press passes just so they can get in to a con for free is honestly scary, while I am trying to actually do this, and get turned away. I am not saying everybody who gets press passes does it for a free pass, heavens no. Most of the journalists I know about who go to places like E3 will give solid reporting. It is just too bad and a little sad to see some places getting press passes just because they are "internet celebrities".
Oh well, that is why I go to places like RTX so that I can build that resume for next year.
I know this is a very long post, but I could go on for much longer, talking about internet celebrities (and how just playing games online does not make you a journalist), "5-minute" montages, etc. I will stop here.
Basically, I have been to 2, but the experience I have got from both is massive.
tl;dr - some cons will let just about anybody in as press as long as you can prove you are there to work and not just mess around, which is how I got in to EVO and RTX, and some places refuse journalists entry (newer journalists especially) in favor of internet celebrities.
EDIT: Based on my username, my content is very easy to find on YouTube, so if you see it, realize I did it all with a cheap handy-cam and a $5 microphone. Paid for out of pocket, which includes paying for my own plane ticket and hotel room. Yeah, it is a very expensive hobby | Honestly, luck (and the fact that I do not think too many people realize how easy it is to get press passes for stuff that is not Blizzcon or E3 or PAX).
I reviewed shmups and every now and again I would get a Steam code for an indie game. I just kept at it. I applied for press passes for most of the major ones, including EVO, and I also applied for a press pass at RTX.
What I did not know is that if you have never been press before and are not expecting press passes, they like to tell you that you are press at the very last minute. I live on the west coast and got a press pass to RTX 2-3 weeks before the show was set to start. Same thing happened with EVO.
I just applied and that is it.
The thing is, though, since these were my first cons as press, I decided I was going to act 100% professional. I mean, no drinking, no going out after the show, lock down interviews and get footage.
I found out that some places, like RTX, really accepted pretty much anybody as press if they applied (well, as long as you had some proof that you were there to be a journalist and not just mess around, even if all you did was mess around). At the time, I was probably around 300 subs or less, and there were people who went as press and, to this day, the only things they even have up on YouTube are interviews for RTX. I used it to build my resume to get in to bigger places. Also, it was a great chance to go beyond just reviews. It was my chance to push forward and go beyond reviews. I worked hard on it and I think I did a good job of it
With EVO, since everything was already streamed, there was pretty much no reason to get any footage outside of unreleased games like, at the time, DiveKick and Killer Instinct. Yeah, there was really no getting interviews with companies there. Locking down interviews with players really couldn't happen either since they told me like 2-3 weeks before and I had no way to contact any players.
Again, a resume builder.
I know, it is way too much information for simply saying, "I applied for a ton of cons and these were the ones that let me in as press", but that is about it.
It was very much a learning experience though, especially at RTX. Some people were releasing videos from RTX because they snuck behind the scenes paparazzi style with a video camera and started asking questions and bugging people. I setup all of my reviews through the proper people and saw others doing this. I then saw the paparazzi style people taking pictures left and right.
I was a crazy learning experience. I found out how many people will be journalists at a con and never go near it again (I am guessing until the next con), which screams to me that some did it for free tickets to RTX.
I could write a book about the problems with gaming journalism at cons based on the 2 I went to, and the many I could not get in to and saw the content other places who claimed to be journalists produced (i.e. people with press passes at E3), and I have only been doing this for a year.
The amount of people who get press passes just so they can get in to a con for free is honestly scary, while I am trying to actually do this, and get turned away. I am not saying everybody who gets press passes does it for a free pass, heavens no. Most of the journalists I know about who go to places like E3 will give solid reporting. It is just too bad and a little sad to see some places getting press passes just because they are "internet celebrities".
Oh well, that is why I go to places like RTX so that I can build that resume for next year.
I know this is a very long post, but I could go on for much longer, talking about internet celebrities (and how just playing games online does not make you a journalist), "5-minute" montages, etc. I will stop here.
Basically, I have been to 2, but the experience I have got from both is massive.
tl;dr - some cons will let just about anybody in as press as long as you can prove you are there to work and not just mess around, which is how I got in to EVO and RTX, and some places refuse journalists entry (newer journalists especially) in favor of internet celebrities.
EDIT: Based on my username, my content is very easy to find on YouTube, so if you see it, realize I did it all with a cheap handy-cam and a $5 microphone. Paid for out of pocket, which includes paying for my own plane ticket and hotel room. Yeah, it is a very expensive hobby
| letsplay | t5_2qss1 | ce5x7mr | Honestly, luck (and the fact that I do not think too many people realize how easy it is to get press passes for stuff that is not Blizzcon or E3 or PAX).
I reviewed shmups and every now and again I would get a Steam code for an indie game. I just kept at it. I applied for press passes for most of the major ones, including EVO, and I also applied for a press pass at RTX.
What I did not know is that if you have never been press before and are not expecting press passes, they like to tell you that you are press at the very last minute. I live on the west coast and got a press pass to RTX 2-3 weeks before the show was set to start. Same thing happened with EVO.
I just applied and that is it.
The thing is, though, since these were my first cons as press, I decided I was going to act 100% professional. I mean, no drinking, no going out after the show, lock down interviews and get footage.
I found out that some places, like RTX, really accepted pretty much anybody as press if they applied (well, as long as you had some proof that you were there to be a journalist and not just mess around, even if all you did was mess around). At the time, I was probably around 300 subs or less, and there were people who went as press and, to this day, the only things they even have up on YouTube are interviews for RTX. I used it to build my resume to get in to bigger places. Also, it was a great chance to go beyond just reviews. It was my chance to push forward and go beyond reviews. I worked hard on it and I think I did a good job of it
With EVO, since everything was already streamed, there was pretty much no reason to get any footage outside of unreleased games like, at the time, DiveKick and Killer Instinct. Yeah, there was really no getting interviews with companies there. Locking down interviews with players really couldn't happen either since they told me like 2-3 weeks before and I had no way to contact any players.
Again, a resume builder.
I know, it is way too much information for simply saying, "I applied for a ton of cons and these were the ones that let me in as press", but that is about it.
It was very much a learning experience though, especially at RTX. Some people were releasing videos from RTX because they snuck behind the scenes paparazzi style with a video camera and started asking questions and bugging people. I setup all of my reviews through the proper people and saw others doing this. I then saw the paparazzi style people taking pictures left and right.
I was a crazy learning experience. I found out how many people will be journalists at a con and never go near it again (I am guessing until the next con), which screams to me that some did it for free tickets to RTX.
I could write a book about the problems with gaming journalism at cons based on the 2 I went to, and the many I could not get in to and saw the content other places who claimed to be journalists produced (i.e. people with press passes at E3), and I have only been doing this for a year.
The amount of people who get press passes just so they can get in to a con for free is honestly scary, while I am trying to actually do this, and get turned away. I am not saying everybody who gets press passes does it for a free pass, heavens no. Most of the journalists I know about who go to places like E3 will give solid reporting. It is just too bad and a little sad to see some places getting press passes just because they are "internet celebrities".
Oh well, that is why I go to places like RTX so that I can build that resume for next year.
I know this is a very long post, but I could go on for much longer, talking about internet celebrities (and how just playing games online does not make you a journalist), "5-minute" montages, etc. I will stop here.
Basically, I have been to 2, but the experience I have got from both is massive. | some cons will let just about anybody in as press as long as you can prove you are there to work and not just mess around, which is how I got in to EVO and RTX, and some places refuse journalists entry (newer journalists especially) in favor of internet celebrities.
EDIT: Based on my username, my content is very easy to find on YouTube, so if you see it, realize I did it all with a cheap handy-cam and a $5 microphone. Paid for out of pocket, which includes paying for my own plane ticket and hotel room. Yeah, it is a very expensive hobby |
drop_the_beat_ | People need to survive. Its always me before you in an apocalypse. Id like to think of dayz as occuring 6+ months maybe more after day zero of the zombie outbreak. At this point there is only so much food to go around. I need to survive and if you're the only thing between me starving to death or living another day. Guess what let me personally introduce you to my axe.
TLDR: People will kill to survive, we humans are a greedy bunch. | People need to survive. Its always me before you in an apocalypse. Id like to think of dayz as occuring 6+ months maybe more after day zero of the zombie outbreak. At this point there is only so much food to go around. I need to survive and if you're the only thing between me starving to death or living another day. Guess what let me personally introduce you to my axe.
TLDR: People will kill to survive, we humans are a greedy bunch.
| dayz | t5_2ty3s | ce5kujr | People need to survive. Its always me before you in an apocalypse. Id like to think of dayz as occuring 6+ months maybe more after day zero of the zombie outbreak. At this point there is only so much food to go around. I need to survive and if you're the only thing between me starving to death or living another day. Guess what let me personally introduce you to my axe. | People will kill to survive, we humans are a greedy bunch. |
Anderie | Had a shitty breakup with my first "love." Went home to visit the folks, and my grandmother on my mom's side passed away recently. My uncle took care of her, and this was his first Christmas without her so he stayed with us. I was a miserable shit and no fun.. So my mom and uncle bought a bunch of nerf gun six shooters for all of us and my dad (much to his surprise) and we ended up having a drunken nerf war with little RC car races.
TL;DR: Drunken Adults with Nerf Guns and RC Cars. | Had a shitty breakup with my first "love." Went home to visit the folks, and my grandmother on my mom's side passed away recently. My uncle took care of her, and this was his first Christmas without her so he stayed with us. I was a miserable shit and no fun.. So my mom and uncle bought a bunch of nerf gun six shooters for all of us and my dad (much to his surprise) and we ended up having a drunken nerf war with little RC car races.
TL;DR: Drunken Adults with Nerf Guns and RC Cars.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce5rmio | Had a shitty breakup with my first "love." Went home to visit the folks, and my grandmother on my mom's side passed away recently. My uncle took care of her, and this was his first Christmas without her so he stayed with us. I was a miserable shit and no fun.. So my mom and uncle bought a bunch of nerf gun six shooters for all of us and my dad (much to his surprise) and we ended up having a drunken nerf war with little RC car races. | Drunken Adults with Nerf Guns and RC Cars. |
nookularboy | I remember my first FNM back in Feburary. Went 2-2. Dimir Mill homebrew with Consuming abberation, rouge's passage, Essence Harvest, & Jace's Phantasms.
Swept by Jund Goodstuff R1 by one of the regulars. Huntmaster, Liliana, Oliva, Thrasktusk, etc. Yep, wasn't too graceful about it but whatever.
1-1 draw with Esper Control. Game 1 got milled with Nephalia, G2 beat him down with Abberation, couldn't finish G3 so he gave me the win and told me to have fun (and I've always remembered this gesture)
Lost to Golgari Beatdown with Lotleth troll, Deadbridge and Garruk. Ended up beating my friend (Rakdos Aggro) in the last round on the backs of two Jace's Phantasms.
tl;dr Go and have fun with your crappy deck, learn from it, and let it be memorable. Approaching my 1 year mark, still is for me. | I remember my first FNM back in Feburary. Went 2-2. Dimir Mill homebrew with Consuming abberation, rouge's passage, Essence Harvest, & Jace's Phantasms.
Swept by Jund Goodstuff R1 by one of the regulars. Huntmaster, Liliana, Oliva, Thrasktusk, etc. Yep, wasn't too graceful about it but whatever.
1-1 draw with Esper Control. Game 1 got milled with Nephalia, G2 beat him down with Abberation, couldn't finish G3 so he gave me the win and told me to have fun (and I've always remembered this gesture)
Lost to Golgari Beatdown with Lotleth troll, Deadbridge and Garruk. Ended up beating my friend (Rakdos Aggro) in the last round on the backs of two Jace's Phantasms.
tl;dr Go and have fun with your crappy deck, learn from it, and let it be memorable. Approaching my 1 year mark, still is for me.
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | ce5ov4o | I remember my first FNM back in Feburary. Went 2-2. Dimir Mill homebrew with Consuming abberation, rouge's passage, Essence Harvest, & Jace's Phantasms.
Swept by Jund Goodstuff R1 by one of the regulars. Huntmaster, Liliana, Oliva, Thrasktusk, etc. Yep, wasn't too graceful about it but whatever.
1-1 draw with Esper Control. Game 1 got milled with Nephalia, G2 beat him down with Abberation, couldn't finish G3 so he gave me the win and told me to have fun (and I've always remembered this gesture)
Lost to Golgari Beatdown with Lotleth troll, Deadbridge and Garruk. Ended up beating my friend (Rakdos Aggro) in the last round on the backs of two Jace's Phantasms. | Go and have fun with your crappy deck, learn from it, and let it be memorable. Approaching my 1 year mark, still is for me. |
diamondPleaseee | If you are new to Magic, /r/cockatrice is a helpful program to try out decks and get used to playing magic. It really helped me get from a novice to intermediate almost overnight! I practiced drafting on cockatrice about 30 times before going to my FNM for draft. My 2nd time drafting in real life and I won! I did split the prize pool but played for the promo card (sin collector) which I won. I did get very lucky but if you want some practice for FNMs or Mtg in general, cockatrice is a free mtg online program for those that don't know already!
TL/DR - cockatrice for practice. and I won my 2nd ever draft at an FNM! | If you are new to Magic, /r/cockatrice is a helpful program to try out decks and get used to playing magic. It really helped me get from a novice to intermediate almost overnight! I practiced drafting on cockatrice about 30 times before going to my FNM for draft. My 2nd time drafting in real life and I won! I did split the prize pool but played for the promo card (sin collector) which I won. I did get very lucky but if you want some practice for FNMs or Mtg in general, cockatrice is a free mtg online program for those that don't know already!
TL/DR - cockatrice for practice. and I won my 2nd ever draft at an FNM!
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | ce5qire | If you are new to Magic, /r/cockatrice is a helpful program to try out decks and get used to playing magic. It really helped me get from a novice to intermediate almost overnight! I practiced drafting on cockatrice about 30 times before going to my FNM for draft. My 2nd time drafting in real life and I won! I did split the prize pool but played for the promo card (sin collector) which I won. I did get very lucky but if you want some practice for FNMs or Mtg in general, cockatrice is a free mtg online program for those that don't know already! | cockatrice for practice. and I won my 2nd ever draft at an FNM! |
phxord | I am one of these hardly-ever drivers. I usually won't even do a grocery drive - even in the summer. I find dibs annoying because parking is tough in general; why should you get to reserve a spot because you had to have the luxury of driving your 30pk beers and flat of water bottles back to your doorstep? If I'm ever going to believe in a dibs system, it will have nothing to do with moving a pile of snow.
Then again, if people would stop parking with 4 feet of space on either end of their cars, there'd be twice as much room for other cars and I wouldn't have to drive in circles around my neighborhood for 30 minutes trying to get my heavy groceries close enough to home to justify driving in the first place.
tl;dr CAR FOR SALE. MAKE AN OFFER. | I am one of these hardly-ever drivers. I usually won't even do a grocery drive - even in the summer. I find dibs annoying because parking is tough in general; why should you get to reserve a spot because you had to have the luxury of driving your 30pk beers and flat of water bottles back to your doorstep? If I'm ever going to believe in a dibs system, it will have nothing to do with moving a pile of snow.
Then again, if people would stop parking with 4 feet of space on either end of their cars, there'd be twice as much room for other cars and I wouldn't have to drive in circles around my neighborhood for 30 minutes trying to get my heavy groceries close enough to home to justify driving in the first place.
tl;dr CAR FOR SALE. MAKE AN OFFER.
| chicago | t5_2qh2t | ce5wuf3 | I am one of these hardly-ever drivers. I usually won't even do a grocery drive - even in the summer. I find dibs annoying because parking is tough in general; why should you get to reserve a spot because you had to have the luxury of driving your 30pk beers and flat of water bottles back to your doorstep? If I'm ever going to believe in a dibs system, it will have nothing to do with moving a pile of snow.
Then again, if people would stop parking with 4 feet of space on either end of their cars, there'd be twice as much room for other cars and I wouldn't have to drive in circles around my neighborhood for 30 minutes trying to get my heavy groceries close enough to home to justify driving in the first place. | CAR FOR SALE. MAKE AN OFFER. |
IkeaCarTetris | I'm doing something I enjoy (CAD drawing).
When I quit school, most of the job offerings required a degree in engineering, or equalled by experience. I was bored out of my mind in school, so I figured I would try to get the experience, and make a little money on the way.
I found a job that I liked doing (cliché, but very important), which automatically drives me to get better at it. At first I was the obvious rookie who had to ask everyone for help. I'm still doing the same job (4.5 years later), but now I fucking own it, and people come to me for help.
Take the person across from me at work for example. Just graduated as an engineer, but zero skills in problem solving and logical thinking. He's doing the exact same job I am, I am a lot better at it (if I say so myself), AND up untill now I have made a shitload more money compared to him. Which means I have been able to go on trips, bought myself a brand new motorcycle, and have been renting an appartment on my own for the last couple of months. Things that he hasn't been able to do.
Granted, his paycheck will probably always be a bit higher than mine. But it just goes to show that a degree doesn't always mean he's smarter or better than me.
TL;DR: I'm doing just fine, and I don't regret a single second. | I'm doing something I enjoy (CAD drawing).
When I quit school, most of the job offerings required a degree in engineering, or equalled by experience. I was bored out of my mind in school, so I figured I would try to get the experience, and make a little money on the way.
I found a job that I liked doing (cliché, but very important), which automatically drives me to get better at it. At first I was the obvious rookie who had to ask everyone for help. I'm still doing the same job (4.5 years later), but now I fucking own it, and people come to me for help.
Take the person across from me at work for example. Just graduated as an engineer, but zero skills in problem solving and logical thinking. He's doing the exact same job I am, I am a lot better at it (if I say so myself), AND up untill now I have made a shitload more money compared to him. Which means I have been able to go on trips, bought myself a brand new motorcycle, and have been renting an appartment on my own for the last couple of months. Things that he hasn't been able to do.
Granted, his paycheck will probably always be a bit higher than mine. But it just goes to show that a degree doesn't always mean he's smarter or better than me.
TL;DR: I'm doing just fine, and I don't regret a single second.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce5sxwr | I'm doing something I enjoy (CAD drawing).
When I quit school, most of the job offerings required a degree in engineering, or equalled by experience. I was bored out of my mind in school, so I figured I would try to get the experience, and make a little money on the way.
I found a job that I liked doing (cliché, but very important), which automatically drives me to get better at it. At first I was the obvious rookie who had to ask everyone for help. I'm still doing the same job (4.5 years later), but now I fucking own it, and people come to me for help.
Take the person across from me at work for example. Just graduated as an engineer, but zero skills in problem solving and logical thinking. He's doing the exact same job I am, I am a lot better at it (if I say so myself), AND up untill now I have made a shitload more money compared to him. Which means I have been able to go on trips, bought myself a brand new motorcycle, and have been renting an appartment on my own for the last couple of months. Things that he hasn't been able to do.
Granted, his paycheck will probably always be a bit higher than mine. But it just goes to show that a degree doesn't always mean he's smarter or better than me. | I'm doing just fine, and I don't regret a single second. |
-Borfo- | Just cover the controller you've got with gold leaf and diamonds and stuff. Then if anyone gives you a hard time about it you can tell them to fuck off because even though normally a shitty controller like yours would justify drawing some pretty unfavourable conclusions about you as a person, your controller is worth more than most people make in ten years because of all the diamonds and shit.
TLDR: cover your shitty controller in diamonds and get mad respect. | Just cover the controller you've got with gold leaf and diamonds and stuff. Then if anyone gives you a hard time about it you can tell them to fuck off because even though normally a shitty controller like yours would justify drawing some pretty unfavourable conclusions about you as a person, your controller is worth more than most people make in ten years because of all the diamonds and shit.
TLDR: cover your shitty controller in diamonds and get mad respect.
| DJs | t5_2rddy | ce5siso | Just cover the controller you've got with gold leaf and diamonds and stuff. Then if anyone gives you a hard time about it you can tell them to fuck off because even though normally a shitty controller like yours would justify drawing some pretty unfavourable conclusions about you as a person, your controller is worth more than most people make in ten years because of all the diamonds and shit. | cover your shitty controller in diamonds and get mad respect. |
CupBeEmpty | >...the city will fine property owners who do not clear their (public) sidewalks
HAHAHAHAHA... no they won't. ;_;
I actually wish they would do some enforcement.
**BUT CLEAR YOUR DAMN SIDEWALK. IT IS YOUR DUTY.**
The relevant section of the Providence Municipal Code
>Sec. 23-13. Removal of snow—Required.permanent link to this piece of content
>All owners, occupants or persons, having care of any building or lot bordering upon any street, highway or public place within the city, shall, within the first eight (8) hours of daylight after the end of any snowfall, or the fall or deposit of snow on the sidewalk of said building or lot from any cause whatsoever:
>(a)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from a path not less than three (3) feet in width of the entire border in or on said street, highway, or public place;
(b)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from around any fire hydrant on the sidewalk in front of said building or lot;
(c)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from the opening of any catch basin in the sidewalk of said building or lot;
(d)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from pedestrian-access ramps cut into street curbs bordering said building or lot;
Any person found guilty of violating this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). The enforcement of the above shall be done by the city police department and/or an inspector or supervisor of the city public works department. Failure to pay the fine within thirty (30) days will result in the creation of a special lien against the said lot(s), which lien shall be removed only upon payment of the fine plus an administrative penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The imposition of such fine and other charges may be appealed to municipal court within ten (10) days of the issuance of a written citation.
Basically, you can be fined. You probably should be fined. However, the city never seems to enforce this. I have never heard of anyone getting dinged with a fine, I have never seen anyone get fined, and plenty of people fail to clear the sidewalks.
**People not clearing the sidewalk in front of their property pisses me off a lot.** It becomes dangerous. Especially on the East Side there are people (specifically I worry about elderly people, which I see frequently) that rely on walking and public transportation. Un cleared snow becomes ice and becomes dangerous. Not clearing your sidewalks means that people start walking in the street because the sidewalk becomes impassible, creating a danger to the pedestrians and drivers.
Waaaaay too many people don't clear their sidewalks. Way too many landlords get their driveways cleared but neglect the sidewalk. Way too many tenants don't clear their walks even if it is in their lease.
There is a general civic breakdown when it comes to clearing snow and it bothers me.
**If you don't clear your sidewalks you are being an asshole.** (there are a few exceptions to this rule for elderly or infirmed people or people of seriously limited means but generally the rule holds)
/rant
**TL;DR:** Clear your sidewalks. You can be fined anywhere from $25 to $500 and you can get a lien against your property if you don't pay. I have never seen the rule enforced but that isn't an excuse to not clear your damn sidewalk. | >...the city will fine property owners who do not clear their (public) sidewalks
HAHAHAHAHA... no they won't. ;_;
I actually wish they would do some enforcement.
BUT CLEAR YOUR DAMN SIDEWALK. IT IS YOUR DUTY.
The relevant section of the Providence Municipal Code
>Sec. 23-13. Removal of snow—Required.permanent link to this piece of content
>All owners, occupants or persons, having care of any building or lot bordering upon any street, highway or public place within the city, shall, within the first eight (8) hours of daylight after the end of any snowfall, or the fall or deposit of snow on the sidewalk of said building or lot from any cause whatsoever:
>(a)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from a path not less than three (3) feet in width of the entire border in or on said street, highway, or public place;
(b)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from around any fire hydrant on the sidewalk in front of said building or lot;
(c)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from the opening of any catch basin in the sidewalk of said building or lot;
(d)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from pedestrian-access ramps cut into street curbs bordering said building or lot;
Any person found guilty of violating this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). The enforcement of the above shall be done by the city police department and/or an inspector or supervisor of the city public works department. Failure to pay the fine within thirty (30) days will result in the creation of a special lien against the said lot(s), which lien shall be removed only upon payment of the fine plus an administrative penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The imposition of such fine and other charges may be appealed to municipal court within ten (10) days of the issuance of a written citation.
Basically, you can be fined. You probably should be fined. However, the city never seems to enforce this. I have never heard of anyone getting dinged with a fine, I have never seen anyone get fined, and plenty of people fail to clear the sidewalks.
People not clearing the sidewalk in front of their property pisses me off a lot. It becomes dangerous. Especially on the East Side there are people (specifically I worry about elderly people, which I see frequently) that rely on walking and public transportation. Un cleared snow becomes ice and becomes dangerous. Not clearing your sidewalks means that people start walking in the street because the sidewalk becomes impassible, creating a danger to the pedestrians and drivers.
Waaaaay too many people don't clear their sidewalks. Way too many landlords get their driveways cleared but neglect the sidewalk. Way too many tenants don't clear their walks even if it is in their lease.
There is a general civic breakdown when it comes to clearing snow and it bothers me.
If you don't clear your sidewalks you are being an asshole. (there are a few exceptions to this rule for elderly or infirmed people or people of seriously limited means but generally the rule holds)
/rant
TL;DR: Clear your sidewalks. You can be fined anywhere from $25 to $500 and you can get a lien against your property if you don't pay. I have never seen the rule enforced but that isn't an excuse to not clear your damn sidewalk.
| providence | t5_2rmqg | ce5zby9 | the city will fine property owners who do not clear their (public) sidewalks
HAHAHAHAHA... no they won't. ;_;
I actually wish they would do some enforcement.
BUT CLEAR YOUR DAMN SIDEWALK. IT IS YOUR DUTY.
The relevant section of the Providence Municipal Code
>Sec. 23-13. Removal of snow—Required.permanent link to this piece of content
>All owners, occupants or persons, having care of any building or lot bordering upon any street, highway or public place within the city, shall, within the first eight (8) hours of daylight after the end of any snowfall, or the fall or deposit of snow on the sidewalk of said building or lot from any cause whatsoever:
>(a)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from a path not less than three (3) feet in width of the entire border in or on said street, highway, or public place;
(b)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from around any fire hydrant on the sidewalk in front of said building or lot;
(c)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from the opening of any catch basin in the sidewalk of said building or lot;
(d)
Remove or cause to be removed all snow from pedestrian-access ramps cut into street curbs bordering said building or lot;
Any person found guilty of violating this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). The enforcement of the above shall be done by the city police department and/or an inspector or supervisor of the city public works department. Failure to pay the fine within thirty (30) days will result in the creation of a special lien against the said lot(s), which lien shall be removed only upon payment of the fine plus an administrative penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00). The imposition of such fine and other charges may be appealed to municipal court within ten (10) days of the issuance of a written citation.
Basically, you can be fined. You probably should be fined. However, the city never seems to enforce this. I have never heard of anyone getting dinged with a fine, I have never seen anyone get fined, and plenty of people fail to clear the sidewalks.
People not clearing the sidewalk in front of their property pisses me off a lot. It becomes dangerous. Especially on the East Side there are people (specifically I worry about elderly people, which I see frequently) that rely on walking and public transportation. Un cleared snow becomes ice and becomes dangerous. Not clearing your sidewalks means that people start walking in the street because the sidewalk becomes impassible, creating a danger to the pedestrians and drivers.
Waaaaay too many people don't clear their sidewalks. Way too many landlords get their driveways cleared but neglect the sidewalk. Way too many tenants don't clear their walks even if it is in their lease.
There is a general civic breakdown when it comes to clearing snow and it bothers me.
If you don't clear your sidewalks you are being an asshole. (there are a few exceptions to this rule for elderly or infirmed people or people of seriously limited means but generally the rule holds)
/rant | Clear your sidewalks. You can be fined anywhere from $25 to $500 and you can get a lien against your property if you don't pay. I have never seen the rule enforced but that isn't an excuse to not clear your damn sidewalk. |
PedroPF | I had a class on Ukraine today, so here we go:
The population of Ukraine and maybe even the government wants to join the EU ( It has expanded to the point the only former soviet states in Europa that are not in the EU are Moldavia, Ukraine and Belarus ), however, the government is 'scared' that if they break the relationship with Russia, the latter will cut their natural gas/rise the prices (Russia supplies the whole of Europe with narutal gas). In 2006 (I think, not sure) Ukraine showed some alignment to the EU side and somehow, there were 'problems' with the gas contracts with Russia, during the winter, and it was cut. Lets also remember that the former president of Ukraine was poisoned, by Russia.
Right now, I wouldn't like to be president of Ukraine, as in one side, the population wants to align with the EU, however, even if the government wanted, Russia can do something about it (they are REALLY desperate because they are losing their influence )
TL;DR: Don't fuck up with ~~Putin~~ Russia | I had a class on Ukraine today, so here we go:
The population of Ukraine and maybe even the government wants to join the EU ( It has expanded to the point the only former soviet states in Europa that are not in the EU are Moldavia, Ukraine and Belarus ), however, the government is 'scared' that if they break the relationship with Russia, the latter will cut their natural gas/rise the prices (Russia supplies the whole of Europe with narutal gas). In 2006 (I think, not sure) Ukraine showed some alignment to the EU side and somehow, there were 'problems' with the gas contracts with Russia, during the winter, and it was cut. Lets also remember that the former president of Ukraine was poisoned, by Russia.
Right now, I wouldn't like to be president of Ukraine, as in one side, the population wants to align with the EU, however, even if the government wanted, Russia can do something about it (they are REALLY desperate because they are losing their influence )
TL;DR: Don't fuck up with Putin Russia
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | ce5ysji | I had a class on Ukraine today, so here we go:
The population of Ukraine and maybe even the government wants to join the EU ( It has expanded to the point the only former soviet states in Europa that are not in the EU are Moldavia, Ukraine and Belarus ), however, the government is 'scared' that if they break the relationship with Russia, the latter will cut their natural gas/rise the prices (Russia supplies the whole of Europe with narutal gas). In 2006 (I think, not sure) Ukraine showed some alignment to the EU side and somehow, there were 'problems' with the gas contracts with Russia, during the winter, and it was cut. Lets also remember that the former president of Ukraine was poisoned, by Russia.
Right now, I wouldn't like to be president of Ukraine, as in one side, the population wants to align with the EU, however, even if the government wanted, Russia can do something about it (they are REALLY desperate because they are losing their influence ) | Don't fuck up with Putin Russia |
evilawesome | social justice does not mean that you respond blindly to every situation with "THAT'S RAAAAACIST!!!! ALSO THE PATRIARCHY!!!"
in point of fact, this kind of lazy oversimplificaton is counter productive to creating dialogue, and only promotes the exact kind of stereotypical thinking that disenfranchises minority communities.
one of my primary critiques of feminist ideology is the idea that men and women are exactly the same, and it is only the evil patriarchy that separates them, when there are in fact innumerable fundamental biological and psychological differences between them. (Of course, these differences, or for that matter any scientific data which contradicts feminist ideology, is often dismissed as "biotruths", as you so kindly provided an example of in your other response.)
ask yourself, *why?* why do men behave in the way you describe? i know your first superficial response may be "because the patriarchy tells them it's okay!!!" but why do they have the initial motivation to behave so?
you need to try understand the male perspective, especially if you expect men to understand and sympathize with your perspective. for many men, their existence consists of constant and intense sexual desire, which as i said is met with frequent rejection and disappointment. this causes some men a significant degree of emotional stress, and some of them unfortunately express that in unskillful ways.
the issue i take with your framing is that you as a woman are sympathetic to the female emotional trauma of being insulted, and completely dismissive of the male experience, all while hypocritically asking men to be sensitive to your needs and perspective. of course in an ideal world, there would be ways for both men and women to express and receive validation to their needs, but this requires in depth perspective-sharing and analysis, while simply going "lol patriarchy!" is just as childishly reductionist and counterproductive as saying "women are just bitches".
**tl;dr: you've simplistically stated something that's very complex, and this is both intellectually lazy and harmful to productive dialogue. i'm not saying patriarchal institutions don't exist, just that the patriarchy is not the answer to every question. please learn to think critically.** | social justice does not mean that you respond blindly to every situation with "THAT'S RAAAAACIST!!!! ALSO THE PATRIARCHY!!!"
in point of fact, this kind of lazy oversimplificaton is counter productive to creating dialogue, and only promotes the exact kind of stereotypical thinking that disenfranchises minority communities.
one of my primary critiques of feminist ideology is the idea that men and women are exactly the same, and it is only the evil patriarchy that separates them, when there are in fact innumerable fundamental biological and psychological differences between them. (Of course, these differences, or for that matter any scientific data which contradicts feminist ideology, is often dismissed as "biotruths", as you so kindly provided an example of in your other response.)
ask yourself, why? why do men behave in the way you describe? i know your first superficial response may be "because the patriarchy tells them it's okay!!!" but why do they have the initial motivation to behave so?
you need to try understand the male perspective, especially if you expect men to understand and sympathize with your perspective. for many men, their existence consists of constant and intense sexual desire, which as i said is met with frequent rejection and disappointment. this causes some men a significant degree of emotional stress, and some of them unfortunately express that in unskillful ways.
the issue i take with your framing is that you as a woman are sympathetic to the female emotional trauma of being insulted, and completely dismissive of the male experience, all while hypocritically asking men to be sensitive to your needs and perspective. of course in an ideal world, there would be ways for both men and women to express and receive validation to their needs, but this requires in depth perspective-sharing and analysis, while simply going "lol patriarchy!" is just as childishly reductionist and counterproductive as saying "women are just bitches".
tl;dr: you've simplistically stated something that's very complex, and this is both intellectually lazy and harmful to productive dialogue. i'm not saying patriarchal institutions don't exist, just that the patriarchy is not the answer to every question. please learn to think critically.
| OkCupid | t5_2rct2 | ce71ny9 | social justice does not mean that you respond blindly to every situation with "THAT'S RAAAAACIST!!!! ALSO THE PATRIARCHY!!!"
in point of fact, this kind of lazy oversimplificaton is counter productive to creating dialogue, and only promotes the exact kind of stereotypical thinking that disenfranchises minority communities.
one of my primary critiques of feminist ideology is the idea that men and women are exactly the same, and it is only the evil patriarchy that separates them, when there are in fact innumerable fundamental biological and psychological differences between them. (Of course, these differences, or for that matter any scientific data which contradicts feminist ideology, is often dismissed as "biotruths", as you so kindly provided an example of in your other response.)
ask yourself, why? why do men behave in the way you describe? i know your first superficial response may be "because the patriarchy tells them it's okay!!!" but why do they have the initial motivation to behave so?
you need to try understand the male perspective, especially if you expect men to understand and sympathize with your perspective. for many men, their existence consists of constant and intense sexual desire, which as i said is met with frequent rejection and disappointment. this causes some men a significant degree of emotional stress, and some of them unfortunately express that in unskillful ways.
the issue i take with your framing is that you as a woman are sympathetic to the female emotional trauma of being insulted, and completely dismissive of the male experience, all while hypocritically asking men to be sensitive to your needs and perspective. of course in an ideal world, there would be ways for both men and women to express and receive validation to their needs, but this requires in depth perspective-sharing and analysis, while simply going "lol patriarchy!" is just as childishly reductionist and counterproductive as saying "women are just bitches". | you've simplistically stated something that's very complex, and this is both intellectually lazy and harmful to productive dialogue. i'm not saying patriarchal institutions don't exist, just that the patriarchy is not the answer to every question. please learn to think critically. |
urban_sarcasm | Story time: I grew up in northern Ohio and it was commonplace to drink water from the tap. It was as natural as Saturday morning cartoons, you just did it without thinking. Once I made it to Vegas, I quickly realized that tap water was no longer an option because, at least to me, the smell I get when trying to drink a glass full of tap water here makes me pause and look for the turd floating in my glass.
Fast forward to this past weekend. My husband has a 17 year old brother who, save one class trip in Kindergarten, has never traveled outside of Vegas (their family does well enough, but not enough to take 4 kids on elaborate vacations out of state). We took him with us to our recent trip to an amusement park in SoCal. Once we got settled into the hotel room, I was thirsty so I grabbed a glass and filled it from the faucet in the bathroom. As I walked into the main part of the hotel room drinking the water, my bro-in-law looked at me honestly astonished at what I was doing. I had to explain to him that, yes, in other parts of the country it is common to be able to drink the water straight from the faucet. He was still visibly surprised and grabbed the glass from my hand to taste it for himself.
**TL;DR**: 17 year old kid who's been stuck in Vegas his whole life didn't believe me when I said you can drink tap water in other parts of the US, had to try it for himself. | Story time: I grew up in northern Ohio and it was commonplace to drink water from the tap. It was as natural as Saturday morning cartoons, you just did it without thinking. Once I made it to Vegas, I quickly realized that tap water was no longer an option because, at least to me, the smell I get when trying to drink a glass full of tap water here makes me pause and look for the turd floating in my glass.
Fast forward to this past weekend. My husband has a 17 year old brother who, save one class trip in Kindergarten, has never traveled outside of Vegas (their family does well enough, but not enough to take 4 kids on elaborate vacations out of state). We took him with us to our recent trip to an amusement park in SoCal. Once we got settled into the hotel room, I was thirsty so I grabbed a glass and filled it from the faucet in the bathroom. As I walked into the main part of the hotel room drinking the water, my bro-in-law looked at me honestly astonished at what I was doing. I had to explain to him that, yes, in other parts of the country it is common to be able to drink the water straight from the faucet. He was still visibly surprised and grabbed the glass from my hand to taste it for himself.
TL;DR : 17 year old kid who's been stuck in Vegas his whole life didn't believe me when I said you can drink tap water in other parts of the US, had to try it for himself.
| vegas | t5_2qhrs | ceadxvp | Story time: I grew up in northern Ohio and it was commonplace to drink water from the tap. It was as natural as Saturday morning cartoons, you just did it without thinking. Once I made it to Vegas, I quickly realized that tap water was no longer an option because, at least to me, the smell I get when trying to drink a glass full of tap water here makes me pause and look for the turd floating in my glass.
Fast forward to this past weekend. My husband has a 17 year old brother who, save one class trip in Kindergarten, has never traveled outside of Vegas (their family does well enough, but not enough to take 4 kids on elaborate vacations out of state). We took him with us to our recent trip to an amusement park in SoCal. Once we got settled into the hotel room, I was thirsty so I grabbed a glass and filled it from the faucet in the bathroom. As I walked into the main part of the hotel room drinking the water, my bro-in-law looked at me honestly astonished at what I was doing. I had to explain to him that, yes, in other parts of the country it is common to be able to drink the water straight from the faucet. He was still visibly surprised and grabbed the glass from my hand to taste it for himself. | 17 year old kid who's been stuck in Vegas his whole life didn't believe me when I said you can drink tap water in other parts of the US, had to try it for himself. |
iammeese | One of the most influential and humbling events for me as a chef was visiting a small meat processing facility in rural Vermont. I was a culinary student, and we had the opportunity to visit this facility so I eagerly signed up to go. While there we saw a couple cattle come through the process, from live animal all the way down to sub-primals and consumer cuts. The experience gave me a much deeper respect for the meat that I cook both on the line at at home. It is no longer just a cut of meat, but instead a culmination of an animal's life, as well as that of the farmer, the butcher, and the cook.
A year after my visit to the processor I had the chance to visit again. This time I was able to bring a few friends from school, which was even better because I needed to share the experience with people that share the same ideals of cooking and ethics as me. This time we saw a couple of pigs get killed and processed. This second outing was even more impactful than the first, because pigs die much more violently than their bovine bretheren. Watching the first pig flop around the killfloor like a fish out of water was one of the more difficult things I had ever sat through (I was told that it was the nervous system firing off dead signals, but that didn't make it any easier.) After watching that a couple more times I left with a deep respect for the bacon we so mindlessly throw onto dishes these days.
I think these experiences really drove home the idea of nose to tail cooking in me. I had liked the idea before visiting the slaughterhouse, but afterwards it felt to be the only right option. I feel we owe it to the animals that gave us their bodies and lives to use as much of them as possible.
Thank you for posting this. I think that it is an experience that every person who prepares meat should have. Witnessing the end of a food animal's life and seeing it go from a whole animal to in the pan will change the way you view the meat in your pan.
TL,DR; I had a similar experience and you should too. | One of the most influential and humbling events for me as a chef was visiting a small meat processing facility in rural Vermont. I was a culinary student, and we had the opportunity to visit this facility so I eagerly signed up to go. While there we saw a couple cattle come through the process, from live animal all the way down to sub-primals and consumer cuts. The experience gave me a much deeper respect for the meat that I cook both on the line at at home. It is no longer just a cut of meat, but instead a culmination of an animal's life, as well as that of the farmer, the butcher, and the cook.
A year after my visit to the processor I had the chance to visit again. This time I was able to bring a few friends from school, which was even better because I needed to share the experience with people that share the same ideals of cooking and ethics as me. This time we saw a couple of pigs get killed and processed. This second outing was even more impactful than the first, because pigs die much more violently than their bovine bretheren. Watching the first pig flop around the killfloor like a fish out of water was one of the more difficult things I had ever sat through (I was told that it was the nervous system firing off dead signals, but that didn't make it any easier.) After watching that a couple more times I left with a deep respect for the bacon we so mindlessly throw onto dishes these days.
I think these experiences really drove home the idea of nose to tail cooking in me. I had liked the idea before visiting the slaughterhouse, but afterwards it felt to be the only right option. I feel we owe it to the animals that gave us their bodies and lives to use as much of them as possible.
Thank you for posting this. I think that it is an experience that every person who prepares meat should have. Witnessing the end of a food animal's life and seeing it go from a whole animal to in the pan will change the way you view the meat in your pan.
TL,DR; I had a similar experience and you should too.
| Chefit | t5_2s1da | ce6vn4m | One of the most influential and humbling events for me as a chef was visiting a small meat processing facility in rural Vermont. I was a culinary student, and we had the opportunity to visit this facility so I eagerly signed up to go. While there we saw a couple cattle come through the process, from live animal all the way down to sub-primals and consumer cuts. The experience gave me a much deeper respect for the meat that I cook both on the line at at home. It is no longer just a cut of meat, but instead a culmination of an animal's life, as well as that of the farmer, the butcher, and the cook.
A year after my visit to the processor I had the chance to visit again. This time I was able to bring a few friends from school, which was even better because I needed to share the experience with people that share the same ideals of cooking and ethics as me. This time we saw a couple of pigs get killed and processed. This second outing was even more impactful than the first, because pigs die much more violently than their bovine bretheren. Watching the first pig flop around the killfloor like a fish out of water was one of the more difficult things I had ever sat through (I was told that it was the nervous system firing off dead signals, but that didn't make it any easier.) After watching that a couple more times I left with a deep respect for the bacon we so mindlessly throw onto dishes these days.
I think these experiences really drove home the idea of nose to tail cooking in me. I had liked the idea before visiting the slaughterhouse, but afterwards it felt to be the only right option. I feel we owe it to the animals that gave us their bodies and lives to use as much of them as possible.
Thank you for posting this. I think that it is an experience that every person who prepares meat should have. Witnessing the end of a food animal's life and seeing it go from a whole animal to in the pan will change the way you view the meat in your pan. | I had a similar experience and you should too. |
KittenDick | My now fiance' actually proposed mid blowjob hahah
I was like "What?" he than came in my eye (by accident) got me a towel and a ring box.
He had planned to propose the next day at a romantic dinner we'd planned but he couldn't wait.
TLDR: bf liked bj so much he proposed.
| My now fiance' actually proposed mid blowjob hahah
I was like "What?" he than came in my eye (by accident) got me a towel and a ring box.
He had planned to propose the next day at a romantic dinner we'd planned but he couldn't wait.
TLDR: bf liked bj so much he proposed.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | ce7gbjj | My now fiance' actually proposed mid blowjob hahah
I was like "What?" he than came in my eye (by accident) got me a towel and a ring box.
He had planned to propose the next day at a romantic dinner we'd planned but he couldn't wait. | bf liked bj so much he proposed. |
BIRDERofDaYR3XinaRoW | The World map you're used to is actually upside down meaning the Northern hemisphere is actually in the south and vice versa. North America and Canada are below South America. Russia and Africa are below India and Austraila and Great Britain and Ireland. Pretty crazy hey?
Some say the reasoning behind this as far as America goes is that perception is everything so if we were to show people that America is actually below South America geographically perception would dictate that America is less powerful than the countries above it. Sooo Fucking Stupid... Yet absolutely true.
***TLDR:*** The World Map you're used to is actually upside down. | The World map you're used to is actually upside down meaning the Northern hemisphere is actually in the south and vice versa. North America and Canada are below South America. Russia and Africa are below India and Austraila and Great Britain and Ireland. Pretty crazy hey?
Some say the reasoning behind this as far as America goes is that perception is everything so if we were to show people that America is actually below South America geographically perception would dictate that America is less powerful than the countries above it. Sooo Fucking Stupid... Yet absolutely true.
TLDR: The World Map you're used to is actually upside down.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce76g5h | The World map you're used to is actually upside down meaning the Northern hemisphere is actually in the south and vice versa. North America and Canada are below South America. Russia and Africa are below India and Austraila and Great Britain and Ireland. Pretty crazy hey?
Some say the reasoning behind this as far as America goes is that perception is everything so if we were to show people that America is actually below South America geographically perception would dictate that America is less powerful than the countries above it. Sooo Fucking Stupid... Yet absolutely true. | The World Map you're used to is actually upside down. |
utopianfiat | Is there a way to disprove his homophobia?
People like this don't have altruistic intentions. They feed on their own perceived dominance. They're aggressive because feeling like they've "won" makes them feel good.
In this way, "proving" his homophobia is irrelevant, because there is no way to "disprove" it.
tl;dr - you cannot meet a person halfway if they're always walking backwards. | Is there a way to disprove his homophobia?
People like this don't have altruistic intentions. They feed on their own perceived dominance. They're aggressive because feeling like they've "won" makes them feel good.
In this way, "proving" his homophobia is irrelevant, because there is no way to "disprove" it.
tl;dr - you cannot meet a person halfway if they're always walking backwards.
| GirlGamers | t5_2rfec | ce7po9c | Is there a way to disprove his homophobia?
People like this don't have altruistic intentions. They feed on their own perceived dominance. They're aggressive because feeling like they've "won" makes them feel good.
In this way, "proving" his homophobia is irrelevant, because there is no way to "disprove" it. | you cannot meet a person halfway if they're always walking backwards. |
TheKnightWhoSaysMeh | A Jesus-looking guy sat besides me, Most of the time he was watching psychedelic music clips on his iPad. He did ask me a few weird questions that made it quite clear that he had no clue of our destination except it's name. Sometime during the flight he went to the toilet, Which was followed by a commotion up front and some argument between him and the crew. It turned out that he smoked a joint in the airplane toilet, Which turned the fire alarm.
When we landed, Police was waiting for him at the gate, Followed by police dogs finding his luggage for him at baggage claim carousel...
**TL;DR: a really shitty drug smuggler was stupid enough to smoke an in-flight joint.** | A Jesus-looking guy sat besides me, Most of the time he was watching psychedelic music clips on his iPad. He did ask me a few weird questions that made it quite clear that he had no clue of our destination except it's name. Sometime during the flight he went to the toilet, Which was followed by a commotion up front and some argument between him and the crew. It turned out that he smoked a joint in the airplane toilet, Which turned the fire alarm.
When we landed, Police was waiting for him at the gate, Followed by police dogs finding his luggage for him at baggage claim carousel...
TL;DR: a really shitty drug smuggler was stupid enough to smoke an in-flight joint.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce7pdhd | A Jesus-looking guy sat besides me, Most of the time he was watching psychedelic music clips on his iPad. He did ask me a few weird questions that made it quite clear that he had no clue of our destination except it's name. Sometime during the flight he went to the toilet, Which was followed by a commotion up front and some argument between him and the crew. It turned out that he smoked a joint in the airplane toilet, Which turned the fire alarm.
When we landed, Police was waiting for him at the gate, Followed by police dogs finding his luggage for him at baggage claim carousel... | a really shitty drug smuggler was stupid enough to smoke an in-flight joint. |
tipsyopossum | Welcome to the club! Here are some tricks:
--Learn to ride it out and do a few of them in a row. Once I get a few in, I've had some of these that are stronger than any "normal" orgasms I've ever had.
--Try different breathing patterns. You'll probably find one that you get comfortable with and can then orgasm easier with that particular pattern, but different things might have different effects.
--Were you mentally focused on your genitals? Try to do the same thing but focus on something else instead, like your nipples, your head, etc.
--Once I could have these, I realized I could also orgasm from some odd forms of stimulation: nipple stimulation for example. Try that and have fun!
--Perhaps the most intense "improvement" to this trick that I tried is to do the mind-orgasm but also stimulate myself in a way that is intense but doesn't directly lead to orgasm. For example, I'm a dude, so I'd add light, brief touches to sensitive parts of my penis (instead of the kind of jacking-off motion that leads to ejaculation for me). I'd still have an orgasm, but it would be non-ejaculatory. YMMV if you don't have a penis, though, as this may not seem as ground-breaking.
--Related, try doing kegels along with the mental-orgasms. That always makes them extra intense for me!
tl:dr you are now part of an elite order of sexual psychics. Your ring and membership information will be along shortly. | Welcome to the club! Here are some tricks:
--Learn to ride it out and do a few of them in a row. Once I get a few in, I've had some of these that are stronger than any "normal" orgasms I've ever had.
--Try different breathing patterns. You'll probably find one that you get comfortable with and can then orgasm easier with that particular pattern, but different things might have different effects.
--Were you mentally focused on your genitals? Try to do the same thing but focus on something else instead, like your nipples, your head, etc.
--Once I could have these, I realized I could also orgasm from some odd forms of stimulation: nipple stimulation for example. Try that and have fun!
--Perhaps the most intense "improvement" to this trick that I tried is to do the mind-orgasm but also stimulate myself in a way that is intense but doesn't directly lead to orgasm. For example, I'm a dude, so I'd add light, brief touches to sensitive parts of my penis (instead of the kind of jacking-off motion that leads to ejaculation for me). I'd still have an orgasm, but it would be non-ejaculatory. YMMV if you don't have a penis, though, as this may not seem as ground-breaking.
--Related, try doing kegels along with the mental-orgasms. That always makes them extra intense for me!
tl:dr you are now part of an elite order of sexual psychics. Your ring and membership information will be along shortly.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | ce8bcdi | Welcome to the club! Here are some tricks:
--Learn to ride it out and do a few of them in a row. Once I get a few in, I've had some of these that are stronger than any "normal" orgasms I've ever had.
--Try different breathing patterns. You'll probably find one that you get comfortable with and can then orgasm easier with that particular pattern, but different things might have different effects.
--Were you mentally focused on your genitals? Try to do the same thing but focus on something else instead, like your nipples, your head, etc.
--Once I could have these, I realized I could also orgasm from some odd forms of stimulation: nipple stimulation for example. Try that and have fun!
--Perhaps the most intense "improvement" to this trick that I tried is to do the mind-orgasm but also stimulate myself in a way that is intense but doesn't directly lead to orgasm. For example, I'm a dude, so I'd add light, brief touches to sensitive parts of my penis (instead of the kind of jacking-off motion that leads to ejaculation for me). I'd still have an orgasm, but it would be non-ejaculatory. YMMV if you don't have a penis, though, as this may not seem as ground-breaking.
--Related, try doing kegels along with the mental-orgasms. That always makes them extra intense for me! | you are now part of an elite order of sexual psychics. Your ring and membership information will be along shortly. |
synx07 | That's what I was thinking. Third person corner peaking is good as well. I will probably be the only person that doesn't feel like combat logging is an issue, given that we don't have stats showing kills or anything. Who cares that that dude is a pussy and logged out? You more than likely wrecked the good loot anyways... Yeah, it could be problem down the road, but I see it mostly being a problem for KOS people and CoD kids.
TL;DR if someone wants to log out and not die, deal with it and move on. Loot would be fucked anyways. | That's what I was thinking. Third person corner peaking is good as well. I will probably be the only person that doesn't feel like combat logging is an issue, given that we don't have stats showing kills or anything. Who cares that that dude is a pussy and logged out? You more than likely wrecked the good loot anyways... Yeah, it could be problem down the road, but I see it mostly being a problem for KOS people and CoD kids.
TL;DR if someone wants to log out and not die, deal with it and move on. Loot would be fucked anyways.
| dayz | t5_2ty3s | ce8rjjy | That's what I was thinking. Third person corner peaking is good as well. I will probably be the only person that doesn't feel like combat logging is an issue, given that we don't have stats showing kills or anything. Who cares that that dude is a pussy and logged out? You more than likely wrecked the good loot anyways... Yeah, it could be problem down the road, but I see it mostly being a problem for KOS people and CoD kids. | if someone wants to log out and not die, deal with it and move on. Loot would be fucked anyways. |
ElderHansLanda | Well, there are four (two for the Aaronic Priesthood and two for the Melchizedek Priesthood). The first one is mostly a normal handshake with the thumb over the knuckle of the pointer finger. It's name is whatever your name is (or the name of the dead person if you're not there for the first time).The second "token" is similar, with the thumb in between the pointer and middle fingers. Its name is the "new name" you get in the temple (supposedly your super secret name from the preexistence, but really just whatever name happened to be on the list that day; its the same name for everyone there).
The third one has you hand fully extended and perpendicular to the floor. The temple worker comes and puts his or her thumb and index finger on the middle of each side of your hand. It is called the sign of the nail, and its name is the Son. The final handshake is Patriarchal Grip, or Sure Sign of the Nail. It has interlocking pinkie fingers, with the pointer finger extended to the wrist. Its name is ridiculously long and bizarre. If I remember correctly it is "Health in the navel, marrow in the bones, strength in the loins and in the sinews, power in the priesthood be upon me and my posterity throughout all generations of time and through all eternity." You supposedly have to give all of those handshakes and names to an angel to get into heaven.
You learn them at various parts of the temple "ceremony" and then at the end you go to the veil, which is basically just a curtain with holes in it. A guy sticks his hands through the holes and pretends to be an angel. You have to show him the handahakes and tell him the names, and then he will let you in. And if all this sounds super cultish and creepy, well, you're right.
TL;DR for endowed ex-mos: I have my signs and tokens, but I do not sell them for money. I keep them sacred and only reveal them for Karma. | Well, there are four (two for the Aaronic Priesthood and two for the Melchizedek Priesthood). The first one is mostly a normal handshake with the thumb over the knuckle of the pointer finger. It's name is whatever your name is (or the name of the dead person if you're not there for the first time).The second "token" is similar, with the thumb in between the pointer and middle fingers. Its name is the "new name" you get in the temple (supposedly your super secret name from the preexistence, but really just whatever name happened to be on the list that day; its the same name for everyone there).
The third one has you hand fully extended and perpendicular to the floor. The temple worker comes and puts his or her thumb and index finger on the middle of each side of your hand. It is called the sign of the nail, and its name is the Son. The final handshake is Patriarchal Grip, or Sure Sign of the Nail. It has interlocking pinkie fingers, with the pointer finger extended to the wrist. Its name is ridiculously long and bizarre. If I remember correctly it is "Health in the navel, marrow in the bones, strength in the loins and in the sinews, power in the priesthood be upon me and my posterity throughout all generations of time and through all eternity." You supposedly have to give all of those handshakes and names to an angel to get into heaven.
You learn them at various parts of the temple "ceremony" and then at the end you go to the veil, which is basically just a curtain with holes in it. A guy sticks his hands through the holes and pretends to be an angel. You have to show him the handahakes and tell him the names, and then he will let you in. And if all this sounds super cultish and creepy, well, you're right.
TL;DR for endowed ex-mos: I have my signs and tokens, but I do not sell them for money. I keep them sacred and only reveal them for Karma.
| exmormon | t5_2r0gj | ce8jywr | Well, there are four (two for the Aaronic Priesthood and two for the Melchizedek Priesthood). The first one is mostly a normal handshake with the thumb over the knuckle of the pointer finger. It's name is whatever your name is (or the name of the dead person if you're not there for the first time).The second "token" is similar, with the thumb in between the pointer and middle fingers. Its name is the "new name" you get in the temple (supposedly your super secret name from the preexistence, but really just whatever name happened to be on the list that day; its the same name for everyone there).
The third one has you hand fully extended and perpendicular to the floor. The temple worker comes and puts his or her thumb and index finger on the middle of each side of your hand. It is called the sign of the nail, and its name is the Son. The final handshake is Patriarchal Grip, or Sure Sign of the Nail. It has interlocking pinkie fingers, with the pointer finger extended to the wrist. Its name is ridiculously long and bizarre. If I remember correctly it is "Health in the navel, marrow in the bones, strength in the loins and in the sinews, power in the priesthood be upon me and my posterity throughout all generations of time and through all eternity." You supposedly have to give all of those handshakes and names to an angel to get into heaven.
You learn them at various parts of the temple "ceremony" and then at the end you go to the veil, which is basically just a curtain with holes in it. A guy sticks his hands through the holes and pretends to be an angel. You have to show him the handahakes and tell him the names, and then he will let you in. And if all this sounds super cultish and creepy, well, you're right. | for endowed ex-mos: I have my signs and tokens, but I do not sell them for money. I keep them sacred and only reveal them for Karma. |
from_a_typewriter | Having just completed a similar-esque trip (bouncing from city to city in Europe, staying in hostels with others, ect..) yoga took a back-burner for a period of time. Sorry... :( I know that's not the most supportive. When I did make time, I had to alter my practice to include more mental work than physical. Since I'm not sure how intense or which form of yoga you choose to practice, I would offer the advice to focus on having a fantastic time and internalizing that as a reflective point on your mental yoga focus.
TL;DR - Amp up for mental focus and meditation to adapt to lacking physical space. | Having just completed a similar-esque trip (bouncing from city to city in Europe, staying in hostels with others, ect..) yoga took a back-burner for a period of time. Sorry... :( I know that's not the most supportive. When I did make time, I had to alter my practice to include more mental work than physical. Since I'm not sure how intense or which form of yoga you choose to practice, I would offer the advice to focus on having a fantastic time and internalizing that as a reflective point on your mental yoga focus.
TL;DR - Amp up for mental focus and meditation to adapt to lacking physical space.
| yoga | t5_2qhq6 | ce8gz79 | Having just completed a similar-esque trip (bouncing from city to city in Europe, staying in hostels with others, ect..) yoga took a back-burner for a period of time. Sorry... :( I know that's not the most supportive. When I did make time, I had to alter my practice to include more mental work than physical. Since I'm not sure how intense or which form of yoga you choose to practice, I would offer the advice to focus on having a fantastic time and internalizing that as a reflective point on your mental yoga focus. | Amp up for mental focus and meditation to adapt to lacking physical space. |
piiees | they used to have that as kayles passive, and it made her incredibly broken (was like s1 or something). if they make it like it, it'd be incredibly op like it was on kayle, except people will abuse it on people like jax, who are already incredibly strong atm. or if it was given really low values so it's not over powered, it'd very easily be underpowered and never used.
tl;dr: its pretty much impossible to balance a crossover scale like that. | they used to have that as kayles passive, and it made her incredibly broken (was like s1 or something). if they make it like it, it'd be incredibly op like it was on kayle, except people will abuse it on people like jax, who are already incredibly strong atm. or if it was given really low values so it's not over powered, it'd very easily be underpowered and never used.
tl;dr: its pretty much impossible to balance a crossover scale like that.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | ce91ogc | they used to have that as kayles passive, and it made her incredibly broken (was like s1 or something). if they make it like it, it'd be incredibly op like it was on kayle, except people will abuse it on people like jax, who are already incredibly strong atm. or if it was given really low values so it's not over powered, it'd very easily be underpowered and never used. | its pretty much impossible to balance a crossover scale like that. |
culraid | I've watched enough Antiques Roadshow to know that the first thing a pro does is pull out a drawer and examine it's construction, along with the underneath of the thing, that you don't normally see, to help with determining an object's age/authenticity.
tl:dr; We need to see your drawers please. | I've watched enough Antiques Roadshow to know that the first thing a pro does is pull out a drawer and examine it's construction, along with the underneath of the thing, that you don't normally see, to help with determining an object's age/authenticity.
tl:dr; We need to see your drawers please.
| whatisthisthing | t5_2s3kh | ce9urb6 | I've watched enough Antiques Roadshow to know that the first thing a pro does is pull out a drawer and examine it's construction, along with the underneath of the thing, that you don't normally see, to help with determining an object's age/authenticity. | We need to see your drawers please. |
AntonMikhailov | Funny that you say that, I ran into someone with a negative bounty tonight too. Everyone in the lobby (including the guy giving billions to players, who apparently wasn't responsible for this one) started freaking out, since they said that meant it was over the limit of $99 billion or something. I ended up being the lucky guy who killed him. I had $30 on hand beforehand, and $30 afterwards. I lost track of my bank account, but it shouldn't matter because bounties add to your cash on hand, not your bank.
TL;DR killed a guy with negative ~1m bounty, nothing happened | Funny that you say that, I ran into someone with a negative bounty tonight too. Everyone in the lobby (including the guy giving billions to players, who apparently wasn't responsible for this one) started freaking out, since they said that meant it was over the limit of $99 billion or something. I ended up being the lucky guy who killed him. I had $30 on hand beforehand, and $30 afterwards. I lost track of my bank account, but it shouldn't matter because bounties add to your cash on hand, not your bank.
TL;DR killed a guy with negative ~1m bounty, nothing happened
| GrandTheftAutoV | t5_2t0xk | ce98o0r | Funny that you say that, I ran into someone with a negative bounty tonight too. Everyone in the lobby (including the guy giving billions to players, who apparently wasn't responsible for this one) started freaking out, since they said that meant it was over the limit of $99 billion or something. I ended up being the lucky guy who killed him. I had $30 on hand beforehand, and $30 afterwards. I lost track of my bank account, but it shouldn't matter because bounties add to your cash on hand, not your bank. | killed a guy with negative ~1m bounty, nothing happened |
chrono14 | As someone who was just on the receiving end of something similar I would just say be upfront with him.
I met a guy online and I kind of figured he wasn't in to me even though we both had a great time hanging out a few times. I was starting to get in to him and let him know, he told me he didn't feel the same way and I appreciated his honesty and moved on.
We're still friends and I'm sure will be hanging out and stuff still since we have a lot in common but now I know to keep looking instead of trying to make things work with someone who isn't interested in me romantically.
TL;DR: Just be upfront and honest with him. | As someone who was just on the receiving end of something similar I would just say be upfront with him.
I met a guy online and I kind of figured he wasn't in to me even though we both had a great time hanging out a few times. I was starting to get in to him and let him know, he told me he didn't feel the same way and I appreciated his honesty and moved on.
We're still friends and I'm sure will be hanging out and stuff still since we have a lot in common but now I know to keep looking instead of trying to make things work with someone who isn't interested in me romantically.
TL;DR: Just be upfront and honest with him.
| askgaybros | t5_2vgfw | ce9qhty | As someone who was just on the receiving end of something similar I would just say be upfront with him.
I met a guy online and I kind of figured he wasn't in to me even though we both had a great time hanging out a few times. I was starting to get in to him and let him know, he told me he didn't feel the same way and I appreciated his honesty and moved on.
We're still friends and I'm sure will be hanging out and stuff still since we have a lot in common but now I know to keep looking instead of trying to make things work with someone who isn't interested in me romantically. | Just be upfront and honest with him. |
theothercoldwarkid | this is satire right? you don't actually believe the constitution gives you the right to own a tank? because that's just hella stupid. And the constitution was created after Shay's Rebellion, because the small-government approach of the Articles of Confederation didn't work. (Shay's was the second of two tax rebellions so I fail to see why you think we "lived peacefully" until a bunch of "evil people" decided to do something about slavery.)
I always find it amusing when people say the civil war wasn't about slavery because even if it were about states' rights, it was about the states' rights to indulge in slavery. That's what caused the rush to organize new states after territory wars, it's what caused Bleeding Kansas, it's what catapulted the abolitionist movement from the fringe to the center and it was why, when the Confederacy formed, they decided that instead of making a brand new government document, they'd rather just copy/paste the entire constitution and just added over a dozen clauses strengthening the institution of slavery along with five or six minor laws regulating things like trade on the mississippi river and the appointment of certain judges. They could have decided to be true to the whole small government ideology by adopting the Articles of Confederation, but they didn't. They did, however, try to do small government even with their version of the US constitution, and it failed because the CSA's un-unified, hands-off approach was unable to present a unified front against the Union. Some states refused to commit troops for anything beyond defensive operations, for example. So yeah, once again, small government failed.
I don't really care if people think we'd be going back to a "purer" time if we shirked a bunch of laws and went back to the original blueprint. They're not paying attention to the current needs of the world, they're just waxing nostalgic over a time they never lived in, in the same way some people lament the "Fall of Eden" and wish things could be like they were in the beginning. The role and function of government changes with the times, and will continue to do so, so I'd rather see the current system modded and reformed rather than violently uprooted. Seriously, if elections were publicly funded the quid-pro-quo system of private funding would disappear. Possibly. We'd have to try it first, obviously.
The 2nd Amendment might be a negotiation over gun ownership but it's not a "break glass in case of emergency" button. Shay's Rebellion caused the congress to go "okay, letting everyone do what they want is clearly causing the country to fracture, how do we make a stronger, more stable government?" the Constitution is a reaction against rebellion, an attempt to reduce its likelihood, not an affirmation of it. The Civil War finally wiped away any debate on the right to rebel. Hell, the American revolution is a terrible example of the 2nd amendment in action anyway. The Americans almost got their asses stomped by the Brits until they managed to convince the french and spanish to lend support, and a prussian officer showed up to tell g-wash what he was doing wrong. Washington nearly lost the war, too, not just because he sucked at force management like at brandywine and germantown, but because he actually tried to launch an assault on new york after yorktown. The French navy wasn't willing to do it. If they had been, washington would have gone up there, lost everything and we'd be sipping tea and waving union jack flags.
And then we almost got our asses stomped again in 1812 by our former masters, and peace-treatied our way out of it. Woulda been kinda nice if the battle of new orleans hadn't happened two weeks after the treaty was signed but eh.
But yeah, your vitriol and pie-in-the-sky idealism about how everything would be sunshine and rainbows if we just overthrew the government sounds just like the kind of stuff every other revolutionary would talk about before machine-gunning a group of "dissidents" and instigating a reign of terror and oppression. I know you think things would be super awesome if the current system collapsed, but then, so did the Russian democratic revolutionaries and the French.
tl;dr most gunlovers are mad about the civil war because it rebuked the notion that an armed society could defeat their government and establish a better one. | this is satire right? you don't actually believe the constitution gives you the right to own a tank? because that's just hella stupid. And the constitution was created after Shay's Rebellion, because the small-government approach of the Articles of Confederation didn't work. (Shay's was the second of two tax rebellions so I fail to see why you think we "lived peacefully" until a bunch of "evil people" decided to do something about slavery.)
I always find it amusing when people say the civil war wasn't about slavery because even if it were about states' rights, it was about the states' rights to indulge in slavery. That's what caused the rush to organize new states after territory wars, it's what caused Bleeding Kansas, it's what catapulted the abolitionist movement from the fringe to the center and it was why, when the Confederacy formed, they decided that instead of making a brand new government document, they'd rather just copy/paste the entire constitution and just added over a dozen clauses strengthening the institution of slavery along with five or six minor laws regulating things like trade on the mississippi river and the appointment of certain judges. They could have decided to be true to the whole small government ideology by adopting the Articles of Confederation, but they didn't. They did, however, try to do small government even with their version of the US constitution, and it failed because the CSA's un-unified, hands-off approach was unable to present a unified front against the Union. Some states refused to commit troops for anything beyond defensive operations, for example. So yeah, once again, small government failed.
I don't really care if people think we'd be going back to a "purer" time if we shirked a bunch of laws and went back to the original blueprint. They're not paying attention to the current needs of the world, they're just waxing nostalgic over a time they never lived in, in the same way some people lament the "Fall of Eden" and wish things could be like they were in the beginning. The role and function of government changes with the times, and will continue to do so, so I'd rather see the current system modded and reformed rather than violently uprooted. Seriously, if elections were publicly funded the quid-pro-quo system of private funding would disappear. Possibly. We'd have to try it first, obviously.
The 2nd Amendment might be a negotiation over gun ownership but it's not a "break glass in case of emergency" button. Shay's Rebellion caused the congress to go "okay, letting everyone do what they want is clearly causing the country to fracture, how do we make a stronger, more stable government?" the Constitution is a reaction against rebellion, an attempt to reduce its likelihood, not an affirmation of it. The Civil War finally wiped away any debate on the right to rebel. Hell, the American revolution is a terrible example of the 2nd amendment in action anyway. The Americans almost got their asses stomped by the Brits until they managed to convince the french and spanish to lend support, and a prussian officer showed up to tell g-wash what he was doing wrong. Washington nearly lost the war, too, not just because he sucked at force management like at brandywine and germantown, but because he actually tried to launch an assault on new york after yorktown. The French navy wasn't willing to do it. If they had been, washington would have gone up there, lost everything and we'd be sipping tea and waving union jack flags.
And then we almost got our asses stomped again in 1812 by our former masters, and peace-treatied our way out of it. Woulda been kinda nice if the battle of new orleans hadn't happened two weeks after the treaty was signed but eh.
But yeah, your vitriol and pie-in-the-sky idealism about how everything would be sunshine and rainbows if we just overthrew the government sounds just like the kind of stuff every other revolutionary would talk about before machine-gunning a group of "dissidents" and instigating a reign of terror and oppression. I know you think things would be super awesome if the current system collapsed, but then, so did the Russian democratic revolutionaries and the French.
tl;dr most gunlovers are mad about the civil war because it rebuked the notion that an armed society could defeat their government and establish a better one.
| GunsAreCool | t5_2uvah | ce9tmr2 | this is satire right? you don't actually believe the constitution gives you the right to own a tank? because that's just hella stupid. And the constitution was created after Shay's Rebellion, because the small-government approach of the Articles of Confederation didn't work. (Shay's was the second of two tax rebellions so I fail to see why you think we "lived peacefully" until a bunch of "evil people" decided to do something about slavery.)
I always find it amusing when people say the civil war wasn't about slavery because even if it were about states' rights, it was about the states' rights to indulge in slavery. That's what caused the rush to organize new states after territory wars, it's what caused Bleeding Kansas, it's what catapulted the abolitionist movement from the fringe to the center and it was why, when the Confederacy formed, they decided that instead of making a brand new government document, they'd rather just copy/paste the entire constitution and just added over a dozen clauses strengthening the institution of slavery along with five or six minor laws regulating things like trade on the mississippi river and the appointment of certain judges. They could have decided to be true to the whole small government ideology by adopting the Articles of Confederation, but they didn't. They did, however, try to do small government even with their version of the US constitution, and it failed because the CSA's un-unified, hands-off approach was unable to present a unified front against the Union. Some states refused to commit troops for anything beyond defensive operations, for example. So yeah, once again, small government failed.
I don't really care if people think we'd be going back to a "purer" time if we shirked a bunch of laws and went back to the original blueprint. They're not paying attention to the current needs of the world, they're just waxing nostalgic over a time they never lived in, in the same way some people lament the "Fall of Eden" and wish things could be like they were in the beginning. The role and function of government changes with the times, and will continue to do so, so I'd rather see the current system modded and reformed rather than violently uprooted. Seriously, if elections were publicly funded the quid-pro-quo system of private funding would disappear. Possibly. We'd have to try it first, obviously.
The 2nd Amendment might be a negotiation over gun ownership but it's not a "break glass in case of emergency" button. Shay's Rebellion caused the congress to go "okay, letting everyone do what they want is clearly causing the country to fracture, how do we make a stronger, more stable government?" the Constitution is a reaction against rebellion, an attempt to reduce its likelihood, not an affirmation of it. The Civil War finally wiped away any debate on the right to rebel. Hell, the American revolution is a terrible example of the 2nd amendment in action anyway. The Americans almost got their asses stomped by the Brits until they managed to convince the french and spanish to lend support, and a prussian officer showed up to tell g-wash what he was doing wrong. Washington nearly lost the war, too, not just because he sucked at force management like at brandywine and germantown, but because he actually tried to launch an assault on new york after yorktown. The French navy wasn't willing to do it. If they had been, washington would have gone up there, lost everything and we'd be sipping tea and waving union jack flags.
And then we almost got our asses stomped again in 1812 by our former masters, and peace-treatied our way out of it. Woulda been kinda nice if the battle of new orleans hadn't happened two weeks after the treaty was signed but eh.
But yeah, your vitriol and pie-in-the-sky idealism about how everything would be sunshine and rainbows if we just overthrew the government sounds just like the kind of stuff every other revolutionary would talk about before machine-gunning a group of "dissidents" and instigating a reign of terror and oppression. I know you think things would be super awesome if the current system collapsed, but then, so did the Russian democratic revolutionaries and the French. | most gunlovers are mad about the civil war because it rebuked the notion that an armed society could defeat their government and establish a better one. |
imaginepieces | It's kind of pathetic, but back in 2002 when I was 20 I had a side job running a portable, 35 ft rock wall.
My boss asked if I could find a buddy to help me run the wall for a weekend at Universal Studios, Orlando.
Ended up being this worldwide unveiling of the Toyota Matrix and they were doing a simulcast between Orlando and LA with the broadcast sent throughout the two parks and also was streamed online.
Some guy came with a cameraman and asked if someone could race up the wall, and due to insurance we couldn't. However WE could.
We did it. I won.
When we were off and just enjoying ourselves, people kept coming up to us and just shot the shit. I felt cool that Saturday.
Sunday came and we were back to being nothings.
**tl;dr - rock wall race, Universal Studios, temporary acknowledgment, emptiness.** | It's kind of pathetic, but back in 2002 when I was 20 I had a side job running a portable, 35 ft rock wall.
My boss asked if I could find a buddy to help me run the wall for a weekend at Universal Studios, Orlando.
Ended up being this worldwide unveiling of the Toyota Matrix and they were doing a simulcast between Orlando and LA with the broadcast sent throughout the two parks and also was streamed online.
Some guy came with a cameraman and asked if someone could race up the wall, and due to insurance we couldn't. However WE could.
We did it. I won.
When we were off and just enjoying ourselves, people kept coming up to us and just shot the shit. I felt cool that Saturday.
Sunday came and we were back to being nothings.
tl;dr - rock wall race, Universal Studios, temporary acknowledgment, emptiness.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce9g14s | It's kind of pathetic, but back in 2002 when I was 20 I had a side job running a portable, 35 ft rock wall.
My boss asked if I could find a buddy to help me run the wall for a weekend at Universal Studios, Orlando.
Ended up being this worldwide unveiling of the Toyota Matrix and they were doing a simulcast between Orlando and LA with the broadcast sent throughout the two parks and also was streamed online.
Some guy came with a cameraman and asked if someone could race up the wall, and due to insurance we couldn't. However WE could.
We did it. I won.
When we were off and just enjoying ourselves, people kept coming up to us and just shot the shit. I felt cool that Saturday.
Sunday came and we were back to being nothings. | rock wall race, Universal Studios, temporary acknowledgment, emptiness. |
sharkweek247 | i was casted to be the baby in look whos talking, you know, kristy alley and all. but back in the very early 90s when she was a babe. anyhow, second day of shooting kristy alley took my diaper off and i was covered in chickenpox. i was immediately taken off set and recasted for the baby who ended up in the movie.
Tl:dr was going to be child actor, got chickenpox. | i was casted to be the baby in look whos talking, you know, kristy alley and all. but back in the very early 90s when she was a babe. anyhow, second day of shooting kristy alley took my diaper off and i was covered in chickenpox. i was immediately taken off set and recasted for the baby who ended up in the movie.
Tl:dr was going to be child actor, got chickenpox.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce9kr8o | i was casted to be the baby in look whos talking, you know, kristy alley and all. but back in the very early 90s when she was a babe. anyhow, second day of shooting kristy alley took my diaper off and i was covered in chickenpox. i was immediately taken off set and recasted for the baby who ended up in the movie. | was going to be child actor, got chickenpox. |
Burgerking63 | Rule of Thumb with Vehicles: Dont put valuables in vehicles in plain sight; better yet dont put valuables in your vehicle period.
It sounds pessimistic, but thieves are opportunistic. If you make yourself an easy target, ie valuables in plain view, a basic car lock is not going to stop a thief. If it looks valuable, they might just break a window.
I'm sorry it happened to someone you know, but you read stories every year about this kind of thing EVERY year. There is always an influx of these events as the opportunities for thieves are much more common with people keeping gifts in their cars while shopping.
TL;DR Lock your vehicle and dont make yourself a target for thieves | Rule of Thumb with Vehicles: Dont put valuables in vehicles in plain sight; better yet dont put valuables in your vehicle period.
It sounds pessimistic, but thieves are opportunistic. If you make yourself an easy target, ie valuables in plain view, a basic car lock is not going to stop a thief. If it looks valuable, they might just break a window.
I'm sorry it happened to someone you know, but you read stories every year about this kind of thing EVERY year. There is always an influx of these events as the opportunities for thieves are much more common with people keeping gifts in their cars while shopping.
TL;DR Lock your vehicle and dont make yourself a target for thieves
| Calgary | t5_2qn40 | ce9dyk0 | Rule of Thumb with Vehicles: Dont put valuables in vehicles in plain sight; better yet dont put valuables in your vehicle period.
It sounds pessimistic, but thieves are opportunistic. If you make yourself an easy target, ie valuables in plain view, a basic car lock is not going to stop a thief. If it looks valuable, they might just break a window.
I'm sorry it happened to someone you know, but you read stories every year about this kind of thing EVERY year. There is always an influx of these events as the opportunities for thieves are much more common with people keeping gifts in their cars while shopping. | Lock your vehicle and dont make yourself a target for thieves |
Gabe69 | don't do it. orbiting planets is a terible effect..and the voodo juju is..meh..giving it a 5/10. probably i wouldn't pay more than 1,5 buds for that.
that being said...keep the whoopee . you got a buyer (colecting) which is nice. if it would have been a massive unusual overpay (from him), so you can sell the unusual for more / what you got collecting, then yes i would do it . but now just keep the whoopee
tl;dr keep the whoopee | don't do it. orbiting planets is a terible effect..and the voodo juju is..meh..giving it a 5/10. probably i wouldn't pay more than 1,5 buds for that.
that being said...keep the whoopee . you got a buyer (colecting) which is nice. if it would have been a massive unusual overpay (from him), so you can sell the unusual for more / what you got collecting, then yes i would do it . but now just keep the whoopee
tl;dr keep the whoopee
| tf2trade | t5_2s0s4 | ce9f8y5 | don't do it. orbiting planets is a terible effect..and the voodo juju is..meh..giving it a 5/10. probably i wouldn't pay more than 1,5 buds for that.
that being said...keep the whoopee . you got a buyer (colecting) which is nice. if it would have been a massive unusual overpay (from him), so you can sell the unusual for more / what you got collecting, then yes i would do it . but now just keep the whoopee | keep the whoopee |
faployst | Story time: roommate gets hit by car one night and has to have the bones in his leg removed and rebuilt(can't think of the name, tibula, fibula I think). We weren't with him when he was hit and assumed he went home from the bar that night with some girl. Noon rolls around the next day and we have no idea where he is, so we assume jail and call the police. That's when we find out about the whole ordeal. We roll up to his room at the hospital, and the nurse tells us he should be waking up any minute. He wakes up, and I slap him harder than ever on his leg, immediately realizing it was the leg that just underwent surgery. He jumps up in the bed "heyyyyyy guisseee how's it goin!" And rips out all of his IV's, didn't notice me smacking his leg. He then says "well hope you boys didn't park too far" and that's when we broke the news that he was in there for at least a week. "hahaha stop fuckin with me I feel grea......[pukes everywhere]"
Tl;dr Morphine. Gotta love it. | Story time: roommate gets hit by car one night and has to have the bones in his leg removed and rebuilt(can't think of the name, tibula, fibula I think). We weren't with him when he was hit and assumed he went home from the bar that night with some girl. Noon rolls around the next day and we have no idea where he is, so we assume jail and call the police. That's when we find out about the whole ordeal. We roll up to his room at the hospital, and the nurse tells us he should be waking up any minute. He wakes up, and I slap him harder than ever on his leg, immediately realizing it was the leg that just underwent surgery. He jumps up in the bed "heyyyyyy guisseee how's it goin!" And rips out all of his IV's, didn't notice me smacking his leg. He then says "well hope you boys didn't park too far" and that's when we broke the news that he was in there for at least a week. "hahaha stop fuckin with me I feel grea......[pukes everywhere]"
Tl;dr Morphine. Gotta love it.
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | ce9oefb | Story time: roommate gets hit by car one night and has to have the bones in his leg removed and rebuilt(can't think of the name, tibula, fibula I think). We weren't with him when he was hit and assumed he went home from the bar that night with some girl. Noon rolls around the next day and we have no idea where he is, so we assume jail and call the police. That's when we find out about the whole ordeal. We roll up to his room at the hospital, and the nurse tells us he should be waking up any minute. He wakes up, and I slap him harder than ever on his leg, immediately realizing it was the leg that just underwent surgery. He jumps up in the bed "heyyyyyy guisseee how's it goin!" And rips out all of his IV's, didn't notice me smacking his leg. He then says "well hope you boys didn't park too far" and that's when we broke the news that he was in there for at least a week. "hahaha stop fuckin with me I feel grea......[pukes everywhere]" | Morphine. Gotta love it. |
Ekkosangen | As someone who has played with Firefall for a good while, I'm pretty much only going to confirm that it has a foot in the grave and people are either waiting for a drastic change of direction from Red5, or for it to die.
* The first problem that a player will often come across is the UI itself. It's built using Awesomeium, an HTML-based system, and entirely relies on the web servers to modify *just about anything* about your character. This includes anything that isn't moving or shooting. Red5 has had serious issues with UI not working during times of high population, and generally feels sluggish the rest of the time.
* The number of things to do is...rather limited. Outside of the freedom of doing thumpers anywhere, and the various permutations of ARES missions, you've got a grand total of...nothing. Fighting for area control against the chosen feels lacking, invasions happen infrequently, and crashed LGVs/crashed thumpers feels like grunt work (pays like it too).
* ARES missions are limited by the few basic goals (blow up the enemy spawning things, disable the bomb, steal/retrieve the datapad/important supplies), the few factions (chosen, arahna, bandits), and a couple of random events (giant creatures). After you've done a few ARES missions of each type, you've pretty much done them all and you'll wish you could turn off notifications for them.
* Thumpers suffer from a similar problem. The area you thump in determines what kind of enemies will spawn (arahna, chosen, skivers, and hissers), while the size determines what the waves look like. Every time you put down a thumper in a spot, you get the exact same waves of the exact same enemies coming from the exact same spawn points. As cool as the concept might be, actually doing thumpers isn't that fun.
* The economy deserves special mention for its ludicrous execution, even with Red5 allegedly having an on-staff economist. Crystite trickles into the world, and there are a wide variety of ways to spend it. Resources, however, are pretty much poured into the world by the shovelful and barely consumed. Even better: there are a small number of spots that one can place a thumper that doesn't spawn any enemies to attack it. To my knowledge, Red5 has not done anything about it.
* The reason for that is because not only do crafted weapons take a very long time to deteriorate, usable (and often as good as or better than crafted) gear is available as a drop from almost everything you fight. I would also like to note that when I say "a very long time" I mean a **VERY** long time. Much, much longer than it takes to recollect the materials.
* The market is a mess. Someone who is looking to sell a piece of equipment has to compete with the dropped gear (which generally isn't possible). Buyers can only very rarely get the information they need to make a purchase (because of the UI problem). The most marketable item is actually thumpers, and I wish every item in the game had the kind of market that thumpers enjoy: no quality modifiers, and the death of the thumper is the loss of the item, giving sellers a steady market. Why can't equipment be like that?
* LGVs (motorcycles) are locked behind a large grind wall (or for only $5.99...), battleframe progression eventually hits Korean MMO-levels of grindy, dropships are unpredictable, some projectiles are still buggy, and development just seems like a crawl as they rework something for, like, the third time...
tl;dr - The UI is slow (if it works at all), gameplay gets stale fast, the "war" is boring and not really a war, the economy is fucked, the market is fucked, and it feels like the developers aren't doing shit.
EDIT: Sorry, it appears I've written a novel. | As someone who has played with Firefall for a good while, I'm pretty much only going to confirm that it has a foot in the grave and people are either waiting for a drastic change of direction from Red5, or for it to die.
The first problem that a player will often come across is the UI itself. It's built using Awesomeium, an HTML-based system, and entirely relies on the web servers to modify just about anything about your character. This includes anything that isn't moving or shooting. Red5 has had serious issues with UI not working during times of high population, and generally feels sluggish the rest of the time.
The number of things to do is...rather limited. Outside of the freedom of doing thumpers anywhere, and the various permutations of ARES missions, you've got a grand total of...nothing. Fighting for area control against the chosen feels lacking, invasions happen infrequently, and crashed LGVs/crashed thumpers feels like grunt work (pays like it too).
ARES missions are limited by the few basic goals (blow up the enemy spawning things, disable the bomb, steal/retrieve the datapad/important supplies), the few factions (chosen, arahna, bandits), and a couple of random events (giant creatures). After you've done a few ARES missions of each type, you've pretty much done them all and you'll wish you could turn off notifications for them.
Thumpers suffer from a similar problem. The area you thump in determines what kind of enemies will spawn (arahna, chosen, skivers, and hissers), while the size determines what the waves look like. Every time you put down a thumper in a spot, you get the exact same waves of the exact same enemies coming from the exact same spawn points. As cool as the concept might be, actually doing thumpers isn't that fun.
The economy deserves special mention for its ludicrous execution, even with Red5 allegedly having an on-staff economist. Crystite trickles into the world, and there are a wide variety of ways to spend it. Resources, however, are pretty much poured into the world by the shovelful and barely consumed. Even better: there are a small number of spots that one can place a thumper that doesn't spawn any enemies to attack it. To my knowledge, Red5 has not done anything about it.
The reason for that is because not only do crafted weapons take a very long time to deteriorate, usable (and often as good as or better than crafted) gear is available as a drop from almost everything you fight. I would also like to note that when I say "a very long time" I mean a VERY long time. Much, much longer than it takes to recollect the materials.
The market is a mess. Someone who is looking to sell a piece of equipment has to compete with the dropped gear (which generally isn't possible). Buyers can only very rarely get the information they need to make a purchase (because of the UI problem). The most marketable item is actually thumpers, and I wish every item in the game had the kind of market that thumpers enjoy: no quality modifiers, and the death of the thumper is the loss of the item, giving sellers a steady market. Why can't equipment be like that?
LGVs (motorcycles) are locked behind a large grind wall (or for only $5.99...), battleframe progression eventually hits Korean MMO-levels of grindy, dropships are unpredictable, some projectiles are still buggy, and development just seems like a crawl as they rework something for, like, the third time...
tl;dr - The UI is slow (if it works at all), gameplay gets stale fast, the "war" is boring and not really a war, the economy is fucked, the market is fucked, and it feels like the developers aren't doing shit.
EDIT: Sorry, it appears I've written a novel.
| Games | t5_2qhwp | ce9pfra | As someone who has played with Firefall for a good while, I'm pretty much only going to confirm that it has a foot in the grave and people are either waiting for a drastic change of direction from Red5, or for it to die.
The first problem that a player will often come across is the UI itself. It's built using Awesomeium, an HTML-based system, and entirely relies on the web servers to modify just about anything about your character. This includes anything that isn't moving or shooting. Red5 has had serious issues with UI not working during times of high population, and generally feels sluggish the rest of the time.
The number of things to do is...rather limited. Outside of the freedom of doing thumpers anywhere, and the various permutations of ARES missions, you've got a grand total of...nothing. Fighting for area control against the chosen feels lacking, invasions happen infrequently, and crashed LGVs/crashed thumpers feels like grunt work (pays like it too).
ARES missions are limited by the few basic goals (blow up the enemy spawning things, disable the bomb, steal/retrieve the datapad/important supplies), the few factions (chosen, arahna, bandits), and a couple of random events (giant creatures). After you've done a few ARES missions of each type, you've pretty much done them all and you'll wish you could turn off notifications for them.
Thumpers suffer from a similar problem. The area you thump in determines what kind of enemies will spawn (arahna, chosen, skivers, and hissers), while the size determines what the waves look like. Every time you put down a thumper in a spot, you get the exact same waves of the exact same enemies coming from the exact same spawn points. As cool as the concept might be, actually doing thumpers isn't that fun.
The economy deserves special mention for its ludicrous execution, even with Red5 allegedly having an on-staff economist. Crystite trickles into the world, and there are a wide variety of ways to spend it. Resources, however, are pretty much poured into the world by the shovelful and barely consumed. Even better: there are a small number of spots that one can place a thumper that doesn't spawn any enemies to attack it. To my knowledge, Red5 has not done anything about it.
The reason for that is because not only do crafted weapons take a very long time to deteriorate, usable (and often as good as or better than crafted) gear is available as a drop from almost everything you fight. I would also like to note that when I say "a very long time" I mean a VERY long time. Much, much longer than it takes to recollect the materials.
The market is a mess. Someone who is looking to sell a piece of equipment has to compete with the dropped gear (which generally isn't possible). Buyers can only very rarely get the information they need to make a purchase (because of the UI problem). The most marketable item is actually thumpers, and I wish every item in the game had the kind of market that thumpers enjoy: no quality modifiers, and the death of the thumper is the loss of the item, giving sellers a steady market. Why can't equipment be like that?
LGVs (motorcycles) are locked behind a large grind wall (or for only $5.99...), battleframe progression eventually hits Korean MMO-levels of grindy, dropships are unpredictable, some projectiles are still buggy, and development just seems like a crawl as they rework something for, like, the third time... | The UI is slow (if it works at all), gameplay gets stale fast, the "war" is boring and not really a war, the economy is fucked, the market is fucked, and it feels like the developers aren't doing shit.
EDIT: Sorry, it appears I've written a novel. |
ThePoliteCanadian | I watched it because I found the characters cute and endearing. Then it was for the songs and I paid more attention to each character's quirks and how they behaved toward each other. Ex: applejack and Rarity not getting along in the slumber party episode but then the cute little line, " things are better when they're a Rarity." At the S3 premiere.
Tl;dr character development gets me attached.
Also, hi, first post in over a year here. Also no longer subbed but we see how that goes.
(I actually did quit the fandom. Just wanted normal vanilla MLP, and even then I wasn't very much into it anymore. ) | I watched it because I found the characters cute and endearing. Then it was for the songs and I paid more attention to each character's quirks and how they behaved toward each other. Ex: applejack and Rarity not getting along in the slumber party episode but then the cute little line, " things are better when they're a Rarity." At the S3 premiere.
Tl;dr character development gets me attached.
Also, hi, first post in over a year here. Also no longer subbed but we see how that goes.
(I actually did quit the fandom. Just wanted normal vanilla MLP, and even then I wasn't very much into it anymore. )
| mylittlepony | t5_2s8bl | ce9q366 | I watched it because I found the characters cute and endearing. Then it was for the songs and I paid more attention to each character's quirks and how they behaved toward each other. Ex: applejack and Rarity not getting along in the slumber party episode but then the cute little line, " things are better when they're a Rarity." At the S3 premiere. | character development gets me attached.
Also, hi, first post in over a year here. Also no longer subbed but we see how that goes.
(I actually did quit the fandom. Just wanted normal vanilla MLP, and even then I wasn't very much into it anymore. ) |
satanspanties | Adrenaline is the "fight or flight" hormone. So its first problem is that it doesn't last very long, it's a short term fix to help you get yourself out of dangerous situations. As part of that, it also does two problematic things. Firstly, it messes with your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing, and can do so in unpredictable ways, making it difficult to give other drugs to counteract these effects. Secondly, it suppresses other functions that aren't necessary in a fight or flight situation, most notably the immune system (which is why it's given to people in anaphylactic shock), since a lot of people who are in pain are also sick, that's not good news, but also things like digestion (which is why an adrenaline rush sometimes makes you feel sick).
It may be possible to develop a painkiller that uses the same mechanism, and indeed, one may already exist, but you'd have to ask somebody who knows more about the nervous system than I do.
Tl;dr, the side effects are too difficult to deal with. | Adrenaline is the "fight or flight" hormone. So its first problem is that it doesn't last very long, it's a short term fix to help you get yourself out of dangerous situations. As part of that, it also does two problematic things. Firstly, it messes with your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing, and can do so in unpredictable ways, making it difficult to give other drugs to counteract these effects. Secondly, it suppresses other functions that aren't necessary in a fight or flight situation, most notably the immune system (which is why it's given to people in anaphylactic shock), since a lot of people who are in pain are also sick, that's not good news, but also things like digestion (which is why an adrenaline rush sometimes makes you feel sick).
It may be possible to develop a painkiller that uses the same mechanism, and indeed, one may already exist, but you'd have to ask somebody who knows more about the nervous system than I do.
Tl;dr, the side effects are too difficult to deal with.
| NoStupidQuestions | t5_2w844 | ce9rno1 | Adrenaline is the "fight or flight" hormone. So its first problem is that it doesn't last very long, it's a short term fix to help you get yourself out of dangerous situations. As part of that, it also does two problematic things. Firstly, it messes with your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing, and can do so in unpredictable ways, making it difficult to give other drugs to counteract these effects. Secondly, it suppresses other functions that aren't necessary in a fight or flight situation, most notably the immune system (which is why it's given to people in anaphylactic shock), since a lot of people who are in pain are also sick, that's not good news, but also things like digestion (which is why an adrenaline rush sometimes makes you feel sick).
It may be possible to develop a painkiller that uses the same mechanism, and indeed, one may already exist, but you'd have to ask somebody who knows more about the nervous system than I do. | the side effects are too difficult to deal with. |
mvpnick11 | I got cheated on multiple times by the same girlfriend over a period of 2.5 years. Looking back at it I realized that it was a horrible mistake to stay with her and it has caused trust issues with girls now.
**The First time:**
Saw her talking to her sister about "not wanting to tell me" on facebook. Later she left her facebook open and I saw that she "enjoyed it but didn't want to tell me because I would break up with her." Well I didn't, she actually ended up breaking up with me but we ended up getting back together.
**Second time**
She actually told me about it straight up this time. She sent nudes to her ex boyfriend and I was stupid enough to think that it was just a mistake.
**Third time**
She talked to my old basketball captain (he graduate 2 years before me) and ended up getting a video of him jerking off. I opened up her laptop and the email of the video from him was up and I watched the video. It was disgusting and the hardest thing I've ever watched. Again I ended up giving her another chance.
**Final Time**
This was perhaps the hardest. She cheated on me with on of my best friends. He got nudes from her when he was in a drunken stooper. He ended up telling me because he felt so guilty. Again i didn't break up with her, which ended up being a mistake. That was last christmas.
The next April she broke up with me for the guy she first cheated on me with. I actually went through serious depression this summer and was still in love with her. Now i've gotten over it and am trying to find another girlfriend the best I can do but haven't had too much luck yet. But, my spirits are up.
TL;DR Got cheated on multiple times in more than one way. If someone cheats on you, dump their ass. | I got cheated on multiple times by the same girlfriend over a period of 2.5 years. Looking back at it I realized that it was a horrible mistake to stay with her and it has caused trust issues with girls now.
The First time:
Saw her talking to her sister about "not wanting to tell me" on facebook. Later she left her facebook open and I saw that she "enjoyed it but didn't want to tell me because I would break up with her." Well I didn't, she actually ended up breaking up with me but we ended up getting back together.
Second time
She actually told me about it straight up this time. She sent nudes to her ex boyfriend and I was stupid enough to think that it was just a mistake.
Third time
She talked to my old basketball captain (he graduate 2 years before me) and ended up getting a video of him jerking off. I opened up her laptop and the email of the video from him was up and I watched the video. It was disgusting and the hardest thing I've ever watched. Again I ended up giving her another chance.
Final Time
This was perhaps the hardest. She cheated on me with on of my best friends. He got nudes from her when he was in a drunken stooper. He ended up telling me because he felt so guilty. Again i didn't break up with her, which ended up being a mistake. That was last christmas.
The next April she broke up with me for the guy she first cheated on me with. I actually went through serious depression this summer and was still in love with her. Now i've gotten over it and am trying to find another girlfriend the best I can do but haven't had too much luck yet. But, my spirits are up.
TL;DR Got cheated on multiple times in more than one way. If someone cheats on you, dump their ass.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce9r6kw | I got cheated on multiple times by the same girlfriend over a period of 2.5 years. Looking back at it I realized that it was a horrible mistake to stay with her and it has caused trust issues with girls now.
The First time:
Saw her talking to her sister about "not wanting to tell me" on facebook. Later she left her facebook open and I saw that she "enjoyed it but didn't want to tell me because I would break up with her." Well I didn't, she actually ended up breaking up with me but we ended up getting back together.
Second time
She actually told me about it straight up this time. She sent nudes to her ex boyfriend and I was stupid enough to think that it was just a mistake.
Third time
She talked to my old basketball captain (he graduate 2 years before me) and ended up getting a video of him jerking off. I opened up her laptop and the email of the video from him was up and I watched the video. It was disgusting and the hardest thing I've ever watched. Again I ended up giving her another chance.
Final Time
This was perhaps the hardest. She cheated on me with on of my best friends. He got nudes from her when he was in a drunken stooper. He ended up telling me because he felt so guilty. Again i didn't break up with her, which ended up being a mistake. That was last christmas.
The next April she broke up with me for the guy she first cheated on me with. I actually went through serious depression this summer and was still in love with her. Now i've gotten over it and am trying to find another girlfriend the best I can do but haven't had too much luck yet. But, my spirits are up. | Got cheated on multiple times in more than one way. If someone cheats on you, dump their ass. |
lady_peace | Sorry this is really long.
I met this guy in college class, really charming.
He had lots of female friends, i didn't think much about it at first I mean he told me he was just friends with them.
Then around a year into our relationship he starts putting a pin on his phone and walk away whenever he gets phone call, i get a little suspicious about it because he hasn't done so before, halfway through our relationship he has met some new people, a couple. I get to met them too but the first time I do, I have this feeling he is a little bit to flirty with the woman, I think nothing about it, but then one late night we're supposed to hang out, so I drive to his place, his car is not there, but I ring the doorbell anyway, no one is opening, I text him wondering where he is, he's not answering
The morning after he writes me tells me he wasn't home but went studying at this new couple that he met. I go to his house, he let's me in I notice two wineglass in the sink and ask him about it, he tells me that last night the couple came over and had wine, I ask him why there's only two wine glass when there were three of them, he tells me he didn't drink. I ask him why he didn't answer his phone, he said he got distracted. I get a bit mad at him because we had planned to spend the night together but say nothing more, knowing that he is lying about it, but I want to have more proof before I say anything.
A week later I met the woman alone and asks her about that night, she tells me that she was over alone and that they were drinking wine, but also tells me that she did not know that we were a couple as my then bf had told her that we were just friends. The womans then says that she won't flirt with my then bf anymore if I don't think it's okay. After that we kind of fall out of friendship with that couple andIi think everything will be okay so I kind of give him another chance.
He transfers to university, still in the same city, I see less of him, and he starts hanging around another older woman that is his advisor, he explains that he needs to see her a lot so she can help him to transfer to a university of his choice, but I tell him that seeing her outside of school hours and even staying late or whole nights at her place, is a bit suspicious and something that I think is not very professional from her side. He tells me he will stop doing so.
I believe him but then find out through find my friends app that he still spends the night at her place, even when he tells me he's not.
One evening my then bf tells me he and his friend is going to a university party and he asks if I want to come along, I say no first, but later change my mind, but as I get to the party, he's not there, so I text him, no answer, I don't think much about it, but then next morning comes along, and he hasn't answered, his mom texts me and asks me if I know where he is.
He is gone for two days without anyone knowing where he is. I end up going to the advisors apartment, where I find his car. Stupid thing I took him back after he apologized and told me it wouldn't happen again. go home for the holidays (this was last year) he's cheating on me with some girl, and then has the decency to ask me if I will take him back after he told me he had sex with other people while I was not there. I also during this time figured out that pretty much his whole life is a lie he always had at least 2 other girls and that he uses a made up british accent to charm girls.
Charming indeed...
TL Dr; Guy I had a relationship had 3 girls and always flirted with new women while lying about his whole identity. | Sorry this is really long.
I met this guy in college class, really charming.
He had lots of female friends, i didn't think much about it at first I mean he told me he was just friends with them.
Then around a year into our relationship he starts putting a pin on his phone and walk away whenever he gets phone call, i get a little suspicious about it because he hasn't done so before, halfway through our relationship he has met some new people, a couple. I get to met them too but the first time I do, I have this feeling he is a little bit to flirty with the woman, I think nothing about it, but then one late night we're supposed to hang out, so I drive to his place, his car is not there, but I ring the doorbell anyway, no one is opening, I text him wondering where he is, he's not answering
The morning after he writes me tells me he wasn't home but went studying at this new couple that he met. I go to his house, he let's me in I notice two wineglass in the sink and ask him about it, he tells me that last night the couple came over and had wine, I ask him why there's only two wine glass when there were three of them, he tells me he didn't drink. I ask him why he didn't answer his phone, he said he got distracted. I get a bit mad at him because we had planned to spend the night together but say nothing more, knowing that he is lying about it, but I want to have more proof before I say anything.
A week later I met the woman alone and asks her about that night, she tells me that she was over alone and that they were drinking wine, but also tells me that she did not know that we were a couple as my then bf had told her that we were just friends. The womans then says that she won't flirt with my then bf anymore if I don't think it's okay. After that we kind of fall out of friendship with that couple andIi think everything will be okay so I kind of give him another chance.
He transfers to university, still in the same city, I see less of him, and he starts hanging around another older woman that is his advisor, he explains that he needs to see her a lot so she can help him to transfer to a university of his choice, but I tell him that seeing her outside of school hours and even staying late or whole nights at her place, is a bit suspicious and something that I think is not very professional from her side. He tells me he will stop doing so.
I believe him but then find out through find my friends app that he still spends the night at her place, even when he tells me he's not.
One evening my then bf tells me he and his friend is going to a university party and he asks if I want to come along, I say no first, but later change my mind, but as I get to the party, he's not there, so I text him, no answer, I don't think much about it, but then next morning comes along, and he hasn't answered, his mom texts me and asks me if I know where he is.
He is gone for two days without anyone knowing where he is. I end up going to the advisors apartment, where I find his car. Stupid thing I took him back after he apologized and told me it wouldn't happen again. go home for the holidays (this was last year) he's cheating on me with some girl, and then has the decency to ask me if I will take him back after he told me he had sex with other people while I was not there. I also during this time figured out that pretty much his whole life is a lie he always had at least 2 other girls and that he uses a made up british accent to charm girls.
Charming indeed...
TL Dr; Guy I had a relationship had 3 girls and always flirted with new women while lying about his whole identity.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce9ufao | Sorry this is really long.
I met this guy in college class, really charming.
He had lots of female friends, i didn't think much about it at first I mean he told me he was just friends with them.
Then around a year into our relationship he starts putting a pin on his phone and walk away whenever he gets phone call, i get a little suspicious about it because he hasn't done so before, halfway through our relationship he has met some new people, a couple. I get to met them too but the first time I do, I have this feeling he is a little bit to flirty with the woman, I think nothing about it, but then one late night we're supposed to hang out, so I drive to his place, his car is not there, but I ring the doorbell anyway, no one is opening, I text him wondering where he is, he's not answering
The morning after he writes me tells me he wasn't home but went studying at this new couple that he met. I go to his house, he let's me in I notice two wineglass in the sink and ask him about it, he tells me that last night the couple came over and had wine, I ask him why there's only two wine glass when there were three of them, he tells me he didn't drink. I ask him why he didn't answer his phone, he said he got distracted. I get a bit mad at him because we had planned to spend the night together but say nothing more, knowing that he is lying about it, but I want to have more proof before I say anything.
A week later I met the woman alone and asks her about that night, she tells me that she was over alone and that they were drinking wine, but also tells me that she did not know that we were a couple as my then bf had told her that we were just friends. The womans then says that she won't flirt with my then bf anymore if I don't think it's okay. After that we kind of fall out of friendship with that couple andIi think everything will be okay so I kind of give him another chance.
He transfers to university, still in the same city, I see less of him, and he starts hanging around another older woman that is his advisor, he explains that he needs to see her a lot so she can help him to transfer to a university of his choice, but I tell him that seeing her outside of school hours and even staying late or whole nights at her place, is a bit suspicious and something that I think is not very professional from her side. He tells me he will stop doing so.
I believe him but then find out through find my friends app that he still spends the night at her place, even when he tells me he's not.
One evening my then bf tells me he and his friend is going to a university party and he asks if I want to come along, I say no first, but later change my mind, but as I get to the party, he's not there, so I text him, no answer, I don't think much about it, but then next morning comes along, and he hasn't answered, his mom texts me and asks me if I know where he is.
He is gone for two days without anyone knowing where he is. I end up going to the advisors apartment, where I find his car. Stupid thing I took him back after he apologized and told me it wouldn't happen again. go home for the holidays (this was last year) he's cheating on me with some girl, and then has the decency to ask me if I will take him back after he told me he had sex with other people while I was not there. I also during this time figured out that pretty much his whole life is a lie he always had at least 2 other girls and that he uses a made up british accent to charm girls.
Charming indeed... | Guy I had a relationship had 3 girls and always flirted with new women while lying about his whole identity. |
mojojo11 | I invited my best friend of 7 years along to the beach with us one day, was a great day.
Got back to my place, I came back from the kitchen to the lounge room and found them under the same blanket together. Shrugged it off and I sat on a different couch, they didn't move. It got late and I got pissed off and told them both to go home cause I wanted to sleep.
Kinda had a bad feeling about letting them both go at the same time but figured they wouldn't do that to me.
Me and my best friend had a fight about this and she got so upset and apologised a lot. I hung out with her over the next couple of weeks but they were both.. different. I cant explain it I just knew something was up.
She was over at my house one day and when she left she left her Facebook logged in, I 100% honestly didn't know it was her account at first and saw there was a message from him so I went to check it.
*"The other night was so hot, I love when you use your nails.. you still haven't told Mojojo11 have you? I'm getting a new place and want you to come over to it ;)"*
Scrolled up and saw they left my house that night and fucked in his car.
Stopped scrolling, didn't want to see anymore.
Asked if she had anything to tell me and to not lie. And not telling me is still lying. She confessed, went crazy apologising.
Messaged him and fucked him off without blinking.
A year later and Im friends with the girl again, and he's messaged me on multiple times saying how sorry he is and I didn't deserve to be treated like that and he knows this now. Ignored them.
I ran into him at a party once, he sought me out to tell me all the guys were commenting on me and how much of a fucking idiot he is.
He broke down in front of me crying and asked why I didn't cry.
I simply said *"Because I know you seeing me happy without you hurts you more".*
**TL;DR My best friend and him fucked in their cars after leaving my house. Found out when she left her Facebook logged in at my house one day, didn't realise it was in hers at first and found explicit messages, confronted her, she admitted.** | I invited my best friend of 7 years along to the beach with us one day, was a great day.
Got back to my place, I came back from the kitchen to the lounge room and found them under the same blanket together. Shrugged it off and I sat on a different couch, they didn't move. It got late and I got pissed off and told them both to go home cause I wanted to sleep.
Kinda had a bad feeling about letting them both go at the same time but figured they wouldn't do that to me.
Me and my best friend had a fight about this and she got so upset and apologised a lot. I hung out with her over the next couple of weeks but they were both.. different. I cant explain it I just knew something was up.
She was over at my house one day and when she left she left her Facebook logged in, I 100% honestly didn't know it was her account at first and saw there was a message from him so I went to check it.
"The other night was so hot, I love when you use your nails.. you still haven't told Mojojo11 have you? I'm getting a new place and want you to come over to it ;)"
Scrolled up and saw they left my house that night and fucked in his car.
Stopped scrolling, didn't want to see anymore.
Asked if she had anything to tell me and to not lie. And not telling me is still lying. She confessed, went crazy apologising.
Messaged him and fucked him off without blinking.
A year later and Im friends with the girl again, and he's messaged me on multiple times saying how sorry he is and I didn't deserve to be treated like that and he knows this now. Ignored them.
I ran into him at a party once, he sought me out to tell me all the guys were commenting on me and how much of a fucking idiot he is.
He broke down in front of me crying and asked why I didn't cry.
I simply said "Because I know you seeing me happy without you hurts you more".
TL;DR My best friend and him fucked in their cars after leaving my house. Found out when she left her Facebook logged in at my house one day, didn't realise it was in hers at first and found explicit messages, confronted her, she admitted.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cea80pn | I invited my best friend of 7 years along to the beach with us one day, was a great day.
Got back to my place, I came back from the kitchen to the lounge room and found them under the same blanket together. Shrugged it off and I sat on a different couch, they didn't move. It got late and I got pissed off and told them both to go home cause I wanted to sleep.
Kinda had a bad feeling about letting them both go at the same time but figured they wouldn't do that to me.
Me and my best friend had a fight about this and she got so upset and apologised a lot. I hung out with her over the next couple of weeks but they were both.. different. I cant explain it I just knew something was up.
She was over at my house one day and when she left she left her Facebook logged in, I 100% honestly didn't know it was her account at first and saw there was a message from him so I went to check it.
"The other night was so hot, I love when you use your nails.. you still haven't told Mojojo11 have you? I'm getting a new place and want you to come over to it ;)"
Scrolled up and saw they left my house that night and fucked in his car.
Stopped scrolling, didn't want to see anymore.
Asked if she had anything to tell me and to not lie. And not telling me is still lying. She confessed, went crazy apologising.
Messaged him and fucked him off without blinking.
A year later and Im friends with the girl again, and he's messaged me on multiple times saying how sorry he is and I didn't deserve to be treated like that and he knows this now. Ignored them.
I ran into him at a party once, he sought me out to tell me all the guys were commenting on me and how much of a fucking idiot he is.
He broke down in front of me crying and asked why I didn't cry.
I simply said "Because I know you seeing me happy without you hurts you more". | My best friend and him fucked in their cars after leaving my house. Found out when she left her Facebook logged in at my house one day, didn't realise it was in hers at first and found explicit messages, confronted her, she admitted. |
Lowbacca1977 | It's even more confusing than that. I don't forsee myself dating her, but she and I talk a ton, and we were both going through some unstable times over the last year, I think she's past it but I'm still enjoying mine. So whole lot of communication. Somewhere over summer, she told me that if I wanted to have sex with her, she'd be okay with that. Which, I thought was a joke I didn't get.
Turns out it was not, and on further discussion she was indeed serious about that. Explicitly so. Not a relationship, just a FWB type of thing. At the time, I was out of town. Then she moved 600 miles to move in with a guy she'd met 2 weeks earlier or so, lived with him a few months, then moved back home to a different state, resumed talking with me as the guy didn't like her talking to me, and she is now dating an ex of hers.
At the same time, she still acts in a very confusing manner toward me, and so I've got no idea what's going on. So she's all over the place, at times she's been very overt about things, and still seems a bit over the top talking to me. A lot of things along the "you're so great" kinds of stuff. My brain wasn't built to figure this out.
TL;DR She'd be a great friend were things a bit more stable, or a great FWB. But I'm very lost. | It's even more confusing than that. I don't forsee myself dating her, but she and I talk a ton, and we were both going through some unstable times over the last year, I think she's past it but I'm still enjoying mine. So whole lot of communication. Somewhere over summer, she told me that if I wanted to have sex with her, she'd be okay with that. Which, I thought was a joke I didn't get.
Turns out it was not, and on further discussion she was indeed serious about that. Explicitly so. Not a relationship, just a FWB type of thing. At the time, I was out of town. Then she moved 600 miles to move in with a guy she'd met 2 weeks earlier or so, lived with him a few months, then moved back home to a different state, resumed talking with me as the guy didn't like her talking to me, and she is now dating an ex of hers.
At the same time, she still acts in a very confusing manner toward me, and so I've got no idea what's going on. So she's all over the place, at times she's been very overt about things, and still seems a bit over the top talking to me. A lot of things along the "you're so great" kinds of stuff. My brain wasn't built to figure this out.
TL;DR She'd be a great friend were things a bit more stable, or a great FWB. But I'm very lost.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ce9ukch | It's even more confusing than that. I don't forsee myself dating her, but she and I talk a ton, and we were both going through some unstable times over the last year, I think she's past it but I'm still enjoying mine. So whole lot of communication. Somewhere over summer, she told me that if I wanted to have sex with her, she'd be okay with that. Which, I thought was a joke I didn't get.
Turns out it was not, and on further discussion she was indeed serious about that. Explicitly so. Not a relationship, just a FWB type of thing. At the time, I was out of town. Then she moved 600 miles to move in with a guy she'd met 2 weeks earlier or so, lived with him a few months, then moved back home to a different state, resumed talking with me as the guy didn't like her talking to me, and she is now dating an ex of hers.
At the same time, she still acts in a very confusing manner toward me, and so I've got no idea what's going on. So she's all over the place, at times she's been very overt about things, and still seems a bit over the top talking to me. A lot of things along the "you're so great" kinds of stuff. My brain wasn't built to figure this out. | She'd be a great friend were things a bit more stable, or a great FWB. But I'm very lost. |
JNAtheDUDE | Xbox One was a global launch. It reached 1 million US sales in 9 days.
PS4, though only a North American launch, had ~10-15% of its stock delivered/sold out-of-country. It took 12 days to reach 1 million US sales.
tl;dr—
Xbox One: 9 days to sell 1 million in US
PS4: 12 days to sell 1 million in US
**edit:** fixed some context | Xbox One was a global launch. It reached 1 million US sales in 9 days.
PS4, though only a North American launch, had ~10-15% of its stock delivered/sold out-of-country. It took 12 days to reach 1 million US sales.
tl;dr—
Xbox One: 9 days to sell 1 million in US
PS4: 12 days to sell 1 million in US
edit: fixed some context
| xboxone | t5_2xbci | cea4ihr | Xbox One was a global launch. It reached 1 million US sales in 9 days.
PS4, though only a North American launch, had ~10-15% of its stock delivered/sold out-of-country. It took 12 days to reach 1 million US sales. | Xbox One: 9 days to sell 1 million in US
PS4: 12 days to sell 1 million in US
edit: fixed some context |
Alocasia_Fruit | I dunno. I went to community college my freshman year and planned on getting my associates before heading off to a four year for my bachelor's. So i tried to take all the gen eds that I could. They ALSO had a public speaking requirement, and to this day it was the only class I just stopped going to.
I'm an introvert. I'm the textbook definition of introvert - it's not that I dislike people, it's that I need to spend a lot of time on my own to recharge from being around the people that I love. I'll even get sick of my boyfriend every once in a while and need to just chill in my room with a warm blanket and a book. I am also cripplingly shy.
This class was awful. The professor was so full of himself and picked favorites almost right away and I wasn't one of them. I tried to keep up with the work - writing banal speeches about the importance of smoke detectors type stuff - but then he would make us get up in front of the room. Again, it's a public speaking class, but that wasn't the worst.
The worst was that he would sit right in front of you, and instead of using words, used one of those clickers for dog training. Too quiet? *click* not enunciating? *click* Voice trembling? *click*
He didn't give you verbal criticism. He just tallied up how many clicks you got. And the more shy you were, the worse the clicks made you. It was dehumanizing. He was training you like he trained a dog.
The most upsetting part? I was coming from a minor theater background. I'd taken theater classes at a drama school for five years before then. I can speak my lines on stage perfectly. It's just something about speaking in front of my peers academically takes all the wind out of my sails and makes me hyperventilate and want to cry. And if I ever felt like that during that class, instead of getting help for my problem...*click*.
TL;DR: I can understand where her frustration is coming from. | I dunno. I went to community college my freshman year and planned on getting my associates before heading off to a four year for my bachelor's. So i tried to take all the gen eds that I could. They ALSO had a public speaking requirement, and to this day it was the only class I just stopped going to.
I'm an introvert. I'm the textbook definition of introvert - it's not that I dislike people, it's that I need to spend a lot of time on my own to recharge from being around the people that I love. I'll even get sick of my boyfriend every once in a while and need to just chill in my room with a warm blanket and a book. I am also cripplingly shy.
This class was awful. The professor was so full of himself and picked favorites almost right away and I wasn't one of them. I tried to keep up with the work - writing banal speeches about the importance of smoke detectors type stuff - but then he would make us get up in front of the room. Again, it's a public speaking class, but that wasn't the worst.
The worst was that he would sit right in front of you, and instead of using words, used one of those clickers for dog training. Too quiet? click not enunciating? click Voice trembling? click
He didn't give you verbal criticism. He just tallied up how many clicks you got. And the more shy you were, the worse the clicks made you. It was dehumanizing. He was training you like he trained a dog.
The most upsetting part? I was coming from a minor theater background. I'd taken theater classes at a drama school for five years before then. I can speak my lines on stage perfectly. It's just something about speaking in front of my peers academically takes all the wind out of my sails and makes me hyperventilate and want to cry. And if I ever felt like that during that class, instead of getting help for my problem... click .
TL;DR: I can understand where her frustration is coming from.
| TumblrInAction | t5_2vizz | cea74dy | I dunno. I went to community college my freshman year and planned on getting my associates before heading off to a four year for my bachelor's. So i tried to take all the gen eds that I could. They ALSO had a public speaking requirement, and to this day it was the only class I just stopped going to.
I'm an introvert. I'm the textbook definition of introvert - it's not that I dislike people, it's that I need to spend a lot of time on my own to recharge from being around the people that I love. I'll even get sick of my boyfriend every once in a while and need to just chill in my room with a warm blanket and a book. I am also cripplingly shy.
This class was awful. The professor was so full of himself and picked favorites almost right away and I wasn't one of them. I tried to keep up with the work - writing banal speeches about the importance of smoke detectors type stuff - but then he would make us get up in front of the room. Again, it's a public speaking class, but that wasn't the worst.
The worst was that he would sit right in front of you, and instead of using words, used one of those clickers for dog training. Too quiet? click not enunciating? click Voice trembling? click
He didn't give you verbal criticism. He just tallied up how many clicks you got. And the more shy you were, the worse the clicks made you. It was dehumanizing. He was training you like he trained a dog.
The most upsetting part? I was coming from a minor theater background. I'd taken theater classes at a drama school for five years before then. I can speak my lines on stage perfectly. It's just something about speaking in front of my peers academically takes all the wind out of my sails and makes me hyperventilate and want to cry. And if I ever felt like that during that class, instead of getting help for my problem... click . | I can understand where her frustration is coming from. |
kevinstonge |
I won't say one rom is better than another, it's all down to personal preference.
I won't say one rom has features that another doesn't, most of them are mix-and-match, you can get most AOKP features in other roms.
What AOKP was for me was a relatively feature rich ROM without feeling bloated or sluggish as a result. No, I didn't do any objective testing, I flashed AOKP one day, everything worked, I was happy with the level of customization I was able to achieve, and I kept it for almost a year across several devices.
TL;DR: try a few roms until you find one you like. | I won't say one rom is better than another, it's all down to personal preference.
I won't say one rom has features that another doesn't, most of them are mix-and-match, you can get most AOKP features in other roms.
What AOKP was for me was a relatively feature rich ROM without feeling bloated or sluggish as a result. No, I didn't do any objective testing, I flashed AOKP one day, everything worked, I was happy with the level of customization I was able to achieve, and I kept it for almost a year across several devices.
TL;DR: try a few roms until you find one you like.
| Android | t5_2qlqh | ceafng4 | I won't say one rom is better than another, it's all down to personal preference.
I won't say one rom has features that another doesn't, most of them are mix-and-match, you can get most AOKP features in other roms.
What AOKP was for me was a relatively feature rich ROM without feeling bloated or sluggish as a result. No, I didn't do any objective testing, I flashed AOKP one day, everything worked, I was happy with the level of customization I was able to achieve, and I kept it for almost a year across several devices. | try a few roms until you find one you like. |
shaggorama | That link gives me a 502 "bad gateway" error in firefox. I tried it again in chrome and it works. Weird, maybe I should drop scraperwiki a line about it
I used to work at a company called SoundExchange, a digital performance rights organization. Basically, there's a special music royalty in the US that applies only to "non-interactive digital streams" like sirius/XM and pandora. SoundExchange receives playlists from these sevices and (statutory) licensing fees and churns out royalties that get paid directly to artists and copyright owners.
There are some odd consequences to this setup:
* SoundExchange can't really control what data people send them because that's determined by the law that defines the royalty they administer. Consequently, they receive pretty messy data from digital radio services.
* SoundExchange recieves royalties regardless of whether or not the artist is registered with them, so they accumulate balances for "unregistiered artists" and have a team of people whose job it is to track these artists down and reach out them. SoundExchange (and the royalty they administer) are fairly new to the music industry, so a lot of people think it's a scam, but they're much more established and recognized now than when I started there.
* Problems in the data can cause issues paying out royalties. Misspelling, missing fields, transposed fields, unusual character encodings... can make it difficult to recognize who the money is supposed to go to.
* Sometimes a radio service will give reasonably clean data, but report things incorrectly. Like, with the wrong artist or (much, much more likely) the wrong record label.
I did a lot of internal BI type stuff, but mainly worked to resolve data issues. I built a "fuzzy matching" tool that allowed us to send reports of "we think you might own this" repertoire to our clients so they could help us determine if there was repertoire in our system they owned that for some reason wasn't being paid to them (i.e. being paid out to someone else or not at all). As a result of this process, we had to track and resolve "overlapping claims" between clients where one person was being paid but someone else claimed they held the rights. I built a "conflict tracking" system to manage this which sprawled off into a new department, which I became the lead data analyst for.
Regarding my earlier comment about music data being log-normally or pareto distributed, this was observed primarily in the context of the distribution of royalties and "spins." And it makes sense: there are lots of bands/labels out there, but only a minority make a lot of money and/or receive significant airplay. Most bands/labels make very little or aren't even musicians full time. Analogously, I'd anticipate that talent is similarly rare, and most people who decide to form a band are mediocre or just plain bad. The cream that rises to the top is a very thin layer, so if Pitchfork were to theoretically review every band in the music industry, I'd anticipate that 90% of their ratings >7.0 would be held by the top 5-10% of bands. Therefore, I believe the distribution of their ratings is evidence that they are largely only rating bands that have "earned" a pitchfork rating in some way, and are *a priori* more likely to receive a high rating than a band picked at random.
I just quit my job (where I'd worked for about 5 years) a month ago to focus on grad school where I'm finishing a masters degree in math and stats.
**tl:dr**: I wrestled shitty data to try and help musician's get all of their free internet money, which is actually a thing in the music industry. I built some tools I'm proud of and helped form a department. Now I'm focusing on finishing my degree. | That link gives me a 502 "bad gateway" error in firefox. I tried it again in chrome and it works. Weird, maybe I should drop scraperwiki a line about it
I used to work at a company called SoundExchange, a digital performance rights organization. Basically, there's a special music royalty in the US that applies only to "non-interactive digital streams" like sirius/XM and pandora. SoundExchange receives playlists from these sevices and (statutory) licensing fees and churns out royalties that get paid directly to artists and copyright owners.
There are some odd consequences to this setup:
SoundExchange can't really control what data people send them because that's determined by the law that defines the royalty they administer. Consequently, they receive pretty messy data from digital radio services.
SoundExchange recieves royalties regardless of whether or not the artist is registered with them, so they accumulate balances for "unregistiered artists" and have a team of people whose job it is to track these artists down and reach out them. SoundExchange (and the royalty they administer) are fairly new to the music industry, so a lot of people think it's a scam, but they're much more established and recognized now than when I started there.
Problems in the data can cause issues paying out royalties. Misspelling, missing fields, transposed fields, unusual character encodings... can make it difficult to recognize who the money is supposed to go to.
Sometimes a radio service will give reasonably clean data, but report things incorrectly. Like, with the wrong artist or (much, much more likely) the wrong record label.
I did a lot of internal BI type stuff, but mainly worked to resolve data issues. I built a "fuzzy matching" tool that allowed us to send reports of "we think you might own this" repertoire to our clients so they could help us determine if there was repertoire in our system they owned that for some reason wasn't being paid to them (i.e. being paid out to someone else or not at all). As a result of this process, we had to track and resolve "overlapping claims" between clients where one person was being paid but someone else claimed they held the rights. I built a "conflict tracking" system to manage this which sprawled off into a new department, which I became the lead data analyst for.
Regarding my earlier comment about music data being log-normally or pareto distributed, this was observed primarily in the context of the distribution of royalties and "spins." And it makes sense: there are lots of bands/labels out there, but only a minority make a lot of money and/or receive significant airplay. Most bands/labels make very little or aren't even musicians full time. Analogously, I'd anticipate that talent is similarly rare, and most people who decide to form a band are mediocre or just plain bad. The cream that rises to the top is a very thin layer, so if Pitchfork were to theoretically review every band in the music industry, I'd anticipate that 90% of their ratings >7.0 would be held by the top 5-10% of bands. Therefore, I believe the distribution of their ratings is evidence that they are largely only rating bands that have "earned" a pitchfork rating in some way, and are a priori more likely to receive a high rating than a band picked at random.
I just quit my job (where I'd worked for about 5 years) a month ago to focus on grad school where I'm finishing a masters degree in math and stats.
tl:dr : I wrestled shitty data to try and help musician's get all of their free internet money, which is actually a thing in the music industry. I built some tools I'm proud of and helped form a department. Now I'm focusing on finishing my degree.
| pystats | t5_2yw9f | ceb7z73 | That link gives me a 502 "bad gateway" error in firefox. I tried it again in chrome and it works. Weird, maybe I should drop scraperwiki a line about it
I used to work at a company called SoundExchange, a digital performance rights organization. Basically, there's a special music royalty in the US that applies only to "non-interactive digital streams" like sirius/XM and pandora. SoundExchange receives playlists from these sevices and (statutory) licensing fees and churns out royalties that get paid directly to artists and copyright owners.
There are some odd consequences to this setup:
SoundExchange can't really control what data people send them because that's determined by the law that defines the royalty they administer. Consequently, they receive pretty messy data from digital radio services.
SoundExchange recieves royalties regardless of whether or not the artist is registered with them, so they accumulate balances for "unregistiered artists" and have a team of people whose job it is to track these artists down and reach out them. SoundExchange (and the royalty they administer) are fairly new to the music industry, so a lot of people think it's a scam, but they're much more established and recognized now than when I started there.
Problems in the data can cause issues paying out royalties. Misspelling, missing fields, transposed fields, unusual character encodings... can make it difficult to recognize who the money is supposed to go to.
Sometimes a radio service will give reasonably clean data, but report things incorrectly. Like, with the wrong artist or (much, much more likely) the wrong record label.
I did a lot of internal BI type stuff, but mainly worked to resolve data issues. I built a "fuzzy matching" tool that allowed us to send reports of "we think you might own this" repertoire to our clients so they could help us determine if there was repertoire in our system they owned that for some reason wasn't being paid to them (i.e. being paid out to someone else or not at all). As a result of this process, we had to track and resolve "overlapping claims" between clients where one person was being paid but someone else claimed they held the rights. I built a "conflict tracking" system to manage this which sprawled off into a new department, which I became the lead data analyst for.
Regarding my earlier comment about music data being log-normally or pareto distributed, this was observed primarily in the context of the distribution of royalties and "spins." And it makes sense: there are lots of bands/labels out there, but only a minority make a lot of money and/or receive significant airplay. Most bands/labels make very little or aren't even musicians full time. Analogously, I'd anticipate that talent is similarly rare, and most people who decide to form a band are mediocre or just plain bad. The cream that rises to the top is a very thin layer, so if Pitchfork were to theoretically review every band in the music industry, I'd anticipate that 90% of their ratings >7.0 would be held by the top 5-10% of bands. Therefore, I believe the distribution of their ratings is evidence that they are largely only rating bands that have "earned" a pitchfork rating in some way, and are a priori more likely to receive a high rating than a band picked at random.
I just quit my job (where I'd worked for about 5 years) a month ago to focus on grad school where I'm finishing a masters degree in math and stats. | I wrestled shitty data to try and help musician's get all of their free internet money, which is actually a thing in the music industry. I built some tools I'm proud of and helped form a department. Now I'm focusing on finishing my degree. |
jsalter85 | 1. I am from Dallas. Born in Ft Worth. I lived in Alpharetta for a year when I was 22 to 23. If you are looking for people around your age, rent an apartment off Morris Rd or as close to Windward Parkway as possible. There's a few bars around there such as wild wing that brings a bit of younger people in the area.
2. Alpharetta is nice, clean and not overly crowded. There is everything you need very close by but you are too far from the city to make regular trips downtown.
3. Yes you should. Move to Dunwoody or Sandy Springs. You will be going against traffic to work and you will be closer to the city but not downtown.
4. Apartments in Alpharetta really are all over the board. It depends on your needs and wants. You can rent a 2 bedroom townhouse for 1100-1300 or you could have a 1 bedroom apartment for 600.00. But again those numbers will fluctuate the closer you get to shopping malls and dependent on the community's age.
5. Utilities will be about 30.00 for water, 60-120 for elec depending on consumption and the size of your place. Cable and internet same as Dallas.
6. No. Alpharetta is where people in their 30s and 40s go to raise families and walk their family golden retriever.
7. I lived in Deerfield something off Morris Rd close to wild wing. I only moved there because I could walk to the bar and I requite that as a heavy drinker.
8. State laws? Super speeder on ga 400 will be expensive.
Tl;Dr: if you are a young professional, move to Dunwoody or Sandy Springs near perimeter mall. If you like nightlife more than the average working professional, move to midtown.
I'm 28 now and living across the street from Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody. Love my location and apartment. Spent 5 years in Buckhead and also enjoyed it but apartments around there are older plus more expensive for what you get.
You can pm me with any questions further. |
I am from Dallas. Born in Ft Worth. I lived in Alpharetta for a year when I was 22 to 23. If you are looking for people around your age, rent an apartment off Morris Rd or as close to Windward Parkway as possible. There's a few bars around there such as wild wing that brings a bit of younger people in the area.
Alpharetta is nice, clean and not overly crowded. There is everything you need very close by but you are too far from the city to make regular trips downtown.
Yes you should. Move to Dunwoody or Sandy Springs. You will be going against traffic to work and you will be closer to the city but not downtown.
Apartments in Alpharetta really are all over the board. It depends on your needs and wants. You can rent a 2 bedroom townhouse for 1100-1300 or you could have a 1 bedroom apartment for 600.00. But again those numbers will fluctuate the closer you get to shopping malls and dependent on the community's age.
Utilities will be about 30.00 for water, 60-120 for elec depending on consumption and the size of your place. Cable and internet same as Dallas.
No. Alpharetta is where people in their 30s and 40s go to raise families and walk their family golden retriever.
I lived in Deerfield something off Morris Rd close to wild wing. I only moved there because I could walk to the bar and I requite that as a heavy drinker.
State laws? Super speeder on ga 400 will be expensive.
Tl;Dr: if you are a young professional, move to Dunwoody or Sandy Springs near perimeter mall. If you like nightlife more than the average working professional, move to midtown.
I'm 28 now and living across the street from Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody. Love my location and apartment. Spent 5 years in Buckhead and also enjoyed it but apartments around there are older plus more expensive for what you get.
You can pm me with any questions further.
| Atlanta | t5_2qiq9 | ceaup8a | I am from Dallas. Born in Ft Worth. I lived in Alpharetta for a year when I was 22 to 23. If you are looking for people around your age, rent an apartment off Morris Rd or as close to Windward Parkway as possible. There's a few bars around there such as wild wing that brings a bit of younger people in the area.
Alpharetta is nice, clean and not overly crowded. There is everything you need very close by but you are too far from the city to make regular trips downtown.
Yes you should. Move to Dunwoody or Sandy Springs. You will be going against traffic to work and you will be closer to the city but not downtown.
Apartments in Alpharetta really are all over the board. It depends on your needs and wants. You can rent a 2 bedroom townhouse for 1100-1300 or you could have a 1 bedroom apartment for 600.00. But again those numbers will fluctuate the closer you get to shopping malls and dependent on the community's age.
Utilities will be about 30.00 for water, 60-120 for elec depending on consumption and the size of your place. Cable and internet same as Dallas.
No. Alpharetta is where people in their 30s and 40s go to raise families and walk their family golden retriever.
I lived in Deerfield something off Morris Rd close to wild wing. I only moved there because I could walk to the bar and I requite that as a heavy drinker.
State laws? Super speeder on ga 400 will be expensive. | if you are a young professional, move to Dunwoody or Sandy Springs near perimeter mall. If you like nightlife more than the average working professional, move to midtown.
I'm 28 now and living across the street from Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody. Love my location and apartment. Spent 5 years in Buckhead and also enjoyed it but apartments around there are older plus more expensive for what you get.
You can pm me with any questions further. |
emilymeowz | College senior here! I have one semester to go and the thing that shocked me the most was how much longer it takes to make really *good* friends than I thought. Obviously this is not always true--some people are lucky enough to meet their best friends in the beginning of their freshman year...I was not one of these people. I went into my freshman year being like YEAH WOO NEW PEOPLE MUST MAKE FRIENDS STAT and cycling through a bunch of different "bffs" before I realized that sometimes you don't notice whether or not you have anything in common when you're busy frantically searching for your niche. Don't try to force it. And try not to get too frustrated if it takes a while! Think about your closest friends from high school/elementary school and how long it took you guys to get to that point. Probably years, right? These things take time. Don't stress.
**TL;DR**: It might take a little longer than you'd hope to find people you really connect with. They're out there! Don't settle for people just to have insta-friends, keep looking for people you really love to be with. It's worth it! | College senior here! I have one semester to go and the thing that shocked me the most was how much longer it takes to make really good friends than I thought. Obviously this is not always true--some people are lucky enough to meet their best friends in the beginning of their freshman year...I was not one of these people. I went into my freshman year being like YEAH WOO NEW PEOPLE MUST MAKE FRIENDS STAT and cycling through a bunch of different "bffs" before I realized that sometimes you don't notice whether or not you have anything in common when you're busy frantically searching for your niche. Don't try to force it. And try not to get too frustrated if it takes a while! Think about your closest friends from high school/elementary school and how long it took you guys to get to that point. Probably years, right? These things take time. Don't stress.
TL;DR : It might take a little longer than you'd hope to find people you really connect with. They're out there! Don't settle for people just to have insta-friends, keep looking for people you really love to be with. It's worth it!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ceax9u7 | College senior here! I have one semester to go and the thing that shocked me the most was how much longer it takes to make really good friends than I thought. Obviously this is not always true--some people are lucky enough to meet their best friends in the beginning of their freshman year...I was not one of these people. I went into my freshman year being like YEAH WOO NEW PEOPLE MUST MAKE FRIENDS STAT and cycling through a bunch of different "bffs" before I realized that sometimes you don't notice whether or not you have anything in common when you're busy frantically searching for your niche. Don't try to force it. And try not to get too frustrated if it takes a while! Think about your closest friends from high school/elementary school and how long it took you guys to get to that point. Probably years, right? These things take time. Don't stress. | It might take a little longer than you'd hope to find people you really connect with. They're out there! Don't settle for people just to have insta-friends, keep looking for people you really love to be with. It's worth it! |
Mr_Monster | >The main reason you should be worried is that the potential for abuse is huge.
The potential for doctors to abuse their power is huge yet you trust a brain surgeon with your life. Potential for abuse should never be a factor in determining whether something should exist or not. How that power is used should be.
>The NSA as it is right now is a little known organization with very little oversight and even less transparency. It's practically a stranger compared to other government departments.
You really have no idea what you are taking about. The NSA is a very well known agency with TONS of oversight and years of outstanding work. The reason most Americans have only heard about it in movies like Sneakers or Enemy of the State is because how they do what they do is classified. Don't get this confused with what they do being classified. What they do is openly available information posted on their website (
>The FBI tells us how many people it incarcerates each year, for what, and for what purposes. It follows the constitution, miranda rights, regularly PROVES that it follows these things, and is subject to pressures from congress. It's also supposed to be stopping many things that can be akin to terrorism.
The NSA does this as well except "the people" they report to are the elected representatives of the citizens of the United States, the Congress and the President of the United States. They have had regular congressional hearings since the beginning of the Snowden fiasco, and members of Congress on the Intelligence Oversight Committee have always had access to any information they request.
>The NSA will not even tell us how many terrorist threats it has thwarted, or how many it has detected, or how many it has failed to stop. It follows the constitution... for Americans only, and is overseen by a secret court no one is allowed to view or speak about. What this amounts to is "we follow the American Constitution and we aren't breaking any rules, Scouts Honor".
The NSA did report how many terrorist threats it thwarted. It also has reported in the past which plots it failed to stop. Most of these programs being discussed were a direct response to the 9/11 commission recommendations. And of course it follows the United States Constitution for Americans only. The Constitution only applies to U.S. Citizens for the same reason the Constitution of Iran only applies to Iranian Citizens. Do you want another country's laws enforced on you in your country? With regard to the secret court, it is secret because it deals with classified information. The judges are rotated to alleviate any concern that one judge may be "soft" on them. You do have one thing right. All of this comes down to trust. The American people need to trust its government to do the right thing. It's hard to do that right now, I know.
>Now they have access to everyone's history for the past few months, texts, facebook, games, EVERYTHING in a format that they can search on a whim at their leisure.
Again you are completely wrong here. Do you actually read the stuff or watch the hearings out do you just read the Reddit comments and gossip? The "bulk collection" of telephony metadata, which is what everyone is up in arms about, has apparently no personally identifiable information in it. It's a time, and two phone numbers. Unless you changed your name to your phone number you aren't identified. You are confusing and combining what they can reportedly do for foreign intelligence. Foreign intelligence is exactly what the NSA is paid to do anyway.
>All you have is Scout's Honor keeping an NSA employee from using the search engine to check out that girl in the Yoga class on the way to work. Discovering she's single, and she's into jazz and frequents the bar downtown, and tailoring himself to be the perfect man in her eyes so he can get with that. Scout's Honor is all that's preventing an NSA employee from finding out that the math teacher in his son's catholic school is gay and threatening to out him to his peers if his son doesn't pass that midterm. Scout's Honor is all that's keeping the NSA from discovering your local senator is cheating on his wife, it'd be a shame if it got out, but we wouldn't out you if you stopped talking about all this NSA stuff.
Sure, scout's honor and constant oversight at multiple levels and jail time when they're found out. The very few times something even close to what you're talking about happened the perpetrators were caught and punished and the infractions reported to Congress. You really need to get the facts from the source.
>Is this happening? We have absolutely no idea. All we know is that they have the data to pull it off, stored in a location to look at in their leisure, and most of them probably aren't Boy Scouts.
You are scared. I get it. Some secret government agency does secret stuff that you don't understand so you freak out. The truth is out there. It's on CSPAN. This whole tin hat thing we've all had going these past few months is really getting old. Did you know that another federal judge ruled that the "bulk collection" issue is legal and constitutional just today? Regardless of your personal feelings toward the idea of spying it will continue. Every nation on the planet does it. I'm more concerned about the data that commercial companies collect on us without any oversight whatsoever. They can then sell all that personal information to anyone around the world with no restriction. There was just a hearing on CSPAN today about this.
tl;dr The truth is out there, but bad information is more plentiful. Stay frosty. | >The main reason you should be worried is that the potential for abuse is huge.
The potential for doctors to abuse their power is huge yet you trust a brain surgeon with your life. Potential for abuse should never be a factor in determining whether something should exist or not. How that power is used should be.
>The NSA as it is right now is a little known organization with very little oversight and even less transparency. It's practically a stranger compared to other government departments.
You really have no idea what you are taking about. The NSA is a very well known agency with TONS of oversight and years of outstanding work. The reason most Americans have only heard about it in movies like Sneakers or Enemy of the State is because how they do what they do is classified. Don't get this confused with what they do being classified. What they do is openly available information posted on their website (
>The FBI tells us how many people it incarcerates each year, for what, and for what purposes. It follows the constitution, miranda rights, regularly PROVES that it follows these things, and is subject to pressures from congress. It's also supposed to be stopping many things that can be akin to terrorism.
The NSA does this as well except "the people" they report to are the elected representatives of the citizens of the United States, the Congress and the President of the United States. They have had regular congressional hearings since the beginning of the Snowden fiasco, and members of Congress on the Intelligence Oversight Committee have always had access to any information they request.
>The NSA will not even tell us how many terrorist threats it has thwarted, or how many it has detected, or how many it has failed to stop. It follows the constitution... for Americans only, and is overseen by a secret court no one is allowed to view or speak about. What this amounts to is "we follow the American Constitution and we aren't breaking any rules, Scouts Honor".
The NSA did report how many terrorist threats it thwarted. It also has reported in the past which plots it failed to stop. Most of these programs being discussed were a direct response to the 9/11 commission recommendations. And of course it follows the United States Constitution for Americans only. The Constitution only applies to U.S. Citizens for the same reason the Constitution of Iran only applies to Iranian Citizens. Do you want another country's laws enforced on you in your country? With regard to the secret court, it is secret because it deals with classified information. The judges are rotated to alleviate any concern that one judge may be "soft" on them. You do have one thing right. All of this comes down to trust. The American people need to trust its government to do the right thing. It's hard to do that right now, I know.
>Now they have access to everyone's history for the past few months, texts, facebook, games, EVERYTHING in a format that they can search on a whim at their leisure.
Again you are completely wrong here. Do you actually read the stuff or watch the hearings out do you just read the Reddit comments and gossip? The "bulk collection" of telephony metadata, which is what everyone is up in arms about, has apparently no personally identifiable information in it. It's a time, and two phone numbers. Unless you changed your name to your phone number you aren't identified. You are confusing and combining what they can reportedly do for foreign intelligence. Foreign intelligence is exactly what the NSA is paid to do anyway.
>All you have is Scout's Honor keeping an NSA employee from using the search engine to check out that girl in the Yoga class on the way to work. Discovering she's single, and she's into jazz and frequents the bar downtown, and tailoring himself to be the perfect man in her eyes so he can get with that. Scout's Honor is all that's preventing an NSA employee from finding out that the math teacher in his son's catholic school is gay and threatening to out him to his peers if his son doesn't pass that midterm. Scout's Honor is all that's keeping the NSA from discovering your local senator is cheating on his wife, it'd be a shame if it got out, but we wouldn't out you if you stopped talking about all this NSA stuff.
Sure, scout's honor and constant oversight at multiple levels and jail time when they're found out. The very few times something even close to what you're talking about happened the perpetrators were caught and punished and the infractions reported to Congress. You really need to get the facts from the source.
>Is this happening? We have absolutely no idea. All we know is that they have the data to pull it off, stored in a location to look at in their leisure, and most of them probably aren't Boy Scouts.
You are scared. I get it. Some secret government agency does secret stuff that you don't understand so you freak out. The truth is out there. It's on CSPAN. This whole tin hat thing we've all had going these past few months is really getting old. Did you know that another federal judge ruled that the "bulk collection" issue is legal and constitutional just today? Regardless of your personal feelings toward the idea of spying it will continue. Every nation on the planet does it. I'm more concerned about the data that commercial companies collect on us without any oversight whatsoever. They can then sell all that personal information to anyone around the world with no restriction. There was just a hearing on CSPAN today about this.
tl;dr The truth is out there, but bad information is more plentiful. Stay frosty.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cebft7x | The main reason you should be worried is that the potential for abuse is huge.
The potential for doctors to abuse their power is huge yet you trust a brain surgeon with your life. Potential for abuse should never be a factor in determining whether something should exist or not. How that power is used should be.
>The NSA as it is right now is a little known organization with very little oversight and even less transparency. It's practically a stranger compared to other government departments.
You really have no idea what you are taking about. The NSA is a very well known agency with TONS of oversight and years of outstanding work. The reason most Americans have only heard about it in movies like Sneakers or Enemy of the State is because how they do what they do is classified. Don't get this confused with what they do being classified. What they do is openly available information posted on their website (
>The FBI tells us how many people it incarcerates each year, for what, and for what purposes. It follows the constitution, miranda rights, regularly PROVES that it follows these things, and is subject to pressures from congress. It's also supposed to be stopping many things that can be akin to terrorism.
The NSA does this as well except "the people" they report to are the elected representatives of the citizens of the United States, the Congress and the President of the United States. They have had regular congressional hearings since the beginning of the Snowden fiasco, and members of Congress on the Intelligence Oversight Committee have always had access to any information they request.
>The NSA will not even tell us how many terrorist threats it has thwarted, or how many it has detected, or how many it has failed to stop. It follows the constitution... for Americans only, and is overseen by a secret court no one is allowed to view or speak about. What this amounts to is "we follow the American Constitution and we aren't breaking any rules, Scouts Honor".
The NSA did report how many terrorist threats it thwarted. It also has reported in the past which plots it failed to stop. Most of these programs being discussed were a direct response to the 9/11 commission recommendations. And of course it follows the United States Constitution for Americans only. The Constitution only applies to U.S. Citizens for the same reason the Constitution of Iran only applies to Iranian Citizens. Do you want another country's laws enforced on you in your country? With regard to the secret court, it is secret because it deals with classified information. The judges are rotated to alleviate any concern that one judge may be "soft" on them. You do have one thing right. All of this comes down to trust. The American people need to trust its government to do the right thing. It's hard to do that right now, I know.
>Now they have access to everyone's history for the past few months, texts, facebook, games, EVERYTHING in a format that they can search on a whim at their leisure.
Again you are completely wrong here. Do you actually read the stuff or watch the hearings out do you just read the Reddit comments and gossip? The "bulk collection" of telephony metadata, which is what everyone is up in arms about, has apparently no personally identifiable information in it. It's a time, and two phone numbers. Unless you changed your name to your phone number you aren't identified. You are confusing and combining what they can reportedly do for foreign intelligence. Foreign intelligence is exactly what the NSA is paid to do anyway.
>All you have is Scout's Honor keeping an NSA employee from using the search engine to check out that girl in the Yoga class on the way to work. Discovering she's single, and she's into jazz and frequents the bar downtown, and tailoring himself to be the perfect man in her eyes so he can get with that. Scout's Honor is all that's preventing an NSA employee from finding out that the math teacher in his son's catholic school is gay and threatening to out him to his peers if his son doesn't pass that midterm. Scout's Honor is all that's keeping the NSA from discovering your local senator is cheating on his wife, it'd be a shame if it got out, but we wouldn't out you if you stopped talking about all this NSA stuff.
Sure, scout's honor and constant oversight at multiple levels and jail time when they're found out. The very few times something even close to what you're talking about happened the perpetrators were caught and punished and the infractions reported to Congress. You really need to get the facts from the source.
>Is this happening? We have absolutely no idea. All we know is that they have the data to pull it off, stored in a location to look at in their leisure, and most of them probably aren't Boy Scouts.
You are scared. I get it. Some secret government agency does secret stuff that you don't understand so you freak out. The truth is out there. It's on CSPAN. This whole tin hat thing we've all had going these past few months is really getting old. Did you know that another federal judge ruled that the "bulk collection" issue is legal and constitutional just today? Regardless of your personal feelings toward the idea of spying it will continue. Every nation on the planet does it. I'm more concerned about the data that commercial companies collect on us without any oversight whatsoever. They can then sell all that personal information to anyone around the world with no restriction. There was just a hearing on CSPAN today about this. | The truth is out there, but bad information is more plentiful. Stay frosty. |
ychromosome | You don't need corruption and nepotism for things to be inept. Did you come across anyone directly or indirectly telling you that they can get your work done for an extra fee? If yes, then corruption is at work. This happens in a lot of offices across India. As for "nepotism", I am not sure you know what that word means. Please look it up.
TL;DR - Don't ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by stupidity. | You don't need corruption and nepotism for things to be inept. Did you come across anyone directly or indirectly telling you that they can get your work done for an extra fee? If yes, then corruption is at work. This happens in a lot of offices across India. As for "nepotism", I am not sure you know what that word means. Please look it up.
TL;DR - Don't ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by stupidity.
| india | t5_2qh1q | cebuw6p | You don't need corruption and nepotism for things to be inept. Did you come across anyone directly or indirectly telling you that they can get your work done for an extra fee? If yes, then corruption is at work. This happens in a lot of offices across India. As for "nepotism", I am not sure you know what that word means. Please look it up. | Don't ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by stupidity. |
ychromosome | ALL of the following happens in US consulates in India, some of them **surely** happen much more frequently too:
* Security guys handling the waiting line. Plus, lot of bullshit security rules, many of which probably don't exist in any Indian consulates anywhere. This includes - no cellphones, no bags of any kind, no one else can accompany you inside, should have only transparent file folders, etc.
* Consulate being **painfully** slow.
* People having to come hours earlier.
* You were lucky that you were at least able to make copies at the location. You will get no such facilities at the US consulates in India. If you don't have a copy of an important document, you are fucked. You have to go all the way outside to get a copy and then stand in the line all over again.
* **Plenty** of people's visa applications get rejected and they lose money in a lot more ways than just canceled air tickets. And btw, it's always risky to buy air tickets before you have the visa to a country. This is not an Indian problem, nor is it a corruption/nepotism problem.
* The white couple wanted to see their guru and got denied visa? Sorry for them, but I have seen lots of Indians being denied visa to the US, when they wanted it for much more serious purposes like university admittance, joining a job, going to help their daughter have her first baby, going for other important occasions in a loved one's life (graduation, wedding, and so on), etc.
TL;DR - More than 50% of the issues you have listed have nothing to do with corruption/nepotism, and they are worse in American consulates. | ALL of the following happens in US consulates in India, some of them surely happen much more frequently too:
Security guys handling the waiting line. Plus, lot of bullshit security rules, many of which probably don't exist in any Indian consulates anywhere. This includes - no cellphones, no bags of any kind, no one else can accompany you inside, should have only transparent file folders, etc.
Consulate being painfully slow.
People having to come hours earlier.
You were lucky that you were at least able to make copies at the location. You will get no such facilities at the US consulates in India. If you don't have a copy of an important document, you are fucked. You have to go all the way outside to get a copy and then stand in the line all over again.
Plenty of people's visa applications get rejected and they lose money in a lot more ways than just canceled air tickets. And btw, it's always risky to buy air tickets before you have the visa to a country. This is not an Indian problem, nor is it a corruption/nepotism problem.
The white couple wanted to see their guru and got denied visa? Sorry for them, but I have seen lots of Indians being denied visa to the US, when they wanted it for much more serious purposes like university admittance, joining a job, going to help their daughter have her first baby, going for other important occasions in a loved one's life (graduation, wedding, and so on), etc.
TL;DR - More than 50% of the issues you have listed have nothing to do with corruption/nepotism, and they are worse in American consulates.
| india | t5_2qh1q | cebv0w5 | ALL of the following happens in US consulates in India, some of them surely happen much more frequently too:
Security guys handling the waiting line. Plus, lot of bullshit security rules, many of which probably don't exist in any Indian consulates anywhere. This includes - no cellphones, no bags of any kind, no one else can accompany you inside, should have only transparent file folders, etc.
Consulate being painfully slow.
People having to come hours earlier.
You were lucky that you were at least able to make copies at the location. You will get no such facilities at the US consulates in India. If you don't have a copy of an important document, you are fucked. You have to go all the way outside to get a copy and then stand in the line all over again.
Plenty of people's visa applications get rejected and they lose money in a lot more ways than just canceled air tickets. And btw, it's always risky to buy air tickets before you have the visa to a country. This is not an Indian problem, nor is it a corruption/nepotism problem.
The white couple wanted to see their guru and got denied visa? Sorry for them, but I have seen lots of Indians being denied visa to the US, when they wanted it for much more serious purposes like university admittance, joining a job, going to help their daughter have her first baby, going for other important occasions in a loved one's life (graduation, wedding, and so on), etc. | More than 50% of the issues you have listed have nothing to do with corruption/nepotism, and they are worse in American consulates. |
Jpon9 | I have nearly all of Valve's games on Source (save L4D, but I have L4D2), so I might be able to help you here. If you have any additional questions, I'll probably be able to help you out there as well.
CS:GO is indeed on the Source engine, though it plays much differently than Gmod, for the most part. If you've played much Half-Life 2, that is how Gmod feels when you're playing it movement-wise and environment-wise. Garry's Mod is mostly played (I don't have actual numbers on this, but it seems that) for the assortment of Gamemodes it offers like [Trouble In Terrorist Town (TTT)]( [DarkRP]( [Jailbreak]( (which I know is also on some CS:GO community servers, perhaps like some of these other gamemodes?), [Basewars]( [Spacebuild]( [Flood]( etc. The sandbox can be fun with friends but at least for me, it typically descends into PvP and destroying other people's hard work. That said, a lot of people really enjoy it. The addon (Gmod's mods) selection is really nice and there is an almost endless number of things you can add to the game. Making new stuff isn't hard either. No matter your interests, be it programming, modeling, social interaction with a sometimes solid but often childish community (*I'm pretty opinionated), or just enjoying what other people have created, you can almost certainly find something you can enjoy in Garry's Mod.
**TL;DR It's definitely worth picking up for $2.49.** | I have nearly all of Valve's games on Source (save L4D, but I have L4D2), so I might be able to help you here. If you have any additional questions, I'll probably be able to help you out there as well.
CS:GO is indeed on the Source engine, though it plays much differently than Gmod, for the most part. If you've played much Half-Life 2, that is how Gmod feels when you're playing it movement-wise and environment-wise. Garry's Mod is mostly played (I don't have actual numbers on this, but it seems that) for the assortment of Gamemodes it offers like Trouble In Terrorist Town (TTT) , Basewars selection is really nice and there is an almost endless number of things you can add to the game. Making new stuff isn't hard either. No matter your interests, be it programming, modeling, social interaction with a sometimes solid but often childish community (*I'm pretty opinionated), or just enjoying what other people have created, you can almost certainly find something you can enjoy in Garry's Mod.
TL;DR It's definitely worth picking up for $2.49.
| ShouldIbuythisgame | t5_2ud8h | cec4bj8 | I have nearly all of Valve's games on Source (save L4D, but I have L4D2), so I might be able to help you here. If you have any additional questions, I'll probably be able to help you out there as well.
CS:GO is indeed on the Source engine, though it plays much differently than Gmod, for the most part. If you've played much Half-Life 2, that is how Gmod feels when you're playing it movement-wise and environment-wise. Garry's Mod is mostly played (I don't have actual numbers on this, but it seems that) for the assortment of Gamemodes it offers like Trouble In Terrorist Town (TTT) , Basewars selection is really nice and there is an almost endless number of things you can add to the game. Making new stuff isn't hard either. No matter your interests, be it programming, modeling, social interaction with a sometimes solid but often childish community (*I'm pretty opinionated), or just enjoying what other people have created, you can almost certainly find something you can enjoy in Garry's Mod. | It's definitely worth picking up for $2.49. |
JonSnowsGhost | Those two rune pages will suit you well enough for quite some time, unless you start climbing up the ranks a lot. Just get some more champions and have fun; that's really the point of a game.
If you want to get more runes, there's a few sets I'd recommend: Attack Speed Marks are useful on many junglers and some laners (Diana, Shyvana, etc.) and Movement Speed Quints are good on some mid laners and on some junglers (depends on play style). I'd also recommen picking up a single Critical Hit Chance Mark for champions that use a lot of auto-attacks (ADC, Bruisers, etc.). The (eventually) guaranteed critical hit can really swing a lane in your favor.
TL;DR: once you have 2 full rune pages, having more champions andfun is more important than more runes. | Those two rune pages will suit you well enough for quite some time, unless you start climbing up the ranks a lot. Just get some more champions and have fun; that's really the point of a game.
If you want to get more runes, there's a few sets I'd recommend: Attack Speed Marks are useful on many junglers and some laners (Diana, Shyvana, etc.) and Movement Speed Quints are good on some mid laners and on some junglers (depends on play style). I'd also recommen picking up a single Critical Hit Chance Mark for champions that use a lot of auto-attacks (ADC, Bruisers, etc.). The (eventually) guaranteed critical hit can really swing a lane in your favor.
TL;DR: once you have 2 full rune pages, having more champions andfun is more important than more runes.
| summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cec95cv | Those two rune pages will suit you well enough for quite some time, unless you start climbing up the ranks a lot. Just get some more champions and have fun; that's really the point of a game.
If you want to get more runes, there's a few sets I'd recommend: Attack Speed Marks are useful on many junglers and some laners (Diana, Shyvana, etc.) and Movement Speed Quints are good on some mid laners and on some junglers (depends on play style). I'd also recommen picking up a single Critical Hit Chance Mark for champions that use a lot of auto-attacks (ADC, Bruisers, etc.). The (eventually) guaranteed critical hit can really swing a lane in your favor. | once you have 2 full rune pages, having more champions andfun is more important than more runes. |
SpotPit939 | I'm in the same dilemma as you. Lvl 22 and I saved up ip for a few levels before 20 so both my rune pages are 2/3 compiler and I got some RP to stave me off until there complete.
Tl;dr RP if you can't wait | I'm in the same dilemma as you. Lvl 22 and I saved up ip for a few levels before 20 so both my rune pages are 2/3 compiler and I got some RP to stave me off until there complete.
Tl;dr RP if you can't wait
| summonerschool | t5_2t9x3 | cec9a5o | I'm in the same dilemma as you. Lvl 22 and I saved up ip for a few levels before 20 so both my rune pages are 2/3 compiler and I got some RP to stave me off until there complete. | RP if you can't wait |
NoAnalHere | **I was thinking if i should or not seeing as said friend is a avid redditor. This is really long so be prepared!**
I was about 15 years old at the time it was my first boyfriend. He was 17 turning 18 At that time it was no problem going on to a boys house to hang out with their parents there. BUT his parents weren't home. I get there and he has this little dog. I was so nervous since i realized his parents wasn't there i knocked over a cup of juice and offered to clean it up. As im walking to the kitchen I step in a pile of dog shit. So now said boyfriend gives me tissue to clean it off and we go into his room. He had a boner so I just asked to see. Then i put my hands on it. Once he eventually pulled down his pants it was just his boxers and his penis poking through. Not knowing what to grab i grab what i could of the head and then use my other hand and i stick it DOWN his penis shaft. [ i know. i was so stupid] he didn't stop me until 5 mins later. it got swollen I removed my finger and the major pain began. About two weeks later he broke up with me. But i was so ashamed and smitten i wanted another try at the relationship and i fawned over him for a year. He messaged my friend [ we all had AOL] talking about ' hey sorry i know this must be hard on her blah blah' so a couple of weeks go by and shes talking to him once a day regularly. I find out. She didn't like him she was just being polite since the topic was always me. Then he said he liked her. I went all " Fuck Both of you". She cut off contact with him. It tiffed out friendship. We worked it out. and were still best friends.
**NEW TLDR: Stepped in shit, Fingered a dick,Best friends still standing strong** | I was thinking if i should or not seeing as said friend is a avid redditor. This is really long so be prepared!
I was about 15 years old at the time it was my first boyfriend. He was 17 turning 18 At that time it was no problem going on to a boys house to hang out with their parents there. BUT his parents weren't home. I get there and he has this little dog. I was so nervous since i realized his parents wasn't there i knocked over a cup of juice and offered to clean it up. As im walking to the kitchen I step in a pile of dog shit. So now said boyfriend gives me tissue to clean it off and we go into his room. He had a boner so I just asked to see. Then i put my hands on it. Once he eventually pulled down his pants it was just his boxers and his penis poking through. Not knowing what to grab i grab what i could of the head and then use my other hand and i stick it DOWN his penis shaft. [ i know. i was so stupid] he didn't stop me until 5 mins later. it got swollen I removed my finger and the major pain began. About two weeks later he broke up with me. But i was so ashamed and smitten i wanted another try at the relationship and i fawned over him for a year. He messaged my friend [ we all had AOL] talking about ' hey sorry i know this must be hard on her blah blah' so a couple of weeks go by and shes talking to him once a day regularly. I find out. She didn't like him she was just being polite since the topic was always me. Then he said he liked her. I went all " Fuck Both of you". She cut off contact with him. It tiffed out friendship. We worked it out. and were still best friends.
NEW TLDR: Stepped in shit, Fingered a dick,Best friends still standing strong
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cecbgk0 | I was thinking if i should or not seeing as said friend is a avid redditor. This is really long so be prepared!
I was about 15 years old at the time it was my first boyfriend. He was 17 turning 18 At that time it was no problem going on to a boys house to hang out with their parents there. BUT his parents weren't home. I get there and he has this little dog. I was so nervous since i realized his parents wasn't there i knocked over a cup of juice and offered to clean it up. As im walking to the kitchen I step in a pile of dog shit. So now said boyfriend gives me tissue to clean it off and we go into his room. He had a boner so I just asked to see. Then i put my hands on it. Once he eventually pulled down his pants it was just his boxers and his penis poking through. Not knowing what to grab i grab what i could of the head and then use my other hand and i stick it DOWN his penis shaft. [ i know. i was so stupid] he didn't stop me until 5 mins later. it got swollen I removed my finger and the major pain began. About two weeks later he broke up with me. But i was so ashamed and smitten i wanted another try at the relationship and i fawned over him for a year. He messaged my friend [ we all had AOL] talking about ' hey sorry i know this must be hard on her blah blah' so a couple of weeks go by and shes talking to him once a day regularly. I find out. She didn't like him she was just being polite since the topic was always me. Then he said he liked her. I went all " Fuck Both of you". She cut off contact with him. It tiffed out friendship. We worked it out. and were still best friends.
NEW | Stepped in shit, Fingered a dick,Best friends still standing strong |
BCM_00 | I suppose that's one way of looking at it. I, however, am given to believe that Mega-evolutions are merely a scientific augmentation of certain species, similar to steroids or Bane-venom. The energy given off by stones *coincidentally* resonates with certain species of Pokemon, and this allows them to evolve further. I cannot claim this theory is infallible, but that is how I view it.
However, your idea certainly reinforces the themes of the Pokemon franchise. Pokemon and people can achieve greater things together. Trainers allow Pokemon to grow stronger (stone of friendship evolution, EVs, Mega-evolution, just to name a few) and Pokemon allow people to have new experiences, such as traveling, making meaningful relationships, personal growth and discovery, teaching responsibility and independence.
Whether or not Pokemon were created to be trained, though, is a unique question. We would have to look back into the mythology of the creation of the Pokemon world, and we would have to see where people, Pokemon, and the Mega-stone system came from. IIRC, the Sinnoh saga leads us to believe that humans and Pokemon were once the same, so perhaps the split between the two is related to the creation of the Mega stones. *Disturbing hypothesis: Some group of people used some form of science or magic to control another part of the population, leading to their mutation into Pokemon and the creation of the Mega stones.* Alternatively, perhaps a deity created Pokemon and the Mega stones as a gift or helper to humanity, like God created Eve as a helper to Adam. (To be clear: Do not take that to mean I think of women as inherently subordinate to men. I was merely drawing a narrative comparison)
**TL;DR:** In the end, I suppose it depends on whether or not you take the Mega stones and Mega ring to be a natural thing, or a bastardization of the natural order. | I suppose that's one way of looking at it. I, however, am given to believe that Mega-evolutions are merely a scientific augmentation of certain species, similar to steroids or Bane-venom. The energy given off by stones coincidentally resonates with certain species of Pokemon, and this allows them to evolve further. I cannot claim this theory is infallible, but that is how I view it.
However, your idea certainly reinforces the themes of the Pokemon franchise. Pokemon and people can achieve greater things together. Trainers allow Pokemon to grow stronger (stone of friendship evolution, EVs, Mega-evolution, just to name a few) and Pokemon allow people to have new experiences, such as traveling, making meaningful relationships, personal growth and discovery, teaching responsibility and independence.
Whether or not Pokemon were created to be trained, though, is a unique question. We would have to look back into the mythology of the creation of the Pokemon world, and we would have to see where people, Pokemon, and the Mega-stone system came from. IIRC, the Sinnoh saga leads us to believe that humans and Pokemon were once the same, so perhaps the split between the two is related to the creation of the Mega stones. Disturbing hypothesis: Some group of people used some form of science or magic to control another part of the population, leading to their mutation into Pokemon and the creation of the Mega stones. Alternatively, perhaps a deity created Pokemon and the Mega stones as a gift or helper to humanity, like God created Eve as a helper to Adam. (To be clear: Do not take that to mean I think of women as inherently subordinate to men. I was merely drawing a narrative comparison)
TL;DR: In the end, I suppose it depends on whether or not you take the Mega stones and Mega ring to be a natural thing, or a bastardization of the natural order.
| TruePokemon | t5_2ttxy | cece0rf | I suppose that's one way of looking at it. I, however, am given to believe that Mega-evolutions are merely a scientific augmentation of certain species, similar to steroids or Bane-venom. The energy given off by stones coincidentally resonates with certain species of Pokemon, and this allows them to evolve further. I cannot claim this theory is infallible, but that is how I view it.
However, your idea certainly reinforces the themes of the Pokemon franchise. Pokemon and people can achieve greater things together. Trainers allow Pokemon to grow stronger (stone of friendship evolution, EVs, Mega-evolution, just to name a few) and Pokemon allow people to have new experiences, such as traveling, making meaningful relationships, personal growth and discovery, teaching responsibility and independence.
Whether or not Pokemon were created to be trained, though, is a unique question. We would have to look back into the mythology of the creation of the Pokemon world, and we would have to see where people, Pokemon, and the Mega-stone system came from. IIRC, the Sinnoh saga leads us to believe that humans and Pokemon were once the same, so perhaps the split between the two is related to the creation of the Mega stones. Disturbing hypothesis: Some group of people used some form of science or magic to control another part of the population, leading to their mutation into Pokemon and the creation of the Mega stones. Alternatively, perhaps a deity created Pokemon and the Mega stones as a gift or helper to humanity, like God created Eve as a helper to Adam. (To be clear: Do not take that to mean I think of women as inherently subordinate to men. I was merely drawing a narrative comparison) | In the end, I suppose it depends on whether or not you take the Mega stones and Mega ring to be a natural thing, or a bastardization of the natural order. |
rczdesigns | I had about an hour total online play until Christmas day. I heard about the snow update and wanted to check it out.
About ten minutes into power sliding around, someone puts up a bounty for 600mil. I almost shit myself. I killed the guy (who wasn't playing, wewt) and haven't looked back.
I couldn't enjoy the game (job, life means I didn't have the grind time) when little kids in tanks or with ARs just dicked on me the whole sesh.
Now I have a full day played. And I love it. How people can say it's a game breaker is beyond me.
If it's your shit to grind for things to have fun, keep on keeping on. Don't Pretend you didn't get any money till its fixed, but don't put others down who are having fun as e-billionaires.
TLDR; Pre - money game play time = 1 hour in months. Post game play time 1 day in four days. | I had about an hour total online play until Christmas day. I heard about the snow update and wanted to check it out.
About ten minutes into power sliding around, someone puts up a bounty for 600mil. I almost shit myself. I killed the guy (who wasn't playing, wewt) and haven't looked back.
I couldn't enjoy the game (job, life means I didn't have the grind time) when little kids in tanks or with ARs just dicked on me the whole sesh.
Now I have a full day played. And I love it. How people can say it's a game breaker is beyond me.
If it's your shit to grind for things to have fun, keep on keeping on. Don't Pretend you didn't get any money till its fixed, but don't put others down who are having fun as e-billionaires.
TLDR; Pre - money game play time = 1 hour in months. Post game play time 1 day in four days.
| GTA | t5_2ra77 | ced3fv6 | I had about an hour total online play until Christmas day. I heard about the snow update and wanted to check it out.
About ten minutes into power sliding around, someone puts up a bounty for 600mil. I almost shit myself. I killed the guy (who wasn't playing, wewt) and haven't looked back.
I couldn't enjoy the game (job, life means I didn't have the grind time) when little kids in tanks or with ARs just dicked on me the whole sesh.
Now I have a full day played. And I love it. How people can say it's a game breaker is beyond me.
If it's your shit to grind for things to have fun, keep on keeping on. Don't Pretend you didn't get any money till its fixed, but don't put others down who are having fun as e-billionaires. | Pre - money game play time = 1 hour in months. Post game play time 1 day in four days. |
jmnugent | Reading that DLINK forum thread and looking at the hardware-specs of the DIR615 series ... I would agree with everything stated. DLINK probably was forced to limit the firmware that way because of limitations in hardware. (IE = it's only a 400mhz CPU with 4mb of Flash and 32mb of RAM..... if it was a Ghz CPU with 256 Flash and 256 RAM... the firmware/OS would have more "headroom" to handle more load and more features.
TL;DR... get a better Router. | Reading that DLINK forum thread and looking at the hardware-specs of the DIR615 series ... I would agree with everything stated. DLINK probably was forced to limit the firmware that way because of limitations in hardware. (IE = it's only a 400mhz CPU with 4mb of Flash and 32mb of RAM..... if it was a Ghz CPU with 256 Flash and 256 RAM... the firmware/OS would have more "headroom" to handle more load and more features.
TL;DR... get a better Router.
| techsupport | t5_2qioo | ceckf7v | Reading that DLINK forum thread and looking at the hardware-specs of the DIR615 series ... I would agree with everything stated. DLINK probably was forced to limit the firmware that way because of limitations in hardware. (IE = it's only a 400mhz CPU with 4mb of Flash and 32mb of RAM..... if it was a Ghz CPU with 256 Flash and 256 RAM... the firmware/OS would have more "headroom" to handle more load and more features. | get a better Router. |
trrehater | People call me stoner, not because I smoke, but because my name is stone. My Co works though it was the funniest shit when I was selected for a "random" drug test.
Tl;Dr a joke from 7th grade just won't die. | People call me stoner, not because I smoke, but because my name is stone. My Co works though it was the funniest shit when I was selected for a "random" drug test.
Tl;Dr a joke from 7th grade just won't die.
| trees | t5_2r9vp | ced0d9o | People call me stoner, not because I smoke, but because my name is stone. My Co works though it was the funniest shit when I was selected for a "random" drug test. | a joke from 7th grade just won't die. |
Afrokush | Two days ago I had to convince my (white) friend's well-meaning dad not to say that word /even when talking about slavery or Django Unchained/. He's the nicest of guys who told me he's even said it around his black friends in conversation and they were cool with it.
I wasn't going to post because I didn't want to be off topic or threadjacky, but yep, verified. Just like we /ents/ have conversational triggers that make us view the speaker differently, that's pretty much how minorities live their life in the US, especially my dark-skinned brethren and I.
As far as trees are concerned, I think the traditional vocabulary has been kind of wrecked by the society it was established in. Thankfully we can take it back, but we'd have to make a concerted effort to repopularize and reassociate the meanings and the words. If you want to wear X label, and be yourself - good. But the world will judge you based on the most visible members of your community who wear that label.
Being an African American aka dark-skinned person in the US, I have trouble with the labels in existence because they're largely negative in the media and pop culture. (negative to /me/ - if you think BET is the limit of black culture, then idk man).
Being an African American who smokes trees, well, the stereotype isn't any better there. So what I'm saying is that I feel awkward ever telling anyone that I smoke. My husband and I are newish to smoking and we don't have a social group for it, so we don't have terms that we're attached to. As a complete and total geek/nerd, I'd rather the post-legalization America to use the terms 'trees,' 'ents,' and 'entwives' because fucking Tolkien (tokin') is awesome.
'Stoner' makes me think of the guy from Super High Me and stoner films like half-baked and your highness and grandma's boy. That's cool and all, but it's not me or my culture really.
'pothead' makes me think of someone who tries to live their life in a hotboxed room. Everything they do in life is to get back there. Like all the other blackheads, basically - except potheads are probably not going to steal our harm people to get their high. They might cry in traffic jams on the way home from work or stop doing schoolwork to prioritize getting lifted.
Embarrassing wall of text. I'm so sorry.
Tl;dr
Personally, in reference to any possibly offensive terms - I've got fairly thick skin and a good sense of hegemony, so labels aren't going to upset me as much as the sentiment. I would rather the old terms fall by the wayside.
| Two days ago I had to convince my (white) friend's well-meaning dad not to say that word /even when talking about slavery or Django Unchained/. He's the nicest of guys who told me he's even said it around his black friends in conversation and they were cool with it.
I wasn't going to post because I didn't want to be off topic or threadjacky, but yep, verified. Just like we /ents/ have conversational triggers that make us view the speaker differently, that's pretty much how minorities live their life in the US, especially my dark-skinned brethren and I.
As far as trees are concerned, I think the traditional vocabulary has been kind of wrecked by the society it was established in. Thankfully we can take it back, but we'd have to make a concerted effort to repopularize and reassociate the meanings and the words. If you want to wear X label, and be yourself - good. But the world will judge you based on the most visible members of your community who wear that label.
Being an African American aka dark-skinned person in the US, I have trouble with the labels in existence because they're largely negative in the media and pop culture. (negative to /me/ - if you think BET is the limit of black culture, then idk man).
Being an African American who smokes trees, well, the stereotype isn't any better there. So what I'm saying is that I feel awkward ever telling anyone that I smoke. My husband and I are newish to smoking and we don't have a social group for it, so we don't have terms that we're attached to. As a complete and total geek/nerd, I'd rather the post-legalization America to use the terms 'trees,' 'ents,' and 'entwives' because fucking Tolkien (tokin') is awesome.
'Stoner' makes me think of the guy from Super High Me and stoner films like half-baked and your highness and grandma's boy. That's cool and all, but it's not me or my culture really.
'pothead' makes me think of someone who tries to live their life in a hotboxed room. Everything they do in life is to get back there. Like all the other blackheads, basically - except potheads are probably not going to steal our harm people to get their high. They might cry in traffic jams on the way home from work or stop doing schoolwork to prioritize getting lifted.
Embarrassing wall of text. I'm so sorry.
Tl;dr
Personally, in reference to any possibly offensive terms - I've got fairly thick skin and a good sense of hegemony, so labels aren't going to upset me as much as the sentiment. I would rather the old terms fall by the wayside.
| trees | t5_2r9vp | cedc1d6 | Two days ago I had to convince my (white) friend's well-meaning dad not to say that word /even when talking about slavery or Django Unchained/. He's the nicest of guys who told me he's even said it around his black friends in conversation and they were cool with it.
I wasn't going to post because I didn't want to be off topic or threadjacky, but yep, verified. Just like we /ents/ have conversational triggers that make us view the speaker differently, that's pretty much how minorities live their life in the US, especially my dark-skinned brethren and I.
As far as trees are concerned, I think the traditional vocabulary has been kind of wrecked by the society it was established in. Thankfully we can take it back, but we'd have to make a concerted effort to repopularize and reassociate the meanings and the words. If you want to wear X label, and be yourself - good. But the world will judge you based on the most visible members of your community who wear that label.
Being an African American aka dark-skinned person in the US, I have trouble with the labels in existence because they're largely negative in the media and pop culture. (negative to /me/ - if you think BET is the limit of black culture, then idk man).
Being an African American who smokes trees, well, the stereotype isn't any better there. So what I'm saying is that I feel awkward ever telling anyone that I smoke. My husband and I are newish to smoking and we don't have a social group for it, so we don't have terms that we're attached to. As a complete and total geek/nerd, I'd rather the post-legalization America to use the terms 'trees,' 'ents,' and 'entwives' because fucking Tolkien (tokin') is awesome.
'Stoner' makes me think of the guy from Super High Me and stoner films like half-baked and your highness and grandma's boy. That's cool and all, but it's not me or my culture really.
'pothead' makes me think of someone who tries to live their life in a hotboxed room. Everything they do in life is to get back there. Like all the other blackheads, basically - except potheads are probably not going to steal our harm people to get their high. They might cry in traffic jams on the way home from work or stop doing schoolwork to prioritize getting lifted.
Embarrassing wall of text. I'm so sorry. | Personally, in reference to any possibly offensive terms - I've got fairly thick skin and a good sense of hegemony, so labels aren't going to upset me as much as the sentiment. I would rather the old terms fall by the wayside. |
Doublestack2376 | Tell us all why you think so? Any halfway interesting story ever posted gets half a dozen of you cynical assholes just lazily saying "That didn't happen."
The comic doesn't say it was a true story. Most entertainment in the world is made up, even the shit "based on a true story." Would you shout after ever joke at a comedy club "THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!"
Who the fuck cares if it did or didn't happen. It's just interesting enough to distract me from a shit ton of real stuff I should be doing. That is presumably why we are all gather on this site to begin with, for a distraction.
TL;DR: Stop being a douche. No one cares if it's true or not. | Tell us all why you think so? Any halfway interesting story ever posted gets half a dozen of you cynical assholes just lazily saying "That didn't happen."
The comic doesn't say it was a true story. Most entertainment in the world is made up, even the shit "based on a true story." Would you shout after ever joke at a comedy club "THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!"
Who the fuck cares if it did or didn't happen. It's just interesting enough to distract me from a shit ton of real stuff I should be doing. That is presumably why we are all gather on this site to begin with, for a distraction.
TL;DR: Stop being a douche. No one cares if it's true or not.
| fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu | t5_2qqlo | cectsy4 | Tell us all why you think so? Any halfway interesting story ever posted gets half a dozen of you cynical assholes just lazily saying "That didn't happen."
The comic doesn't say it was a true story. Most entertainment in the world is made up, even the shit "based on a true story." Would you shout after ever joke at a comedy club "THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!"
Who the fuck cares if it did or didn't happen. It's just interesting enough to distract me from a shit ton of real stuff I should be doing. That is presumably why we are all gather on this site to begin with, for a distraction. | Stop being a douche. No one cares if it's true or not. |
retrovertigo | Because a 3 or 4-year-old is going to understand the situation here enough to remember it and years later to make a rage comic. And the preschool teacher would allow the class to get this out of control. Plus, your parents: really?
TL;DR: BULLSHIT. | Because a 3 or 4-year-old is going to understand the situation here enough to remember it and years later to make a rage comic. And the preschool teacher would allow the class to get this out of control. Plus, your parents: really?
TL;DR: BULLSHIT.
| fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu | t5_2qqlo | ceczf87 | Because a 3 or 4-year-old is going to understand the situation here enough to remember it and years later to make a rage comic. And the preschool teacher would allow the class to get this out of control. Plus, your parents: really? | BULLSHIT. |
CB_is_my_love | This one time we had a celebrity stay in our hotel, I think the young lady was named jennifer lawerence? And as I was vacuuming I lefted up the blanket from the bed and underneath I saw 2 bags, I proceeded to open them and their were dildos inside, I put on some gloves on and stacked them on her night stand and threw a couple rose petals on the bed.
*tl;dr* celebrity's can be nasty to | This one time we had a celebrity stay in our hotel, I think the young lady was named jennifer lawerence? And as I was vacuuming I lefted up the blanket from the bed and underneath I saw 2 bags, I proceeded to open them and their were dildos inside, I put on some gloves on and stacked them on her night stand and threw a couple rose petals on the bed.
tl;dr celebrity's can be nasty to
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cecu41n | This one time we had a celebrity stay in our hotel, I think the young lady was named jennifer lawerence? And as I was vacuuming I lefted up the blanket from the bed and underneath I saw 2 bags, I proceeded to open them and their were dildos inside, I put on some gloves on and stacked them on her night stand and threw a couple rose petals on the bed. | celebrity's can be nasty to |
commandx | I was having an with packs not showing up in zepplin until I updated to a newer version I saw linked in another reddit thread about zepplin.
Tl;Dr try repo.alexzielenski.com/ it should have zepplin version 2.0.1-151 and that one is working for me. | I was having an with packs not showing up in zepplin until I updated to a newer version I saw linked in another reddit thread about zepplin.
Tl;Dr try repo.alexzielenski.com/ it should have zepplin version 2.0.1-151 and that one is working for me.
| jailbreak | t5_2r8c5 | ced2o7e | I was having an with packs not showing up in zepplin until I updated to a newer version I saw linked in another reddit thread about zepplin. | try repo.alexzielenski.com/ it should have zepplin version 2.0.1-151 and that one is working for me. |
webb34 | Wut?
Oh, actually BitCoin is *extremely* fascinating.
Basically, *everyone* on the BitCoin network keeps a copy of the ledger(a record of every single transaction). Every time someone makes a transaction, everyone is alerted to it. Every 10 minutes or so, someone solves a "block" which nets that person a "coin". The block they solved is actually the last set of records for the last 10 minutes of transactions(each of those transactions are considered to have happened at the same time), which is made up of those transactions that they were alerted to. Everyone get's the same thing to solve, and everyone knows the solution, but they need to guess the proper hash to figure it out. Once someone guesses it, they pass it along to everyone else.
The problem, is that theoretically, 2 people could solve it at roughly the same time, and try to get their copy to be the official one. And in some cases, this happens. It results in a branch of ledgers that could show different transactions taking place during different "blocks". But as the next one gets solved, the odds of this happening get more and more slim. So to solve this, people simply automatically keep track of all branches, and choose whichever becomes the longest branch, thus nullifying all other ledger branches retroactively.
With this you get two things:
1. Your wallet is tracked by *everyone else* for you. In fact, the only way you can find out how much you have, is by connecting to the BitCoin net, and downloading the ledger so you can read through and tally up your total.
2. You can't game the system. Even if you could theoretically beat the others in the network consecutively to forge the blocks, eventually, someone else will solve it before you randomly and retroactively nullify any cheating that you attempted to make.
Now, it seems like that might take a while after millions upon millions of BitCoin transactions, to find your total. But in order to *make* a BitCoin transaction, you must reference other BitCoin transactions that have never been referenced before. Nobody bothers to track transactions that have been referenced because they are worthless to know.
So if I want to give you 5 BTC(as of now that's about $3794 USD), I must reference 1 or more transactions that show I received 5 or more BTC. If it's more than 5, which can often be the case(since things would rarely add up so perfectly), the protocol allows for giving "change" back. Once this transaction occurs, everyone on the network is notified, and those older transactions, having now been referenced, are now scrubbed from the ledger, and are replaced by the new transaction.
Where does each new coin come from? Well, in case I didn't mention it, it comes from that ledger. In order for the network to maintain stability, each person "mining" is taxed with solving the hash that is used to "decrypt" the ledger. In order to solve it, you simply guess randomly at the millions upon millions of possible answers until you get it. Whoever guesses it correctly alerts the others, passes that block of the ledger on as the official one, and this process is considered a transaction in which that person was given one coin. This transaction can now be referenced like any other transaction.
Why can't someone spend your BTC if they can see how much you have? This part is actually stupidly complicated(as if the rest wasn't...). Basically, you have 2 keys. One is your public key, and it's the key that everyone else has to reference you. Every ledger, including your own, uses this key to place transactions relative to you. But you also have a private key. This private key, and here's the important part, is used in combination with whatever transaction(spending in this case) you want to handle. People can then use the resulting message to actually verify whether or not it was you that sent it.
For example, if my private key is <X> and my public key is <Y>, everyone knows <Y>. But if I want to send you 5 BTC, I can generate a message that is the result of some complex formula where I use <X> to create it. Everyone then see the resulting message <Z>, and when they run my public key, <Y>, against it, they can figure out whether or not that happened.
Basically, I make a thing using my private key, that when you apply my public key, only shows the message. If the message is there, then you know it's legit, all without you knowing my private key.
Now here's the true risk. If I lose my private key, there is *no* getting that back. Any money that was tied to that key is now gone forever. It still technically exists according to the ledger, but no one can spend it.
This means, that eventually, every BTC will be lost and the currency will no longer exist. The cool part is that once that happens, it won't affect anything, since we can just make another digital currency to takes it's place(DogeCoin is a really weird example). Also, the mathematics behind it, mean it is *far* more secure than any other form of currency.
In order to *guess* someone's private key, you would have to figure it out by guessing from 2^128 possible addresses. Basically, never going to happen. And even if it does, by the time it does, BTC will be abandoned and we will have moved on to the next currency.
**TL;DR**: Absolute...fucking...magic...seriously...
You can't really compare this to DRM, since you aren't controlling digital rights, but it is close. The difference is, this *inherently* requires a network to rely upon in order to be secure. Everyone is checking against everyone else, and, in the true spirit of system design, everyone is competing to help out, since they have incentive to do so. While there *is* a way to handle this locally, we have seen how badly that works out.
Banks are how you handle it locally, but you have to trust the banks. And as we've seen, the banks can't be trusted with anything. In fact, they can't be trusted to such an extent that legislation is currently being worked out to *force* a standard for ledger record keeping so they can't disguise anything.
Meanwhile, the DRM policy that MS tried to put in place, *any* DRM policy really, can be tricked, quite easily in fact. With BitCoin, the *entire network* is actively competing to authenticate *everything*. If *one* person tries to cheat it, they simply can't because everyone out there has more incentive to simply follow the rules(because it nets them BTC). | Wut?
Oh, actually BitCoin is extremely fascinating.
Basically, everyone on the BitCoin network keeps a copy of the ledger(a record of every single transaction). Every time someone makes a transaction, everyone is alerted to it. Every 10 minutes or so, someone solves a "block" which nets that person a "coin". The block they solved is actually the last set of records for the last 10 minutes of transactions(each of those transactions are considered to have happened at the same time), which is made up of those transactions that they were alerted to. Everyone get's the same thing to solve, and everyone knows the solution, but they need to guess the proper hash to figure it out. Once someone guesses it, they pass it along to everyone else.
The problem, is that theoretically, 2 people could solve it at roughly the same time, and try to get their copy to be the official one. And in some cases, this happens. It results in a branch of ledgers that could show different transactions taking place during different "blocks". But as the next one gets solved, the odds of this happening get more and more slim. So to solve this, people simply automatically keep track of all branches, and choose whichever becomes the longest branch, thus nullifying all other ledger branches retroactively.
With this you get two things:
Your wallet is tracked by everyone else for you. In fact, the only way you can find out how much you have, is by connecting to the BitCoin net, and downloading the ledger so you can read through and tally up your total.
You can't game the system. Even if you could theoretically beat the others in the network consecutively to forge the blocks, eventually, someone else will solve it before you randomly and retroactively nullify any cheating that you attempted to make.
Now, it seems like that might take a while after millions upon millions of BitCoin transactions, to find your total. But in order to make a BitCoin transaction, you must reference other BitCoin transactions that have never been referenced before. Nobody bothers to track transactions that have been referenced because they are worthless to know.
So if I want to give you 5 BTC(as of now that's about $3794 USD), I must reference 1 or more transactions that show I received 5 or more BTC. If it's more than 5, which can often be the case(since things would rarely add up so perfectly), the protocol allows for giving "change" back. Once this transaction occurs, everyone on the network is notified, and those older transactions, having now been referenced, are now scrubbed from the ledger, and are replaced by the new transaction.
Where does each new coin come from? Well, in case I didn't mention it, it comes from that ledger. In order for the network to maintain stability, each person "mining" is taxed with solving the hash that is used to "decrypt" the ledger. In order to solve it, you simply guess randomly at the millions upon millions of possible answers until you get it. Whoever guesses it correctly alerts the others, passes that block of the ledger on as the official one, and this process is considered a transaction in which that person was given one coin. This transaction can now be referenced like any other transaction.
Why can't someone spend your BTC if they can see how much you have? This part is actually stupidly complicated(as if the rest wasn't...). Basically, you have 2 keys. One is your public key, and it's the key that everyone else has to reference you. Every ledger, including your own, uses this key to place transactions relative to you. But you also have a private key. This private key, and here's the important part, is used in combination with whatever transaction(spending in this case) you want to handle. People can then use the resulting message to actually verify whether or not it was you that sent it.
For example, if my private key is <X> and my public key is <Y>, everyone knows <Y>. But if I want to send you 5 BTC, I can generate a message that is the result of some complex formula where I use <X> to create it. Everyone then see the resulting message <Z>, and when they run my public key, <Y>, against it, they can figure out whether or not that happened.
Basically, I make a thing using my private key, that when you apply my public key, only shows the message. If the message is there, then you know it's legit, all without you knowing my private key.
Now here's the true risk. If I lose my private key, there is no getting that back. Any money that was tied to that key is now gone forever. It still technically exists according to the ledger, but no one can spend it.
This means, that eventually, every BTC will be lost and the currency will no longer exist. The cool part is that once that happens, it won't affect anything, since we can just make another digital currency to takes it's place(DogeCoin is a really weird example). Also, the mathematics behind it, mean it is far more secure than any other form of currency.
In order to guess someone's private key, you would have to figure it out by guessing from 2^128 possible addresses. Basically, never going to happen. And even if it does, by the time it does, BTC will be abandoned and we will have moved on to the next currency.
TL;DR : Absolute...fucking...magic...seriously...
You can't really compare this to DRM, since you aren't controlling digital rights, but it is close. The difference is, this inherently requires a network to rely upon in order to be secure. Everyone is checking against everyone else, and, in the true spirit of system design, everyone is competing to help out, since they have incentive to do so. While there is a way to handle this locally, we have seen how badly that works out.
Banks are how you handle it locally, but you have to trust the banks. And as we've seen, the banks can't be trusted with anything. In fact, they can't be trusted to such an extent that legislation is currently being worked out to force a standard for ledger record keeping so they can't disguise anything.
Meanwhile, the DRM policy that MS tried to put in place, any DRM policy really, can be tricked, quite easily in fact. With BitCoin, the entire network is actively competing to authenticate everything . If one person tries to cheat it, they simply can't because everyone out there has more incentive to simply follow the rules(because it nets them BTC).
| xboxone | t5_2xbci | ceddwzw | Wut?
Oh, actually BitCoin is extremely fascinating.
Basically, everyone on the BitCoin network keeps a copy of the ledger(a record of every single transaction). Every time someone makes a transaction, everyone is alerted to it. Every 10 minutes or so, someone solves a "block" which nets that person a "coin". The block they solved is actually the last set of records for the last 10 minutes of transactions(each of those transactions are considered to have happened at the same time), which is made up of those transactions that they were alerted to. Everyone get's the same thing to solve, and everyone knows the solution, but they need to guess the proper hash to figure it out. Once someone guesses it, they pass it along to everyone else.
The problem, is that theoretically, 2 people could solve it at roughly the same time, and try to get their copy to be the official one. And in some cases, this happens. It results in a branch of ledgers that could show different transactions taking place during different "blocks". But as the next one gets solved, the odds of this happening get more and more slim. So to solve this, people simply automatically keep track of all branches, and choose whichever becomes the longest branch, thus nullifying all other ledger branches retroactively.
With this you get two things:
Your wallet is tracked by everyone else for you. In fact, the only way you can find out how much you have, is by connecting to the BitCoin net, and downloading the ledger so you can read through and tally up your total.
You can't game the system. Even if you could theoretically beat the others in the network consecutively to forge the blocks, eventually, someone else will solve it before you randomly and retroactively nullify any cheating that you attempted to make.
Now, it seems like that might take a while after millions upon millions of BitCoin transactions, to find your total. But in order to make a BitCoin transaction, you must reference other BitCoin transactions that have never been referenced before. Nobody bothers to track transactions that have been referenced because they are worthless to know.
So if I want to give you 5 BTC(as of now that's about $3794 USD), I must reference 1 or more transactions that show I received 5 or more BTC. If it's more than 5, which can often be the case(since things would rarely add up so perfectly), the protocol allows for giving "change" back. Once this transaction occurs, everyone on the network is notified, and those older transactions, having now been referenced, are now scrubbed from the ledger, and are replaced by the new transaction.
Where does each new coin come from? Well, in case I didn't mention it, it comes from that ledger. In order for the network to maintain stability, each person "mining" is taxed with solving the hash that is used to "decrypt" the ledger. In order to solve it, you simply guess randomly at the millions upon millions of possible answers until you get it. Whoever guesses it correctly alerts the others, passes that block of the ledger on as the official one, and this process is considered a transaction in which that person was given one coin. This transaction can now be referenced like any other transaction.
Why can't someone spend your BTC if they can see how much you have? This part is actually stupidly complicated(as if the rest wasn't...). Basically, you have 2 keys. One is your public key, and it's the key that everyone else has to reference you. Every ledger, including your own, uses this key to place transactions relative to you. But you also have a private key. This private key, and here's the important part, is used in combination with whatever transaction(spending in this case) you want to handle. People can then use the resulting message to actually verify whether or not it was you that sent it.
For example, if my private key is <X> and my public key is <Y>, everyone knows <Y>. But if I want to send you 5 BTC, I can generate a message that is the result of some complex formula where I use <X> to create it. Everyone then see the resulting message <Z>, and when they run my public key, <Y>, against it, they can figure out whether or not that happened.
Basically, I make a thing using my private key, that when you apply my public key, only shows the message. If the message is there, then you know it's legit, all without you knowing my private key.
Now here's the true risk. If I lose my private key, there is no getting that back. Any money that was tied to that key is now gone forever. It still technically exists according to the ledger, but no one can spend it.
This means, that eventually, every BTC will be lost and the currency will no longer exist. The cool part is that once that happens, it won't affect anything, since we can just make another digital currency to takes it's place(DogeCoin is a really weird example). Also, the mathematics behind it, mean it is far more secure than any other form of currency.
In order to guess someone's private key, you would have to figure it out by guessing from 2^128 possible addresses. Basically, never going to happen. And even if it does, by the time it does, BTC will be abandoned and we will have moved on to the next currency. | Absolute...fucking...magic...seriously...
You can't really compare this to DRM, since you aren't controlling digital rights, but it is close. The difference is, this inherently requires a network to rely upon in order to be secure. Everyone is checking against everyone else, and, in the true spirit of system design, everyone is competing to help out, since they have incentive to do so. While there is a way to handle this locally, we have seen how badly that works out.
Banks are how you handle it locally, but you have to trust the banks. And as we've seen, the banks can't be trusted with anything. In fact, they can't be trusted to such an extent that legislation is currently being worked out to force a standard for ledger record keeping so they can't disguise anything.
Meanwhile, the DRM policy that MS tried to put in place, any DRM policy really, can be tricked, quite easily in fact. With BitCoin, the entire network is actively competing to authenticate everything . If one person tries to cheat it, they simply can't because everyone out there has more incentive to simply follow the rules(because it nets them BTC). |
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