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C0dyMac | When I was a kid, my family had dial-up internet with a certain amount of hours included, and overages if we were on too long. He got this little program that kept track, and we created a .wav sound file that would let us know when that time had been reached. That sound file was my voice saying, "you're spending money, you know" and a few coins dropping onto a hard surface. I know he posted it on various forums for others to use, and that it was downloaded quite a bit for a file in the early 90's. When the computer died a few years later, the file was lost, and we never found it again. It's just a kid and some coins, but it had a special value to me, because it was the first time my dad and I had created something together with a computer.
tl;dr - a sound file of me as a kid "You're spending money, you know [coins dropping]" | When I was a kid, my family had dial-up internet with a certain amount of hours included, and overages if we were on too long. He got this little program that kept track, and we created a .wav sound file that would let us know when that time had been reached. That sound file was my voice saying, "you're spending money, you know" and a few coins dropping onto a hard surface. I know he posted it on various forums for others to use, and that it was downloaded quite a bit for a file in the early 90's. When the computer died a few years later, the file was lost, and we never found it again. It's just a kid and some coins, but it had a special value to me, because it was the first time my dad and I had created something together with a computer.
tl;dr - a sound file of me as a kid "You're spending money, you know [coins dropping]"
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfi4fo1 | When I was a kid, my family had dial-up internet with a certain amount of hours included, and overages if we were on too long. He got this little program that kept track, and we created a .wav sound file that would let us know when that time had been reached. That sound file was my voice saying, "you're spending money, you know" and a few coins dropping onto a hard surface. I know he posted it on various forums for others to use, and that it was downloaded quite a bit for a file in the early 90's. When the computer died a few years later, the file was lost, and we never found it again. It's just a kid and some coins, but it had a special value to me, because it was the first time my dad and I had created something together with a computer. | a sound file of me as a kid "You're spending money, you know [coins dropping]" |
twiggish | Oh god this goes even a little beyond the internet, but it would be amazing if someone could help me out.
So basically I, not unlike many other 5th/6th graders, was a huge fucking weaboo child. One day my cousin let me borrow a mix CD, and on that CD was the most amazing song my little ears had ever heard. In short, it was an extremely cheesy 90's-techno-esque mix of the Tatara womens' work song from Princess Mononoke. I fucking loved that song, and taped it to a little cassette tape on repeat for an entire side before I had to give the CD back. I listened to that fucking tape for hours of my life, but eventually (as tends to happen with weaboos) I grew out of it.
About 2 years ago, I somehow remembered the song out of the blue and decided I had to find it. Surprisingly enough, I found it fairly easily in a youtube video but I unfortunately didn't get the title or artist written down. Added it to my favorites for a bit of nostalgia and went on with my life.
Two more years pass, and here I am today. The youtube video has since been deleted and I've spent hours trying to find the song again, but to no avail.
TLDR; I need to re-find a certain "techno" remix of the Tatara Womens' Work Song. | Oh god this goes even a little beyond the internet, but it would be amazing if someone could help me out.
So basically I, not unlike many other 5th/6th graders, was a huge fucking weaboo child. One day my cousin let me borrow a mix CD, and on that CD was the most amazing song my little ears had ever heard. In short, it was an extremely cheesy 90's-techno-esque mix of the Tatara womens' work song from Princess Mononoke. I fucking loved that song, and taped it to a little cassette tape on repeat for an entire side before I had to give the CD back. I listened to that fucking tape for hours of my life, but eventually (as tends to happen with weaboos) I grew out of it.
About 2 years ago, I somehow remembered the song out of the blue and decided I had to find it. Surprisingly enough, I found it fairly easily in a youtube video but I unfortunately didn't get the title or artist written down. Added it to my favorites for a bit of nostalgia and went on with my life.
Two more years pass, and here I am today. The youtube video has since been deleted and I've spent hours trying to find the song again, but to no avail.
TLDR; I need to re-find a certain "techno" remix of the Tatara Womens' Work Song.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfi5yt7 | Oh god this goes even a little beyond the internet, but it would be amazing if someone could help me out.
So basically I, not unlike many other 5th/6th graders, was a huge fucking weaboo child. One day my cousin let me borrow a mix CD, and on that CD was the most amazing song my little ears had ever heard. In short, it was an extremely cheesy 90's-techno-esque mix of the Tatara womens' work song from Princess Mononoke. I fucking loved that song, and taped it to a little cassette tape on repeat for an entire side before I had to give the CD back. I listened to that fucking tape for hours of my life, but eventually (as tends to happen with weaboos) I grew out of it.
About 2 years ago, I somehow remembered the song out of the blue and decided I had to find it. Surprisingly enough, I found it fairly easily in a youtube video but I unfortunately didn't get the title or artist written down. Added it to my favorites for a bit of nostalgia and went on with my life.
Two more years pass, and here I am today. The youtube video has since been deleted and I've spent hours trying to find the song again, but to no avail. | I need to re-find a certain "techno" remix of the Tatara Womens' Work Song. |
Turbosuperfastlaser1 | There was an interview with meryl streep on Oprah. Meryl was supposed to be in the studio with Oprah, but was so messed up on whatever she was taking that day that she had to do it via Skype. It was the most embarrassing moment I've ever seen on television because it was live. I mean Oprah tried so hard to lob softball questions to her, the answers were so far of anything anyone could consider coherent that it was just unbelievable. I mean the audience shots showed the confusion and awe as these people were truly witnessing a train wreck. Her publicist must be god, because it cannot be found anywhere.
Tl:Dr - meryl streep shitcanned wasted interview I saw on you tube from the Oprah show. | There was an interview with meryl streep on Oprah. Meryl was supposed to be in the studio with Oprah, but was so messed up on whatever she was taking that day that she had to do it via Skype. It was the most embarrassing moment I've ever seen on television because it was live. I mean Oprah tried so hard to lob softball questions to her, the answers were so far of anything anyone could consider coherent that it was just unbelievable. I mean the audience shots showed the confusion and awe as these people were truly witnessing a train wreck. Her publicist must be god, because it cannot be found anywhere.
Tl:Dr - meryl streep shitcanned wasted interview I saw on you tube from the Oprah show.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfi6x11 | There was an interview with meryl streep on Oprah. Meryl was supposed to be in the studio with Oprah, but was so messed up on whatever she was taking that day that she had to do it via Skype. It was the most embarrassing moment I've ever seen on television because it was live. I mean Oprah tried so hard to lob softball questions to her, the answers were so far of anything anyone could consider coherent that it was just unbelievable. I mean the audience shots showed the confusion and awe as these people were truly witnessing a train wreck. Her publicist must be god, because it cannot be found anywhere. | meryl streep shitcanned wasted interview I saw on you tube from the Oprah show. |
Goredema | I completely agree! The way they're pricing hangars right now is nonsensical. Right now there's no real reason to pay to upgrade a hangar, when the upgrade comes *for free* with most ships.
In a perfect world, your choice of hangar style for your "home base" hangar should be free. They should then charge piecemeal for additional hangar features like storage rooms, sleeping quarters, a board room for meetings, rec room, etc. Hell, charge us $0 per month for the "no frills"version of the Discount, Business, or Deluxe Hangar, with a dollar or two a month for each additional feature. Good way of generating some recurring revenue...
**tl;dr:** stop charging for hangar upgrades that most people neither want or need. Make all three hangar styles scalable to fit any size ship, and then charge us for "bonus" rooms and features for our hangar. | I completely agree! The way they're pricing hangars right now is nonsensical. Right now there's no real reason to pay to upgrade a hangar, when the upgrade comes for free with most ships.
In a perfect world, your choice of hangar style for your "home base" hangar should be free. They should then charge piecemeal for additional hangar features like storage rooms, sleeping quarters, a board room for meetings, rec room, etc. Hell, charge us $0 per month for the "no frills"version of the Discount, Business, or Deluxe Hangar, with a dollar or two a month for each additional feature. Good way of generating some recurring revenue...
tl;dr: stop charging for hangar upgrades that most people neither want or need. Make all three hangar styles scalable to fit any size ship, and then charge us for "bonus" rooms and features for our hangar.
| starcitizen | t5_2v94d | cfi7r4j | I completely agree! The way they're pricing hangars right now is nonsensical. Right now there's no real reason to pay to upgrade a hangar, when the upgrade comes for free with most ships.
In a perfect world, your choice of hangar style for your "home base" hangar should be free. They should then charge piecemeal for additional hangar features like storage rooms, sleeping quarters, a board room for meetings, rec room, etc. Hell, charge us $0 per month for the "no frills"version of the Discount, Business, or Deluxe Hangar, with a dollar or two a month for each additional feature. Good way of generating some recurring revenue... | stop charging for hangar upgrades that most people neither want or need. Make all three hangar styles scalable to fit any size ship, and then charge us for "bonus" rooms and features for our hangar. |
BOOZEE | Here are my times so far.
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Level 1-50 ... 3 days of 5 hours played. 15 hours total.
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Limit break 1 ... 2 hours. (solo)
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Level 51 - 55 ... 5 hours played.
.
Limit break 2 ... 1 hour. (solo)
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Level 56 - 60 ... 8 hours played.
.
Mission to rank 5 ... 5 hours played. (solo)
.
Limit break 3 ... 4 hours played. (solo)
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Get 1 exp ... Limit break 4 ... 10 minutes.
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Level 61 - 70 ... 20 hours played. (solo, can be done much faster grouped).
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Limit break 5 ... 2 hours ... failed as Samurai.
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Burned WHM to level 70 in Abyssea ... about 12 hours.
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Limit break 5 ... 10 minutes ... testimony on first Alchemist, 5 minute fight.
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It took me exactly 3 days to hit 75 cap.
It had always been my plan to play MNK and PUP from the start, but I knew I wouldn't be beating Maat with either job, so I tried with SAM first and failed, so I just burned WHM up, and EASILY beat the fight.
I then burned MNK up to my cap of 80, which took about another 12 or so hours, and then using the Aurore set capped my skills doing pages in Gustav tunnel. Capping my skills took a surprisingly long time in comparisson. At least 6 hours.
Then I was finally able to go back into Aby and fight the worms myself. My cap was now 90, and with another lengthy worm party I was capped on exp and merits.
It will be an easy hop-and-skip to 95. Breaking from 95 to 99 is a bit trickier simply because they are allowing the use of Trust NPCs in a future patch which will make this an EASY fight. Until then though, I will probably need to get a helping hand which might slow me down.
.
TL;DR ... It only takes a little over 3 days of playtime SOLO to 75-cap if you pick a job you are 100% certain you can beat Maat with.
You can hit 99 in under 5 days playtime and have full iLVL 117 gear if you don't mind selling your soul a bit in Abyssea.
I consider both of these absolutely trivial in terms of investment of time vs. reward.
Now is a great time to start fresh.
| Here are my times so far.
.
Level 1-50 ... 3 days of 5 hours played. 15 hours total.
.
Limit break 1 ... 2 hours. (solo)
.
Level 51 - 55 ... 5 hours played.
.
Limit break 2 ... 1 hour. (solo)
.
Level 56 - 60 ... 8 hours played.
.
Mission to rank 5 ... 5 hours played. (solo)
.
Limit break 3 ... 4 hours played. (solo)
.
Get 1 exp ... Limit break 4 ... 10 minutes.
.
Level 61 - 70 ... 20 hours played. (solo, can be done much faster grouped).
.
Limit break 5 ... 2 hours ... failed as Samurai.
.
Burned WHM to level 70 in Abyssea ... about 12 hours.
.
Limit break 5 ... 10 minutes ... testimony on first Alchemist, 5 minute fight.
.
It took me exactly 3 days to hit 75 cap.
It had always been my plan to play MNK and PUP from the start, but I knew I wouldn't be beating Maat with either job, so I tried with SAM first and failed, so I just burned WHM up, and EASILY beat the fight.
I then burned MNK up to my cap of 80, which took about another 12 or so hours, and then using the Aurore set capped my skills doing pages in Gustav tunnel. Capping my skills took a surprisingly long time in comparisson. At least 6 hours.
Then I was finally able to go back into Aby and fight the worms myself. My cap was now 90, and with another lengthy worm party I was capped on exp and merits.
It will be an easy hop-and-skip to 95. Breaking from 95 to 99 is a bit trickier simply because they are allowing the use of Trust NPCs in a future patch which will make this an EASY fight. Until then though, I will probably need to get a helping hand which might slow me down.
.
TL;DR ... It only takes a little over 3 days of playtime SOLO to 75-cap if you pick a job you are 100% certain you can beat Maat with.
You can hit 99 in under 5 days playtime and have full iLVL 117 gear if you don't mind selling your soul a bit in Abyssea.
I consider both of these absolutely trivial in terms of investment of time vs. reward.
Now is a great time to start fresh.
| ffxi | t5_2qn97 | cficbmg | Here are my times so far.
.
Level 1-50 ... 3 days of 5 hours played. 15 hours total.
.
Limit break 1 ... 2 hours. (solo)
.
Level 51 - 55 ... 5 hours played.
.
Limit break 2 ... 1 hour. (solo)
.
Level 56 - 60 ... 8 hours played.
.
Mission to rank 5 ... 5 hours played. (solo)
.
Limit break 3 ... 4 hours played. (solo)
.
Get 1 exp ... Limit break 4 ... 10 minutes.
.
Level 61 - 70 ... 20 hours played. (solo, can be done much faster grouped).
.
Limit break 5 ... 2 hours ... failed as Samurai.
.
Burned WHM to level 70 in Abyssea ... about 12 hours.
.
Limit break 5 ... 10 minutes ... testimony on first Alchemist, 5 minute fight.
.
It took me exactly 3 days to hit 75 cap.
It had always been my plan to play MNK and PUP from the start, but I knew I wouldn't be beating Maat with either job, so I tried with SAM first and failed, so I just burned WHM up, and EASILY beat the fight.
I then burned MNK up to my cap of 80, which took about another 12 or so hours, and then using the Aurore set capped my skills doing pages in Gustav tunnel. Capping my skills took a surprisingly long time in comparisson. At least 6 hours.
Then I was finally able to go back into Aby and fight the worms myself. My cap was now 90, and with another lengthy worm party I was capped on exp and merits.
It will be an easy hop-and-skip to 95. Breaking from 95 to 99 is a bit trickier simply because they are allowing the use of Trust NPCs in a future patch which will make this an EASY fight. Until then though, I will probably need to get a helping hand which might slow me down.
. | It only takes a little over 3 days of playtime SOLO to 75-cap if you pick a job you are 100% certain you can beat Maat with.
You can hit 99 in under 5 days playtime and have full iLVL 117 gear if you don't mind selling your soul a bit in Abyssea.
I consider both of these absolutely trivial in terms of investment of time vs. reward.
Now is a great time to start fresh. |
Frankie_In_Like | > More love interest/companion interactions.
THIS is what I want the most. DA:O did it pretty well, but because of the way it was animated and such, with no movements really or even that much facial expression (and no voiced Warden), the conversations felt static and got a little boring at times after 5+ playthroughs. In DAII it seemed like every interaction with your LI (and really most regular companions, minus the sex part) was "hey here's my backstory", "oh hey, here's some horrible shit that's happened to me/my family/my cat/my people/my left shoe", "hey I need your help!", "oh hey, I love you let's have sex", and then "oh hey, final battle, we're all gonna die let's kiss."
That's oversimplifying, of course, and I really did love my lovers in DA2, but... I just want more wholesome interaction! I don't care about the sex so much, that's not the core of a relationship in my mind (though it's certainly hot to see Fenris slam M!Hawke into the wall and passionately make out... I would never complain of more of that, hehe).
What I want is more interaction like in Mass Effect, particularly ME3, most especially in the Citadel DLC. I want the silly jokes and the "laugh it up, Garrus," and the "what is she doing with her arms?" teasing, and the special date night dancing at the club, or a peaceful lunch at a cafe, or overlooking a beautiful view and hearing stories about a character's mother, or bragging about the Reaper you just killed over a game of poker.
I want that conversation, I want to see that depth of character that goes beyond "I'm a mage and I'm possessed and I want to free my people from the oppression of the Chantry and I'll hurt you even though I love you." Hell, just tell me their favorite color! ANYTHING.
I want more stories about Anders' life in the Circle, his friends and enemies, drama and midnight trysts, see him interacting with some kitties! I want to hear more about Fenris' time with the Fog Warriors, what they were like, and what are some things he's always wanted to do that he and Hawke could do together. I want wild stories from Isabela, about her voyages and adventures, to be shown the basics of how to sail a ship, to expose a little more of that sensitive, tender side she pretends she doesn't have. I want Hawke and Carver (or Bethany) to reminisce more about their childhood, and swap stories. I want more stories from Sebastian's wild younger years ;) I want to know *anything* about Varric! About his childhood, his life, BIANCA, anything! I feel so close to him and yet, know next to nothing about him.
Aveline was one that I felt was perfectly executed. She had lots of interaction that wasn't based on something she needed from Hawke, she gave up enough information about her past that you got to know her without it being too dull, she offers condolences on Hawke's mom's death (why didn't they all do this?? Why wasn't there a funeral, like the one for a certain character in ME Citadel? I would have loved that - and cried). I don't know, something about her I've always just found as well done. I see her as a well-polished character who you get lots of good interaction with.
/rambling
TL;DR: More character interaction, please!!!! | > More love interest/companion interactions.
THIS is what I want the most. DA:O did it pretty well, but because of the way it was animated and such, with no movements really or even that much facial expression (and no voiced Warden), the conversations felt static and got a little boring at times after 5+ playthroughs. In DAII it seemed like every interaction with your LI (and really most regular companions, minus the sex part) was "hey here's my backstory", "oh hey, here's some horrible shit that's happened to me/my family/my cat/my people/my left shoe", "hey I need your help!", "oh hey, I love you let's have sex", and then "oh hey, final battle, we're all gonna die let's kiss."
That's oversimplifying, of course, and I really did love my lovers in DA2, but... I just want more wholesome interaction! I don't care about the sex so much, that's not the core of a relationship in my mind (though it's certainly hot to see Fenris slam M!Hawke into the wall and passionately make out... I would never complain of more of that, hehe).
What I want is more interaction like in Mass Effect, particularly ME3, most especially in the Citadel DLC. I want the silly jokes and the "laugh it up, Garrus," and the "what is she doing with her arms?" teasing, and the special date night dancing at the club, or a peaceful lunch at a cafe, or overlooking a beautiful view and hearing stories about a character's mother, or bragging about the Reaper you just killed over a game of poker.
I want that conversation, I want to see that depth of character that goes beyond "I'm a mage and I'm possessed and I want to free my people from the oppression of the Chantry and I'll hurt you even though I love you." Hell, just tell me their favorite color! ANYTHING.
I want more stories about Anders' life in the Circle, his friends and enemies, drama and midnight trysts, see him interacting with some kitties! I want to hear more about Fenris' time with the Fog Warriors, what they were like, and what are some things he's always wanted to do that he and Hawke could do together. I want wild stories from Isabela, about her voyages and adventures, to be shown the basics of how to sail a ship, to expose a little more of that sensitive, tender side she pretends she doesn't have. I want Hawke and Carver (or Bethany) to reminisce more about their childhood, and swap stories. I want more stories from Sebastian's wild younger years ;) I want to know anything about Varric! About his childhood, his life, BIANCA, anything! I feel so close to him and yet, know next to nothing about him.
Aveline was one that I felt was perfectly executed. She had lots of interaction that wasn't based on something she needed from Hawke, she gave up enough information about her past that you got to know her without it being too dull, she offers condolences on Hawke's mom's death (why didn't they all do this?? Why wasn't there a funeral, like the one for a certain character in ME Citadel? I would have loved that - and cried). I don't know, something about her I've always just found as well done. I see her as a well-polished character who you get lots of good interaction with.
/rambling
TL;DR: More character interaction, please!!!!
| dragonage | t5_2r8lo | cfiwhz1 | More love interest/companion interactions.
THIS is what I want the most. DA:O did it pretty well, but because of the way it was animated and such, with no movements really or even that much facial expression (and no voiced Warden), the conversations felt static and got a little boring at times after 5+ playthroughs. In DAII it seemed like every interaction with your LI (and really most regular companions, minus the sex part) was "hey here's my backstory", "oh hey, here's some horrible shit that's happened to me/my family/my cat/my people/my left shoe", "hey I need your help!", "oh hey, I love you let's have sex", and then "oh hey, final battle, we're all gonna die let's kiss."
That's oversimplifying, of course, and I really did love my lovers in DA2, but... I just want more wholesome interaction! I don't care about the sex so much, that's not the core of a relationship in my mind (though it's certainly hot to see Fenris slam M!Hawke into the wall and passionately make out... I would never complain of more of that, hehe).
What I want is more interaction like in Mass Effect, particularly ME3, most especially in the Citadel DLC. I want the silly jokes and the "laugh it up, Garrus," and the "what is she doing with her arms?" teasing, and the special date night dancing at the club, or a peaceful lunch at a cafe, or overlooking a beautiful view and hearing stories about a character's mother, or bragging about the Reaper you just killed over a game of poker.
I want that conversation, I want to see that depth of character that goes beyond "I'm a mage and I'm possessed and I want to free my people from the oppression of the Chantry and I'll hurt you even though I love you." Hell, just tell me their favorite color! ANYTHING.
I want more stories about Anders' life in the Circle, his friends and enemies, drama and midnight trysts, see him interacting with some kitties! I want to hear more about Fenris' time with the Fog Warriors, what they were like, and what are some things he's always wanted to do that he and Hawke could do together. I want wild stories from Isabela, about her voyages and adventures, to be shown the basics of how to sail a ship, to expose a little more of that sensitive, tender side she pretends she doesn't have. I want Hawke and Carver (or Bethany) to reminisce more about their childhood, and swap stories. I want more stories from Sebastian's wild younger years ;) I want to know anything about Varric! About his childhood, his life, BIANCA, anything! I feel so close to him and yet, know next to nothing about him.
Aveline was one that I felt was perfectly executed. She had lots of interaction that wasn't based on something she needed from Hawke, she gave up enough information about her past that you got to know her without it being too dull, she offers condolences on Hawke's mom's death (why didn't they all do this?? Why wasn't there a funeral, like the one for a certain character in ME Citadel? I would have loved that - and cried). I don't know, something about her I've always just found as well done. I see her as a well-polished character who you get lots of good interaction with.
/rambling | More character interaction, please!!!! |
gingerist-guy-around | There is an area near where I live in the UK called Pendle, and was a hotspot for witch trials in the 17th century. I don't know a lot of the specific details but here's the link for anyone interested
Anyway, this is area is very well known for paranormal and supernatural activity, so me and a group of friends decided to head up the one night in the summer a couple of years back. At this point I should say that I'm a sceptic about the whole paranormal thing, 2 or 3 of my friends who went really do believe in it all, whereas the majority think it's all rubbish.
We went in the summer because it's at the top of a hill where we stopped and thought it's better to go on a nice day when the night will be warm. So we head up there and arrive at about 10:30pm, get out the cars and all of a sudden, the weather changes and a horribly cold wind blows past, not a constant thing, just one long chilly gale. So me and the other smokers make our own little group and have a cig and that's when we hear a child's laughter from near the cars. Both groups turned around, but saw nothing so went back to normal but with a side order of slightly creeped out. Then one by one, the car alarms started to go off one by one. We're properly freaked out at that one, as there was nothing to cause them to go off, and one of them didn't even have the alarm set.
We go and stand in one group closer to the cars and here the laugh again but this time it's heading up the hill, all of us are a bit more on edge now. Then there's a chilling scream. Like a woman who's being slowly tortured, I'd never heard anything like it outside of a film and never wish to hear it again. But there was nobody else around us. Anybody who has been there knows how still and quiet it can be there. Immediately we are back into the cars and about to head home, and none of the engines would start. Car trouble can be expected from one, two at a push, but not from 5 cars at the same time. Proper panic started to set in as we heard the scream again but this time closer, sounded like just up the road from us. Cue 5 cars rolling down the hill with drivers trying to bump start them into life.
We get away from the hill and everything seems to fine and back to normal, but we didn't want to stop and check until we were home.
Never been back since.
TL;DR went to a haunted hill, heard creepy laughing, blood curdling screams, experienced 5 faulty cars and one terrified group of friends | There is an area near where I live in the UK called Pendle, and was a hotspot for witch trials in the 17th century. I don't know a lot of the specific details but here's the link for anyone interested
Anyway, this is area is very well known for paranormal and supernatural activity, so me and a group of friends decided to head up the one night in the summer a couple of years back. At this point I should say that I'm a sceptic about the whole paranormal thing, 2 or 3 of my friends who went really do believe in it all, whereas the majority think it's all rubbish.
We went in the summer because it's at the top of a hill where we stopped and thought it's better to go on a nice day when the night will be warm. So we head up there and arrive at about 10:30pm, get out the cars and all of a sudden, the weather changes and a horribly cold wind blows past, not a constant thing, just one long chilly gale. So me and the other smokers make our own little group and have a cig and that's when we hear a child's laughter from near the cars. Both groups turned around, but saw nothing so went back to normal but with a side order of slightly creeped out. Then one by one, the car alarms started to go off one by one. We're properly freaked out at that one, as there was nothing to cause them to go off, and one of them didn't even have the alarm set.
We go and stand in one group closer to the cars and here the laugh again but this time it's heading up the hill, all of us are a bit more on edge now. Then there's a chilling scream. Like a woman who's being slowly tortured, I'd never heard anything like it outside of a film and never wish to hear it again. But there was nobody else around us. Anybody who has been there knows how still and quiet it can be there. Immediately we are back into the cars and about to head home, and none of the engines would start. Car trouble can be expected from one, two at a push, but not from 5 cars at the same time. Proper panic started to set in as we heard the scream again but this time closer, sounded like just up the road from us. Cue 5 cars rolling down the hill with drivers trying to bump start them into life.
We get away from the hill and everything seems to fine and back to normal, but we didn't want to stop and check until we were home.
Never been back since.
TL;DR went to a haunted hill, heard creepy laughing, blood curdling screams, experienced 5 faulty cars and one terrified group of friends
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfi3cyx | There is an area near where I live in the UK called Pendle, and was a hotspot for witch trials in the 17th century. I don't know a lot of the specific details but here's the link for anyone interested
Anyway, this is area is very well known for paranormal and supernatural activity, so me and a group of friends decided to head up the one night in the summer a couple of years back. At this point I should say that I'm a sceptic about the whole paranormal thing, 2 or 3 of my friends who went really do believe in it all, whereas the majority think it's all rubbish.
We went in the summer because it's at the top of a hill where we stopped and thought it's better to go on a nice day when the night will be warm. So we head up there and arrive at about 10:30pm, get out the cars and all of a sudden, the weather changes and a horribly cold wind blows past, not a constant thing, just one long chilly gale. So me and the other smokers make our own little group and have a cig and that's when we hear a child's laughter from near the cars. Both groups turned around, but saw nothing so went back to normal but with a side order of slightly creeped out. Then one by one, the car alarms started to go off one by one. We're properly freaked out at that one, as there was nothing to cause them to go off, and one of them didn't even have the alarm set.
We go and stand in one group closer to the cars and here the laugh again but this time it's heading up the hill, all of us are a bit more on edge now. Then there's a chilling scream. Like a woman who's being slowly tortured, I'd never heard anything like it outside of a film and never wish to hear it again. But there was nobody else around us. Anybody who has been there knows how still and quiet it can be there. Immediately we are back into the cars and about to head home, and none of the engines would start. Car trouble can be expected from one, two at a push, but not from 5 cars at the same time. Proper panic started to set in as we heard the scream again but this time closer, sounded like just up the road from us. Cue 5 cars rolling down the hill with drivers trying to bump start them into life.
We get away from the hill and everything seems to fine and back to normal, but we didn't want to stop and check until we were home.
Never been back since. | went to a haunted hill, heard creepy laughing, blood curdling screams, experienced 5 faulty cars and one terrified group of friends |
F0REM4N | One simple thing. **Don't make it too complicated**
I am reading here, stop resolution posts, stop fanboy posts, stop unverified testimonials, no neogaf links... It goes on and on.
I just want to tell people to stop bitching. Putting those issues entirely on moderation is disingenuous. We as a community need to use up and downvotes to the best of our ability. Don't bite on troll posts, downvote and good god don't reply in comment. When you see another user falling vicitm, private message them to ignore such nonsense.
As mods you should only keep an eye out for flare ups. **Temporary** catch all threads for issues such as resolution comparison, update issues, major news announcements, and other issues that clutter the front page are a great and easily enforceable technique.
TL;DR-ish Don't cave into these whiny personalities who feel every annoyance must be policed. Every new rule filters out annoying content, but also good content (a meme made number one last week). It also burdens the moderators taking time away from other areas of sub development. | One simple thing. Don't make it too complicated
I am reading here, stop resolution posts, stop fanboy posts, stop unverified testimonials, no neogaf links... It goes on and on.
I just want to tell people to stop bitching. Putting those issues entirely on moderation is disingenuous. We as a community need to use up and downvotes to the best of our ability. Don't bite on troll posts, downvote and good god don't reply in comment. When you see another user falling vicitm, private message them to ignore such nonsense.
As mods you should only keep an eye out for flare ups. Temporary catch all threads for issues such as resolution comparison, update issues, major news announcements, and other issues that clutter the front page are a great and easily enforceable technique.
TL;DR-ish Don't cave into these whiny personalities who feel every annoyance must be policed. Every new rule filters out annoying content, but also good content (a meme made number one last week). It also burdens the moderators taking time away from other areas of sub development.
| xboxone | t5_2xbci | cfid1n5 | One simple thing. Don't make it too complicated
I am reading here, stop resolution posts, stop fanboy posts, stop unverified testimonials, no neogaf links... It goes on and on.
I just want to tell people to stop bitching. Putting those issues entirely on moderation is disingenuous. We as a community need to use up and downvotes to the best of our ability. Don't bite on troll posts, downvote and good god don't reply in comment. When you see another user falling vicitm, private message them to ignore such nonsense.
As mods you should only keep an eye out for flare ups. Temporary catch all threads for issues such as resolution comparison, update issues, major news announcements, and other issues that clutter the front page are a great and easily enforceable technique. | ish Don't cave into these whiny personalities who feel every annoyance must be policed. Every new rule filters out annoying content, but also good content (a meme made number one last week). It also burdens the moderators taking time away from other areas of sub development. |
Deans_iPhone | I feel like the majority of the X1 vs PS4 threads end up becoming toxic because they are simply a magnet for argument. Debate is a good thing, argument is not.
I think we all know at this point that the X1 is slightly underpowered. It is hard to ignore. I personally don't need to see 10 threads a day about it. It is quite honestly a bit upsetting.
I personally love my X1 and think that the horsepower issue is blown far out of proportion. In the coming years we are going to see tons of awesome stuff coming to the brand. I think Titanfall is the first step in a good direction. If Microsoft continues to seek cutting edge developers and bring new franchises to the brand we are going to see an awesome game library.
The more we argue and make a huge issue about a small difference in specs, the more people are going to jump ship or talk down on the system. This talk is already starting to stir up a bad name for the brand. Sales are going to decline. Developers are going to have less interest in developing for Xbox. Its a toxic cycle and does nothing but hurt the entire brand and community.
Xbox has always been a better family to belong to, and I still think so. I mean, Major Nelson visits our subreddit and makes our complaints and wishes known to the people that can make stuff happen. Thats pretty amazing! We have already had a great community inspired update to the OS adding several requested features and theres more on the way.
Tl;DR.
Lets spend more time talking about the future and where we want this console to go, instead of arguing about specs which are unfortunately set in stone at this point.
| I feel like the majority of the X1 vs PS4 threads end up becoming toxic because they are simply a magnet for argument. Debate is a good thing, argument is not.
I think we all know at this point that the X1 is slightly underpowered. It is hard to ignore. I personally don't need to see 10 threads a day about it. It is quite honestly a bit upsetting.
I personally love my X1 and think that the horsepower issue is blown far out of proportion. In the coming years we are going to see tons of awesome stuff coming to the brand. I think Titanfall is the first step in a good direction. If Microsoft continues to seek cutting edge developers and bring new franchises to the brand we are going to see an awesome game library.
The more we argue and make a huge issue about a small difference in specs, the more people are going to jump ship or talk down on the system. This talk is already starting to stir up a bad name for the brand. Sales are going to decline. Developers are going to have less interest in developing for Xbox. Its a toxic cycle and does nothing but hurt the entire brand and community.
Xbox has always been a better family to belong to, and I still think so. I mean, Major Nelson visits our subreddit and makes our complaints and wishes known to the people that can make stuff happen. Thats pretty amazing! We have already had a great community inspired update to the OS adding several requested features and theres more on the way.
Tl;DR.
Lets spend more time talking about the future and where we want this console to go, instead of arguing about specs which are unfortunately set in stone at this point.
| xboxone | t5_2xbci | cfiims6 | I feel like the majority of the X1 vs PS4 threads end up becoming toxic because they are simply a magnet for argument. Debate is a good thing, argument is not.
I think we all know at this point that the X1 is slightly underpowered. It is hard to ignore. I personally don't need to see 10 threads a day about it. It is quite honestly a bit upsetting.
I personally love my X1 and think that the horsepower issue is blown far out of proportion. In the coming years we are going to see tons of awesome stuff coming to the brand. I think Titanfall is the first step in a good direction. If Microsoft continues to seek cutting edge developers and bring new franchises to the brand we are going to see an awesome game library.
The more we argue and make a huge issue about a small difference in specs, the more people are going to jump ship or talk down on the system. This talk is already starting to stir up a bad name for the brand. Sales are going to decline. Developers are going to have less interest in developing for Xbox. Its a toxic cycle and does nothing but hurt the entire brand and community.
Xbox has always been a better family to belong to, and I still think so. I mean, Major Nelson visits our subreddit and makes our complaints and wishes known to the people that can make stuff happen. Thats pretty amazing! We have already had a great community inspired update to the OS adding several requested features and theres more on the way. | Lets spend more time talking about the future and where we want this console to go, instead of arguing about specs which are unfortunately set in stone at this point. |
PileMaster | Where do we go from here: if you don't care about resolution stay out of the resolution threads. Like it or not a large portion of people interested in the console are interested in the console's power.
Don't automatically dismiss everyone who wants a Kinectless console as a troll. Like it or not a large portion of us have no interest in the Kinect but still like the Microsoft exclusives, just like we did on the Kinectless 360.
Finally everyone needs to understand that people may be critical of the console for a little while longer. It's the more expensive less powerful console. It will be a little before it builds up a library of really good exclusives to fully justify buying the console for a lot of people. Look at how much hate the Wii U got before it built up its library! Noe for the most part everyone either loves the console or just doesn't care about it. No one insults it for not having games or being too weak anymore!
**tl; dr** Give the console time to mature and don't take critiques of the console personally. We're all here because we're interested in the X-box One, so let's not fight amongst ourselves.
| Where do we go from here: if you don't care about resolution stay out of the resolution threads. Like it or not a large portion of people interested in the console are interested in the console's power.
Don't automatically dismiss everyone who wants a Kinectless console as a troll. Like it or not a large portion of us have no interest in the Kinect but still like the Microsoft exclusives, just like we did on the Kinectless 360.
Finally everyone needs to understand that people may be critical of the console for a little while longer. It's the more expensive less powerful console. It will be a little before it builds up a library of really good exclusives to fully justify buying the console for a lot of people. Look at how much hate the Wii U got before it built up its library! Noe for the most part everyone either loves the console or just doesn't care about it. No one insults it for not having games or being too weak anymore!
tl; dr Give the console time to mature and don't take critiques of the console personally. We're all here because we're interested in the X-box One, so let's not fight amongst ourselves.
| xboxone | t5_2xbci | cfiiv5d | Where do we go from here: if you don't care about resolution stay out of the resolution threads. Like it or not a large portion of people interested in the console are interested in the console's power.
Don't automatically dismiss everyone who wants a Kinectless console as a troll. Like it or not a large portion of us have no interest in the Kinect but still like the Microsoft exclusives, just like we did on the Kinectless 360.
Finally everyone needs to understand that people may be critical of the console for a little while longer. It's the more expensive less powerful console. It will be a little before it builds up a library of really good exclusives to fully justify buying the console for a lot of people. Look at how much hate the Wii U got before it built up its library! Noe for the most part everyone either loves the console or just doesn't care about it. No one insults it for not having games or being too weak anymore! | Give the console time to mature and don't take critiques of the console personally. We're all here because we're interested in the X-box One, so let's not fight amongst ourselves. |
joevector | Just because some people in the community decided to appropriate the word for their use in a context-understandable manner doesn't mean they're actually doing something useful with it (not in terms of advancing any argument at least).
When someone brings up "synergy" and "holistic approaches" in a discussion I will be very inclined to knee them in the groin and exit conversation because, even though I can clearly understand the meaning behind those phrases they rarely ever add anything worthwhile to the discussion.
Metagame is becoming PS2's pet word for "something cool that isn't what I'm bored with already" and, if followed by actual content, it usually is an explanation of what the poster is actually talking about (WDS points? resource revamp? continent locking?), going on to show just how much of a buzzword it is and how it might as well not be there.
Incidentally, if those same people that toss around their "metagame = more objectives" definition cared for the "outside-of-game information" meaning, discussions would move along smoothly, instead of being derailed every time by their armchair game developer boner craving to use the cool words with no regard for the context set in the particular exchange.
**tl;dr:** if your explanation of any game feature involves the word 'metagame', you very likely can nuke out all the paragraphs that involve it without losing any meaning in the process. | Just because some people in the community decided to appropriate the word for their use in a context-understandable manner doesn't mean they're actually doing something useful with it (not in terms of advancing any argument at least).
When someone brings up "synergy" and "holistic approaches" in a discussion I will be very inclined to knee them in the groin and exit conversation because, even though I can clearly understand the meaning behind those phrases they rarely ever add anything worthwhile to the discussion.
Metagame is becoming PS2's pet word for "something cool that isn't what I'm bored with already" and, if followed by actual content, it usually is an explanation of what the poster is actually talking about (WDS points? resource revamp? continent locking?), going on to show just how much of a buzzword it is and how it might as well not be there.
Incidentally, if those same people that toss around their "metagame = more objectives" definition cared for the "outside-of-game information" meaning, discussions would move along smoothly, instead of being derailed every time by their armchair game developer boner craving to use the cool words with no regard for the context set in the particular exchange.
tl;dr: if your explanation of any game feature involves the word 'metagame', you very likely can nuke out all the paragraphs that involve it without losing any meaning in the process.
| Planetside | t5_2s48x | cfidvse | Just because some people in the community decided to appropriate the word for their use in a context-understandable manner doesn't mean they're actually doing something useful with it (not in terms of advancing any argument at least).
When someone brings up "synergy" and "holistic approaches" in a discussion I will be very inclined to knee them in the groin and exit conversation because, even though I can clearly understand the meaning behind those phrases they rarely ever add anything worthwhile to the discussion.
Metagame is becoming PS2's pet word for "something cool that isn't what I'm bored with already" and, if followed by actual content, it usually is an explanation of what the poster is actually talking about (WDS points? resource revamp? continent locking?), going on to show just how much of a buzzword it is and how it might as well not be there.
Incidentally, if those same people that toss around their "metagame = more objectives" definition cared for the "outside-of-game information" meaning, discussions would move along smoothly, instead of being derailed every time by their armchair game developer boner craving to use the cool words with no regard for the context set in the particular exchange. | if your explanation of any game feature involves the word 'metagame', you very likely can nuke out all the paragraphs that involve it without losing any meaning in the process. |
downtown_vancouver | Like a short story, a short film likely raises more questions than it answers. So any "explanation" that anyone gives (including me) is just their interpretation. And this is just off the top of my head...
Opening scene: his life/interests/activities are of less interest to his parents than his heterosexual sister. Less interest implies less worth implies worthless.
Finding comfort in the arms of strangers is hardly a new thing, so I assume that makes sense to anyone reading this now. Choosing to get fucked without a condom is, to the protagonist, a way of escaping the realities of his everyday life.
Does he suffer from "Prufrockian Paralysis"? Well, no. He does approach/respond to men that are attracted to him. Is the act of destroying something a creative act? In general, yes. But this concept doesn't usually apply to destroying your own future. Is he actively searching out HIV+ people to fuck him? No, although the "condoms are rude" mantra is something I've only seen in the poz-and-proud crowd.
TLDR some people internalize the messages from their family and society, that their lives are not as important as others, and then act in ways that are risky | Like a short story, a short film likely raises more questions than it answers. So any "explanation" that anyone gives (including me) is just their interpretation. And this is just off the top of my head...
Opening scene: his life/interests/activities are of less interest to his parents than his heterosexual sister. Less interest implies less worth implies worthless.
Finding comfort in the arms of strangers is hardly a new thing, so I assume that makes sense to anyone reading this now. Choosing to get fucked without a condom is, to the protagonist, a way of escaping the realities of his everyday life.
Does he suffer from "Prufrockian Paralysis"? Well, no. He does approach/respond to men that are attracted to him. Is the act of destroying something a creative act? In general, yes. But this concept doesn't usually apply to destroying your own future. Is he actively searching out HIV+ people to fuck him? No, although the "condoms are rude" mantra is something I've only seen in the poz-and-proud crowd.
TLDR some people internalize the messages from their family and society, that their lives are not as important as others, and then act in ways that are risky
| askgaybros | t5_2vgfw | cfih5fk | Like a short story, a short film likely raises more questions than it answers. So any "explanation" that anyone gives (including me) is just their interpretation. And this is just off the top of my head...
Opening scene: his life/interests/activities are of less interest to his parents than his heterosexual sister. Less interest implies less worth implies worthless.
Finding comfort in the arms of strangers is hardly a new thing, so I assume that makes sense to anyone reading this now. Choosing to get fucked without a condom is, to the protagonist, a way of escaping the realities of his everyday life.
Does he suffer from "Prufrockian Paralysis"? Well, no. He does approach/respond to men that are attracted to him. Is the act of destroying something a creative act? In general, yes. But this concept doesn't usually apply to destroying your own future. Is he actively searching out HIV+ people to fuck him? No, although the "condoms are rude" mantra is something I've only seen in the poz-and-proud crowd. | some people internalize the messages from their family and society, that their lives are not as important as others, and then act in ways that are risky |
arshlock | weed is available to all tourists over 18 years old in amsterdam. whether it is weed, pot or cakes in a coffee shop, or cakes in smart shops.
there was legislation last year to only make weed available to residents but that only lasted 5 months before the idea was shot down because it would wreck the entire business of the country/city.
tl;dr go get high in a coffee shop and relax | weed is available to all tourists over 18 years old in amsterdam. whether it is weed, pot or cakes in a coffee shop, or cakes in smart shops.
there was legislation last year to only make weed available to residents but that only lasted 5 months before the idea was shot down because it would wreck the entire business of the country/city.
tl;dr go get high in a coffee shop and relax
| trees | t5_2r9vp | cfimo24 | weed is available to all tourists over 18 years old in amsterdam. whether it is weed, pot or cakes in a coffee shop, or cakes in smart shops.
there was legislation last year to only make weed available to residents but that only lasted 5 months before the idea was shot down because it would wreck the entire business of the country/city. | go get high in a coffee shop and relax |
DanteMH | Running this deck since last rotation, so I hope I can help.
Idk how good Fated Conflagration is, but I think it´s just another Flesh in most cases. UWx Control will counter it anyways, so I doubt the value of it. Also, I would not side out Courser against Control as he smooths out your draws, it´s not even funny. Sure, they know what you draw, but things like Courser, Domri and Chandra make Control player cringe and wonder why a non-blue deck has so much card advantage.
Against Mono U, I´d keep the Dragon and Xenagos planeswalker and not side in Unravel. The plan is to keep the devotion-count low so that Thassa is never online. This should be manageable with 7 removal and 4 Domri.
Mono B, I regularly side out Polukrani as he comes down late and is easy removed. I don´t want to invest 4 mana when they remove it with 2 or 3 mana, just feels bad. Additional Chandras are nice in this match-up.
The mirror is something I had to struggle with, but I came to the conclusion that the maximum amount of Mizzium Mortars is right, because you can overload it quite easily(and it kills Dragons). A suggestion for your sideboard would be Nessian Wild Ravager. A friend told me the first thing he thought about the Hydra was "GR sideboard card for the Mirror" and he´s fucking right. They either let you remove a creature or you have a 12/12 that can possibly be bloodrushed for the win.
I haven´t played that much against RW Devotion, but you seem to have that right.
Your plan vs. White Weenies without blue seems good. Vs WW with blue, I´d probably board out some numbers of Scooze and/or Rampager as you have not the tempo or the agression to make both work in that match-up.
TL;DR: Switch Fated Conflagration for Nessian Wild Ravager and you´re good. You already have enough Sideboard cards for Control, so don´t worry. Overall pretty solid, have fun with our favorite Planeswalker-Hulk smash deck! =)
| Running this deck since last rotation, so I hope I can help.
Idk how good Fated Conflagration is, but I think it´s just another Flesh in most cases. UWx Control will counter it anyways, so I doubt the value of it. Also, I would not side out Courser against Control as he smooths out your draws, it´s not even funny. Sure, they know what you draw, but things like Courser, Domri and Chandra make Control player cringe and wonder why a non-blue deck has so much card advantage.
Against Mono U, I´d keep the Dragon and Xenagos planeswalker and not side in Unravel. The plan is to keep the devotion-count low so that Thassa is never online. This should be manageable with 7 removal and 4 Domri.
Mono B, I regularly side out Polukrani as he comes down late and is easy removed. I don´t want to invest 4 mana when they remove it with 2 or 3 mana, just feels bad. Additional Chandras are nice in this match-up.
The mirror is something I had to struggle with, but I came to the conclusion that the maximum amount of Mizzium Mortars is right, because you can overload it quite easily(and it kills Dragons). A suggestion for your sideboard would be Nessian Wild Ravager. A friend told me the first thing he thought about the Hydra was "GR sideboard card for the Mirror" and he´s fucking right. They either let you remove a creature or you have a 12/12 that can possibly be bloodrushed for the win.
I haven´t played that much against RW Devotion, but you seem to have that right.
Your plan vs. White Weenies without blue seems good. Vs WW with blue, I´d probably board out some numbers of Scooze and/or Rampager as you have not the tempo or the agression to make both work in that match-up.
TL;DR: Switch Fated Conflagration for Nessian Wild Ravager and you´re good. You already have enough Sideboard cards for Control, so don´t worry. Overall pretty solid, have fun with our favorite Planeswalker-Hulk smash deck! =)
| spikes | t5_2utkz | cfj2m6l | Running this deck since last rotation, so I hope I can help.
Idk how good Fated Conflagration is, but I think it´s just another Flesh in most cases. UWx Control will counter it anyways, so I doubt the value of it. Also, I would not side out Courser against Control as he smooths out your draws, it´s not even funny. Sure, they know what you draw, but things like Courser, Domri and Chandra make Control player cringe and wonder why a non-blue deck has so much card advantage.
Against Mono U, I´d keep the Dragon and Xenagos planeswalker and not side in Unravel. The plan is to keep the devotion-count low so that Thassa is never online. This should be manageable with 7 removal and 4 Domri.
Mono B, I regularly side out Polukrani as he comes down late and is easy removed. I don´t want to invest 4 mana when they remove it with 2 or 3 mana, just feels bad. Additional Chandras are nice in this match-up.
The mirror is something I had to struggle with, but I came to the conclusion that the maximum amount of Mizzium Mortars is right, because you can overload it quite easily(and it kills Dragons). A suggestion for your sideboard would be Nessian Wild Ravager. A friend told me the first thing he thought about the Hydra was "GR sideboard card for the Mirror" and he´s fucking right. They either let you remove a creature or you have a 12/12 that can possibly be bloodrushed for the win.
I haven´t played that much against RW Devotion, but you seem to have that right.
Your plan vs. White Weenies without blue seems good. Vs WW with blue, I´d probably board out some numbers of Scooze and/or Rampager as you have not the tempo or the agression to make both work in that match-up. | Switch Fated Conflagration for Nessian Wild Ravager and you´re good. You already have enough Sideboard cards for Control, so don´t worry. Overall pretty solid, have fun with our favorite Planeswalker-Hulk smash deck! =) |
DanteMH | It´s the instant speed and one mana less that makes it so much better. Also, Witchstalker may be nice, but for a deck like this, he´s just "overcosted". His ability doesn´t matter vs. Burn (your guys are mostly out of burn-rage anyways), it doesn´t matter vs Control (they´ll play around the drawback and either cast Supreme Verdict or Edict you with Far/Away or whatever) and it doesn´t matter vs Mono Black because you have to suspect that they are still packing Devour Flesh somewhere in their 75. And if they can´t cast spells profitabely on your turn, they just pitch the cards to Pack Rat, so that´s that.
TL;DR: Witchstalker´s good, but too impact-less for this deck. | It´s the instant speed and one mana less that makes it so much better. Also, Witchstalker may be nice, but for a deck like this, he´s just "overcosted". His ability doesn´t matter vs. Burn (your guys are mostly out of burn-rage anyways), it doesn´t matter vs Control (they´ll play around the drawback and either cast Supreme Verdict or Edict you with Far/Away or whatever) and it doesn´t matter vs Mono Black because you have to suspect that they are still packing Devour Flesh somewhere in their 75. And if they can´t cast spells profitabely on your turn, they just pitch the cards to Pack Rat, so that´s that.
TL;DR: Witchstalker´s good, but too impact-less for this deck.
| spikes | t5_2utkz | cfj57ef | It´s the instant speed and one mana less that makes it so much better. Also, Witchstalker may be nice, but for a deck like this, he´s just "overcosted". His ability doesn´t matter vs. Burn (your guys are mostly out of burn-rage anyways), it doesn´t matter vs Control (they´ll play around the drawback and either cast Supreme Verdict or Edict you with Far/Away or whatever) and it doesn´t matter vs Mono Black because you have to suspect that they are still packing Devour Flesh somewhere in their 75. And if they can´t cast spells profitabely on your turn, they just pitch the cards to Pack Rat, so that´s that. | Witchstalker´s good, but too impact-less for this deck. |
Tylerddrummer | Mine is when I was a freshman in highschool, my girlfriend was sleeping over but my mom wouldn't let her sleep in the same room as me so she decided to sleep on the couch. So next thing I know, I'm sneaking out of my room to go lay down with her downstairs (we had a decently sized couch). I see what I think is her laying there, face into the back of the couch, and I lay down next to and get... Snuggled in. I wake up later and long story short... My sister had came downstairs to let my girlfriend sleep in her bed meaning, I was cuddling with my sister.
TL;DR my girlfriend slept over and I ended up spooning my sister thinking she was my girlfriend. | Mine is when I was a freshman in highschool, my girlfriend was sleeping over but my mom wouldn't let her sleep in the same room as me so she decided to sleep on the couch. So next thing I know, I'm sneaking out of my room to go lay down with her downstairs (we had a decently sized couch). I see what I think is her laying there, face into the back of the couch, and I lay down next to and get... Snuggled in. I wake up later and long story short... My sister had came downstairs to let my girlfriend sleep in her bed meaning, I was cuddling with my sister.
TL;DR my girlfriend slept over and I ended up spooning my sister thinking she was my girlfriend.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfiz8ss | Mine is when I was a freshman in highschool, my girlfriend was sleeping over but my mom wouldn't let her sleep in the same room as me so she decided to sleep on the couch. So next thing I know, I'm sneaking out of my room to go lay down with her downstairs (we had a decently sized couch). I see what I think is her laying there, face into the back of the couch, and I lay down next to and get... Snuggled in. I wake up later and long story short... My sister had came downstairs to let my girlfriend sleep in her bed meaning, I was cuddling with my sister. | my girlfriend slept over and I ended up spooning my sister thinking she was my girlfriend. |
TheIntragalacticPimp | Agreed, all the 'Hart or Cohle are the Yellow King" theories assume that the biggest, most counter-intuitive, unpredictable revelation automatically makes the best story. It doesn't.
The best evidence thus far for the Yellow King, a singular person who runs an underground, quasi-literary/spiritual cult that engages in the rape, torture and murder of young women, is a tall man with extensive facial scarring. Someone who hasn't yet been on camera.
When you think about the logistics needed for Hart to do even a fraction of what would be required to orchestrate all of the cults actions (while spending virtually all of his time on the other side with Cohle) it just simply, falls the fuck apart
If Hart truly was the Yellow King, what would his first logical step be? That's right, murder Cohle's ass dead. Early and quietly. Drop his ass off the grid somewhere it wouldn't ever pop back up. No one at the department would miss him.
While it might be cool to speculate about, it's not what's going to happen in this series.
**tl;dr: Hart isn't sufficiently competent to do something as simple as conduct a single affair with a courthouse stenographer without detection. He sure as hairy donkey ass can't successfully manage a clandestine, multi-layered murder-cult over the course of decades.** | Agreed, all the 'Hart or Cohle are the Yellow King" theories assume that the biggest, most counter-intuitive, unpredictable revelation automatically makes the best story. It doesn't.
The best evidence thus far for the Yellow King, a singular person who runs an underground, quasi-literary/spiritual cult that engages in the rape, torture and murder of young women, is a tall man with extensive facial scarring. Someone who hasn't yet been on camera.
When you think about the logistics needed for Hart to do even a fraction of what would be required to orchestrate all of the cults actions (while spending virtually all of his time on the other side with Cohle) it just simply, falls the fuck apart
If Hart truly was the Yellow King, what would his first logical step be? That's right, murder Cohle's ass dead. Early and quietly. Drop his ass off the grid somewhere it wouldn't ever pop back up. No one at the department would miss him.
While it might be cool to speculate about, it's not what's going to happen in this series.
tl;dr: Hart isn't sufficiently competent to do something as simple as conduct a single affair with a courthouse stenographer without detection. He sure as hairy donkey ass can't successfully manage a clandestine, multi-layered murder-cult over the course of decades.
| TrueDetective | t5_2tyoq | cfj2srb | Agreed, all the 'Hart or Cohle are the Yellow King" theories assume that the biggest, most counter-intuitive, unpredictable revelation automatically makes the best story. It doesn't.
The best evidence thus far for the Yellow King, a singular person who runs an underground, quasi-literary/spiritual cult that engages in the rape, torture and murder of young women, is a tall man with extensive facial scarring. Someone who hasn't yet been on camera.
When you think about the logistics needed for Hart to do even a fraction of what would be required to orchestrate all of the cults actions (while spending virtually all of his time on the other side with Cohle) it just simply, falls the fuck apart
If Hart truly was the Yellow King, what would his first logical step be? That's right, murder Cohle's ass dead. Early and quietly. Drop his ass off the grid somewhere it wouldn't ever pop back up. No one at the department would miss him.
While it might be cool to speculate about, it's not what's going to happen in this series. | Hart isn't sufficiently competent to do something as simple as conduct a single affair with a courthouse stenographer without detection. He sure as hairy donkey ass can't successfully manage a clandestine, multi-layered murder-cult over the course of decades. |
PhoenixHeart512 | Regarding group bonuses, does anyone know exactly how it calculates how much of a bonus you get? The past few weeks I have been getting 251 PIE from having a scholar in the group, and last night with the same scholar I was only getting 250, and I have no idea why. Normally it wouldn't bother me, but that 1 missing PIE meant that I was a single mana short of casting spells sometimes, and it happened a LOT throughout the night. Very annoying.
tl;dr, why I missing PIE? :( | Regarding group bonuses, does anyone know exactly how it calculates how much of a bonus you get? The past few weeks I have been getting 251 PIE from having a scholar in the group, and last night with the same scholar I was only getting 250, and I have no idea why. Normally it wouldn't bother me, but that 1 missing PIE meant that I was a single mana short of casting spells sometimes, and it happened a LOT throughout the night. Very annoying.
tl;dr, why I missing PIE? :(
| ffxiv | t5_2rgs7 | cfju2v7 | Regarding group bonuses, does anyone know exactly how it calculates how much of a bonus you get? The past few weeks I have been getting 251 PIE from having a scholar in the group, and last night with the same scholar I was only getting 250, and I have no idea why. Normally it wouldn't bother me, but that 1 missing PIE meant that I was a single mana short of casting spells sometimes, and it happened a LOT throughout the night. Very annoying. | why I missing PIE? :( |
kivetros | Hey, welcome!
Couple of things:
* You don't want to get a shitty bike to "learn on". It will make the learning process more difficult and more discouraging.
* Any bike that you can find for $150 is very likely to be shitty, the wrong size, or both. Save up twice the money and you might be in the game to get something decent from Craigslist. There's no shame in buying used, either - as long as the parts are good. People post CL finds in here ALL THE DAMNED TIME - so if you find something that looks promising, post it up and we'll let you know if it's a steal or if you're gonna get screwed over.
* You need a bike that fits your body, or you're going to be getting hurt a lot.
* At your size, getting a frame that isn't full chromoloy isn't an option - you're just going to break it and get hurt. Partial chromoly / partial hi-tensile steel, or full tensile steel is going to fuck you over. Make sure you get chromoly forks and bars as well!
A bike your size will probably have the following geometry:
* Top tube (the main tube between the seatpost and the head tube, where the forks go through) should be 21.5" - 21.75". Some dudes on here claim to be 6'6" and perfectly comfortable on a 20.5" top tube. They're either full of shit, shitty at riding and don't know it, or some sort of freak of nature. At 6'2", a 21.25" feels a little short at times - so you definitely want to make sure the top tube is long enough.
* Huge fucking bars. I'm talking, S&M Perfect 10s are probably your best bet - 10" rise, 30" wide. I personally run Odyssey Sandbars - 9" rise, 29" wide - but I'm a bit shorter than you are. Some people will go on about how big bars are for trendfuckers. Ignore these people. If you're tall, you need your bike to put you in a spot where you're standing up straight so that you can actually control it. You don't wanna be fucking craning your neck back and holding your shoulders weird so you can fucking see. That's how you get hurt.
* 180mm cranks - as in, each crank arm should be 180mm long. 170mm and 175mm are pretty common, but trust me - you'll feel way less cramped up on 180mm cranks.
Unfortunately there aren't a lot of (if any) completes that you can buy new for cheap that will have parts that fit you, simply because most riders aren't so tall. As a dude that falls on the taller end of the spectrum (6'2"), I have spent a lot of time researching parts and speaking with riders that are taller than I am, so I feel qualified to speak on this
_"What the hell, John, you're obsessing about inches and millimeters here!"_ is what you're probably thinking at this point. Honestly, the thing about BMX is that a couple of millimeters here and an inch there can be the difference between your bike feeling dialed, and your bike being un-fucking-rideable.
Ride a couple of different bikes - your buddies, random bros at the skatepark, whatever - before you buy anything. Ride bikes that are definitely too fucking small so you know what a small bike feels like, and ride bikes your size so you know what to look for when you find that sick dream bike / Craigslist score / whatever.
**TL;DR:** Sorry for the fucking wall of text, but if you're really a total noob, that's pretty much everything you need to know to get started. Read it. Good luck. | Hey, welcome!
Couple of things:
You don't want to get a shitty bike to "learn on". It will make the learning process more difficult and more discouraging.
Any bike that you can find for $150 is very likely to be shitty, the wrong size, or both. Save up twice the money and you might be in the game to get something decent from Craigslist. There's no shame in buying used, either - as long as the parts are good. People post CL finds in here ALL THE DAMNED TIME - so if you find something that looks promising, post it up and we'll let you know if it's a steal or if you're gonna get screwed over.
You need a bike that fits your body, or you're going to be getting hurt a lot.
At your size, getting a frame that isn't full chromoloy isn't an option - you're just going to break it and get hurt. Partial chromoly / partial hi-tensile steel, or full tensile steel is going to fuck you over. Make sure you get chromoly forks and bars as well!
A bike your size will probably have the following geometry:
Top tube (the main tube between the seatpost and the head tube, where the forks go through) should be 21.5" - 21.75". Some dudes on here claim to be 6'6" and perfectly comfortable on a 20.5" top tube. They're either full of shit, shitty at riding and don't know it, or some sort of freak of nature. At 6'2", a 21.25" feels a little short at times - so you definitely want to make sure the top tube is long enough.
Huge fucking bars. I'm talking, S&M Perfect 10s are probably your best bet - 10" rise, 30" wide. I personally run Odyssey Sandbars - 9" rise, 29" wide - but I'm a bit shorter than you are. Some people will go on about how big bars are for trendfuckers. Ignore these people. If you're tall, you need your bike to put you in a spot where you're standing up straight so that you can actually control it. You don't wanna be fucking craning your neck back and holding your shoulders weird so you can fucking see. That's how you get hurt.
180mm cranks - as in, each crank arm should be 180mm long. 170mm and 175mm are pretty common, but trust me - you'll feel way less cramped up on 180mm cranks.
Unfortunately there aren't a lot of (if any) completes that you can buy new for cheap that will have parts that fit you, simply because most riders aren't so tall. As a dude that falls on the taller end of the spectrum (6'2"), I have spent a lot of time researching parts and speaking with riders that are taller than I am, so I feel qualified to speak on this
"What the hell, John, you're obsessing about inches and millimeters here!" is what you're probably thinking at this point. Honestly, the thing about BMX is that a couple of millimeters here and an inch there can be the difference between your bike feeling dialed, and your bike being un-fucking-rideable.
Ride a couple of different bikes - your buddies, random bros at the skatepark, whatever - before you buy anything. Ride bikes that are definitely too fucking small so you know what a small bike feels like, and ride bikes your size so you know what to look for when you find that sick dream bike / Craigslist score / whatever.
TL;DR: Sorry for the fucking wall of text, but if you're really a total noob, that's pretty much everything you need to know to get started. Read it. Good luck.
| bmx | t5_2qjv9 | cfjgbsi | Hey, welcome!
Couple of things:
You don't want to get a shitty bike to "learn on". It will make the learning process more difficult and more discouraging.
Any bike that you can find for $150 is very likely to be shitty, the wrong size, or both. Save up twice the money and you might be in the game to get something decent from Craigslist. There's no shame in buying used, either - as long as the parts are good. People post CL finds in here ALL THE DAMNED TIME - so if you find something that looks promising, post it up and we'll let you know if it's a steal or if you're gonna get screwed over.
You need a bike that fits your body, or you're going to be getting hurt a lot.
At your size, getting a frame that isn't full chromoloy isn't an option - you're just going to break it and get hurt. Partial chromoly / partial hi-tensile steel, or full tensile steel is going to fuck you over. Make sure you get chromoly forks and bars as well!
A bike your size will probably have the following geometry:
Top tube (the main tube between the seatpost and the head tube, where the forks go through) should be 21.5" - 21.75". Some dudes on here claim to be 6'6" and perfectly comfortable on a 20.5" top tube. They're either full of shit, shitty at riding and don't know it, or some sort of freak of nature. At 6'2", a 21.25" feels a little short at times - so you definitely want to make sure the top tube is long enough.
Huge fucking bars. I'm talking, S&M Perfect 10s are probably your best bet - 10" rise, 30" wide. I personally run Odyssey Sandbars - 9" rise, 29" wide - but I'm a bit shorter than you are. Some people will go on about how big bars are for trendfuckers. Ignore these people. If you're tall, you need your bike to put you in a spot where you're standing up straight so that you can actually control it. You don't wanna be fucking craning your neck back and holding your shoulders weird so you can fucking see. That's how you get hurt.
180mm cranks - as in, each crank arm should be 180mm long. 170mm and 175mm are pretty common, but trust me - you'll feel way less cramped up on 180mm cranks.
Unfortunately there aren't a lot of (if any) completes that you can buy new for cheap that will have parts that fit you, simply because most riders aren't so tall. As a dude that falls on the taller end of the spectrum (6'2"), I have spent a lot of time researching parts and speaking with riders that are taller than I am, so I feel qualified to speak on this
"What the hell, John, you're obsessing about inches and millimeters here!" is what you're probably thinking at this point. Honestly, the thing about BMX is that a couple of millimeters here and an inch there can be the difference between your bike feeling dialed, and your bike being un-fucking-rideable.
Ride a couple of different bikes - your buddies, random bros at the skatepark, whatever - before you buy anything. Ride bikes that are definitely too fucking small so you know what a small bike feels like, and ride bikes your size so you know what to look for when you find that sick dream bike / Craigslist score / whatever. | Sorry for the fucking wall of text, but if you're really a total noob, that's pretty much everything you need to know to get started. Read it. Good luck. |
danthezombieking | People who say things like that obviously know very little about the bible. The lesson to be learnt from that story is not that A&E fucked it up, but that mankind is fundamentally sinful.
TL;DR Anyone would have bitten the fruit of the TOTKOGAE, not just Adam and Eve.
as a side note, most biblical scholars believe that A&E was a metaphor for the early humans rejecting god. | People who say things like that obviously know very little about the bible. The lesson to be learnt from that story is not that A&E fucked it up, but that mankind is fundamentally sinful.
TL;DR Anyone would have bitten the fruit of the TOTKOGAE, not just Adam and Eve.
as a side note, most biblical scholars believe that A&E was a metaphor for the early humans rejecting god.
| forwardsfromgrandma | t5_2t776 | cfjvbro | People who say things like that obviously know very little about the bible. The lesson to be learnt from that story is not that A&E fucked it up, but that mankind is fundamentally sinful. | Anyone would have bitten the fruit of the TOTKOGAE, not just Adam and Eve.
as a side note, most biblical scholars believe that A&E was a metaphor for the early humans rejecting god. |
yipeskop | These links should be sufficient
[link 1]( [link 2]( [link 3](
Most of it actually happened on irc, but I'm not going to post the logs.
tldr - SRS don't like loli | These links should be sufficient
[link 1]( [link 2]( [link 3](
Most of it actually happened on irc, but I'm not going to post the logs.
tldr - SRS don't like loli
| SRSAnime | t5_2tlf5 | cfjr8gj | These links should be sufficient
[link 1]( [link 2]( [link 3](
Most of it actually happened on irc, but I'm not going to post the logs. | SRS don't like loli |
Hanstor | I guess you could say he does have the right to antagonize people, but in this scholars opinion, that is the biggest waste of freedom of speech imaginable. He could convey the same message, minus wearing his ass on his head. He could be informative, try to teach people, but instead he his telling people "shame on you" because they need to get to their exams in a few minutes? Why is he so vehemently shoving the Bill of Rights down everyone's throats? There are other things that are more important like the UN Declaration of Human Rights. The Bill of Rights is probably one of the only things, aside from a few select Bible verses, that this buffoon has retained.
TLDR; Freedom of speech and freedom to be an asshole are not the same. | I guess you could say he does have the right to antagonize people, but in this scholars opinion, that is the biggest waste of freedom of speech imaginable. He could convey the same message, minus wearing his ass on his head. He could be informative, try to teach people, but instead he his telling people "shame on you" because they need to get to their exams in a few minutes? Why is he so vehemently shoving the Bill of Rights down everyone's throats? There are other things that are more important like the UN Declaration of Human Rights. The Bill of Rights is probably one of the only things, aside from a few select Bible verses, that this buffoon has retained.
TLDR; Freedom of speech and freedom to be an asshole are not the same.
| UCSD | t5_2r6sq | cfjt6uv | I guess you could say he does have the right to antagonize people, but in this scholars opinion, that is the biggest waste of freedom of speech imaginable. He could convey the same message, minus wearing his ass on his head. He could be informative, try to teach people, but instead he his telling people "shame on you" because they need to get to their exams in a few minutes? Why is he so vehemently shoving the Bill of Rights down everyone's throats? There are other things that are more important like the UN Declaration of Human Rights. The Bill of Rights is probably one of the only things, aside from a few select Bible verses, that this buffoon has retained. | Freedom of speech and freedom to be an asshole are not the same. |
FlamingBearAttack | This sentence made me just cringe so much.
The TL:DR is pretty cringy too. | This sentence made me just cringe so much.
The TL:DR is pretty cringy too.
| SubrichardDawkins | t5_2ya53 | cfjlh9q | This sentence made me just cringe so much.
The | is pretty cringy too. |
N4U534 | My first two "relationships" were in high school and neither one lasted more than like a month. We never even kissed. So I guess my real first relationship is my current one. We've been together a little over two years now, which isn't a very long time in comparison to others, but I'm still pretty proud of myself. I feel really happy that I managed to find such a great guy so early in my life (I was 19 when we started dating). He's not perfect and we both have some "issues" but we work through them. And with our relationship going long distance roughly eight months ago I feel like we're so much closer than we ever were before. He also calls me his "best girlfriend ever", so that's good too. Hehe.
TL;DR: I think I've done pretty well so far. | My first two "relationships" were in high school and neither one lasted more than like a month. We never even kissed. So I guess my real first relationship is my current one. We've been together a little over two years now, which isn't a very long time in comparison to others, but I'm still pretty proud of myself. I feel really happy that I managed to find such a great guy so early in my life (I was 19 when we started dating). He's not perfect and we both have some "issues" but we work through them. And with our relationship going long distance roughly eight months ago I feel like we're so much closer than we ever were before. He also calls me his "best girlfriend ever", so that's good too. Hehe.
TL;DR: I think I've done pretty well so far.
| AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cfka4ns | My first two "relationships" were in high school and neither one lasted more than like a month. We never even kissed. So I guess my real first relationship is my current one. We've been together a little over two years now, which isn't a very long time in comparison to others, but I'm still pretty proud of myself. I feel really happy that I managed to find such a great guy so early in my life (I was 19 when we started dating). He's not perfect and we both have some "issues" but we work through them. And with our relationship going long distance roughly eight months ago I feel like we're so much closer than we ever were before. He also calls me his "best girlfriend ever", so that's good too. Hehe. | I think I've done pretty well so far. |
alien___ | I'm just happy the mom didn't hit Lindsay. I always got hit by my parents and still have lots of visible injuries on my back. I started withdrawing from everyone and was scared of people. I never had any friends and still don't.
TLDR; Parents should discipline their kids in ways that happened in the story. | I'm just happy the mom didn't hit Lindsay. I always got hit by my parents and still have lots of visible injuries on my back. I started withdrawing from everyone and was scared of people. I never had any friends and still don't.
TLDR; Parents should discipline their kids in ways that happened in the story.
| TalesFromRetail | t5_2t2zt | cflifhh | I'm just happy the mom didn't hit Lindsay. I always got hit by my parents and still have lots of visible injuries on my back. I started withdrawing from everyone and was scared of people. I never had any friends and still don't. | Parents should discipline their kids in ways that happened in the story. |
_lolwhat_ | I had a discussion about this with a poster here over a month ago. My point is exactly the point you made. I just don't find it sustainable.
Why Chelsea? What parent/agent would want their kid to go to Chelsea knowing that more than likely, they would be loaned out and then sold. At worse, they are loaned out to different clubs year after year.
I'm sure Chelsea can continue in some form, but, I doubt they can lure the likes of Courtios, Lukaku, KDB, & Piazon in the future when they start to see that signing for Chelsea probably means you'll be playing somewhere else.
tl;dr: If I had a talented kid, I wouldn't want him signing for Chelsea.
| I had a discussion about this with a poster here over a month ago. My point is exactly the point you made. I just don't find it sustainable.
Why Chelsea? What parent/agent would want their kid to go to Chelsea knowing that more than likely, they would be loaned out and then sold. At worse, they are loaned out to different clubs year after year.
I'm sure Chelsea can continue in some form, but, I doubt they can lure the likes of Courtios, Lukaku, KDB, & Piazon in the future when they start to see that signing for Chelsea probably means you'll be playing somewhere else.
tl;dr: If I had a talented kid, I wouldn't want him signing for Chelsea.
| chelseafc | t5_2rsl6 | cfkh3tw | I had a discussion about this with a poster here over a month ago. My point is exactly the point you made. I just don't find it sustainable.
Why Chelsea? What parent/agent would want their kid to go to Chelsea knowing that more than likely, they would be loaned out and then sold. At worse, they are loaned out to different clubs year after year.
I'm sure Chelsea can continue in some form, but, I doubt they can lure the likes of Courtios, Lukaku, KDB, & Piazon in the future when they start to see that signing for Chelsea probably means you'll be playing somewhere else. | If I had a talented kid, I wouldn't want him signing for Chelsea. |
_fernweh_ | I really like it. It's sensible, sustainable, and can only help the club in the long run.
It's sensible in that the players benefit from getting time on the pitch, and we then benefit as a club because they come back, in theory, as better players.
The sustainability thing is pretty obvious I guess, but if you buy young players, try them out, make them better players, and sell the ones who don't work out, then you are likely making a profit or at least coming close to breaking even. In the days of FFP this is becoming more and more important.
I also think it helps the club's image because we're showing ambition to move beyond being a "splash the cash on established talent" club and becoming one that promotes from within and supplements from the outside in other positions. Even Barcelona doesn't field a 100% homegrown squad (though they could), so I don't think that should be our goal, but the idea of having young players that we've brought up through our own system is really appealing to me.
TL;DR- I think our youth system is becoming one of the best things about our club and will ensure our place as a force to be reckoned with for years to come. | I really like it. It's sensible, sustainable, and can only help the club in the long run.
It's sensible in that the players benefit from getting time on the pitch, and we then benefit as a club because they come back, in theory, as better players.
The sustainability thing is pretty obvious I guess, but if you buy young players, try them out, make them better players, and sell the ones who don't work out, then you are likely making a profit or at least coming close to breaking even. In the days of FFP this is becoming more and more important.
I also think it helps the club's image because we're showing ambition to move beyond being a "splash the cash on established talent" club and becoming one that promotes from within and supplements from the outside in other positions. Even Barcelona doesn't field a 100% homegrown squad (though they could), so I don't think that should be our goal, but the idea of having young players that we've brought up through our own system is really appealing to me.
TL;DR- I think our youth system is becoming one of the best things about our club and will ensure our place as a force to be reckoned with for years to come.
| chelseafc | t5_2rsl6 | cfkaztu | I really like it. It's sensible, sustainable, and can only help the club in the long run.
It's sensible in that the players benefit from getting time on the pitch, and we then benefit as a club because they come back, in theory, as better players.
The sustainability thing is pretty obvious I guess, but if you buy young players, try them out, make them better players, and sell the ones who don't work out, then you are likely making a profit or at least coming close to breaking even. In the days of FFP this is becoming more and more important.
I also think it helps the club's image because we're showing ambition to move beyond being a "splash the cash on established talent" club and becoming one that promotes from within and supplements from the outside in other positions. Even Barcelona doesn't field a 100% homegrown squad (though they could), so I don't think that should be our goal, but the idea of having young players that we've brought up through our own system is really appealing to me. | I think our youth system is becoming one of the best things about our club and will ensure our place as a force to be reckoned with for years to come. |
TMFduke | My gym has some of the most dedicated people I know. (Seriously, Vertical Ventures in Tampa, if you're reading this you guys Rock) and they don't get any kind of tips.
One of the girls who works there spent 5 hours helping me find the perfect fit for a brand new shoe. They have no tip jar, but instead look to make real connections with people who come in to better themselves and get into the sport.
I can say that the "tip" you are receiving should be being able to do something fun for minimum wage. It sure as hell beats working the fry machine at fast food joints.
I would never say you don't deserve one ( I mean, I don't know you, but I am assuming you do a decent job) but I don't feel it should be expected. Expecting a tip defeats the whole purpose and kind of devalues it. A tip should be an above and beyond kind of gratitude given to someone who gives a truly memorable experience. If you can't say at the end of the day that you left a lasting impression on someone, then you should not expect a tip from them. Everyone wants to make more money, so I don't blame you though, just try and get some satisfaction from having a truly awesome job.
TL;DR: Its great to get tips, but you shouldn't have a jar expecting people to tip. Instead just do the best damn job you can do, and if someone tips awesome! | My gym has some of the most dedicated people I know. (Seriously, Vertical Ventures in Tampa, if you're reading this you guys Rock) and they don't get any kind of tips.
One of the girls who works there spent 5 hours helping me find the perfect fit for a brand new shoe. They have no tip jar, but instead look to make real connections with people who come in to better themselves and get into the sport.
I can say that the "tip" you are receiving should be being able to do something fun for minimum wage. It sure as hell beats working the fry machine at fast food joints.
I would never say you don't deserve one ( I mean, I don't know you, but I am assuming you do a decent job) but I don't feel it should be expected. Expecting a tip defeats the whole purpose and kind of devalues it. A tip should be an above and beyond kind of gratitude given to someone who gives a truly memorable experience. If you can't say at the end of the day that you left a lasting impression on someone, then you should not expect a tip from them. Everyone wants to make more money, so I don't blame you though, just try and get some satisfaction from having a truly awesome job.
TL;DR: Its great to get tips, but you shouldn't have a jar expecting people to tip. Instead just do the best damn job you can do, and if someone tips awesome!
| climbing | t5_2qk72 | cfkfppi | My gym has some of the most dedicated people I know. (Seriously, Vertical Ventures in Tampa, if you're reading this you guys Rock) and they don't get any kind of tips.
One of the girls who works there spent 5 hours helping me find the perfect fit for a brand new shoe. They have no tip jar, but instead look to make real connections with people who come in to better themselves and get into the sport.
I can say that the "tip" you are receiving should be being able to do something fun for minimum wage. It sure as hell beats working the fry machine at fast food joints.
I would never say you don't deserve one ( I mean, I don't know you, but I am assuming you do a decent job) but I don't feel it should be expected. Expecting a tip defeats the whole purpose and kind of devalues it. A tip should be an above and beyond kind of gratitude given to someone who gives a truly memorable experience. If you can't say at the end of the day that you left a lasting impression on someone, then you should not expect a tip from them. Everyone wants to make more money, so I don't blame you though, just try and get some satisfaction from having a truly awesome job. | Its great to get tips, but you shouldn't have a jar expecting people to tip. Instead just do the best damn job you can do, and if someone tips awesome! |
ImWritingABook | The trouble with the more cynical world view that she is "graduating to" (ie, I'm better at fund raising than swinging a hammer) is that it would lead to even less cultural intercourse. Would she have come to the decision to help fund and direct the camp if she had not gone down and built a terrible wall, seen the state of things, failed first hand, decided on her own where her strengths and weaknesses lay? Probably not.
Yet it seems like would almost proposing future "white kids" like her just stay home in their little bubbles of privilege and maybe do a little fund raising on the side. American's are so isolated, rarely travel, and have such a poor sense of how the rest of the world works and what it's like to try to interact with someone from a very different background than oneself. Having kids volunteer at least begins to open their eyes and clue them in, if they are open to these types of insights. And for every one like her who decides her strengths lie in embracing their upper middle class background, there may be another who decides to really get good at Spanish, or at construction, and go back the next year.
TL;DR it's like physics classes freshman year of college. It's not That the work done has great merit, so much as you are exposing people to something new as well as preparing those who decide they want to go on in the field. | The trouble with the more cynical world view that she is "graduating to" (ie, I'm better at fund raising than swinging a hammer) is that it would lead to even less cultural intercourse. Would she have come to the decision to help fund and direct the camp if she had not gone down and built a terrible wall, seen the state of things, failed first hand, decided on her own where her strengths and weaknesses lay? Probably not.
Yet it seems like would almost proposing future "white kids" like her just stay home in their little bubbles of privilege and maybe do a little fund raising on the side. American's are so isolated, rarely travel, and have such a poor sense of how the rest of the world works and what it's like to try to interact with someone from a very different background than oneself. Having kids volunteer at least begins to open their eyes and clue them in, if they are open to these types of insights. And for every one like her who decides her strengths lie in embracing their upper middle class background, there may be another who decides to really get good at Spanish, or at construction, and go back the next year.
TL;DR it's like physics classes freshman year of college. It's not That the work done has great merit, so much as you are exposing people to something new as well as preparing those who decide they want to go on in the field.
| TrueReddit | t5_2qyt6 | cfku4iy | The trouble with the more cynical world view that she is "graduating to" (ie, I'm better at fund raising than swinging a hammer) is that it would lead to even less cultural intercourse. Would she have come to the decision to help fund and direct the camp if she had not gone down and built a terrible wall, seen the state of things, failed first hand, decided on her own where her strengths and weaknesses lay? Probably not.
Yet it seems like would almost proposing future "white kids" like her just stay home in their little bubbles of privilege and maybe do a little fund raising on the side. American's are so isolated, rarely travel, and have such a poor sense of how the rest of the world works and what it's like to try to interact with someone from a very different background than oneself. Having kids volunteer at least begins to open their eyes and clue them in, if they are open to these types of insights. And for every one like her who decides her strengths lie in embracing their upper middle class background, there may be another who decides to really get good at Spanish, or at construction, and go back the next year. | it's like physics classes freshman year of college. It's not That the work done has great merit, so much as you are exposing people to something new as well as preparing those who decide they want to go on in the field. |
ajswdf | According to that graph, an obese person will cost the insurance company about 6.8 times as much as I will, however they will only be paying 6 times as much.
Even those numbers are a little too generous, since the graph doesn't include smoking while I assume they do smoke. If you assume they don't smoke to make it apples to apples (the smoking discount is $25), they pay only 4.75 times as much as me.
And even then it's still generous, because there are other ways available for them to get discounts while still being obese.
tl;dr They get 7 times more product for only 5 times the cost. | According to that graph, an obese person will cost the insurance company about 6.8 times as much as I will, however they will only be paying 6 times as much.
Even those numbers are a little too generous, since the graph doesn't include smoking while I assume they do smoke. If you assume they don't smoke to make it apples to apples (the smoking discount is $25), they pay only 4.75 times as much as me.
And even then it's still generous, because there are other ways available for them to get discounts while still being obese.
tl;dr They get 7 times more product for only 5 times the cost.
| fatlogic | t5_2wyxm | cfkls4x | According to that graph, an obese person will cost the insurance company about 6.8 times as much as I will, however they will only be paying 6 times as much.
Even those numbers are a little too generous, since the graph doesn't include smoking while I assume they do smoke. If you assume they don't smoke to make it apples to apples (the smoking discount is $25), they pay only 4.75 times as much as me.
And even then it's still generous, because there are other ways available for them to get discounts while still being obese. | They get 7 times more product for only 5 times the cost. |
clara-oswald | A lot of people already said it but basically, the execution of their amazing premise was pretty poor, it fell short and it didn't live up to the hype they put into it. Other than that, I hated Rex and his storyline as well, and I hated how the whole thing seemed to focus a little too much in him, as if we'd care about a guy we just met and have barely emotional connection with. Honestly, I liked better all the other "new" characters that got killed off more than Rex. I didn't particularly hate that it was set in America, but sadly thanks to that it did feel a little *too* American. Or maybe that's not the right way to say it but I fail to find a better sentence, so we'll go with that for now. What I'm trying to say is... I don't know, it just felt really disconnected from everything we knew. Disconnected from Doctor Who's universe, yes, but also disconnected within Torchwood's universe as well. Maybe being set in America helped to make that worse, maybe it would've felt that way no matter what, but that's just how I felt watching it. Also, according to Miracle Day there's some crazy maybe alien maybe not maybe whatever else it is giant ass crack in my country. Which is bizarre and hilarious but they intended it to look threatening and scary so yeah, it basically didn't work out for me.
TL;DR: Unlikeable/uninteresting new "main" character that stayed opposed to the much more interesting other new characters that left or weren't explored better, very poor and boring execution of an amazing premise, it felt disconnected from everything else they've already set as a base of their own show. | A lot of people already said it but basically, the execution of their amazing premise was pretty poor, it fell short and it didn't live up to the hype they put into it. Other than that, I hated Rex and his storyline as well, and I hated how the whole thing seemed to focus a little too much in him, as if we'd care about a guy we just met and have barely emotional connection with. Honestly, I liked better all the other "new" characters that got killed off more than Rex. I didn't particularly hate that it was set in America, but sadly thanks to that it did feel a little too American. Or maybe that's not the right way to say it but I fail to find a better sentence, so we'll go with that for now. What I'm trying to say is... I don't know, it just felt really disconnected from everything we knew. Disconnected from Doctor Who's universe, yes, but also disconnected within Torchwood's universe as well. Maybe being set in America helped to make that worse, maybe it would've felt that way no matter what, but that's just how I felt watching it. Also, according to Miracle Day there's some crazy maybe alien maybe not maybe whatever else it is giant ass crack in my country. Which is bizarre and hilarious but they intended it to look threatening and scary so yeah, it basically didn't work out for me.
TL;DR: Unlikeable/uninteresting new "main" character that stayed opposed to the much more interesting other new characters that left or weren't explored better, very poor and boring execution of an amazing premise, it felt disconnected from everything else they've already set as a base of their own show.
| gallifrey | t5_2tf29 | cfkpgt3 | A lot of people already said it but basically, the execution of their amazing premise was pretty poor, it fell short and it didn't live up to the hype they put into it. Other than that, I hated Rex and his storyline as well, and I hated how the whole thing seemed to focus a little too much in him, as if we'd care about a guy we just met and have barely emotional connection with. Honestly, I liked better all the other "new" characters that got killed off more than Rex. I didn't particularly hate that it was set in America, but sadly thanks to that it did feel a little too American. Or maybe that's not the right way to say it but I fail to find a better sentence, so we'll go with that for now. What I'm trying to say is... I don't know, it just felt really disconnected from everything we knew. Disconnected from Doctor Who's universe, yes, but also disconnected within Torchwood's universe as well. Maybe being set in America helped to make that worse, maybe it would've felt that way no matter what, but that's just how I felt watching it. Also, according to Miracle Day there's some crazy maybe alien maybe not maybe whatever else it is giant ass crack in my country. Which is bizarre and hilarious but they intended it to look threatening and scary so yeah, it basically didn't work out for me. | Unlikeable/uninteresting new "main" character that stayed opposed to the much more interesting other new characters that left or weren't explored better, very poor and boring execution of an amazing premise, it felt disconnected from everything else they've already set as a base of their own show. |
maeEast | There's a book called This Is How by Augusten Burroughs. Great writer, but most of the book is bullshit.
HOWEVER, he has a chapter on suicide that I found incredibly helpful.
Basically, if you're living, even if you are miserable, it is still possibly for you to feel some sort of positive emotion at some point in the future, even just temporarily. It could be as simple as the satisfaction of a cold glass of water after being outside in hot weather; anything that brings even fleeting happiness.
On the other hand, if you die, all you will ever feel for the rest of your existence is pain and fear (this is assuming you don't believe in an afterlife, obviously). Death doesn't bring "relief", it brings absolute nothingness. So it doesn't make you feel better; and no matter what method you choose to commit suicide, you will be in some sort of pain, and some part of your brain will probably panic. Meaning that after that point, all you will ever have felt in your life (however long it lasts) will be more of what you were trying to escape.
**tl;dr Even if life is horrible, you will still get to experience some sort of positive thing at some point in the future. Dying brings nothingness, but that isn't the same as relief from suffering**
EDIT: Obviously I'm not saying thi applies in situations like a lifetime of extreme and ongoing torture. There actually are some things worse than dying. I'm addressing mostly emotional pain. | There's a book called This Is How by Augusten Burroughs. Great writer, but most of the book is bullshit.
HOWEVER, he has a chapter on suicide that I found incredibly helpful.
Basically, if you're living, even if you are miserable, it is still possibly for you to feel some sort of positive emotion at some point in the future, even just temporarily. It could be as simple as the satisfaction of a cold glass of water after being outside in hot weather; anything that brings even fleeting happiness.
On the other hand, if you die, all you will ever feel for the rest of your existence is pain and fear (this is assuming you don't believe in an afterlife, obviously). Death doesn't bring "relief", it brings absolute nothingness. So it doesn't make you feel better; and no matter what method you choose to commit suicide, you will be in some sort of pain, and some part of your brain will probably panic. Meaning that after that point, all you will ever have felt in your life (however long it lasts) will be more of what you were trying to escape.
tl;dr Even if life is horrible, you will still get to experience some sort of positive thing at some point in the future. Dying brings nothingness, but that isn't the same as relief from suffering
EDIT: Obviously I'm not saying thi applies in situations like a lifetime of extreme and ongoing torture. There actually are some things worse than dying. I'm addressing mostly emotional pain.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfki5vx | There's a book called This Is How by Augusten Burroughs. Great writer, but most of the book is bullshit.
HOWEVER, he has a chapter on suicide that I found incredibly helpful.
Basically, if you're living, even if you are miserable, it is still possibly for you to feel some sort of positive emotion at some point in the future, even just temporarily. It could be as simple as the satisfaction of a cold glass of water after being outside in hot weather; anything that brings even fleeting happiness.
On the other hand, if you die, all you will ever feel for the rest of your existence is pain and fear (this is assuming you don't believe in an afterlife, obviously). Death doesn't bring "relief", it brings absolute nothingness. So it doesn't make you feel better; and no matter what method you choose to commit suicide, you will be in some sort of pain, and some part of your brain will probably panic. Meaning that after that point, all you will ever have felt in your life (however long it lasts) will be more of what you were trying to escape. | Even if life is horrible, you will still get to experience some sort of positive thing at some point in the future. Dying brings nothingness, but that isn't the same as relief from suffering
EDIT: Obviously I'm not saying thi applies in situations like a lifetime of extreme and ongoing torture. There actually are some things worse than dying. I'm addressing mostly emotional pain. |
Puppy_stomper | Ooh! I love comparing these games. I've sunk probably around 500 hours into League, and after picking up Dota I'm almost at 100.
League definitely feels more like a fighting game. It's all about comboing on the other guy while maintaining spacing and keeping up dat CS. The gameplay is generally more varied, when you can pick up and play just about any position, jungle, mid, ADC, support, top, or whatever. It gives you goals to work for, also, which is one thing about it I really like.
The downside of this game is that, unlike Dota, you don't have all the playable characters unlocked. This is where the F2P aspect comes in. You can either grind a few games to get your next champion, or just drop a couple bucks on them. I know I did a bit of both. Also, the meta game is a bit stale, with the same five positions (mentioned above) no matter what. Also the rune system skews the game in favor of experienced players ever so slightly.
With Dota, it's definitely a strategy game. High mana costs, long cool downs on hero abilities, and shitloads of damage from any source. You either play carefully or get dunked by anything and everything. That's the biggest downside of Dota, it's not noob friendly in the slightest. The teamfights are lightning fast, the landing phases are long, and the game can snowball out of control really really fast.
But the things I like about This game, are that the snowball gets rolling, but it can go either way at any point in the game. You have one super fed character on the other team? One solid CC lock and it's game over for them. You start Getting the momentum rolling. Soon enough you are knocking on their door saying "Sup dog?" That and you don't have to unlock anything, which is super nice.
**TLDR** League for faster paced, grind centric gameplay, Dota for long thought out gameplay. | Ooh! I love comparing these games. I've sunk probably around 500 hours into League, and after picking up Dota I'm almost at 100.
League definitely feels more like a fighting game. It's all about comboing on the other guy while maintaining spacing and keeping up dat CS. The gameplay is generally more varied, when you can pick up and play just about any position, jungle, mid, ADC, support, top, or whatever. It gives you goals to work for, also, which is one thing about it I really like.
The downside of this game is that, unlike Dota, you don't have all the playable characters unlocked. This is where the F2P aspect comes in. You can either grind a few games to get your next champion, or just drop a couple bucks on them. I know I did a bit of both. Also, the meta game is a bit stale, with the same five positions (mentioned above) no matter what. Also the rune system skews the game in favor of experienced players ever so slightly.
With Dota, it's definitely a strategy game. High mana costs, long cool downs on hero abilities, and shitloads of damage from any source. You either play carefully or get dunked by anything and everything. That's the biggest downside of Dota, it's not noob friendly in the slightest. The teamfights are lightning fast, the landing phases are long, and the game can snowball out of control really really fast.
But the things I like about This game, are that the snowball gets rolling, but it can go either way at any point in the game. You have one super fed character on the other team? One solid CC lock and it's game over for them. You start Getting the momentum rolling. Soon enough you are knocking on their door saying "Sup dog?" That and you don't have to unlock anything, which is super nice.
TLDR League for faster paced, grind centric gameplay, Dota for long thought out gameplay.
| gamingsuggestions | t5_2sxyv | cfkt130 | Ooh! I love comparing these games. I've sunk probably around 500 hours into League, and after picking up Dota I'm almost at 100.
League definitely feels more like a fighting game. It's all about comboing on the other guy while maintaining spacing and keeping up dat CS. The gameplay is generally more varied, when you can pick up and play just about any position, jungle, mid, ADC, support, top, or whatever. It gives you goals to work for, also, which is one thing about it I really like.
The downside of this game is that, unlike Dota, you don't have all the playable characters unlocked. This is where the F2P aspect comes in. You can either grind a few games to get your next champion, or just drop a couple bucks on them. I know I did a bit of both. Also, the meta game is a bit stale, with the same five positions (mentioned above) no matter what. Also the rune system skews the game in favor of experienced players ever so slightly.
With Dota, it's definitely a strategy game. High mana costs, long cool downs on hero abilities, and shitloads of damage from any source. You either play carefully or get dunked by anything and everything. That's the biggest downside of Dota, it's not noob friendly in the slightest. The teamfights are lightning fast, the landing phases are long, and the game can snowball out of control really really fast.
But the things I like about This game, are that the snowball gets rolling, but it can go either way at any point in the game. You have one super fed character on the other team? One solid CC lock and it's game over for them. You start Getting the momentum rolling. Soon enough you are knocking on their door saying "Sup dog?" That and you don't have to unlock anything, which is super nice. | League for faster paced, grind centric gameplay, Dota for long thought out gameplay. |
TraylaParks | Be warned with respect to TNG - the first season is nearly unwatchable. I was a friggin' *hardcore* trek fan long before TNG ever hit the airwaves and it was so disappointing I didn't watch again until season three.
Needless to say, I was very pleasantly surprised by the turnaround in quality. Season one isn't all bad, there are (maybe) half a dozen semi-watchable episodes but things get better in season two (The Measure Of A Man, for example)
TL;DR - stick it out with TNG past season one, you'll be very well rewarded if you do. | Be warned with respect to TNG - the first season is nearly unwatchable. I was a friggin' hardcore trek fan long before TNG ever hit the airwaves and it was so disappointing I didn't watch again until season three.
Needless to say, I was very pleasantly surprised by the turnaround in quality. Season one isn't all bad, there are (maybe) half a dozen semi-watchable episodes but things get better in season two (The Measure Of A Man, for example)
TL;DR - stick it out with TNG past season one, you'll be very well rewarded if you do.
| startrek | t5_2qixm | cfkxp0v | Be warned with respect to TNG - the first season is nearly unwatchable. I was a friggin' hardcore trek fan long before TNG ever hit the airwaves and it was so disappointing I didn't watch again until season three.
Needless to say, I was very pleasantly surprised by the turnaround in quality. Season one isn't all bad, there are (maybe) half a dozen semi-watchable episodes but things get better in season two (The Measure Of A Man, for example) | stick it out with TNG past season one, you'll be very well rewarded if you do. |
Chimbley_Sweep | I am not a doctor, but I have looked into this as a lay person.
You have to start by defining the term "addiction". It is not a word that has an agreed upon definition, but there are hallmarks that point towards a person having an addiction. Some of the common ones are:
* Obsession - Thinks about the activity constantly, usually over a prolonged period of time.
* Compulsion - does the activity even when they know they shouldn't, or can't stop when they know they should.
* Withdrawal - problems that occur when ceasing the activity.
* Denial and Hiding - Denies a problem, and hides evidence of the activity or minimizes the actual level of activity.
* Loss of Control - No control over the behavior
These will apply to any kind of addiction, be it to an activity, an object or a substance. These are general guidelines, and there are more specific items that a professional will address. It is worth noting that the DSM-5 only recognizes substance addiction *edit - and gambling addiction*, although it refers to other types of addiction unofficially.
Addiction treatment is specifically for detrimental addictions. This is an important distinction, because if you have addictive indicators, but there is no detriment, then there is no need to define it as an addiction. Addiction to food or drugs is clearly detrimental and needs treatment to end the addiction, while addiction to video games or vinyl records may not need treatment or intervention. Both are still addictions, based on how addiction is identified.
**tl;dr** Many medical professionals agree that video games can be addictive because a significant number of people who play them exhibit addictive behaviors or hallmarks. Whether that addiction is harmful is situational. | I am not a doctor, but I have looked into this as a lay person.
You have to start by defining the term "addiction". It is not a word that has an agreed upon definition, but there are hallmarks that point towards a person having an addiction. Some of the common ones are:
Obsession - Thinks about the activity constantly, usually over a prolonged period of time.
Compulsion - does the activity even when they know they shouldn't, or can't stop when they know they should.
Withdrawal - problems that occur when ceasing the activity.
Denial and Hiding - Denies a problem, and hides evidence of the activity or minimizes the actual level of activity.
Loss of Control - No control over the behavior
These will apply to any kind of addiction, be it to an activity, an object or a substance. These are general guidelines, and there are more specific items that a professional will address. It is worth noting that the DSM-5 only recognizes substance addiction edit - and gambling addiction , although it refers to other types of addiction unofficially.
Addiction treatment is specifically for detrimental addictions. This is an important distinction, because if you have addictive indicators, but there is no detriment, then there is no need to define it as an addiction. Addiction to food or drugs is clearly detrimental and needs treatment to end the addiction, while addiction to video games or vinyl records may not need treatment or intervention. Both are still addictions, based on how addiction is identified.
tl;dr Many medical professionals agree that video games can be addictive because a significant number of people who play them exhibit addictive behaviors or hallmarks. Whether that addiction is harmful is situational.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfl3dgy | I am not a doctor, but I have looked into this as a lay person.
You have to start by defining the term "addiction". It is not a word that has an agreed upon definition, but there are hallmarks that point towards a person having an addiction. Some of the common ones are:
Obsession - Thinks about the activity constantly, usually over a prolonged period of time.
Compulsion - does the activity even when they know they shouldn't, or can't stop when they know they should.
Withdrawal - problems that occur when ceasing the activity.
Denial and Hiding - Denies a problem, and hides evidence of the activity or minimizes the actual level of activity.
Loss of Control - No control over the behavior
These will apply to any kind of addiction, be it to an activity, an object or a substance. These are general guidelines, and there are more specific items that a professional will address. It is worth noting that the DSM-5 only recognizes substance addiction edit - and gambling addiction , although it refers to other types of addiction unofficially.
Addiction treatment is specifically for detrimental addictions. This is an important distinction, because if you have addictive indicators, but there is no detriment, then there is no need to define it as an addiction. Addiction to food or drugs is clearly detrimental and needs treatment to end the addiction, while addiction to video games or vinyl records may not need treatment or intervention. Both are still addictions, based on how addiction is identified. | Many medical professionals agree that video games can be addictive because a significant number of people who play them exhibit addictive behaviors or hallmarks. Whether that addiction is harmful is situational. |
Lard_Baron | That Doc and a BBC one finished any faint hope i had for Afghanistan. It's another Vietnam. We need to leave.
[**The deeply depressing BBC report concerning the June 2010 audit published by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction on the $27B the US has spent, and apparently wasted, on training and supplies for the Afghan forces.** transcript can be read on link](
The auditor described the process as like funnel. A wide mouth being crammed with money at the US end and a narrow trickle of fuel, uniforms, guns and training at the Afghan Unit level. Value is siphoned off at every level.
She also asked to see the top rated Afghan police unit. This unit has had $M's spent on them and can stand on their own feet holding down a region of Afghanistan according to the unit ratings report. She was told that this area was out of US control and it was unsafe to go there without a major operation as the unit had possibly gone native. **That was rated the best unit in US army reports.**
The relevant parts of the doc:
BBC: *The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reports to the
Congress, the Pentagon and the Secretary of State. One of the main failings highlighted in
the most recent audit is that some of the Afghan army and police are extremely adept at
pilfering equipment and essential supplies and selling them on for cash.The report’s author, Emily Rachman, in her firstbroadcast interview about her findings, points to a culture of routine dishonesty.*
RACHMAN: During our work we discovered that the supplies were
not reaching their intended recipients. Sometimes partial shipments made it to the unit level,
but often units were just not receiving what they needed. So an enormous amount of
supplies being poured into what someone described as a large funnel and very little of it
actually getting out to the unit level, particularly where units are far flung in the outer
provinces, so the further you went the more likely it was that there was some loss of
supplies.
BBC: *And what sort of supplies are going missing?*
RACHMAN: Fuel is one of the most vulnerable supplies. We heard
about ammunition, food, uniforms, virtually anything that is being moved around was
potentially vulnerable for resale.
BBC: *You concentrate particularly on fuel. Why was that?*
RACHMAN: It was particularly interesting for us, because it is a
key supply for enabling operations, so it was of great concern to us if the supplies that the
coalition is providing are being stolen to a degree that it’s hampering operations and it had a
direct impact on the ratings of the units in the end.
BBC: *Which raises the question of how well America’s
$27 billion have been spent on training Afghan forces, and how well their capability has
been measured. This summer, the US Special Inspector General reported that the system for
measuring the capability of Afghan forces was seriously flawed and overstated their ability
to operate on their own, without coalition supervision. The report’s author, Emily Rachman,
was alarmed by an example of misplaced confidence.*
RACHMAN: We became quite interested in a police district called
Baghlan-e Jadid, which is located in the north of the country. We were told that this police
district had received a top rating and in fact had fully graduated from the police development
programme, meaning that it had achieved a level of competence where it had earned the
ability to just operate independently. Of course that’s our goal for all the Afghan security
forces and this piqued our interest. We requested to go out and visit this unit. What we
learned as we put in that request was that it was too dangerous to travel to this area and that
the capabilities of the police had most likely deteriorated so badly that there was really no
law and order being provided by the Afghan forces in that area.
BBC: *You were told that this police district had actually
been overrun by insurgents?*
RACHMAN: We were, yes.
BBC: *And this was a top rated police district?*
RACHMAN: This was a unit that continued to be rated at the top
level capability throughout the time of our review, and one of our recommendations was that
where no monitoring has been conducted, that we not kid ourselves and report a much higher
level of capability than we actually knew to be there.
**TL;DR.** We are wasting our money and lives in Afghanistan.
Its sad that the BBC got an interview long with her and not a US media outlet. It was very revealing. | That Doc and a BBC one finished any faint hope i had for Afghanistan. It's another Vietnam. We need to leave.
[ The deeply depressing BBC report concerning the June 2010 audit published by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction on the $27B the US has spent, and apparently wasted, on training and supplies for the Afghan forces. transcript can be read on link](
The auditor described the process as like funnel. A wide mouth being crammed with money at the US end and a narrow trickle of fuel, uniforms, guns and training at the Afghan Unit level. Value is siphoned off at every level.
She also asked to see the top rated Afghan police unit. This unit has had $M's spent on them and can stand on their own feet holding down a region of Afghanistan according to the unit ratings report. She was told that this area was out of US control and it was unsafe to go there without a major operation as the unit had possibly gone native. That was rated the best unit in US army reports.
The relevant parts of the doc:
BBC: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reports to the
Congress, the Pentagon and the Secretary of State. One of the main failings highlighted in
the most recent audit is that some of the Afghan army and police are extremely adept at
pilfering equipment and essential supplies and selling them on for cash.The report’s author, Emily Rachman, in her firstbroadcast interview about her findings, points to a culture of routine dishonesty.
RACHMAN: During our work we discovered that the supplies were
not reaching their intended recipients. Sometimes partial shipments made it to the unit level,
but often units were just not receiving what they needed. So an enormous amount of
supplies being poured into what someone described as a large funnel and very little of it
actually getting out to the unit level, particularly where units are far flung in the outer
provinces, so the further you went the more likely it was that there was some loss of
supplies.
BBC: And what sort of supplies are going missing?
RACHMAN: Fuel is one of the most vulnerable supplies. We heard
about ammunition, food, uniforms, virtually anything that is being moved around was
potentially vulnerable for resale.
BBC: You concentrate particularly on fuel. Why was that?
RACHMAN: It was particularly interesting for us, because it is a
key supply for enabling operations, so it was of great concern to us if the supplies that the
coalition is providing are being stolen to a degree that it’s hampering operations and it had a
direct impact on the ratings of the units in the end.
BBC: Which raises the question of how well America’s
$27 billion have been spent on training Afghan forces, and how well their capability has
been measured. This summer, the US Special Inspector General reported that the system for
measuring the capability of Afghan forces was seriously flawed and overstated their ability
to operate on their own, without coalition supervision. The report’s author, Emily Rachman,
was alarmed by an example of misplaced confidence.
RACHMAN: We became quite interested in a police district called
Baghlan-e Jadid, which is located in the north of the country. We were told that this police
district had received a top rating and in fact had fully graduated from the police development
programme, meaning that it had achieved a level of competence where it had earned the
ability to just operate independently. Of course that’s our goal for all the Afghan security
forces and this piqued our interest. We requested to go out and visit this unit. What we
learned as we put in that request was that it was too dangerous to travel to this area and that
the capabilities of the police had most likely deteriorated so badly that there was really no
law and order being provided by the Afghan forces in that area.
BBC: You were told that this police district had actually
been overrun by insurgents?
RACHMAN: We were, yes.
BBC: And this was a top rated police district?
RACHMAN: This was a unit that continued to be rated at the top
level capability throughout the time of our review, and one of our recommendations was that
where no monitoring has been conducted, that we not kid ourselves and report a much higher
level of capability than we actually knew to be there.
TL;DR. We are wasting our money and lives in Afghanistan.
Its sad that the BBC got an interview long with her and not a US media outlet. It was very revealing.
| CombatFootage | t5_2v0c6 | cflvl0z | That Doc and a BBC one finished any faint hope i had for Afghanistan. It's another Vietnam. We need to leave.
[ The deeply depressing BBC report concerning the June 2010 audit published by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction on the $27B the US has spent, and apparently wasted, on training and supplies for the Afghan forces. transcript can be read on link](
The auditor described the process as like funnel. A wide mouth being crammed with money at the US end and a narrow trickle of fuel, uniforms, guns and training at the Afghan Unit level. Value is siphoned off at every level.
She also asked to see the top rated Afghan police unit. This unit has had $M's spent on them and can stand on their own feet holding down a region of Afghanistan according to the unit ratings report. She was told that this area was out of US control and it was unsafe to go there without a major operation as the unit had possibly gone native. That was rated the best unit in US army reports.
The relevant parts of the doc:
BBC: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reports to the
Congress, the Pentagon and the Secretary of State. One of the main failings highlighted in
the most recent audit is that some of the Afghan army and police are extremely adept at
pilfering equipment and essential supplies and selling them on for cash.The report’s author, Emily Rachman, in her firstbroadcast interview about her findings, points to a culture of routine dishonesty.
RACHMAN: During our work we discovered that the supplies were
not reaching their intended recipients. Sometimes partial shipments made it to the unit level,
but often units were just not receiving what they needed. So an enormous amount of
supplies being poured into what someone described as a large funnel and very little of it
actually getting out to the unit level, particularly where units are far flung in the outer
provinces, so the further you went the more likely it was that there was some loss of
supplies.
BBC: And what sort of supplies are going missing?
RACHMAN: Fuel is one of the most vulnerable supplies. We heard
about ammunition, food, uniforms, virtually anything that is being moved around was
potentially vulnerable for resale.
BBC: You concentrate particularly on fuel. Why was that?
RACHMAN: It was particularly interesting for us, because it is a
key supply for enabling operations, so it was of great concern to us if the supplies that the
coalition is providing are being stolen to a degree that it’s hampering operations and it had a
direct impact on the ratings of the units in the end.
BBC: Which raises the question of how well America’s
$27 billion have been spent on training Afghan forces, and how well their capability has
been measured. This summer, the US Special Inspector General reported that the system for
measuring the capability of Afghan forces was seriously flawed and overstated their ability
to operate on their own, without coalition supervision. The report’s author, Emily Rachman,
was alarmed by an example of misplaced confidence.
RACHMAN: We became quite interested in a police district called
Baghlan-e Jadid, which is located in the north of the country. We were told that this police
district had received a top rating and in fact had fully graduated from the police development
programme, meaning that it had achieved a level of competence where it had earned the
ability to just operate independently. Of course that’s our goal for all the Afghan security
forces and this piqued our interest. We requested to go out and visit this unit. What we
learned as we put in that request was that it was too dangerous to travel to this area and that
the capabilities of the police had most likely deteriorated so badly that there was really no
law and order being provided by the Afghan forces in that area.
BBC: You were told that this police district had actually
been overrun by insurgents?
RACHMAN: We were, yes.
BBC: And this was a top rated police district?
RACHMAN: This was a unit that continued to be rated at the top
level capability throughout the time of our review, and one of our recommendations was that
where no monitoring has been conducted, that we not kid ourselves and report a much higher
level of capability than we actually knew to be there. | We are wasting our money and lives in Afghanistan.
Its sad that the BBC got an interview long with her and not a US media outlet. It was very revealing. |
CudiKush | They said themselves they're running this much differently than Qusayr, they learned from their past mistakes. Firstly they're encircling yabrud completely to not give the rebels a last minute escape route. They could have immediately made a ground assault through rima farms but they would have sustained heavy casualties. There is no need for them to rush things and unnecessarily lose manpower considering they have captured all the high points overlooking Yabrud and can just relentlessly bombard and siege it. I did see some tweets about SAA being at the front gate of Yabrud so it seems the ground assault is coming.
Remember if you count all the skirmishing in the countryside leading up to the ground assault the Qusayr offensive took over 2 months to capture the city and Yabrud definitely has more fighters and have had time to prepare defenses. That being said they already have the city more or less surrounded and I'd expect the real ground assault to begin within the next few days and the city to fall not long after that.
Tl;dr : They're trying to surround the city and reduce casualties from a high-risk and premature ground assault | They said themselves they're running this much differently than Qusayr, they learned from their past mistakes. Firstly they're encircling yabrud completely to not give the rebels a last minute escape route. They could have immediately made a ground assault through rima farms but they would have sustained heavy casualties. There is no need for them to rush things and unnecessarily lose manpower considering they have captured all the high points overlooking Yabrud and can just relentlessly bombard and siege it. I did see some tweets about SAA being at the front gate of Yabrud so it seems the ground assault is coming.
Remember if you count all the skirmishing in the countryside leading up to the ground assault the Qusayr offensive took over 2 months to capture the city and Yabrud definitely has more fighters and have had time to prepare defenses. That being said they already have the city more or less surrounded and I'd expect the real ground assault to begin within the next few days and the city to fall not long after that.
Tl;dr : They're trying to surround the city and reduce casualties from a high-risk and premature ground assault
| syriancivilwar | t5_2x5s1 | cflc07u | They said themselves they're running this much differently than Qusayr, they learned from their past mistakes. Firstly they're encircling yabrud completely to not give the rebels a last minute escape route. They could have immediately made a ground assault through rima farms but they would have sustained heavy casualties. There is no need for them to rush things and unnecessarily lose manpower considering they have captured all the high points overlooking Yabrud and can just relentlessly bombard and siege it. I did see some tweets about SAA being at the front gate of Yabrud so it seems the ground assault is coming.
Remember if you count all the skirmishing in the countryside leading up to the ground assault the Qusayr offensive took over 2 months to capture the city and Yabrud definitely has more fighters and have had time to prepare defenses. That being said they already have the city more or less surrounded and I'd expect the real ground assault to begin within the next few days and the city to fall not long after that. | They're trying to surround the city and reduce casualties from a high-risk and premature ground assault |
Count_Ahhhhh | Apparently tact is not a requirement for an assistant AD position.
tl:dr Looks like Manziel took that screenshot | Apparently tact is not a requirement for an assistant AD position.
tl:dr Looks like Manziel took that screenshot
| CFB | t5_2qm9d | cfla2oo | Apparently tact is not a requirement for an assistant AD position. | Looks like Manziel took that screenshot |
Sand_Dargon | While I am not going on camera, I will say that one thing that people might overlook is that female gamers who have children are even more disregarded then when you do not have kids. This is one story, but if you want more, I can surely give you a few of them. I also have a few good ones in regards to gaming and kids, too.
I took my 3 small children into a gamestop a while back to buy some Steam Giftcards(that is the way I keep track of my steam spending so I do not spend too much). My kids are 2, 4, and 6 and I am still relatively young looking, I guess. I was in a bit of a hurry and just wanted to get in and out really quickly, so I just walked up to an employee and asked where they had Steam Giftcards, assuming that would be faster then searching the store myself. The employee judged me right off the bat and decided I must be buying something for my husband and have no idea what I was looking at. They explained the difference between PS4 and XBone to me. Then they asked me which one does my husband play? Or, if I do not know, do I remember any titles that he plays like Call of Duty or Battlefield? I stopped them several times during this speech to ask about Steam Giftcards and said I wanted to buy games on Steam for myself, but they trudged onward. When it got down to them showing me controllers and asking if any of them looked familiar to what my husband normally plays with, I decided I had had enough and bought my giftcards at best buy instead.
TL:DR> When you have kids, everyone assumes you are an idiot. | While I am not going on camera, I will say that one thing that people might overlook is that female gamers who have children are even more disregarded then when you do not have kids. This is one story, but if you want more, I can surely give you a few of them. I also have a few good ones in regards to gaming and kids, too.
I took my 3 small children into a gamestop a while back to buy some Steam Giftcards(that is the way I keep track of my steam spending so I do not spend too much). My kids are 2, 4, and 6 and I am still relatively young looking, I guess. I was in a bit of a hurry and just wanted to get in and out really quickly, so I just walked up to an employee and asked where they had Steam Giftcards, assuming that would be faster then searching the store myself. The employee judged me right off the bat and decided I must be buying something for my husband and have no idea what I was looking at. They explained the difference between PS4 and XBone to me. Then they asked me which one does my husband play? Or, if I do not know, do I remember any titles that he plays like Call of Duty or Battlefield? I stopped them several times during this speech to ask about Steam Giftcards and said I wanted to buy games on Steam for myself, but they trudged onward. When it got down to them showing me controllers and asking if any of them looked familiar to what my husband normally plays with, I decided I had had enough and bought my giftcards at best buy instead.
TL:DR> When you have kids, everyone assumes you are an idiot.
| GirlGamers | t5_2rfec | cflreic | While I am not going on camera, I will say that one thing that people might overlook is that female gamers who have children are even more disregarded then when you do not have kids. This is one story, but if you want more, I can surely give you a few of them. I also have a few good ones in regards to gaming and kids, too.
I took my 3 small children into a gamestop a while back to buy some Steam Giftcards(that is the way I keep track of my steam spending so I do not spend too much). My kids are 2, 4, and 6 and I am still relatively young looking, I guess. I was in a bit of a hurry and just wanted to get in and out really quickly, so I just walked up to an employee and asked where they had Steam Giftcards, assuming that would be faster then searching the store myself. The employee judged me right off the bat and decided I must be buying something for my husband and have no idea what I was looking at. They explained the difference between PS4 and XBone to me. Then they asked me which one does my husband play? Or, if I do not know, do I remember any titles that he plays like Call of Duty or Battlefield? I stopped them several times during this speech to ask about Steam Giftcards and said I wanted to buy games on Steam for myself, but they trudged onward. When it got down to them showing me controllers and asking if any of them looked familiar to what my husband normally plays with, I decided I had had enough and bought my giftcards at best buy instead. | When you have kids, everyone assumes you are an idiot. |
DrLamLam | It may have something to do with which lymph nodes are involved.
It also may have something to do with the fact that (cortico)steroids are used for some treatments and testosterone is a steroid-hormone.
My medical knowledge is not extensive, but I did find this:
EDIT: TL;DR: There may actually be a medical reason for this specifically. | It may have something to do with which lymph nodes are involved.
It also may have something to do with the fact that (cortico)steroids are used for some treatments and testosterone is a steroid-hormone.
My medical knowledge is not extensive, but I did find this:
EDIT: TL;DR: There may actually be a medical reason for this specifically.
| ftm | t5_2t9mw | cflhfbu | It may have something to do with which lymph nodes are involved.
It also may have something to do with the fact that (cortico)steroids are used for some treatments and testosterone is a steroid-hormone.
My medical knowledge is not extensive, but I did find this:
EDIT: | There may actually be a medical reason for this specifically. |
TightestOfButtholess | Everybody's diabetes is different. We'll all have different blood glucose ranges. We'll all have different carb ratios to gauge how much insulin to administer when eating food. We'll all have different types/amounts of bolus and long acting insulin. However, that basic concept of treating diabetes stays the same. Unless your doctor puts you onto a special diet for whatever reason he may have...monitoring your glucose levels and keeping them in a pseudo-normal range is our ultimate goal here. It keeps your body healthy and helps to minimize all long term side effects of diabetes. Restricting sugary foods is what most people know about diabetes, and yes that is correct, that is a major aspect of handling your diet for a couple reasons: 1. Those sugary/processed foods offer little-to-no nutritional value anyway, so its just a waste. 2. Those foods are high in sugar content which make it more difficult to accurately reign in your blood sugars as your body fights to maintain homeostasis. 3. Most those sugary food will have a very high glycemic index which means if your blood sugars haven't raised immediately from the immense sugar content...once the simple carbohydrates start breaking down into your stomach, you will have major blood sugar spikes which are also hard to control. It's also easier for your blood sugar to come crashing down and put you into the hypoglycemic range as its coming down from a high spike. That being said, if you maintain a regular diet of healthy foods that people without diabetes tend to strive for such as: complex carbs that have a low glycemic index, vegetables, lean protein, dairy, fruits, grains, etc etc; have worked with your doctor to establish a proper treatment regimen; and take your prescribed medication correctly, then gaining with diabetes doesn't have to be too difficult. Granted, there are a lot of factors that go into it and are worth talking to your doctor about such as if you want to take creatine, or pre-workout, or any of those things but then we'd be here all day teaching you about diabetes as if you had just been diagnosed. If carbohydrate intake per meal is measured, and you are medicated with the correct amount of insulin per injection before that meal, then gaining with diabetes is totally doable! No need to feel discouraged! GAIN ON!
tl;dr # of carbs in + correct calculated # of cc's of insulin taken = happy blood sugars & GAINZ | Everybody's diabetes is different. We'll all have different blood glucose ranges. We'll all have different carb ratios to gauge how much insulin to administer when eating food. We'll all have different types/amounts of bolus and long acting insulin. However, that basic concept of treating diabetes stays the same. Unless your doctor puts you onto a special diet for whatever reason he may have...monitoring your glucose levels and keeping them in a pseudo-normal range is our ultimate goal here. It keeps your body healthy and helps to minimize all long term side effects of diabetes. Restricting sugary foods is what most people know about diabetes, and yes that is correct, that is a major aspect of handling your diet for a couple reasons: 1. Those sugary/processed foods offer little-to-no nutritional value anyway, so its just a waste. 2. Those foods are high in sugar content which make it more difficult to accurately reign in your blood sugars as your body fights to maintain homeostasis. 3. Most those sugary food will have a very high glycemic index which means if your blood sugars haven't raised immediately from the immense sugar content...once the simple carbohydrates start breaking down into your stomach, you will have major blood sugar spikes which are also hard to control. It's also easier for your blood sugar to come crashing down and put you into the hypoglycemic range as its coming down from a high spike. That being said, if you maintain a regular diet of healthy foods that people without diabetes tend to strive for such as: complex carbs that have a low glycemic index, vegetables, lean protein, dairy, fruits, grains, etc etc; have worked with your doctor to establish a proper treatment regimen; and take your prescribed medication correctly, then gaining with diabetes doesn't have to be too difficult. Granted, there are a lot of factors that go into it and are worth talking to your doctor about such as if you want to take creatine, or pre-workout, or any of those things but then we'd be here all day teaching you about diabetes as if you had just been diagnosed. If carbohydrate intake per meal is measured, and you are medicated with the correct amount of insulin per injection before that meal, then gaining with diabetes is totally doable! No need to feel discouraged! GAIN ON!
tl;dr # of carbs in + correct calculated # of cc's of insulin taken = happy blood sugars & GAINZ
| gainit | t5_2s9bg | cflpng9 | Everybody's diabetes is different. We'll all have different blood glucose ranges. We'll all have different carb ratios to gauge how much insulin to administer when eating food. We'll all have different types/amounts of bolus and long acting insulin. However, that basic concept of treating diabetes stays the same. Unless your doctor puts you onto a special diet for whatever reason he may have...monitoring your glucose levels and keeping them in a pseudo-normal range is our ultimate goal here. It keeps your body healthy and helps to minimize all long term side effects of diabetes. Restricting sugary foods is what most people know about diabetes, and yes that is correct, that is a major aspect of handling your diet for a couple reasons: 1. Those sugary/processed foods offer little-to-no nutritional value anyway, so its just a waste. 2. Those foods are high in sugar content which make it more difficult to accurately reign in your blood sugars as your body fights to maintain homeostasis. 3. Most those sugary food will have a very high glycemic index which means if your blood sugars haven't raised immediately from the immense sugar content...once the simple carbohydrates start breaking down into your stomach, you will have major blood sugar spikes which are also hard to control. It's also easier for your blood sugar to come crashing down and put you into the hypoglycemic range as its coming down from a high spike. That being said, if you maintain a regular diet of healthy foods that people without diabetes tend to strive for such as: complex carbs that have a low glycemic index, vegetables, lean protein, dairy, fruits, grains, etc etc; have worked with your doctor to establish a proper treatment regimen; and take your prescribed medication correctly, then gaining with diabetes doesn't have to be too difficult. Granted, there are a lot of factors that go into it and are worth talking to your doctor about such as if you want to take creatine, or pre-workout, or any of those things but then we'd be here all day teaching you about diabetes as if you had just been diagnosed. If carbohydrate intake per meal is measured, and you are medicated with the correct amount of insulin per injection before that meal, then gaining with diabetes is totally doable! No need to feel discouraged! GAIN ON! | of carbs in + correct calculated # of cc's of insulin taken = happy blood sugars & GAINZ |
Calopix | My opinion is that coyotes are borderline op atm. This is due to a few reasons but the main contributing factors are the fire rate and reload speed. It takes roughly a second to fire one mag and 2 seconds to reload if they are certed. What this means is that there is no punishment for missing coyote shots.
I also feel the lockon range should be toned down a slight bit to promote them as a close range weapon as they were intended to be.
Lastly I don't really like what they do the growth of a pilot's skill level.
TL;DR - coyotes are too forgiving. | My opinion is that coyotes are borderline op atm. This is due to a few reasons but the main contributing factors are the fire rate and reload speed. It takes roughly a second to fire one mag and 2 seconds to reload if they are certed. What this means is that there is no punishment for missing coyote shots.
I also feel the lockon range should be toned down a slight bit to promote them as a close range weapon as they were intended to be.
Lastly I don't really like what they do the growth of a pilot's skill level.
TL;DR - coyotes are too forgiving.
| Briggs | t5_2xzvh | cflidj4 | My opinion is that coyotes are borderline op atm. This is due to a few reasons but the main contributing factors are the fire rate and reload speed. It takes roughly a second to fire one mag and 2 seconds to reload if they are certed. What this means is that there is no punishment for missing coyote shots.
I also feel the lockon range should be toned down a slight bit to promote them as a close range weapon as they were intended to be.
Lastly I don't really like what they do the growth of a pilot's skill level. | coyotes are too forgiving. |
Xetmath | I actually regret not adding a guy from an lfr run. We were sticking through an average of 3 determination stacks a boss in the last tier of SoO. My toons name is olympus and this sly dog made the joke "Olympus has fallen!" When i died. Whole raid laughed their asses off.
Tl;dr: my name is olympus and some guy said "olympus has fallen" when i died. | I actually regret not adding a guy from an lfr run. We were sticking through an average of 3 determination stacks a boss in the last tier of SoO. My toons name is olympus and this sly dog made the joke "Olympus has fallen!" When i died. Whole raid laughed their asses off.
Tl;dr: my name is olympus and some guy said "olympus has fallen" when i died.
| wow | t5_2qio8 | cflei0v | I actually regret not adding a guy from an lfr run. We were sticking through an average of 3 determination stacks a boss in the last tier of SoO. My toons name is olympus and this sly dog made the joke "Olympus has fallen!" When i died. Whole raid laughed their asses off. | my name is olympus and some guy said "olympus has fallen" when i died. |
mateusrayje | So a while ago I started volunteering at a children's hospital with my then girlfriend, just because I had some extra time. She and I were some of the only volunteers that was over 18 (all the others were doing it for college apps). You had to be at least 18 to go up to the NICU and PICU units. So one day, I get called out of the playroom where I usually spend my time to go to a patient room, and I get there and they just say "Here, hold this baby. Don't pinch any of the tubes."
I'd never held a baby in my life, I realized at that point. So imagine that the baby is a total stranger's, has like eighteen-bazillion lines and tubes running out of it, and some kind of device implanted in its stomach that was big enough that I could see it's outline.
Tl;dr: Never held a baby for nineteen years, first one is a cyborg monster. | So a while ago I started volunteering at a children's hospital with my then girlfriend, just because I had some extra time. She and I were some of the only volunteers that was over 18 (all the others were doing it for college apps). You had to be at least 18 to go up to the NICU and PICU units. So one day, I get called out of the playroom where I usually spend my time to go to a patient room, and I get there and they just say "Here, hold this baby. Don't pinch any of the tubes."
I'd never held a baby in my life, I realized at that point. So imagine that the baby is a total stranger's, has like eighteen-bazillion lines and tubes running out of it, and some kind of device implanted in its stomach that was big enough that I could see it's outline.
Tl;dr: Never held a baby for nineteen years, first one is a cyborg monster.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflsznc | So a while ago I started volunteering at a children's hospital with my then girlfriend, just because I had some extra time. She and I were some of the only volunteers that was over 18 (all the others were doing it for college apps). You had to be at least 18 to go up to the NICU and PICU units. So one day, I get called out of the playroom where I usually spend my time to go to a patient room, and I get there and they just say "Here, hold this baby. Don't pinch any of the tubes."
I'd never held a baby in my life, I realized at that point. So imagine that the baby is a total stranger's, has like eighteen-bazillion lines and tubes running out of it, and some kind of device implanted in its stomach that was big enough that I could see it's outline. | Never held a baby for nineteen years, first one is a cyborg monster. |
wanderingscribe | Treating my own wounds.
My dog's really strong, but she's a puppy and a bit anxious, so she'll sometimes grab a toy away before I can act. Which leads to some pretty iffy bites. Which also leads to this macho sense that I can take care of myself, except that I haven't done first aid classes in a dog's age and don't know the first signs of when a treatment is enough or too much.
tl;dr: I baby my wounds too much and should just go learn how to do shit properly from a first aid class. | Treating my own wounds.
My dog's really strong, but she's a puppy and a bit anxious, so she'll sometimes grab a toy away before I can act. Which leads to some pretty iffy bites. Which also leads to this macho sense that I can take care of myself, except that I haven't done first aid classes in a dog's age and don't know the first signs of when a treatment is enough or too much.
tl;dr: I baby my wounds too much and should just go learn how to do shit properly from a first aid class.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfltscd | Treating my own wounds.
My dog's really strong, but she's a puppy and a bit anxious, so she'll sometimes grab a toy away before I can act. Which leads to some pretty iffy bites. Which also leads to this macho sense that I can take care of myself, except that I haven't done first aid classes in a dog's age and don't know the first signs of when a treatment is enough or too much. | I baby my wounds too much and should just go learn how to do shit properly from a first aid class. |
amberrgerr | Oh god hwy 980 in Oakland, CA is REALLY poorly maintained so there's ruts/potholes EVERYWHERE as well as a 45 mph speed limit due to how shitty the road is. I pretty much never drive on it but I was taking my boss to the airport at like 8pm and I was in the right hand lane doing the speed limit where there was no shoulder and not even enough room for that little line, and this BIG ASS RIG goes by me just slightly faster and damn near pushed me into the barrier. My boss was laughing at me for freaking out about it but I thought we were gonna hit the barrier, spin around, and get squished by the back wheels of the truck.
**TL;DR:** Fuck driving near barriers and fuck speeding big-rigs. | Oh god hwy 980 in Oakland, CA is REALLY poorly maintained so there's ruts/potholes EVERYWHERE as well as a 45 mph speed limit due to how shitty the road is. I pretty much never drive on it but I was taking my boss to the airport at like 8pm and I was in the right hand lane doing the speed limit where there was no shoulder and not even enough room for that little line, and this BIG ASS RIG goes by me just slightly faster and damn near pushed me into the barrier. My boss was laughing at me for freaking out about it but I thought we were gonna hit the barrier, spin around, and get squished by the back wheels of the truck.
TL;DR: Fuck driving near barriers and fuck speeding big-rigs.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflu9vq | Oh god hwy 980 in Oakland, CA is REALLY poorly maintained so there's ruts/potholes EVERYWHERE as well as a 45 mph speed limit due to how shitty the road is. I pretty much never drive on it but I was taking my boss to the airport at like 8pm and I was in the right hand lane doing the speed limit where there was no shoulder and not even enough room for that little line, and this BIG ASS RIG goes by me just slightly faster and damn near pushed me into the barrier. My boss was laughing at me for freaking out about it but I thought we were gonna hit the barrier, spin around, and get squished by the back wheels of the truck. | Fuck driving near barriers and fuck speeding big-rigs. |
JoriAnna | Immigration never bothered me, but customs always makes me a bit edgy. When I was studying abroad in college I flew home for the weekend because my sister was really sick. Because it was just the weekend, I flew carry-on. NEVER FLY CARRY-ON INTERNATIONALLY. Short international trips make you look like a drug mule. As soon as I handed over my customs forms it was straight to the secondary inspection line where they dig through all your shit. I had everything tightly rolled in my backpack so I could go carry on (this was pre-massive roll-aboards) and she went through *everything*. I was in tears just because in all my years of flying this had never happened to me and I was super nervous. Then she starts flipping through my passport and asks me about places I had visited:
"So...who do you know in Malaysia?"
"Well, my parents country club is there."
"And why were you in Indonesia?"
"Vacation?"
At this point I was such a blubbery mess, I think she was finally just getting embarrassed for me. She pushed all my stuff down the table and told me I could repack it, I was clear. Yeah, thanks for that.
TL;DR I would not hold up well under interrogation tactics of any kind.
| Immigration never bothered me, but customs always makes me a bit edgy. When I was studying abroad in college I flew home for the weekend because my sister was really sick. Because it was just the weekend, I flew carry-on. NEVER FLY CARRY-ON INTERNATIONALLY. Short international trips make you look like a drug mule. As soon as I handed over my customs forms it was straight to the secondary inspection line where they dig through all your shit. I had everything tightly rolled in my backpack so I could go carry on (this was pre-massive roll-aboards) and she went through everything . I was in tears just because in all my years of flying this had never happened to me and I was super nervous. Then she starts flipping through my passport and asks me about places I had visited:
"So...who do you know in Malaysia?"
"Well, my parents country club is there."
"And why were you in Indonesia?"
"Vacation?"
At this point I was such a blubbery mess, I think she was finally just getting embarrassed for me. She pushed all my stuff down the table and told me I could repack it, I was clear. Yeah, thanks for that.
TL;DR I would not hold up well under interrogation tactics of any kind.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfluota | Immigration never bothered me, but customs always makes me a bit edgy. When I was studying abroad in college I flew home for the weekend because my sister was really sick. Because it was just the weekend, I flew carry-on. NEVER FLY CARRY-ON INTERNATIONALLY. Short international trips make you look like a drug mule. As soon as I handed over my customs forms it was straight to the secondary inspection line where they dig through all your shit. I had everything tightly rolled in my backpack so I could go carry on (this was pre-massive roll-aboards) and she went through everything . I was in tears just because in all my years of flying this had never happened to me and I was super nervous. Then she starts flipping through my passport and asks me about places I had visited:
"So...who do you know in Malaysia?"
"Well, my parents country club is there."
"And why were you in Indonesia?"
"Vacation?"
At this point I was such a blubbery mess, I think she was finally just getting embarrassed for me. She pushed all my stuff down the table and told me I could repack it, I was clear. Yeah, thanks for that. | I would not hold up well under interrogation tactics of any kind. |
greatbawlsofire | Parent's intent:You are our friend, someone we have a great deal of trust in, so much so that we will gladly allow you the opportunity to hold the thing that means the most to us in our lives right now. This gesture of trust should show you how important you are to us and how much we trust you.
Received message: Here's something that you know you'd better not screw up because this small human life is worth more to us than our own lives and we are wanting to present this great burden upon you. Don't screw this up, seriously, this thing is more valuable than your life, and should you threaten it, we will end yours... friend.
Seriously, you'd let the guy who ran up a $300 tab at an Applebee's bar on Mardi Gras while on a business trip hold the most important thing in your life? You call yourself a friend for handing this little bundle of liability off to me and expect me to feel anything other than the paralyzing fear of damaging your little faberge egg. I understand you want it to be a symbol of trust, but if you wanted to show me a great symbol of trust, give me your secret pudding recipe, not a living, wriggling, liability for which I could be held responsible for its care during those scant few moments I agree, like an idiot, to hold while you stare at me judging. If I drop your kid, you call the police, if I share your recipe, someone else makes pudding. Both make me less trustworthy, but one ends up with more pudding.
**TL;DR: Friends don't suggest that other friends hold their babies, instead they make pudding.** | Parent's intent:You are our friend, someone we have a great deal of trust in, so much so that we will gladly allow you the opportunity to hold the thing that means the most to us in our lives right now. This gesture of trust should show you how important you are to us and how much we trust you.
Received message: Here's something that you know you'd better not screw up because this small human life is worth more to us than our own lives and we are wanting to present this great burden upon you. Don't screw this up, seriously, this thing is more valuable than your life, and should you threaten it, we will end yours... friend.
Seriously, you'd let the guy who ran up a $300 tab at an Applebee's bar on Mardi Gras while on a business trip hold the most important thing in your life? You call yourself a friend for handing this little bundle of liability off to me and expect me to feel anything other than the paralyzing fear of damaging your little faberge egg. I understand you want it to be a symbol of trust, but if you wanted to show me a great symbol of trust, give me your secret pudding recipe, not a living, wriggling, liability for which I could be held responsible for its care during those scant few moments I agree, like an idiot, to hold while you stare at me judging. If I drop your kid, you call the police, if I share your recipe, someone else makes pudding. Both make me less trustworthy, but one ends up with more pudding.
TL;DR: Friends don't suggest that other friends hold their babies, instead they make pudding.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflw2sr | Parent's intent:You are our friend, someone we have a great deal of trust in, so much so that we will gladly allow you the opportunity to hold the thing that means the most to us in our lives right now. This gesture of trust should show you how important you are to us and how much we trust you.
Received message: Here's something that you know you'd better not screw up because this small human life is worth more to us than our own lives and we are wanting to present this great burden upon you. Don't screw this up, seriously, this thing is more valuable than your life, and should you threaten it, we will end yours... friend.
Seriously, you'd let the guy who ran up a $300 tab at an Applebee's bar on Mardi Gras while on a business trip hold the most important thing in your life? You call yourself a friend for handing this little bundle of liability off to me and expect me to feel anything other than the paralyzing fear of damaging your little faberge egg. I understand you want it to be a symbol of trust, but if you wanted to show me a great symbol of trust, give me your secret pudding recipe, not a living, wriggling, liability for which I could be held responsible for its care during those scant few moments I agree, like an idiot, to hold while you stare at me judging. If I drop your kid, you call the police, if I share your recipe, someone else makes pudding. Both make me less trustworthy, but one ends up with more pudding. | Friends don't suggest that other friends hold their babies, instead they make pudding. |
neojriff | Story time!
I was serving on the USS Cole in 2006, and on the return home we stopped in Civitavecchia, Italy. It's about an hour and a half to Rome by train, so that's what we decided as a group to do. It was me and 5 other guys wanting to see the Vatican. Anyway, disaster almost struck before we got there. I stopped at a vending machine to get a bottle of water and when I turned around the train starting leaving without me and one other person I was with. Before I know it the rest of our group is waving at us to get our asses on the train (we are ordered to stay together at pretty much all costs) while my friend is holding the door open. The seemingly easy task of stepping from the platform to the moving train sounds easy in theory, but when it starts speeding up and you see the tracks and mechanical monstrosity moving below you, you get pretty fucking scared. All it would take is one slip and that train would have killed me.
TL;DR Boarding a train makes me nervous now. | Story time!
I was serving on the USS Cole in 2006, and on the return home we stopped in Civitavecchia, Italy. It's about an hour and a half to Rome by train, so that's what we decided as a group to do. It was me and 5 other guys wanting to see the Vatican. Anyway, disaster almost struck before we got there. I stopped at a vending machine to get a bottle of water and when I turned around the train starting leaving without me and one other person I was with. Before I know it the rest of our group is waving at us to get our asses on the train (we are ordered to stay together at pretty much all costs) while my friend is holding the door open. The seemingly easy task of stepping from the platform to the moving train sounds easy in theory, but when it starts speeding up and you see the tracks and mechanical monstrosity moving below you, you get pretty fucking scared. All it would take is one slip and that train would have killed me.
TL;DR Boarding a train makes me nervous now.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflw75d | Story time!
I was serving on the USS Cole in 2006, and on the return home we stopped in Civitavecchia, Italy. It's about an hour and a half to Rome by train, so that's what we decided as a group to do. It was me and 5 other guys wanting to see the Vatican. Anyway, disaster almost struck before we got there. I stopped at a vending machine to get a bottle of water and when I turned around the train starting leaving without me and one other person I was with. Before I know it the rest of our group is waving at us to get our asses on the train (we are ordered to stay together at pretty much all costs) while my friend is holding the door open. The seemingly easy task of stepping from the platform to the moving train sounds easy in theory, but when it starts speeding up and you see the tracks and mechanical monstrosity moving below you, you get pretty fucking scared. All it would take is one slip and that train would have killed me. | Boarding a train makes me nervous now. |
Magyars | The fruits and vegetables part.
So I was on a flight back from Quito into somewhere in Florida, and the day before I had packed two Bananas to eat before my first flight (my goodness, if you're ever in Ecuador, live off of the bananas. They are unlike anything I've ever had in the States. I truly love them. They're not only a phenomenal 'for scale' object, but to put that succulent sweetness into your mouth when you're on the equator is a story in and of itself) I digress.
So I naturally forgot about them and came into the States. First question "do you have any fruits or vegetables" and I say no, because I truthfully didn't think I did.
Second question "can we look inside your bag?" of course you can! I have nothing to hide!
Fuck shit god damnit. They found the bananas which led them to question me for about 30 minutes. Scariest 30 minutes I've ever had at an airport. I thought I would be thrown into g-bay for bringing the best of fruits into the country. May have squeaked a bit of urine out while being questioned.
They did let me go, and let me eat my nanners too.
**TLDR**: eat nanners if you go to Ecuador.
| The fruits and vegetables part.
So I was on a flight back from Quito into somewhere in Florida, and the day before I had packed two Bananas to eat before my first flight (my goodness, if you're ever in Ecuador, live off of the bananas. They are unlike anything I've ever had in the States. I truly love them. They're not only a phenomenal 'for scale' object, but to put that succulent sweetness into your mouth when you're on the equator is a story in and of itself) I digress.
So I naturally forgot about them and came into the States. First question "do you have any fruits or vegetables" and I say no, because I truthfully didn't think I did.
Second question "can we look inside your bag?" of course you can! I have nothing to hide!
Fuck shit god damnit. They found the bananas which led them to question me for about 30 minutes. Scariest 30 minutes I've ever had at an airport. I thought I would be thrown into g-bay for bringing the best of fruits into the country. May have squeaked a bit of urine out while being questioned.
They did let me go, and let me eat my nanners too.
TLDR : eat nanners if you go to Ecuador.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflwlnh | The fruits and vegetables part.
So I was on a flight back from Quito into somewhere in Florida, and the day before I had packed two Bananas to eat before my first flight (my goodness, if you're ever in Ecuador, live off of the bananas. They are unlike anything I've ever had in the States. I truly love them. They're not only a phenomenal 'for scale' object, but to put that succulent sweetness into your mouth when you're on the equator is a story in and of itself) I digress.
So I naturally forgot about them and came into the States. First question "do you have any fruits or vegetables" and I say no, because I truthfully didn't think I did.
Second question "can we look inside your bag?" of course you can! I have nothing to hide!
Fuck shit god damnit. They found the bananas which led them to question me for about 30 minutes. Scariest 30 minutes I've ever had at an airport. I thought I would be thrown into g-bay for bringing the best of fruits into the country. May have squeaked a bit of urine out while being questioned.
They did let me go, and let me eat my nanners too. | eat nanners if you go to Ecuador. |
donteatolive | When my dog was 8 weeks old my mother in law was sitting in a chair on a wood floor and went to pick up the puppy. I quickly warned that she is much stronger and braver than she looks and may try to jump so hold tight (she is a very strong corgi made of lead) and as my mother in law is saying "I've raised babies, I won't drop her" she drops her and in trying to catch her she just flipped her on her little head on the wood floor. I grabbed her and ran away to make sure she was ok. She is a genius, though, so in a way I guess if she is dumber for it we've saved humanity from an evil corgi overlord.
Still angry at my MIL.
TLDR: don't brush off warnings. | When my dog was 8 weeks old my mother in law was sitting in a chair on a wood floor and went to pick up the puppy. I quickly warned that she is much stronger and braver than she looks and may try to jump so hold tight (she is a very strong corgi made of lead) and as my mother in law is saying "I've raised babies, I won't drop her" she drops her and in trying to catch her she just flipped her on her little head on the wood floor. I grabbed her and ran away to make sure she was ok. She is a genius, though, so in a way I guess if she is dumber for it we've saved humanity from an evil corgi overlord.
Still angry at my MIL.
TLDR: don't brush off warnings.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflwlu6 | When my dog was 8 weeks old my mother in law was sitting in a chair on a wood floor and went to pick up the puppy. I quickly warned that she is much stronger and braver than she looks and may try to jump so hold tight (she is a very strong corgi made of lead) and as my mother in law is saying "I've raised babies, I won't drop her" she drops her and in trying to catch her she just flipped her on her little head on the wood floor. I grabbed her and ran away to make sure she was ok. She is a genius, though, so in a way I guess if she is dumber for it we've saved humanity from an evil corgi overlord.
Still angry at my MIL. | don't brush off warnings. |
rose_di_gioia | And airport security in general.
First time I flew was when I was 13, from Pennsylvania to Cairns, Australia. When I got to the line where you put your carry-on through the scanner, they told me that I had water in my backpack and I needed to get rid of it.
So I leave the line, check for water, can't find it. Come back and ask them about it. Check again, find my metal water bottle that I forgot about. Don't know what to do with it, so I come back again, ask them where to dump it.
Take care of that, put my bag back through the scanner, there's still something liquid. Find a bottle of shampoo. Run bag through again. What is it this time? It's my netbook. FINALLY I get through okay, and am still in everyone's way trying to reassemble all my crap and put my shoes back on.
TL;DR I suck at packing | And airport security in general.
First time I flew was when I was 13, from Pennsylvania to Cairns, Australia. When I got to the line where you put your carry-on through the scanner, they told me that I had water in my backpack and I needed to get rid of it.
So I leave the line, check for water, can't find it. Come back and ask them about it. Check again, find my metal water bottle that I forgot about. Don't know what to do with it, so I come back again, ask them where to dump it.
Take care of that, put my bag back through the scanner, there's still something liquid. Find a bottle of shampoo. Run bag through again. What is it this time? It's my netbook. FINALLY I get through okay, and am still in everyone's way trying to reassemble all my crap and put my shoes back on.
TL;DR I suck at packing
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfly3dh | And airport security in general.
First time I flew was when I was 13, from Pennsylvania to Cairns, Australia. When I got to the line where you put your carry-on through the scanner, they told me that I had water in my backpack and I needed to get rid of it.
So I leave the line, check for water, can't find it. Come back and ask them about it. Check again, find my metal water bottle that I forgot about. Don't know what to do with it, so I come back again, ask them where to dump it.
Take care of that, put my bag back through the scanner, there's still something liquid. Find a bottle of shampoo. Run bag through again. What is it this time? It's my netbook. FINALLY I get through okay, and am still in everyone's way trying to reassemble all my crap and put my shoes back on. | I suck at packing |
EllieLove91 | Since I've posted all over this thread, I may as well make my own comment. I have a whole host of anxiety disorders, which makes almost everything into a festival of adrenaline. Some of the most notable include:
Calling people. I am almost incapable of using the phone, my heart races whenever I hear the dial tone. I don't even know why this one gets to me so much, but it's to the point that I avoid calling anyone ever unless it's an absolute must.
Ordering food. Between worrying about being judged, worrying about getting tongue-tied, worrying about the server feeling like I'm wasting their time... I try to have my entire order rehearsed in my head and spit it out as quickly and clearly as possible just to get the moment over with.
Messaging people online / texting. We've known each other for 10 years and talk nearly every day? I probably shouldn't message first, just in case you changed your mind and decided you hate me for no real reason.
Going to the doctor for an actual problem. I always feel like I'm going to disgust them - ESPECIALLY when they ask questions like when my last period was or if I have diarrhea. No, no, I um... I'm normal. I'm fine. I'll just go home now...
Talking to a other people's kids. I like kids; they're adorable and I connect with them better than people my age a lot of the time. But I'm terrified that someone is going to think I'm doing something shady just by talking to them. And related...
Holding babies. Holy hell, please do not offer for me to hold your baby. I'm afraid you'll be offended if I say no, but I'm even more afraid I'm going to drop it, or hold it wrong and it stops breathing, or cause it to cry, or something awful. When I do hold them, I just sit there like it's caused me lethal paralysis.. just sitting... motionless... until they finally take it back. Even worse is when some gracious savior goes to take the baby and the parent tells them "Oh no no, EllieLove91 is our guest! Let her hold the baby!"
Showering at night / when home alone. I'm 22 years old, the door is locked, the screendoor is locked, and I have two dogs that like to bark if a leaf blows across the porch. Yet I'm absolutely certain that somehow, someone is going to break in at the exact moment I'm showering.
Driving next to semis. This is especially fun since the area I live in is specifically for truckers to go through. I'm always terrified they're going to jack-knife or swerve into me or fall over like a cow being tipped.
Posting online (including Reddit). I'm sure that I'm going to have typos, or be downvoted to oblivion or something. It's very rare for me to do more than lurk on any site I go to.
Accepting a drink or food from anyone. I don't want to inconvenience them with my stupid thirst / hunger, even if they have already gone out of their way just to offer it.
Talking about shows or movies with new people. I don't get into Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad or things like that. I'm sure they're fine, but they don't do anything for me personally. Instead I watch cartoons... and murder shows (like the stuff on Investigation Discovery). No, I haven't seen the newest toddler torture on Honey Boo Boo, but did you see where that pregnant woman was killed and her baby stolen?! No? Oh, um... What about Finn's new grass sword on Adventure Time? Wasn't that co- Oh, you don't watch that 'kiddie show'? Oh... um... ok...
Typing in front of people. I have clocked in at 120WPM before, and I know I type faster than that when it's something I'm planning to type and not having to register it through reading beforehand. I live in a VERY computer illiterate area, where most people do that key-poking thing. So when they catch me typing relaxed or hear about me typing, they always want to watch or test me. And it makes me so nervous that I never score above 80 and I make enough typos to fill a small e-book.
TL;DR? Some of us are meant to be hermits. Don't interfere with the natural order! | Since I've posted all over this thread, I may as well make my own comment. I have a whole host of anxiety disorders, which makes almost everything into a festival of adrenaline. Some of the most notable include:
Calling people. I am almost incapable of using the phone, my heart races whenever I hear the dial tone. I don't even know why this one gets to me so much, but it's to the point that I avoid calling anyone ever unless it's an absolute must.
Ordering food. Between worrying about being judged, worrying about getting tongue-tied, worrying about the server feeling like I'm wasting their time... I try to have my entire order rehearsed in my head and spit it out as quickly and clearly as possible just to get the moment over with.
Messaging people online / texting. We've known each other for 10 years and talk nearly every day? I probably shouldn't message first, just in case you changed your mind and decided you hate me for no real reason.
Going to the doctor for an actual problem. I always feel like I'm going to disgust them - ESPECIALLY when they ask questions like when my last period was or if I have diarrhea. No, no, I um... I'm normal. I'm fine. I'll just go home now...
Talking to a other people's kids. I like kids; they're adorable and I connect with them better than people my age a lot of the time. But I'm terrified that someone is going to think I'm doing something shady just by talking to them. And related...
Holding babies. Holy hell, please do not offer for me to hold your baby. I'm afraid you'll be offended if I say no, but I'm even more afraid I'm going to drop it, or hold it wrong and it stops breathing, or cause it to cry, or something awful. When I do hold them, I just sit there like it's caused me lethal paralysis.. just sitting... motionless... until they finally take it back. Even worse is when some gracious savior goes to take the baby and the parent tells them "Oh no no, EllieLove91 is our guest! Let her hold the baby!"
Showering at night / when home alone. I'm 22 years old, the door is locked, the screendoor is locked, and I have two dogs that like to bark if a leaf blows across the porch. Yet I'm absolutely certain that somehow, someone is going to break in at the exact moment I'm showering.
Driving next to semis. This is especially fun since the area I live in is specifically for truckers to go through. I'm always terrified they're going to jack-knife or swerve into me or fall over like a cow being tipped.
Posting online (including Reddit). I'm sure that I'm going to have typos, or be downvoted to oblivion or something. It's very rare for me to do more than lurk on any site I go to.
Accepting a drink or food from anyone. I don't want to inconvenience them with my stupid thirst / hunger, even if they have already gone out of their way just to offer it.
Talking about shows or movies with new people. I don't get into Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad or things like that. I'm sure they're fine, but they don't do anything for me personally. Instead I watch cartoons... and murder shows (like the stuff on Investigation Discovery). No, I haven't seen the newest toddler torture on Honey Boo Boo, but did you see where that pregnant woman was killed and her baby stolen?! No? Oh, um... What about Finn's new grass sword on Adventure Time? Wasn't that co- Oh, you don't watch that 'kiddie show'? Oh... um... ok...
Typing in front of people. I have clocked in at 120WPM before, and I know I type faster than that when it's something I'm planning to type and not having to register it through reading beforehand. I live in a VERY computer illiterate area, where most people do that key-poking thing. So when they catch me typing relaxed or hear about me typing, they always want to watch or test me. And it makes me so nervous that I never score above 80 and I make enough typos to fill a small e-book.
TL;DR? Some of us are meant to be hermits. Don't interfere with the natural order!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfly83j | Since I've posted all over this thread, I may as well make my own comment. I have a whole host of anxiety disorders, which makes almost everything into a festival of adrenaline. Some of the most notable include:
Calling people. I am almost incapable of using the phone, my heart races whenever I hear the dial tone. I don't even know why this one gets to me so much, but it's to the point that I avoid calling anyone ever unless it's an absolute must.
Ordering food. Between worrying about being judged, worrying about getting tongue-tied, worrying about the server feeling like I'm wasting their time... I try to have my entire order rehearsed in my head and spit it out as quickly and clearly as possible just to get the moment over with.
Messaging people online / texting. We've known each other for 10 years and talk nearly every day? I probably shouldn't message first, just in case you changed your mind and decided you hate me for no real reason.
Going to the doctor for an actual problem. I always feel like I'm going to disgust them - ESPECIALLY when they ask questions like when my last period was or if I have diarrhea. No, no, I um... I'm normal. I'm fine. I'll just go home now...
Talking to a other people's kids. I like kids; they're adorable and I connect with them better than people my age a lot of the time. But I'm terrified that someone is going to think I'm doing something shady just by talking to them. And related...
Holding babies. Holy hell, please do not offer for me to hold your baby. I'm afraid you'll be offended if I say no, but I'm even more afraid I'm going to drop it, or hold it wrong and it stops breathing, or cause it to cry, or something awful. When I do hold them, I just sit there like it's caused me lethal paralysis.. just sitting... motionless... until they finally take it back. Even worse is when some gracious savior goes to take the baby and the parent tells them "Oh no no, EllieLove91 is our guest! Let her hold the baby!"
Showering at night / when home alone. I'm 22 years old, the door is locked, the screendoor is locked, and I have two dogs that like to bark if a leaf blows across the porch. Yet I'm absolutely certain that somehow, someone is going to break in at the exact moment I'm showering.
Driving next to semis. This is especially fun since the area I live in is specifically for truckers to go through. I'm always terrified they're going to jack-knife or swerve into me or fall over like a cow being tipped.
Posting online (including Reddit). I'm sure that I'm going to have typos, or be downvoted to oblivion or something. It's very rare for me to do more than lurk on any site I go to.
Accepting a drink or food from anyone. I don't want to inconvenience them with my stupid thirst / hunger, even if they have already gone out of their way just to offer it.
Talking about shows or movies with new people. I don't get into Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad or things like that. I'm sure they're fine, but they don't do anything for me personally. Instead I watch cartoons... and murder shows (like the stuff on Investigation Discovery). No, I haven't seen the newest toddler torture on Honey Boo Boo, but did you see where that pregnant woman was killed and her baby stolen?! No? Oh, um... What about Finn's new grass sword on Adventure Time? Wasn't that co- Oh, you don't watch that 'kiddie show'? Oh... um... ok...
Typing in front of people. I have clocked in at 120WPM before, and I know I type faster than that when it's something I'm planning to type and not having to register it through reading beforehand. I live in a VERY computer illiterate area, where most people do that key-poking thing. So when they catch me typing relaxed or hear about me typing, they always want to watch or test me. And it makes me so nervous that I never score above 80 and I make enough typos to fill a small e-book. | Some of us are meant to be hermits. Don't interfere with the natural order! |
joshx56 | Semi-related: last night I was driving and I got a call from a number I didn't recognize but had my area code; I answer the call and just heard back ground noise. I said hello a few times and just as I was about to hang up this woman says, "who's this?" In a very rude and abrupt fashion. Taken aback I politely said, "my name is Josh, I just got a call from you and I think you may have the wrong number." The bitch didn't say anything but just hung up. Moral of the story is no one cares about answering the phone unless you're an asshole.
Tl;dr: bitch called, bitch hung up, I taught you guys a lesson in the form of a short mostly pointless story. | Semi-related: last night I was driving and I got a call from a number I didn't recognize but had my area code; I answer the call and just heard back ground noise. I said hello a few times and just as I was about to hang up this woman says, "who's this?" In a very rude and abrupt fashion. Taken aback I politely said, "my name is Josh, I just got a call from you and I think you may have the wrong number." The bitch didn't say anything but just hung up. Moral of the story is no one cares about answering the phone unless you're an asshole.
Tl;dr: bitch called, bitch hung up, I taught you guys a lesson in the form of a short mostly pointless story.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflyntx | Semi-related: last night I was driving and I got a call from a number I didn't recognize but had my area code; I answer the call and just heard back ground noise. I said hello a few times and just as I was about to hang up this woman says, "who's this?" In a very rude and abrupt fashion. Taken aback I politely said, "my name is Josh, I just got a call from you and I think you may have the wrong number." The bitch didn't say anything but just hung up. Moral of the story is no one cares about answering the phone unless you're an asshole. | bitch called, bitch hung up, I taught you guys a lesson in the form of a short mostly pointless story. |
daspanda1 | I'm a very friendly guy, but whenever I see someone especially another dude that I barely know its really fucking awkward and I get very nervous. Is it weird that I'm more comfortable around women than men? TLDR: I'm a straight male in my 20's and I have never had problems talking to girls AMA | I'm a very friendly guy, but whenever I see someone especially another dude that I barely know its really fucking awkward and I get very nervous. Is it weird that I'm more comfortable around women than men? TLDR: I'm a straight male in my 20's and I have never had problems talking to girls AMA
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflzaja | I'm a very friendly guy, but whenever I see someone especially another dude that I barely know its really fucking awkward and I get very nervous. Is it weird that I'm more comfortable around women than men? | I'm a straight male in my 20's and I have never had problems talking to girls AMA |
undecided399 | Doing math. Even simple addition my mind goes blank and I stop trying. It goes back to a math teacher I had in third grade. Teachers are important and can screw you up if they don't care about their job.
Tldr: pay teachers more | Doing math. Even simple addition my mind goes blank and I stop trying. It goes back to a math teacher I had in third grade. Teachers are important and can screw you up if they don't care about their job.
Tldr: pay teachers more
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflzd8h | Doing math. Even simple addition my mind goes blank and I stop trying. It goes back to a math teacher I had in third grade. Teachers are important and can screw you up if they don't care about their job. | pay teachers more |
ToxiicDoll | Taking out the trash..................
When I was in the third grade I was taking out the trash to the curb from my house and my yard has this small hill that you would have to walk slow from when going to the sidewalk . Well I had this bright idea that I could just throw the bag down the hill to the curb but because the bag was heavy I was leaning and then swung the bag once behind me then let go when it went forward. Totally nailed it! Ran back in the house but noticed I was breathing harder than usual, my yard is small,I felt dizzy and stumbled.when I got back up I noticed a "cat scratch" line of blood on my leg, no biggie but I felt sort of weird.when I opened the front door I felt pale and worn out.all my sisters looked at me and I all I could let out was a simple "I'm cut"and passed out. Turns out the garbage bag had broken glass that cut me when I threw the bag down the hill. I never felt it, guess since I was really excited that I made the toss. Well 15 stitches and years later I still don't take the trash out without sweating bullets. Or handling broken glass and ceramic for that matter.
TL;DR: cut my leg open from broken glass in the trash bag while tossing it across the yard and didn't feel it. Now, much traumatic. | Taking out the trash..................
When I was in the third grade I was taking out the trash to the curb from my house and my yard has this small hill that you would have to walk slow from when going to the sidewalk . Well I had this bright idea that I could just throw the bag down the hill to the curb but because the bag was heavy I was leaning and then swung the bag once behind me then let go when it went forward. Totally nailed it! Ran back in the house but noticed I was breathing harder than usual, my yard is small,I felt dizzy and stumbled.when I got back up I noticed a "cat scratch" line of blood on my leg, no biggie but I felt sort of weird.when I opened the front door I felt pale and worn out.all my sisters looked at me and I all I could let out was a simple "I'm cut"and passed out. Turns out the garbage bag had broken glass that cut me when I threw the bag down the hill. I never felt it, guess since I was really excited that I made the toss. Well 15 stitches and years later I still don't take the trash out without sweating bullets. Or handling broken glass and ceramic for that matter.
TL;DR: cut my leg open from broken glass in the trash bag while tossing it across the yard and didn't feel it. Now, much traumatic.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfm0axb | Taking out the trash..................
When I was in the third grade I was taking out the trash to the curb from my house and my yard has this small hill that you would have to walk slow from when going to the sidewalk . Well I had this bright idea that I could just throw the bag down the hill to the curb but because the bag was heavy I was leaning and then swung the bag once behind me then let go when it went forward. Totally nailed it! Ran back in the house but noticed I was breathing harder than usual, my yard is small,I felt dizzy and stumbled.when I got back up I noticed a "cat scratch" line of blood on my leg, no biggie but I felt sort of weird.when I opened the front door I felt pale and worn out.all my sisters looked at me and I all I could let out was a simple "I'm cut"and passed out. Turns out the garbage bag had broken glass that cut me when I threw the bag down the hill. I never felt it, guess since I was really excited that I made the toss. Well 15 stitches and years later I still don't take the trash out without sweating bullets. Or handling broken glass and ceramic for that matter. | cut my leg open from broken glass in the trash bag while tossing it across the yard and didn't feel it. Now, much traumatic. |
MardyBumperCar | A friend of mine once told me how, in her sociology class, her professor told the class that people aren't actually afraid of heights. Rather, they are afraid of what they would let themselves do at that height.
TL;DR: I *feels* you friend. | A friend of mine once told me how, in her sociology class, her professor told the class that people aren't actually afraid of heights. Rather, they are afraid of what they would let themselves do at that height.
TL;DR: I feels you friend.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfm0luv | A friend of mine once told me how, in her sociology class, her professor told the class that people aren't actually afraid of heights. Rather, they are afraid of what they would let themselves do at that height. | I feels you friend. |
cutecottage | I used to be SO nervous about reading aloud in class when I was in middle school. I would count ahead and see which paragraph I would have to read, practice it, and then inevitably fuck it up.
So I decided that the only way to get better would be to force myself to do so, and I started raising my hand all the time.
By senior year of high school, I LOVED reading aloud.
TL:DR: there's hope! | I used to be SO nervous about reading aloud in class when I was in middle school. I would count ahead and see which paragraph I would have to read, practice it, and then inevitably fuck it up.
So I decided that the only way to get better would be to force myself to do so, and I started raising my hand all the time.
By senior year of high school, I LOVED reading aloud.
TL:DR: there's hope!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfm0qz0 | I used to be SO nervous about reading aloud in class when I was in middle school. I would count ahead and see which paragraph I would have to read, practice it, and then inevitably fuck it up.
So I decided that the only way to get better would be to force myself to do so, and I started raising my hand all the time.
By senior year of high school, I LOVED reading aloud. | there's hope! |
fuzzyglocks | I think the same way, although I am young and haven't begun saving for retirement. Not comfortable with the idea of fiat currency or having everything invested in stocks/bonds/etc, call me crazy, whatever.
Not sure that investing in guns is viable where I am because of laws and such, but I have been considering the idea of investing what little I do have at the moment in tools/capital equiptment. I figure that having these gives me immediate options (use, rent out, or liquidate them) which I value more than pennies in accrued interest.
I will be in the market for a vehicle soon as well. A truck gives me more options over a car. It would make it easier to transport the tools should I go that route. Even if I didn't , I could use it as leverage in other ways. Offer transportation service for cash or barter on the side to friends/family. Avoid future delivery fees, etc. You get the idea.
Was managing to save for some time working full time. But that was only because my expenses are small as a young single male, not that I make good money. So I decided to drop hours to where I make a little over what I need to get by and instead invest that time into learning programming/web development stuff. Which I have dilengently stuck to.. Still a long road though. Risky, but possible long term payoff.
Tldr: a more contrarian perspective to investing.
| I think the same way, although I am young and haven't begun saving for retirement. Not comfortable with the idea of fiat currency or having everything invested in stocks/bonds/etc, call me crazy, whatever.
Not sure that investing in guns is viable where I am because of laws and such, but I have been considering the idea of investing what little I do have at the moment in tools/capital equiptment. I figure that having these gives me immediate options (use, rent out, or liquidate them) which I value more than pennies in accrued interest.
I will be in the market for a vehicle soon as well. A truck gives me more options over a car. It would make it easier to transport the tools should I go that route. Even if I didn't , I could use it as leverage in other ways. Offer transportation service for cash or barter on the side to friends/family. Avoid future delivery fees, etc. You get the idea.
Was managing to save for some time working full time. But that was only because my expenses are small as a young single male, not that I make good money. So I decided to drop hours to where I make a little over what I need to get by and instead invest that time into learning programming/web development stuff. Which I have dilengently stuck to.. Still a long road though. Risky, but possible long term payoff.
Tldr: a more contrarian perspective to investing.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfm1asw | I think the same way, although I am young and haven't begun saving for retirement. Not comfortable with the idea of fiat currency or having everything invested in stocks/bonds/etc, call me crazy, whatever.
Not sure that investing in guns is viable where I am because of laws and such, but I have been considering the idea of investing what little I do have at the moment in tools/capital equiptment. I figure that having these gives me immediate options (use, rent out, or liquidate them) which I value more than pennies in accrued interest.
I will be in the market for a vehicle soon as well. A truck gives me more options over a car. It would make it easier to transport the tools should I go that route. Even if I didn't , I could use it as leverage in other ways. Offer transportation service for cash or barter on the side to friends/family. Avoid future delivery fees, etc. You get the idea.
Was managing to save for some time working full time. But that was only because my expenses are small as a young single male, not that I make good money. So I decided to drop hours to where I make a little over what I need to get by and instead invest that time into learning programming/web development stuff. Which I have dilengently stuck to.. Still a long road though. Risky, but possible long term payoff. | a more contrarian perspective to investing. |
_rooney | True story: in middle school I had to play a name game with my entire class (~40 ppl so not that big but still), where you come up with an action word that starts with the same letter as your first name, and an accompanying movement. I.E. if your name is Luke, you can be Leaping Luke and jump up and down.
I was near the end of the circle, and I couldn't think of a single action word that started with J (my name is John). Finally it was almost my turn, and in a panic I asked my friend for help. "How about Jackoff John?" he says. At the time I thought 'jacking off' just meant dicking around or something, so I'm like, "Sure!"
My turn comes up, and in front of the whole room I declare myself Jackoff John -- with accompanying hand motion, mind you. Didn't take long for one of the teachers to suggest I change it to 'Jousting John'...
TL;DR Called myself "Jackoff John" during a name game in middle school. Score. | True story: in middle school I had to play a name game with my entire class (~40 ppl so not that big but still), where you come up with an action word that starts with the same letter as your first name, and an accompanying movement. I.E. if your name is Luke, you can be Leaping Luke and jump up and down.
I was near the end of the circle, and I couldn't think of a single action word that started with J (my name is John). Finally it was almost my turn, and in a panic I asked my friend for help. "How about Jackoff John?" he says. At the time I thought 'jacking off' just meant dicking around or something, so I'm like, "Sure!"
My turn comes up, and in front of the whole room I declare myself Jackoff John -- with accompanying hand motion, mind you. Didn't take long for one of the teachers to suggest I change it to 'Jousting John'...
TL;DR Called myself "Jackoff John" during a name game in middle school. Score.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfm1b06 | True story: in middle school I had to play a name game with my entire class (~40 ppl so not that big but still), where you come up with an action word that starts with the same letter as your first name, and an accompanying movement. I.E. if your name is Luke, you can be Leaping Luke and jump up and down.
I was near the end of the circle, and I couldn't think of a single action word that started with J (my name is John). Finally it was almost my turn, and in a panic I asked my friend for help. "How about Jackoff John?" he says. At the time I thought 'jacking off' just meant dicking around or something, so I'm like, "Sure!"
My turn comes up, and in front of the whole room I declare myself Jackoff John -- with accompanying hand motion, mind you. Didn't take long for one of the teachers to suggest I change it to 'Jousting John'... | Called myself "Jackoff John" during a name game in middle school. Score. |
1449320 | It never got as bad as the porn thing for me, but there were about 2-3 years in my mid 20's where I was so freaked out about just the thought of performance anxiety that it would instantly negate any hope I had of an erection right then as soon as I even considered it. Those were the years of the elusive boners. Many unfortunate apologies and hair pulling frustration at such a silly obstacle. Sometimes i would think to my junk "I mean we both want the same thing here don't we? I thought we were cool? Why are you giving me so much grief.
I knew it wasn't a medical issue what with all the other erections I had all the time. I was just pure and simple, psyched out. The pussy had gotten into my head, and bad.
Condoms definitely did not help.
There was no magic sudden cure. It took me having a whole lot of repeated sex with a chick with whom I was totally comfortable, and my mojo came right back.
My dick just didn't like strangers I suppose.
Once we got our self confidence back though boy let me tell you what....oh the escapades. The recklessness. The frivolity. Dare I say- the outright promiscuity!?
Nah. It would make a nice story but no. My cock and I are both shy. The one one night stand I did manage to pull off was in huge thanks to an irresponsible amount of booze I had to drink to get physically and mentally prepared for what I was about to do. No sir, had I been in my right mind, it would've been a complete and total failure. A shit show if you will
TLDR used to have performance anxiety impotence. Probably still do. Luckily, I know a nice girl who has been letting me do whatever I want to her for the last 5 years or so. No more sex w strangers and no more prophylactics. Worked wonders for my woodies. | It never got as bad as the porn thing for me, but there were about 2-3 years in my mid 20's where I was so freaked out about just the thought of performance anxiety that it would instantly negate any hope I had of an erection right then as soon as I even considered it. Those were the years of the elusive boners. Many unfortunate apologies and hair pulling frustration at such a silly obstacle. Sometimes i would think to my junk "I mean we both want the same thing here don't we? I thought we were cool? Why are you giving me so much grief.
I knew it wasn't a medical issue what with all the other erections I had all the time. I was just pure and simple, psyched out. The pussy had gotten into my head, and bad.
Condoms definitely did not help.
There was no magic sudden cure. It took me having a whole lot of repeated sex with a chick with whom I was totally comfortable, and my mojo came right back.
My dick just didn't like strangers I suppose.
Once we got our self confidence back though boy let me tell you what....oh the escapades. The recklessness. The frivolity. Dare I say- the outright promiscuity!?
Nah. It would make a nice story but no. My cock and I are both shy. The one one night stand I did manage to pull off was in huge thanks to an irresponsible amount of booze I had to drink to get physically and mentally prepared for what I was about to do. No sir, had I been in my right mind, it would've been a complete and total failure. A shit show if you will
TLDR used to have performance anxiety impotence. Probably still do. Luckily, I know a nice girl who has been letting me do whatever I want to her for the last 5 years or so. No more sex w strangers and no more prophylactics. Worked wonders for my woodies.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfluhf8 | It never got as bad as the porn thing for me, but there were about 2-3 years in my mid 20's where I was so freaked out about just the thought of performance anxiety that it would instantly negate any hope I had of an erection right then as soon as I even considered it. Those were the years of the elusive boners. Many unfortunate apologies and hair pulling frustration at such a silly obstacle. Sometimes i would think to my junk "I mean we both want the same thing here don't we? I thought we were cool? Why are you giving me so much grief.
I knew it wasn't a medical issue what with all the other erections I had all the time. I was just pure and simple, psyched out. The pussy had gotten into my head, and bad.
Condoms definitely did not help.
There was no magic sudden cure. It took me having a whole lot of repeated sex with a chick with whom I was totally comfortable, and my mojo came right back.
My dick just didn't like strangers I suppose.
Once we got our self confidence back though boy let me tell you what....oh the escapades. The recklessness. The frivolity. Dare I say- the outright promiscuity!?
Nah. It would make a nice story but no. My cock and I are both shy. The one one night stand I did manage to pull off was in huge thanks to an irresponsible amount of booze I had to drink to get physically and mentally prepared for what I was about to do. No sir, had I been in my right mind, it would've been a complete and total failure. A shit show if you will | used to have performance anxiety impotence. Probably still do. Luckily, I know a nice girl who has been letting me do whatever I want to her for the last 5 years or so. No more sex w strangers and no more prophylactics. Worked wonders for my woodies. |
Kingjimi11 | Posting things on the internet. Idk, it isn't like I am worried that someone will read my comment and be like "WOW WHAT A JACKASS, THIS GUY SUCKS. I AM GOING TO HURT HIM/HUMILIATE HIM SOMEHOW". It's just that I tend to type way too much when I am posting any sort of comment or status update etc and I worry that it may get on people's nerves. Also, (and I realize this is a bit selfish) I don't like making TL;DR sections because I feel like I dont get enough of my message across when people skip ahead to those (even though they are mostly just used for a summary or clarification). It's not a common problem for most people, and I tend to be pretty concise when in person. Oh well. | Posting things on the internet. Idk, it isn't like I am worried that someone will read my comment and be like "WOW WHAT A JACKASS, THIS GUY SUCKS. I AM GOING TO HURT HIM/HUMILIATE HIM SOMEHOW". It's just that I tend to type way too much when I am posting any sort of comment or status update etc and I worry that it may get on people's nerves. Also, (and I realize this is a bit selfish) I don't like making TL;DR sections because I feel like I dont get enough of my message across when people skip ahead to those (even though they are mostly just used for a summary or clarification). It's not a common problem for most people, and I tend to be pretty concise when in person. Oh well.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfm1amx | Posting things on the internet. Idk, it isn't like I am worried that someone will read my comment and be like "WOW WHAT A JACKASS, THIS GUY SUCKS. I AM GOING TO HURT HIM/HUMILIATE HIM SOMEHOW". It's just that I tend to type way too much when I am posting any sort of comment or status update etc and I worry that it may get on people's nerves. Also, (and I realize this is a bit selfish) I don't like making | sections because I feel like I dont get enough of my message across when people skip ahead to those (even though they are mostly just used for a summary or clarification). It's not a common problem for most people, and I tend to be pretty concise when in person. Oh well. |
helpmymotherboard | Depends, ranks aren't very static, some people hover between 4 ranks, I know people who hover between GE and low eagle. So I can't really answer this completely, then the term "good" is very subjective.
Good how? Good for an individual pub player? Good for a team? Ranks aren't really reflective; I've seen GE's stomped by DMG's.
Anyone with more than >100~ wins should know this.
What about consistency? Good in what respects? Some players either go 5-20 or 30-2.
There is a whole laundry list of ways to define this, but as a tl;dr
**DMG and above is "good".** | Depends, ranks aren't very static, some people hover between 4 ranks, I know people who hover between GE and low eagle. So I can't really answer this completely, then the term "good" is very subjective.
Good how? Good for an individual pub player? Good for a team? Ranks aren't really reflective; I've seen GE's stomped by DMG's.
Anyone with more than >100~ wins should know this.
What about consistency? Good in what respects? Some players either go 5-20 or 30-2.
There is a whole laundry list of ways to define this, but as a tl;dr
DMG and above is "good".
| GlobalOffensive | t5_2sqho | cfls3si | Depends, ranks aren't very static, some people hover between 4 ranks, I know people who hover between GE and low eagle. So I can't really answer this completely, then the term "good" is very subjective.
Good how? Good for an individual pub player? Good for a team? Ranks aren't really reflective; I've seen GE's stomped by DMG's.
Anyone with more than >100~ wins should know this.
What about consistency? Good in what respects? Some players either go 5-20 or 30-2.
There is a whole laundry list of ways to define this, but as a | DMG and above is "good". |
slappy012 | Lol screaming parents are the best. I was in a modern warfare 2 game a couple of months after it first came out and everyone was aware of "No Russian" So this mom comes on after hearing some guys and I in the lobby chirping her son (who had been calling everyone fags, cunts, pussy's but suddenly stopped when his mom came in.) so she puts on his mike and starts yelling at us telling us we should be ashamed of ourselves blah blah blah. Now believe me when I tell you that everyone in this game went after this mom asking her what kind of a terrible parent she is letting her son play a game like this, asking her if she was cooking meth and thats why she didnt know about the game being so violent. anyway this went on for like an hour before she rage quit haha. TL;DR: Fucking with stupid parents its awesome | Lol screaming parents are the best. I was in a modern warfare 2 game a couple of months after it first came out and everyone was aware of "No Russian" So this mom comes on after hearing some guys and I in the lobby chirping her son (who had been calling everyone fags, cunts, pussy's but suddenly stopped when his mom came in.) so she puts on his mike and starts yelling at us telling us we should be ashamed of ourselves blah blah blah. Now believe me when I tell you that everyone in this game went after this mom asking her what kind of a terrible parent she is letting her son play a game like this, asking her if she was cooking meth and thats why she didnt know about the game being so violent. anyway this went on for like an hour before she rage quit haha. TL;DR: Fucking with stupid parents its awesome
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cflwy9b | Lol screaming parents are the best. I was in a modern warfare 2 game a couple of months after it first came out and everyone was aware of "No Russian" So this mom comes on after hearing some guys and I in the lobby chirping her son (who had been calling everyone fags, cunts, pussy's but suddenly stopped when his mom came in.) so she puts on his mike and starts yelling at us telling us we should be ashamed of ourselves blah blah blah. Now believe me when I tell you that everyone in this game went after this mom asking her what kind of a terrible parent she is letting her son play a game like this, asking her if she was cooking meth and thats why she didnt know about the game being so violent. anyway this went on for like an hour before she rage quit haha. | Fucking with stupid parents its awesome |
SilasDG | I had an ex whose mother had this mentality. Her son was constantly in and out of therapy because he was pretty disturbed. He would claim he saw things (murderers, ghosts, etc) he would also make death threats towards his family.
One day his mom after receiving a suggestion from one of his professionals asked me if I could help her tell which games were good for someone his age. She couldn't believe the M rated games were not ok. After all video games are for kids. In the end she took them away for a day but then gave him them back when he began to cry because he wanted them.
To be honest I still believe he doesn't have any mental issues other than being manipulative because when I dealt with him he knew I didn't take shit and he never ended up giving me any. Whats worse is they had multiple professionals tell them the same thing but it was more convenient to believe he had the problem and that it wasn't the mothers parenting. So when a professional told her to change parenting styles she just went to another professional until they agreed with her.
TLDR: Mother believes son to be mental but lets him play M games at a young age anyways. | I had an ex whose mother had this mentality. Her son was constantly in and out of therapy because he was pretty disturbed. He would claim he saw things (murderers, ghosts, etc) he would also make death threats towards his family.
One day his mom after receiving a suggestion from one of his professionals asked me if I could help her tell which games were good for someone his age. She couldn't believe the M rated games were not ok. After all video games are for kids. In the end she took them away for a day but then gave him them back when he began to cry because he wanted them.
To be honest I still believe he doesn't have any mental issues other than being manipulative because when I dealt with him he knew I didn't take shit and he never ended up giving me any. Whats worse is they had multiple professionals tell them the same thing but it was more convenient to believe he had the problem and that it wasn't the mothers parenting. So when a professional told her to change parenting styles she just went to another professional until they agreed with her.
TLDR: Mother believes son to be mental but lets him play M games at a young age anyways.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cfm7opl | I had an ex whose mother had this mentality. Her son was constantly in and out of therapy because he was pretty disturbed. He would claim he saw things (murderers, ghosts, etc) he would also make death threats towards his family.
One day his mom after receiving a suggestion from one of his professionals asked me if I could help her tell which games were good for someone his age. She couldn't believe the M rated games were not ok. After all video games are for kids. In the end she took them away for a day but then gave him them back when he began to cry because he wanted them.
To be honest I still believe he doesn't have any mental issues other than being manipulative because when I dealt with him he knew I didn't take shit and he never ended up giving me any. Whats worse is they had multiple professionals tell them the same thing but it was more convenient to believe he had the problem and that it wasn't the mothers parenting. So when a professional told her to change parenting styles she just went to another professional until they agreed with her. | Mother believes son to be mental but lets him play M games at a young age anyways. |
RaptorCheeseBurger | My parents regularly use sexual innuendo around us kids and I mean CONSTANTLY. This is how I'd accidentally found out about several of their fetishes and also how long my dads cock is exactly. Beyond that, thy cant seem to understand that iMessages works on more than one device, so ill be working on my moms laptop when BOOM! Full on sext I wish I could clear my mind of. There are pictures too that they have a bad habit of leaving open on their computer... They assume that none of us would get the innuendoes since they've only gone over the very basic talk, and it goes over the rest of the kids heads, but they've sadly underestimated the power of the Internet. Example: my 10 year old sister was eating a cupcake and making mildly orgasmic noises while saying how good it is, really nothing that weird, but then my dad proceeds to judge my mom and wink, saying, "she gets it from you dear" What.The.Fuck. I need a mind wipe... TL;DR Don't make sex jokes around your children and never underestimate the power of the internet | My parents regularly use sexual innuendo around us kids and I mean CONSTANTLY. This is how I'd accidentally found out about several of their fetishes and also how long my dads cock is exactly. Beyond that, thy cant seem to understand that iMessages works on more than one device, so ill be working on my moms laptop when BOOM! Full on sext I wish I could clear my mind of. There are pictures too that they have a bad habit of leaving open on their computer... They assume that none of us would get the innuendoes since they've only gone over the very basic talk, and it goes over the rest of the kids heads, but they've sadly underestimated the power of the Internet. Example: my 10 year old sister was eating a cupcake and making mildly orgasmic noises while saying how good it is, really nothing that weird, but then my dad proceeds to judge my mom and wink, saying, "she gets it from you dear" What.The.Fuck. I need a mind wipe... TL;DR Don't make sex jokes around your children and never underestimate the power of the internet
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cflvx25 | My parents regularly use sexual innuendo around us kids and I mean CONSTANTLY. This is how I'd accidentally found out about several of their fetishes and also how long my dads cock is exactly. Beyond that, thy cant seem to understand that iMessages works on more than one device, so ill be working on my moms laptop when BOOM! Full on sext I wish I could clear my mind of. There are pictures too that they have a bad habit of leaving open on their computer... They assume that none of us would get the innuendoes since they've only gone over the very basic talk, and it goes over the rest of the kids heads, but they've sadly underestimated the power of the Internet. Example: my 10 year old sister was eating a cupcake and making mildly orgasmic noises while saying how good it is, really nothing that weird, but then my dad proceeds to judge my mom and wink, saying, "she gets it from you dear" What.The.Fuck. I need a mind wipe... | Don't make sex jokes around your children and never underestimate the power of the internet |
evilspoons | Well, it's kinda been on and off with regards to the naming. In Australia and possibly England, the GR (2008-2014) STi was badged as "WRX STi". In Japan, it was called a "WRX STi" on the web site but only got "STi" badges. In Canada and the USA, the GR STi was just called an "STi" and then badged as "Impreza STi".
The 2015 now says WRX STi again on the web site (Canada and USA), but the car only has STi badges - no WRX **or** Impreza to be seen.
TL;DR Subaru doesn't even know what it's really called or what badges to put on it. | Well, it's kinda been on and off with regards to the naming. In Australia and possibly England, the GR (2008-2014) STi was badged as "WRX STi". In Japan, it was called a "WRX STi" on the web site but only got "STi" badges. In Canada and the USA, the GR STi was just called an "STi" and then badged as "Impreza STi".
The 2015 now says WRX STi again on the web site (Canada and USA), but the car only has STi badges - no WRX or Impreza to be seen.
TL;DR Subaru doesn't even know what it's really called or what badges to put on it.
| carporn | t5_2rlke | cfm7avy | Well, it's kinda been on and off with regards to the naming. In Australia and possibly England, the GR (2008-2014) STi was badged as "WRX STi". In Japan, it was called a "WRX STi" on the web site but only got "STi" badges. In Canada and the USA, the GR STi was just called an "STi" and then badged as "Impreza STi".
The 2015 now says WRX STi again on the web site (Canada and USA), but the car only has STi badges - no WRX or Impreza to be seen. | Subaru doesn't even know what it's really called or what badges to put on it. |
Hasaan5 | >shamelessly linking to your own ad driven site on someone else's site isn't ok. plain and simple.
Except that that is the whole point of reddit, sharing links of things you find cool.
>OC is great and all, but this behaviour was not ok or even great.
>i think content that does get posted here to reddit on a regular basis and is rehosted on imgur is bullshit, but on the same token spamming your own ad driven site on reddit or any other site is bad taste at best, and generally is goind to get you banned.
>on a regular style forum, sure link your site in your sig, but don't just spam links to it unsolicited constantly.
>there's actually a word for that - spam. and it's the same thing in this case as the shit that piles up in your junkmail folder.
TIL 1 link every other week is spam. Not to mention his content hit frontpage regularly. Plus [This]( doesn't look full of ads to me, it has as many as reddit does.
>frogman was being an obnoxious tit with advertising his ad driven blog. if it were my site he'd get a friendly warning then his posts would start getting removed, and if it continued after that (though i'd be happy to explain what is happening to him or anyone else who asked so we were all on the same page), he'd get banned. plain and simple.
>if he did it on his first post though, it'd be an autoban the same as spam bots.
Did you miss my point where I said that he wasn't only posting his own content? I posted a link to his submissions, it's about a 60/40% divide between his content and others. Not to mention the only reason he ever came here was because people posted his content here, and with his /r/funny ban it's STILL posted regularly here. The admins of reddit are smart enough to see all this, and that's why they didn't ban him, it's only the /r/funny mods being overzealous and banning him but keeping the content.
>tl;dr: do more than just link your shitty blog and you won't get modded. rule #1 of the internet here folks.
Except that people people like SMBC, XKCD, HaaH, C&H, Oatmeal, etc do NOTHING but that on here and instead get special flairs for it. They're even worse than frogman at it since 100% of their posts are about it, instead of 60% like frogman. He's been singled out for no reason. | >shamelessly linking to your own ad driven site on someone else's site isn't ok. plain and simple.
Except that that is the whole point of reddit, sharing links of things you find cool.
>OC is great and all, but this behaviour was not ok or even great.
>i think content that does get posted here to reddit on a regular basis and is rehosted on imgur is bullshit, but on the same token spamming your own ad driven site on reddit or any other site is bad taste at best, and generally is goind to get you banned.
>on a regular style forum, sure link your site in your sig, but don't just spam links to it unsolicited constantly.
>there's actually a word for that - spam. and it's the same thing in this case as the shit that piles up in your junkmail folder.
TIL 1 link every other week is spam. Not to mention his content hit frontpage regularly. Plus [This]( doesn't look full of ads to me, it has as many as reddit does.
>frogman was being an obnoxious tit with advertising his ad driven blog. if it were my site he'd get a friendly warning then his posts would start getting removed, and if it continued after that (though i'd be happy to explain what is happening to him or anyone else who asked so we were all on the same page), he'd get banned. plain and simple.
>if he did it on his first post though, it'd be an autoban the same as spam bots.
Did you miss my point where I said that he wasn't only posting his own content? I posted a link to his submissions, it's about a 60/40% divide between his content and others. Not to mention the only reason he ever came here was because people posted his content here, and with his /r/funny ban it's STILL posted regularly here. The admins of reddit are smart enough to see all this, and that's why they didn't ban him, it's only the /r/funny mods being overzealous and banning him but keeping the content.
>tl;dr: do more than just link your shitty blog and you won't get modded. rule #1 of the internet here folks.
Except that people people like SMBC, XKCD, HaaH, C&H, Oatmeal, etc do NOTHING but that on here and instead get special flairs for it. They're even worse than frogman at it since 100% of their posts are about it, instead of 60% like frogman. He's been singled out for no reason.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cfmik6c | shamelessly linking to your own ad driven site on someone else's site isn't ok. plain and simple.
Except that that is the whole point of reddit, sharing links of things you find cool.
>OC is great and all, but this behaviour was not ok or even great.
>i think content that does get posted here to reddit on a regular basis and is rehosted on imgur is bullshit, but on the same token spamming your own ad driven site on reddit or any other site is bad taste at best, and generally is goind to get you banned.
>on a regular style forum, sure link your site in your sig, but don't just spam links to it unsolicited constantly.
>there's actually a word for that - spam. and it's the same thing in this case as the shit that piles up in your junkmail folder.
TIL 1 link every other week is spam. Not to mention his content hit frontpage regularly. Plus [This]( doesn't look full of ads to me, it has as many as reddit does.
>frogman was being an obnoxious tit with advertising his ad driven blog. if it were my site he'd get a friendly warning then his posts would start getting removed, and if it continued after that (though i'd be happy to explain what is happening to him or anyone else who asked so we were all on the same page), he'd get banned. plain and simple.
>if he did it on his first post though, it'd be an autoban the same as spam bots.
Did you miss my point where I said that he wasn't only posting his own content? I posted a link to his submissions, it's about a 60/40% divide between his content and others. Not to mention the only reason he ever came here was because people posted his content here, and with his /r/funny ban it's STILL posted regularly here. The admins of reddit are smart enough to see all this, and that's why they didn't ban him, it's only the /r/funny mods being overzealous and banning him but keeping the content.
> | do more than just link your shitty blog and you won't get modded. rule #1 of the internet here folks.
Except that people people like SMBC, XKCD, HaaH, C&H, Oatmeal, etc do NOTHING but that on here and instead get special flairs for it. They're even worse than frogman at it since 100% of their posts are about it, instead of 60% like frogman. He's been singled out for no reason. |
StrafeTheArrows | Explain this one to me:
So op got this picture without knowing who the frogman was. If he didn't know who he was, he couldn't have gotten it from frogman's website. Logically, this means that this must be a repost, as OP would have had to have gotten the picture from an outside source.
TL;DR Op is a faggot
EDIT: Checked karmadecay, looks like this is the first time this image was posted on reddit, so OP got it from somwhere else, but not from frogman. | Explain this one to me:
So op got this picture without knowing who the frogman was. If he didn't know who he was, he couldn't have gotten it from frogman's website. Logically, this means that this must be a repost, as OP would have had to have gotten the picture from an outside source.
TL;DR Op is a faggot
EDIT: Checked karmadecay, looks like this is the first time this image was posted on reddit, so OP got it from somwhere else, but not from frogman.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cfmd02e | Explain this one to me:
So op got this picture without knowing who the frogman was. If he didn't know who he was, he couldn't have gotten it from frogman's website. Logically, this means that this must be a repost, as OP would have had to have gotten the picture from an outside source. | Op is a faggot
EDIT: Checked karmadecay, looks like this is the first time this image was posted on reddit, so OP got it from somwhere else, but not from frogman. |
Hasaan5 | >what if i told you very little what gets called OC on reddit is actually anywhere even vaguely original content.
So because of that we shoud turn away actual OC? Having 99% of content be reposts isn't a good reason to turn OC away, it's a reason to get more. The actual rules do have "don't spam" as the first rule, but frogmans content fits into "OK: Submitting links from your own site, talking with redditors in the comments, and also submitting cool stuff from other sites." AND "NOT OK: Submitting only links to your blog or personal website.", though for the second one he doesn't exactly do that and [just posts mostly his own content]( not only his own content (though the FAQ disagrees with me on that, though I think it to be ludicrous). Not to mention the fact that he's only banned on /r/funny, not reddit, showing that the admins think what he does is fine, only the /r/funny mods think it isn't.
>and that the OP of this thread barely qualifies in itself, and is best fair use of someone else's content. except for the fact he commericializes it, so except for the parody/satire angle, it probably wouldn't stand up in court unless he removed the part of the image which he has no rights to.
It's called being a nice citizen, hell bloody reddiquette tells you to do it, which you pointed out here:
>and actually shameless self promotion is like the first part of rediquette. while not being a hard rule, it's just being a good citizen whether youre on reddit or 4chan or timbuktu johnny fuck face forums #75756
Which helps me to point out how broken reddiquette is, it's meant to be an "Informal guideline" but it rarely followed, and that's because it it at war with itself, many of the do & do nots, like it says to find orginal content, but also says to post only 10% of content you yourself make, it says to not be annoyed at reposts, but that you should find out if it was posted before. It is in a broken mess, and the admins need to actually clean it up, since keeping it mostly the same since 2005 hasn't worked out well at all. Hell, the rules, redditquette AND the FAQ don't say anything about [NP]( yet people are banned left right and center for it, and a huge fuss about bridaging is made, despite nothing in the actual rules, unofficial rules, or the backup for the unofficial rules saying anything about it.
TL;DR: The treatment of frogman simply points out the bullshit reddit enforces that needs to be looked at. | >what if i told you very little what gets called OC on reddit is actually anywhere even vaguely original content.
So because of that we shoud turn away actual OC? Having 99% of content be reposts isn't a good reason to turn OC away, it's a reason to get more. The actual rules do have "don't spam" as the first rule, but frogmans content fits into "OK: Submitting links from your own site, talking with redditors in the comments, and also submitting cool stuff from other sites." AND "NOT OK: Submitting only links to your blog or personal website.", though for the second one he doesn't exactly do that and just posts mostly his own content . Not to mention the fact that he's only banned on /r/funny, not reddit, showing that the admins think what he does is fine, only the /r/funny mods think it isn't.
>and that the OP of this thread barely qualifies in itself, and is best fair use of someone else's content. except for the fact he commericializes it, so except for the parody/satire angle, it probably wouldn't stand up in court unless he removed the part of the image which he has no rights to.
It's called being a nice citizen, hell bloody reddiquette tells you to do it, which you pointed out here:
>and actually shameless self promotion is like the first part of rediquette. while not being a hard rule, it's just being a good citizen whether youre on reddit or 4chan or timbuktu johnny fuck face forums #75756
Which helps me to point out how broken reddiquette is, it's meant to be an "Informal guideline" but it rarely followed, and that's because it it at war with itself, many of the do & do nots, like it says to find orginal content, but also says to post only 10% of content you yourself make, it says to not be annoyed at reposts, but that you should find out if it was posted before. It is in a broken mess, and the admins need to actually clean it up, since keeping it mostly the same since 2005 hasn't worked out well at all. Hell, the rules, redditquette AND the FAQ don't say anything about [NP]( yet people are banned left right and center for it, and a huge fuss about bridaging is made, despite nothing in the actual rules, unofficial rules, or the backup for the unofficial rules saying anything about it.
TL;DR: The treatment of frogman simply points out the bullshit reddit enforces that needs to be looked at.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cfmhn3v | what if i told you very little what gets called OC on reddit is actually anywhere even vaguely original content.
So because of that we shoud turn away actual OC? Having 99% of content be reposts isn't a good reason to turn OC away, it's a reason to get more. The actual rules do have "don't spam" as the first rule, but frogmans content fits into "OK: Submitting links from your own site, talking with redditors in the comments, and also submitting cool stuff from other sites." AND "NOT OK: Submitting only links to your blog or personal website.", though for the second one he doesn't exactly do that and just posts mostly his own content . Not to mention the fact that he's only banned on /r/funny, not reddit, showing that the admins think what he does is fine, only the /r/funny mods think it isn't.
>and that the OP of this thread barely qualifies in itself, and is best fair use of someone else's content. except for the fact he commericializes it, so except for the parody/satire angle, it probably wouldn't stand up in court unless he removed the part of the image which he has no rights to.
It's called being a nice citizen, hell bloody reddiquette tells you to do it, which you pointed out here:
>and actually shameless self promotion is like the first part of rediquette. while not being a hard rule, it's just being a good citizen whether youre on reddit or 4chan or timbuktu johnny fuck face forums #75756
Which helps me to point out how broken reddiquette is, it's meant to be an "Informal guideline" but it rarely followed, and that's because it it at war with itself, many of the do & do nots, like it says to find orginal content, but also says to post only 10% of content you yourself make, it says to not be annoyed at reposts, but that you should find out if it was posted before. It is in a broken mess, and the admins need to actually clean it up, since keeping it mostly the same since 2005 hasn't worked out well at all. Hell, the rules, redditquette AND the FAQ don't say anything about [NP]( yet people are banned left right and center for it, and a huge fuss about bridaging is made, despite nothing in the actual rules, unofficial rules, or the backup for the unofficial rules saying anything about it. | The treatment of frogman simply points out the bullshit reddit enforces that needs to be looked at. |
dirtyklingon | shamelessly linking to your own ad driven site on someone else's site isn't ok. plain and simple.
OC is great and all, but this behaviour was not ok or even great.
i think content that does get posted here to reddit on a regular basis and is rehosted on imgur is bullshit, but on the same token spamming your own ad driven site on reddit or any other site is bad taste at best, and generally is goind to get you banned.
on a regular style forum, sure link your site in your sig, but don't just spam links to it unsolicited constantly.
there's actually a word for that - spam. and it's the same thing in this case as the shit that piles up in your junkmail folder.
frogman was being an obnoxious tit with advertising his ad driven blog. if it were my site he'd get a friendly warning then his posts would start getting removed, and if it continued after that (though i'd be happy to explain what is happening to him or anyone else who asked so we were all on the same page), he'd get banned. plain and simple.
if he did it on his first post though, it'd be an autoban the same as spam bots.
tl;dr: do more than just link your shitty blog and you won't get modded. rule #1 of the internet here folks. | shamelessly linking to your own ad driven site on someone else's site isn't ok. plain and simple.
OC is great and all, but this behaviour was not ok or even great.
i think content that does get posted here to reddit on a regular basis and is rehosted on imgur is bullshit, but on the same token spamming your own ad driven site on reddit or any other site is bad taste at best, and generally is goind to get you banned.
on a regular style forum, sure link your site in your sig, but don't just spam links to it unsolicited constantly.
there's actually a word for that - spam. and it's the same thing in this case as the shit that piles up in your junkmail folder.
frogman was being an obnoxious tit with advertising his ad driven blog. if it were my site he'd get a friendly warning then his posts would start getting removed, and if it continued after that (though i'd be happy to explain what is happening to him or anyone else who asked so we were all on the same page), he'd get banned. plain and simple.
if he did it on his first post though, it'd be an autoban the same as spam bots.
tl;dr: do more than just link your shitty blog and you won't get modded. rule #1 of the internet here folks.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cfmhpgj | shamelessly linking to your own ad driven site on someone else's site isn't ok. plain and simple.
OC is great and all, but this behaviour was not ok or even great.
i think content that does get posted here to reddit on a regular basis and is rehosted on imgur is bullshit, but on the same token spamming your own ad driven site on reddit or any other site is bad taste at best, and generally is goind to get you banned.
on a regular style forum, sure link your site in your sig, but don't just spam links to it unsolicited constantly.
there's actually a word for that - spam. and it's the same thing in this case as the shit that piles up in your junkmail folder.
frogman was being an obnoxious tit with advertising his ad driven blog. if it were my site he'd get a friendly warning then his posts would start getting removed, and if it continued after that (though i'd be happy to explain what is happening to him or anyone else who asked so we were all on the same page), he'd get banned. plain and simple.
if he did it on his first post though, it'd be an autoban the same as spam bots. | do more than just link your shitty blog and you won't get modded. rule #1 of the internet here folks. |
thefamilyatomics | I disagree with the caveat that it would require wise reinvestment in the transfer market. Basically without Suarez you lose 30ish goals and 15 assists (based on this season). That is a lot. You also lose the intangibles, which in some sense is a bigger loss (and basically irreplaceable). But I think that we could sell Suarez and still add to the trophy chest next year.
First, Sturridge has the potential to be the best striker in the world (the only thing holding him back is decision making, really). He's not even in his prime. Just think about that.
But right now we score basically no goals from midfield (not counting Gerrard's PKs) and very few from the wings. Reinvesting the money can make up for the measurable loss of Suarez's goal contribution and (perhaps just as importantly) replace or rotate some under-performing starters (I'm looking at you, first-choice fullbacks). And (as distasteful as I find the idea) we can spend some real money getting a real replacement for Gerrard who is in or entering his prime (someone like a Vidal).
Yes, yes a complete squad replacement negatively affected Spurs (at least, initially). But we don't need that kind of overhaul. One striker (remember Borini is coming back too), one versatile mid with a goal threat, at least one full back, maybe a wide forward/winger. Plus Suso is coming back, Teixera is going to be a player, Ibe is an even surer prospect and Jordan Rossiter is a 5 star scouse hero in FM.
Of course, I'd prefer to have Suarez retire a red (we certainly deserve that based on the support he's received after literally biting an opponent). But it wouldn't be the end of the world and more importantly, it doesn't have to halt the club's momentum.
tl;dr: FUck a Suarez lol 420 blaze it yolo toure | I disagree with the caveat that it would require wise reinvestment in the transfer market. Basically without Suarez you lose 30ish goals and 15 assists (based on this season). That is a lot. You also lose the intangibles, which in some sense is a bigger loss (and basically irreplaceable). But I think that we could sell Suarez and still add to the trophy chest next year.
First, Sturridge has the potential to be the best striker in the world (the only thing holding him back is decision making, really). He's not even in his prime. Just think about that.
But right now we score basically no goals from midfield (not counting Gerrard's PKs) and very few from the wings. Reinvesting the money can make up for the measurable loss of Suarez's goal contribution and (perhaps just as importantly) replace or rotate some under-performing starters (I'm looking at you, first-choice fullbacks). And (as distasteful as I find the idea) we can spend some real money getting a real replacement for Gerrard who is in or entering his prime (someone like a Vidal).
Yes, yes a complete squad replacement negatively affected Spurs (at least, initially). But we don't need that kind of overhaul. One striker (remember Borini is coming back too), one versatile mid with a goal threat, at least one full back, maybe a wide forward/winger. Plus Suso is coming back, Teixera is going to be a player, Ibe is an even surer prospect and Jordan Rossiter is a 5 star scouse hero in FM.
Of course, I'd prefer to have Suarez retire a red (we certainly deserve that based on the support he's received after literally biting an opponent). But it wouldn't be the end of the world and more importantly, it doesn't have to halt the club's momentum.
tl;dr: FUck a Suarez lol 420 blaze it yolo toure
| LiverpoolFC | t5_2qn0o | cfma111 | I disagree with the caveat that it would require wise reinvestment in the transfer market. Basically without Suarez you lose 30ish goals and 15 assists (based on this season). That is a lot. You also lose the intangibles, which in some sense is a bigger loss (and basically irreplaceable). But I think that we could sell Suarez and still add to the trophy chest next year.
First, Sturridge has the potential to be the best striker in the world (the only thing holding him back is decision making, really). He's not even in his prime. Just think about that.
But right now we score basically no goals from midfield (not counting Gerrard's PKs) and very few from the wings. Reinvesting the money can make up for the measurable loss of Suarez's goal contribution and (perhaps just as importantly) replace or rotate some under-performing starters (I'm looking at you, first-choice fullbacks). And (as distasteful as I find the idea) we can spend some real money getting a real replacement for Gerrard who is in or entering his prime (someone like a Vidal).
Yes, yes a complete squad replacement negatively affected Spurs (at least, initially). But we don't need that kind of overhaul. One striker (remember Borini is coming back too), one versatile mid with a goal threat, at least one full back, maybe a wide forward/winger. Plus Suso is coming back, Teixera is going to be a player, Ibe is an even surer prospect and Jordan Rossiter is a 5 star scouse hero in FM.
Of course, I'd prefer to have Suarez retire a red (we certainly deserve that based on the support he's received after literally biting an opponent). But it wouldn't be the end of the world and more importantly, it doesn't have to halt the club's momentum. | FUck a Suarez lol 420 blaze it yolo toure |
myrealnamewastakn | It's purely based on labor rates and the west coasts inflated wages don't change things drastically. According to that article the Chinese labor works for 1/5th the wages so 80% savings. OR is somewhere around 25% increased from normal American wage rates(80-25=55% savings over somewhere else in the US). The cost of shipping only consumes 20% of the cost and in this case the 80% saved on labor outweighs the 20% on shipping (shipping would be different to somewhere in the U.S. with lower wages and need to be calculated to be able to compare. Wild guess is the shipping would cost more too) Plus the article claims the Chinese labor is more efficient and gets more usable fish meat increasing their yield. Also the fishing company has less liability if they hand the product off. If something happened at their facility or their workers somehow made a mistake resulting in lost product they just have to eat the cost of it. If the processor they sell it to makes a mistake the fishing company doesn't take a loss. They were already way ahead just on labor rates and then combine reduced risk and product that goes further and is therefore more valuable. Huge financial win for the fishing company.
Edit: according to [the government]( Alaska's median fishing industry wage is only 80 cents an hour lower than Oregon's
Edit 2: tl;dr Chinese workers are 80% cheaper in an industry that heavily relies on manual labor. The shipping industry is really good at what it does and is super cheap. | It's purely based on labor rates and the west coasts inflated wages don't change things drastically. According to that article the Chinese labor works for 1/5th the wages so 80% savings. OR is somewhere around 25% increased from normal American wage rates(80-25=55% savings over somewhere else in the US). The cost of shipping only consumes 20% of the cost and in this case the 80% saved on labor outweighs the 20% on shipping (shipping would be different to somewhere in the U.S. with lower wages and need to be calculated to be able to compare. Wild guess is the shipping would cost more too) Plus the article claims the Chinese labor is more efficient and gets more usable fish meat increasing their yield. Also the fishing company has less liability if they hand the product off. If something happened at their facility or their workers somehow made a mistake resulting in lost product they just have to eat the cost of it. If the processor they sell it to makes a mistake the fishing company doesn't take a loss. They were already way ahead just on labor rates and then combine reduced risk and product that goes further and is therefore more valuable. Huge financial win for the fishing company.
Edit: according to [the government]( Alaska's median fishing industry wage is only 80 cents an hour lower than Oregon's
Edit 2: tl;dr Chinese workers are 80% cheaper in an industry that heavily relies on manual labor. The shipping industry is really good at what it does and is super cheap.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cfncs4l | It's purely based on labor rates and the west coasts inflated wages don't change things drastically. According to that article the Chinese labor works for 1/5th the wages so 80% savings. OR is somewhere around 25% increased from normal American wage rates(80-25=55% savings over somewhere else in the US). The cost of shipping only consumes 20% of the cost and in this case the 80% saved on labor outweighs the 20% on shipping (shipping would be different to somewhere in the U.S. with lower wages and need to be calculated to be able to compare. Wild guess is the shipping would cost more too) Plus the article claims the Chinese labor is more efficient and gets more usable fish meat increasing their yield. Also the fishing company has less liability if they hand the product off. If something happened at their facility or their workers somehow made a mistake resulting in lost product they just have to eat the cost of it. If the processor they sell it to makes a mistake the fishing company doesn't take a loss. They were already way ahead just on labor rates and then combine reduced risk and product that goes further and is therefore more valuable. Huge financial win for the fishing company.
Edit: according to [the government]( Alaska's median fishing industry wage is only 80 cents an hour lower than Oregon's
Edit 2: | Chinese workers are 80% cheaper in an industry that heavily relies on manual labor. The shipping industry is really good at what it does and is super cheap. |
I_use_all_of_the_TP | The fish are caught well off the coast of Alaska, sometimes up to 200 miles from the coast. When a fishing boat has salmon on board, they will typically meet up with a larger floating processor boat that will take their fish and process them on board by either freezing, filleting, or even canning at sea. This saves time and money for both the fisherman (they don't have to run the fish all the way back to the processor at the dock), and the processor (who gets fresher fish and can move their operation anywhere it is convenient). Once the frozen fish is on the processor, it is not too much more work to just take it straight to Asia where there is a significantly better market for selling it. I don't believe that much of the fish that is shipped to Asia ever is sent back to the united states however. It is consumed in Asia, mostly Japan. I should point out that most of the fish are caught way down the Aleutian Chain which is the part of Alaska that stretches WAY out toward Japan.
Source: I am an Alaskan salmon fisherman.
TL;DR The fish are caught and processed way the hell out in the Pacific Ocean and its easier and cheaper to take the fish straight to Japan where they eat that shit up and pay top dollar. Almost none of the fish sent to Asia comes back to the US.
EDIT: More gooder words | The fish are caught well off the coast of Alaska, sometimes up to 200 miles from the coast. When a fishing boat has salmon on board, they will typically meet up with a larger floating processor boat that will take their fish and process them on board by either freezing, filleting, or even canning at sea. This saves time and money for both the fisherman (they don't have to run the fish all the way back to the processor at the dock), and the processor (who gets fresher fish and can move their operation anywhere it is convenient). Once the frozen fish is on the processor, it is not too much more work to just take it straight to Asia where there is a significantly better market for selling it. I don't believe that much of the fish that is shipped to Asia ever is sent back to the united states however. It is consumed in Asia, mostly Japan. I should point out that most of the fish are caught way down the Aleutian Chain which is the part of Alaska that stretches WAY out toward Japan.
Source: I am an Alaskan salmon fisherman.
TL;DR The fish are caught and processed way the hell out in the Pacific Ocean and its easier and cheaper to take the fish straight to Japan where they eat that shit up and pay top dollar. Almost none of the fish sent to Asia comes back to the US.
EDIT: More gooder words
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cfn2vcg | The fish are caught well off the coast of Alaska, sometimes up to 200 miles from the coast. When a fishing boat has salmon on board, they will typically meet up with a larger floating processor boat that will take their fish and process them on board by either freezing, filleting, or even canning at sea. This saves time and money for both the fisherman (they don't have to run the fish all the way back to the processor at the dock), and the processor (who gets fresher fish and can move their operation anywhere it is convenient). Once the frozen fish is on the processor, it is not too much more work to just take it straight to Asia where there is a significantly better market for selling it. I don't believe that much of the fish that is shipped to Asia ever is sent back to the united states however. It is consumed in Asia, mostly Japan. I should point out that most of the fish are caught way down the Aleutian Chain which is the part of Alaska that stretches WAY out toward Japan.
Source: I am an Alaskan salmon fisherman. | The fish are caught and processed way the hell out in the Pacific Ocean and its easier and cheaper to take the fish straight to Japan where they eat that shit up and pay top dollar. Almost none of the fish sent to Asia comes back to the US.
EDIT: More gooder words |
HowFM | Hey, Kor'galler here, so I guess I can give you my thoughts on this!
I used to play on heavy populated realms but migrated to Kor'gall mainly to play with my GF, but I learned to looove how empty it was, all rares were always up, you could do whatever you wanted, there was litteraly no other players there, but now with the connected realms it has gotten worse. It's more players, sure, but right now it's not quite enough players to be a good server, and too many players to be the low populated server I migrated to.
TL:DR; We're some kind of weird inbetweeners, too many to be a properly functioning server, too few to be a lowpop server and the AH is a mess. | Hey, Kor'galler here, so I guess I can give you my thoughts on this!
I used to play on heavy populated realms but migrated to Kor'gall mainly to play with my GF, but I learned to looove how empty it was, all rares were always up, you could do whatever you wanted, there was litteraly no other players there, but now with the connected realms it has gotten worse. It's more players, sure, but right now it's not quite enough players to be a good server, and too many players to be the low populated server I migrated to.
TL:DR; We're some kind of weird inbetweeners, too many to be a properly functioning server, too few to be a lowpop server and the AH is a mess.
| wow | t5_2qio8 | cfnen15 | Hey, Kor'galler here, so I guess I can give you my thoughts on this!
I used to play on heavy populated realms but migrated to Kor'gall mainly to play with my GF, but I learned to looove how empty it was, all rares were always up, you could do whatever you wanted, there was litteraly no other players there, but now with the connected realms it has gotten worse. It's more players, sure, but right now it's not quite enough players to be a good server, and too many players to be the low populated server I migrated to. | We're some kind of weird inbetweeners, too many to be a properly functioning server, too few to be a lowpop server and the AH is a mess. |
Khenmu | > I am looking to run titanfall when it is released on max but am not sure exactly what to upgrade.
That rig might well be capable of it. We can't tell you for sure what will max it until it's released.
> I was thinking about getting an 770 but I am not sure if my cpu would hold it back.
The i5 3570k is not going to hold anything back for years.
> Also (bit off topic), what is the different in 770s? I see multiple 2GB versions in a £50 difference.
Different companies each have their own cooling solution et al and charge different prices. Some companies will also overclock the card themselves - they'll charge extra because they're a company and they don't do people favours for free. The overclocks tend to be rather mild so I wouldn't necessarily assume you're getting a card which will overclock better than others. How well your hardware will overclock is always random to some degree.
**tl;dr:** A 770 is a 770. Get a cheap one from a good brand and overclock it yourself if you want it OC'd. | > I am looking to run titanfall when it is released on max but am not sure exactly what to upgrade.
That rig might well be capable of it. We can't tell you for sure what will max it until it's released.
> I was thinking about getting an 770 but I am not sure if my cpu would hold it back.
The i5 3570k is not going to hold anything back for years.
> Also (bit off topic), what is the different in 770s? I see multiple 2GB versions in a £50 difference.
Different companies each have their own cooling solution et al and charge different prices. Some companies will also overclock the card themselves - they'll charge extra because they're a company and they don't do people favours for free. The overclocks tend to be rather mild so I wouldn't necessarily assume you're getting a card which will overclock better than others. How well your hardware will overclock is always random to some degree.
tl;dr: A 770 is a 770. Get a cheap one from a good brand and overclock it yourself if you want it OC'd.
| buildapc | t5_2rnve | cfnchc3 | I am looking to run titanfall when it is released on max but am not sure exactly what to upgrade.
That rig might well be capable of it. We can't tell you for sure what will max it until it's released.
> I was thinking about getting an 770 but I am not sure if my cpu would hold it back.
The i5 3570k is not going to hold anything back for years.
> Also (bit off topic), what is the different in 770s? I see multiple 2GB versions in a £50 difference.
Different companies each have their own cooling solution et al and charge different prices. Some companies will also overclock the card themselves - they'll charge extra because they're a company and they don't do people favours for free. The overclocks tend to be rather mild so I wouldn't necessarily assume you're getting a card which will overclock better than others. How well your hardware will overclock is always random to some degree. | A 770 is a 770. Get a cheap one from a good brand and overclock it yourself if you want it OC'd. |
SnZ001 | To anyone thinking, "Aww, poor doggie! What a horrible owner!", relax. Dingo knows what's up. He's getting love(and probably treats) for being such a good table. He cares way more about getting those than he does about the minor inconvenience of amusing /u/Kittenpuncher5000 (although, admittedly, as I just typed that username, I'm now having some uncertainty). Look at what we humans go through(semi-voluntarily), just for extra treats like PCs and internet access.
TL;DR: If Dingo *really* wasn't that into it, he'd have picked his head up/stood up, and OP's couch would be wearing that drink before he/she could've even taken this pic. | To anyone thinking, "Aww, poor doggie! What a horrible owner!", relax. Dingo knows what's up. He's getting love(and probably treats) for being such a good table. He cares way more about getting those than he does about the minor inconvenience of amusing /u/Kittenpuncher5000 (although, admittedly, as I just typed that username, I'm now having some uncertainty). Look at what we humans go through(semi-voluntarily), just for extra treats like PCs and internet access.
TL;DR: If Dingo really wasn't that into it, he'd have picked his head up/stood up, and OP's couch would be wearing that drink before he/she could've even taken this pic.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cfo0qgm | To anyone thinking, "Aww, poor doggie! What a horrible owner!", relax. Dingo knows what's up. He's getting love(and probably treats) for being such a good table. He cares way more about getting those than he does about the minor inconvenience of amusing /u/Kittenpuncher5000 (although, admittedly, as I just typed that username, I'm now having some uncertainty). Look at what we humans go through(semi-voluntarily), just for extra treats like PCs and internet access. | If Dingo really wasn't that into it, he'd have picked his head up/stood up, and OP's couch would be wearing that drink before he/she could've even taken this pic. |
octhrope | The issue is they don't; not really. There are other alternatives available to least At&T. Now is the connection as fast? No. But the option is there and to the people making the rules that's good enough. That means no monopoly and everything is good. It like having some one trapped in a well; "Are you alive down there? Yes?, good, well then have a nice day."
> The cables and infrastructure are NOT cheap.
True but most companies dont have to run all of the cable since much of it is provided byt the city. Many lines are leased by the city to the ISP. In some cases there are even more people "owning" part of the line.
>So they are granted monopolies by the government... but its worth noting that they are heavily regulated to protect consumers.
When they start running cables out to BFE, that's when things get expensive and they don't want to do it. Honestly, why would they? If you had a business selling hotdogs from a cart you sell them to the places that are easy for you to get to. You don't go out of your way to push that cart up a big ass hill to sell one hotdog when a crowd of people is already down at the bottom. But I digress.
The companies want to maximize profits while spending as little money as possible. Here's where the problems come in and why people are so unhappy with most providers. So, ISPs look at their infrastructure pie. They have 8 slices of delicious infrastructure pie but 10 people want a slice. They know most users just have internet for basic functions; email, browsing, shopping etc. Not everyone is going to eat a full slice. Instead of dedicating a full slice for each person and baking another pie for the other 2 people; they sell all 8 slices to 10 people. This system works pretty well, most people dont see that the advertised 20mbs down they pay for is really only 10. The pages load and life goes on. The problems start when that 8 slice pie starts serving the some-teenth person and some of those users watch Netflix and play games or run a minecraft server or host a website. Then the little tos writing comes into play. "Well you are paying for speeds up to 20mbs but 5mbs is acceptable." Acceptable for whom? Re-size the issue to millions of users, phones and devices that call home and do thing automatically, (updates etc). The issue becomes huge and the amount of pies you need to bake becomes incredibly costly, so they don't and people are kinda stuck. That really didnt retort the statement... sorry.
> So they are granted monopolies by the government... but its worth noting that they are heavily regulated to protect consumers.
They are regulated but its to prevent them absolutely raping end users and changing the content available to them. There was a study just recently done, google it yourself, that showed the profit margins on data were in the 90% and up. Thats not protecting consumers, its protecting business interests and lining pockets. They could use some of that money to create more and better infrastructure while still earning a profit. When was the last time someone told you that their internet bill just got cheaper? Exactly, cause its never happened. We've been on an increase cost per mbit since dial up.
TLDR: There is a lot of money and politics involved with it and when you mix those two, things get foggy.
| The issue is they don't; not really. There are other alternatives available to least At&T. Now is the connection as fast? No. But the option is there and to the people making the rules that's good enough. That means no monopoly and everything is good. It like having some one trapped in a well; "Are you alive down there? Yes?, good, well then have a nice day."
> The cables and infrastructure are NOT cheap.
True but most companies dont have to run all of the cable since much of it is provided byt the city. Many lines are leased by the city to the ISP. In some cases there are even more people "owning" part of the line.
>So they are granted monopolies by the government... but its worth noting that they are heavily regulated to protect consumers.
When they start running cables out to BFE, that's when things get expensive and they don't want to do it. Honestly, why would they? If you had a business selling hotdogs from a cart you sell them to the places that are easy for you to get to. You don't go out of your way to push that cart up a big ass hill to sell one hotdog when a crowd of people is already down at the bottom. But I digress.
The companies want to maximize profits while spending as little money as possible. Here's where the problems come in and why people are so unhappy with most providers. So, ISPs look at their infrastructure pie. They have 8 slices of delicious infrastructure pie but 10 people want a slice. They know most users just have internet for basic functions; email, browsing, shopping etc. Not everyone is going to eat a full slice. Instead of dedicating a full slice for each person and baking another pie for the other 2 people; they sell all 8 slices to 10 people. This system works pretty well, most people dont see that the advertised 20mbs down they pay for is really only 10. The pages load and life goes on. The problems start when that 8 slice pie starts serving the some-teenth person and some of those users watch Netflix and play games or run a minecraft server or host a website. Then the little tos writing comes into play. "Well you are paying for speeds up to 20mbs but 5mbs is acceptable." Acceptable for whom? Re-size the issue to millions of users, phones and devices that call home and do thing automatically, (updates etc). The issue becomes huge and the amount of pies you need to bake becomes incredibly costly, so they don't and people are kinda stuck. That really didnt retort the statement... sorry.
> So they are granted monopolies by the government... but its worth noting that they are heavily regulated to protect consumers.
They are regulated but its to prevent them absolutely raping end users and changing the content available to them. There was a study just recently done, google it yourself, that showed the profit margins on data were in the 90% and up. Thats not protecting consumers, its protecting business interests and lining pockets. They could use some of that money to create more and better infrastructure while still earning a profit. When was the last time someone told you that their internet bill just got cheaper? Exactly, cause its never happened. We've been on an increase cost per mbit since dial up.
TLDR: There is a lot of money and politics involved with it and when you mix those two, things get foggy.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cfnn7yt | The issue is they don't; not really. There are other alternatives available to least At&T. Now is the connection as fast? No. But the option is there and to the people making the rules that's good enough. That means no monopoly and everything is good. It like having some one trapped in a well; "Are you alive down there? Yes?, good, well then have a nice day."
> The cables and infrastructure are NOT cheap.
True but most companies dont have to run all of the cable since much of it is provided byt the city. Many lines are leased by the city to the ISP. In some cases there are even more people "owning" part of the line.
>So they are granted monopolies by the government... but its worth noting that they are heavily regulated to protect consumers.
When they start running cables out to BFE, that's when things get expensive and they don't want to do it. Honestly, why would they? If you had a business selling hotdogs from a cart you sell them to the places that are easy for you to get to. You don't go out of your way to push that cart up a big ass hill to sell one hotdog when a crowd of people is already down at the bottom. But I digress.
The companies want to maximize profits while spending as little money as possible. Here's where the problems come in and why people are so unhappy with most providers. So, ISPs look at their infrastructure pie. They have 8 slices of delicious infrastructure pie but 10 people want a slice. They know most users just have internet for basic functions; email, browsing, shopping etc. Not everyone is going to eat a full slice. Instead of dedicating a full slice for each person and baking another pie for the other 2 people; they sell all 8 slices to 10 people. This system works pretty well, most people dont see that the advertised 20mbs down they pay for is really only 10. The pages load and life goes on. The problems start when that 8 slice pie starts serving the some-teenth person and some of those users watch Netflix and play games or run a minecraft server or host a website. Then the little tos writing comes into play. "Well you are paying for speeds up to 20mbs but 5mbs is acceptable." Acceptable for whom? Re-size the issue to millions of users, phones and devices that call home and do thing automatically, (updates etc). The issue becomes huge and the amount of pies you need to bake becomes incredibly costly, so they don't and people are kinda stuck. That really didnt retort the statement... sorry.
> So they are granted monopolies by the government... but its worth noting that they are heavily regulated to protect consumers.
They are regulated but its to prevent them absolutely raping end users and changing the content available to them. There was a study just recently done, google it yourself, that showed the profit margins on data were in the 90% and up. Thats not protecting consumers, its protecting business interests and lining pockets. They could use some of that money to create more and better infrastructure while still earning a profit. When was the last time someone told you that their internet bill just got cheaper? Exactly, cause its never happened. We've been on an increase cost per mbit since dial up. | There is a lot of money and politics involved with it and when you mix those two, things get foggy. |
Philo_T_Farnsworth | Look through OP's posting history. They seem to be quite fond of using three commans instead of the accepted ellipses of three periods...
Some of /u/jobosob2009 's greatest hits:
>dumb bastards are just jealous ,,, we have the best schools thhe best stores high quality of life and no crime ,,, basically kcmo just gives us something to laugh at
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>Ya but they usually do a good job of staying in the ghetto AKA missouri side
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>Theyre jelous - no crime big houses & no blacks
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>no kidding. they're just jelous anyway. I live in OP, and the schools are great housees are big & theres no blacks
.
>Ya I love OP the houses are big the schools are good & theres no minorities
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>ya Im in OP too - its great isnt it? and they do a good job of keeping minorities out (well except for jews)
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>Hell yes it is if you guys did this in OP you'd totally have more turnout. Im not racist but I just don't want to see that kind of garbage
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>ya, I can understand that it must feel like rowing upstream for them to keep the minorities out.
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>Good schools all the best stores strip malls with good parking and almost no minorities
.
>Funny now but wait until the undesierables show up
**TL;DR** - don't upvote anything this shithead racist posts in this sub, ever. | Look through OP's posting history. They seem to be quite fond of using three commans instead of the accepted ellipses of three periods...
Some of /u/jobosob2009 's greatest hits:
>dumb bastards are just jealous ,,, we have the best schools thhe best stores high quality of life and no crime ,,, basically kcmo just gives us something to laugh at
.
>Ya but they usually do a good job of staying in the ghetto AKA missouri side
.
>Theyre jelous - no crime big houses & no blacks
.
>no kidding. they're just jelous anyway. I live in OP, and the schools are great housees are big & theres no blacks
.
>Ya I love OP the houses are big the schools are good & theres no minorities
.
>ya Im in OP too - its great isnt it? and they do a good job of keeping minorities out (well except for jews)
.
>Hell yes it is if you guys did this in OP you'd totally have more turnout. Im not racist but I just don't want to see that kind of garbage
.
>ya, I can understand that it must feel like rowing upstream for them to keep the minorities out.
.
>Good schools all the best stores strip malls with good parking and almost no minorities
.
>Funny now but wait until the undesierables show up
TL;DR - don't upvote anything this shithead racist posts in this sub, ever.
| kansascity | t5_2qngc | cfo8uqn | Look through OP's posting history. They seem to be quite fond of using three commans instead of the accepted ellipses of three periods...
Some of /u/jobosob2009 's greatest hits:
>dumb bastards are just jealous ,,, we have the best schools thhe best stores high quality of life and no crime ,,, basically kcmo just gives us something to laugh at
.
>Ya but they usually do a good job of staying in the ghetto AKA missouri side
.
>Theyre jelous - no crime big houses & no blacks
.
>no kidding. they're just jelous anyway. I live in OP, and the schools are great housees are big & theres no blacks
.
>Ya I love OP the houses are big the schools are good & theres no minorities
.
>ya Im in OP too - its great isnt it? and they do a good job of keeping minorities out (well except for jews)
.
>Hell yes it is if you guys did this in OP you'd totally have more turnout. Im not racist but I just don't want to see that kind of garbage
.
>ya, I can understand that it must feel like rowing upstream for them to keep the minorities out.
.
>Good schools all the best stores strip malls with good parking and almost no minorities
.
>Funny now but wait until the undesierables show up | don't upvote anything this shithead racist posts in this sub, ever. |
King_Six_o_Things | Actually what will happen is that the two monoliths, one on Phobos, the other in Mars, will finally come into contact, perfectly aligned, opening the portal to G'r'a'nuul and releasing The Outsider who will embark on the destruction of all life in the universe once again.
TL:DR I just make shit up.
| Actually what will happen is that the two monoliths, one on Phobos, the other in Mars, will finally come into contact, perfectly aligned, opening the portal to G'r'a'nuul and releasing The Outsider who will embark on the destruction of all life in the universe once again.
TL:DR I just make shit up.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cfo5dwk | Actually what will happen is that the two monoliths, one on Phobos, the other in Mars, will finally come into contact, perfectly aligned, opening the portal to G'r'a'nuul and releasing The Outsider who will embark on the destruction of all life in the universe once again. | I just make shit up. |
zialogy | Howdy! I do a lot of background acting to pay the bills. It's my only job ATM. Here's my uh, well, how I do it: (spoiler, it's a wall of text)
1) I'm SAG. That makes a HUGE difference. Non-union TV pays $64/8 with little to nothing in the way of bumps, meal penalties (what they give you if they're late feeding you) Surviving on NU is possible, but HARD.
2) I too am registered with Central Casting and I update my photo about quarterly - every 6 months even though my look hasn't really changed. Why? Because at union visiting (which you should go to as often as possible - you sign a sheet letting the casting directors know you were there and it DOES help you get booked) the casting directors said that they typically only look through file photos that are no older than 6 months. If/when you're union, go to visiting often and take the stand-in class. Every little bit helps.
3) I'm also registered with Sande Alessi, Headquarters Casting, Creative Extras, Dixie Webster, Commercial Extras, and Extra Extras (the last two being commercial companies) and a few others that are union BG companies. I also have a profile with LA Casting, which I found has WAY more postings for background work than Actor's Access (especially for Union, but also for Non-Union) Register with anyone and everyone you can. Maintain all those profiles with fresh photos.
4) I have a good calling service - they work with companies besides Central (they're the biggest game in town, but it helps to have them booking me with other companies when things slow down for hiatus). Sometimes you have to "shop around" a bit before you find one that works for you. I don't know what your availability is, but it helps if you don't have any scheduling conflicts. If you're not available on certain days regularly, you'll get overlooked a lot.
5) Know your background "type". Maybe it's different than your "real" type. What can you convincingly play without too much work? If you're younger and have longish hair, you can play downscale, hipster, hippie, etc. If you're clean cut and have neatly trimmed hair, keep your hair neatly trimmed and have a decently fitted black suit. Since I bought a suit and updated my photo at Central with the black suit, I work more than I ever did as non union, and I don't have to be a club goer or a "model type". It sounds flattering at first to be a "hot model type" but being pawed at and hit on whilst wearing 5" heels for up to 15 hours fucking blows. I'd rather be a "lawyer" or "White House staffer", you know?
6) Keep your costs down as much as possible. Use public transit, live in a cheaper place if you can, etc. If you make less than I think $1100 a month, you qualify for food stamps. I've been on food stamps and unemployment before (I've been through some SHIT) It's better than starving and getting evicted. That help is there for when you need it. Don't be ashamed. You don't have to fucking broadcast it to the world either, but take help if you need it.
7) When you DO get booked: a) ALWAYS BE VERY EARLY. Like, 30-45 minutes before your call time for parking, trekking across the lot, etc. Don't ever be late. b) ALWAYS BRING A TON OF WARDROBE OPTIONS - having extra options has gotten me overtime (and even extra spots on commercials!) more times than I can count - and all of that adds up! Even though I'm union and don't HAVE to bring tons of wardrobe for TV, I do anyway and it makes a good impression c) BE NOT AN ASSHOLE. Be pleasant, don't be creepy, don't shit talk about anyone (wardrobe lady was a bitch, I hate this guy, etc) don't voice your opinions on politics and religion, even if "everyone else" is. Don't stand too close to people being assholes, because people might wrongly associate you with them. d) PAY ATTENTION to what you're supposed to do and when, and don't run into principal actors and cameras, don't fuck around on your phone, etc e) DON'T BE A N00B i.e.: violating NDAs (non-disclosure agreements), taking pictures of sets, the actors, the costumes, and posting it to social networks, stealing food from crafty, asking for autographs. I've seen it happen >_> **WHY?** Because making a good impression DOES get back to the people in charge. Because the PA's *will* personally request to have you back on the show again. That means more work. LA is a big city, but the industry is really a small town. Word gets around. I've been a "regular" and a recurring extra on quite a few shows because most of the time, I can STFU and make everyone else's job easier. (you probably know this, but a lot of people don't, so, I'm putting it out there for people just starting out)
So, **TL; DR**: Be union, buy a suit, network, register with everyone, be not an asshole, be reliable, keep your living expenses down. | Howdy! I do a lot of background acting to pay the bills. It's my only job ATM. Here's my uh, well, how I do it: (spoiler, it's a wall of text)
1) I'm SAG. That makes a HUGE difference. Non-union TV pays $64/8 with little to nothing in the way of bumps, meal penalties (what they give you if they're late feeding you) Surviving on NU is possible, but HARD.
2) I too am registered with Central Casting and I update my photo about quarterly - every 6 months even though my look hasn't really changed. Why? Because at union visiting (which you should go to as often as possible - you sign a sheet letting the casting directors know you were there and it DOES help you get booked) the casting directors said that they typically only look through file photos that are no older than 6 months. If/when you're union, go to visiting often and take the stand-in class. Every little bit helps.
3) I'm also registered with Sande Alessi, Headquarters Casting, Creative Extras, Dixie Webster, Commercial Extras, and Extra Extras (the last two being commercial companies) and a few others that are union BG companies. I also have a profile with LA Casting, which I found has WAY more postings for background work than Actor's Access (especially for Union, but also for Non-Union) Register with anyone and everyone you can. Maintain all those profiles with fresh photos.
4) I have a good calling service - they work with companies besides Central (they're the biggest game in town, but it helps to have them booking me with other companies when things slow down for hiatus). Sometimes you have to "shop around" a bit before you find one that works for you. I don't know what your availability is, but it helps if you don't have any scheduling conflicts. If you're not available on certain days regularly, you'll get overlooked a lot.
5) Know your background "type". Maybe it's different than your "real" type. What can you convincingly play without too much work? If you're younger and have longish hair, you can play downscale, hipster, hippie, etc. If you're clean cut and have neatly trimmed hair, keep your hair neatly trimmed and have a decently fitted black suit. Since I bought a suit and updated my photo at Central with the black suit, I work more than I ever did as non union, and I don't have to be a club goer or a "model type". It sounds flattering at first to be a "hot model type" but being pawed at and hit on whilst wearing 5" heels for up to 15 hours fucking blows. I'd rather be a "lawyer" or "White House staffer", you know?
6) Keep your costs down as much as possible. Use public transit, live in a cheaper place if you can, etc. If you make less than I think $1100 a month, you qualify for food stamps. I've been on food stamps and unemployment before (I've been through some SHIT) It's better than starving and getting evicted. That help is there for when you need it. Don't be ashamed. You don't have to fucking broadcast it to the world either, but take help if you need it.
7) When you DO get booked: a) ALWAYS BE VERY EARLY. Like, 30-45 minutes before your call time for parking, trekking across the lot, etc. Don't ever be late. b) ALWAYS BRING A TON OF WARDROBE OPTIONS - having extra options has gotten me overtime (and even extra spots on commercials!) more times than I can count - and all of that adds up! Even though I'm union and don't HAVE to bring tons of wardrobe for TV, I do anyway and it makes a good impression c) BE NOT AN ASSHOLE. Be pleasant, don't be creepy, don't shit talk about anyone (wardrobe lady was a bitch, I hate this guy, etc) don't voice your opinions on politics and religion, even if "everyone else" is. Don't stand too close to people being assholes, because people might wrongly associate you with them. d) PAY ATTENTION to what you're supposed to do and when, and don't run into principal actors and cameras, don't fuck around on your phone, etc e) DON'T BE A N00B i.e.: violating NDAs (non-disclosure agreements), taking pictures of sets, the actors, the costumes, and posting it to social networks, stealing food from crafty, asking for autographs. I've seen it happen >_> WHY? Because making a good impression DOES get back to the people in charge. Because the PA's will personally request to have you back on the show again. That means more work. LA is a big city, but the industry is really a small town. Word gets around. I've been a "regular" and a recurring extra on quite a few shows because most of the time, I can STFU and make everyone else's job easier. (you probably know this, but a lot of people don't, so, I'm putting it out there for people just starting out)
So, TL; DR : Be union, buy a suit, network, register with everyone, be not an asshole, be reliable, keep your living expenses down.
| acting | t5_2qyft | cfo511l | Howdy! I do a lot of background acting to pay the bills. It's my only job ATM. Here's my uh, well, how I do it: (spoiler, it's a wall of text)
1) I'm SAG. That makes a HUGE difference. Non-union TV pays $64/8 with little to nothing in the way of bumps, meal penalties (what they give you if they're late feeding you) Surviving on NU is possible, but HARD.
2) I too am registered with Central Casting and I update my photo about quarterly - every 6 months even though my look hasn't really changed. Why? Because at union visiting (which you should go to as often as possible - you sign a sheet letting the casting directors know you were there and it DOES help you get booked) the casting directors said that they typically only look through file photos that are no older than 6 months. If/when you're union, go to visiting often and take the stand-in class. Every little bit helps.
3) I'm also registered with Sande Alessi, Headquarters Casting, Creative Extras, Dixie Webster, Commercial Extras, and Extra Extras (the last two being commercial companies) and a few others that are union BG companies. I also have a profile with LA Casting, which I found has WAY more postings for background work than Actor's Access (especially for Union, but also for Non-Union) Register with anyone and everyone you can. Maintain all those profiles with fresh photos.
4) I have a good calling service - they work with companies besides Central (they're the biggest game in town, but it helps to have them booking me with other companies when things slow down for hiatus). Sometimes you have to "shop around" a bit before you find one that works for you. I don't know what your availability is, but it helps if you don't have any scheduling conflicts. If you're not available on certain days regularly, you'll get overlooked a lot.
5) Know your background "type". Maybe it's different than your "real" type. What can you convincingly play without too much work? If you're younger and have longish hair, you can play downscale, hipster, hippie, etc. If you're clean cut and have neatly trimmed hair, keep your hair neatly trimmed and have a decently fitted black suit. Since I bought a suit and updated my photo at Central with the black suit, I work more than I ever did as non union, and I don't have to be a club goer or a "model type". It sounds flattering at first to be a "hot model type" but being pawed at and hit on whilst wearing 5" heels for up to 15 hours fucking blows. I'd rather be a "lawyer" or "White House staffer", you know?
6) Keep your costs down as much as possible. Use public transit, live in a cheaper place if you can, etc. If you make less than I think $1100 a month, you qualify for food stamps. I've been on food stamps and unemployment before (I've been through some SHIT) It's better than starving and getting evicted. That help is there for when you need it. Don't be ashamed. You don't have to fucking broadcast it to the world either, but take help if you need it.
7) When you DO get booked: a) ALWAYS BE VERY EARLY. Like, 30-45 minutes before your call time for parking, trekking across the lot, etc. Don't ever be late. b) ALWAYS BRING A TON OF WARDROBE OPTIONS - having extra options has gotten me overtime (and even extra spots on commercials!) more times than I can count - and all of that adds up! Even though I'm union and don't HAVE to bring tons of wardrobe for TV, I do anyway and it makes a good impression c) BE NOT AN ASSHOLE. Be pleasant, don't be creepy, don't shit talk about anyone (wardrobe lady was a bitch, I hate this guy, etc) don't voice your opinions on politics and religion, even if "everyone else" is. Don't stand too close to people being assholes, because people might wrongly associate you with them. d) PAY ATTENTION to what you're supposed to do and when, and don't run into principal actors and cameras, don't fuck around on your phone, etc e) DON'T BE A N00B i.e.: violating NDAs (non-disclosure agreements), taking pictures of sets, the actors, the costumes, and posting it to social networks, stealing food from crafty, asking for autographs. I've seen it happen >_> WHY? Because making a good impression DOES get back to the people in charge. Because the PA's will personally request to have you back on the show again. That means more work. LA is a big city, but the industry is really a small town. Word gets around. I've been a "regular" and a recurring extra on quite a few shows because most of the time, I can STFU and make everyone else's job easier. (you probably know this, but a lot of people don't, so, I'm putting it out there for people just starting out)
So, | Be union, buy a suit, network, register with everyone, be not an asshole, be reliable, keep your living expenses down. |
peanutbutternpickles | I used to work in EPCOT for two and a half years. Guests have a game where they "drink around the world". They have to have a drink at every countries pavilion. Many people take it very seriously and even have shirts for us to sign with sharpies, and will finish with a picture. Anyway I worked in a country where I was your last stop or first stop. Being the last stop gets sticky sometimes because the people can be quite intoxicated and as the server of beer I'm responsible for not putting them overboard. Long story short a huge muscle guy got up in my face when I refused to serve him. He couldn't stand without the help of his friends. They were nice enough and helped him away with security when he was done making some violent threats against me. None of those situations ever escalated past security having to come, the most intoxicated person usually has friends who help talk them down.
Tl;Dr Muscle man threatening me because I wouldn't serve him. | I used to work in EPCOT for two and a half years. Guests have a game where they "drink around the world". They have to have a drink at every countries pavilion. Many people take it very seriously and even have shirts for us to sign with sharpies, and will finish with a picture. Anyway I worked in a country where I was your last stop or first stop. Being the last stop gets sticky sometimes because the people can be quite intoxicated and as the server of beer I'm responsible for not putting them overboard. Long story short a huge muscle guy got up in my face when I refused to serve him. He couldn't stand without the help of his friends. They were nice enough and helped him away with security when he was done making some violent threats against me. None of those situations ever escalated past security having to come, the most intoxicated person usually has friends who help talk them down.
Tl;Dr Muscle man threatening me because I wouldn't serve him.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfnytey | I used to work in EPCOT for two and a half years. Guests have a game where they "drink around the world". They have to have a drink at every countries pavilion. Many people take it very seriously and even have shirts for us to sign with sharpies, and will finish with a picture. Anyway I worked in a country where I was your last stop or first stop. Being the last stop gets sticky sometimes because the people can be quite intoxicated and as the server of beer I'm responsible for not putting them overboard. Long story short a huge muscle guy got up in my face when I refused to serve him. He couldn't stand without the help of his friends. They were nice enough and helped him away with security when he was done making some violent threats against me. None of those situations ever escalated past security having to come, the most intoxicated person usually has friends who help talk them down. | Muscle man threatening me because I wouldn't serve him. |
NateThomas1979 | Like I said, as a guy who has been there....
I was infatuated with a woman who was teasing me for a year at my work. Her husband stayed at home with the kids, and she worked 2 jobs to support the family. I thought he was a giant douche and felt sorry for her at first. Then I spent time working with her and we talked about a LOT of things. I felt like I could tell her anything. So I started to open up a bit.
It was just a friendship for me right? Nothing could go wrong, I was just talking! Then I quit my job to open up my own business, but I would still stop in from time to time to see how she was doing. I said "Good friends check in on each other!" and they do.
Soon it was emails. We would email each other back and forth for a short while and then we started to hang out just the two of us. I would let her vent about her situation and she would let me vent about mine. Both of us knew that neither of us would leave our spouses, but it felt good to know that as crappy as some of life's situations were, we had a bond that was awesome.
Sometime in the middle of that I started to feel different about her. I would dream about her in the night. I would wonder "What if things were different?" I started to think about her in a much more provocative way. I knew it could never happen, but it was a fun fantasy to have.
Needless to say, my wife found my emails and her husband found hers. Neither of us said anything TOO bad, so I was able to mend the fences with my wife. But I will always be missing that little bit of my heart that I should have given to my wife and instead gave to another woman. I still think about her from time to time. Similar to how you would think about an ex that left on good terms and you'll never see again.
The mind of a man is a weird thing. We need encouragement, praise, admiration, respect, and physical touch. Sure he could possible see you as a friend, but 2-3 times a week he's going out with you on a quasi-date. And during that time he is getting the excitement of a date without the pressure of the relationship. It's a nice feeling to have. But it's false feelings for him.
He does see you as a friend. He always will see you as a friend. But to keep him as a friend, you need to ask yourself if you are willing to be second-fiddle to his wife. Because I can tell you all the excuses I used with my wife. "I'll be home late, I'm going out with the guys!" "No guy showed up, it was just *****, so I stayed to be polite and then I left shortly after" "I'm going to go hang out with 'guy friend' and watch a movie ok?"
I know I'm transposing my own situation into yours, but as a guy, I can tell you that this is a very dangerous situation to be in. Not physically, but emotionally. It's very easy for a married man who has his wife complaining about something that he should have done, but didn't, to think about how his female friend doesn't bitch at him, she doesn't nag him to do something, and she is always there when he needs to vent.
In married life we forget how to date each other a lot of times. We take for granted the laughter and remember the arguments. So when a pretty girl comes into the picture the temptation to give her a little friendly attention is strong, and if we as men don't watch out, pretty soon our stupid brains will confuse a friendship with a relationship.
I wish you the best. I do. I hope that he and you both share the idea that you are just friends. Let me offer you some questions to pose to him.
* Hey, some of our coworkers think we have a 'thing' going on. We're just friends right?
* Just curious, but is your wife cool with us hanging out?
* You have any cute guy friends?
These three questions will a) establish that you guys are just friends, b ) establish if he is hiding you from his wife (RED FLAG) and c ) help him to understand that you aren't interested in him sexually but just friends.
Good luck!
TL:DR - Ask him some questions that will help you to know if you guys are just friends in his head or something more. | Like I said, as a guy who has been there....
I was infatuated with a woman who was teasing me for a year at my work. Her husband stayed at home with the kids, and she worked 2 jobs to support the family. I thought he was a giant douche and felt sorry for her at first. Then I spent time working with her and we talked about a LOT of things. I felt like I could tell her anything. So I started to open up a bit.
It was just a friendship for me right? Nothing could go wrong, I was just talking! Then I quit my job to open up my own business, but I would still stop in from time to time to see how she was doing. I said "Good friends check in on each other!" and they do.
Soon it was emails. We would email each other back and forth for a short while and then we started to hang out just the two of us. I would let her vent about her situation and she would let me vent about mine. Both of us knew that neither of us would leave our spouses, but it felt good to know that as crappy as some of life's situations were, we had a bond that was awesome.
Sometime in the middle of that I started to feel different about her. I would dream about her in the night. I would wonder "What if things were different?" I started to think about her in a much more provocative way. I knew it could never happen, but it was a fun fantasy to have.
Needless to say, my wife found my emails and her husband found hers. Neither of us said anything TOO bad, so I was able to mend the fences with my wife. But I will always be missing that little bit of my heart that I should have given to my wife and instead gave to another woman. I still think about her from time to time. Similar to how you would think about an ex that left on good terms and you'll never see again.
The mind of a man is a weird thing. We need encouragement, praise, admiration, respect, and physical touch. Sure he could possible see you as a friend, but 2-3 times a week he's going out with you on a quasi-date. And during that time he is getting the excitement of a date without the pressure of the relationship. It's a nice feeling to have. But it's false feelings for him.
He does see you as a friend. He always will see you as a friend. But to keep him as a friend, you need to ask yourself if you are willing to be second-fiddle to his wife. Because I can tell you all the excuses I used with my wife. "I'll be home late, I'm going out with the guys!" "No guy showed up, it was just * , so I stayed to be polite and then I left shortly after" "I'm going to go hang out with 'guy friend' and watch a movie ok?"
I know I'm transposing my own situation into yours, but as a guy, I can tell you that this is a very dangerous situation to be in. Not physically, but emotionally. It's very easy for a married man who has his wife complaining about something that he should have done, but didn't, to think about how his female friend doesn't bitch at him, she doesn't nag him to do something, and she is always there when he needs to vent.
In married life we forget how to date each other a lot of times. We take for granted the laughter and remember the arguments. So when a pretty girl comes into the picture the temptation to give her a little friendly attention is strong, and if we as men don't watch out, pretty soon our stupid brains will confuse a friendship with a relationship.
I wish you the best. I do. I hope that he and you both share the idea that you are just friends. Let me offer you some questions to pose to him.
Hey, some of our coworkers think we have a 'thing' going on. We're just friends right?
Just curious, but is your wife cool with us hanging out?
You have any cute guy friends?
These three questions will a) establish that you guys are just friends, b ) establish if he is hiding you from his wife (RED FLAG) and c ) help him to understand that you aren't interested in him sexually but just friends.
Good luck!
TL:DR - Ask him some questions that will help you to know if you guys are just friends in his head or something more.
| confession | t5_2qo2a | cfo498x | Like I said, as a guy who has been there....
I was infatuated with a woman who was teasing me for a year at my work. Her husband stayed at home with the kids, and she worked 2 jobs to support the family. I thought he was a giant douche and felt sorry for her at first. Then I spent time working with her and we talked about a LOT of things. I felt like I could tell her anything. So I started to open up a bit.
It was just a friendship for me right? Nothing could go wrong, I was just talking! Then I quit my job to open up my own business, but I would still stop in from time to time to see how she was doing. I said "Good friends check in on each other!" and they do.
Soon it was emails. We would email each other back and forth for a short while and then we started to hang out just the two of us. I would let her vent about her situation and she would let me vent about mine. Both of us knew that neither of us would leave our spouses, but it felt good to know that as crappy as some of life's situations were, we had a bond that was awesome.
Sometime in the middle of that I started to feel different about her. I would dream about her in the night. I would wonder "What if things were different?" I started to think about her in a much more provocative way. I knew it could never happen, but it was a fun fantasy to have.
Needless to say, my wife found my emails and her husband found hers. Neither of us said anything TOO bad, so I was able to mend the fences with my wife. But I will always be missing that little bit of my heart that I should have given to my wife and instead gave to another woman. I still think about her from time to time. Similar to how you would think about an ex that left on good terms and you'll never see again.
The mind of a man is a weird thing. We need encouragement, praise, admiration, respect, and physical touch. Sure he could possible see you as a friend, but 2-3 times a week he's going out with you on a quasi-date. And during that time he is getting the excitement of a date without the pressure of the relationship. It's a nice feeling to have. But it's false feelings for him.
He does see you as a friend. He always will see you as a friend. But to keep him as a friend, you need to ask yourself if you are willing to be second-fiddle to his wife. Because I can tell you all the excuses I used with my wife. "I'll be home late, I'm going out with the guys!" "No guy showed up, it was just * , so I stayed to be polite and then I left shortly after" "I'm going to go hang out with 'guy friend' and watch a movie ok?"
I know I'm transposing my own situation into yours, but as a guy, I can tell you that this is a very dangerous situation to be in. Not physically, but emotionally. It's very easy for a married man who has his wife complaining about something that he should have done, but didn't, to think about how his female friend doesn't bitch at him, she doesn't nag him to do something, and she is always there when he needs to vent.
In married life we forget how to date each other a lot of times. We take for granted the laughter and remember the arguments. So when a pretty girl comes into the picture the temptation to give her a little friendly attention is strong, and if we as men don't watch out, pretty soon our stupid brains will confuse a friendship with a relationship.
I wish you the best. I do. I hope that he and you both share the idea that you are just friends. Let me offer you some questions to pose to him.
Hey, some of our coworkers think we have a 'thing' going on. We're just friends right?
Just curious, but is your wife cool with us hanging out?
You have any cute guy friends?
These three questions will a) establish that you guys are just friends, b ) establish if he is hiding you from his wife (RED FLAG) and c ) help him to understand that you aren't interested in him sexually but just friends.
Good luck! | Ask him some questions that will help you to know if you guys are just friends in his head or something more. |
hired_goon | my uncle (a fox news type conservative) was railing on about how climate change isn't real and all the scientists were lying; because reasons. "I don't believe in all the global warming mumbo jumbo!" he says. so I says to him, I says, "it doesn't matter if you believe it, it's happening".
I spent the next half hour regretting having said anything.
tl;dr: science doesn't require belief to happen. | my uncle (a fox news type conservative) was railing on about how climate change isn't real and all the scientists were lying; because reasons. "I don't believe in all the global warming mumbo jumbo!" he says. so I says to him, I says, "it doesn't matter if you believe it, it's happening".
I spent the next half hour regretting having said anything.
tl;dr: science doesn't require belief to happen.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cfomxeu | my uncle (a fox news type conservative) was railing on about how climate change isn't real and all the scientists were lying; because reasons. "I don't believe in all the global warming mumbo jumbo!" he says. so I says to him, I says, "it doesn't matter if you believe it, it's happening".
I spent the next half hour regretting having said anything. | science doesn't require belief to happen. |
Indosay | While I mostly agree with you, there is a line where that's not true, and it really is more about your use of the word science. Science means what to you? Would you consider string theory science? String theory can be understood and not believed. In fact, that's where a lot of scientists are with that issue. Science, the procedure, the act of science, of exploration and hypothesis and testing and study, that is an act, not a belief. The results that come from those tests are, to an extant, beliefs. We believe that the laws of physics hold up all throughout the universe. We believe that they have been the same since the beginning of time. And we, much like the people putting the puzzle together, can make very educated guesses as to what the empty puzzle holes are, but we can't know until we find them. We fills those holes in with beliefs. We draw our own lines that make the most sense to try and complete the puzzle, and then we try to prove that those lines are correct by finding the puzzle piece somewhere hidden in the universe. But really, we can't ever know, no matter how much we understand, exactly what was in that hole before we see what's in the hole. Newton thought he had quite a bit figured out, he filed in his own holes as best he could with his beliefs, but he was wrong about a few of them. The same can be said for every scientist (or any one person for that matter). We do the best we can with the experiences we have, some of us just prefer to be more methodical in how we fill in our missing puzzle pieces and some of us prefer to rely on faith or feelings.
TL:DR /u/kingsmuse said it best, "Science is a system that supports many beliefs.
It's much better support for a belief system than religion." | While I mostly agree with you, there is a line where that's not true, and it really is more about your use of the word science. Science means what to you? Would you consider string theory science? String theory can be understood and not believed. In fact, that's where a lot of scientists are with that issue. Science, the procedure, the act of science, of exploration and hypothesis and testing and study, that is an act, not a belief. The results that come from those tests are, to an extant, beliefs. We believe that the laws of physics hold up all throughout the universe. We believe that they have been the same since the beginning of time. And we, much like the people putting the puzzle together, can make very educated guesses as to what the empty puzzle holes are, but we can't know until we find them. We fills those holes in with beliefs. We draw our own lines that make the most sense to try and complete the puzzle, and then we try to prove that those lines are correct by finding the puzzle piece somewhere hidden in the universe. But really, we can't ever know, no matter how much we understand, exactly what was in that hole before we see what's in the hole. Newton thought he had quite a bit figured out, he filed in his own holes as best he could with his beliefs, but he was wrong about a few of them. The same can be said for every scientist (or any one person for that matter). We do the best we can with the experiences we have, some of us just prefer to be more methodical in how we fill in our missing puzzle pieces and some of us prefer to rely on faith or feelings.
TL:DR /u/kingsmuse said it best, "Science is a system that supports many beliefs.
It's much better support for a belief system than religion."
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cfoesv1 | While I mostly agree with you, there is a line where that's not true, and it really is more about your use of the word science. Science means what to you? Would you consider string theory science? String theory can be understood and not believed. In fact, that's where a lot of scientists are with that issue. Science, the procedure, the act of science, of exploration and hypothesis and testing and study, that is an act, not a belief. The results that come from those tests are, to an extant, beliefs. We believe that the laws of physics hold up all throughout the universe. We believe that they have been the same since the beginning of time. And we, much like the people putting the puzzle together, can make very educated guesses as to what the empty puzzle holes are, but we can't know until we find them. We fills those holes in with beliefs. We draw our own lines that make the most sense to try and complete the puzzle, and then we try to prove that those lines are correct by finding the puzzle piece somewhere hidden in the universe. But really, we can't ever know, no matter how much we understand, exactly what was in that hole before we see what's in the hole. Newton thought he had quite a bit figured out, he filed in his own holes as best he could with his beliefs, but he was wrong about a few of them. The same can be said for every scientist (or any one person for that matter). We do the best we can with the experiences we have, some of us just prefer to be more methodical in how we fill in our missing puzzle pieces and some of us prefer to rely on faith or feelings. | u/kingsmuse said it best, "Science is a system that supports many beliefs.
It's much better support for a belief system than religion." |
derf82 | Man, OP could be screwed either way. The only other choice is mommy staying home with the kid, listening to the kid throw up from the couch and watching The Price Is Right while you're stuck doing your work AND mommy's work. Talk about a rock and a hard place. Either way, I'm glad I have a large private office with a door (that locks!) so even when kids turn up, I can shut them out.
tl;dr: On the bright side, you're not stuck doing mommy's work! | Man, OP could be screwed either way. The only other choice is mommy staying home with the kid, listening to the kid throw up from the couch and watching The Price Is Right while you're stuck doing your work AND mommy's work. Talk about a rock and a hard place. Either way, I'm glad I have a large private office with a door (that locks!) so even when kids turn up, I can shut them out.
tl;dr: On the bright side, you're not stuck doing mommy's work!
| childfree | t5_2qtwb | cfolr2g | Man, OP could be screwed either way. The only other choice is mommy staying home with the kid, listening to the kid throw up from the couch and watching The Price Is Right while you're stuck doing your work AND mommy's work. Talk about a rock and a hard place. Either way, I'm glad I have a large private office with a door (that locks!) so even when kids turn up, I can shut them out. | On the bright side, you're not stuck doing mommy's work! |
oyandake | This. Even if he did live in an area where there is a large gay social population, most of the ones that go out and are social are younger (in their early twenties to mid thirties). Just remember /u/Phaesus, you can still be yourself, even though you're out. I am sure I can figure out how strange it can be for a recently uncloseted older gay man. When I used to go to the gar bars with my friends, most of the older men there were creepers who gave off weird vibes and tried to get my friends to blow them. Not cute. However, you may be able to get in touch with some other older professional gay men through social websites. If you live near a big town (like Cincinnati or Los Angeles for example) check out their subreddits to see if there are any activities going on there. If you are from a smaller town (like mine) check something like Adam For Adam (I am guessing you might know what that is) I don't know what all you can search for on A4A but I am sure you can probably find people that are around your age that do want to hang out and do more than just hook up if that's what you are into.
TL:DR-Advice from a Hag that might help. | This. Even if he did live in an area where there is a large gay social population, most of the ones that go out and are social are younger (in their early twenties to mid thirties). Just remember /u/Phaesus, you can still be yourself, even though you're out. I am sure I can figure out how strange it can be for a recently uncloseted older gay man. When I used to go to the gar bars with my friends, most of the older men there were creepers who gave off weird vibes and tried to get my friends to blow them. Not cute. However, you may be able to get in touch with some other older professional gay men through social websites. If you live near a big town (like Cincinnati or Los Angeles for example) check out their subreddits to see if there are any activities going on there. If you are from a smaller town (like mine) check something like Adam For Adam (I am guessing you might know what that is) I don't know what all you can search for on A4A but I am sure you can probably find people that are around your age that do want to hang out and do more than just hook up if that's what you are into.
TL:DR-Advice from a Hag that might help.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cfon1a2 | This. Even if he did live in an area where there is a large gay social population, most of the ones that go out and are social are younger (in their early twenties to mid thirties). Just remember /u/Phaesus, you can still be yourself, even though you're out. I am sure I can figure out how strange it can be for a recently uncloseted older gay man. When I used to go to the gar bars with my friends, most of the older men there were creepers who gave off weird vibes and tried to get my friends to blow them. Not cute. However, you may be able to get in touch with some other older professional gay men through social websites. If you live near a big town (like Cincinnati or Los Angeles for example) check out their subreddits to see if there are any activities going on there. If you are from a smaller town (like mine) check something like Adam For Adam (I am guessing you might know what that is) I don't know what all you can search for on A4A but I am sure you can probably find people that are around your age that do want to hang out and do more than just hook up if that's what you are into. | Advice from a Hag that might help. |
TheCrazyShark | I think what you're mentioning here is game sense. As in, where will the enemies typically be, how to pick them off efficiently, etc etc... I'm afraid that that comes with experience. Let's set up a scenario real quick.
Someone on your team gets a pick in B (dust 2), so you decide to push B together. By now, if the enemy team realizes you're all in B, they will start to rotate. Typically, they will push out CT spawn, A long or short and go through B tunnels to prepare for the retake. Personally, what I like doing when I call is, if I still have all 5 members alive, leave one in mid to pick off rotaters. The reason I do this is because, by experience, I've learned that people often come out of long / short. You'll get better the more you play, simple as that really. Knowing the standard positions of the enemy team is also great. For example, in dust 2 it's often 1B, 1 mid, 1 short, 2 long (it can vary but usually sticks to something similar). As you repeat this, you'll slowly comprehend where to place your crosshair so that you get a clean HS as the CTs rotate out, and you'll find different positions that give you an advantage.
One last thing: when looking at your radar, any area which is not controlled by your team should be considered hostile territory, and enemies are most likely there. You gain knowledge by having your team spread across the map.
Logistics wise, a lot of tutorials can help you with aim, proper grenade throwing, stutter-stepping... Look up "TheWarOwl" and "adreN iBUYPOWER" on YouTube to get tips and tricks. They're both great resources (I'm on mobile device so can't link, sorry :s).
Hope this helps in one way or another.
TL:DR; Occupy as much of the map as possible to get better intel, know standard positions for each maps (helps with pre-shooting), learn crosshair placement and spray patterns (the YouTube tutorials) and play some more. :) | I think what you're mentioning here is game sense. As in, where will the enemies typically be, how to pick them off efficiently, etc etc... I'm afraid that that comes with experience. Let's set up a scenario real quick.
Someone on your team gets a pick in B (dust 2), so you decide to push B together. By now, if the enemy team realizes you're all in B, they will start to rotate. Typically, they will push out CT spawn, A long or short and go through B tunnels to prepare for the retake. Personally, what I like doing when I call is, if I still have all 5 members alive, leave one in mid to pick off rotaters. The reason I do this is because, by experience, I've learned that people often come out of long / short. You'll get better the more you play, simple as that really. Knowing the standard positions of the enemy team is also great. For example, in dust 2 it's often 1B, 1 mid, 1 short, 2 long (it can vary but usually sticks to something similar). As you repeat this, you'll slowly comprehend where to place your crosshair so that you get a clean HS as the CTs rotate out, and you'll find different positions that give you an advantage.
One last thing: when looking at your radar, any area which is not controlled by your team should be considered hostile territory, and enemies are most likely there. You gain knowledge by having your team spread across the map.
Logistics wise, a lot of tutorials can help you with aim, proper grenade throwing, stutter-stepping... Look up "TheWarOwl" and "adreN iBUYPOWER" on YouTube to get tips and tricks. They're both great resources (I'm on mobile device so can't link, sorry :s).
Hope this helps in one way or another.
TL:DR; Occupy as much of the map as possible to get better intel, know standard positions for each maps (helps with pre-shooting), learn crosshair placement and spray patterns (the YouTube tutorials) and play some more. :)
| GlobalOffensive | t5_2sqho | cfp29dt | I think what you're mentioning here is game sense. As in, where will the enemies typically be, how to pick them off efficiently, etc etc... I'm afraid that that comes with experience. Let's set up a scenario real quick.
Someone on your team gets a pick in B (dust 2), so you decide to push B together. By now, if the enemy team realizes you're all in B, they will start to rotate. Typically, they will push out CT spawn, A long or short and go through B tunnels to prepare for the retake. Personally, what I like doing when I call is, if I still have all 5 members alive, leave one in mid to pick off rotaters. The reason I do this is because, by experience, I've learned that people often come out of long / short. You'll get better the more you play, simple as that really. Knowing the standard positions of the enemy team is also great. For example, in dust 2 it's often 1B, 1 mid, 1 short, 2 long (it can vary but usually sticks to something similar). As you repeat this, you'll slowly comprehend where to place your crosshair so that you get a clean HS as the CTs rotate out, and you'll find different positions that give you an advantage.
One last thing: when looking at your radar, any area which is not controlled by your team should be considered hostile territory, and enemies are most likely there. You gain knowledge by having your team spread across the map.
Logistics wise, a lot of tutorials can help you with aim, proper grenade throwing, stutter-stepping... Look up "TheWarOwl" and "adreN iBUYPOWER" on YouTube to get tips and tricks. They're both great resources (I'm on mobile device so can't link, sorry :s).
Hope this helps in one way or another. | Occupy as much of the map as possible to get better intel, know standard positions for each maps (helps with pre-shooting), learn crosshair placement and spray patterns (the YouTube tutorials) and play some more. :) |
Excolo_Veritas | My suggestion is to see how much they offer you, and if you're willing to sell it for that, do it. I know this sounds kinda stupid and obvious, but what I mean is, don't get hung up over it.
If they offer you $500, and you think to yourself "its just a stupid instagram name" sell it, if you feel "that doesnt seem right, and all my friends will need to get my new name, and it just seems like a hassle" then dont
Dont let anyone else tell you what its worth, because honestly, the whole thing is REALLY subjective. Also remember, its not a name like @pizza, where dominos, pizza hut, papa johns, etc... will be fighting over it. You have a unique name, that happens to be the same as a single company (so limited market) and remember, they can just as mentioned in other posts, they can easily just use @faenahotels or something like that, so really they're not even buying the name they're buying the convenience of having a shorter handle.
tldr; take what you can get for it, maybe negotiate up a little, remember it seems like its a market of one so if you reject it you just turned down the one and only offer you'll probably ever get. | My suggestion is to see how much they offer you, and if you're willing to sell it for that, do it. I know this sounds kinda stupid and obvious, but what I mean is, don't get hung up over it.
If they offer you $500, and you think to yourself "its just a stupid instagram name" sell it, if you feel "that doesnt seem right, and all my friends will need to get my new name, and it just seems like a hassle" then dont
Dont let anyone else tell you what its worth, because honestly, the whole thing is REALLY subjective. Also remember, its not a name like @pizza, where dominos, pizza hut, papa johns, etc... will be fighting over it. You have a unique name, that happens to be the same as a single company (so limited market) and remember, they can just as mentioned in other posts, they can easily just use @faenahotels or something like that, so really they're not even buying the name they're buying the convenience of having a shorter handle.
tldr; take what you can get for it, maybe negotiate up a little, remember it seems like its a market of one so if you reject it you just turned down the one and only offer you'll probably ever get.
| techsupport | t5_2qioo | cfp9nde | My suggestion is to see how much they offer you, and if you're willing to sell it for that, do it. I know this sounds kinda stupid and obvious, but what I mean is, don't get hung up over it.
If they offer you $500, and you think to yourself "its just a stupid instagram name" sell it, if you feel "that doesnt seem right, and all my friends will need to get my new name, and it just seems like a hassle" then dont
Dont let anyone else tell you what its worth, because honestly, the whole thing is REALLY subjective. Also remember, its not a name like @pizza, where dominos, pizza hut, papa johns, etc... will be fighting over it. You have a unique name, that happens to be the same as a single company (so limited market) and remember, they can just as mentioned in other posts, they can easily just use @faenahotels or something like that, so really they're not even buying the name they're buying the convenience of having a shorter handle. | take what you can get for it, maybe negotiate up a little, remember it seems like its a market of one so if you reject it you just turned down the one and only offer you'll probably ever get. |
Chubnubblestiltskin | I know that I am playing the devils advocate here, but maybe at this time in your life, you need to go find yourself. Therapy is an excellent choice and there are therapists and psychiatrists all over the globe who will be able to "cure" you. More specifically, they will be able to help you cope with whatever /u/desirebutdontdemand, /u/colakoala200, and /u/johnnycastaway have diagnosed you with.
I don't know you, but im going to give you some straight up advice I have been successful with. I may be crazier than you or vice/versa, but this worked for me. Triathalons, working out at the gym, yoga, cycling, swimming, etc will change your life and literally give you a completely different life, so different from the last you would not believe. Im suggesting you take a year or 2 off from dating, join a triatholn club, masters swimming, gym etc and start focusing your time on a goal that completely evolves around the inner self. The only actions you are doing are to better your health. I know it is bullshit in writing, but I promise you. If you start running local races, competing in triathlons, taking care of your body, you will literally be reborn after 3 - 6months 1 - 2 years omg.
Maybe it wont cure you of your "disorder" but it will change how you think. And here is the best part. Triathlons are full of crazy women just like you and me. All you need to do is train a bit so you dont die and then meet her afterwards at the beer tent, no problem you just finished a 5k and are full of adrenaline and confidence. The women you're about to approach may be just as crazy as you.
Tl;Dr - you have the ability to change yourself and no matter how crazy you are. | I know that I am playing the devils advocate here, but maybe at this time in your life, you need to go find yourself. Therapy is an excellent choice and there are therapists and psychiatrists all over the globe who will be able to "cure" you. More specifically, they will be able to help you cope with whatever /u/desirebutdontdemand, /u/colakoala200, and /u/johnnycastaway have diagnosed you with.
I don't know you, but im going to give you some straight up advice I have been successful with. I may be crazier than you or vice/versa, but this worked for me. Triathalons, working out at the gym, yoga, cycling, swimming, etc will change your life and literally give you a completely different life, so different from the last you would not believe. Im suggesting you take a year or 2 off from dating, join a triatholn club, masters swimming, gym etc and start focusing your time on a goal that completely evolves around the inner self. The only actions you are doing are to better your health. I know it is bullshit in writing, but I promise you. If you start running local races, competing in triathlons, taking care of your body, you will literally be reborn after 3 - 6months 1 - 2 years omg.
Maybe it wont cure you of your "disorder" but it will change how you think. And here is the best part. Triathlons are full of crazy women just like you and me. All you need to do is train a bit so you dont die and then meet her afterwards at the beer tent, no problem you just finished a 5k and are full of adrenaline and confidence. The women you're about to approach may be just as crazy as you.
Tl;Dr - you have the ability to change yourself and no matter how crazy you are.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cfpxp6s | I know that I am playing the devils advocate here, but maybe at this time in your life, you need to go find yourself. Therapy is an excellent choice and there are therapists and psychiatrists all over the globe who will be able to "cure" you. More specifically, they will be able to help you cope with whatever /u/desirebutdontdemand, /u/colakoala200, and /u/johnnycastaway have diagnosed you with.
I don't know you, but im going to give you some straight up advice I have been successful with. I may be crazier than you or vice/versa, but this worked for me. Triathalons, working out at the gym, yoga, cycling, swimming, etc will change your life and literally give you a completely different life, so different from the last you would not believe. Im suggesting you take a year or 2 off from dating, join a triatholn club, masters swimming, gym etc and start focusing your time on a goal that completely evolves around the inner self. The only actions you are doing are to better your health. I know it is bullshit in writing, but I promise you. If you start running local races, competing in triathlons, taking care of your body, you will literally be reborn after 3 - 6months 1 - 2 years omg.
Maybe it wont cure you of your "disorder" but it will change how you think. And here is the best part. Triathlons are full of crazy women just like you and me. All you need to do is train a bit so you dont die and then meet her afterwards at the beer tent, no problem you just finished a 5k and are full of adrenaline and confidence. The women you're about to approach may be just as crazy as you. | you have the ability to change yourself and no matter how crazy you are. |
7777773 | Indeed. (Copypasta below)
Food for thought:
* [The Stratfor leaks indicate that Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian runs a marketing firm called Antique Jetpack with reddit General Manager Erik Martin.](
* On March 14, 2011, Alexis met with Stratfor employees at their offices, presumably to pitch Antique Jetpack's services to them.
Antique Jetpack is a hard trail to follow and their website is hardly informative--Alexis and Erik clearly want to make the trail as hard to follow as possible--but here's a link to it:
Here is the entry on Antique Jetpack in an index of New York companies:
Notably, Alexis is the #3 moderator on /r/technology. He is also the #3 moderator on /r/business and the #2 moderator on /r/apple.
**TL;DR**
Alexis runs a secretive marketing firm (whose connection to him we only know about because of the Stratfor leaks) and has met with Stratfor employees, presumably to pitch Antique Jetpack's services (whatever those may be). I've also pointed out that he's the #3 mod on /r/technology.
[Source]( | Indeed. (Copypasta below)
Food for thought:
[The Stratfor leaks indicate that Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian runs a marketing firm called Antique Jetpack with reddit General Manager Erik Martin.](
On March 14, 2011, Alexis met with Stratfor employees at their offices, presumably to pitch Antique Jetpack's services to them.
Antique Jetpack is a hard trail to follow and their website is hardly informative--Alexis and Erik clearly want to make the trail as hard to follow as possible--but here's a link to it:
Here is the entry on Antique Jetpack in an index of New York companies:
Notably, Alexis is the #3 moderator on /r/technology. He is also the #3 moderator on /r/business and the #2 moderator on /r/apple.
TL;DR
Alexis runs a secretive marketing firm (whose connection to him we only know about because of the Stratfor leaks) and has met with Stratfor employees, presumably to pitch Antique Jetpack's services (whatever those may be). I've also pointed out that he's the #3 mod on /r/technology.
[Source](
| evolutionReddit | t5_2tf60 | cfpn41o | Indeed. (Copypasta below)
Food for thought:
[The Stratfor leaks indicate that Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian runs a marketing firm called Antique Jetpack with reddit General Manager Erik Martin.](
On March 14, 2011, Alexis met with Stratfor employees at their offices, presumably to pitch Antique Jetpack's services to them.
Antique Jetpack is a hard trail to follow and their website is hardly informative--Alexis and Erik clearly want to make the trail as hard to follow as possible--but here's a link to it:
Here is the entry on Antique Jetpack in an index of New York companies:
Notably, Alexis is the #3 moderator on /r/technology. He is also the #3 moderator on /r/business and the #2 moderator on /r/apple. | Alexis runs a secretive marketing firm (whose connection to him we only know about because of the Stratfor leaks) and has met with Stratfor employees, presumably to pitch Antique Jetpack's services (whatever those may be). I've also pointed out that he's the #3 mod on /r/technology.
[Source]( |
Please_Pass_The_Milk | > Anyone can claim a religious affiliation to any extent of orthodoxy
This is a desperate last-ditch attempt to be allowed to wear a beard, but there is a legal definition of "religious affiliation" and you're required to meet it to get an exemption. You can't just claim you're a Muslim or something and therefore can't shave. You need the assertion of a religious organization to qualify. I, personally, have terminated people for lying about their religious affiliation in order to get around rules (though not at Publix). It's a real thing, it really happens.
tl;dr: Stop making this argument, it's stupid and you have no idea how the world works. | > Anyone can claim a religious affiliation to any extent of orthodoxy
This is a desperate last-ditch attempt to be allowed to wear a beard, but there is a legal definition of "religious affiliation" and you're required to meet it to get an exemption. You can't just claim you're a Muslim or something and therefore can't shave. You need the assertion of a religious organization to qualify. I, personally, have terminated people for lying about their religious affiliation in order to get around rules (though not at Publix). It's a real thing, it really happens.
tl;dr: Stop making this argument, it's stupid and you have no idea how the world works.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cfpwmjo | Anyone can claim a religious affiliation to any extent of orthodoxy
This is a desperate last-ditch attempt to be allowed to wear a beard, but there is a legal definition of "religious affiliation" and you're required to meet it to get an exemption. You can't just claim you're a Muslim or something and therefore can't shave. You need the assertion of a religious organization to qualify. I, personally, have terminated people for lying about their religious affiliation in order to get around rules (though not at Publix). It's a real thing, it really happens. | Stop making this argument, it's stupid and you have no idea how the world works. |
powerpen | Get a forced air respirator and you won't have to have a seal against your skin we got them at my job and the lifted the beard ban. It's like a head bag with a air pump that is on a belt that goes on your waiste
TL:DR Dont have to shave with all respirators | Get a forced air respirator and you won't have to have a seal against your skin we got them at my job and the lifted the beard ban. It's like a head bag with a air pump that is on a belt that goes on your waiste
TL:DR Dont have to shave with all respirators
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cfq0pxt | Get a forced air respirator and you won't have to have a seal against your skin we got them at my job and the lifted the beard ban. It's like a head bag with a air pump that is on a belt that goes on your waiste | Dont have to shave with all respirators |
ZoraSage | If the minimum payment is $100 on a $400 balance, and you pay $100, you won't have any negative impact on your credit score. However, you will accrue interest on the other $300 you didn't pay. If you paid $50 and the minimum payment is $100, that will negatively impact your credit score (since you didn't pay your minimum), and you'll pay interest on $350.
tl;dr: pay **at least** the minimum, but ideally the whole thing. Otherwise you're paying interest for your rewards, and the rewards aren't "free" anymore. | If the minimum payment is $100 on a $400 balance, and you pay $100, you won't have any negative impact on your credit score. However, you will accrue interest on the other $300 you didn't pay. If you paid $50 and the minimum payment is $100, that will negatively impact your credit score (since you didn't pay your minimum), and you'll pay interest on $350.
tl;dr: pay at least the minimum, but ideally the whole thing. Otherwise you're paying interest for your rewards, and the rewards aren't "free" anymore.
| Frugal | t5_2qhbe | cfq8knr | If the minimum payment is $100 on a $400 balance, and you pay $100, you won't have any negative impact on your credit score. However, you will accrue interest on the other $300 you didn't pay. If you paid $50 and the minimum payment is $100, that will negatively impact your credit score (since you didn't pay your minimum), and you'll pay interest on $350. | pay at least the minimum, but ideally the whole thing. Otherwise you're paying interest for your rewards, and the rewards aren't "free" anymore. |
Entheatus | There are many ways to roast a bean. The stage that you are talking about - that is, a few seconds before the "shiny" phase - is called Full City. The roast is taken into what is called the second crack, which is the second chemical reaction that happens in a roast.
The first chemical reaction that happens in coffee is called the first crack. Once the first crack happens, the beans become consumable. Depending on the bean, anytime between or during these two reactions, can produce an amazing-tasting coffee. The "shiny" phase that you are speaking of is called a Vienna or French roast. Some roasters would consider this roasted too much, but coffee is about personal preference, as much as it is about what people say is "right" or "wrong."
TL;DR there's no "perfect" phase that is the same for every single coffee bean. A good roaster finds a roast profile that will accentuate the natural flavours and nuances of each individual varietal. | There are many ways to roast a bean. The stage that you are talking about - that is, a few seconds before the "shiny" phase - is called Full City. The roast is taken into what is called the second crack, which is the second chemical reaction that happens in a roast.
The first chemical reaction that happens in coffee is called the first crack. Once the first crack happens, the beans become consumable. Depending on the bean, anytime between or during these two reactions, can produce an amazing-tasting coffee. The "shiny" phase that you are speaking of is called a Vienna or French roast. Some roasters would consider this roasted too much, but coffee is about personal preference, as much as it is about what people say is "right" or "wrong."
TL;DR there's no "perfect" phase that is the same for every single coffee bean. A good roaster finds a roast profile that will accentuate the natural flavours and nuances of each individual varietal.
| mildlyinteresting | t5_2ti4h | cfqbk0n | There are many ways to roast a bean. The stage that you are talking about - that is, a few seconds before the "shiny" phase - is called Full City. The roast is taken into what is called the second crack, which is the second chemical reaction that happens in a roast.
The first chemical reaction that happens in coffee is called the first crack. Once the first crack happens, the beans become consumable. Depending on the bean, anytime between or during these two reactions, can produce an amazing-tasting coffee. The "shiny" phase that you are speaking of is called a Vienna or French roast. Some roasters would consider this roasted too much, but coffee is about personal preference, as much as it is about what people say is "right" or "wrong." | there's no "perfect" phase that is the same for every single coffee bean. A good roaster finds a roast profile that will accentuate the natural flavours and nuances of each individual varietal. |
doc_grey | First posting on my area of expertise here 😃...PhD in mktg/consumer behavior/psychology.
As others have pointed out, the '38 study is in fact outdated and IQ is an antiquated intelligence measure.
Advertising is a complex phenomenon in study, and there are myriad factors that are considered. In general practice however, they are not designed to target different "intelligence" segments. An ad exec commented below referring to ads using different execution cues such as humor, in order to maximize brand recall, when considering options to satisfy a need.
Another concept widely studied in advertising is "how do we as individuals process ad information?" Understanding this was deemed more important than figuring out what cues aid brand recall. This led to the development of something called the Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo 1986)...Which tries to incorporate the partitioning of cognitive resources, to understand what routes consumers use to analyze ads. Based on individual characteristics, we may process information along a "central route" wherein an ad that presents a strong coherent message can be more effective in persuading us vs. Along a "peripheral route" where the cues such as model attractiveness, music, flashy pictures etc. Lead to more brand recall....I teach on these topics and can write a ton of boring/fun pages on them...but I'll leave that for another time.
Tldr: In good advertisements, myriad factors are considered and constantly interacting to draw some of your cognitive resources (brain power).
Edit: updated citation | First posting on my area of expertise here 😃...PhD in mktg/consumer behavior/psychology.
As others have pointed out, the '38 study is in fact outdated and IQ is an antiquated intelligence measure.
Advertising is a complex phenomenon in study, and there are myriad factors that are considered. In general practice however, they are not designed to target different "intelligence" segments. An ad exec commented below referring to ads using different execution cues such as humor, in order to maximize brand recall, when considering options to satisfy a need.
Another concept widely studied in advertising is "how do we as individuals process ad information?" Understanding this was deemed more important than figuring out what cues aid brand recall. This led to the development of something called the Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo 1986)...Which tries to incorporate the partitioning of cognitive resources, to understand what routes consumers use to analyze ads. Based on individual characteristics, we may process information along a "central route" wherein an ad that presents a strong coherent message can be more effective in persuading us vs. Along a "peripheral route" where the cues such as model attractiveness, music, flashy pictures etc. Lead to more brand recall....I teach on these topics and can write a ton of boring/fun pages on them...but I'll leave that for another time.
Tldr: In good advertisements, myriad factors are considered and constantly interacting to draw some of your cognitive resources (brain power).
Edit: updated citation
| askscience | t5_2qm4e | cfqzwnh | First posting on my area of expertise here 😃...PhD in mktg/consumer behavior/psychology.
As others have pointed out, the '38 study is in fact outdated and IQ is an antiquated intelligence measure.
Advertising is a complex phenomenon in study, and there are myriad factors that are considered. In general practice however, they are not designed to target different "intelligence" segments. An ad exec commented below referring to ads using different execution cues such as humor, in order to maximize brand recall, when considering options to satisfy a need.
Another concept widely studied in advertising is "how do we as individuals process ad information?" Understanding this was deemed more important than figuring out what cues aid brand recall. This led to the development of something called the Elaboration Likelihood Model (Petty & Cacioppo 1986)...Which tries to incorporate the partitioning of cognitive resources, to understand what routes consumers use to analyze ads. Based on individual characteristics, we may process information along a "central route" wherein an ad that presents a strong coherent message can be more effective in persuading us vs. Along a "peripheral route" where the cues such as model attractiveness, music, flashy pictures etc. Lead to more brand recall....I teach on these topics and can write a ton of boring/fun pages on them...but I'll leave that for another time. | In good advertisements, myriad factors are considered and constantly interacting to draw some of your cognitive resources (brain power).
Edit: updated citation |
G01denW01f11 | I am somewhat confused. I have not read Hunger Games, but I checked the wiki, and it says the male tribute from District 7 is Blight? Where did David come from? Whoever, he is, I really enjoy his apathetic, sarcastic attitude.
Just reading the opening, it sounds like David and Johanna absolutely detest each other, but later they fall into a sort of natural comaraderie. Is there any way you could tone down the first couple paragraphs? 'Boomed' and 'shouted' seem particularly violent.
When Johanna changes the subject, it feels quite awkward. I get that it's not supposed to flow, but it just seems to come completely out of nowhere.
From what I see, your first section mainly just conveys information that a HG fan would already know. Personally, I'm all for expositing all the information that a casual fan would know and a total newcomer wouldn't. However, I think that if you're going to do this, you ought to go all the way. After reading this, I still don't really know much about your protagonist or his situation. I think if you took some time to add in description (of the characters, of the environment, etc.), the chapter would feel much less rushed.
If David just found out then that this Hunger Games would be drawn from previous victors, mild grumbling seems a bit of an underreaction.
I agree that the ending seems a bit awkward. If I were plotting this, I would probably try to make everything up through his selection into a single a chapter, and if you put more into setting the scene and developing your characters, this definitely seems plausible.
I think the best writing comes after he wakes up, and he's waiting to be taken to the Capitol. I thought "five white uniforms walked up to his doorstep" particularly clever.
tl;dr: The opening sounds like David and Johanna hate each other, and there was almost no description. | I am somewhat confused. I have not read Hunger Games, but I checked the wiki, and it says the male tribute from District 7 is Blight? Where did David come from? Whoever, he is, I really enjoy his apathetic, sarcastic attitude.
Just reading the opening, it sounds like David and Johanna absolutely detest each other, but later they fall into a sort of natural comaraderie. Is there any way you could tone down the first couple paragraphs? 'Boomed' and 'shouted' seem particularly violent.
When Johanna changes the subject, it feels quite awkward. I get that it's not supposed to flow, but it just seems to come completely out of nowhere.
From what I see, your first section mainly just conveys information that a HG fan would already know. Personally, I'm all for expositing all the information that a casual fan would know and a total newcomer wouldn't. However, I think that if you're going to do this, you ought to go all the way. After reading this, I still don't really know much about your protagonist or his situation. I think if you took some time to add in description (of the characters, of the environment, etc.), the chapter would feel much less rushed.
If David just found out then that this Hunger Games would be drawn from previous victors, mild grumbling seems a bit of an underreaction.
I agree that the ending seems a bit awkward. If I were plotting this, I would probably try to make everything up through his selection into a single a chapter, and if you put more into setting the scene and developing your characters, this definitely seems plausible.
I think the best writing comes after he wakes up, and he's waiting to be taken to the Capitol. I thought "five white uniforms walked up to his doorstep" particularly clever.
tl;dr: The opening sounds like David and Johanna hate each other, and there was almost no description.
| FanFicCrits | t5_2zqq8 | cfqtn2m | I am somewhat confused. I have not read Hunger Games, but I checked the wiki, and it says the male tribute from District 7 is Blight? Where did David come from? Whoever, he is, I really enjoy his apathetic, sarcastic attitude.
Just reading the opening, it sounds like David and Johanna absolutely detest each other, but later they fall into a sort of natural comaraderie. Is there any way you could tone down the first couple paragraphs? 'Boomed' and 'shouted' seem particularly violent.
When Johanna changes the subject, it feels quite awkward. I get that it's not supposed to flow, but it just seems to come completely out of nowhere.
From what I see, your first section mainly just conveys information that a HG fan would already know. Personally, I'm all for expositing all the information that a casual fan would know and a total newcomer wouldn't. However, I think that if you're going to do this, you ought to go all the way. After reading this, I still don't really know much about your protagonist or his situation. I think if you took some time to add in description (of the characters, of the environment, etc.), the chapter would feel much less rushed.
If David just found out then that this Hunger Games would be drawn from previous victors, mild grumbling seems a bit of an underreaction.
I agree that the ending seems a bit awkward. If I were plotting this, I would probably try to make everything up through his selection into a single a chapter, and if you put more into setting the scene and developing your characters, this definitely seems plausible.
I think the best writing comes after he wakes up, and he's waiting to be taken to the Capitol. I thought "five white uniforms walked up to his doorstep" particularly clever. | The opening sounds like David and Johanna hate each other, and there was almost no description. |
gnomeface89 | That I've been making excuses for myself pertaining to my unemployment.
On one end of the spectrum, I pretty much am refusing to take jobs that pay minimum wage. I keep thinking that my degree means I should be able to get work that can support a grown-up life. Because, you know, having NO income is way more dignified.
On the other, I'm not taking advantage of all the avenues available to get me on the right track professionally. I haven't, until recently, understood that starting at the bottom is a real thing.
Tl;dr: I want good stuff handed to me with minimal effort on my part.
Or I did. Now I'm excited about building myself up and feeling proud of something for once. | That I've been making excuses for myself pertaining to my unemployment.
On one end of the spectrum, I pretty much am refusing to take jobs that pay minimum wage. I keep thinking that my degree means I should be able to get work that can support a grown-up life. Because, you know, having NO income is way more dignified.
On the other, I'm not taking advantage of all the avenues available to get me on the right track professionally. I haven't, until recently, understood that starting at the bottom is a real thing.
Tl;dr: I want good stuff handed to me with minimal effort on my part.
Or I did. Now I'm excited about building myself up and feeling proud of something for once.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cfqj1v0 | That I've been making excuses for myself pertaining to my unemployment.
On one end of the spectrum, I pretty much am refusing to take jobs that pay minimum wage. I keep thinking that my degree means I should be able to get work that can support a grown-up life. Because, you know, having NO income is way more dignified.
On the other, I'm not taking advantage of all the avenues available to get me on the right track professionally. I haven't, until recently, understood that starting at the bottom is a real thing. | I want good stuff handed to me with minimal effort on my part.
Or I did. Now I'm excited about building myself up and feeling proud of something for once. |
rivalarrival | I loved Clara from the beginning and still do, but they fucked up her entire arc. I mean, we started the season knowing she was the Impossible Girl, and they didn't do anything to advance that, merely kept reminding us over and over that she was impossible.
The most excited I was during this last season was during the commercial break after the second Clara appeared at the haunted house. I was thrilled to finally be seeing yet another Impossible Girl. And the biggest disappointment of the season was about 3 seconds back from the break when she revealed herself to be the Tardis.
tl;dr: Love Clara, hate what the writers did to her. | I loved Clara from the beginning and still do, but they fucked up her entire arc. I mean, we started the season knowing she was the Impossible Girl, and they didn't do anything to advance that, merely kept reminding us over and over that she was impossible.
The most excited I was during this last season was during the commercial break after the second Clara appeared at the haunted house. I was thrilled to finally be seeing yet another Impossible Girl. And the biggest disappointment of the season was about 3 seconds back from the break when she revealed herself to be the Tardis.
tl;dr: Love Clara, hate what the writers did to her.
| doctorwho | t5_2qhek | cfr6s78 | I loved Clara from the beginning and still do, but they fucked up her entire arc. I mean, we started the season knowing she was the Impossible Girl, and they didn't do anything to advance that, merely kept reminding us over and over that she was impossible.
The most excited I was during this last season was during the commercial break after the second Clara appeared at the haunted house. I was thrilled to finally be seeing yet another Impossible Girl. And the biggest disappointment of the season was about 3 seconds back from the break when she revealed herself to be the Tardis. | Love Clara, hate what the writers did to her. |
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