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Prometheus720 | I read most of this article and it's really not a good excuse.
It talks about logic a lot, which is ironic considering how ILLOGICAL it is to assume that math is the ONLY or even the BEST way to teach logic to students. I'd say a critical thinking class would be more directly applicable than math, or even a philosophy class.
In fact, a study of philosophy gives people a much better understanding of everyday logic than math because math is a totally different sort of logic. It's the sort a computer does that requires only the following of a strict set of unchanging rules. However, in life, the rules aren't strict, and they ARE changing all the time, and making sound and moral judgments is a key life skill.
As for actually teaching math, my experience is that students are more receptive to it if they have SOME reason for doing it, even if it's an invented one. I had a chemistry teacher who would give us wonderful problems and a story behind them, and we learned the math involved very quickly. We felt rewarded when we solved those problems. However, in my math textbook, it's all numbers. There's no story or purpose to it.
tl;dr Math is important to learn but high level math is not necessary or even efficient, and we rarely teach math in an interesting way. It's not that important beyond Algebra II. | I read most of this article and it's really not a good excuse.
It talks about logic a lot, which is ironic considering how ILLOGICAL it is to assume that math is the ONLY or even the BEST way to teach logic to students. I'd say a critical thinking class would be more directly applicable than math, or even a philosophy class.
In fact, a study of philosophy gives people a much better understanding of everyday logic than math because math is a totally different sort of logic. It's the sort a computer does that requires only the following of a strict set of unchanging rules. However, in life, the rules aren't strict, and they ARE changing all the time, and making sound and moral judgments is a key life skill.
As for actually teaching math, my experience is that students are more receptive to it if they have SOME reason for doing it, even if it's an invented one. I had a chemistry teacher who would give us wonderful problems and a story behind them, and we learned the math involved very quickly. We felt rewarded when we solved those problems. However, in my math textbook, it's all numbers. There's no story or purpose to it.
tl;dr Math is important to learn but high level math is not necessary or even efficient, and we rarely teach math in an interesting way. It's not that important beyond Algebra II.
| teaching | t5_2qyj9 | cg343tl | I read most of this article and it's really not a good excuse.
It talks about logic a lot, which is ironic considering how ILLOGICAL it is to assume that math is the ONLY or even the BEST way to teach logic to students. I'd say a critical thinking class would be more directly applicable than math, or even a philosophy class.
In fact, a study of philosophy gives people a much better understanding of everyday logic than math because math is a totally different sort of logic. It's the sort a computer does that requires only the following of a strict set of unchanging rules. However, in life, the rules aren't strict, and they ARE changing all the time, and making sound and moral judgments is a key life skill.
As for actually teaching math, my experience is that students are more receptive to it if they have SOME reason for doing it, even if it's an invented one. I had a chemistry teacher who would give us wonderful problems and a story behind them, and we learned the math involved very quickly. We felt rewarded when we solved those problems. However, in my math textbook, it's all numbers. There's no story or purpose to it. | Math is important to learn but high level math is not necessary or even efficient, and we rarely teach math in an interesting way. It's not that important beyond Algebra II. |
jtiff15 | The Columbian exchange is both ways and only involves Columbus in name. In fact Columbus never set foot on continental America.
The Columbian exchange is just the trade between the New and Old world. Its not just Europe moving things to the Americas. Things like Coffee, Potatoes, Sugar, and Syphilis were sent to Europe.
The first three became extremely important in Europe. It can be argued that the Enlightenment was caffeine driven. Potatoes were important since they were a cheap but effective crop. Sugar became the first substitute for honey in Europe. All of these benefits to Europe are included in the Columbian Exchange.
TL;DR - The Columbian Exchange is the trade between the New and Old world. Columbus wasn't involved in the trade except his discovery of the new world. | The Columbian exchange is both ways and only involves Columbus in name. In fact Columbus never set foot on continental America.
The Columbian exchange is just the trade between the New and Old world. Its not just Europe moving things to the Americas. Things like Coffee, Potatoes, Sugar, and Syphilis were sent to Europe.
The first three became extremely important in Europe. It can be argued that the Enlightenment was caffeine driven. Potatoes were important since they were a cheap but effective crop. Sugar became the first substitute for honey in Europe. All of these benefits to Europe are included in the Columbian Exchange.
TL;DR - The Columbian Exchange is the trade between the New and Old world. Columbus wasn't involved in the trade except his discovery of the new world.
| civ | t5_2rk3b | cg3t4tm | The Columbian exchange is both ways and only involves Columbus in name. In fact Columbus never set foot on continental America.
The Columbian exchange is just the trade between the New and Old world. Its not just Europe moving things to the Americas. Things like Coffee, Potatoes, Sugar, and Syphilis were sent to Europe.
The first three became extremely important in Europe. It can be argued that the Enlightenment was caffeine driven. Potatoes were important since they were a cheap but effective crop. Sugar became the first substitute for honey in Europe. All of these benefits to Europe are included in the Columbian Exchange. | The Columbian Exchange is the trade between the New and Old world. Columbus wasn't involved in the trade except his discovery of the new world. |
taylynne | Has she never moved before? The change might be too much all at once: parents divorced (recently?), move to new state/city?, no older sister. Maybe it is all stressing her out.
Luckily, imo, you guys are in school. I've had to move all my life due to military, and school makes it so much easier to find friends. Although, apparently that isn't working out in her case... which makes me wonder if it is stress, and she's trying to compare everything to where she lived before and nothing is living up to the "expectation"?
I don't really know the situation, and everyone is different... But I think time will definitely help her. What she may needs is a hobby to help with the stress. Perhaps when she feels like she's going to cry/etc she should go out for a run (or insert other hobby). It's much better than crying, and may help her feel better emotionally and physically. As for friends, that will come with time for sure. School will definitely make it easier but if that doesn't work out for her, find a group related to something she likes to do and get together that way. Like in my case, drawing: find a life drawing group/class or there are subway meets where people get together and draw those who walk by. If she likes to run, marathons may help her out a lot. She may not necessarily meet people there, but I've been to large marathons in Seattle, and they have a huge convention going on for it where people get together and talk (salesmen sell stuff, giveaways, etc). This was the marathon:
After a certain point, there's only so much you can say or do. She may have just been lashing out at you saying you don't help, due to her own stress and frustration. That doesn't mean you should stop all together though, that may make things worse.
This may just be a ramble at this point, but TL;DR: she may be stressed out from all the change and if she's never moved that makes it all worse. She should find a distractor (ie running?) for when she gets really upset, and try to make friends while at school and through groups/clubs of things she likes. | Has she never moved before? The change might be too much all at once: parents divorced (recently?), move to new state/city?, no older sister. Maybe it is all stressing her out.
Luckily, imo, you guys are in school. I've had to move all my life due to military, and school makes it so much easier to find friends. Although, apparently that isn't working out in her case... which makes me wonder if it is stress, and she's trying to compare everything to where she lived before and nothing is living up to the "expectation"?
I don't really know the situation, and everyone is different... But I think time will definitely help her. What she may needs is a hobby to help with the stress. Perhaps when she feels like she's going to cry/etc she should go out for a run (or insert other hobby). It's much better than crying, and may help her feel better emotionally and physically. As for friends, that will come with time for sure. School will definitely make it easier but if that doesn't work out for her, find a group related to something she likes to do and get together that way. Like in my case, drawing: find a life drawing group/class or there are subway meets where people get together and draw those who walk by. If she likes to run, marathons may help her out a lot. She may not necessarily meet people there, but I've been to large marathons in Seattle, and they have a huge convention going on for it where people get together and talk (salesmen sell stuff, giveaways, etc). This was the marathon:
After a certain point, there's only so much you can say or do. She may have just been lashing out at you saying you don't help, due to her own stress and frustration. That doesn't mean you should stop all together though, that may make things worse.
This may just be a ramble at this point, but TL;DR: she may be stressed out from all the change and if she's never moved that makes it all worse. She should find a distractor (ie running?) for when she gets really upset, and try to make friends while at school and through groups/clubs of things she likes.
| LongDistance | t5_2s6ky | cg3jt5k | Has she never moved before? The change might be too much all at once: parents divorced (recently?), move to new state/city?, no older sister. Maybe it is all stressing her out.
Luckily, imo, you guys are in school. I've had to move all my life due to military, and school makes it so much easier to find friends. Although, apparently that isn't working out in her case... which makes me wonder if it is stress, and she's trying to compare everything to where she lived before and nothing is living up to the "expectation"?
I don't really know the situation, and everyone is different... But I think time will definitely help her. What she may needs is a hobby to help with the stress. Perhaps when she feels like she's going to cry/etc she should go out for a run (or insert other hobby). It's much better than crying, and may help her feel better emotionally and physically. As for friends, that will come with time for sure. School will definitely make it easier but if that doesn't work out for her, find a group related to something she likes to do and get together that way. Like in my case, drawing: find a life drawing group/class or there are subway meets where people get together and draw those who walk by. If she likes to run, marathons may help her out a lot. She may not necessarily meet people there, but I've been to large marathons in Seattle, and they have a huge convention going on for it where people get together and talk (salesmen sell stuff, giveaways, etc). This was the marathon:
After a certain point, there's only so much you can say or do. She may have just been lashing out at you saying you don't help, due to her own stress and frustration. That doesn't mean you should stop all together though, that may make things worse.
This may just be a ramble at this point, but | she may be stressed out from all the change and if she's never moved that makes it all worse. She should find a distractor (ie running?) for when she gets really upset, and try to make friends while at school and through groups/clubs of things she likes. |
We_Are_Legion | > It actually blows my mind that America was ever close to Pakistan.
Its not that hard. The US-Pak alliance was filled with pitfalls and pushing the limits of the latter, and thus like any rational country watching its own interests, Pakistan behaved the way it did. It actually blows my mind the simplistic view on Pak-US ties most Americans hold, or expect loyalty from PK as if like a dog, even though the US's treatment of Pakistan has not been kind or compassionate either. If I had to give a tl;dr, I'd describe it as a stronger country using and manipulating the other(among many countries in the world during the cold war) while the latter returns the favour in its own way.
It has been a largely terrible deal for both sides in different areas(more for Pakistan), yet a necessary one in others. This is not a relationship of love, but of aligning needs and interests. | > It actually blows my mind that America was ever close to Pakistan.
Its not that hard. The US-Pak alliance was filled with pitfalls and pushing the limits of the latter, and thus like any rational country watching its own interests, Pakistan behaved the way it did. It actually blows my mind the simplistic view on Pak-US ties most Americans hold, or expect loyalty from PK as if like a dog, even though the US's treatment of Pakistan has not been kind or compassionate either. If I had to give a tl;dr, I'd describe it as a stronger country using and manipulating the other(among many countries in the world during the cold war) while the latter returns the favour in its own way.
It has been a largely terrible deal for both sides in different areas(more for Pakistan), yet a necessary one in others. This is not a relationship of love, but of aligning needs and interests.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cg44cx0 | It actually blows my mind that America was ever close to Pakistan.
Its not that hard. The US-Pak alliance was filled with pitfalls and pushing the limits of the latter, and thus like any rational country watching its own interests, Pakistan behaved the way it did. It actually blows my mind the simplistic view on Pak-US ties most Americans hold, or expect loyalty from PK as if like a dog, even though the US's treatment of Pakistan has not been kind or compassionate either. If I had to give a | I'd describe it as a stronger country using and manipulating the other(among many countries in the world during the cold war) while the latter returns the favour in its own way.
It has been a largely terrible deal for both sides in different areas(more for Pakistan), yet a necessary one in others. This is not a relationship of love, but of aligning needs and interests. |
bh2005 | I don't know what could have happened, I can only suspect that this would have been a murder/terrorist attack with me as the victim.
--
It was a dark, but not so stormy night, in the middle of nowhere. That’s the way the roads in the West Bank are. Long stretches of poorly lit roadway that wind around the hills and mountains. I’m sure you can imagine how hard it is to drive along the winding roads while talking on the phone, so the driver of the vehicle I was in, who was doing just that pulled over onto the shoulder in order to talk safely.
--
I was sitting right next to the driver, so I saw the entire thing from the front row seats (no pun intended).
A few minutes after the driver pulled over to talk safely, a green plated (Palestinian) vehicle slowly passed by eyeing our vehicle and the occupants within, and pulled in front almost blocking us from moving forward. The driver in my vehicle realized the potential of the situation before I did and threw down the phone in mid conversation, put the car in gear and sped off as fast as he could. After we passed the other vehicle, I noticed it following very close behind ours, and at a relativity high speed for that distance.
--
A few kilometers down the road however, there was a vehicle checkpoint, and being who we were, we passed right threw without batting an eyelash, and the last I saw of the other vehicle was their headlights getting smaller in the distance, and that was that.
--
**TL;DR: Quite possibly could have become just another number in the books of a nationalistic motivated murder.** | I don't know what could have happened, I can only suspect that this would have been a murder/terrorist attack with me as the victim.
--
It was a dark, but not so stormy night, in the middle of nowhere. That’s the way the roads in the West Bank are. Long stretches of poorly lit roadway that wind around the hills and mountains. I’m sure you can imagine how hard it is to drive along the winding roads while talking on the phone, so the driver of the vehicle I was in, who was doing just that pulled over onto the shoulder in order to talk safely.
--
I was sitting right next to the driver, so I saw the entire thing from the front row seats (no pun intended).
A few minutes after the driver pulled over to talk safely, a green plated (Palestinian) vehicle slowly passed by eyeing our vehicle and the occupants within, and pulled in front almost blocking us from moving forward. The driver in my vehicle realized the potential of the situation before I did and threw down the phone in mid conversation, put the car in gear and sped off as fast as he could. After we passed the other vehicle, I noticed it following very close behind ours, and at a relativity high speed for that distance.
--
A few kilometers down the road however, there was a vehicle checkpoint, and being who we were, we passed right threw without batting an eyelash, and the last I saw of the other vehicle was their headlights getting smaller in the distance, and that was that.
--
TL;DR: Quite possibly could have become just another number in the books of a nationalistic motivated murder.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg45hos | I don't know what could have happened, I can only suspect that this would have been a murder/terrorist attack with me as the victim.
--
It was a dark, but not so stormy night, in the middle of nowhere. That’s the way the roads in the West Bank are. Long stretches of poorly lit roadway that wind around the hills and mountains. I’m sure you can imagine how hard it is to drive along the winding roads while talking on the phone, so the driver of the vehicle I was in, who was doing just that pulled over onto the shoulder in order to talk safely.
--
I was sitting right next to the driver, so I saw the entire thing from the front row seats (no pun intended).
A few minutes after the driver pulled over to talk safely, a green plated (Palestinian) vehicle slowly passed by eyeing our vehicle and the occupants within, and pulled in front almost blocking us from moving forward. The driver in my vehicle realized the potential of the situation before I did and threw down the phone in mid conversation, put the car in gear and sped off as fast as he could. After we passed the other vehicle, I noticed it following very close behind ours, and at a relativity high speed for that distance.
--
A few kilometers down the road however, there was a vehicle checkpoint, and being who we were, we passed right threw without batting an eyelash, and the last I saw of the other vehicle was their headlights getting smaller in the distance, and that was that.
-- | Quite possibly could have become just another number in the books of a nationalistic motivated murder. |
persnickitysnicker | It's a long story, I'm sorry.
Last year there was a guy I dated for a little while. He turned into an aggressive and controlling person. He got drunk one night and when I refused to let him drive me home he threw me against his car. He's 6'5 and 250 pounds. After that, I started distancing myself. I had just moved into an apartment with my 2 friends, so one night he and 2 of his friends come over to drink and hang out. I told him that night I was moving on and I was sorry, that we could no longer date. He sat on my porch and cried for an hour and a half. Knocked on the door countless times. Screamed he loved me. When he finally left I went to sleep. He continued to harass me. He broke into my apartment when I was on a date with someone else and trashed it, writing "SLUT I HATE YOU" in nail polish on my bathroom mirror. I got him banned from coming into my gated community.
A few weeks later, we throw a party. I was drunk and with the new guy I was seeing. I left my phone on the kitchen counter and a friend of my roommate texts him and tells him to come over. They pretend to be me to override the gate security. I open my bathroom door to him in my house. I was drunk and scared so I yell at him to leave. My roommates let him stay. I lock myself in my room. He tries fighting my new guy. Finally leaves.
I wake up and pack my things. I call my parents to tell them what happened. I check my phone to see a Vine of him breaking down a door in my house. The next day I was in a new apartment and had an order of protection.
I live in a college town in the South so a lot of us ride scooters to and from campus. I was on my way home in front of my neighborhood when he tries running me off the road. I was thrown from my scooter and slid into the road. I was almost hit by a car. If I wasn't wearing a helmet I would have died. I dislocated my knee and hip.
I call the police. I told them it was him. They went to question him and his parents vouched for him as well as a neighbor who said his car was at home. I know what I saw, he has a very nice car with a customized paint and wheels. No one else saw it. He hasn't been arrested. This was a year ago. He made me hate my life for so long.
tl;dr: Was stalked by ex, he was violent, tried killing me with his car while I was on my moped, was never arrested. | It's a long story, I'm sorry.
Last year there was a guy I dated for a little while. He turned into an aggressive and controlling person. He got drunk one night and when I refused to let him drive me home he threw me against his car. He's 6'5 and 250 pounds. After that, I started distancing myself. I had just moved into an apartment with my 2 friends, so one night he and 2 of his friends come over to drink and hang out. I told him that night I was moving on and I was sorry, that we could no longer date. He sat on my porch and cried for an hour and a half. Knocked on the door countless times. Screamed he loved me. When he finally left I went to sleep. He continued to harass me. He broke into my apartment when I was on a date with someone else and trashed it, writing "SLUT I HATE YOU" in nail polish on my bathroom mirror. I got him banned from coming into my gated community.
A few weeks later, we throw a party. I was drunk and with the new guy I was seeing. I left my phone on the kitchen counter and a friend of my roommate texts him and tells him to come over. They pretend to be me to override the gate security. I open my bathroom door to him in my house. I was drunk and scared so I yell at him to leave. My roommates let him stay. I lock myself in my room. He tries fighting my new guy. Finally leaves.
I wake up and pack my things. I call my parents to tell them what happened. I check my phone to see a Vine of him breaking down a door in my house. The next day I was in a new apartment and had an order of protection.
I live in a college town in the South so a lot of us ride scooters to and from campus. I was on my way home in front of my neighborhood when he tries running me off the road. I was thrown from my scooter and slid into the road. I was almost hit by a car. If I wasn't wearing a helmet I would have died. I dislocated my knee and hip.
I call the police. I told them it was him. They went to question him and his parents vouched for him as well as a neighbor who said his car was at home. I know what I saw, he has a very nice car with a customized paint and wheels. No one else saw it. He hasn't been arrested. This was a year ago. He made me hate my life for so long.
tl;dr: Was stalked by ex, he was violent, tried killing me with his car while I was on my moped, was never arrested.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg3sx7z | It's a long story, I'm sorry.
Last year there was a guy I dated for a little while. He turned into an aggressive and controlling person. He got drunk one night and when I refused to let him drive me home he threw me against his car. He's 6'5 and 250 pounds. After that, I started distancing myself. I had just moved into an apartment with my 2 friends, so one night he and 2 of his friends come over to drink and hang out. I told him that night I was moving on and I was sorry, that we could no longer date. He sat on my porch and cried for an hour and a half. Knocked on the door countless times. Screamed he loved me. When he finally left I went to sleep. He continued to harass me. He broke into my apartment when I was on a date with someone else and trashed it, writing "SLUT I HATE YOU" in nail polish on my bathroom mirror. I got him banned from coming into my gated community.
A few weeks later, we throw a party. I was drunk and with the new guy I was seeing. I left my phone on the kitchen counter and a friend of my roommate texts him and tells him to come over. They pretend to be me to override the gate security. I open my bathroom door to him in my house. I was drunk and scared so I yell at him to leave. My roommates let him stay. I lock myself in my room. He tries fighting my new guy. Finally leaves.
I wake up and pack my things. I call my parents to tell them what happened. I check my phone to see a Vine of him breaking down a door in my house. The next day I was in a new apartment and had an order of protection.
I live in a college town in the South so a lot of us ride scooters to and from campus. I was on my way home in front of my neighborhood when he tries running me off the road. I was thrown from my scooter and slid into the road. I was almost hit by a car. If I wasn't wearing a helmet I would have died. I dislocated my knee and hip.
I call the police. I told them it was him. They went to question him and his parents vouched for him as well as a neighbor who said his car was at home. I know what I saw, he has a very nice car with a customized paint and wheels. No one else saw it. He hasn't been arrested. This was a year ago. He made me hate my life for so long. | Was stalked by ex, he was violent, tried killing me with his car while I was on my moped, was never arrested. |
common_rebellion | I had an ex-girlfriend try to stab me to death.
In early 2010 I had moved from Tampa to northern Florida with my parents. I attended the fire academy at a local college in the area. I was dating my high school sweetheart and she had just moved from Tampa to be with me after us making it work while I was in school. Life seemed great.
One day, a few months after she moved, I was filling out several applications at her apartment. She woke up at about 1 pm and walked into the living room. This is where the normality of the story stops.
It's important to note that she had
no job and was living off a large insurance settlement from a car accident when she was 15.
So she walks in and I'm ass deep in applications. So she asks me to make her a sandwich. To which I reply something along the lines of, "Go make your own sandwich. In fact, make me one while your in the kitchen doing your womanly duties." Now I was joking. Which was very normal for us. We had a great, healthy relationship and she had an awesome sense of humor. She proceeds to pick up a large kitchen knife and point it at me and states, "Make me a fucking sandwich or I'll cut you."
I didn't find this funny but thought she was still playing around. Until I noticed her eyes. They were dead, like doll eyes. Seemingly void of any life. This is when I started to get scared. Keep in mind I'm 6'3" and 175 lbs. She was about 5'5 and no more than 125 lbs. But I didn't know how to disarm someone. And I knew people get stabbed trying to take a weapon away from someone. Anyway, so I stand up, put my hands up palm out and ask her to put the knife down and that it's not funny. What she said next I'll never forget. "I'm going to stab you death like a fucking pig." Running for me wasn't an option. She was between me and the door and the only way out was the balcony behind me. But it was a three story fall onto asphalt. She starts taking steps towards me while repeating how she's going kill me. I plant my right foot and put my hands up and tell her that if she gets close to me I'm going to hit her. She didn't stop. She gets within my reach and I swing, hitting her on the top if the head. I couldn't hit her in the face. She instantly crumpled. I kicked the knife away from her and knelt beside her crying my eyes out because I felt so bad. I got up to get some ice and she bolted for the bedroom and locked the door. I heard her talking to a 911 dispatcher and I knew right then that this was about to get worse.
I waited it out for police to get there, which didn't take long at all. After about 5 minutes after the call there was a knock on the apartment door. I was detained by the officers and taken downstairs to their car and told them what happened. They were very mean at first. Calling me names and taunting me for hitting a woman. Which I still feel about to this day.
I have no idea what happened upstairs when they talked to her. But only one of them came back. He had a bag with the knife in it. Apparently she was holding the knife so tight that inside of her knuckles split open and bled all over the knife. He apologized for him and his partner and asked if I wanted to press charges for attempted murder. I actually said no. I just wanted to go home and never see her again. And that's exactly what happened. Haven't seen or heard from her since.
Sorry for grammar.
Tl; dr- Ex-girlfriend tried to stab me to death for not making her a sandwich. | I had an ex-girlfriend try to stab me to death.
In early 2010 I had moved from Tampa to northern Florida with my parents. I attended the fire academy at a local college in the area. I was dating my high school sweetheart and she had just moved from Tampa to be with me after us making it work while I was in school. Life seemed great.
One day, a few months after she moved, I was filling out several applications at her apartment. She woke up at about 1 pm and walked into the living room. This is where the normality of the story stops.
It's important to note that she had
no job and was living off a large insurance settlement from a car accident when she was 15.
So she walks in and I'm ass deep in applications. So she asks me to make her a sandwich. To which I reply something along the lines of, "Go make your own sandwich. In fact, make me one while your in the kitchen doing your womanly duties." Now I was joking. Which was very normal for us. We had a great, healthy relationship and she had an awesome sense of humor. She proceeds to pick up a large kitchen knife and point it at me and states, "Make me a fucking sandwich or I'll cut you."
I didn't find this funny but thought she was still playing around. Until I noticed her eyes. They were dead, like doll eyes. Seemingly void of any life. This is when I started to get scared. Keep in mind I'm 6'3" and 175 lbs. She was about 5'5 and no more than 125 lbs. But I didn't know how to disarm someone. And I knew people get stabbed trying to take a weapon away from someone. Anyway, so I stand up, put my hands up palm out and ask her to put the knife down and that it's not funny. What she said next I'll never forget. "I'm going to stab you death like a fucking pig." Running for me wasn't an option. She was between me and the door and the only way out was the balcony behind me. But it was a three story fall onto asphalt. She starts taking steps towards me while repeating how she's going kill me. I plant my right foot and put my hands up and tell her that if she gets close to me I'm going to hit her. She didn't stop. She gets within my reach and I swing, hitting her on the top if the head. I couldn't hit her in the face. She instantly crumpled. I kicked the knife away from her and knelt beside her crying my eyes out because I felt so bad. I got up to get some ice and she bolted for the bedroom and locked the door. I heard her talking to a 911 dispatcher and I knew right then that this was about to get worse.
I waited it out for police to get there, which didn't take long at all. After about 5 minutes after the call there was a knock on the apartment door. I was detained by the officers and taken downstairs to their car and told them what happened. They were very mean at first. Calling me names and taunting me for hitting a woman. Which I still feel about to this day.
I have no idea what happened upstairs when they talked to her. But only one of them came back. He had a bag with the knife in it. Apparently she was holding the knife so tight that inside of her knuckles split open and bled all over the knife. He apologized for him and his partner and asked if I wanted to press charges for attempted murder. I actually said no. I just wanted to go home and never see her again. And that's exactly what happened. Haven't seen or heard from her since.
Sorry for grammar.
Tl; dr- Ex-girlfriend tried to stab me to death for not making her a sandwich.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg3t2r1 | I had an ex-girlfriend try to stab me to death.
In early 2010 I had moved from Tampa to northern Florida with my parents. I attended the fire academy at a local college in the area. I was dating my high school sweetheart and she had just moved from Tampa to be with me after us making it work while I was in school. Life seemed great.
One day, a few months after she moved, I was filling out several applications at her apartment. She woke up at about 1 pm and walked into the living room. This is where the normality of the story stops.
It's important to note that she had
no job and was living off a large insurance settlement from a car accident when she was 15.
So she walks in and I'm ass deep in applications. So she asks me to make her a sandwich. To which I reply something along the lines of, "Go make your own sandwich. In fact, make me one while your in the kitchen doing your womanly duties." Now I was joking. Which was very normal for us. We had a great, healthy relationship and she had an awesome sense of humor. She proceeds to pick up a large kitchen knife and point it at me and states, "Make me a fucking sandwich or I'll cut you."
I didn't find this funny but thought she was still playing around. Until I noticed her eyes. They were dead, like doll eyes. Seemingly void of any life. This is when I started to get scared. Keep in mind I'm 6'3" and 175 lbs. She was about 5'5 and no more than 125 lbs. But I didn't know how to disarm someone. And I knew people get stabbed trying to take a weapon away from someone. Anyway, so I stand up, put my hands up palm out and ask her to put the knife down and that it's not funny. What she said next I'll never forget. "I'm going to stab you death like a fucking pig." Running for me wasn't an option. She was between me and the door and the only way out was the balcony behind me. But it was a three story fall onto asphalt. She starts taking steps towards me while repeating how she's going kill me. I plant my right foot and put my hands up and tell her that if she gets close to me I'm going to hit her. She didn't stop. She gets within my reach and I swing, hitting her on the top if the head. I couldn't hit her in the face. She instantly crumpled. I kicked the knife away from her and knelt beside her crying my eyes out because I felt so bad. I got up to get some ice and she bolted for the bedroom and locked the door. I heard her talking to a 911 dispatcher and I knew right then that this was about to get worse.
I waited it out for police to get there, which didn't take long at all. After about 5 minutes after the call there was a knock on the apartment door. I was detained by the officers and taken downstairs to their car and told them what happened. They were very mean at first. Calling me names and taunting me for hitting a woman. Which I still feel about to this day.
I have no idea what happened upstairs when they talked to her. But only one of them came back. He had a bag with the knife in it. Apparently she was holding the knife so tight that inside of her knuckles split open and bled all over the knife. He apologized for him and his partner and asked if I wanted to press charges for attempted murder. I actually said no. I just wanted to go home and never see her again. And that's exactly what happened. Haven't seen or heard from her since.
Sorry for grammar. | Ex-girlfriend tried to stab me to death for not making her a sandwich. |
Skwissgar | Obsessive stalker. It's hard to talk about, but he got away and when I was in hospital recovering, he was caught because he killed the other woman he did this to. He's in jail with no possibility of parole, and this helped a lot in the emotional recovery. "I win because I am alive and free" managed to drown out "I should have died" (& worse) as a mantra.
He waited until I was hammered one night after following me, pushed into my duplex, and beat and raped me, stabbed me, and left me for dead.
I fought hard but I was drunk, an element I find the most difficult to cope with here well over a decade later. I don't remember a lot but I know I got the phone and he ripped it out of the wall and that's what he used to smash my jaw. (& that's where I will leave off description)
My friend and I were supposed to meet in the morning & he came and saw the door was open and saved my life. I felt myself draining away, I could see blood pool, I kept wondering what time it was, I distinctly remember my friend's shoes and the sound he made. I died in the ambulance (i am tod) but came to briefly in hospital, went into coma, and was in hospital and rehab center for a long time. Very long.
Doctors were amazingly merciful and did some reconstructive work on me, that i never saw a bill for (but oh god the medical bills) police were horrible at first but then I got a good guy, therapists were sometimes awful and I had one amazing one, I am proud of the work I did to get better on my own..... EMDR & just hard fucking work to move past this as a defining moment in my existence means I have only a few things that trigger me into terrible PTSD. It has defined my existence, but I at least know I am more than the sum of violence, and that's a lot.
A few stories: I used to get violently ill when I came home, to any home, alone for years, until I got a dog who'd hang with me while I was nauseous or puking in the bathroom. He started greeting me at the door and being super hilarious and sweet so this helped change that reaction to coming home. He was an old man rescue dog that I met in the rehab facility... Animals are a big part of how I became 'OK' again.
Lots of really excellent coping methods have helped, a ton of stubbornness, and I live a 'normal' life, better than normal honestly! Cats, partner who knows how to manage if I go into reactive mode (the thing I hate but it happens), a safe home, and the realization that I can do anything I want because the worst that can happen to me already has. I'm not fearless, I have to battle a lot of shit just to leave the house to the grocery store, some street harassment and I can be fucked up and inside for days, but when all is balanced and I'm in control (no really, gotta be in charge) I can try just about anything once.
Where I am now emotionally is I am able to help loved ones in the worst times of their lives (death, illness in family, & similar) because I can manage these huge emotions by handling the details noone was there to handle for me (paperwork is evil when you're completely destroyed emotionally), I have travelled all over the world & love life boundlessly, but I have severe and occasionally debilitating musculoskeletal and migraine issues ... And of course, I take a sleep aid and low dosage of antidepressant. I've managed to come up with work that allows me to work from home which has made all the difference.
Shit, went on and on. These stories are out there and not everyone is as lucky and stubborn as me.
As I'm writing this I can't figure out why I'm putting this story out there... But here it is.
**TL;DR** stalker took his moment when I was very drunk, tried to kill me, killed another woman a month later, is in jail.
Edit: bold type
| Obsessive stalker. It's hard to talk about, but he got away and when I was in hospital recovering, he was caught because he killed the other woman he did this to. He's in jail with no possibility of parole, and this helped a lot in the emotional recovery. "I win because I am alive and free" managed to drown out "I should have died" (& worse) as a mantra.
He waited until I was hammered one night after following me, pushed into my duplex, and beat and raped me, stabbed me, and left me for dead.
I fought hard but I was drunk, an element I find the most difficult to cope with here well over a decade later. I don't remember a lot but I know I got the phone and he ripped it out of the wall and that's what he used to smash my jaw. (& that's where I will leave off description)
My friend and I were supposed to meet in the morning & he came and saw the door was open and saved my life. I felt myself draining away, I could see blood pool, I kept wondering what time it was, I distinctly remember my friend's shoes and the sound he made. I died in the ambulance (i am tod) but came to briefly in hospital, went into coma, and was in hospital and rehab center for a long time. Very long.
Doctors were amazingly merciful and did some reconstructive work on me, that i never saw a bill for (but oh god the medical bills) police were horrible at first but then I got a good guy, therapists were sometimes awful and I had one amazing one, I am proud of the work I did to get better on my own..... EMDR & just hard fucking work to move past this as a defining moment in my existence means I have only a few things that trigger me into terrible PTSD. It has defined my existence, but I at least know I am more than the sum of violence, and that's a lot.
A few stories: I used to get violently ill when I came home, to any home, alone for years, until I got a dog who'd hang with me while I was nauseous or puking in the bathroom. He started greeting me at the door and being super hilarious and sweet so this helped change that reaction to coming home. He was an old man rescue dog that I met in the rehab facility... Animals are a big part of how I became 'OK' again.
Lots of really excellent coping methods have helped, a ton of stubbornness, and I live a 'normal' life, better than normal honestly! Cats, partner who knows how to manage if I go into reactive mode (the thing I hate but it happens), a safe home, and the realization that I can do anything I want because the worst that can happen to me already has. I'm not fearless, I have to battle a lot of shit just to leave the house to the grocery store, some street harassment and I can be fucked up and inside for days, but when all is balanced and I'm in control (no really, gotta be in charge) I can try just about anything once.
Where I am now emotionally is I am able to help loved ones in the worst times of their lives (death, illness in family, & similar) because I can manage these huge emotions by handling the details noone was there to handle for me (paperwork is evil when you're completely destroyed emotionally), I have travelled all over the world & love life boundlessly, but I have severe and occasionally debilitating musculoskeletal and migraine issues ... And of course, I take a sleep aid and low dosage of antidepressant. I've managed to come up with work that allows me to work from home which has made all the difference.
Shit, went on and on. These stories are out there and not everyone is as lucky and stubborn as me.
As I'm writing this I can't figure out why I'm putting this story out there... But here it is.
TL;DR stalker took his moment when I was very drunk, tried to kill me, killed another woman a month later, is in jail.
Edit: bold type
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg414zm | Obsessive stalker. It's hard to talk about, but he got away and when I was in hospital recovering, he was caught because he killed the other woman he did this to. He's in jail with no possibility of parole, and this helped a lot in the emotional recovery. "I win because I am alive and free" managed to drown out "I should have died" (& worse) as a mantra.
He waited until I was hammered one night after following me, pushed into my duplex, and beat and raped me, stabbed me, and left me for dead.
I fought hard but I was drunk, an element I find the most difficult to cope with here well over a decade later. I don't remember a lot but I know I got the phone and he ripped it out of the wall and that's what he used to smash my jaw. (& that's where I will leave off description)
My friend and I were supposed to meet in the morning & he came and saw the door was open and saved my life. I felt myself draining away, I could see blood pool, I kept wondering what time it was, I distinctly remember my friend's shoes and the sound he made. I died in the ambulance (i am tod) but came to briefly in hospital, went into coma, and was in hospital and rehab center for a long time. Very long.
Doctors were amazingly merciful and did some reconstructive work on me, that i never saw a bill for (but oh god the medical bills) police were horrible at first but then I got a good guy, therapists were sometimes awful and I had one amazing one, I am proud of the work I did to get better on my own..... EMDR & just hard fucking work to move past this as a defining moment in my existence means I have only a few things that trigger me into terrible PTSD. It has defined my existence, but I at least know I am more than the sum of violence, and that's a lot.
A few stories: I used to get violently ill when I came home, to any home, alone for years, until I got a dog who'd hang with me while I was nauseous or puking in the bathroom. He started greeting me at the door and being super hilarious and sweet so this helped change that reaction to coming home. He was an old man rescue dog that I met in the rehab facility... Animals are a big part of how I became 'OK' again.
Lots of really excellent coping methods have helped, a ton of stubbornness, and I live a 'normal' life, better than normal honestly! Cats, partner who knows how to manage if I go into reactive mode (the thing I hate but it happens), a safe home, and the realization that I can do anything I want because the worst that can happen to me already has. I'm not fearless, I have to battle a lot of shit just to leave the house to the grocery store, some street harassment and I can be fucked up and inside for days, but when all is balanced and I'm in control (no really, gotta be in charge) I can try just about anything once.
Where I am now emotionally is I am able to help loved ones in the worst times of their lives (death, illness in family, & similar) because I can manage these huge emotions by handling the details noone was there to handle for me (paperwork is evil when you're completely destroyed emotionally), I have travelled all over the world & love life boundlessly, but I have severe and occasionally debilitating musculoskeletal and migraine issues ... And of course, I take a sleep aid and low dosage of antidepressant. I've managed to come up with work that allows me to work from home which has made all the difference.
Shit, went on and on. These stories are out there and not everyone is as lucky and stubborn as me.
As I'm writing this I can't figure out why I'm putting this story out there... But here it is. | stalker took his moment when I was very drunk, tried to kill me, killed another woman a month later, is in jail.
Edit: bold type |
I_will_eat_your_life | I nearly got killed by two separate people on two separate occasions on the same night.
When I was about 15, I had the worlds shittiest boyfriend. Anyway, I went to a house party in the summer with him and some of his scummy friends. A girl turned up, she was a total bitch and really drunk. She was making comments at me all evening and putting me down. She was off her face on some drug or the other. She flirted with my boyfriend all evening and he flirted back. He cheated on me a lot and had even come onto girls in front of me many times. It was pretty abusive too so don't ask me why I stayed with him. I told her she was a cunt and tried to leave.
I got my jacket, and went to walk out of the door. She shouted something after me along the lines of how she is going to kick the shit out of me if she sees me again because I had "given her cheek"
I tell her I hope she dies of a drug overdose.
She got up, stormed over to me, then smashed the bottle of beer she was drinking on the bannister near the door, and punched me in the face, then dragged me to the floor by the hair and stabbed me in the chest and arm. I panicked and managed to wrestle the bottle off her. I lashed out, stabbing her in the neck. We both could have died. I looked her up on Facebook not long ago and she has a giant scar down her neck. Mine healed up pretty nice.
Anyway, as luck would have it, I lived in a bad area, and decided to stumble home through the park. This park is huge, and there's been quite a few murders/rapes on it. I was very drunk, to the point of stumbling.
So I'm stumbling through the park (it was still quite a little light at this time as it was summer so I thought I was okay) covered in blood (the wound wasn't too deep, just big) and an older, slight chubby Asian man walks towards me in the opposite direction. I ran towards him crying and ask him for help. He only spoke a little English but he mentioned his car and hospital. Great, I think, he will give me a ride to the hospital.
But it turned out that he, also, was a bit of a cunt.
He walks me down the path through the wooded area and he says that his car is in the car park which is in that direction. He's leading me down it and I'm stumbling behind. He must have thought he had hit the jackpot. Drunk, weakened vulnerable girl, dark, secluded park. Anyway he starts getting a bit rough whilst leading me, pulling my arm and stuff. I trip a few times. I start to feel a bit anxious and scared. I know something isn't right.
We reached the end of the footpath, and there is a fork in the path. One leads to the car park, one leads off onto another, deeper part of the park. He pulls me in that direction. As he pulls me I stagger a bit and for a second he lets go of my arm. I start screaming and run in the direction of the car park, and the bridge at the other side of it that leads to a main road.
Luckily, as he was a bit fat, he wasn't too fast. I manage to make it across the car park and over the bridge, and run into the road into oncoming traffic. People stop and help me.
I'm very lucky.
A week or so later, I was out with friends and my dad phoned me saying that a group of teens had come to the house and broke his car window. They were looking for me. I was drunk again at this point and furious. I knew who it was.
I got a taxi back to my house with a few friends, and on the small park next to my house there is a group of about 30 kids around my age and some a little older. I could see the girl who stabbed me. I walk onto the park, and my dad comes onto the park too. She comes over to me and starts screaming in my face about how I ruined her modelling career by scarring her. (Doubt it. She was not pretty. Although her sister is a pretty successful glamour model now, which must piss her off so bad).
Someone in the area must have phoned the police at this point. An officer comes up to us, and asks what all the commotion is about and asks the drunk teens to leave the park. My dad explains to the officer what had happened. As he was explaining the girl jumped on me and starts hitting me in the face. I manage to get on top of her and just beat the absolute shit out of her. The police went to pull me off and my dad told him to leave it. My dad, the policeman and the huge group of friends watch me repeatedly punch her in the face for a few seconds, then he arrests *her* because she hit me first and I guess he felt sorry for me, and I was actually being polite and trying to calm her. I never had any trouble off her again.
TL;DR: Drug induced whore stabs me because she wants my boyfriends dick. Fat Asian then tries to rape me. Then my dad and a police officer watches me beat the living shit out of said whore.
Oh; and as a side note, my boyfriend ended up fucking her behind my back for a few weeks after this. She was and still is a cunt.
| I nearly got killed by two separate people on two separate occasions on the same night.
When I was about 15, I had the worlds shittiest boyfriend. Anyway, I went to a house party in the summer with him and some of his scummy friends. A girl turned up, she was a total bitch and really drunk. She was making comments at me all evening and putting me down. She was off her face on some drug or the other. She flirted with my boyfriend all evening and he flirted back. He cheated on me a lot and had even come onto girls in front of me many times. It was pretty abusive too so don't ask me why I stayed with him. I told her she was a cunt and tried to leave.
I got my jacket, and went to walk out of the door. She shouted something after me along the lines of how she is going to kick the shit out of me if she sees me again because I had "given her cheek"
I tell her I hope she dies of a drug overdose.
She got up, stormed over to me, then smashed the bottle of beer she was drinking on the bannister near the door, and punched me in the face, then dragged me to the floor by the hair and stabbed me in the chest and arm. I panicked and managed to wrestle the bottle off her. I lashed out, stabbing her in the neck. We both could have died. I looked her up on Facebook not long ago and she has a giant scar down her neck. Mine healed up pretty nice.
Anyway, as luck would have it, I lived in a bad area, and decided to stumble home through the park. This park is huge, and there's been quite a few murders/rapes on it. I was very drunk, to the point of stumbling.
So I'm stumbling through the park (it was still quite a little light at this time as it was summer so I thought I was okay) covered in blood (the wound wasn't too deep, just big) and an older, slight chubby Asian man walks towards me in the opposite direction. I ran towards him crying and ask him for help. He only spoke a little English but he mentioned his car and hospital. Great, I think, he will give me a ride to the hospital.
But it turned out that he, also, was a bit of a cunt.
He walks me down the path through the wooded area and he says that his car is in the car park which is in that direction. He's leading me down it and I'm stumbling behind. He must have thought he had hit the jackpot. Drunk, weakened vulnerable girl, dark, secluded park. Anyway he starts getting a bit rough whilst leading me, pulling my arm and stuff. I trip a few times. I start to feel a bit anxious and scared. I know something isn't right.
We reached the end of the footpath, and there is a fork in the path. One leads to the car park, one leads off onto another, deeper part of the park. He pulls me in that direction. As he pulls me I stagger a bit and for a second he lets go of my arm. I start screaming and run in the direction of the car park, and the bridge at the other side of it that leads to a main road.
Luckily, as he was a bit fat, he wasn't too fast. I manage to make it across the car park and over the bridge, and run into the road into oncoming traffic. People stop and help me.
I'm very lucky.
A week or so later, I was out with friends and my dad phoned me saying that a group of teens had come to the house and broke his car window. They were looking for me. I was drunk again at this point and furious. I knew who it was.
I got a taxi back to my house with a few friends, and on the small park next to my house there is a group of about 30 kids around my age and some a little older. I could see the girl who stabbed me. I walk onto the park, and my dad comes onto the park too. She comes over to me and starts screaming in my face about how I ruined her modelling career by scarring her. (Doubt it. She was not pretty. Although her sister is a pretty successful glamour model now, which must piss her off so bad).
Someone in the area must have phoned the police at this point. An officer comes up to us, and asks what all the commotion is about and asks the drunk teens to leave the park. My dad explains to the officer what had happened. As he was explaining the girl jumped on me and starts hitting me in the face. I manage to get on top of her and just beat the absolute shit out of her. The police went to pull me off and my dad told him to leave it. My dad, the policeman and the huge group of friends watch me repeatedly punch her in the face for a few seconds, then he arrests her because she hit me first and I guess he felt sorry for me, and I was actually being polite and trying to calm her. I never had any trouble off her again.
TL;DR: Drug induced whore stabs me because she wants my boyfriends dick. Fat Asian then tries to rape me. Then my dad and a police officer watches me beat the living shit out of said whore.
Oh; and as a side note, my boyfriend ended up fucking her behind my back for a few weeks after this. She was and still is a cunt.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg44wqc | I nearly got killed by two separate people on two separate occasions on the same night.
When I was about 15, I had the worlds shittiest boyfriend. Anyway, I went to a house party in the summer with him and some of his scummy friends. A girl turned up, she was a total bitch and really drunk. She was making comments at me all evening and putting me down. She was off her face on some drug or the other. She flirted with my boyfriend all evening and he flirted back. He cheated on me a lot and had even come onto girls in front of me many times. It was pretty abusive too so don't ask me why I stayed with him. I told her she was a cunt and tried to leave.
I got my jacket, and went to walk out of the door. She shouted something after me along the lines of how she is going to kick the shit out of me if she sees me again because I had "given her cheek"
I tell her I hope she dies of a drug overdose.
She got up, stormed over to me, then smashed the bottle of beer she was drinking on the bannister near the door, and punched me in the face, then dragged me to the floor by the hair and stabbed me in the chest and arm. I panicked and managed to wrestle the bottle off her. I lashed out, stabbing her in the neck. We both could have died. I looked her up on Facebook not long ago and she has a giant scar down her neck. Mine healed up pretty nice.
Anyway, as luck would have it, I lived in a bad area, and decided to stumble home through the park. This park is huge, and there's been quite a few murders/rapes on it. I was very drunk, to the point of stumbling.
So I'm stumbling through the park (it was still quite a little light at this time as it was summer so I thought I was okay) covered in blood (the wound wasn't too deep, just big) and an older, slight chubby Asian man walks towards me in the opposite direction. I ran towards him crying and ask him for help. He only spoke a little English but he mentioned his car and hospital. Great, I think, he will give me a ride to the hospital.
But it turned out that he, also, was a bit of a cunt.
He walks me down the path through the wooded area and he says that his car is in the car park which is in that direction. He's leading me down it and I'm stumbling behind. He must have thought he had hit the jackpot. Drunk, weakened vulnerable girl, dark, secluded park. Anyway he starts getting a bit rough whilst leading me, pulling my arm and stuff. I trip a few times. I start to feel a bit anxious and scared. I know something isn't right.
We reached the end of the footpath, and there is a fork in the path. One leads to the car park, one leads off onto another, deeper part of the park. He pulls me in that direction. As he pulls me I stagger a bit and for a second he lets go of my arm. I start screaming and run in the direction of the car park, and the bridge at the other side of it that leads to a main road.
Luckily, as he was a bit fat, he wasn't too fast. I manage to make it across the car park and over the bridge, and run into the road into oncoming traffic. People stop and help me.
I'm very lucky.
A week or so later, I was out with friends and my dad phoned me saying that a group of teens had come to the house and broke his car window. They were looking for me. I was drunk again at this point and furious. I knew who it was.
I got a taxi back to my house with a few friends, and on the small park next to my house there is a group of about 30 kids around my age and some a little older. I could see the girl who stabbed me. I walk onto the park, and my dad comes onto the park too. She comes over to me and starts screaming in my face about how I ruined her modelling career by scarring her. (Doubt it. She was not pretty. Although her sister is a pretty successful glamour model now, which must piss her off so bad).
Someone in the area must have phoned the police at this point. An officer comes up to us, and asks what all the commotion is about and asks the drunk teens to leave the park. My dad explains to the officer what had happened. As he was explaining the girl jumped on me and starts hitting me in the face. I manage to get on top of her and just beat the absolute shit out of her. The police went to pull me off and my dad told him to leave it. My dad, the policeman and the huge group of friends watch me repeatedly punch her in the face for a few seconds, then he arrests her because she hit me first and I guess he felt sorry for me, and I was actually being polite and trying to calm her. I never had any trouble off her again. | Drug induced whore stabs me because she wants my boyfriends dick. Fat Asian then tries to rape me. Then my dad and a police officer watches me beat the living shit out of said whore.
Oh; and as a side note, my boyfriend ended up fucking her behind my back for a few weeks after this. She was and still is a cunt. |
PsychoBitchCupcake | Never expect a miraculous event. You'll be disappointed if you set your expectations ridiculously high. My first time was with the guy I'm with now. It was insanely awkward since I had never made out with anyone, and he only had gotten really awkward oral from some random girl on a cruise. I had just given him oral for the first time a week before. So we were both pretty inexperienced. It started with making out. Eventually I said "so...do I take my pants off now?" He said "yeah I think so" we awkwardly figured out how to put the condom on. And the condom was way too small and didn't even fit him (he's pretty big, not trying to brag, just trying to point out more awkwardness) then he put it in, which hurt both of us pretty badly. we kinda stayed there with it in and didn't move becauAse it hurt. Then we were going for about 10 minutes when we heard something at the door. We freaked out, I hid in the closet because we thought his mom came home. He took the condom off and ran into the bathroom. After about 5 minutes of complete silence, he opens the closet door to tell me it was just his cat scratching the door, and that was our only condom. so i just finished him off, and we walked to school together still proud that we'd finally lost our virginities.
TL;DR We got cock-blocked by his cat. | Never expect a miraculous event. You'll be disappointed if you set your expectations ridiculously high. My first time was with the guy I'm with now. It was insanely awkward since I had never made out with anyone, and he only had gotten really awkward oral from some random girl on a cruise. I had just given him oral for the first time a week before. So we were both pretty inexperienced. It started with making out. Eventually I said "so...do I take my pants off now?" He said "yeah I think so" we awkwardly figured out how to put the condom on. And the condom was way too small and didn't even fit him (he's pretty big, not trying to brag, just trying to point out more awkwardness) then he put it in, which hurt both of us pretty badly. we kinda stayed there with it in and didn't move becauAse it hurt. Then we were going for about 10 minutes when we heard something at the door. We freaked out, I hid in the closet because we thought his mom came home. He took the condom off and ran into the bathroom. After about 5 minutes of complete silence, he opens the closet door to tell me it was just his cat scratching the door, and that was our only condom. so i just finished him off, and we walked to school together still proud that we'd finally lost our virginities.
TL;DR We got cock-blocked by his cat.
| teenagers | t5_2rjli | cg3qowu | Never expect a miraculous event. You'll be disappointed if you set your expectations ridiculously high. My first time was with the guy I'm with now. It was insanely awkward since I had never made out with anyone, and he only had gotten really awkward oral from some random girl on a cruise. I had just given him oral for the first time a week before. So we were both pretty inexperienced. It started with making out. Eventually I said "so...do I take my pants off now?" He said "yeah I think so" we awkwardly figured out how to put the condom on. And the condom was way too small and didn't even fit him (he's pretty big, not trying to brag, just trying to point out more awkwardness) then he put it in, which hurt both of us pretty badly. we kinda stayed there with it in and didn't move becauAse it hurt. Then we were going for about 10 minutes when we heard something at the door. We freaked out, I hid in the closet because we thought his mom came home. He took the condom off and ran into the bathroom. After about 5 minutes of complete silence, he opens the closet door to tell me it was just his cat scratching the door, and that was our only condom. so i just finished him off, and we walked to school together still proud that we'd finally lost our virginities. | We got cock-blocked by his cat. |
jonjacobmoon | I currently am a landlord in a lower rent area outside of Portland. The neighborhood is called Rockwood. If you live in Portland, the mention of Rockwood gives people a fright. It is not an easy area to be a landlord in.
I have been doing it for ten years, though, and it has been very good for me. I have not made a fortune, but I have done well. I get a steady and dependable 8% cash over cash and the property has appreciated nicely.
BUT, it has, at times, not been easy. I had to spend a lot of money and put a lot of work to bring the property up to a nice level. I have been to court about a dozen times to start the eviction process. I have more than a few tenants that have fallen on hard times and failed to pay rent and skip out. I have tenants that have friends that cause trouble and, a few times, quite a bit of damage.
Ninety percent of my tenants today and over the years are good people looking for a decent place to live, and I do my best to provide that. But it can be hard and it can be risky. If you find the right tenant, they probably will never move because they can't afford it. BUT, they are always one paycheck away from missing rent.
Yes, good people deserve a place but if you are cash poor, then you might stear clear because it IS risky. If you are smart and get a small place and have the time to devote to it AND have the cash reserves to weather any tough times, THEN it can be profitable.
Also, remember that no matter how well you do, when you want to sell the place it will be far more difficult than selling a place in a better neighborhood. That is just the fact of life.
TL;DR: It can be profitable, but also very risky and hard. Make sure you are prepared for the challenge. | I currently am a landlord in a lower rent area outside of Portland. The neighborhood is called Rockwood. If you live in Portland, the mention of Rockwood gives people a fright. It is not an easy area to be a landlord in.
I have been doing it for ten years, though, and it has been very good for me. I have not made a fortune, but I have done well. I get a steady and dependable 8% cash over cash and the property has appreciated nicely.
BUT, it has, at times, not been easy. I had to spend a lot of money and put a lot of work to bring the property up to a nice level. I have been to court about a dozen times to start the eviction process. I have more than a few tenants that have fallen on hard times and failed to pay rent and skip out. I have tenants that have friends that cause trouble and, a few times, quite a bit of damage.
Ninety percent of my tenants today and over the years are good people looking for a decent place to live, and I do my best to provide that. But it can be hard and it can be risky. If you find the right tenant, they probably will never move because they can't afford it. BUT, they are always one paycheck away from missing rent.
Yes, good people deserve a place but if you are cash poor, then you might stear clear because it IS risky. If you are smart and get a small place and have the time to devote to it AND have the cash reserves to weather any tough times, THEN it can be profitable.
Also, remember that no matter how well you do, when you want to sell the place it will be far more difficult than selling a place in a better neighborhood. That is just the fact of life.
TL;DR: It can be profitable, but also very risky and hard. Make sure you are prepared for the challenge.
| RealEstate | t5_2qipl | cg3xm26 | I currently am a landlord in a lower rent area outside of Portland. The neighborhood is called Rockwood. If you live in Portland, the mention of Rockwood gives people a fright. It is not an easy area to be a landlord in.
I have been doing it for ten years, though, and it has been very good for me. I have not made a fortune, but I have done well. I get a steady and dependable 8% cash over cash and the property has appreciated nicely.
BUT, it has, at times, not been easy. I had to spend a lot of money and put a lot of work to bring the property up to a nice level. I have been to court about a dozen times to start the eviction process. I have more than a few tenants that have fallen on hard times and failed to pay rent and skip out. I have tenants that have friends that cause trouble and, a few times, quite a bit of damage.
Ninety percent of my tenants today and over the years are good people looking for a decent place to live, and I do my best to provide that. But it can be hard and it can be risky. If you find the right tenant, they probably will never move because they can't afford it. BUT, they are always one paycheck away from missing rent.
Yes, good people deserve a place but if you are cash poor, then you might stear clear because it IS risky. If you are smart and get a small place and have the time to devote to it AND have the cash reserves to weather any tough times, THEN it can be profitable.
Also, remember that no matter how well you do, when you want to sell the place it will be far more difficult than selling a place in a better neighborhood. That is just the fact of life. | It can be profitable, but also very risky and hard. Make sure you are prepared for the challenge. |
affordablerei | However, if you have not rented in these neighborhoods, how do you know what its like? There are too many people who haven't been there saying how horrible it is, but if you haven't done it in these neighborhoods you really can't say from experience if its worth it or not.
Your properties sound like they are in good neighborhoods. The thing is, most "good neighborhoods" cash on cash return isn't that great, or the cap rate isn't that great (Depends - I wouldn't get out of bed for 8% return on investment...that's too low for me), but for someone else it may be worth it. People who follow myself into these lower cost neighborhoods, own our homes outright in 2-4 years, taking us closer to the number that magical income stream that means we can quit our full time jobs and do real estate investing full time.
Waiting 6 months? Yeah, you didnt know what you're doing. Now, there are so many "how to invest in lower income neighborhoods" by experienced investors, its easy to figure out how to do it successfully. I'll say this alot, this isnt the same game it was 4 years ago. Property management too: you dont have to deal with day to day yourself in most cities.
TL;DR - real estate is local and nuanced, there isn't one brush to that describes every neighborhood. You can do just as well with a property in my area as yours, you just need to learn how to read the RELEVANT factors to judge that neighborhood...Like, CRIME is relevant factor, not schools | However, if you have not rented in these neighborhoods, how do you know what its like? There are too many people who haven't been there saying how horrible it is, but if you haven't done it in these neighborhoods you really can't say from experience if its worth it or not.
Your properties sound like they are in good neighborhoods. The thing is, most "good neighborhoods" cash on cash return isn't that great, or the cap rate isn't that great (Depends - I wouldn't get out of bed for 8% return on investment...that's too low for me), but for someone else it may be worth it. People who follow myself into these lower cost neighborhoods, own our homes outright in 2-4 years, taking us closer to the number that magical income stream that means we can quit our full time jobs and do real estate investing full time.
Waiting 6 months? Yeah, you didnt know what you're doing. Now, there are so many "how to invest in lower income neighborhoods" by experienced investors, its easy to figure out how to do it successfully. I'll say this alot, this isnt the same game it was 4 years ago. Property management too: you dont have to deal with day to day yourself in most cities.
TL;DR - real estate is local and nuanced, there isn't one brush to that describes every neighborhood. You can do just as well with a property in my area as yours, you just need to learn how to read the RELEVANT factors to judge that neighborhood...Like, CRIME is relevant factor, not schools
| RealEstate | t5_2qipl | cg4c1ey | However, if you have not rented in these neighborhoods, how do you know what its like? There are too many people who haven't been there saying how horrible it is, but if you haven't done it in these neighborhoods you really can't say from experience if its worth it or not.
Your properties sound like they are in good neighborhoods. The thing is, most "good neighborhoods" cash on cash return isn't that great, or the cap rate isn't that great (Depends - I wouldn't get out of bed for 8% return on investment...that's too low for me), but for someone else it may be worth it. People who follow myself into these lower cost neighborhoods, own our homes outright in 2-4 years, taking us closer to the number that magical income stream that means we can quit our full time jobs and do real estate investing full time.
Waiting 6 months? Yeah, you didnt know what you're doing. Now, there are so many "how to invest in lower income neighborhoods" by experienced investors, its easy to figure out how to do it successfully. I'll say this alot, this isnt the same game it was 4 years ago. Property management too: you dont have to deal with day to day yourself in most cities. | real estate is local and nuanced, there isn't one brush to that describes every neighborhood. You can do just as well with a property in my area as yours, you just need to learn how to read the RELEVANT factors to judge that neighborhood...Like, CRIME is relevant factor, not schools |
GoAskAlice | Personally, I think it makes you more human, and your stories believable. There's not a person here who hasn't fucked up. Everyone's done shit that they squirm to remember. And everyone's gonna fuck up some more. The thing is to own it, learn from it, move on, and not do that again.
It's easy to judge some random person on the Net and get a nice high from feeling superior, and also easy to post that you think that person's shit. But it makes you shitty to do that as well, unless the person you're chastising was being an ass to someone else for no reason.
TL;DR: fuck the haters | Personally, I think it makes you more human, and your stories believable. There's not a person here who hasn't fucked up. Everyone's done shit that they squirm to remember. And everyone's gonna fuck up some more. The thing is to own it, learn from it, move on, and not do that again.
It's easy to judge some random person on the Net and get a nice high from feeling superior, and also easy to post that you think that person's shit. But it makes you shitty to do that as well, unless the person you're chastising was being an ass to someone else for no reason.
TL;DR: fuck the haters
| fatpeoplestories | t5_2vzax | cg44tga | Personally, I think it makes you more human, and your stories believable. There's not a person here who hasn't fucked up. Everyone's done shit that they squirm to remember. And everyone's gonna fuck up some more. The thing is to own it, learn from it, move on, and not do that again.
It's easy to judge some random person on the Net and get a nice high from feeling superior, and also easy to post that you think that person's shit. But it makes you shitty to do that as well, unless the person you're chastising was being an ass to someone else for no reason. | fuck the haters |
TheLameloid | "Argentina" and "long term planning" is kind of an oxymoron really. There are zero opportunities for personal growth here. The only thing you can do is try to survive and make ends meet.
Picture this: A giant turd hanging from a string. Below it, a powered fan, on full throttle. There is always this lingering fear that the country will go to the shithole. When the day ends and that hasn't happened yet, you go to sleep fearing that tomorrow will be the day. Perhaps you could go to Brazil or Uruguay?
TLDR: Don't go to Argentina. | "Argentina" and "long term planning" is kind of an oxymoron really. There are zero opportunities for personal growth here. The only thing you can do is try to survive and make ends meet.
Picture this: A giant turd hanging from a string. Below it, a powered fan, on full throttle. There is always this lingering fear that the country will go to the shithole. When the day ends and that hasn't happened yet, you go to sleep fearing that tomorrow will be the day. Perhaps you could go to Brazil or Uruguay?
TLDR: Don't go to Argentina.
| IWantOut | t5_2r5hw | cg4bl9j | Argentina" and "long term planning" is kind of an oxymoron really. There are zero opportunities for personal growth here. The only thing you can do is try to survive and make ends meet.
Picture this: A giant turd hanging from a string. Below it, a powered fan, on full throttle. There is always this lingering fear that the country will go to the shithole. When the day ends and that hasn't happened yet, you go to sleep fearing that tomorrow will be the day. Perhaps you could go to Brazil or Uruguay? | Don't go to Argentina. |
Quoqueez | I've only ever seen this work on droplets of water. When water is poured on a hot surface (around a few tablespoons or so), it tends to break up into small droplets rather quickly, and the effect is seen. If it was desired to move a lot of water, say gallons or hundreds of gallons, it would most likely cool the surface to below a temperature where the leidenfrost effect would work. The amount of energy required to maintain a high temperature would be prohibitively high for any useful application.
Additionally, the force that pushes the droplet uphill is caused by a small "explosion" of steam. The steam is produced by the droplet itself as the part of it touching the hot surface evaporates almost instantly. You can see this in the slow motion gif as microscopic specs of water shoot off the rear of the drop. If more than a droplet was present on the surface, these small steam explosions would knock some of it forward, and some of it backwards. Most likely, these explosions wouldn't be able to move a large body of water.
source: I'm an engineering student who has read the wiki page, and made some observations of my own from what I have seen. My use of "probably" and "most likely" is due to me not being an authority on the subject.
TLDR: No | I've only ever seen this work on droplets of water. When water is poured on a hot surface (around a few tablespoons or so), it tends to break up into small droplets rather quickly, and the effect is seen. If it was desired to move a lot of water, say gallons or hundreds of gallons, it would most likely cool the surface to below a temperature where the leidenfrost effect would work. The amount of energy required to maintain a high temperature would be prohibitively high for any useful application.
Additionally, the force that pushes the droplet uphill is caused by a small "explosion" of steam. The steam is produced by the droplet itself as the part of it touching the hot surface evaporates almost instantly. You can see this in the slow motion gif as microscopic specs of water shoot off the rear of the drop. If more than a droplet was present on the surface, these small steam explosions would knock some of it forward, and some of it backwards. Most likely, these explosions wouldn't be able to move a large body of water.
source: I'm an engineering student who has read the wiki page, and made some observations of my own from what I have seen. My use of "probably" and "most likely" is due to me not being an authority on the subject.
TLDR: No
| gifs | t5_2qt55 | cg4l4bq | I've only ever seen this work on droplets of water. When water is poured on a hot surface (around a few tablespoons or so), it tends to break up into small droplets rather quickly, and the effect is seen. If it was desired to move a lot of water, say gallons or hundreds of gallons, it would most likely cool the surface to below a temperature where the leidenfrost effect would work. The amount of energy required to maintain a high temperature would be prohibitively high for any useful application.
Additionally, the force that pushes the droplet uphill is caused by a small "explosion" of steam. The steam is produced by the droplet itself as the part of it touching the hot surface evaporates almost instantly. You can see this in the slow motion gif as microscopic specs of water shoot off the rear of the drop. If more than a droplet was present on the surface, these small steam explosions would knock some of it forward, and some of it backwards. Most likely, these explosions wouldn't be able to move a large body of water.
source: I'm an engineering student who has read the wiki page, and made some observations of my own from what I have seen. My use of "probably" and "most likely" is due to me not being an authority on the subject. | No |
the_sweet_life_ | I (25m) have a lot that's great right now. 6 months ago my fiancee left me and my emotional state took a dive into the shitter. I was in a bad place for a bit after it happened. Brutal depression, suicidal thoughts, plummeting grades and excessive drinking came as a result.
A couple months ago I decided to change that. Started working out 4 times a week after 2 years away from the gym and became extremely focused on becoming the best me. All of that has led up to getting in incredible shape, dating again, regularly having sex, an 85% average in university this semester, promotions at work, trying all kinds of new things I wouldn't have in a relationship and truly coming out of my introverted shell and bettering myself on a social level.
Right after the breakup I couldn't picture my life without her. Now that I'm on the path to truly finding myself and being happy, I couldn't imagine life with her. Seriously, my entire outlook on life has gone from one polar extreme to the next over 6 months and now I feel like I'm in control of my life.
Tl;dr crushing breakup turns out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Edit: broke up wall of text | I (25m) have a lot that's great right now. 6 months ago my fiancee left me and my emotional state took a dive into the shitter. I was in a bad place for a bit after it happened. Brutal depression, suicidal thoughts, plummeting grades and excessive drinking came as a result.
A couple months ago I decided to change that. Started working out 4 times a week after 2 years away from the gym and became extremely focused on becoming the best me. All of that has led up to getting in incredible shape, dating again, regularly having sex, an 85% average in university this semester, promotions at work, trying all kinds of new things I wouldn't have in a relationship and truly coming out of my introverted shell and bettering myself on a social level.
Right after the breakup I couldn't picture my life without her. Now that I'm on the path to truly finding myself and being happy, I couldn't imagine life with her. Seriously, my entire outlook on life has gone from one polar extreme to the next over 6 months and now I feel like I'm in control of my life.
Tl;dr crushing breakup turns out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Edit: broke up wall of text
| AskMen | t5_2s30g | cg4ush6 | I (25m) have a lot that's great right now. 6 months ago my fiancee left me and my emotional state took a dive into the shitter. I was in a bad place for a bit after it happened. Brutal depression, suicidal thoughts, plummeting grades and excessive drinking came as a result.
A couple months ago I decided to change that. Started working out 4 times a week after 2 years away from the gym and became extremely focused on becoming the best me. All of that has led up to getting in incredible shape, dating again, regularly having sex, an 85% average in university this semester, promotions at work, trying all kinds of new things I wouldn't have in a relationship and truly coming out of my introverted shell and bettering myself on a social level.
Right after the breakup I couldn't picture my life without her. Now that I'm on the path to truly finding myself and being happy, I couldn't imagine life with her. Seriously, my entire outlook on life has gone from one polar extreme to the next over 6 months and now I feel like I'm in control of my life. | crushing breakup turns out to be the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Edit: broke up wall of text |
smasters908 | Don't read this if your day is going well.
1. My friends are still awesome and completely trustworthy
2. My overall health.
That's about it. I can't think of anything else that's good. My boss told me we'll talk in the morning. That can't be good.
I still have feelings for my roommate. I've got the jealousy under control but I still can't fucking get her out of my head.
I'm 2 months late on rent and owe the previously mentioned roommate around $250.
I'm 19, I don't know where my life is going. I didn't even graduate highscool and I'm stuck working full time to live.
Sometimes I don't even know why I bother trying to make it work. If I found a way to off myself painlessly without a gun (Canadian), I would have already done it.
I'm a boring person to be around and I'm not outgoing, so odds are that I'll die alone. I'm basically living my life waiting for death to come around. In the meantime I escape my problems and stress by drinking and smoking weed.
TL;DR: I live a sad life.
| Don't read this if your day is going well.
My friends are still awesome and completely trustworthy
My overall health.
That's about it. I can't think of anything else that's good. My boss told me we'll talk in the morning. That can't be good.
I still have feelings for my roommate. I've got the jealousy under control but I still can't fucking get her out of my head.
I'm 2 months late on rent and owe the previously mentioned roommate around $250.
I'm 19, I don't know where my life is going. I didn't even graduate highscool and I'm stuck working full time to live.
Sometimes I don't even know why I bother trying to make it work. If I found a way to off myself painlessly without a gun (Canadian), I would have already done it.
I'm a boring person to be around and I'm not outgoing, so odds are that I'll die alone. I'm basically living my life waiting for death to come around. In the meantime I escape my problems and stress by drinking and smoking weed.
TL;DR: I live a sad life.
| AskMen | t5_2s30g | cg56lzq | Don't read this if your day is going well.
My friends are still awesome and completely trustworthy
My overall health.
That's about it. I can't think of anything else that's good. My boss told me we'll talk in the morning. That can't be good.
I still have feelings for my roommate. I've got the jealousy under control but I still can't fucking get her out of my head.
I'm 2 months late on rent and owe the previously mentioned roommate around $250.
I'm 19, I don't know where my life is going. I didn't even graduate highscool and I'm stuck working full time to live.
Sometimes I don't even know why I bother trying to make it work. If I found a way to off myself painlessly without a gun (Canadian), I would have already done it.
I'm a boring person to be around and I'm not outgoing, so odds are that I'll die alone. I'm basically living my life waiting for death to come around. In the meantime I escape my problems and stress by drinking and smoking weed. | I live a sad life. |
DoiX | Sunt OK cu automatizarea, pe masura ce evoluam ca societate, intampinam probleme noi, gasim solutii unicate la probleme unicate care reprezinta societatea intr-un anume punct temporal.
Lumea are tendinta sa priveasca automatizarea ca un lucru care se va intampla peste noapte, maine, facand comparatie intre ziua de maine si situatia prezenta de acum. Evident ca situatia pare gri in felul asta de a privi. Joburile dispar si apar in functie de nivelul socio-technologic, faptul ca azi nu putem percepe cum o sa arate lumea peste 50 de ani nu inseamna ca trebuie sa ne panicam ca "Dey terk err jerbs!"
Este adevarat si faptul ca exista o incongruenta globala intre societati, orice probleme vor aparea in viitor for fi un rezultat direct al acestor incongruente, altfel spus, posibila lipsa a joburilor va fi doar un simptom si nu un rezultat direct al automatizarii.
**TL;Dr; O societate care e proactiva nu va avea probleme, una reactiva se va chinui, una obtuza e fucked.**
^(^sorry ^i'm ^late ^to ^the ^party) | Sunt OK cu automatizarea, pe masura ce evoluam ca societate, intampinam probleme noi, gasim solutii unicate la probleme unicate care reprezinta societatea intr-un anume punct temporal.
Lumea are tendinta sa priveasca automatizarea ca un lucru care se va intampla peste noapte, maine, facand comparatie intre ziua de maine si situatia prezenta de acum. Evident ca situatia pare gri in felul asta de a privi. Joburile dispar si apar in functie de nivelul socio-technologic, faptul ca azi nu putem percepe cum o sa arate lumea peste 50 de ani nu inseamna ca trebuie sa ne panicam ca "Dey terk err jerbs!"
Este adevarat si faptul ca exista o incongruenta globala intre societati, orice probleme vor aparea in viitor for fi un rezultat direct al acestor incongruente, altfel spus, posibila lipsa a joburilor va fi doar un simptom si nu un rezultat direct al automatizarii.
TL;Dr; O societate care e proactiva nu va avea probleme, una reactiva se va chinui, una obtuza e fucked.
^(^sorry ^i'm ^late ^to ^the ^party)
| Romania | t5_2qm35 | cg53v52 | Sunt OK cu automatizarea, pe masura ce evoluam ca societate, intampinam probleme noi, gasim solutii unicate la probleme unicate care reprezinta societatea intr-un anume punct temporal.
Lumea are tendinta sa priveasca automatizarea ca un lucru care se va intampla peste noapte, maine, facand comparatie intre ziua de maine si situatia prezenta de acum. Evident ca situatia pare gri in felul asta de a privi. Joburile dispar si apar in functie de nivelul socio-technologic, faptul ca azi nu putem percepe cum o sa arate lumea peste 50 de ani nu inseamna ca trebuie sa ne panicam ca "Dey terk err jerbs!"
Este adevarat si faptul ca exista o incongruenta globala intre societati, orice probleme vor aparea in viitor for fi un rezultat direct al acestor incongruente, altfel spus, posibila lipsa a joburilor va fi doar un simptom si nu un rezultat direct al automatizarii. | O societate care e proactiva nu va avea probleme, una reactiva se va chinui, una obtuza e fucked.
^(^sorry ^i'm ^late ^to ^the ^party) |
otmai-reads | (disclaimer: M here)
While I understand where you're coming from, I think you're letting yourself think too much of it.
First and foremost: it's OK for him to manage his money as he wishes to — so if he bought the ring because he wanted to, it's also OK if he wants to buy a separate engagement ring (if/when he decides to propose).
If you're worried about the amount being spent on such an item, just let him know that you worry. Take care to communicate clearly that you really liked the gift, but worry about the cost so he understands that's it's just an opinion on finances.
Regarding a proposal, I really don't think you should bring that up if it hasn't naturally been the subject of a conversation until now.
As time goes by, what both of you expect from the relationship will naturally come up and you can raise the question about this vs a different ring then.
TL;DR: it's his choice, don't worry about it. If the price worries you, let him know that. | (disclaimer: M here)
While I understand where you're coming from, I think you're letting yourself think too much of it.
First and foremost: it's OK for him to manage his money as he wishes to — so if he bought the ring because he wanted to, it's also OK if he wants to buy a separate engagement ring (if/when he decides to propose).
If you're worried about the amount being spent on such an item, just let him know that you worry. Take care to communicate clearly that you really liked the gift, but worry about the cost so he understands that's it's just an opinion on finances.
Regarding a proposal, I really don't think you should bring that up if it hasn't naturally been the subject of a conversation until now.
As time goes by, what both of you expect from the relationship will naturally come up and you can raise the question about this vs a different ring then.
TL;DR: it's his choice, don't worry about it. If the price worries you, let him know that.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cg4xclc | disclaimer: M here)
While I understand where you're coming from, I think you're letting yourself think too much of it.
First and foremost: it's OK for him to manage his money as he wishes to — so if he bought the ring because he wanted to, it's also OK if he wants to buy a separate engagement ring (if/when he decides to propose).
If you're worried about the amount being spent on such an item, just let him know that you worry. Take care to communicate clearly that you really liked the gift, but worry about the cost so he understands that's it's just an opinion on finances.
Regarding a proposal, I really don't think you should bring that up if it hasn't naturally been the subject of a conversation until now.
As time goes by, what both of you expect from the relationship will naturally come up and you can raise the question about this vs a different ring then. | it's his choice, don't worry about it. If the price worries you, let him know that. |
Laughingferret | I have my doubts that Fox, even Fox News, represents an authentic belief in cultural conservatism. Their high god is Mammon not Jesus or Yahweh or whoever. Murdoch and underlings saw an untapped market : angry, scared, under-educated conservatives, and so they designed a 'News' entity to cater to them, grow them, and reap the profit.
Why not air a show that will sell advertising time?
Worst that can happen, some of these cultural conservatives will see it, get angry and fearful and watch more Fox News to be comforted.
Win-Win for Fox.
tl;dr: Money. | I have my doubts that Fox, even Fox News, represents an authentic belief in cultural conservatism. Their high god is Mammon not Jesus or Yahweh or whoever. Murdoch and underlings saw an untapped market : angry, scared, under-educated conservatives, and so they designed a 'News' entity to cater to them, grow them, and reap the profit.
Why not air a show that will sell advertising time?
Worst that can happen, some of these cultural conservatives will see it, get angry and fearful and watch more Fox News to be comforted.
Win-Win for Fox.
tl;dr: Money.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cg533a9 | I have my doubts that Fox, even Fox News, represents an authentic belief in cultural conservatism. Their high god is Mammon not Jesus or Yahweh or whoever. Murdoch and underlings saw an untapped market : angry, scared, under-educated conservatives, and so they designed a 'News' entity to cater to them, grow them, and reap the profit.
Why not air a show that will sell advertising time?
Worst that can happen, some of these cultural conservatives will see it, get angry and fearful and watch more Fox News to be comforted.
Win-Win for Fox. | Money. |
agent00turtleneck | My boyfriend is going to take his two-year MBA in another *continent* in a year or two. We both know we will be very bad at maintaining a long distance relationship (but of course we are willing to try, do whatever it takes). But we see the benefit of our relationship enduring that difficult time.
However, the option to move in with him (we don't live together atm) for the duration of his studies has recently presented itself. If I didn't get a job there (extremely unlikely as I will go insane), he will be able to support me.
**TL;DR**: bf will move away for 2 years, not sure if we can LDR but I could move in with him.. but I don't know if I can do that either.
So, if any redditors have done it, or have endured the long-term LDR coming from a non-LDR relationship, I'd really like to hear both sides of the coin. I think it would really help my decision. | My boyfriend is going to take his two-year MBA in another continent in a year or two. We both know we will be very bad at maintaining a long distance relationship (but of course we are willing to try, do whatever it takes). But we see the benefit of our relationship enduring that difficult time.
However, the option to move in with him (we don't live together atm) for the duration of his studies has recently presented itself. If I didn't get a job there (extremely unlikely as I will go insane), he will be able to support me.
TL;DR : bf will move away for 2 years, not sure if we can LDR but I could move in with him.. but I don't know if I can do that either.
So, if any redditors have done it, or have endured the long-term LDR coming from a non-LDR relationship, I'd really like to hear both sides of the coin. I think it would really help my decision.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg5auxx | My boyfriend is going to take his two-year MBA in another continent in a year or two. We both know we will be very bad at maintaining a long distance relationship (but of course we are willing to try, do whatever it takes). But we see the benefit of our relationship enduring that difficult time.
However, the option to move in with him (we don't live together atm) for the duration of his studies has recently presented itself. If I didn't get a job there (extremely unlikely as I will go insane), he will be able to support me. | bf will move away for 2 years, not sure if we can LDR but I could move in with him.. but I don't know if I can do that either.
So, if any redditors have done it, or have endured the long-term LDR coming from a non-LDR relationship, I'd really like to hear both sides of the coin. I think it would really help my decision. |
BromineOxygen | Hypperrealist painting is about enhancing and exaggerating all the subtleties of real life, to create a *painting* that resembles real-life itself. Hyperrealist painters add a lot of subtle detail that is *designed* to be missed to trick your mind into thinking it's look at a real, three dimensional, real life object. They generally add strong lighting, glare, vivid color, reflection, high contrast, moisture, creasing and transparency in their paintings that may not be present in real life or photography.
Hyperrealism to amateur artists is similar to abstract art to non-artists. "But it's not *real* art, it's just a few shapes!"
tl;dr Hyperrealism is about mimicking real life. Photorealism is about mimicking photography. | Hypperrealist painting is about enhancing and exaggerating all the subtleties of real life, to create a painting that resembles real-life itself. Hyperrealist painters add a lot of subtle detail that is designed to be missed to trick your mind into thinking it's look at a real, three dimensional, real life object. They generally add strong lighting, glare, vivid color, reflection, high contrast, moisture, creasing and transparency in their paintings that may not be present in real life or photography.
Hyperrealism to amateur artists is similar to abstract art to non-artists. "But it's not real art, it's just a few shapes!"
tl;dr Hyperrealism is about mimicking real life. Photorealism is about mimicking photography.
| woahdude | t5_2r8tu | cg5ylc0 | Hypperrealist painting is about enhancing and exaggerating all the subtleties of real life, to create a painting that resembles real-life itself. Hyperrealist painters add a lot of subtle detail that is designed to be missed to trick your mind into thinking it's look at a real, three dimensional, real life object. They generally add strong lighting, glare, vivid color, reflection, high contrast, moisture, creasing and transparency in their paintings that may not be present in real life or photography.
Hyperrealism to amateur artists is similar to abstract art to non-artists. "But it's not real art, it's just a few shapes!" | Hyperrealism is about mimicking real life. Photorealism is about mimicking photography. |
Green_Is_The_Color | When attempting realism, these are usually simpler than living beings.
TL;DR: Training? | When attempting realism, these are usually simpler than living beings.
TL;DR: Training?
| woahdude | t5_2r8tu | cg5o92n | When attempting realism, these are usually simpler than living beings. | Training? |
Green_Is_The_Color | Oh. I feel like a retard now. I didn't really think that through. Man... when I wrote it it sounded all fine in my head.
TL;DR: Oops. | Oh. I feel like a retard now. I didn't really think that through. Man... when I wrote it it sounded all fine in my head.
TL;DR: Oops.
| woahdude | t5_2r8tu | cg5xyu0 | Oh. I feel like a retard now. I didn't really think that through. Man... when I wrote it it sounded all fine in my head. | Oops. |
threefintuna | loved this. thanks for spelling it out clearly AND for the 'TL:DR' summaries for people like me.
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tivo713 | I'm a pretty big fan of Tim Morrill.
**The Foundation** - If you're looking for a base of knowledge to help you understand and create your own program then the foundation ebook is definitely for you. The best part of it is the comprehensive exercise directory he gives you which link to youtube vids of all the movements (alot of which I had no clue on). Tim doesn't really dumb it down at all, so it is a tough but worthy read.
**FUTURE** - This is a more hands on video product where its like hours of content where he guides you through every aspect, like prehab, warm ups, asymmetry and just a whole mess of information including the hows AND whys. [link](
**explosive ulti** - I would say this is like a live presentation of some of the things he addressed in the foundation as well as subjects he further expands upon in FUTURE.
I have all 3, and have had some distance coaching and programming done by him. As your mid to upper level league player, and mid-level mixed club player, it's helped alot, especially on the prehab. I use to get injured all time and i'm enjoying prolly some of the fastest ultimate i've played, and the most injury free.
The dude is an open book too, so you can always send him an email or twitter or something and he'll get back to you. Additionally he just finished filming a new video series on bulding agility that should be coming out relatively soon too.
tl;dr - super aweosme guy, in order of favorites i'd rank future > foundation > explosive ulti. but they're all good. see if you can get him to bundle them for you at a discount? | I'm a pretty big fan of Tim Morrill.
The Foundation - If you're looking for a base of knowledge to help you understand and create your own program then the foundation ebook is definitely for you. The best part of it is the comprehensive exercise directory he gives you which link to youtube vids of all the movements (alot of which I had no clue on). Tim doesn't really dumb it down at all, so it is a tough but worthy read.
FUTURE - This is a more hands on video product where its like hours of content where he guides you through every aspect, like prehab, warm ups, asymmetry and just a whole mess of information including the hows AND whys. [link](
explosive ulti - I would say this is like a live presentation of some of the things he addressed in the foundation as well as subjects he further expands upon in FUTURE.
I have all 3, and have had some distance coaching and programming done by him. As your mid to upper level league player, and mid-level mixed club player, it's helped alot, especially on the prehab. I use to get injured all time and i'm enjoying prolly some of the fastest ultimate i've played, and the most injury free.
The dude is an open book too, so you can always send him an email or twitter or something and he'll get back to you. Additionally he just finished filming a new video series on bulding agility that should be coming out relatively soon too.
tl;dr - super aweosme guy, in order of favorites i'd rank future > foundation > explosive ulti. but they're all good. see if you can get him to bundle them for you at a discount?
| ultimate | t5_2qnym | cg5nped | I'm a pretty big fan of Tim Morrill.
The Foundation - If you're looking for a base of knowledge to help you understand and create your own program then the foundation ebook is definitely for you. The best part of it is the comprehensive exercise directory he gives you which link to youtube vids of all the movements (alot of which I had no clue on). Tim doesn't really dumb it down at all, so it is a tough but worthy read.
FUTURE - This is a more hands on video product where its like hours of content where he guides you through every aspect, like prehab, warm ups, asymmetry and just a whole mess of information including the hows AND whys. [link](
explosive ulti - I would say this is like a live presentation of some of the things he addressed in the foundation as well as subjects he further expands upon in FUTURE.
I have all 3, and have had some distance coaching and programming done by him. As your mid to upper level league player, and mid-level mixed club player, it's helped alot, especially on the prehab. I use to get injured all time and i'm enjoying prolly some of the fastest ultimate i've played, and the most injury free.
The dude is an open book too, so you can always send him an email or twitter or something and he'll get back to you. Additionally he just finished filming a new video series on bulding agility that should be coming out relatively soon too. | super aweosme guy, in order of favorites i'd rank future > foundation > explosive ulti. but they're all good. see if you can get him to bundle them for you at a discount? |
EllieMental | I was dating but not really looking for a relationship when I met my SO through mutual friends. Within 3 weeks of our first date, he dropped the L word on me. To my surprise, I responded in kind (and meant the shit out of it).
We're still new as a couple, but six months in and we still can't wait to see each other every day.
tl;dr: Fastest attachment was 3 weeks, with my current SO, and I couldn't be happier. | I was dating but not really looking for a relationship when I met my SO through mutual friends. Within 3 weeks of our first date, he dropped the L word on me. To my surprise, I responded in kind (and meant the shit out of it).
We're still new as a couple, but six months in and we still can't wait to see each other every day.
tl;dr: Fastest attachment was 3 weeks, with my current SO, and I couldn't be happier.
| AskMen | t5_2s30g | cg5ozkq | I was dating but not really looking for a relationship when I met my SO through mutual friends. Within 3 weeks of our first date, he dropped the L word on me. To my surprise, I responded in kind (and meant the shit out of it).
We're still new as a couple, but six months in and we still can't wait to see each other every day. | Fastest attachment was 3 weeks, with my current SO, and I couldn't be happier. |
soundofnight | Ultimate edition was blocked on my country, too. So I found a brazilian and bought from him. (in brazil games are cheaper) it wasn't a %75 off deal, so i gave more than this price, it was around $12 and it's one of the most expensive games i've ever bought. But worth it.
Now, my humble opinions about the game.
*story: definitely one of the best game stories. It's not the best but hey, a branching, decent story. It's impossible to find that this days. Also i sensed some Wheel of Time. (blight, darkspawn, aes sedai (reverend mother) and lots more.. )
*graphics: not the best side of the game, but it's good in general. But, character models are more than well-made. There are some good scenery, too.
* gameplay: if you play it as an arpg, you'll suffer in pain. I might say it's a tactical rpg. You can pause the battle, give commands, and then continue the fight by commanding all characters from top, or select one and play as him/her. I loved it.
The only bad thing about the game is, it doesn't let me get involved in romance with both morrigan and leliana. I love both of them, but they don't like each other :(
Tl, dr: best rpg. Buy it. | Ultimate edition was blocked on my country, too. So I found a brazilian and bought from him. (in brazil games are cheaper) it wasn't a %75 off deal, so i gave more than this price, it was around $12 and it's one of the most expensive games i've ever bought. But worth it.
Now, my humble opinions about the game.
*story: definitely one of the best game stories. It's not the best but hey, a branching, decent story. It's impossible to find that this days. Also i sensed some Wheel of Time. (blight, darkspawn, aes sedai (reverend mother) and lots more.. )
*graphics: not the best side of the game, but it's good in general. But, character models are more than well-made. There are some good scenery, too.
gameplay: if you play it as an arpg, you'll suffer in pain. I might say it's a tactical rpg. You can pause the battle, give commands, and then continue the fight by commanding all characters from top, or select one and play as him/her. I loved it.
The only bad thing about the game is, it doesn't let me get involved in romance with both morrigan and leliana. I love both of them, but they don't like each other :(
Tl, dr: best rpg. Buy it.
| GameDeals | t5_2qwx3 | cg5uz5u | Ultimate edition was blocked on my country, too. So I found a brazilian and bought from him. (in brazil games are cheaper) it wasn't a %75 off deal, so i gave more than this price, it was around $12 and it's one of the most expensive games i've ever bought. But worth it.
Now, my humble opinions about the game.
*story: definitely one of the best game stories. It's not the best but hey, a branching, decent story. It's impossible to find that this days. Also i sensed some Wheel of Time. (blight, darkspawn, aes sedai (reverend mother) and lots more.. )
*graphics: not the best side of the game, but it's good in general. But, character models are more than well-made. There are some good scenery, too.
gameplay: if you play it as an arpg, you'll suffer in pain. I might say it's a tactical rpg. You can pause the battle, give commands, and then continue the fight by commanding all characters from top, or select one and play as him/her. I loved it.
The only bad thing about the game is, it doesn't let me get involved in romance with both morrigan and leliana. I love both of them, but they don't like each other :( | best rpg. Buy it. |
BrettLefty | It's easy enough to do. Any professional front end dev should be able to easily achieve "pixel-perfection". I've found that often the PSD isn't quite perfect, but either way I always try to make sure everything lines up right. I think it's more important in tech-related industries: If I'm looking for a web designer and his site isn't perfect, I'll probably look elsewhere. If I'm trying to buy some weird niche product, I won't expect them to have a perfect design.
But ya, why not do it perfect? You should be using a framework that encourages perfection, so it shouldn't be hard once you have your initial starting template set up. I'm pretty sure there's a Chrome (also Firefox?) add on that allows you to overlay an image on top of your website, so you can be totally sure everything lines up. But even with that, what about the differences in scroll bar and top menu widths and heights across browsers?
One place where it's quite a bit harder to maintain consistency is responsive designs. For example, foundation is fluid so it's gonna look different on literally every screen resolution. Bootstrap serves a few views that are designed to apply to most resolutions, but its still not gonna look exactly the same between, for example, two mobile web browsers like iOS Chrome and iOS Safari and android Chrome, or even the same mobile browser on different devices like iPhone 4 vs iPhone5.
In that case, I usually ask for a design for each breakpoint, and just try to keep things as consistent as possible on each breakpoint.
TL;DR use a framework that ensures consistency and you don't have to worry about manually lining things up. Just set up the framework correctly. | It's easy enough to do. Any professional front end dev should be able to easily achieve "pixel-perfection". I've found that often the PSD isn't quite perfect, but either way I always try to make sure everything lines up right. I think it's more important in tech-related industries: If I'm looking for a web designer and his site isn't perfect, I'll probably look elsewhere. If I'm trying to buy some weird niche product, I won't expect them to have a perfect design.
But ya, why not do it perfect? You should be using a framework that encourages perfection, so it shouldn't be hard once you have your initial starting template set up. I'm pretty sure there's a Chrome (also Firefox?) add on that allows you to overlay an image on top of your website, so you can be totally sure everything lines up. But even with that, what about the differences in scroll bar and top menu widths and heights across browsers?
One place where it's quite a bit harder to maintain consistency is responsive designs. For example, foundation is fluid so it's gonna look different on literally every screen resolution. Bootstrap serves a few views that are designed to apply to most resolutions, but its still not gonna look exactly the same between, for example, two mobile web browsers like iOS Chrome and iOS Safari and android Chrome, or even the same mobile browser on different devices like iPhone 4 vs iPhone5.
In that case, I usually ask for a design for each breakpoint, and just try to keep things as consistent as possible on each breakpoint.
TL;DR use a framework that ensures consistency and you don't have to worry about manually lining things up. Just set up the framework correctly.
| web_design | t5_2qh1m | cg66vmq | It's easy enough to do. Any professional front end dev should be able to easily achieve "pixel-perfection". I've found that often the PSD isn't quite perfect, but either way I always try to make sure everything lines up right. I think it's more important in tech-related industries: If I'm looking for a web designer and his site isn't perfect, I'll probably look elsewhere. If I'm trying to buy some weird niche product, I won't expect them to have a perfect design.
But ya, why not do it perfect? You should be using a framework that encourages perfection, so it shouldn't be hard once you have your initial starting template set up. I'm pretty sure there's a Chrome (also Firefox?) add on that allows you to overlay an image on top of your website, so you can be totally sure everything lines up. But even with that, what about the differences in scroll bar and top menu widths and heights across browsers?
One place where it's quite a bit harder to maintain consistency is responsive designs. For example, foundation is fluid so it's gonna look different on literally every screen resolution. Bootstrap serves a few views that are designed to apply to most resolutions, but its still not gonna look exactly the same between, for example, two mobile web browsers like iOS Chrome and iOS Safari and android Chrome, or even the same mobile browser on different devices like iPhone 4 vs iPhone5.
In that case, I usually ask for a design for each breakpoint, and just try to keep things as consistent as possible on each breakpoint. | use a framework that ensures consistency and you don't have to worry about manually lining things up. Just set up the framework correctly. |
owchies | Not sure if this qualifies as crazy, but here's the story.
My old house was pretty open planned - you could almost see the whole way through - and the home computer was in a little alcove right before the kitchen. My little brother (who at the time was 12) was/is an avid gamer, and whenever our parents would go out, he'd jump on the computer with his headphones on and the volume turned up pretty loud.
I was with a girl who lived a 6 hour drive away, so we didn't see each other a lot. Anyway, we were on the couch and my parents were out, so we were fooling around with each other while - of course- my brother was on the computer. One thing led to another and before i knew it, i was holding her off the ground against the living room wall going at it like nothing else. We were into being slightly violent towards each other (me more to her than anything) so when i got tired of holding her against the wall i laid her down on the dining table and continued, slapping her face occasionally. We finished and cleaned up, went back to the couch and finished the movie.
My brother was about 5 meters away the whole time and had only needed to get up and take two step backwards to see what was going on.
TL;DR - had sex while my brother was 5 meters away, without a door separating us. | Not sure if this qualifies as crazy, but here's the story.
My old house was pretty open planned - you could almost see the whole way through - and the home computer was in a little alcove right before the kitchen. My little brother (who at the time was 12) was/is an avid gamer, and whenever our parents would go out, he'd jump on the computer with his headphones on and the volume turned up pretty loud.
I was with a girl who lived a 6 hour drive away, so we didn't see each other a lot. Anyway, we were on the couch and my parents were out, so we were fooling around with each other while - of course- my brother was on the computer. One thing led to another and before i knew it, i was holding her off the ground against the living room wall going at it like nothing else. We were into being slightly violent towards each other (me more to her than anything) so when i got tired of holding her against the wall i laid her down on the dining table and continued, slapping her face occasionally. We finished and cleaned up, went back to the couch and finished the movie.
My brother was about 5 meters away the whole time and had only needed to get up and take two step backwards to see what was going on.
TL;DR - had sex while my brother was 5 meters away, without a door separating us.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg65mzt | Not sure if this qualifies as crazy, but here's the story.
My old house was pretty open planned - you could almost see the whole way through - and the home computer was in a little alcove right before the kitchen. My little brother (who at the time was 12) was/is an avid gamer, and whenever our parents would go out, he'd jump on the computer with his headphones on and the volume turned up pretty loud.
I was with a girl who lived a 6 hour drive away, so we didn't see each other a lot. Anyway, we were on the couch and my parents were out, so we were fooling around with each other while - of course- my brother was on the computer. One thing led to another and before i knew it, i was holding her off the ground against the living room wall going at it like nothing else. We were into being slightly violent towards each other (me more to her than anything) so when i got tired of holding her against the wall i laid her down on the dining table and continued, slapping her face occasionally. We finished and cleaned up, went back to the couch and finished the movie.
My brother was about 5 meters away the whole time and had only needed to get up and take two step backwards to see what was going on. | had sex while my brother was 5 meters away, without a door separating us. |
aReallyObeseMan | In my group of friends there was this one kid that no one really liked, I'll call him John, but we weren't jerks so we included him. Anyways, this one night there are 5 of us sleeping at his house in this formation: John was on the top bunk, my friend and I were on the lower bunk (no homo), and 2 were on the floor. We were whispering on the lower bunk so as not to wake anyone when all of a sudden the upper bunk mattress starts to squeak and the bed starts to shake a little. We're freaking out on the bottom bunk and try making noises but nothing works. After I coughed the squeaking stops...for a few minutes. When it resumes its obvious that things are getting a little more intense so I coughed again. This time John stopped for only 10 or 20 seconds. I coughed again but he kept going faster and squeakier. Then it stopped. No more movement. No clean up; no changing pants, nothing. It made for quite an awkward morning. Especially when he tried to give us good morning high fives.
TL;DR Host jizzed over 4 sleeping friends. | In my group of friends there was this one kid that no one really liked, I'll call him John, but we weren't jerks so we included him. Anyways, this one night there are 5 of us sleeping at his house in this formation: John was on the top bunk, my friend and I were on the lower bunk (no homo), and 2 were on the floor. We were whispering on the lower bunk so as not to wake anyone when all of a sudden the upper bunk mattress starts to squeak and the bed starts to shake a little. We're freaking out on the bottom bunk and try making noises but nothing works. After I coughed the squeaking stops...for a few minutes. When it resumes its obvious that things are getting a little more intense so I coughed again. This time John stopped for only 10 or 20 seconds. I coughed again but he kept going faster and squeakier. Then it stopped. No more movement. No clean up; no changing pants, nothing. It made for quite an awkward morning. Especially when he tried to give us good morning high fives.
TL;DR Host jizzed over 4 sleeping friends.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg674ku | In my group of friends there was this one kid that no one really liked, I'll call him John, but we weren't jerks so we included him. Anyways, this one night there are 5 of us sleeping at his house in this formation: John was on the top bunk, my friend and I were on the lower bunk (no homo), and 2 were on the floor. We were whispering on the lower bunk so as not to wake anyone when all of a sudden the upper bunk mattress starts to squeak and the bed starts to shake a little. We're freaking out on the bottom bunk and try making noises but nothing works. After I coughed the squeaking stops...for a few minutes. When it resumes its obvious that things are getting a little more intense so I coughed again. This time John stopped for only 10 or 20 seconds. I coughed again but he kept going faster and squeakier. Then it stopped. No more movement. No clean up; no changing pants, nothing. It made for quite an awkward morning. Especially when he tried to give us good morning high fives. | Host jizzed over 4 sleeping friends. |
hornythrowaway9 | Created a throwaway just for this.
I was about 12 or so when I decided it was time to get some pussy. Of course, I wasn't actually going to have sex with anyone, but that wouldn't stop me from trying to have sex with *anything*.
I don't remember how I got it, but I was given a stuffed tiger doll for one reason or another. Eventually it became torn at the seam, which happened to be right around it's tail. The hole was impossibly perfect. Cotton isn't the best stimulant for a penis, but it did the trick. I eventually threw it away because it become too full of cum, but my excuse to my parents was that I was too old for stuffed animals.
*TL;DR*: Horny 12 year old me Ass fucked a tiger doll. | Created a throwaway just for this.
I was about 12 or so when I decided it was time to get some pussy. Of course, I wasn't actually going to have sex with anyone, but that wouldn't stop me from trying to have sex with anything .
I don't remember how I got it, but I was given a stuffed tiger doll for one reason or another. Eventually it became torn at the seam, which happened to be right around it's tail. The hole was impossibly perfect. Cotton isn't the best stimulant for a penis, but it did the trick. I eventually threw it away because it become too full of cum, but my excuse to my parents was that I was too old for stuffed animals.
TL;DR : Horny 12 year old me Ass fucked a tiger doll.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6a4n4 | Created a throwaway just for this.
I was about 12 or so when I decided it was time to get some pussy. Of course, I wasn't actually going to have sex with anyone, but that wouldn't stop me from trying to have sex with anything .
I don't remember how I got it, but I was given a stuffed tiger doll for one reason or another. Eventually it became torn at the seam, which happened to be right around it's tail. The hole was impossibly perfect. Cotton isn't the best stimulant for a penis, but it did the trick. I eventually threw it away because it become too full of cum, but my excuse to my parents was that I was too old for stuffed animals. | Horny 12 year old me Ass fucked a tiger doll. |
Hexodus | Posted this before, but it's relevant.
When I was 13 or 14, I read on the internet you could masturbate by carving a dick-width-sized hole through a cucumber and microwaving it. I did this late at night and decided to give it a go. I went at it, and it turned out to feel pretty great. Before long, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. With no way to explain what I was doing, I immediately pulled up my pants and began munching on the cucumber. Midnight snack, I explained to my mother.
I'm allergic to cucumber. My mother knew this. Told her I was testing if I still had my allergy.
Side note: I had *not* finished into it, but still pretty gross.
**TL;DR** Ate a dick-filled cucumber. | Posted this before, but it's relevant.
When I was 13 or 14, I read on the internet you could masturbate by carving a dick-width-sized hole through a cucumber and microwaving it. I did this late at night and decided to give it a go. I went at it, and it turned out to feel pretty great. Before long, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. With no way to explain what I was doing, I immediately pulled up my pants and began munching on the cucumber. Midnight snack, I explained to my mother.
I'm allergic to cucumber. My mother knew this. Told her I was testing if I still had my allergy.
Side note: I had not finished into it, but still pretty gross.
TL;DR Ate a dick-filled cucumber.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6bddj | Posted this before, but it's relevant.
When I was 13 or 14, I read on the internet you could masturbate by carving a dick-width-sized hole through a cucumber and microwaving it. I did this late at night and decided to give it a go. I went at it, and it turned out to feel pretty great. Before long, I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. With no way to explain what I was doing, I immediately pulled up my pants and began munching on the cucumber. Midnight snack, I explained to my mother.
I'm allergic to cucumber. My mother knew this. Told her I was testing if I still had my allergy.
Side note: I had not finished into it, but still pretty gross. | Ate a dick-filled cucumber. |
soGnar32 | My family used to take a summer vacation every year to a popular vacation spot in my state that was a only a few hours away. So when I was a junior in high school my parents invited my girlfriend to come along. The rest of my family had driven over the day before, and it was just me, my girlfriend, and my mom. My girlfriend and I were in the back seat, and one thing led to another and she started giving me a handjob. After a few minutes the sound due to the lotion was too obvious in an otherwise silent car. Well I was already worked up so the only reasonable thing to do was for her to give me a blowjob. Things are going great and about 10 minutes later I came, only I couldn't warn my girlfriend and she kind of chokes/coughs. My mom cleared her throat very loudly (you know, the super obvious kind) and we both froze. To this day I still don't know if she knew what was going on, but it certainly seemed that way at the time. The next 2 hours was the most awkward car ride ever.
tl;dr: girlfriend gave me a blowjob in the backseat while my mom was driving. | My family used to take a summer vacation every year to a popular vacation spot in my state that was a only a few hours away. So when I was a junior in high school my parents invited my girlfriend to come along. The rest of my family had driven over the day before, and it was just me, my girlfriend, and my mom. My girlfriend and I were in the back seat, and one thing led to another and she started giving me a handjob. After a few minutes the sound due to the lotion was too obvious in an otherwise silent car. Well I was already worked up so the only reasonable thing to do was for her to give me a blowjob. Things are going great and about 10 minutes later I came, only I couldn't warn my girlfriend and she kind of chokes/coughs. My mom cleared her throat very loudly (you know, the super obvious kind) and we both froze. To this day I still don't know if she knew what was going on, but it certainly seemed that way at the time. The next 2 hours was the most awkward car ride ever.
tl;dr: girlfriend gave me a blowjob in the backseat while my mom was driving.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6bla3 | My family used to take a summer vacation every year to a popular vacation spot in my state that was a only a few hours away. So when I was a junior in high school my parents invited my girlfriend to come along. The rest of my family had driven over the day before, and it was just me, my girlfriend, and my mom. My girlfriend and I were in the back seat, and one thing led to another and she started giving me a handjob. After a few minutes the sound due to the lotion was too obvious in an otherwise silent car. Well I was already worked up so the only reasonable thing to do was for her to give me a blowjob. Things are going great and about 10 minutes later I came, only I couldn't warn my girlfriend and she kind of chokes/coughs. My mom cleared her throat very loudly (you know, the super obvious kind) and we both froze. To this day I still don't know if she knew what was going on, but it certainly seemed that way at the time. The next 2 hours was the most awkward car ride ever. | girlfriend gave me a blowjob in the backseat while my mom was driving. |
le_ginge | I was with my first GF, aged maybe 15. Used to go over to hers every couple of weeks as she lived in a different town. Locked ourselves in her bedroom while her parents were downstairs watching TV, she tried to do something different to spice up whatever it was we were doing (hadn't had sex yet, just dry humping). So, we get nekkid and she pulls out this squeezy bottle of chocolate sauce saying she wants to lick it off my body. Hey, I'm not gonna turn down that kind of service. She goes to town with that chocolate sauce, all over my navel, cock & balls (also, was not shaving at this point). After a couple of minutes of licking the chocolate sauce she says to me "it's not coming off". I look down at her, with chocolate smeared across her face and my entire crotchular region, and see this massive, sticky mess. Pick up the bottle of chocolate sauce, and it's the incredibly viscous stuff that's supposed to freeze when it hits ice cream. It's not body chocolate. At. All.
So, we had to tip toe down the hall to the bathroom to get some scissors to cut this shit out of my pubes, then shower it off, when her Dad gets mad thinking we're having sex in the shower, which at the time felt like the most unfair accusation ever. Once it was all off I grabbed my clothes and just ran out of the house. Haven't been able to look her Dad in the eye since, which is awkward, because the GF and I didn't break up for another 3 months.
TL;DR I got chocolate stuck in me nethers. | I was with my first GF, aged maybe 15. Used to go over to hers every couple of weeks as she lived in a different town. Locked ourselves in her bedroom while her parents were downstairs watching TV, she tried to do something different to spice up whatever it was we were doing (hadn't had sex yet, just dry humping). So, we get nekkid and she pulls out this squeezy bottle of chocolate sauce saying she wants to lick it off my body. Hey, I'm not gonna turn down that kind of service. She goes to town with that chocolate sauce, all over my navel, cock & balls (also, was not shaving at this point). After a couple of minutes of licking the chocolate sauce she says to me "it's not coming off". I look down at her, with chocolate smeared across her face and my entire crotchular region, and see this massive, sticky mess. Pick up the bottle of chocolate sauce, and it's the incredibly viscous stuff that's supposed to freeze when it hits ice cream. It's not body chocolate. At. All.
So, we had to tip toe down the hall to the bathroom to get some scissors to cut this shit out of my pubes, then shower it off, when her Dad gets mad thinking we're having sex in the shower, which at the time felt like the most unfair accusation ever. Once it was all off I grabbed my clothes and just ran out of the house. Haven't been able to look her Dad in the eye since, which is awkward, because the GF and I didn't break up for another 3 months.
TL;DR I got chocolate stuck in me nethers.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6empc | I was with my first GF, aged maybe 15. Used to go over to hers every couple of weeks as she lived in a different town. Locked ourselves in her bedroom while her parents were downstairs watching TV, she tried to do something different to spice up whatever it was we were doing (hadn't had sex yet, just dry humping). So, we get nekkid and she pulls out this squeezy bottle of chocolate sauce saying she wants to lick it off my body. Hey, I'm not gonna turn down that kind of service. She goes to town with that chocolate sauce, all over my navel, cock & balls (also, was not shaving at this point). After a couple of minutes of licking the chocolate sauce she says to me "it's not coming off". I look down at her, with chocolate smeared across her face and my entire crotchular region, and see this massive, sticky mess. Pick up the bottle of chocolate sauce, and it's the incredibly viscous stuff that's supposed to freeze when it hits ice cream. It's not body chocolate. At. All.
So, we had to tip toe down the hall to the bathroom to get some scissors to cut this shit out of my pubes, then shower it off, when her Dad gets mad thinking we're having sex in the shower, which at the time felt like the most unfair accusation ever. Once it was all off I grabbed my clothes and just ran out of the house. Haven't been able to look her Dad in the eye since, which is awkward, because the GF and I didn't break up for another 3 months. | I got chocolate stuck in me nethers. |
ed_loa | At a mates 18th. Dress up party. I am in a six year olds dearth vadar costume from k mart which I had to cut to get it on. (Most of my stomach was showing). Spot 9/10 blonde girl I've been talking to lately on the dance floor. She's dressed in slutty Egyptian type gear. I walk over to her, imperial march playing in my head. I place my light sabre on her shoulder and say "how bout it then?". She nods. Win. I lead her to the tiny pool shed at the back of the house. She undresses me and starts gettin on deez nuts. Then I say "reveal yourself cleopatra". She obliges. Win. We start getting freaky, then my mates come banging on the door thinking they are being funny, I trip over and bang my head on a pool filter, get knocked out, blonde screams and gets dressed and leaves. My mates then carried me to the dance floor where I regained consciousness and quickly realised I was naked in front of the entire party so I ran.
Tl;dr I got knocked out while trying to fuck a chick at a party | At a mates 18th. Dress up party. I am in a six year olds dearth vadar costume from k mart which I had to cut to get it on. (Most of my stomach was showing). Spot 9/10 blonde girl I've been talking to lately on the dance floor. She's dressed in slutty Egyptian type gear. I walk over to her, imperial march playing in my head. I place my light sabre on her shoulder and say "how bout it then?". She nods. Win. I lead her to the tiny pool shed at the back of the house. She undresses me and starts gettin on deez nuts. Then I say "reveal yourself cleopatra". She obliges. Win. We start getting freaky, then my mates come banging on the door thinking they are being funny, I trip over and bang my head on a pool filter, get knocked out, blonde screams and gets dressed and leaves. My mates then carried me to the dance floor where I regained consciousness and quickly realised I was naked in front of the entire party so I ran.
Tl;dr I got knocked out while trying to fuck a chick at a party
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6f4t7 | At a mates 18th. Dress up party. I am in a six year olds dearth vadar costume from k mart which I had to cut to get it on. (Most of my stomach was showing). Spot 9/10 blonde girl I've been talking to lately on the dance floor. She's dressed in slutty Egyptian type gear. I walk over to her, imperial march playing in my head. I place my light sabre on her shoulder and say "how bout it then?". She nods. Win. I lead her to the tiny pool shed at the back of the house. She undresses me and starts gettin on deez nuts. Then I say "reveal yourself cleopatra". She obliges. Win. We start getting freaky, then my mates come banging on the door thinking they are being funny, I trip over and bang my head on a pool filter, get knocked out, blonde screams and gets dressed and leaves. My mates then carried me to the dance floor where I regained consciousness and quickly realised I was naked in front of the entire party so I ran. | I got knocked out while trying to fuck a chick at a party |
Molochkwalker | When I was 13-15 I was a chronic masturbator (3-4 times a day). Me and my family used to go to our log cabin in the mountains in the easter and summer, to go skiing and hiking. We have one main cabin with two bedrooms, living room and kitchen, and a smaller annex with four more beds.
**The first time**, I was sleeping in a bunkbed in the annex with my mother and my stepdad at the time. Mind you, this is the Norwegian mountains in the winter, it's easily down to -25C (-13F) during the day here. We had to keep the fire going all the fucking time in both cabins, if we didn't want the place to become an ice tomb.
They used to send me down to the annex to check on the fire every once in a while, and while I was there, I of course could not resist the urge to masturbate. I mean, here I was, in the middle of fucking nowhere with my mom, stepdad, aunt, uncle and two retarded cousins. I had played through Pokemon Silver 2 times on my Game Boy already, the fuck was I supposed to do? All I needed now, was some porn.
I was in luck though, my mom used to buy these womens magazines, filled to the rim with ads of half naked fitness girls playing on old womens insecurities. Some of these ads were plain out hardcore porn for a thirteen year old, and I had an endless stack of magazines there. I glued several of them together, and regrettably had to use them to keep the fire going (i.e. destroying evidence). By the end of the trip, I was spending 90% of my time in the annex, "keeping the fire going". My mom would sometimes walk in on me (I was in my sleeping bag), and wonder why I didn't want to spend time with them, and only by myself and I'm all "GAWD shut up mom, I have a right to some privacy THESE MAGAZINES ARE INTERESTING OK I AM AN ADULT". My stepdad would also come rage at me for being selfish and asocial, while I was jerking my dick under the covers. Fucking asshole.
**The second time**, same place, but this time I was sharing the double bed with my cousin, because of logistics with my uncle, and aunts new baby or something like that (I don't even remember excactly why I had to share a bed with this retard for two weeks, but I had to anyway.)
This time I didn't have a place to run away and fap to, as the bedroom was directly by the livingroom where everyone else hung out after skiing. Instead, I had to wait until my cousin was sound asleep and then furiously jack off. By the time we had come to that part of the night, I was so fucking horny and was sporting the most raging boner imaginable. I would seriously fap 2-3 times in 30 minutes while my (disgusting, retarded) cousin (I really hate this guy) was sleeping half a meter away from me. Some nights he would seem to be sleeping, and then suddenly walk out of bed and stand and stare our the window for a couple of minutes, before going back to bed. I have no idea why, he was like 10-11 at the time, and I don't know if he noticed that I was involved in some of the most intense fapping sessions in my life - or (if he did notice) that he had any idea what I was doing at all.
**I also remember driving home** from the cabin the second time. I wore a blanket over myself, and when the time was right I would slip my sweat pants down and beat it, not once, but twice (it was a 10 hour trip) during the drive. My brother was driving the car at that point, and I had to spread my legs to get into a good position for the faps. He is a tall motherfucker, and had to have his car seat real far back to be able to drive. I ended up kneeing the back of his seat while doing business, and yeah, well: - "Molochkwalker, stop doing that! I can't concentrate on the road" and I was all "YEAH CHILL IN A MINUTE BRO".
**The worst part** was when I got home, after both vacations. No showers at the cabins, meant up to two weeks without a proper wash. I am no circumcised. You cannot, and I mean not, grasp the amount of dick cheese that accumulates under your foreskin after two weeks of cumming 3-6 fucking times a day. I COULD HAVE STARTED A FUCKING YOGHURT COMPANY.
Now I need to lay down.
**TL;DR:** Masturbated constantly on several vacations, missed social interactions to fap, fapped vigorously next to my sleeping cousin every night, fapped in a car with my brother and mother, accumulated huge amounts of dick cheese. | When I was 13-15 I was a chronic masturbator (3-4 times a day). Me and my family used to go to our log cabin in the mountains in the easter and summer, to go skiing and hiking. We have one main cabin with two bedrooms, living room and kitchen, and a smaller annex with four more beds.
The first time , I was sleeping in a bunkbed in the annex with my mother and my stepdad at the time. Mind you, this is the Norwegian mountains in the winter, it's easily down to -25C (-13F) during the day here. We had to keep the fire going all the fucking time in both cabins, if we didn't want the place to become an ice tomb.
They used to send me down to the annex to check on the fire every once in a while, and while I was there, I of course could not resist the urge to masturbate. I mean, here I was, in the middle of fucking nowhere with my mom, stepdad, aunt, uncle and two retarded cousins. I had played through Pokemon Silver 2 times on my Game Boy already, the fuck was I supposed to do? All I needed now, was some porn.
I was in luck though, my mom used to buy these womens magazines, filled to the rim with ads of half naked fitness girls playing on old womens insecurities. Some of these ads were plain out hardcore porn for a thirteen year old, and I had an endless stack of magazines there. I glued several of them together, and regrettably had to use them to keep the fire going (i.e. destroying evidence). By the end of the trip, I was spending 90% of my time in the annex, "keeping the fire going". My mom would sometimes walk in on me (I was in my sleeping bag), and wonder why I didn't want to spend time with them, and only by myself and I'm all "GAWD shut up mom, I have a right to some privacy THESE MAGAZINES ARE INTERESTING OK I AM AN ADULT". My stepdad would also come rage at me for being selfish and asocial, while I was jerking my dick under the covers. Fucking asshole.
The second time , same place, but this time I was sharing the double bed with my cousin, because of logistics with my uncle, and aunts new baby or something like that (I don't even remember excactly why I had to share a bed with this retard for two weeks, but I had to anyway.)
This time I didn't have a place to run away and fap to, as the bedroom was directly by the livingroom where everyone else hung out after skiing. Instead, I had to wait until my cousin was sound asleep and then furiously jack off. By the time we had come to that part of the night, I was so fucking horny and was sporting the most raging boner imaginable. I would seriously fap 2-3 times in 30 minutes while my (disgusting, retarded) cousin (I really hate this guy) was sleeping half a meter away from me. Some nights he would seem to be sleeping, and then suddenly walk out of bed and stand and stare our the window for a couple of minutes, before going back to bed. I have no idea why, he was like 10-11 at the time, and I don't know if he noticed that I was involved in some of the most intense fapping sessions in my life - or (if he did notice) that he had any idea what I was doing at all.
I also remember driving home from the cabin the second time. I wore a blanket over myself, and when the time was right I would slip my sweat pants down and beat it, not once, but twice (it was a 10 hour trip) during the drive. My brother was driving the car at that point, and I had to spread my legs to get into a good position for the faps. He is a tall motherfucker, and had to have his car seat real far back to be able to drive. I ended up kneeing the back of his seat while doing business, and yeah, well: - "Molochkwalker, stop doing that! I can't concentrate on the road" and I was all "YEAH CHILL IN A MINUTE BRO".
The worst part was when I got home, after both vacations. No showers at the cabins, meant up to two weeks without a proper wash. I am no circumcised. You cannot, and I mean not, grasp the amount of dick cheese that accumulates under your foreskin after two weeks of cumming 3-6 fucking times a day. I COULD HAVE STARTED A FUCKING YOGHURT COMPANY.
Now I need to lay down.
TL;DR: Masturbated constantly on several vacations, missed social interactions to fap, fapped vigorously next to my sleeping cousin every night, fapped in a car with my brother and mother, accumulated huge amounts of dick cheese.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6f9jk | When I was 13-15 I was a chronic masturbator (3-4 times a day). Me and my family used to go to our log cabin in the mountains in the easter and summer, to go skiing and hiking. We have one main cabin with two bedrooms, living room and kitchen, and a smaller annex with four more beds.
The first time , I was sleeping in a bunkbed in the annex with my mother and my stepdad at the time. Mind you, this is the Norwegian mountains in the winter, it's easily down to -25C (-13F) during the day here. We had to keep the fire going all the fucking time in both cabins, if we didn't want the place to become an ice tomb.
They used to send me down to the annex to check on the fire every once in a while, and while I was there, I of course could not resist the urge to masturbate. I mean, here I was, in the middle of fucking nowhere with my mom, stepdad, aunt, uncle and two retarded cousins. I had played through Pokemon Silver 2 times on my Game Boy already, the fuck was I supposed to do? All I needed now, was some porn.
I was in luck though, my mom used to buy these womens magazines, filled to the rim with ads of half naked fitness girls playing on old womens insecurities. Some of these ads were plain out hardcore porn for a thirteen year old, and I had an endless stack of magazines there. I glued several of them together, and regrettably had to use them to keep the fire going (i.e. destroying evidence). By the end of the trip, I was spending 90% of my time in the annex, "keeping the fire going". My mom would sometimes walk in on me (I was in my sleeping bag), and wonder why I didn't want to spend time with them, and only by myself and I'm all "GAWD shut up mom, I have a right to some privacy THESE MAGAZINES ARE INTERESTING OK I AM AN ADULT". My stepdad would also come rage at me for being selfish and asocial, while I was jerking my dick under the covers. Fucking asshole.
The second time , same place, but this time I was sharing the double bed with my cousin, because of logistics with my uncle, and aunts new baby or something like that (I don't even remember excactly why I had to share a bed with this retard for two weeks, but I had to anyway.)
This time I didn't have a place to run away and fap to, as the bedroom was directly by the livingroom where everyone else hung out after skiing. Instead, I had to wait until my cousin was sound asleep and then furiously jack off. By the time we had come to that part of the night, I was so fucking horny and was sporting the most raging boner imaginable. I would seriously fap 2-3 times in 30 minutes while my (disgusting, retarded) cousin (I really hate this guy) was sleeping half a meter away from me. Some nights he would seem to be sleeping, and then suddenly walk out of bed and stand and stare our the window for a couple of minutes, before going back to bed. I have no idea why, he was like 10-11 at the time, and I don't know if he noticed that I was involved in some of the most intense fapping sessions in my life - or (if he did notice) that he had any idea what I was doing at all.
I also remember driving home from the cabin the second time. I wore a blanket over myself, and when the time was right I would slip my sweat pants down and beat it, not once, but twice (it was a 10 hour trip) during the drive. My brother was driving the car at that point, and I had to spread my legs to get into a good position for the faps. He is a tall motherfucker, and had to have his car seat real far back to be able to drive. I ended up kneeing the back of his seat while doing business, and yeah, well: - "Molochkwalker, stop doing that! I can't concentrate on the road" and I was all "YEAH CHILL IN A MINUTE BRO".
The worst part was when I got home, after both vacations. No showers at the cabins, meant up to two weeks without a proper wash. I am no circumcised. You cannot, and I mean not, grasp the amount of dick cheese that accumulates under your foreskin after two weeks of cumming 3-6 fucking times a day. I COULD HAVE STARTED A FUCKING YOGHURT COMPANY.
Now I need to lay down. | Masturbated constantly on several vacations, missed social interactions to fap, fapped vigorously next to my sleeping cousin every night, fapped in a car with my brother and mother, accumulated huge amounts of dick cheese. |
SupremeDickTater | When I was 14 I went to a concert with my gf 15 and her dad drove us. On the way back she whispers in my ear that she's soaking wet... So emboldened by this information I proceed to start fingering her... Now we were in an extended cab ( not crew cab) f150 so her dad is pretty much a foot away. But with two fingers already in I was like fuck it. Slipped her pants down and had her lay sort of in front of me on the bench. Got my dick in after some maneuvering and went to work... About halfway through she moans, audibly. I look up at the rear view, her dad is mean mugging the fuck out of me... Closed my eyes and kept pumping away. Got mine, nothing was ever said about it. If he knew he was too embarrassed to say anything.
tl;dr fucked gf in extended cab truck while her dad was literally a foot away. Got crazy stares but we pulled it off. | When I was 14 I went to a concert with my gf 15 and her dad drove us. On the way back she whispers in my ear that she's soaking wet... So emboldened by this information I proceed to start fingering her... Now we were in an extended cab ( not crew cab) f150 so her dad is pretty much a foot away. But with two fingers already in I was like fuck it. Slipped her pants down and had her lay sort of in front of me on the bench. Got my dick in after some maneuvering and went to work... About halfway through she moans, audibly. I look up at the rear view, her dad is mean mugging the fuck out of me... Closed my eyes and kept pumping away. Got mine, nothing was ever said about it. If he knew he was too embarrassed to say anything.
tl;dr fucked gf in extended cab truck while her dad was literally a foot away. Got crazy stares but we pulled it off.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6gepn | When I was 14 I went to a concert with my gf 15 and her dad drove us. On the way back she whispers in my ear that she's soaking wet... So emboldened by this information I proceed to start fingering her... Now we were in an extended cab ( not crew cab) f150 so her dad is pretty much a foot away. But with two fingers already in I was like fuck it. Slipped her pants down and had her lay sort of in front of me on the bench. Got my dick in after some maneuvering and went to work... About halfway through she moans, audibly. I look up at the rear view, her dad is mean mugging the fuck out of me... Closed my eyes and kept pumping away. Got mine, nothing was ever said about it. If he knew he was too embarrassed to say anything. | fucked gf in extended cab truck while her dad was literally a foot away. Got crazy stares but we pulled it off. |
MDHChaos | At a house party when I was 16/17, it was a friends house so me and my ex had claimed a room for us to sleep in for the night as it was quite a hike home and alot of underage drinking. I'd only lost my V about 3 weeks earlier than this. Later on in the night, people are havin a good time, drinks are flowing so me and her slip away for some fun times.
Were in the middle of doing the dirty when suddenly the door bursts open, and theres about 10 people stood there just watching my horn riddled body pumping furiously into my ex. No one left and they just stood there watching, male and females as we did the dirty, friends we had grown up with since we were little. Got handed a beer as I pumped away, gf didnt care and everyone seemed to be enjoying seeing my white skinny ass popping up n down. They refused to go until i had blown my load.
Tl;dr unwittingly took part in a voyeuristic sex show | At a house party when I was 16/17, it was a friends house so me and my ex had claimed a room for us to sleep in for the night as it was quite a hike home and alot of underage drinking. I'd only lost my V about 3 weeks earlier than this. Later on in the night, people are havin a good time, drinks are flowing so me and her slip away for some fun times.
Were in the middle of doing the dirty when suddenly the door bursts open, and theres about 10 people stood there just watching my horn riddled body pumping furiously into my ex. No one left and they just stood there watching, male and females as we did the dirty, friends we had grown up with since we were little. Got handed a beer as I pumped away, gf didnt care and everyone seemed to be enjoying seeing my white skinny ass popping up n down. They refused to go until i had blown my load.
Tl;dr unwittingly took part in a voyeuristic sex show
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6h6uz | At a house party when I was 16/17, it was a friends house so me and my ex had claimed a room for us to sleep in for the night as it was quite a hike home and alot of underage drinking. I'd only lost my V about 3 weeks earlier than this. Later on in the night, people are havin a good time, drinks are flowing so me and her slip away for some fun times.
Were in the middle of doing the dirty when suddenly the door bursts open, and theres about 10 people stood there just watching my horn riddled body pumping furiously into my ex. No one left and they just stood there watching, male and females as we did the dirty, friends we had grown up with since we were little. Got handed a beer as I pumped away, gf didnt care and everyone seemed to be enjoying seeing my white skinny ass popping up n down. They refused to go until i had blown my load. | unwittingly took part in a voyeuristic sex show |
PDXOriginals | When I was 14 with my first real girlfriend we were at a park that had a tree all the kids called "smokers tree". (Very easy to climb and hide while smoking) after we were perched on a high branch for an hour or so things started getting hot, and it happened.
TL;DR Lost my virginity in a tree 25 or so feet from the ground. | When I was 14 with my first real girlfriend we were at a park that had a tree all the kids called "smokers tree". (Very easy to climb and hide while smoking) after we were perched on a high branch for an hour or so things started getting hot, and it happened.
TL;DR Lost my virginity in a tree 25 or so feet from the ground.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6ijgh | When I was 14 with my first real girlfriend we were at a park that had a tree all the kids called "smokers tree". (Very easy to climb and hide while smoking) after we were perched on a high branch for an hour or so things started getting hot, and it happened. | Lost my virginity in a tree 25 or so feet from the ground. |
jama211 | Ok so, story time, I aint even gonna use a throwaway.
I watched that top gear episode and thought to myself, 'It can't be that bad, can it?'. So evening comes. The time is right. I head into the shower and my toothpaste is sitting there, looking at me, just daring me to do it. I give in, put a bit on my finger and plonk it right on my ball sac. Hmm. This isn't so bad, I don't even feel anything really, it's not that... ba... ooh it's getting cold.. really cold, ow it burns... it FUCKING BUURNS!!!
I grab the shower head and hose that shit off as fast as I can but it doesn't go away, I grab the soap and lather up as much as I can but without the warmth of the hot water from the shower head it's just agony. I'm running around the shower like a dog whos lost his tail. Fucking nothing works. Nothing is getting this burning stupidity off of me.
Eventually it went away but, needless to say I was sitting in that shower for a good 40 minutes with warm water on my balls.
TL;DR Don't put toothpaste on your balls kids. | Ok so, story time, I aint even gonna use a throwaway.
I watched that top gear episode and thought to myself, 'It can't be that bad, can it?'. So evening comes. The time is right. I head into the shower and my toothpaste is sitting there, looking at me, just daring me to do it. I give in, put a bit on my finger and plonk it right on my ball sac. Hmm. This isn't so bad, I don't even feel anything really, it's not that... ba... ooh it's getting cold.. really cold, ow it burns... it FUCKING BUURNS!!!
I grab the shower head and hose that shit off as fast as I can but it doesn't go away, I grab the soap and lather up as much as I can but without the warmth of the hot water from the shower head it's just agony. I'm running around the shower like a dog whos lost his tail. Fucking nothing works. Nothing is getting this burning stupidity off of me.
Eventually it went away but, needless to say I was sitting in that shower for a good 40 minutes with warm water on my balls.
TL;DR Don't put toothpaste on your balls kids.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6j9w4 | Ok so, story time, I aint even gonna use a throwaway.
I watched that top gear episode and thought to myself, 'It can't be that bad, can it?'. So evening comes. The time is right. I head into the shower and my toothpaste is sitting there, looking at me, just daring me to do it. I give in, put a bit on my finger and plonk it right on my ball sac. Hmm. This isn't so bad, I don't even feel anything really, it's not that... ba... ooh it's getting cold.. really cold, ow it burns... it FUCKING BUURNS!!!
I grab the shower head and hose that shit off as fast as I can but it doesn't go away, I grab the soap and lather up as much as I can but without the warmth of the hot water from the shower head it's just agony. I'm running around the shower like a dog whos lost his tail. Fucking nothing works. Nothing is getting this burning stupidity off of me.
Eventually it went away but, needless to say I was sitting in that shower for a good 40 minutes with warm water on my balls. | Don't put toothpaste on your balls kids. |
Jameslong21 | I posted this a while back but it applies well here too. This'll be buried anyways but like I always say, "fuck it".
[–]Jameslong21 1 point 8 months ago
When I had just turned 16, I had an 18 year old girlfriend. Just for context i had a lot of senior girlfriends in high school, about one per summer. anyways one day after i had come back from being gone for about two weeks we decided to head out to a big agricultural park facility about 20 minutes outside of town. So we find a spot hidden away in field and do our thing, usual couple stuff, in the back of my car. After we passed out practically cuddling naked since we were tired and lazy and well, I don't know. Anyways out of no where i wake up from my nap to see a cop standing beside my back window looking through the glass right at me and my naked girlfriend. WE get out and he immediately asked how old i was. Thankfully having just turned 16 they couldn't get us for underage stuff but they still kicked us out for being sketchy. Scariest time getting caught ever. he made us give me phone numbers and i was sure he was gonna call up my house and tell my parents. alas that never happened but still... really got us scared.
TL;DR: Caught by cops at 16 with my older girlfriend in broad daylight in back of my car buck naked.
Not too crazy but crazy enough for me. | I posted this a while back but it applies well here too. This'll be buried anyways but like I always say, "fuck it".
[–]Jameslong21 1 point 8 months ago
When I had just turned 16, I had an 18 year old girlfriend. Just for context i had a lot of senior girlfriends in high school, about one per summer. anyways one day after i had come back from being gone for about two weeks we decided to head out to a big agricultural park facility about 20 minutes outside of town. So we find a spot hidden away in field and do our thing, usual couple stuff, in the back of my car. After we passed out practically cuddling naked since we were tired and lazy and well, I don't know. Anyways out of no where i wake up from my nap to see a cop standing beside my back window looking through the glass right at me and my naked girlfriend. WE get out and he immediately asked how old i was. Thankfully having just turned 16 they couldn't get us for underage stuff but they still kicked us out for being sketchy. Scariest time getting caught ever. he made us give me phone numbers and i was sure he was gonna call up my house and tell my parents. alas that never happened but still... really got us scared.
TL;DR: Caught by cops at 16 with my older girlfriend in broad daylight in back of my car buck naked.
Not too crazy but crazy enough for me.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6jx4s | I posted this a while back but it applies well here too. This'll be buried anyways but like I always say, "fuck it".
[–]Jameslong21 1 point 8 months ago
When I had just turned 16, I had an 18 year old girlfriend. Just for context i had a lot of senior girlfriends in high school, about one per summer. anyways one day after i had come back from being gone for about two weeks we decided to head out to a big agricultural park facility about 20 minutes outside of town. So we find a spot hidden away in field and do our thing, usual couple stuff, in the back of my car. After we passed out practically cuddling naked since we were tired and lazy and well, I don't know. Anyways out of no where i wake up from my nap to see a cop standing beside my back window looking through the glass right at me and my naked girlfriend. WE get out and he immediately asked how old i was. Thankfully having just turned 16 they couldn't get us for underage stuff but they still kicked us out for being sketchy. Scariest time getting caught ever. he made us give me phone numbers and i was sure he was gonna call up my house and tell my parents. alas that never happened but still... really got us scared. | Caught by cops at 16 with my older girlfriend in broad daylight in back of my car buck naked.
Not too crazy but crazy enough for me. |
OhJoyProm98 | Throwaway. Prom '98, my then-gf and I went to an after prom party where camping was supposed to happen on this girl's property. I brought a huge tent for us...a love nest if you will. I came prepared to lose the V. Anyway, it rained, so we set the tent up in a large garage, and all these people at the party fucked me over by passing out in the tent with our sleeping bag in the middle. Foiled. We got naked anyway, and she was on her period. Foiled again. No intercourse, but we fingered, sucked, rubbed, and licked our way to a great night while 5 or 6 people snoozed away in the tent with us. It was the first time I ate pussy, too, and I enjoyed it despite I had to dodge a tampon string the whole time.
TL;DR Tried to fuck, she was on period, ate pussy anyway | Throwaway. Prom '98, my then-gf and I went to an after prom party where camping was supposed to happen on this girl's property. I brought a huge tent for us...a love nest if you will. I came prepared to lose the V. Anyway, it rained, so we set the tent up in a large garage, and all these people at the party fucked me over by passing out in the tent with our sleeping bag in the middle. Foiled. We got naked anyway, and she was on her period. Foiled again. No intercourse, but we fingered, sucked, rubbed, and licked our way to a great night while 5 or 6 people snoozed away in the tent with us. It was the first time I ate pussy, too, and I enjoyed it despite I had to dodge a tampon string the whole time.
TL;DR Tried to fuck, she was on period, ate pussy anyway
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6ppyj | Throwaway. Prom '98, my then-gf and I went to an after prom party where camping was supposed to happen on this girl's property. I brought a huge tent for us...a love nest if you will. I came prepared to lose the V. Anyway, it rained, so we set the tent up in a large garage, and all these people at the party fucked me over by passing out in the tent with our sleeping bag in the middle. Foiled. We got naked anyway, and she was on her period. Foiled again. No intercourse, but we fingered, sucked, rubbed, and licked our way to a great night while 5 or 6 people snoozed away in the tent with us. It was the first time I ate pussy, too, and I enjoyed it despite I had to dodge a tampon string the whole time. | Tried to fuck, she was on period, ate pussy anyway |
KD729 | One time I was having sex with my ex in my car in this back cul de sac (?) in a neighborhood that was being constructed, and we were in the backseat. It was so fucking hot I opened the door and her head was hanging out the door while we were fucking. I see this black SUV pull in and drove around the side so the front of his car was facing the side my girlfriend was kind of hanging out of. Anyways I totally think it's a cop so I pull her in and slam the door. I shit you not this like toddler gets out of the back seat with a helmet on and his dad pulls out his tricycle. I jumped into the front seat butt ass naked and floored it out of there.
TL;DR: I got caught having sweaty sex in my car by a toddler and his dad. | One time I was having sex with my ex in my car in this back cul de sac (?) in a neighborhood that was being constructed, and we were in the backseat. It was so fucking hot I opened the door and her head was hanging out the door while we were fucking. I see this black SUV pull in and drove around the side so the front of his car was facing the side my girlfriend was kind of hanging out of. Anyways I totally think it's a cop so I pull her in and slam the door. I shit you not this like toddler gets out of the back seat with a helmet on and his dad pulls out his tricycle. I jumped into the front seat butt ass naked and floored it out of there.
TL;DR: I got caught having sweaty sex in my car by a toddler and his dad.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6rcjy | One time I was having sex with my ex in my car in this back cul de sac (?) in a neighborhood that was being constructed, and we were in the backseat. It was so fucking hot I opened the door and her head was hanging out the door while we were fucking. I see this black SUV pull in and drove around the side so the front of his car was facing the side my girlfriend was kind of hanging out of. Anyways I totally think it's a cop so I pull her in and slam the door. I shit you not this like toddler gets out of the back seat with a helmet on and his dad pulls out his tricycle. I jumped into the front seat butt ass naked and floored it out of there. | I got caught having sweaty sex in my car by a toddler and his dad. |
Raze321 | So in my group of friends, we have this one friend who isn't really a slut, but like she does stuff sometimes. Anyways at a party I had, she got drunk and went to my one friend. Lets call him friend 1. So she goes to friend 1 and tell him she doesn't want to make any mistakes and it's HIS job to make sure she doesn't do anything sexual to anyone. So friend 1 comes downstairs and tells us all not to do anything with her. Then my other friend, Friend 2, who was also drunk, was like "Youre the ones with your hands all over her! blah blah no one's gonna do anything to her" so friend 1 is like "whatever".
Then she came into the room and in the middle of the night drunk friend 2 ate her out. Turns out she was on her period. It's was pretty funny.
TL;DR: Drunk male friend ate out other drunk female friend's period blood vagina. | So in my group of friends, we have this one friend who isn't really a slut, but like she does stuff sometimes. Anyways at a party I had, she got drunk and went to my one friend. Lets call him friend 1. So she goes to friend 1 and tell him she doesn't want to make any mistakes and it's HIS job to make sure she doesn't do anything sexual to anyone. So friend 1 comes downstairs and tells us all not to do anything with her. Then my other friend, Friend 2, who was also drunk, was like "Youre the ones with your hands all over her! blah blah no one's gonna do anything to her" so friend 1 is like "whatever".
Then she came into the room and in the middle of the night drunk friend 2 ate her out. Turns out she was on her period. It's was pretty funny.
TL;DR: Drunk male friend ate out other drunk female friend's period blood vagina.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6roa1 | So in my group of friends, we have this one friend who isn't really a slut, but like she does stuff sometimes. Anyways at a party I had, she got drunk and went to my one friend. Lets call him friend 1. So she goes to friend 1 and tell him she doesn't want to make any mistakes and it's HIS job to make sure she doesn't do anything sexual to anyone. So friend 1 comes downstairs and tells us all not to do anything with her. Then my other friend, Friend 2, who was also drunk, was like "Youre the ones with your hands all over her! blah blah no one's gonna do anything to her" so friend 1 is like "whatever".
Then she came into the room and in the middle of the night drunk friend 2 ate her out. Turns out she was on her period. It's was pretty funny. | Drunk male friend ate out other drunk female friend's period blood vagina. |
CultishSkydiver | I fucked my girlfriend from behind in an open door cabin at her family reunion. There were no doors besides the one leading into the cabin from the outside. She jumped into my bed while her parents were in the adjacent room reading and she started to jack me off. She turned around and we were in spoon position. I was horny, she was horny, so she pulled down her pants and I slipped it in. I had my hand over her mouth as I viciously pounded her and came on her mom's handbag. Her parents never discovered a thing. No ragrets.
TL;DR I fucked my girlfriend in a room with no doors adjacent to her parents room and came on her mom's handbag. | I fucked my girlfriend from behind in an open door cabin at her family reunion. There were no doors besides the one leading into the cabin from the outside. She jumped into my bed while her parents were in the adjacent room reading and she started to jack me off. She turned around and we were in spoon position. I was horny, she was horny, so she pulled down her pants and I slipped it in. I had my hand over her mouth as I viciously pounded her and came on her mom's handbag. Her parents never discovered a thing. No ragrets.
TL;DR I fucked my girlfriend in a room with no doors adjacent to her parents room and came on her mom's handbag.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6t11s | I fucked my girlfriend from behind in an open door cabin at her family reunion. There were no doors besides the one leading into the cabin from the outside. She jumped into my bed while her parents were in the adjacent room reading and she started to jack me off. She turned around and we were in spoon position. I was horny, she was horny, so she pulled down her pants and I slipped it in. I had my hand over her mouth as I viciously pounded her and came on her mom's handbag. Her parents never discovered a thing. No ragrets. | I fucked my girlfriend in a room with no doors adjacent to her parents room and came on her mom's handbag. |
KangerooDance | One night I was having sex with my (then) girlfriend, she was on her period but I dont really care about that, and we were doing all sorts of positions and just going at it really hard. The morning after I wake up with the sunlight in my face, I carefully open my eyes and look around the room. My former bedroom was really small, just big enough to fit a kingsize bed and a night stand in it, so there were three walls on the three sides of the bed. When I looked around I just couldn't speak. The blood was everywhere. On the sheets, on all three walls... It was horrid. I got out of bed, walked into my living room (I was living in an apartment that was apart of my parents house) and I sat down on my couch just trying to apprehend the situation. Then my girlfriend woke up yelling my name, and I just answered "yes, yes i know..." I told her we had to clean it up before my mom came down. Started cleaning but the blood wouldn't come off the walls. My girlfriend then tells my she is late for school (I was a year older than her and had just quit high school), so I drove her to school and when I get back my mom is sitting on my couch. "Son, we need to talk" "Did you and your girlfriend have a an accident last night?" I answered "oh yeah, she had a nosebleed and she sneezed". She looked at me like I was stupid.. I told her to please not tell my dad, and she didn't. When I went into my room to clean it up, it was all gone. The sheets, the walls, all cleaned.
Haven't talked about it since.
TL;DR Had sex, lots of blood, awkward. | One night I was having sex with my (then) girlfriend, she was on her period but I dont really care about that, and we were doing all sorts of positions and just going at it really hard. The morning after I wake up with the sunlight in my face, I carefully open my eyes and look around the room. My former bedroom was really small, just big enough to fit a kingsize bed and a night stand in it, so there were three walls on the three sides of the bed. When I looked around I just couldn't speak. The blood was everywhere. On the sheets, on all three walls... It was horrid. I got out of bed, walked into my living room (I was living in an apartment that was apart of my parents house) and I sat down on my couch just trying to apprehend the situation. Then my girlfriend woke up yelling my name, and I just answered "yes, yes i know..." I told her we had to clean it up before my mom came down. Started cleaning but the blood wouldn't come off the walls. My girlfriend then tells my she is late for school (I was a year older than her and had just quit high school), so I drove her to school and when I get back my mom is sitting on my couch. "Son, we need to talk" "Did you and your girlfriend have a an accident last night?" I answered "oh yeah, she had a nosebleed and she sneezed". She looked at me like I was stupid.. I told her to please not tell my dad, and she didn't. When I went into my room to clean it up, it was all gone. The sheets, the walls, all cleaned.
Haven't talked about it since.
TL;DR Had sex, lots of blood, awkward.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6txca | One night I was having sex with my (then) girlfriend, she was on her period but I dont really care about that, and we were doing all sorts of positions and just going at it really hard. The morning after I wake up with the sunlight in my face, I carefully open my eyes and look around the room. My former bedroom was really small, just big enough to fit a kingsize bed and a night stand in it, so there were three walls on the three sides of the bed. When I looked around I just couldn't speak. The blood was everywhere. On the sheets, on all three walls... It was horrid. I got out of bed, walked into my living room (I was living in an apartment that was apart of my parents house) and I sat down on my couch just trying to apprehend the situation. Then my girlfriend woke up yelling my name, and I just answered "yes, yes i know..." I told her we had to clean it up before my mom came down. Started cleaning but the blood wouldn't come off the walls. My girlfriend then tells my she is late for school (I was a year older than her and had just quit high school), so I drove her to school and when I get back my mom is sitting on my couch. "Son, we need to talk" "Did you and your girlfriend have a an accident last night?" I answered "oh yeah, she had a nosebleed and she sneezed". She looked at me like I was stupid.. I told her to please not tell my dad, and she didn't. When I went into my room to clean it up, it was all gone. The sheets, the walls, all cleaned.
Haven't talked about it since. | Had sex, lots of blood, awkward. |
that1blackguy005 | Okay, well I can comment on something. Well when i was 13 i had been masterbating for like six months at time I did this. Well, I was in woodshop and my friend didn't believe I could produce semen, so i have to prove that i can so i start beating it in the middle of the room in front of 30 kids, one of which was a girl i had a crush on. About 5 minutes later i had a hand covered in semen and no where to put it. Me winning the bet with my friend, I then decide to "dispose of the evidence by wiping it on the bitch of the class sweatshirt she took off and left on her workbench. She never knew what happened besides that it was crusty and thought it was a glue type substance. my buddies and me just laughed our fucking heads off at this.
TL;DR Sanded my piece in woodshop class and added my varnish to a girl's sweatshirt. | Okay, well I can comment on something. Well when i was 13 i had been masterbating for like six months at time I did this. Well, I was in woodshop and my friend didn't believe I could produce semen, so i have to prove that i can so i start beating it in the middle of the room in front of 30 kids, one of which was a girl i had a crush on. About 5 minutes later i had a hand covered in semen and no where to put it. Me winning the bet with my friend, I then decide to "dispose of the evidence by wiping it on the bitch of the class sweatshirt she took off and left on her workbench. She never knew what happened besides that it was crusty and thought it was a glue type substance. my buddies and me just laughed our fucking heads off at this.
TL;DR Sanded my piece in woodshop class and added my varnish to a girl's sweatshirt.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6uwo2 | Okay, well I can comment on something. Well when i was 13 i had been masterbating for like six months at time I did this. Well, I was in woodshop and my friend didn't believe I could produce semen, so i have to prove that i can so i start beating it in the middle of the room in front of 30 kids, one of which was a girl i had a crush on. About 5 minutes later i had a hand covered in semen and no where to put it. Me winning the bet with my friend, I then decide to "dispose of the evidence by wiping it on the bitch of the class sweatshirt she took off and left on her workbench. She never knew what happened besides that it was crusty and thought it was a glue type substance. my buddies and me just laughed our fucking heads off at this. | Sanded my piece in woodshop class and added my varnish to a girl's sweatshirt. |
WherelsMyMind | Well, once when I was 17, I snuck out and rode my bike 9 miles to my gf at the times house because her parents were gone for the night for some reason I can't recall. Something with her grandmother I think. But, it was the dead of winter and around -15° F. TL;DR rode bike 9 miles in well below freezing temps for pussy. | Well, once when I was 17, I snuck out and rode my bike 9 miles to my gf at the times house because her parents were gone for the night for some reason I can't recall. Something with her grandmother I think. But, it was the dead of winter and around -15° F. TL;DR rode bike 9 miles in well below freezing temps for pussy.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6uxz0 | Well, once when I was 17, I snuck out and rode my bike 9 miles to my gf at the times house because her parents were gone for the night for some reason I can't recall. Something with her grandmother I think. But, it was the dead of winter and around -15° F. | rode bike 9 miles in well below freezing temps for pussy. |
juicy_Watermelon | So there's two
(Both around age 11)
1) Having a sleepover at a friends house we all stayed downstairs and slept on his couches/floor. As curious 11 year olds the host flicks on babe station and I masturbated on his couch while the other guys was watching the tv.
2) Another time It was just me and another dude (still best buddies). I was sleeping on the top bunk which would have normally been his brothers bed and my friend was on the bottom bunk. I masturbated AGAIN whilst watching adult channels and whilst my friend was awake and occasionally talking to me.
TL;DR beat the bishop twice whilst in a room with my pals. | So there's two
(Both around age 11)
1) Having a sleepover at a friends house we all stayed downstairs and slept on his couches/floor. As curious 11 year olds the host flicks on babe station and I masturbated on his couch while the other guys was watching the tv.
2) Another time It was just me and another dude (still best buddies). I was sleeping on the top bunk which would have normally been his brothers bed and my friend was on the bottom bunk. I masturbated AGAIN whilst watching adult channels and whilst my friend was awake and occasionally talking to me.
TL;DR beat the bishop twice whilst in a room with my pals.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6vicg | So there's two
(Both around age 11)
1) Having a sleepover at a friends house we all stayed downstairs and slept on his couches/floor. As curious 11 year olds the host flicks on babe station and I masturbated on his couch while the other guys was watching the tv.
2) Another time It was just me and another dude (still best buddies). I was sleeping on the top bunk which would have normally been his brothers bed and my friend was on the bottom bunk. I masturbated AGAIN whilst watching adult channels and whilst my friend was awake and occasionally talking to me. | beat the bishop twice whilst in a room with my pals. |
iso_quinn | Well, I'm a bit late to the game, but....
When I was fourteen my boyfriend and I were relegated to a church only relationship...both his parents and my mother being bible thumpers, the only times we were allowed to see each other were either in supervised visits to each other's houses, or at church functions. Well, it was Easter Sunday, and his grandparents had asked us to go to a play at their church. Understand that this church was the Wal-Mart of churches---it was enormous, and when it put on a production, it was pretty legit. Well, we were allowed to sit by ourselves--after all, what sort of business could we get into in a church full of people. >.> Wanting to get as far away from his family as we could, we went to the balcony, and low and behold, all the way in the back there's a pew that is entirely empty. Not believing our luck, we sneak back there, and once the lights have gone down, we lie down on the pew. So, I'm on top of him, and we're going at it.....now, I had noticed that there was a guy with a camera a bit further up the aisle--this church filmed all of its productions and made a bit of cash selling copies to the parents and family members of the actors. I hadn't really paid the bloke any attention, however--please note that this was fifteen years ago, back when cameras were twenty pounds and still took vhs. So when the camera guy backed up and placed his foot on the pew we were laying on to help support the camera, I hadn't seen him coming, and gave my boyfriend a sort of "oh shit" look as I carefully began trying to pull my shirt back on so that we could sneak away before the guy saw us. Well, it ends up there was a reason that pew was empty. A couple of seconds after the guy placed his foot on the seat of it, there was a loud cracking sound, and the seat of it gave way. My boyfriend, myself, and the camera man all fell to the floor, but not before he swung the camera around to see what was happening, catching my boyfriend and I, half undressed with faces full of 'FUCK NO', perfectly with the camcorder. Needless to say our parents were horrified, and we were both banned from that church. There was no Easter play available on tape for sale that year.
*Tl;DR: boyfriend and I break a pew, ruin an Easter service, and taint the Easter play video with shennanigans.*
Edit: grammar. | Well, I'm a bit late to the game, but....
When I was fourteen my boyfriend and I were relegated to a church only relationship...both his parents and my mother being bible thumpers, the only times we were allowed to see each other were either in supervised visits to each other's houses, or at church functions. Well, it was Easter Sunday, and his grandparents had asked us to go to a play at their church. Understand that this church was the Wal-Mart of churches---it was enormous, and when it put on a production, it was pretty legit. Well, we were allowed to sit by ourselves--after all, what sort of business could we get into in a church full of people. >.> Wanting to get as far away from his family as we could, we went to the balcony, and low and behold, all the way in the back there's a pew that is entirely empty. Not believing our luck, we sneak back there, and once the lights have gone down, we lie down on the pew. So, I'm on top of him, and we're going at it.....now, I had noticed that there was a guy with a camera a bit further up the aisle--this church filmed all of its productions and made a bit of cash selling copies to the parents and family members of the actors. I hadn't really paid the bloke any attention, however--please note that this was fifteen years ago, back when cameras were twenty pounds and still took vhs. So when the camera guy backed up and placed his foot on the pew we were laying on to help support the camera, I hadn't seen him coming, and gave my boyfriend a sort of "oh shit" look as I carefully began trying to pull my shirt back on so that we could sneak away before the guy saw us. Well, it ends up there was a reason that pew was empty. A couple of seconds after the guy placed his foot on the seat of it, there was a loud cracking sound, and the seat of it gave way. My boyfriend, myself, and the camera man all fell to the floor, but not before he swung the camera around to see what was happening, catching my boyfriend and I, half undressed with faces full of 'FUCK NO', perfectly with the camcorder. Needless to say our parents were horrified, and we were both banned from that church. There was no Easter play available on tape for sale that year.
Tl;DR: boyfriend and I break a pew, ruin an Easter service, and taint the Easter play video with shennanigans.
Edit: grammar.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6ze37 | Well, I'm a bit late to the game, but....
When I was fourteen my boyfriend and I were relegated to a church only relationship...both his parents and my mother being bible thumpers, the only times we were allowed to see each other were either in supervised visits to each other's houses, or at church functions. Well, it was Easter Sunday, and his grandparents had asked us to go to a play at their church. Understand that this church was the Wal-Mart of churches---it was enormous, and when it put on a production, it was pretty legit. Well, we were allowed to sit by ourselves--after all, what sort of business could we get into in a church full of people. >.> Wanting to get as far away from his family as we could, we went to the balcony, and low and behold, all the way in the back there's a pew that is entirely empty. Not believing our luck, we sneak back there, and once the lights have gone down, we lie down on the pew. So, I'm on top of him, and we're going at it.....now, I had noticed that there was a guy with a camera a bit further up the aisle--this church filmed all of its productions and made a bit of cash selling copies to the parents and family members of the actors. I hadn't really paid the bloke any attention, however--please note that this was fifteen years ago, back when cameras were twenty pounds and still took vhs. So when the camera guy backed up and placed his foot on the pew we were laying on to help support the camera, I hadn't seen him coming, and gave my boyfriend a sort of "oh shit" look as I carefully began trying to pull my shirt back on so that we could sneak away before the guy saw us. Well, it ends up there was a reason that pew was empty. A couple of seconds after the guy placed his foot on the seat of it, there was a loud cracking sound, and the seat of it gave way. My boyfriend, myself, and the camera man all fell to the floor, but not before he swung the camera around to see what was happening, catching my boyfriend and I, half undressed with faces full of 'FUCK NO', perfectly with the camcorder. Needless to say our parents were horrified, and we were both banned from that church. There was no Easter play available on tape for sale that year. | boyfriend and I break a pew, ruin an Easter service, and taint the Easter play video with shennanigans.
Edit: grammar. |
stupidthrowawayforme | Thowaway time.
Couple of month ago I tried this "make your own pussy thing". You put flower or corn starch in water, microwave it, then freeze it.
My flour's performance in the microwave was less than optimal, so I froze it for extra long. Parents came home -
"Wtf is this?"
"Oh, it's a density thing for science"
"Ok, cool".
Later that night when I went to retrieve it, the thing was damn near frozen, so I put it in the microwave. Started going to town on it, with the stuff going fucking everywhere until I felt this weird sensation when I touched the bottom of the glass with my dick. I literally burnt my dick. It was bad. I have a scab because I'm fucking stupid. It felt like a demon had just gone to town on my or something.
TLDR; Homemade fleshlight, burn, ow ow ow, fuck me, right?
P.S. - Don't put hot stuff on your dick. It hurts. | Thowaway time.
Couple of month ago I tried this "make your own pussy thing". You put flower or corn starch in water, microwave it, then freeze it.
My flour's performance in the microwave was less than optimal, so I froze it for extra long. Parents came home -
"Wtf is this?"
"Oh, it's a density thing for science"
"Ok, cool".
Later that night when I went to retrieve it, the thing was damn near frozen, so I put it in the microwave. Started going to town on it, with the stuff going fucking everywhere until I felt this weird sensation when I touched the bottom of the glass with my dick. I literally burnt my dick. It was bad. I have a scab because I'm fucking stupid. It felt like a demon had just gone to town on my or something.
TLDR; Homemade fleshlight, burn, ow ow ow, fuck me, right?
P.S. - Don't put hot stuff on your dick. It hurts.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg72v5w | Thowaway time.
Couple of month ago I tried this "make your own pussy thing". You put flower or corn starch in water, microwave it, then freeze it.
My flour's performance in the microwave was less than optimal, so I froze it for extra long. Parents came home -
"Wtf is this?"
"Oh, it's a density thing for science"
"Ok, cool".
Later that night when I went to retrieve it, the thing was damn near frozen, so I put it in the microwave. Started going to town on it, with the stuff going fucking everywhere until I felt this weird sensation when I touched the bottom of the glass with my dick. I literally burnt my dick. It was bad. I have a scab because I'm fucking stupid. It felt like a demon had just gone to town on my or something. | Homemade fleshlight, burn, ow ow ow, fuck me, right?
P.S. - Don't put hot stuff on your dick. It hurts. |
godless_communism | OK so I'm over at my girlfriend's place late at night and we're doing the nasty in her bed, under the covers. Well, I guess we made too much noise 'cause her dad busted into the room with a gun. I jumped up out of bed, full of panic and fear. And my girlfriend just looked white as a ghost and knew she was in deep, deep shit. So she blurted out "I don't know him!" Which probably made sense to her teenaged brain at that moment. So then her father blew my brains out.
:D
tl:dr got head | OK so I'm over at my girlfriend's place late at night and we're doing the nasty in her bed, under the covers. Well, I guess we made too much noise 'cause her dad busted into the room with a gun. I jumped up out of bed, full of panic and fear. And my girlfriend just looked white as a ghost and knew she was in deep, deep shit. So she blurted out "I don't know him!" Which probably made sense to her teenaged brain at that moment. So then her father blew my brains out.
:D
tl:dr got head
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg6p2s2 | OK so I'm over at my girlfriend's place late at night and we're doing the nasty in her bed, under the covers. Well, I guess we made too much noise 'cause her dad busted into the room with a gun. I jumped up out of bed, full of panic and fear. And my girlfriend just looked white as a ghost and knew she was in deep, deep shit. So she blurted out "I don't know him!" Which probably made sense to her teenaged brain at that moment. So then her father blew my brains out.
:D | got head |
Elardi | Regardless of how good shots they are, They still are retarded soldiers.
I will play devils advocate here, largely because I have nothing else to do.
>Opening shot of A New Hope shows them taking excellent shots at the Rebel Soldiers.
They were pretty terrible by real world standards. I think the situation actually says more about how terrible the rebels were than how good stormtroopers were. They had one entry point, exposed hallway and were on the defense. If a squad of say, USMC forces were there, They would set up position at the end of the hallway and locked it down with suppressing fire/grenades etc. The Rebels dont seem to comprehend the idea of automatic fire. Also, breaching and clearing a hallway in that amount of time would be considered sloppy by IRL forces.Part of it was the crappy weapons.
And those same storm troopers can't hit Han when he is outside the Falcon on Tatootine. No orders for them to miss then.
>Later, Obi-Wan famously says "These blast points... too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise".
Sand People are desert nomads. Being more accurate than them isn't saying much.
\>BUT MUH EU! THEY WERE ORDERED TO LET THEM ESCAPE THE DEATH STAR!!
They couldn't hit Han at Tatooine, they couldn't hit anyone while they were fighting on endor - Leia got grazed after a shot from 40 meters away managed to hit her. Han and Leia were fully exposed in the doorway of the blast door, and only one single shot managed to hit them, despite their being an entire legion of the empires best troops in the area.
\>Plot armor
explains missing the heroes, but all the other occasions against nameless opponents?
I think one conclusion that people are not considering is that everyone in the star wars universe judges good shots by their universes standards. In Star wars, everyone fires off blasters in all directions primarily because it looks cool, not because it makes sense. Stormtroopers are less shit than rebels? The Rebels are pretty terrible too.
Star wars uses tech that is advanced beyond IRL standards, but is practically backwards. A Laser pointer is more advanced than a battleaxe, but which is better at killing?
You have these Star wars guns that fire slowly, leave a glowing beam heading back towards your position. On Endor, the Empire had a vital position to defend. Their only objective is to defend it. What do they do? Do they set up multiple layers of defenses, encircling the area? Do they Clear the forest back for miles around to make sure that no one can sneak up on them? When they come under attack, do they secure the immediate area and lock down the entrance?
Nope, they let the jungle grow right up to the bunker, only build one Blast door, and as soon as they are attacked they run into the jungle away from their defensive position. This is the legion of the empires best troops right? right?
Lets look at another large battle we see in star wars. While it doesn't contain storm troopers, or their predecessors, it gives an idea of the tactics in the star wars universe.
**Gungans vs Droid**
The two armies line up, walk towards each other and engage in a melee fight that would make sense in a medieval fantasy or lord of the rings battle but not in a world with such things as thermal detonators, blaster rifles and such exist.
**Geonosis**
Two massive armies line up and slowly walk towards each other firing blaster rifles at each other, with tanks, artillery and air support from both sides firing into the masses of infantry that show no interest in cover.
**Utapau**
A group of clones rappel down from the high ground so they can hipfire at close range into the droids, despite the fact that they could have done that from the high ground above.
**every fight vs a jedi ever**
The Clones/Stormtroopers run towards the warrior with the close range blade of death. watch the fight between Yoda, Obi-wan and the clones outside the temple. The clones sprint towards the jedi, despite having ranged weapons against the jedi's Lightsabers.
Star Wars Tactics are terrible it seems. I blame the universe: its all about looking visually cool that making tactical/logical sense. The Blasters are mostly semi-auto and the stormtroopers dont snap shot. Watch some breaching videos on youtube of IRL forces, and you see just how efficiently they can clear rooms/corridors. Another critical factor: they are 70/80s sci fi characters. They were born in the age of the redshirt, when "Efficient space empire" was taken slightly less seriously than it is today.
**Tl;DR:** The Stormtroopers are victims of a universe where everything is done by how visually cool it looks, small amounts of plot armor, and 70s standards.
Edit - I guarantee this will come up several times in the next week. final decision? nope! | Regardless of how good shots they are, They still are retarded soldiers.
I will play devils advocate here, largely because I have nothing else to do.
>Opening shot of A New Hope shows them taking excellent shots at the Rebel Soldiers.
They were pretty terrible by real world standards. I think the situation actually says more about how terrible the rebels were than how good stormtroopers were. They had one entry point, exposed hallway and were on the defense. If a squad of say, USMC forces were there, They would set up position at the end of the hallway and locked it down with suppressing fire/grenades etc. The Rebels dont seem to comprehend the idea of automatic fire. Also, breaching and clearing a hallway in that amount of time would be considered sloppy by IRL forces.Part of it was the crappy weapons.
And those same storm troopers can't hit Han when he is outside the Falcon on Tatootine. No orders for them to miss then.
>Later, Obi-Wan famously says "These blast points... too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise".
Sand People are desert nomads. Being more accurate than them isn't saying much.
\>BUT MUH EU! THEY WERE ORDERED TO LET THEM ESCAPE THE DEATH STAR!!
They couldn't hit Han at Tatooine, they couldn't hit anyone while they were fighting on endor - Leia got grazed after a shot from 40 meters away managed to hit her. Han and Leia were fully exposed in the doorway of the blast door, and only one single shot managed to hit them, despite their being an entire legion of the empires best troops in the area.
\>Plot armor
explains missing the heroes, but all the other occasions against nameless opponents?
I think one conclusion that people are not considering is that everyone in the star wars universe judges good shots by their universes standards. In Star wars, everyone fires off blasters in all directions primarily because it looks cool, not because it makes sense. Stormtroopers are less shit than rebels? The Rebels are pretty terrible too.
Star wars uses tech that is advanced beyond IRL standards, but is practically backwards. A Laser pointer is more advanced than a battleaxe, but which is better at killing?
You have these Star wars guns that fire slowly, leave a glowing beam heading back towards your position. On Endor, the Empire had a vital position to defend. Their only objective is to defend it. What do they do? Do they set up multiple layers of defenses, encircling the area? Do they Clear the forest back for miles around to make sure that no one can sneak up on them? When they come under attack, do they secure the immediate area and lock down the entrance?
Nope, they let the jungle grow right up to the bunker, only build one Blast door, and as soon as they are attacked they run into the jungle away from their defensive position. This is the legion of the empires best troops right? right?
Lets look at another large battle we see in star wars. While it doesn't contain storm troopers, or their predecessors, it gives an idea of the tactics in the star wars universe.
Gungans vs Droid
The two armies line up, walk towards each other and engage in a melee fight that would make sense in a medieval fantasy or lord of the rings battle but not in a world with such things as thermal detonators, blaster rifles and such exist.
Geonosis
Two massive armies line up and slowly walk towards each other firing blaster rifles at each other, with tanks, artillery and air support from both sides firing into the masses of infantry that show no interest in cover.
Utapau
A group of clones rappel down from the high ground so they can hipfire at close range into the droids, despite the fact that they could have done that from the high ground above.
every fight vs a jedi ever
The Clones/Stormtroopers run towards the warrior with the close range blade of death. watch the fight between Yoda, Obi-wan and the clones outside the temple. The clones sprint towards the jedi, despite having ranged weapons against the jedi's Lightsabers.
Star Wars Tactics are terrible it seems. I blame the universe: its all about looking visually cool that making tactical/logical sense. The Blasters are mostly semi-auto and the stormtroopers dont snap shot. Watch some breaching videos on youtube of IRL forces, and you see just how efficiently they can clear rooms/corridors. Another critical factor: they are 70/80s sci fi characters. They were born in the age of the redshirt, when "Efficient space empire" was taken slightly less seriously than it is today.
Tl;DR: The Stormtroopers are victims of a universe where everything is done by how visually cool it looks, small amounts of plot armor, and 70s standards.
Edit - I guarantee this will come up several times in the next week. final decision? nope!
| whowouldwin | t5_2s599 | cg6dya3 | Regardless of how good shots they are, They still are retarded soldiers.
I will play devils advocate here, largely because I have nothing else to do.
>Opening shot of A New Hope shows them taking excellent shots at the Rebel Soldiers.
They were pretty terrible by real world standards. I think the situation actually says more about how terrible the rebels were than how good stormtroopers were. They had one entry point, exposed hallway and were on the defense. If a squad of say, USMC forces were there, They would set up position at the end of the hallway and locked it down with suppressing fire/grenades etc. The Rebels dont seem to comprehend the idea of automatic fire. Also, breaching and clearing a hallway in that amount of time would be considered sloppy by IRL forces.Part of it was the crappy weapons.
And those same storm troopers can't hit Han when he is outside the Falcon on Tatootine. No orders for them to miss then.
>Later, Obi-Wan famously says "These blast points... too accurate for Sand People. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise".
Sand People are desert nomads. Being more accurate than them isn't saying much.
\>BUT MUH EU! THEY WERE ORDERED TO LET THEM ESCAPE THE DEATH STAR!!
They couldn't hit Han at Tatooine, they couldn't hit anyone while they were fighting on endor - Leia got grazed after a shot from 40 meters away managed to hit her. Han and Leia were fully exposed in the doorway of the blast door, and only one single shot managed to hit them, despite their being an entire legion of the empires best troops in the area.
\>Plot armor
explains missing the heroes, but all the other occasions against nameless opponents?
I think one conclusion that people are not considering is that everyone in the star wars universe judges good shots by their universes standards. In Star wars, everyone fires off blasters in all directions primarily because it looks cool, not because it makes sense. Stormtroopers are less shit than rebels? The Rebels are pretty terrible too.
Star wars uses tech that is advanced beyond IRL standards, but is practically backwards. A Laser pointer is more advanced than a battleaxe, but which is better at killing?
You have these Star wars guns that fire slowly, leave a glowing beam heading back towards your position. On Endor, the Empire had a vital position to defend. Their only objective is to defend it. What do they do? Do they set up multiple layers of defenses, encircling the area? Do they Clear the forest back for miles around to make sure that no one can sneak up on them? When they come under attack, do they secure the immediate area and lock down the entrance?
Nope, they let the jungle grow right up to the bunker, only build one Blast door, and as soon as they are attacked they run into the jungle away from their defensive position. This is the legion of the empires best troops right? right?
Lets look at another large battle we see in star wars. While it doesn't contain storm troopers, or their predecessors, it gives an idea of the tactics in the star wars universe.
Gungans vs Droid
The two armies line up, walk towards each other and engage in a melee fight that would make sense in a medieval fantasy or lord of the rings battle but not in a world with such things as thermal detonators, blaster rifles and such exist.
Geonosis
Two massive armies line up and slowly walk towards each other firing blaster rifles at each other, with tanks, artillery and air support from both sides firing into the masses of infantry that show no interest in cover.
Utapau
A group of clones rappel down from the high ground so they can hipfire at close range into the droids, despite the fact that they could have done that from the high ground above.
every fight vs a jedi ever
The Clones/Stormtroopers run towards the warrior with the close range blade of death. watch the fight between Yoda, Obi-wan and the clones outside the temple. The clones sprint towards the jedi, despite having ranged weapons against the jedi's Lightsabers.
Star Wars Tactics are terrible it seems. I blame the universe: its all about looking visually cool that making tactical/logical sense. The Blasters are mostly semi-auto and the stormtroopers dont snap shot. Watch some breaching videos on youtube of IRL forces, and you see just how efficiently they can clear rooms/corridors. Another critical factor: they are 70/80s sci fi characters. They were born in the age of the redshirt, when "Efficient space empire" was taken slightly less seriously than it is today. | The Stormtroopers are victims of a universe where everything is done by how visually cool it looks, small amounts of plot armor, and 70s standards.
Edit - I guarantee this will come up several times in the next week. final decision? nope! |
SidTheKidd | I recall that someone posted their engagement picture where he and his fiance were huddled under an umbrella while someone was out of the picture frame and spinning steel wool (so it was "raining" down on them). He said it took several takes to get the picture and that the steel wool was burning him when it would hit his skin every so often, but it was more uncomfortable than painful.
TL;DR - Yes, it'll burn, but could be worth it.
EDIT: I couldn't find that particular photo, but this is a similar [example]( | I recall that someone posted their engagement picture where he and his fiance were huddled under an umbrella while someone was out of the picture frame and spinning steel wool (so it was "raining" down on them). He said it took several takes to get the picture and that the steel wool was burning him when it would hit his skin every so often, but it was more uncomfortable than painful.
TL;DR - Yes, it'll burn, but could be worth it.
EDIT: I couldn't find that particular photo, but this is a similar [example](
| itookapicture | t5_2r1tc | cg6sjp8 | I recall that someone posted their engagement picture where he and his fiance were huddled under an umbrella while someone was out of the picture frame and spinning steel wool (so it was "raining" down on them). He said it took several takes to get the picture and that the steel wool was burning him when it would hit his skin every so often, but it was more uncomfortable than painful. | Yes, it'll burn, but could be worth it.
EDIT: I couldn't find that particular photo, but this is a similar [example]( |
Dlieu | Don't respect the mixup of your opponent, the timing for a crossup dive kick is super strict, but the timing for a fake crossup dive kick is really "easy", so let's say that 90% of the time, after a softknock down, if the cammy try to dive kick you, even if it hit on your back, it will be fake crossup
Also a good way to make the Cammy player make more mistake is to never quick raise after a soft knockdown
it's easier to time a dive kick crossup after a backthrow but the timing is still really strict (not like yun or rufus)
tl;dr after soft knockdown, never protect the dive kick crossup until the cammy player show you that he knows how to do it (specially in the corner) | Don't respect the mixup of your opponent, the timing for a crossup dive kick is super strict, but the timing for a fake crossup dive kick is really "easy", so let's say that 90% of the time, after a softknock down, if the cammy try to dive kick you, even if it hit on your back, it will be fake crossup
Also a good way to make the Cammy player make more mistake is to never quick raise after a soft knockdown
it's easier to time a dive kick crossup after a backthrow but the timing is still really strict (not like yun or rufus)
tl;dr after soft knockdown, never protect the dive kick crossup until the cammy player show you that he knows how to do it (specially in the corner)
| SF4 | t5_2r4cj | cg6iig6 | Don't respect the mixup of your opponent, the timing for a crossup dive kick is super strict, but the timing for a fake crossup dive kick is really "easy", so let's say that 90% of the time, after a softknock down, if the cammy try to dive kick you, even if it hit on your back, it will be fake crossup
Also a good way to make the Cammy player make more mistake is to never quick raise after a soft knockdown
it's easier to time a dive kick crossup after a backthrow but the timing is still really strict (not like yun or rufus) | after soft knockdown, never protect the dive kick crossup until the cammy player show you that he knows how to do it (specially in the corner) |
dasheh | I've never seen this guy ride or the condition of his horses in person, but assuming they are healthy, the only real way he could do harm to his horses by riding in town is by trotting/galloping on hard pavement for extended periods. Riding on pavement is extremely bad for a horse's legs and can lead to lameness, which looks like limping. I've seen countless lame carriage horses trotting around downtown and no one seems to care about that.
Personally, I would never tie my horse up and leave it unattended. Since they are prey animals with a very strong flight instinct, their first reaction to anything "scary" (which can range from a paper bag in the wind to a loud explosion like a car engine backfiring) causes them to want to run away. If they can't break free easily, they usually end up injuring themselves. I've been riding and training horses for twenty years and I've seen horses break their necks trying to get loose. Even the most well-trained, "bomb-proof" horses can react this way. Conversely, if his horse was to spook and get loose, then you have the issue of a loose horse running around a congested urban area.
TLDR: Riding around is fine, as long as he's not galloping on the pavement. He's definitely taking a risk by leaving his horses unattended. | I've never seen this guy ride or the condition of his horses in person, but assuming they are healthy, the only real way he could do harm to his horses by riding in town is by trotting/galloping on hard pavement for extended periods. Riding on pavement is extremely bad for a horse's legs and can lead to lameness, which looks like limping. I've seen countless lame carriage horses trotting around downtown and no one seems to care about that.
Personally, I would never tie my horse up and leave it unattended. Since they are prey animals with a very strong flight instinct, their first reaction to anything "scary" (which can range from a paper bag in the wind to a loud explosion like a car engine backfiring) causes them to want to run away. If they can't break free easily, they usually end up injuring themselves. I've been riding and training horses for twenty years and I've seen horses break their necks trying to get loose. Even the most well-trained, "bomb-proof" horses can react this way. Conversely, if his horse was to spook and get loose, then you have the issue of a loose horse running around a congested urban area.
TLDR: Riding around is fine, as long as he's not galloping on the pavement. He's definitely taking a risk by leaving his horses unattended.
| Atlanta | t5_2qiq9 | cg6kbce | I've never seen this guy ride or the condition of his horses in person, but assuming they are healthy, the only real way he could do harm to his horses by riding in town is by trotting/galloping on hard pavement for extended periods. Riding on pavement is extremely bad for a horse's legs and can lead to lameness, which looks like limping. I've seen countless lame carriage horses trotting around downtown and no one seems to care about that.
Personally, I would never tie my horse up and leave it unattended. Since they are prey animals with a very strong flight instinct, their first reaction to anything "scary" (which can range from a paper bag in the wind to a loud explosion like a car engine backfiring) causes them to want to run away. If they can't break free easily, they usually end up injuring themselves. I've been riding and training horses for twenty years and I've seen horses break their necks trying to get loose. Even the most well-trained, "bomb-proof" horses can react this way. Conversely, if his horse was to spook and get loose, then you have the issue of a loose horse running around a congested urban area. | Riding around is fine, as long as he's not galloping on the pavement. He's definitely taking a risk by leaving his horses unattended. |
BendyZebra | We had our 3 year old English Cocker Spaniel spayed yesterday and it's obviously made her very sore, ruined her appetite (which is a big deal for something as voracious as a spaniel!) and made her super clingy.
My husband is 13 years older than me but has never owned a dog of his own, his parents always dealt with the family dogs, so he was really unsure of how to deal with a moping pup. I could tell he was getting distressed by how she was reacting.
I'm sick and disabled so normally he takes over all the important stuff and comforts everyone but all she's wanted to do since we got her home is cuddle me at all times and sleep in my lap. (That alone made me happy, she chose me! Hehe.)
He looks after me like a complete pro no matter how sick I am so I thought he'd be able to handle this too. It seems it was a steep learning curve for him though!
The vet told us to prepare something bland and soft for her to eat, make sure she had plenty to drink and to watch her like a hawk so she wouldn't touch her stitches.
My husband ended up a little overwhelmed. He didn't know how to properly prepare chicken and rice for a dog to settle her stomach post anaesthetic. He didn't know how to get her to eat it even though she was sleepy and uninterested. He couldn't get her to drink anything to combat the potentially constipating anaesthetic. He didn't know how to stop her from chewing her stitches (long ears + the cone of shame = chaos).
I showed him how to boil chicken breasts, cool the resulting stock, skim the fat and then cook the rice in it. When she refused to even touch her carefully prepared dinner, he gave up and asked if we should call the vet.
I said no and instead took a banana, mashed it up, lifted her lip and gently pushed it through her teeth and onto her tongue (the sweetness stimulated her appetite and she eventually took a piece without me forcing it on her).
Once I'd got her to eat a small amount of banana, I then hand fed her some of the chicken and rice until she was too tired to continue.
She was still refusing to drink though at that point and my husband's many attempts at coaxing her just made her (and him) extremely irritated. I got her interested in drinking again by giving her my lactose-free milk :) I dipped my fingers in it and rubbed it on her gums and before I knew it, she was lapping it up! :)
He was also battling to stop her licking or chewing her stitches without a buster collar. If you turned your head for a second, she went for them. I sent him out to get some 2-3 year old (human size) onesie pjs, then we cut the arms and legs off and put it on her backwards (poppers on her back) so her tail could fit out the back by leaving a popper undone. That way, she can't get to her stitches and we don't have to watch her so closely.
I ended up sleeping on the sofa with her all night (she usually sleeps at the bottom of our bed but I didn't want her to be kicked accidentally in the night). Overnight I managed to get her to eat a few noodles cooked in chicken stock and drink some water with a tiny drop of juice in it to tempt her.
When he got up this morning he was amazed to find that she was doing really well and had eaten *and* had a drink.
She's still very clingy and has to be touching me at all times for reassurance but I'm stupidly proud of myself for being able to help my dog feel so much better when I need 24/7 care myself.
I know it probably seems like a really stupid and small thing to be proud of but I'm so glad I can still be useful, even if only to help my beautiful companion recover :D
**TL:DR - I'm extremely sick and disabled, need 24 hour care but I was able to look after my dog after she had surgery when my much older husband had no idea what to do to help her. Small thing but it made me happy!** | We had our 3 year old English Cocker Spaniel spayed yesterday and it's obviously made her very sore, ruined her appetite (which is a big deal for something as voracious as a spaniel!) and made her super clingy.
My husband is 13 years older than me but has never owned a dog of his own, his parents always dealt with the family dogs, so he was really unsure of how to deal with a moping pup. I could tell he was getting distressed by how she was reacting.
I'm sick and disabled so normally he takes over all the important stuff and comforts everyone but all she's wanted to do since we got her home is cuddle me at all times and sleep in my lap. (That alone made me happy, she chose me! Hehe.)
He looks after me like a complete pro no matter how sick I am so I thought he'd be able to handle this too. It seems it was a steep learning curve for him though!
The vet told us to prepare something bland and soft for her to eat, make sure she had plenty to drink and to watch her like a hawk so she wouldn't touch her stitches.
My husband ended up a little overwhelmed. He didn't know how to properly prepare chicken and rice for a dog to settle her stomach post anaesthetic. He didn't know how to get her to eat it even though she was sleepy and uninterested. He couldn't get her to drink anything to combat the potentially constipating anaesthetic. He didn't know how to stop her from chewing her stitches (long ears + the cone of shame = chaos).
I showed him how to boil chicken breasts, cool the resulting stock, skim the fat and then cook the rice in it. When she refused to even touch her carefully prepared dinner, he gave up and asked if we should call the vet.
I said no and instead took a banana, mashed it up, lifted her lip and gently pushed it through her teeth and onto her tongue (the sweetness stimulated her appetite and she eventually took a piece without me forcing it on her).
Once I'd got her to eat a small amount of banana, I then hand fed her some of the chicken and rice until she was too tired to continue.
She was still refusing to drink though at that point and my husband's many attempts at coaxing her just made her (and him) extremely irritated. I got her interested in drinking again by giving her my lactose-free milk :) I dipped my fingers in it and rubbed it on her gums and before I knew it, she was lapping it up! :)
He was also battling to stop her licking or chewing her stitches without a buster collar. If you turned your head for a second, she went for them. I sent him out to get some 2-3 year old (human size) onesie pjs, then we cut the arms and legs off and put it on her backwards (poppers on her back) so her tail could fit out the back by leaving a popper undone. That way, she can't get to her stitches and we don't have to watch her so closely.
I ended up sleeping on the sofa with her all night (she usually sleeps at the bottom of our bed but I didn't want her to be kicked accidentally in the night). Overnight I managed to get her to eat a few noodles cooked in chicken stock and drink some water with a tiny drop of juice in it to tempt her.
When he got up this morning he was amazed to find that she was doing really well and had eaten and had a drink.
She's still very clingy and has to be touching me at all times for reassurance but I'm stupidly proud of myself for being able to help my dog feel so much better when I need 24/7 care myself.
I know it probably seems like a really stupid and small thing to be proud of but I'm so glad I can still be useful, even if only to help my beautiful companion recover :D
TL:DR - I'm extremely sick and disabled, need 24 hour care but I was able to look after my dog after she had surgery when my much older husband had no idea what to do to help her. Small thing but it made me happy!
| AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cg6s1an | We had our 3 year old English Cocker Spaniel spayed yesterday and it's obviously made her very sore, ruined her appetite (which is a big deal for something as voracious as a spaniel!) and made her super clingy.
My husband is 13 years older than me but has never owned a dog of his own, his parents always dealt with the family dogs, so he was really unsure of how to deal with a moping pup. I could tell he was getting distressed by how she was reacting.
I'm sick and disabled so normally he takes over all the important stuff and comforts everyone but all she's wanted to do since we got her home is cuddle me at all times and sleep in my lap. (That alone made me happy, she chose me! Hehe.)
He looks after me like a complete pro no matter how sick I am so I thought he'd be able to handle this too. It seems it was a steep learning curve for him though!
The vet told us to prepare something bland and soft for her to eat, make sure she had plenty to drink and to watch her like a hawk so she wouldn't touch her stitches.
My husband ended up a little overwhelmed. He didn't know how to properly prepare chicken and rice for a dog to settle her stomach post anaesthetic. He didn't know how to get her to eat it even though she was sleepy and uninterested. He couldn't get her to drink anything to combat the potentially constipating anaesthetic. He didn't know how to stop her from chewing her stitches (long ears + the cone of shame = chaos).
I showed him how to boil chicken breasts, cool the resulting stock, skim the fat and then cook the rice in it. When she refused to even touch her carefully prepared dinner, he gave up and asked if we should call the vet.
I said no and instead took a banana, mashed it up, lifted her lip and gently pushed it through her teeth and onto her tongue (the sweetness stimulated her appetite and she eventually took a piece without me forcing it on her).
Once I'd got her to eat a small amount of banana, I then hand fed her some of the chicken and rice until she was too tired to continue.
She was still refusing to drink though at that point and my husband's many attempts at coaxing her just made her (and him) extremely irritated. I got her interested in drinking again by giving her my lactose-free milk :) I dipped my fingers in it and rubbed it on her gums and before I knew it, she was lapping it up! :)
He was also battling to stop her licking or chewing her stitches without a buster collar. If you turned your head for a second, she went for them. I sent him out to get some 2-3 year old (human size) onesie pjs, then we cut the arms and legs off and put it on her backwards (poppers on her back) so her tail could fit out the back by leaving a popper undone. That way, she can't get to her stitches and we don't have to watch her so closely.
I ended up sleeping on the sofa with her all night (she usually sleeps at the bottom of our bed but I didn't want her to be kicked accidentally in the night). Overnight I managed to get her to eat a few noodles cooked in chicken stock and drink some water with a tiny drop of juice in it to tempt her.
When he got up this morning he was amazed to find that she was doing really well and had eaten and had a drink.
She's still very clingy and has to be touching me at all times for reassurance but I'm stupidly proud of myself for being able to help my dog feel so much better when I need 24/7 care myself.
I know it probably seems like a really stupid and small thing to be proud of but I'm so glad I can still be useful, even if only to help my beautiful companion recover :D | I'm extremely sick and disabled, need 24 hour care but I was able to look after my dog after she had surgery when my much older husband had no idea what to do to help her. Small thing but it made me happy! |
CynicalFish | More than just practically, I'd say D: You can't collect cheese on at least 90% of the maps, on your own, unless you know how to walljump on chocolate and wood. This isn't even to mention all the other tricks, such as corner jumping, chocolate turn arounds, wood turn arounds and wall pushes, that are all required if you actually want to get any firsts at all. Gameplay is fairly complicated with a very high learning curve, which means weeks of playing before you can even comfortably walljump against the edge of a platform without falling off.
TL;DR Transformice can be played easily enough, but to actually be anything more than a noob requires months of practice. | More than just practically, I'd say D: You can't collect cheese on at least 90% of the maps, on your own, unless you know how to walljump on chocolate and wood. This isn't even to mention all the other tricks, such as corner jumping, chocolate turn arounds, wood turn arounds and wall pushes, that are all required if you actually want to get any firsts at all. Gameplay is fairly complicated with a very high learning curve, which means weeks of playing before you can even comfortably walljump against the edge of a platform without falling off.
TL;DR Transformice can be played easily enough, but to actually be anything more than a noob requires months of practice.
| talesfromtechsupport | t5_2sfg5 | cg78v4k | More than just practically, I'd say D: You can't collect cheese on at least 90% of the maps, on your own, unless you know how to walljump on chocolate and wood. This isn't even to mention all the other tricks, such as corner jumping, chocolate turn arounds, wood turn arounds and wall pushes, that are all required if you actually want to get any firsts at all. Gameplay is fairly complicated with a very high learning curve, which means weeks of playing before you can even comfortably walljump against the edge of a platform without falling off. | Transformice can be played easily enough, but to actually be anything more than a noob requires months of practice. |
SolarFederalist | Within Christian mythology it's a huge shift in direction, you are absolutely correct. However, the reason for the shift in direction I believe has much to do with Judaism losing power/influence while that region was occupied by the Roman Empire. The old testament writings for the most part were about a nation of people who had many successful war campaigns and conquered a decent amount of land. It also talks about the exploits of mighty kings who had Yahweh, the war god of Judea and Israel, at their side. All in all the Old Testament is about a nation of people who had the power of the god of gods supporting them.
During the reign of the Roman Empire, Israel was not the mighty nation it had once been. Many Jews would have been a lower class and therefore much poorer/powerless, than their Roman counterparts. It could have been possible that a few people within Judaism, began a new movement, or perhaps multiple movements that preached salvation for the meek and oppressed, rather than beating the war drums or sounding the horns of triumph as was seen in the old testament.
The New Testament has an overlying theme of hope for the weak. The Jesus figure was not a powerful king by earthly standards; he was just a handyman by trade. He was a figured who recognized his lowly position in society, as well as, the position most of his followers in that society. He preached patience, non-violence, forgiveness of your transgressors/oppressors, and that those who lived a good life loving God and being satisfied with what they had, would find salvation and happiness after death.
If you look at the history of that area of the world, in particular the history of the Hebrew people in that part of the world, you see a nation that was once a powerful force, but had their power stripped from them twice. Once by the Babylonians and once by Rome. The Old Testament and New Testament, aside from being fairly historically inaccurate(wrong dates, wrong leaders,etc), do for the most part reflect the time when they were supposed to have been written.
Admittedly, some of this is my own speculation. However, it is not unreasonable for the history of those people to be reflected in their holy books. Many other religious mythologies do the same thing.
**tl;dr** The history of the Hebrew people was most likely a major factor responsible for the change in attitude from the Old Testament to the New Testament. | Within Christian mythology it's a huge shift in direction, you are absolutely correct. However, the reason for the shift in direction I believe has much to do with Judaism losing power/influence while that region was occupied by the Roman Empire. The old testament writings for the most part were about a nation of people who had many successful war campaigns and conquered a decent amount of land. It also talks about the exploits of mighty kings who had Yahweh, the war god of Judea and Israel, at their side. All in all the Old Testament is about a nation of people who had the power of the god of gods supporting them.
During the reign of the Roman Empire, Israel was not the mighty nation it had once been. Many Jews would have been a lower class and therefore much poorer/powerless, than their Roman counterparts. It could have been possible that a few people within Judaism, began a new movement, or perhaps multiple movements that preached salvation for the meek and oppressed, rather than beating the war drums or sounding the horns of triumph as was seen in the old testament.
The New Testament has an overlying theme of hope for the weak. The Jesus figure was not a powerful king by earthly standards; he was just a handyman by trade. He was a figured who recognized his lowly position in society, as well as, the position most of his followers in that society. He preached patience, non-violence, forgiveness of your transgressors/oppressors, and that those who lived a good life loving God and being satisfied with what they had, would find salvation and happiness after death.
If you look at the history of that area of the world, in particular the history of the Hebrew people in that part of the world, you see a nation that was once a powerful force, but had their power stripped from them twice. Once by the Babylonians and once by Rome. The Old Testament and New Testament, aside from being fairly historically inaccurate(wrong dates, wrong leaders,etc), do for the most part reflect the time when they were supposed to have been written.
Admittedly, some of this is my own speculation. However, it is not unreasonable for the history of those people to be reflected in their holy books. Many other religious mythologies do the same thing.
tl;dr The history of the Hebrew people was most likely a major factor responsible for the change in attitude from the Old Testament to the New Testament.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cg7qkho | Within Christian mythology it's a huge shift in direction, you are absolutely correct. However, the reason for the shift in direction I believe has much to do with Judaism losing power/influence while that region was occupied by the Roman Empire. The old testament writings for the most part were about a nation of people who had many successful war campaigns and conquered a decent amount of land. It also talks about the exploits of mighty kings who had Yahweh, the war god of Judea and Israel, at their side. All in all the Old Testament is about a nation of people who had the power of the god of gods supporting them.
During the reign of the Roman Empire, Israel was not the mighty nation it had once been. Many Jews would have been a lower class and therefore much poorer/powerless, than their Roman counterparts. It could have been possible that a few people within Judaism, began a new movement, or perhaps multiple movements that preached salvation for the meek and oppressed, rather than beating the war drums or sounding the horns of triumph as was seen in the old testament.
The New Testament has an overlying theme of hope for the weak. The Jesus figure was not a powerful king by earthly standards; he was just a handyman by trade. He was a figured who recognized his lowly position in society, as well as, the position most of his followers in that society. He preached patience, non-violence, forgiveness of your transgressors/oppressors, and that those who lived a good life loving God and being satisfied with what they had, would find salvation and happiness after death.
If you look at the history of that area of the world, in particular the history of the Hebrew people in that part of the world, you see a nation that was once a powerful force, but had their power stripped from them twice. Once by the Babylonians and once by Rome. The Old Testament and New Testament, aside from being fairly historically inaccurate(wrong dates, wrong leaders,etc), do for the most part reflect the time when they were supposed to have been written.
Admittedly, some of this is my own speculation. However, it is not unreasonable for the history of those people to be reflected in their holy books. Many other religious mythologies do the same thing. | The history of the Hebrew people was most likely a major factor responsible for the change in attitude from the Old Testament to the New Testament. |
just_an_ordinary_guy | As someone who was fat when they joined the military, this stinks worse than a pile of shit (as we all know). I practically starved myself in the month after high school leading up to basic.
I was about 200-210ish pounds, down from 220 pounds. My stomach has shrunk so much that I could not physically ingest enough calories to meet how much I was burning. It physically hurt. I was starving pretty much after two hours following a meal. It took a couple weeks for my stomach to expand to what was necessary to not be starving all of the time. Even then, I was still losing weight.
I was in Navy basic training, which isn't really well known for being very physically strenuous. My exercise consisted of mostly moderate PT and formation marching. We marched 2 miles roundtrip for each meal, for a total of 6 miles per day. That isn't including all of the other marching to other events. I was probably eating at least 4000 calories per day, and I practically gorged myself at each meal. They had no problems with you eating how ever much you wanted, unless you were fat and continuing to be fat. You're going to use that energy, and they see to it that you do. I was 180 pounds after boot camp. Unfortunately, I hadn't gained much muscle. What I did gain was endurance. The muscle came later in A school, where my body had time to repair and I could actually work on strength building exercises.
I was always subject to the rope and choke for body fat percentage, as I have always been a bit stockier. I always passed, because we all know that BMI on an individual scale is a pretty poor representation of a person (great for a population though).
TL;DR: at less than 1000 calories per day, that commenter would, at best, end up in the hospital. Either they are lying about what they ate, or they were so fucking lazy that they were kicked out of basic. | As someone who was fat when they joined the military, this stinks worse than a pile of shit (as we all know). I practically starved myself in the month after high school leading up to basic.
I was about 200-210ish pounds, down from 220 pounds. My stomach has shrunk so much that I could not physically ingest enough calories to meet how much I was burning. It physically hurt. I was starving pretty much after two hours following a meal. It took a couple weeks for my stomach to expand to what was necessary to not be starving all of the time. Even then, I was still losing weight.
I was in Navy basic training, which isn't really well known for being very physically strenuous. My exercise consisted of mostly moderate PT and formation marching. We marched 2 miles roundtrip for each meal, for a total of 6 miles per day. That isn't including all of the other marching to other events. I was probably eating at least 4000 calories per day, and I practically gorged myself at each meal. They had no problems with you eating how ever much you wanted, unless you were fat and continuing to be fat. You're going to use that energy, and they see to it that you do. I was 180 pounds after boot camp. Unfortunately, I hadn't gained much muscle. What I did gain was endurance. The muscle came later in A school, where my body had time to repair and I could actually work on strength building exercises.
I was always subject to the rope and choke for body fat percentage, as I have always been a bit stockier. I always passed, because we all know that BMI on an individual scale is a pretty poor representation of a person (great for a population though).
TL;DR: at less than 1000 calories per day, that commenter would, at best, end up in the hospital. Either they are lying about what they ate, or they were so fucking lazy that they were kicked out of basic.
| fatlogic | t5_2wyxm | cg7ucli | As someone who was fat when they joined the military, this stinks worse than a pile of shit (as we all know). I practically starved myself in the month after high school leading up to basic.
I was about 200-210ish pounds, down from 220 pounds. My stomach has shrunk so much that I could not physically ingest enough calories to meet how much I was burning. It physically hurt. I was starving pretty much after two hours following a meal. It took a couple weeks for my stomach to expand to what was necessary to not be starving all of the time. Even then, I was still losing weight.
I was in Navy basic training, which isn't really well known for being very physically strenuous. My exercise consisted of mostly moderate PT and formation marching. We marched 2 miles roundtrip for each meal, for a total of 6 miles per day. That isn't including all of the other marching to other events. I was probably eating at least 4000 calories per day, and I practically gorged myself at each meal. They had no problems with you eating how ever much you wanted, unless you were fat and continuing to be fat. You're going to use that energy, and they see to it that you do. I was 180 pounds after boot camp. Unfortunately, I hadn't gained much muscle. What I did gain was endurance. The muscle came later in A school, where my body had time to repair and I could actually work on strength building exercises.
I was always subject to the rope and choke for body fat percentage, as I have always been a bit stockier. I always passed, because we all know that BMI on an individual scale is a pretty poor representation of a person (great for a population though). | at less than 1000 calories per day, that commenter would, at best, end up in the hospital. Either they are lying about what they ate, or they were so fucking lazy that they were kicked out of basic. |
Rick_n_Roll | Accidental Intravenous injection of ephedrine hydro chloride by my dentist. I have asthmatic Bronchitis and kind of "grew" over it. No allergies what so ever and I had no reaction ....but the day after ho-ly-shit. Felt like I was dying for months. Blood tests everything turned out perfect but still felt like shit for a long time. Feeling great now but people can die from an intravenous injection.. Can result in cardiac arrest when you have asthma. Bodies are weird.
TL;DR : Almost got killed by my dentist | Accidental Intravenous injection of ephedrine hydro chloride by my dentist. I have asthmatic Bronchitis and kind of "grew" over it. No allergies what so ever and I had no reaction ....but the day after ho-ly-shit. Felt like I was dying for months. Blood tests everything turned out perfect but still felt like shit for a long time. Feeling great now but people can die from an intravenous injection.. Can result in cardiac arrest when you have asthma. Bodies are weird.
TL;DR : Almost got killed by my dentist
| gaming | t5_2qh03 | cg86v68 | Accidental Intravenous injection of ephedrine hydro chloride by my dentist. I have asthmatic Bronchitis and kind of "grew" over it. No allergies what so ever and I had no reaction ....but the day after ho-ly-shit. Felt like I was dying for months. Blood tests everything turned out perfect but still felt like shit for a long time. Feeling great now but people can die from an intravenous injection.. Can result in cardiac arrest when you have asthma. Bodies are weird. | Almost got killed by my dentist |
keelabee | >I think getting a conversation going and reenforcing the notion that tokophobia is not a female exclusive issue has a lot of value and would love to get other's perspectives
I love this entire post, but especially that part. So many issues, definitely not limited to tokophobia, are treated as gender-specific, when really, they're just human issues. Tokophobia, CF lifestyle, family lifestyle, sexual and/or physical abuse, reproductive rights (abortion, essure/vasectomy)...We could go on.
They are not simply "women's issues" or "men's issues" they are OUR issues, as a species overall. It's not all kittens and roses, but there are obviously active measures we can take against tokophobia without cutting ourselves out of good relationships. First of all, being open and honest about your fears/needs, hormonal BC, surgical procedures, etc.
As a female tokophobic, I have taken EC pills after protected (with condom) intercourse, in which the prophylactic didn't even fail. I've done that on two separate occasions. As much as I enjoy sex, after having it, I spend the next few weeks in agony waiting on my period. Ironically (and cruelly), stress can cause delays in menstruation. Who knows how much money I've wasted on negative at-home pregnancy tests. But, I'm under 30, no previous kids, no insurance, sooooo I just kind of have to deal with it.
Luckily, most people in my life are supportive of my CF choice. Although as a female, who is super freaked over the notion of being pregnant, it does suck when friends poke "haaa, maybe you're pregnant?!" jokes. I mention to someone I'm feeling nauseous, my period seems a little late, I'm sore, etc...I can't believe how many times I've heard "maybe you're pregnant!"
Most of the time I laugh and say "HA! INCORRECT! Someone has to have sex with you before you get pregnant!" But sometimes when I hear that, it's more like "Holy shit...maybe I'm pregnant. Oh my god I AM PREGNANT. Noooooooooooo!!!" and that's when I run out and buy another pregnancy test that is going to turn out negative, and I also convince myself that I somehow peed on it wrong, or my hormones are lying, and I AM pregnant, and then just wait in agony until my period starts.
Then I remember that horrible day my mother told me she still had her period for the first four months she was pregnant with me, so don't always trust that as an indication that you're safe.
**tl;dr** I constantly worry that I am pregnant, even though it's almost impossible. Tokophobes unite! I appreciate your post, OP! | >I think getting a conversation going and reenforcing the notion that tokophobia is not a female exclusive issue has a lot of value and would love to get other's perspectives
I love this entire post, but especially that part. So many issues, definitely not limited to tokophobia, are treated as gender-specific, when really, they're just human issues. Tokophobia, CF lifestyle, family lifestyle, sexual and/or physical abuse, reproductive rights (abortion, essure/vasectomy)...We could go on.
They are not simply "women's issues" or "men's issues" they are OUR issues, as a species overall. It's not all kittens and roses, but there are obviously active measures we can take against tokophobia without cutting ourselves out of good relationships. First of all, being open and honest about your fears/needs, hormonal BC, surgical procedures, etc.
As a female tokophobic, I have taken EC pills after protected (with condom) intercourse, in which the prophylactic didn't even fail. I've done that on two separate occasions. As much as I enjoy sex, after having it, I spend the next few weeks in agony waiting on my period. Ironically (and cruelly), stress can cause delays in menstruation. Who knows how much money I've wasted on negative at-home pregnancy tests. But, I'm under 30, no previous kids, no insurance, sooooo I just kind of have to deal with it.
Luckily, most people in my life are supportive of my CF choice. Although as a female, who is super freaked over the notion of being pregnant, it does suck when friends poke "haaa, maybe you're pregnant?!" jokes. I mention to someone I'm feeling nauseous, my period seems a little late, I'm sore, etc...I can't believe how many times I've heard "maybe you're pregnant!"
Most of the time I laugh and say "HA! INCORRECT! Someone has to have sex with you before you get pregnant!" But sometimes when I hear that, it's more like "Holy shit...maybe I'm pregnant. Oh my god I AM PREGNANT. Noooooooooooo!!!" and that's when I run out and buy another pregnancy test that is going to turn out negative, and I also convince myself that I somehow peed on it wrong, or my hormones are lying, and I AM pregnant, and then just wait in agony until my period starts.
Then I remember that horrible day my mother told me she still had her period for the first four months she was pregnant with me, so don't always trust that as an indication that you're safe.
tl;dr I constantly worry that I am pregnant, even though it's almost impossible. Tokophobes unite! I appreciate your post, OP!
| childfree | t5_2qtwb | cg9oa4i | I think getting a conversation going and reenforcing the notion that tokophobia is not a female exclusive issue has a lot of value and would love to get other's perspectives
I love this entire post, but especially that part. So many issues, definitely not limited to tokophobia, are treated as gender-specific, when really, they're just human issues. Tokophobia, CF lifestyle, family lifestyle, sexual and/or physical abuse, reproductive rights (abortion, essure/vasectomy)...We could go on.
They are not simply "women's issues" or "men's issues" they are OUR issues, as a species overall. It's not all kittens and roses, but there are obviously active measures we can take against tokophobia without cutting ourselves out of good relationships. First of all, being open and honest about your fears/needs, hormonal BC, surgical procedures, etc.
As a female tokophobic, I have taken EC pills after protected (with condom) intercourse, in which the prophylactic didn't even fail. I've done that on two separate occasions. As much as I enjoy sex, after having it, I spend the next few weeks in agony waiting on my period. Ironically (and cruelly), stress can cause delays in menstruation. Who knows how much money I've wasted on negative at-home pregnancy tests. But, I'm under 30, no previous kids, no insurance, sooooo I just kind of have to deal with it.
Luckily, most people in my life are supportive of my CF choice. Although as a female, who is super freaked over the notion of being pregnant, it does suck when friends poke "haaa, maybe you're pregnant?!" jokes. I mention to someone I'm feeling nauseous, my period seems a little late, I'm sore, etc...I can't believe how many times I've heard "maybe you're pregnant!"
Most of the time I laugh and say "HA! INCORRECT! Someone has to have sex with you before you get pregnant!" But sometimes when I hear that, it's more like "Holy shit...maybe I'm pregnant. Oh my god I AM PREGNANT. Noooooooooooo!!!" and that's when I run out and buy another pregnancy test that is going to turn out negative, and I also convince myself that I somehow peed on it wrong, or my hormones are lying, and I AM pregnant, and then just wait in agony until my period starts.
Then I remember that horrible day my mother told me she still had her period for the first four months she was pregnant with me, so don't always trust that as an indication that you're safe. | I constantly worry that I am pregnant, even though it's almost impossible. Tokophobes unite! I appreciate your post, OP! |
freethe2dme | I had similar issues with them, over heating and bsod-ing laptop, paid for 3 year full return warranty, had the issue three months after purchase and they told me because I was in Ireland they wouldn't cover shipping. Now, my fault I missed it in the terms, but when all the warranty gave me was that I wouldn't have to pay for shipping costs on returns it was a bit unfair. I basically paid extra for no benefit, which they easily could've told me when I purchased as they clearly knew from my shipping address the warranty wouldn't be valid.
So I paid and had it shipped to them; a few days after they receive it I get an email claiming that the ssd i put into the laptop was the reason for the problems and they were charging me to post the laptop back to me.
I'd looked at the bsod logs and knew it was GPU related. So I pleaded, told them it makes no sense technically for it to overheat and bsod because of an ssd. After a day or two the laptop was looked at for repair again thankfully, I was put in contact directly with the guy who was fixing it. In fairness, I told him a bunch of games it bsods with and he got his steam collection and ran some games on it until it crashed. He then apologised and said that the problem was I'm fact the GPU and that the main board and the GPU needed to be replaced. Repaired under the warranty and then sent back to me.
The worrying part it, had I not pushed them to look at the problem again, they would've sent it back to me still not repaired and charged me for it. I'm lucky I know my stuff technology wise, but the average buyer on there couldve been screwed.
TL;DR they tried to avoid repairing my laptop because I'd put in my own ssd. | I had similar issues with them, over heating and bsod-ing laptop, paid for 3 year full return warranty, had the issue three months after purchase and they told me because I was in Ireland they wouldn't cover shipping. Now, my fault I missed it in the terms, but when all the warranty gave me was that I wouldn't have to pay for shipping costs on returns it was a bit unfair. I basically paid extra for no benefit, which they easily could've told me when I purchased as they clearly knew from my shipping address the warranty wouldn't be valid.
So I paid and had it shipped to them; a few days after they receive it I get an email claiming that the ssd i put into the laptop was the reason for the problems and they were charging me to post the laptop back to me.
I'd looked at the bsod logs and knew it was GPU related. So I pleaded, told them it makes no sense technically for it to overheat and bsod because of an ssd. After a day or two the laptop was looked at for repair again thankfully, I was put in contact directly with the guy who was fixing it. In fairness, I told him a bunch of games it bsods with and he got his steam collection and ran some games on it until it crashed. He then apologised and said that the problem was I'm fact the GPU and that the main board and the GPU needed to be replaced. Repaired under the warranty and then sent back to me.
The worrying part it, had I not pushed them to look at the problem again, they would've sent it back to me still not repaired and charged me for it. I'm lucky I know my stuff technology wise, but the average buyer on there couldve been screwed.
TL;DR they tried to avoid repairing my laptop because I'd put in my own ssd.
| buildapc | t5_2rnve | cg8z8zc | I had similar issues with them, over heating and bsod-ing laptop, paid for 3 year full return warranty, had the issue three months after purchase and they told me because I was in Ireland they wouldn't cover shipping. Now, my fault I missed it in the terms, but when all the warranty gave me was that I wouldn't have to pay for shipping costs on returns it was a bit unfair. I basically paid extra for no benefit, which they easily could've told me when I purchased as they clearly knew from my shipping address the warranty wouldn't be valid.
So I paid and had it shipped to them; a few days after they receive it I get an email claiming that the ssd i put into the laptop was the reason for the problems and they were charging me to post the laptop back to me.
I'd looked at the bsod logs and knew it was GPU related. So I pleaded, told them it makes no sense technically for it to overheat and bsod because of an ssd. After a day or two the laptop was looked at for repair again thankfully, I was put in contact directly with the guy who was fixing it. In fairness, I told him a bunch of games it bsods with and he got his steam collection and ran some games on it until it crashed. He then apologised and said that the problem was I'm fact the GPU and that the main board and the GPU needed to be replaced. Repaired under the warranty and then sent back to me.
The worrying part it, had I not pushed them to look at the problem again, they would've sent it back to me still not repaired and charged me for it. I'm lucky I know my stuff technology wise, but the average buyer on there couldve been screwed. | they tried to avoid repairing my laptop because I'd put in my own ssd. |
kevstev | If they wanted tourist dollars, they should do a better job of keeping the bikes stocked in touristy areas- unfortunately most of them are in midtown manhattan. Even if they were there, it would be damn intimidating for someone used to the suburbs to get on a bike and start riding around manhattan.
A ride through central park would be a LOT more palatable, but the system doesn't extend that far. Also, the 30 minute limit doesn't really help in that regard either, its kind of short to take a leisurely stroll through unfamiliar streets.
TL, DR: if you want tourists, make the day passes more attractive to tourists. | If they wanted tourist dollars, they should do a better job of keeping the bikes stocked in touristy areas- unfortunately most of them are in midtown manhattan. Even if they were there, it would be damn intimidating for someone used to the suburbs to get on a bike and start riding around manhattan.
A ride through central park would be a LOT more palatable, but the system doesn't extend that far. Also, the 30 minute limit doesn't really help in that regard either, its kind of short to take a leisurely stroll through unfamiliar streets.
TL, DR: if you want tourists, make the day passes more attractive to tourists.
| Citibike | t5_2xaja | cg8imq2 | If they wanted tourist dollars, they should do a better job of keeping the bikes stocked in touristy areas- unfortunately most of them are in midtown manhattan. Even if they were there, it would be damn intimidating for someone used to the suburbs to get on a bike and start riding around manhattan.
A ride through central park would be a LOT more palatable, but the system doesn't extend that far. Also, the 30 minute limit doesn't really help in that regard either, its kind of short to take a leisurely stroll through unfamiliar streets. | if you want tourists, make the day passes more attractive to tourists. |
giblim | Swedish Mason here. Can confirm. The Norwegian GL (DNFO) practices the Swedish Rite which requires a Christian confession.
That being said, nobody will judge your level of religiosity. As long as you are willing to self-identify as a Christian, the definition of what you actually mean with that is up to you and your own conscience. The question will be put to you, during the initiation. I've heard candidates getting away with as vague statements as "I sympathize with the Christian values" and thus dodging the question completely. I can not guarantee that will always work of course.
Personally I see the requirement for christian confession as our greatest threat for recruitment and relevance in the future. Unfortunately (again, my opinion) the GL policymakers belong to a very different generation and consider it a strength.
So without knowing anything about you I'd definitely recommend you to join. That is if you think you can live with the christian slant. I think we have a great thing going here, and sooner or later the matter of religiosity needs to be addressed.
TL;DR: Yes
| Swedish Mason here. Can confirm. The Norwegian GL (DNFO) practices the Swedish Rite which requires a Christian confession.
That being said, nobody will judge your level of religiosity. As long as you are willing to self-identify as a Christian, the definition of what you actually mean with that is up to you and your own conscience. The question will be put to you, during the initiation. I've heard candidates getting away with as vague statements as "I sympathize with the Christian values" and thus dodging the question completely. I can not guarantee that will always work of course.
Personally I see the requirement for christian confession as our greatest threat for recruitment and relevance in the future. Unfortunately (again, my opinion) the GL policymakers belong to a very different generation and consider it a strength.
So without knowing anything about you I'd definitely recommend you to join. That is if you think you can live with the christian slant. I think we have a great thing going here, and sooner or later the matter of religiosity needs to be addressed.
TL;DR: Yes
| freemasonry | t5_2qn38 | cg8x7xt | Swedish Mason here. Can confirm. The Norwegian GL (DNFO) practices the Swedish Rite which requires a Christian confession.
That being said, nobody will judge your level of religiosity. As long as you are willing to self-identify as a Christian, the definition of what you actually mean with that is up to you and your own conscience. The question will be put to you, during the initiation. I've heard candidates getting away with as vague statements as "I sympathize with the Christian values" and thus dodging the question completely. I can not guarantee that will always work of course.
Personally I see the requirement for christian confession as our greatest threat for recruitment and relevance in the future. Unfortunately (again, my opinion) the GL policymakers belong to a very different generation and consider it a strength.
So without knowing anything about you I'd definitely recommend you to join. That is if you think you can live with the christian slant. I think we have a great thing going here, and sooner or later the matter of religiosity needs to be addressed. | Yes |
fifthredditincarnati | I saw your comment on the thread which said you want to focus on the misuse of TWs rather than the fact that people mock TWs... which is good, because I don't think we should ever argue for stopping using something because someone is mocking it... but I don't quite know why the misuse matters.
This isn't like the word "rape" being used to describe things that aren't rape - or is it? Is that the argument? If so then I completely understand and support that. TWs should not be used when you only mean it metaphorically. I totally agree it should only ever be used in a literal sense.
But it also seems like a large part of the argument is that people use it - and not metaphorically but literally - for things that are too nonserious and things that don't/shouldn't trigger anyone. I saw, for instance, the example of TW for the word "bitch" used in the content as a nonserious TW which cheapens the usage of TWs. I don't like this, because it gets us into the terriroty of deciding what is allowed to trigger whom, and I am not convinced that using TWs for something we consider mildly offensive causes any harm.
I'd like to inject a personal anecdote into all this dry theory. I've never been great at knowing myself, tracking my emotions, knowing that I am angry or sad when I am angry or sad. I was just never taught to pay attention to these things, because the culture I come from isn't a very individualisti culture, individual feelings and emotions just aren't valued much. I also deeply internalized both the sexist idea that women shouldn't show anger AND the more modern/western idea that "cool" women (the type that hang out with dudes and are cool with everything) don't get ruffled or personally offended ever. Because of this, noticing and naming and owning my feelings about things or conversations or people is relatively new to me, as new as serious feminism is.
So I don't know if the way I feel sometimes when I see certain topics being discussed a certain way can be called triggered. I feel like a phony when I say I was triggered, because no professional has diagnosed me.
And yet. Trigger warnings have been IMMENSELY useful to me to steer clear of certain topics. Just last week, I saw a trigger warning for domestic abuse and noped out of the thread without clicking on the link. I went back later when I felt more prepared and I am so. freaking. glad. The TW really saved my whole day, if I had clicked on the link unknowingly I'd have gone the whole day feeling ever so slightly out-of-control of my emotions and ashamed of myself for feeling that way and blah blah blah.
**So tl;dr is,** I personally love TWs, and I'd like to see discussion of how exactly using TWs for mildly offensive things is harmful before we can make a compelling argument to draw lines around when it's okay to use TWs or whether we should get rid of it altogether.
| I saw your comment on the thread which said you want to focus on the misuse of TWs rather than the fact that people mock TWs... which is good, because I don't think we should ever argue for stopping using something because someone is mocking it... but I don't quite know why the misuse matters.
This isn't like the word "rape" being used to describe things that aren't rape - or is it? Is that the argument? If so then I completely understand and support that. TWs should not be used when you only mean it metaphorically. I totally agree it should only ever be used in a literal sense.
But it also seems like a large part of the argument is that people use it - and not metaphorically but literally - for things that are too nonserious and things that don't/shouldn't trigger anyone. I saw, for instance, the example of TW for the word "bitch" used in the content as a nonserious TW which cheapens the usage of TWs. I don't like this, because it gets us into the terriroty of deciding what is allowed to trigger whom, and I am not convinced that using TWs for something we consider mildly offensive causes any harm.
I'd like to inject a personal anecdote into all this dry theory. I've never been great at knowing myself, tracking my emotions, knowing that I am angry or sad when I am angry or sad. I was just never taught to pay attention to these things, because the culture I come from isn't a very individualisti culture, individual feelings and emotions just aren't valued much. I also deeply internalized both the sexist idea that women shouldn't show anger AND the more modern/western idea that "cool" women (the type that hang out with dudes and are cool with everything) don't get ruffled or personally offended ever. Because of this, noticing and naming and owning my feelings about things or conversations or people is relatively new to me, as new as serious feminism is.
So I don't know if the way I feel sometimes when I see certain topics being discussed a certain way can be called triggered. I feel like a phony when I say I was triggered, because no professional has diagnosed me.
And yet. Trigger warnings have been IMMENSELY useful to me to steer clear of certain topics. Just last week, I saw a trigger warning for domestic abuse and noped out of the thread without clicking on the link. I went back later when I felt more prepared and I am so. freaking. glad. The TW really saved my whole day, if I had clicked on the link unknowingly I'd have gone the whole day feeling ever so slightly out-of-control of my emotions and ashamed of myself for feeling that way and blah blah blah.
So tl;dr is, I personally love TWs, and I'd like to see discussion of how exactly using TWs for mildly offensive things is harmful before we can make a compelling argument to draw lines around when it's okay to use TWs or whether we should get rid of it altogether.
| SRSWomen | t5_2tdoc | cg8l3gq | I saw your comment on the thread which said you want to focus on the misuse of TWs rather than the fact that people mock TWs... which is good, because I don't think we should ever argue for stopping using something because someone is mocking it... but I don't quite know why the misuse matters.
This isn't like the word "rape" being used to describe things that aren't rape - or is it? Is that the argument? If so then I completely understand and support that. TWs should not be used when you only mean it metaphorically. I totally agree it should only ever be used in a literal sense.
But it also seems like a large part of the argument is that people use it - and not metaphorically but literally - for things that are too nonserious and things that don't/shouldn't trigger anyone. I saw, for instance, the example of TW for the word "bitch" used in the content as a nonserious TW which cheapens the usage of TWs. I don't like this, because it gets us into the terriroty of deciding what is allowed to trigger whom, and I am not convinced that using TWs for something we consider mildly offensive causes any harm.
I'd like to inject a personal anecdote into all this dry theory. I've never been great at knowing myself, tracking my emotions, knowing that I am angry or sad when I am angry or sad. I was just never taught to pay attention to these things, because the culture I come from isn't a very individualisti culture, individual feelings and emotions just aren't valued much. I also deeply internalized both the sexist idea that women shouldn't show anger AND the more modern/western idea that "cool" women (the type that hang out with dudes and are cool with everything) don't get ruffled or personally offended ever. Because of this, noticing and naming and owning my feelings about things or conversations or people is relatively new to me, as new as serious feminism is.
So I don't know if the way I feel sometimes when I see certain topics being discussed a certain way can be called triggered. I feel like a phony when I say I was triggered, because no professional has diagnosed me.
And yet. Trigger warnings have been IMMENSELY useful to me to steer clear of certain topics. Just last week, I saw a trigger warning for domestic abuse and noped out of the thread without clicking on the link. I went back later when I felt more prepared and I am so. freaking. glad. The TW really saved my whole day, if I had clicked on the link unknowingly I'd have gone the whole day feeling ever so slightly out-of-control of my emotions and ashamed of myself for feeling that way and blah blah blah.
So | is, I personally love TWs, and I'd like to see discussion of how exactly using TWs for mildly offensive things is harmful before we can make a compelling argument to draw lines around when it's okay to use TWs or whether we should get rid of it altogether. |
dannieman | For those who don't know, the story so far:
* Feb 22nd - March 21st: A petition identical in its wording to this one was created, but only gained momentum toward the last couple of days. It got 64,000+ signatures.
* Now: This petition has ~~nearly 45,000~~ *over 48,000* of the signatures it needs (the goal is 100,000 signatures) ~~after only two days~~ and counting.
tl;dr: Read it and sign it! Tell your friends! We can do it this time, folks!
[EDIT:] over 48,000 signatures, keep 'em coming! | For those who don't know, the story so far:
Feb 22nd - March 21st: A petition identical in its wording to this one was created, but only gained momentum toward the last couple of days. It got 64,000+ signatures.
Now: This petition has nearly 45,000 over 48,000 of the signatures it needs (the goal is 100,000 signatures) after only two days and counting.
tl;dr: Read it and sign it! Tell your friends! We can do it this time, folks!
[EDIT:] over 48,000 signatures, keep 'em coming!
| lgbt | t5_2qhh7 | cga3ods | For those who don't know, the story so far:
Feb 22nd - March 21st: A petition identical in its wording to this one was created, but only gained momentum toward the last couple of days. It got 64,000+ signatures.
Now: This petition has nearly 45,000 over 48,000 of the signatures it needs (the goal is 100,000 signatures) after only two days and counting. | Read it and sign it! Tell your friends! We can do it this time, folks!
[EDIT:] over 48,000 signatures, keep 'em coming! |
Nitro_Pengiun | Dude, let me tell you a little story of my own to that I hope will give you some perspective on what a good position you're actually in.
So last May I started talking to this girl on OkCupid. We were a 93% match, but after a string of shitty first (and only) dates, I was extremely close to throwing in the towel. This girl was different though. She was gorgeous, she was intelligent, and she was engaging. I wanted to meet up within a few messages, but she was going to Puerto Rico for a week, so we had to put the meeting off. The whole week she was in Puerto Rico, she's still texting me. Not just a message or two each day either. All day, every day. Frankly, it was great. We kept an engaging conversation going for over a week, and everything was peachy.
When she got back home, we decided to meet up. We decide to go to this little tapas bar, and everything seemed perfect. She was half Lebonese, and I had picked a restaurant named for a Lebonese dish! We connected on levels we weren't even aware of! Both of us were amazed at how compatible we already were without ever having met! Or so I thought. She starts getting nervous the night before, and texts asking me if I'm nervous and hoping I won't be disappointed, etc. How could I be disappointed?! This girl was everything I was hoping to find!
Fast forward to the date. I see her walking up, and she is exactly what I had imagined. Gorgeous doesn't begin to describe her. Just breathtaking. We say hi to each other, and usually I go in for a hug when I meet a date for the first time. She turns quickly toward the bar and walks inside. "No big deal, I'll just make that mental connection," I thought.
During the date, everything starts going wrong. The conversation was awkward and felt forced. I get so nervous that I'm going to blow it, I went to the restroom to calm myself down. I couldn't piece it together. How could this date be going this badly? It felt so perfect before. What was happening?!?!?!
After we eat, I ask her to go for a walk by the water. She agrees, but comments about how she hates walking. Then she makes a few remarks about how she thinks I'm a serial killer and this is my plot to kill her. Truth is, the walk on the waterfront is my move. I have a whole spiel about the harbor bridge and how I always wanted to design bridges. All the while the walk is romantic, there are some swings on the pier where couples will often snuggle up, and the view of the harbor is beautiful. Nobody hates it. Except her. She hates that I made her walk all of half a block to talk about what makes me tick. So I shift the conversation to be about her. And even then she wasn't having any of it. At this point, I had lost all hope. This perfect person that I had found was a total flop. So I walk her back to her car, thinking that would be the end of it, but no. When we get to her car, she asks me out on a second date! I was immensely confused, but I wanted to give it a second chance because I couldn't have been *that* wrong, could I?
I could, and was. The second date was even more painful, but the conversation in between was once again incredibly engaging. We couldn't stop talking to each other when we were apart, but when we were together nothing felt right. I wanted so badly to chock it up to her just being awkward, but that wasn't it. I finally got the guts to ask her how she felt. She told me she just wasn't physically attracted to me, and nothing was ever going to happen between us. My heart sank right through the floor. I ended up wasting close to a month of my life on this girl who I was crazy about, but she was never really even interested in me.
So tl;dr it's way better for you to be told up front that she's not interested than to have it drag out and waste your time. It may sting now, but that'll go away pretty quick. It's nothing like the slow burn. | Dude, let me tell you a little story of my own to that I hope will give you some perspective on what a good position you're actually in.
So last May I started talking to this girl on OkCupid. We were a 93% match, but after a string of shitty first (and only) dates, I was extremely close to throwing in the towel. This girl was different though. She was gorgeous, she was intelligent, and she was engaging. I wanted to meet up within a few messages, but she was going to Puerto Rico for a week, so we had to put the meeting off. The whole week she was in Puerto Rico, she's still texting me. Not just a message or two each day either. All day, every day. Frankly, it was great. We kept an engaging conversation going for over a week, and everything was peachy.
When she got back home, we decided to meet up. We decide to go to this little tapas bar, and everything seemed perfect. She was half Lebonese, and I had picked a restaurant named for a Lebonese dish! We connected on levels we weren't even aware of! Both of us were amazed at how compatible we already were without ever having met! Or so I thought. She starts getting nervous the night before, and texts asking me if I'm nervous and hoping I won't be disappointed, etc. How could I be disappointed?! This girl was everything I was hoping to find!
Fast forward to the date. I see her walking up, and she is exactly what I had imagined. Gorgeous doesn't begin to describe her. Just breathtaking. We say hi to each other, and usually I go in for a hug when I meet a date for the first time. She turns quickly toward the bar and walks inside. "No big deal, I'll just make that mental connection," I thought.
During the date, everything starts going wrong. The conversation was awkward and felt forced. I get so nervous that I'm going to blow it, I went to the restroom to calm myself down. I couldn't piece it together. How could this date be going this badly? It felt so perfect before. What was happening?!?!?!
After we eat, I ask her to go for a walk by the water. She agrees, but comments about how she hates walking. Then she makes a few remarks about how she thinks I'm a serial killer and this is my plot to kill her. Truth is, the walk on the waterfront is my move. I have a whole spiel about the harbor bridge and how I always wanted to design bridges. All the while the walk is romantic, there are some swings on the pier where couples will often snuggle up, and the view of the harbor is beautiful. Nobody hates it. Except her. She hates that I made her walk all of half a block to talk about what makes me tick. So I shift the conversation to be about her. And even then she wasn't having any of it. At this point, I had lost all hope. This perfect person that I had found was a total flop. So I walk her back to her car, thinking that would be the end of it, but no. When we get to her car, she asks me out on a second date! I was immensely confused, but I wanted to give it a second chance because I couldn't have been that wrong, could I?
I could, and was. The second date was even more painful, but the conversation in between was once again incredibly engaging. We couldn't stop talking to each other when we were apart, but when we were together nothing felt right. I wanted so badly to chock it up to her just being awkward, but that wasn't it. I finally got the guts to ask her how she felt. She told me she just wasn't physically attracted to me, and nothing was ever going to happen between us. My heart sank right through the floor. I ended up wasting close to a month of my life on this girl who I was crazy about, but she was never really even interested in me.
So tl;dr it's way better for you to be told up front that she's not interested than to have it drag out and waste your time. It may sting now, but that'll go away pretty quick. It's nothing like the slow burn.
| OkCupid | t5_2rct2 | cg8v1v4 | Dude, let me tell you a little story of my own to that I hope will give you some perspective on what a good position you're actually in.
So last May I started talking to this girl on OkCupid. We were a 93% match, but after a string of shitty first (and only) dates, I was extremely close to throwing in the towel. This girl was different though. She was gorgeous, she was intelligent, and she was engaging. I wanted to meet up within a few messages, but she was going to Puerto Rico for a week, so we had to put the meeting off. The whole week she was in Puerto Rico, she's still texting me. Not just a message or two each day either. All day, every day. Frankly, it was great. We kept an engaging conversation going for over a week, and everything was peachy.
When she got back home, we decided to meet up. We decide to go to this little tapas bar, and everything seemed perfect. She was half Lebonese, and I had picked a restaurant named for a Lebonese dish! We connected on levels we weren't even aware of! Both of us were amazed at how compatible we already were without ever having met! Or so I thought. She starts getting nervous the night before, and texts asking me if I'm nervous and hoping I won't be disappointed, etc. How could I be disappointed?! This girl was everything I was hoping to find!
Fast forward to the date. I see her walking up, and she is exactly what I had imagined. Gorgeous doesn't begin to describe her. Just breathtaking. We say hi to each other, and usually I go in for a hug when I meet a date for the first time. She turns quickly toward the bar and walks inside. "No big deal, I'll just make that mental connection," I thought.
During the date, everything starts going wrong. The conversation was awkward and felt forced. I get so nervous that I'm going to blow it, I went to the restroom to calm myself down. I couldn't piece it together. How could this date be going this badly? It felt so perfect before. What was happening?!?!?!
After we eat, I ask her to go for a walk by the water. She agrees, but comments about how she hates walking. Then she makes a few remarks about how she thinks I'm a serial killer and this is my plot to kill her. Truth is, the walk on the waterfront is my move. I have a whole spiel about the harbor bridge and how I always wanted to design bridges. All the while the walk is romantic, there are some swings on the pier where couples will often snuggle up, and the view of the harbor is beautiful. Nobody hates it. Except her. She hates that I made her walk all of half a block to talk about what makes me tick. So I shift the conversation to be about her. And even then she wasn't having any of it. At this point, I had lost all hope. This perfect person that I had found was a total flop. So I walk her back to her car, thinking that would be the end of it, but no. When we get to her car, she asks me out on a second date! I was immensely confused, but I wanted to give it a second chance because I couldn't have been that wrong, could I?
I could, and was. The second date was even more painful, but the conversation in between was once again incredibly engaging. We couldn't stop talking to each other when we were apart, but when we were together nothing felt right. I wanted so badly to chock it up to her just being awkward, but that wasn't it. I finally got the guts to ask her how she felt. She told me she just wasn't physically attracted to me, and nothing was ever going to happen between us. My heart sank right through the floor. I ended up wasting close to a month of my life on this girl who I was crazy about, but she was never really even interested in me.
So | it's way better for you to be told up front that she's not interested than to have it drag out and waste your time. It may sting now, but that'll go away pretty quick. It's nothing like the slow burn. |
TheSupremeFace | Well right now i'm in the middle of AFFC. But I do believe the second half of ASOS was a climax point in the series (so far). The first two books, while grand, were definitely building up to the huge storm in the third book. Right now, I feel like AFFC is kind've a cool down. I'm not sure about ADWD yet since i'm not even there yet.
I do recall Martin saying that he was originally going to write just three books. (Game of Thrones, Dance with Dragons, Winds of Winter). So the first three would've been AGOT, while the next two would probably be A Dance with Dragons. So the next climax probably won't happen until the end of ADWD.
tl;dr: series climaxed towards end of ASOS. Next one probably won't come until end of ADWD (i'm half way through AFFC) | Well right now i'm in the middle of AFFC. But I do believe the second half of ASOS was a climax point in the series (so far). The first two books, while grand, were definitely building up to the huge storm in the third book. Right now, I feel like AFFC is kind've a cool down. I'm not sure about ADWD yet since i'm not even there yet.
I do recall Martin saying that he was originally going to write just three books. (Game of Thrones, Dance with Dragons, Winds of Winter). So the first three would've been AGOT, while the next two would probably be A Dance with Dragons. So the next climax probably won't happen until the end of ADWD.
tl;dr: series climaxed towards end of ASOS. Next one probably won't come until end of ADWD (i'm half way through AFFC)
| gameofthrones | t5_2rjz2 | cg9lj4n | Well right now i'm in the middle of AFFC. But I do believe the second half of ASOS was a climax point in the series (so far). The first two books, while grand, were definitely building up to the huge storm in the third book. Right now, I feel like AFFC is kind've a cool down. I'm not sure about ADWD yet since i'm not even there yet.
I do recall Martin saying that he was originally going to write just three books. (Game of Thrones, Dance with Dragons, Winds of Winter). So the first three would've been AGOT, while the next two would probably be A Dance with Dragons. So the next climax probably won't happen until the end of ADWD. | series climaxed towards end of ASOS. Next one probably won't come until end of ADWD (i'm half way through AFFC) |
azzbla | You *don't * think cops follow the blue code? Get real, kid.
This one guy tried to go against the blue code. The rot goes all the way to the top.
"Adrian Schoolcraft (born 1976) is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who secretly recorded police conversations from 2008 to 2009. He brought these tapes to NYPD investigators in October 2009 as evidence of corruption and wrongdoing within the department. He used the tapes as evidence that arrest quotas were leading to police abuses such as wrongful arrests, while the emphasis of fighting crime sometimes resulted in underreporting of crimes to keep the numbers down.
After voicing his concerns, Schoolcraft was reportedly harassed and reassigned to a desk job. After he left work early one day, an ESU unit illegally entered his apartment, physically abducted him and forcibly admitted him to a psychiatric facility, where he was held against his will for six days.[1] In 2010, he released the audio recordings to The Village Voice, leading to the reporting of a multi-part series titled The NYPD Tapes. That same year he filed a lawsuit against the NYPD and Jamaica Hospital. In 2012 The Village Voice reported that a 2010 unpublished report of an internal NYPD investigation found the 81st precinct had evidence of quotas and underreporting."
I still have the arrest record citing felony assault on officer along with a slew of bullshit, along with the prosecutor's deal to change it to a single misdemeanor of disturbing the peace after they found out I had a written testimony and witness.
TL;DR Go fuck yourself, moron. | You don't think cops follow the blue code? Get real, kid.
This one guy tried to go against the blue code. The rot goes all the way to the top.
"Adrian Schoolcraft (born 1976) is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who secretly recorded police conversations from 2008 to 2009. He brought these tapes to NYPD investigators in October 2009 as evidence of corruption and wrongdoing within the department. He used the tapes as evidence that arrest quotas were leading to police abuses such as wrongful arrests, while the emphasis of fighting crime sometimes resulted in underreporting of crimes to keep the numbers down.
After voicing his concerns, Schoolcraft was reportedly harassed and reassigned to a desk job. After he left work early one day, an ESU unit illegally entered his apartment, physically abducted him and forcibly admitted him to a psychiatric facility, where he was held against his will for six days.[1] In 2010, he released the audio recordings to The Village Voice, leading to the reporting of a multi-part series titled The NYPD Tapes. That same year he filed a lawsuit against the NYPD and Jamaica Hospital. In 2012 The Village Voice reported that a 2010 unpublished report of an internal NYPD investigation found the 81st precinct had evidence of quotas and underreporting."
I still have the arrest record citing felony assault on officer along with a slew of bullshit, along with the prosecutor's deal to change it to a single misdemeanor of disturbing the peace after they found out I had a written testimony and witness.
TL;DR Go fuck yourself, moron.
| trees | t5_2r9vp | cg975ys | You don't think cops follow the blue code? Get real, kid.
This one guy tried to go against the blue code. The rot goes all the way to the top.
"Adrian Schoolcraft (born 1976) is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who secretly recorded police conversations from 2008 to 2009. He brought these tapes to NYPD investigators in October 2009 as evidence of corruption and wrongdoing within the department. He used the tapes as evidence that arrest quotas were leading to police abuses such as wrongful arrests, while the emphasis of fighting crime sometimes resulted in underreporting of crimes to keep the numbers down.
After voicing his concerns, Schoolcraft was reportedly harassed and reassigned to a desk job. After he left work early one day, an ESU unit illegally entered his apartment, physically abducted him and forcibly admitted him to a psychiatric facility, where he was held against his will for six days.[1] In 2010, he released the audio recordings to The Village Voice, leading to the reporting of a multi-part series titled The NYPD Tapes. That same year he filed a lawsuit against the NYPD and Jamaica Hospital. In 2012 The Village Voice reported that a 2010 unpublished report of an internal NYPD investigation found the 81st precinct had evidence of quotas and underreporting."
I still have the arrest record citing felony assault on officer along with a slew of bullshit, along with the prosecutor's deal to change it to a single misdemeanor of disturbing the peace after they found out I had a written testimony and witness. | Go fuck yourself, moron. |
monkeypunchluff | We'll see a lot of people doing absolutely stupid stuff in the slim chance they'll get their 15 minutes of fame. There will be less emphasis on creating new and innovative content, and more on regurgitating someone else's work. People won't take responsibility for themselves, and will only care about subjects that are popularized. I don't see any of these things changing as they grow older.
TLDR: They'll suck. | We'll see a lot of people doing absolutely stupid stuff in the slim chance they'll get their 15 minutes of fame. There will be less emphasis on creating new and innovative content, and more on regurgitating someone else's work. People won't take responsibility for themselves, and will only care about subjects that are popularized. I don't see any of these things changing as they grow older.
TLDR: They'll suck.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cg95olx | We'll see a lot of people doing absolutely stupid stuff in the slim chance they'll get their 15 minutes of fame. There will be less emphasis on creating new and innovative content, and more on regurgitating someone else's work. People won't take responsibility for themselves, and will only care about subjects that are popularized. I don't see any of these things changing as they grow older. | They'll suck. |
shishaboob | yes, do more research before you make your next purchase. with the exception of the pinnacle (which isn't really considered a vape pen, really.) no pen style vaporizers vape herb. they surely will claim they do, but none actually do. they all just combust it. pens are made for oil and for oil glycerine tinctures, their shape and such makes actual vaporization of herbs pretty much impossible, but you probably didn't blow too much on it because pens are cheap, so save your lunch money and buy an arizer solo from gotvape.com for $140 when you can, and you'll never look back.
tl;dr
it doesn't vaporize herbs and it wont | yes, do more research before you make your next purchase. with the exception of the pinnacle (which isn't really considered a vape pen, really.) no pen style vaporizers vape herb. they surely will claim they do, but none actually do. they all just combust it. pens are made for oil and for oil glycerine tinctures, their shape and such makes actual vaporization of herbs pretty much impossible, but you probably didn't blow too much on it because pens are cheap, so save your lunch money and buy an arizer solo from gotvape.com for $140 when you can, and you'll never look back.
tl;dr
it doesn't vaporize herbs and it wont
| trees | t5_2r9vp | cg98k4t | yes, do more research before you make your next purchase. with the exception of the pinnacle (which isn't really considered a vape pen, really.) no pen style vaporizers vape herb. they surely will claim they do, but none actually do. they all just combust it. pens are made for oil and for oil glycerine tinctures, their shape and such makes actual vaporization of herbs pretty much impossible, but you probably didn't blow too much on it because pens are cheap, so save your lunch money and buy an arizer solo from gotvape.com for $140 when you can, and you'll never look back. | it doesn't vaporize herbs and it wont |
doyouevenfly | I'd like to add that there is also no evidence that it doesn't interfere with it. I think this is a good example. Think of a body of water with 2 waves of different heights. They will hit each other and can create a different height. the they revert to their original hight. In theory it could interfere.
Also once your above 5000 feet you go out of your cell phone range. So it's just going to kill your battery.
Also there may be other electronics that could interfere with navigational equipment. If we do get rid of the law and a plane goes down because of it. 100 people are dead and the airlines gonna be owing people a lot of money.
How do you distinguish from different devices other then cell phones. You now have to train everybody to look for them. Do you create a device to look for those signals? Longer lines getting through TSA
I guess these are extreme but a lot if lives are on the line.
Tldr. Why pass something thy could increase costs. And if it ain't broke don't fix it.
| I'd like to add that there is also no evidence that it doesn't interfere with it. I think this is a good example. Think of a body of water with 2 waves of different heights. They will hit each other and can create a different height. the they revert to their original hight. In theory it could interfere.
Also once your above 5000 feet you go out of your cell phone range. So it's just going to kill your battery.
Also there may be other electronics that could interfere with navigational equipment. If we do get rid of the law and a plane goes down because of it. 100 people are dead and the airlines gonna be owing people a lot of money.
How do you distinguish from different devices other then cell phones. You now have to train everybody to look for them. Do you create a device to look for those signals? Longer lines getting through TSA
I guess these are extreme but a lot if lives are on the line.
Tldr. Why pass something thy could increase costs. And if it ain't broke don't fix it.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cg9ia9u | I'd like to add that there is also no evidence that it doesn't interfere with it. I think this is a good example. Think of a body of water with 2 waves of different heights. They will hit each other and can create a different height. the they revert to their original hight. In theory it could interfere.
Also once your above 5000 feet you go out of your cell phone range. So it's just going to kill your battery.
Also there may be other electronics that could interfere with navigational equipment. If we do get rid of the law and a plane goes down because of it. 100 people are dead and the airlines gonna be owing people a lot of money.
How do you distinguish from different devices other then cell phones. You now have to train everybody to look for them. Do you create a device to look for those signals? Longer lines getting through TSA
I guess these are extreme but a lot if lives are on the line. | Why pass something thy could increase costs. And if it ain't broke don't fix it. |
Justintoxicated | It's probably important to ask why 2 people would want to quit at a time that maximizes screwing over their employer. Clearly there is something wrong that needs to be addressed or you'll just end up with more people quitting in such a manner.
I remember one of my first dish jobs was at a busy mid-range restaurant with 3 floors and only 2 dishwashers on duty. One of them was named "Crazy Kevin" because he was a 40 something year old who was legitimately insane, in fact so insane it was mandated that one weekend a month he had to go on "vacation" for mental evaluation (sometimes he wouldn't come back for weeks). My first night there I get trained by Kevin, I'm freshly turned 14 mind you and this is my second dish job (this is a much bigger restaurant). So we're slammed and Kevin can't train anyone, he's insane and even worse.. slow. Buckets of silverware, dishes everywhere and he's spending 20 minutes scrubbing one pan while we get screamed at, I want a cigarette so bad. Service ends around 11 pm and it takes until 1 to finish the dishes. Oh but we're not done yet! Time to mop, the kitchen is pretty huge so even on a great night it takes about 30 minutes to sweep and mop. Kevin is "showing me what to do" and drags out a raggedy garden hose which he attaches to the back sink. He uses it the wet the floor (we have multiple mop buckets) it leaks all over and he takes forever to finish his sections. It's round 2 and he's done but he's stretched out the hose and he's trying to squeeze the water out of it. About 30 minutes later he realizes it's still attached to the sink and there is a slight amount of water going through it. Finally it's about 3 am and his stupid hose is away and we're done. The next night I work with my friend on dish and he's like "never, ever listen to Kevin, he's a retard" and he tells me about Kevin. That night we jammed the fuck out and got out before midnight.
TLDR: worked with a guy who spent til 3 AM squeezing water out of a running hose. | It's probably important to ask why 2 people would want to quit at a time that maximizes screwing over their employer. Clearly there is something wrong that needs to be addressed or you'll just end up with more people quitting in such a manner.
I remember one of my first dish jobs was at a busy mid-range restaurant with 3 floors and only 2 dishwashers on duty. One of them was named "Crazy Kevin" because he was a 40 something year old who was legitimately insane, in fact so insane it was mandated that one weekend a month he had to go on "vacation" for mental evaluation (sometimes he wouldn't come back for weeks). My first night there I get trained by Kevin, I'm freshly turned 14 mind you and this is my second dish job (this is a much bigger restaurant). So we're slammed and Kevin can't train anyone, he's insane and even worse.. slow. Buckets of silverware, dishes everywhere and he's spending 20 minutes scrubbing one pan while we get screamed at, I want a cigarette so bad. Service ends around 11 pm and it takes until 1 to finish the dishes. Oh but we're not done yet! Time to mop, the kitchen is pretty huge so even on a great night it takes about 30 minutes to sweep and mop. Kevin is "showing me what to do" and drags out a raggedy garden hose which he attaches to the back sink. He uses it the wet the floor (we have multiple mop buckets) it leaks all over and he takes forever to finish his sections. It's round 2 and he's done but he's stretched out the hose and he's trying to squeeze the water out of it. About 30 minutes later he realizes it's still attached to the sink and there is a slight amount of water going through it. Finally it's about 3 am and his stupid hose is away and we're done. The next night I work with my friend on dish and he's like "never, ever listen to Kevin, he's a retard" and he tells me about Kevin. That night we jammed the fuck out and got out before midnight.
TLDR: worked with a guy who spent til 3 AM squeezing water out of a running hose.
| KitchenConfidential | t5_2sa8b | cg9ri1x | It's probably important to ask why 2 people would want to quit at a time that maximizes screwing over their employer. Clearly there is something wrong that needs to be addressed or you'll just end up with more people quitting in such a manner.
I remember one of my first dish jobs was at a busy mid-range restaurant with 3 floors and only 2 dishwashers on duty. One of them was named "Crazy Kevin" because he was a 40 something year old who was legitimately insane, in fact so insane it was mandated that one weekend a month he had to go on "vacation" for mental evaluation (sometimes he wouldn't come back for weeks). My first night there I get trained by Kevin, I'm freshly turned 14 mind you and this is my second dish job (this is a much bigger restaurant). So we're slammed and Kevin can't train anyone, he's insane and even worse.. slow. Buckets of silverware, dishes everywhere and he's spending 20 minutes scrubbing one pan while we get screamed at, I want a cigarette so bad. Service ends around 11 pm and it takes until 1 to finish the dishes. Oh but we're not done yet! Time to mop, the kitchen is pretty huge so even on a great night it takes about 30 minutes to sweep and mop. Kevin is "showing me what to do" and drags out a raggedy garden hose which he attaches to the back sink. He uses it the wet the floor (we have multiple mop buckets) it leaks all over and he takes forever to finish his sections. It's round 2 and he's done but he's stretched out the hose and he's trying to squeeze the water out of it. About 30 minutes later he realizes it's still attached to the sink and there is a slight amount of water going through it. Finally it's about 3 am and his stupid hose is away and we're done. The next night I work with my friend on dish and he's like "never, ever listen to Kevin, he's a retard" and he tells me about Kevin. That night we jammed the fuck out and got out before midnight. | worked with a guy who spent til 3 AM squeezing water out of a running hose. |
Guacomaco | This is Dr Farr at Texas State University. He's a badass dude. Oh yeah, he puts a frog in a blender on the first day of class.
Edit: a couple people asked so I'll explain further.
Dr. Farr is a master of suspense and timing, although you'd never know it to look at him. He's also a brilliant educator. On the first day of class, he wants you to learn some bio, sure, but what he really wants is for you to "find your voice". So he pulls out some plant (which i knew the genus and species now) and he asked the students if the plant is alive. The students reluctantly speak up, a few of them murmer "yea.. duh.." (more or less).
He then up-roots the plant. "Is the plant still alive?" Again, the students kinda give him the affirmative. Then he rips the plant apart into tiny pieces. Now the class isn't so sure. No one is willing to say yes, but the class is beginning to get into this little exercise. Lots more excited murmuring at this point. He walks over to the blender he has set up and blends the shit out of this plant. Its plant soup now.
"Is the plant still alive?"
The class gives a collective "No" to which Dr. Farr informs us that, in fact, there are still plant cells which are alive and totally fine. They are still undergoing mitosis and reproduction. The plant is technically still alive. Furthermore, the plant could be cloned at this stage, effectively "keeping it alive".
After the class agrees that the plant is still alive, Dr. Farr pulls out his next demonstration. He pulls out a healthy, completely live frog. (once again, i wish i could tell you the genus and species, because he makes it a point to tell a little about each organism before he blends it). The class is already getting uneasy. He began the discussion about the plant in the exact same manner. Is he going to blend this frog like he blended the plant?? He tells us about how this species of frog is the only one to have these specific claws and to do this or that or etc.
He then starts to walk over to the blender, and the first whimper from some sorority girl is heard as the rest of the class begins to fall silent. As i said, he is a master of suspense. He plays the old man card and he knows that everyone expects him to do something stupid and old-man-like. He raises the frog up to the blender and the silence is broken. People begin to freak out a bit.
"But, you said that the plant was still alive, even after i blended it! What's different about this frog??"
He's raising the frog closer and closer to the blender and the class is getting louder and louder. More and more uneasy.
PLOP!
The class erupts, all the girls are screaming for him not to blend this frog, and all the frat guys are cheering him on in a primal fashion (maybe this reaction was supposed to be our first taste of observational biology). Dr. Farr's finger hovers above the blend button as he seemingly decides whether or not to blend this frog. He lets the class freak out for a good minute or two... and then he takes the frog out. He didn't blend the frog. Happy or sad or anticlimactic, you decide!
TL;DR Science is a cruel mistress, but if you love her just right, she gives the best blowjobs. | This is Dr Farr at Texas State University. He's a badass dude. Oh yeah, he puts a frog in a blender on the first day of class.
Edit: a couple people asked so I'll explain further.
Dr. Farr is a master of suspense and timing, although you'd never know it to look at him. He's also a brilliant educator. On the first day of class, he wants you to learn some bio, sure, but what he really wants is for you to "find your voice". So he pulls out some plant (which i knew the genus and species now) and he asked the students if the plant is alive. The students reluctantly speak up, a few of them murmer "yea.. duh.." (more or less).
He then up-roots the plant. "Is the plant still alive?" Again, the students kinda give him the affirmative. Then he rips the plant apart into tiny pieces. Now the class isn't so sure. No one is willing to say yes, but the class is beginning to get into this little exercise. Lots more excited murmuring at this point. He walks over to the blender he has set up and blends the shit out of this plant. Its plant soup now.
"Is the plant still alive?"
The class gives a collective "No" to which Dr. Farr informs us that, in fact, there are still plant cells which are alive and totally fine. They are still undergoing mitosis and reproduction. The plant is technically still alive. Furthermore, the plant could be cloned at this stage, effectively "keeping it alive".
After the class agrees that the plant is still alive, Dr. Farr pulls out his next demonstration. He pulls out a healthy, completely live frog. (once again, i wish i could tell you the genus and species, because he makes it a point to tell a little about each organism before he blends it). The class is already getting uneasy. He began the discussion about the plant in the exact same manner. Is he going to blend this frog like he blended the plant?? He tells us about how this species of frog is the only one to have these specific claws and to do this or that or etc.
He then starts to walk over to the blender, and the first whimper from some sorority girl is heard as the rest of the class begins to fall silent. As i said, he is a master of suspense. He plays the old man card and he knows that everyone expects him to do something stupid and old-man-like. He raises the frog up to the blender and the silence is broken. People begin to freak out a bit.
"But, you said that the plant was still alive, even after i blended it! What's different about this frog??"
He's raising the frog closer and closer to the blender and the class is getting louder and louder. More and more uneasy.
PLOP!
The class erupts, all the girls are screaming for him not to blend this frog, and all the frat guys are cheering him on in a primal fashion (maybe this reaction was supposed to be our first taste of observational biology). Dr. Farr's finger hovers above the blend button as he seemingly decides whether or not to blend this frog. He lets the class freak out for a good minute or two... and then he takes the frog out. He didn't blend the frog. Happy or sad or anticlimactic, you decide!
TL;DR Science is a cruel mistress, but if you love her just right, she gives the best blowjobs.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cg9qo3x | This is Dr Farr at Texas State University. He's a badass dude. Oh yeah, he puts a frog in a blender on the first day of class.
Edit: a couple people asked so I'll explain further.
Dr. Farr is a master of suspense and timing, although you'd never know it to look at him. He's also a brilliant educator. On the first day of class, he wants you to learn some bio, sure, but what he really wants is for you to "find your voice". So he pulls out some plant (which i knew the genus and species now) and he asked the students if the plant is alive. The students reluctantly speak up, a few of them murmer "yea.. duh.." (more or less).
He then up-roots the plant. "Is the plant still alive?" Again, the students kinda give him the affirmative. Then he rips the plant apart into tiny pieces. Now the class isn't so sure. No one is willing to say yes, but the class is beginning to get into this little exercise. Lots more excited murmuring at this point. He walks over to the blender he has set up and blends the shit out of this plant. Its plant soup now.
"Is the plant still alive?"
The class gives a collective "No" to which Dr. Farr informs us that, in fact, there are still plant cells which are alive and totally fine. They are still undergoing mitosis and reproduction. The plant is technically still alive. Furthermore, the plant could be cloned at this stage, effectively "keeping it alive".
After the class agrees that the plant is still alive, Dr. Farr pulls out his next demonstration. He pulls out a healthy, completely live frog. (once again, i wish i could tell you the genus and species, because he makes it a point to tell a little about each organism before he blends it). The class is already getting uneasy. He began the discussion about the plant in the exact same manner. Is he going to blend this frog like he blended the plant?? He tells us about how this species of frog is the only one to have these specific claws and to do this or that or etc.
He then starts to walk over to the blender, and the first whimper from some sorority girl is heard as the rest of the class begins to fall silent. As i said, he is a master of suspense. He plays the old man card and he knows that everyone expects him to do something stupid and old-man-like. He raises the frog up to the blender and the silence is broken. People begin to freak out a bit.
"But, you said that the plant was still alive, even after i blended it! What's different about this frog??"
He's raising the frog closer and closer to the blender and the class is getting louder and louder. More and more uneasy.
PLOP!
The class erupts, all the girls are screaming for him not to blend this frog, and all the frat guys are cheering him on in a primal fashion (maybe this reaction was supposed to be our first taste of observational biology). Dr. Farr's finger hovers above the blend button as he seemingly decides whether or not to blend this frog. He lets the class freak out for a good minute or two... and then he takes the frog out. He didn't blend the frog. Happy or sad or anticlimactic, you decide! | Science is a cruel mistress, but if you love her just right, she gives the best blowjobs. |
ithoughtnot | Ummmm.....
The bachelor level is completely inadequate to even begin addressing the technological problems we run in to today in molecular fields (everything important, computers are fast now and we are now wondering what to do with them... raw computational engineering has far surpassed our ability to use it for valuable purposes). Before a decade of study, you haven't run in to the heuristics (tried-and-true practices) and situational learning required to perform relevant experiments that examine interesting, usually interfacial questions as most are today. Even professors who have not embraced -omics approaches or minimally some systems thinking, are being run out by younger people who can. ie today, half of our academic 'leaders' are doing irrelevant, unnecessary work that can be overcome en masse with better defined experiments containing more thoughtful metrics, with higher throughput nonetheless and better quantitation of assumptions, errors, and noise sources.
More people need PhDs (and proper training! not happening really in these crap labs I speak of, sadly) so they are, at least, less confused about what a waste of time and money these inadequately trained people are. Not to mention that these outdated opinions still hold tremendous sway as -omics and computational modeling are just becoming accepted as a bare minimum standard for relevant experiments.
TLDR: our educational system (broadly), and the people it produces, are not good enough to address real problems in the real world. | Ummmm.....
The bachelor level is completely inadequate to even begin addressing the technological problems we run in to today in molecular fields (everything important, computers are fast now and we are now wondering what to do with them... raw computational engineering has far surpassed our ability to use it for valuable purposes). Before a decade of study, you haven't run in to the heuristics (tried-and-true practices) and situational learning required to perform relevant experiments that examine interesting, usually interfacial questions as most are today. Even professors who have not embraced -omics approaches or minimally some systems thinking, are being run out by younger people who can. ie today, half of our academic 'leaders' are doing irrelevant, unnecessary work that can be overcome en masse with better defined experiments containing more thoughtful metrics, with higher throughput nonetheless and better quantitation of assumptions, errors, and noise sources.
More people need PhDs (and proper training! not happening really in these crap labs I speak of, sadly) so they are, at least, less confused about what a waste of time and money these inadequately trained people are. Not to mention that these outdated opinions still hold tremendous sway as -omics and computational modeling are just becoming accepted as a bare minimum standard for relevant experiments.
TLDR: our educational system (broadly), and the people it produces, are not good enough to address real problems in the real world.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cg9umxn | Ummmm.....
The bachelor level is completely inadequate to even begin addressing the technological problems we run in to today in molecular fields (everything important, computers are fast now and we are now wondering what to do with them... raw computational engineering has far surpassed our ability to use it for valuable purposes). Before a decade of study, you haven't run in to the heuristics (tried-and-true practices) and situational learning required to perform relevant experiments that examine interesting, usually interfacial questions as most are today. Even professors who have not embraced -omics approaches or minimally some systems thinking, are being run out by younger people who can. ie today, half of our academic 'leaders' are doing irrelevant, unnecessary work that can be overcome en masse with better defined experiments containing more thoughtful metrics, with higher throughput nonetheless and better quantitation of assumptions, errors, and noise sources.
More people need PhDs (and proper training! not happening really in these crap labs I speak of, sadly) so they are, at least, less confused about what a waste of time and money these inadequately trained people are. Not to mention that these outdated opinions still hold tremendous sway as -omics and computational modeling are just becoming accepted as a bare minimum standard for relevant experiments. | our educational system (broadly), and the people it produces, are not good enough to address real problems in the real world. |
astateoftrans | I haven't rekindled an old pre-transition flame, but the reasons for transitioning (and realizing why I have such little self-respect) are the *exact same reasons* you had. Anyone who showed me even the slightest glimmer of hope had me obsessing over them.
Now that I'm in a committed relationship, my hatred for myself just snowballed. My dysphoria became ridiculous, almost to the point of breaking my relationship up. Now, I'm at the point of how in the world I'm going to transition.
Point is - I rambled a bit just now too. We all need to ramble. Let it all out.
Don't bottle it up inside. Don't let those thoughts of self-harm come close to fruition. Stay strong. Stay alive. Stay *beautiful*.
**tl;dr** Don't hide a single damned thing from her. She'll respect you so much for it. Coming out to her, telling her your most inner secrets will be the most "man up" thing you can do. Then let her decide what that means for her.
If it means a relationship, *that's awesome*. If not, *that's cool too*.
Not sure if this ramble comment helped. If it did, I'm glad :) Smile!! | I haven't rekindled an old pre-transition flame, but the reasons for transitioning (and realizing why I have such little self-respect) are the exact same reasons you had. Anyone who showed me even the slightest glimmer of hope had me obsessing over them.
Now that I'm in a committed relationship, my hatred for myself just snowballed. My dysphoria became ridiculous, almost to the point of breaking my relationship up. Now, I'm at the point of how in the world I'm going to transition.
Point is - I rambled a bit just now too. We all need to ramble. Let it all out.
Don't bottle it up inside. Don't let those thoughts of self-harm come close to fruition. Stay strong. Stay alive. Stay beautiful .
tl;dr Don't hide a single damned thing from her. She'll respect you so much for it. Coming out to her, telling her your most inner secrets will be the most "man up" thing you can do. Then let her decide what that means for her.
If it means a relationship, that's awesome . If not, that's cool too .
Not sure if this ramble comment helped. If it did, I'm glad :) Smile!!
| TransSupport | t5_2ufxh | cgb48wr | I haven't rekindled an old pre-transition flame, but the reasons for transitioning (and realizing why I have such little self-respect) are the exact same reasons you had. Anyone who showed me even the slightest glimmer of hope had me obsessing over them.
Now that I'm in a committed relationship, my hatred for myself just snowballed. My dysphoria became ridiculous, almost to the point of breaking my relationship up. Now, I'm at the point of how in the world I'm going to transition.
Point is - I rambled a bit just now too. We all need to ramble. Let it all out.
Don't bottle it up inside. Don't let those thoughts of self-harm come close to fruition. Stay strong. Stay alive. Stay beautiful . | Don't hide a single damned thing from her. She'll respect you so much for it. Coming out to her, telling her your most inner secrets will be the most "man up" thing you can do. Then let her decide what that means for her.
If it means a relationship, that's awesome . If not, that's cool too .
Not sure if this ramble comment helped. If it did, I'm glad :) Smile!! |
son-of-a-mother | The government can provide indirect support for job creation, but most jobs are created by the market (entrepreneurs, corporations, etc). That is why companies like Apple are able to get away with not paying taxes.
Every government is trying to woo such companies to set up shop in their region so as to provide the jobs that people need. If California won't give Apple the tax breaks it deserves, Ireland will. Sure, the government loses out on corporate taxes. But at least its people have jobs, and that's critical.
TLDR: Governments don't create most jobs. That's why companies can "blackmail" governments into giving them huge tax breaks. People may be pissed about this, but the alternative is companies re-locating elsewhere. And there's always someone somewhere who is desperate enough to create jobs in their region who will offer a sweeter tax deal. | The government can provide indirect support for job creation, but most jobs are created by the market (entrepreneurs, corporations, etc). That is why companies like Apple are able to get away with not paying taxes.
Every government is trying to woo such companies to set up shop in their region so as to provide the jobs that people need. If California won't give Apple the tax breaks it deserves, Ireland will. Sure, the government loses out on corporate taxes. But at least its people have jobs, and that's critical.
TLDR: Governments don't create most jobs. That's why companies can "blackmail" governments into giving them huge tax breaks. People may be pissed about this, but the alternative is companies re-locating elsewhere. And there's always someone somewhere who is desperate enough to create jobs in their region who will offer a sweeter tax deal.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cga7fma | The government can provide indirect support for job creation, but most jobs are created by the market (entrepreneurs, corporations, etc). That is why companies like Apple are able to get away with not paying taxes.
Every government is trying to woo such companies to set up shop in their region so as to provide the jobs that people need. If California won't give Apple the tax breaks it deserves, Ireland will. Sure, the government loses out on corporate taxes. But at least its people have jobs, and that's critical. | Governments don't create most jobs. That's why companies can "blackmail" governments into giving them huge tax breaks. People may be pissed about this, but the alternative is companies re-locating elsewhere. And there's always someone somewhere who is desperate enough to create jobs in their region who will offer a sweeter tax deal. |
shryne | Didn't he recently (as in, the last two years) come out saying that he would like to own an NFL team? Problem is, either the NBA or the NFL (forget which) has rules about owning sports teams in different cities. So, he is unable to purchase an NFL team unless he moves the Mavs, or buys the cowboys. I don't think either is likely.
I don't think the NFL will implode anytime soon, but it will have to make minor changes as TV becomes more important to some than attending games. I think Mark Cuban has some half truths in there, but there's some bitterness in there was well. I think the whole "people will get sick of the NFL being on TV constantly" argument is kinda bullshit. The offseason re-generates that hype every year, not to mention baseball/basketball is on every night of the week sometimes.
**TL;DR** Cuban is bitterly spitting out half truths and the NFL will adapt to ~~make more money~~ keep the game alive. | Didn't he recently (as in, the last two years) come out saying that he would like to own an NFL team? Problem is, either the NBA or the NFL (forget which) has rules about owning sports teams in different cities. So, he is unable to purchase an NFL team unless he moves the Mavs, or buys the cowboys. I don't think either is likely.
I don't think the NFL will implode anytime soon, but it will have to make minor changes as TV becomes more important to some than attending games. I think Mark Cuban has some half truths in there, but there's some bitterness in there was well. I think the whole "people will get sick of the NFL being on TV constantly" argument is kinda bullshit. The offseason re-generates that hype every year, not to mention baseball/basketball is on every night of the week sometimes.
TL;DR Cuban is bitterly spitting out half truths and the NFL will adapt to make more money keep the game alive.
| nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cga9s5y | Didn't he recently (as in, the last two years) come out saying that he would like to own an NFL team? Problem is, either the NBA or the NFL (forget which) has rules about owning sports teams in different cities. So, he is unable to purchase an NFL team unless he moves the Mavs, or buys the cowboys. I don't think either is likely.
I don't think the NFL will implode anytime soon, but it will have to make minor changes as TV becomes more important to some than attending games. I think Mark Cuban has some half truths in there, but there's some bitterness in there was well. I think the whole "people will get sick of the NFL being on TV constantly" argument is kinda bullshit. The offseason re-generates that hype every year, not to mention baseball/basketball is on every night of the week sometimes. | Cuban is bitterly spitting out half truths and the NFL will adapt to make more money keep the game alive. |
doomsdaydefense | He's essentially saying that the NFL will have its own "XFL incident" internally. Instead of spreading football out into the offseason, they will spread it out over the week - and possibly lose viewership.
The Cuban Missile Crisis has a point.
First off, if you play games on Saturday you will lose viewers. Bar none, there are people who will watch college football, whereas they might have watched if not for the conflict.
Secondly, the more games you play on Thursday, the more viewership you put at risk for losing on Sunday. Some fans just want to watch a lot football - but for a big group of people, it's about watching one team. If you spread your games out through the week, you've got people that will still only watch on one day. All of a sudden your Sunday hits are dropping, because people aren't sticking around to watch other games - they already watched on Thursday.
Third - this isn't the Premiere League. We don't walk the streets for our clubs, ready to smash the flower pots of our Eagle-supporting neighbors. The NFL fanbase is all about the comfort of being a fan. What the hell do I mean by this? I mean that most of us do what we fucking want; we don't wake up at 6 am to watch Champions League games. If anything, the NFL is like an escape from the other stuff - it's not another thing on the list of high priorities. That may not apply to a lot of people on r/nfl, but it does apply to most of the fanbase overall. If you put a game on a weekday night, people will watch it if it is convenient.
tldr; Mark makes a good point (granted maybe out of being jelly) that the NFL thinks too highly of the good it is selling. Football is a great escape for many fans, but putting it on every night of the week makes it less of an escape and more of a duty to watch, which we fans will say fuck off to. | He's essentially saying that the NFL will have its own "XFL incident" internally. Instead of spreading football out into the offseason, they will spread it out over the week - and possibly lose viewership.
The Cuban Missile Crisis has a point.
First off, if you play games on Saturday you will lose viewers. Bar none, there are people who will watch college football, whereas they might have watched if not for the conflict.
Secondly, the more games you play on Thursday, the more viewership you put at risk for losing on Sunday. Some fans just want to watch a lot football - but for a big group of people, it's about watching one team. If you spread your games out through the week, you've got people that will still only watch on one day. All of a sudden your Sunday hits are dropping, because people aren't sticking around to watch other games - they already watched on Thursday.
Third - this isn't the Premiere League. We don't walk the streets for our clubs, ready to smash the flower pots of our Eagle-supporting neighbors. The NFL fanbase is all about the comfort of being a fan. What the hell do I mean by this? I mean that most of us do what we fucking want; we don't wake up at 6 am to watch Champions League games. If anything, the NFL is like an escape from the other stuff - it's not another thing on the list of high priorities. That may not apply to a lot of people on r/nfl, but it does apply to most of the fanbase overall. If you put a game on a weekday night, people will watch it if it is convenient.
tldr; Mark makes a good point (granted maybe out of being jelly) that the NFL thinks too highly of the good it is selling. Football is a great escape for many fans, but putting it on every night of the week makes it less of an escape and more of a duty to watch, which we fans will say fuck off to.
| nfl | t5_2qmg3 | cgaikok | He's essentially saying that the NFL will have its own "XFL incident" internally. Instead of spreading football out into the offseason, they will spread it out over the week - and possibly lose viewership.
The Cuban Missile Crisis has a point.
First off, if you play games on Saturday you will lose viewers. Bar none, there are people who will watch college football, whereas they might have watched if not for the conflict.
Secondly, the more games you play on Thursday, the more viewership you put at risk for losing on Sunday. Some fans just want to watch a lot football - but for a big group of people, it's about watching one team. If you spread your games out through the week, you've got people that will still only watch on one day. All of a sudden your Sunday hits are dropping, because people aren't sticking around to watch other games - they already watched on Thursday.
Third - this isn't the Premiere League. We don't walk the streets for our clubs, ready to smash the flower pots of our Eagle-supporting neighbors. The NFL fanbase is all about the comfort of being a fan. What the hell do I mean by this? I mean that most of us do what we fucking want; we don't wake up at 6 am to watch Champions League games. If anything, the NFL is like an escape from the other stuff - it's not another thing on the list of high priorities. That may not apply to a lot of people on r/nfl, but it does apply to most of the fanbase overall. If you put a game on a weekday night, people will watch it if it is convenient. | Mark makes a good point (granted maybe out of being jelly) that the NFL thinks too highly of the good it is selling. Football is a great escape for many fans, but putting it on every night of the week makes it less of an escape and more of a duty to watch, which we fans will say fuck off to. |
IWasntInIt | I was the previous owner of this goldfish. This is one evil bastard. He looks like an evil genius and he is. I had an entire tank full of fish before I bought this bastard, when I sold him, I had none. I saw him push my favorite fish into my filter, which instantly turned him to pulp. He ate most of my smaller fish and would bully my snails by knocking them off the glass. He really was one evil son of a bitch.
TLDR; Check the username. | I was the previous owner of this goldfish. This is one evil bastard. He looks like an evil genius and he is. I had an entire tank full of fish before I bought this bastard, when I sold him, I had none. I saw him push my favorite fish into my filter, which instantly turned him to pulp. He ate most of my smaller fish and would bully my snails by knocking them off the glass. He really was one evil son of a bitch.
TLDR; Check the username.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cgagq7r | I was the previous owner of this goldfish. This is one evil bastard. He looks like an evil genius and he is. I had an entire tank full of fish before I bought this bastard, when I sold him, I had none. I saw him push my favorite fish into my filter, which instantly turned him to pulp. He ate most of my smaller fish and would bully my snails by knocking them off the glass. He really was one evil son of a bitch. | Check the username. |
ruryrury | >hate the Koreans
Worst TL;DR ever. | >hate the Koreans
Worst TL;DR ever.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cgakq76 | hate the Koreans
Worst | ever. |
jade_crayon | It is not surprising that none of the believers in this thread would even take my olive branch and agree that the "microaggression" theory could possibly be abused. I guess all cases must be 100% true! :P
If one can't admit your "science" can be abused by charlatans, you're full of shit. Even basic math can be abused!
The possibility of being abused just may be one of the "proofs" that you're dealing with an honest science rather than woo. Science has definitions that can be twisted, and can be made wrong. In woo nothing is wrong! Nobody who believes is wrong!
Seems like with microaggression theory believers, nobody is wrong! That says something.
edit tl;dr If microaggression theory is not falsifiable, it is not science. | It is not surprising that none of the believers in this thread would even take my olive branch and agree that the "microaggression" theory could possibly be abused. I guess all cases must be 100% true! :P
If one can't admit your "science" can be abused by charlatans, you're full of shit. Even basic math can be abused!
The possibility of being abused just may be one of the "proofs" that you're dealing with an honest science rather than woo. Science has definitions that can be twisted, and can be made wrong. In woo nothing is wrong! Nobody who believes is wrong!
Seems like with microaggression theory believers, nobody is wrong! That says something.
edit tl;dr If microaggression theory is not falsifiable, it is not science.
| skeptic | t5_2qj8f | cgbytbj | It is not surprising that none of the believers in this thread would even take my olive branch and agree that the "microaggression" theory could possibly be abused. I guess all cases must be 100% true! :P
If one can't admit your "science" can be abused by charlatans, you're full of shit. Even basic math can be abused!
The possibility of being abused just may be one of the "proofs" that you're dealing with an honest science rather than woo. Science has definitions that can be twisted, and can be made wrong. In woo nothing is wrong! Nobody who believes is wrong!
Seems like with microaggression theory believers, nobody is wrong! That says something.
edit | If microaggression theory is not falsifiable, it is not science. |
Stormwatch36 | That's my entire point. I would bet they *haven't* done any of that for Daedric armor, or any item in the game short of maybe the standard "I am Dragonborn" Iron helm, with the horns. They cannot selectively enforce a copyright, or they are the ones breaking the law. If OP sold this and they went after him, it sets a staggering precedent for what they would be *required by law* to also go after in the future. Every replica steel breast plate, every replica soul gem, every dragon someone makes that looks vaguely like Alduin, every scroll that looks like an elder scroll, everything in the game, period. They would be completely unwilling to open themselves up to such a ridiculous mess. A court would rule in their favor, you're right. However, the ruling would something vague like "all replicas of in-game items are under the same protection as the game itself", which would set the precedent of them needing to go to court over any replica of an in-game item, or they risk losing the copyright for only protecting it selectively. They would never do that, because it would cost them a hell of a lot more than OP would ever get for this.
TL;DR: Copyright law is convoluted and complicated. You acting like it's clear cut and simple is laughable. | That's my entire point. I would bet they haven't done any of that for Daedric armor, or any item in the game short of maybe the standard "I am Dragonborn" Iron helm, with the horns. They cannot selectively enforce a copyright, or they are the ones breaking the law. If OP sold this and they went after him, it sets a staggering precedent for what they would be required by law to also go after in the future. Every replica steel breast plate, every replica soul gem, every dragon someone makes that looks vaguely like Alduin, every scroll that looks like an elder scroll, everything in the game, period. They would be completely unwilling to open themselves up to such a ridiculous mess. A court would rule in their favor, you're right. However, the ruling would something vague like "all replicas of in-game items are under the same protection as the game itself", which would set the precedent of them needing to go to court over any replica of an in-game item, or they risk losing the copyright for only protecting it selectively. They would never do that, because it would cost them a hell of a lot more than OP would ever get for this.
TL;DR: Copyright law is convoluted and complicated. You acting like it's clear cut and simple is laughable.
| IAmA | t5_2qzb6 | cgbeomv | That's my entire point. I would bet they haven't done any of that for Daedric armor, or any item in the game short of maybe the standard "I am Dragonborn" Iron helm, with the horns. They cannot selectively enforce a copyright, or they are the ones breaking the law. If OP sold this and they went after him, it sets a staggering precedent for what they would be required by law to also go after in the future. Every replica steel breast plate, every replica soul gem, every dragon someone makes that looks vaguely like Alduin, every scroll that looks like an elder scroll, everything in the game, period. They would be completely unwilling to open themselves up to such a ridiculous mess. A court would rule in their favor, you're right. However, the ruling would something vague like "all replicas of in-game items are under the same protection as the game itself", which would set the precedent of them needing to go to court over any replica of an in-game item, or they risk losing the copyright for only protecting it selectively. They would never do that, because it would cost them a hell of a lot more than OP would ever get for this. | Copyright law is convoluted and complicated. You acting like it's clear cut and simple is laughable. |
redseesaw | YES. I live in the inner city and people do this ALL the time. Instead of using what we call "sidewalks" they decide to walk on the road towards oncoming traffic. Now I just speed up like I'm going to run them over just enough so they will put their damn foot on the curb where the pedestrians belong! I wonder what it is about sidewalks these people don't like?
TL;DR: I'm a passive-aggresive driver. Use a sidewalk please. | YES. I live in the inner city and people do this ALL the time. Instead of using what we call "sidewalks" they decide to walk on the road towards oncoming traffic. Now I just speed up like I'm going to run them over just enough so they will put their damn foot on the curb where the pedestrians belong! I wonder what it is about sidewalks these people don't like?
TL;DR: I'm a passive-aggresive driver. Use a sidewalk please.
| gifs | t5_2qt55 | cgasy3u | YES. I live in the inner city and people do this ALL the time. Instead of using what we call "sidewalks" they decide to walk on the road towards oncoming traffic. Now I just speed up like I'm going to run them over just enough so they will put their damn foot on the curb where the pedestrians belong! I wonder what it is about sidewalks these people don't like? | I'm a passive-aggresive driver. Use a sidewalk please. |
PriMo_808 | I've done it three times, I'll give you an honest assessment of the hike rather than others.
Danger: The hike IS sketchy and you CAN die on it but you'd have to be stupid to die or hurt yourself on it. The entire hike from base to summit is a metal stairway with rails on each side. There are parts where it gets steep and one or two parts where it literally is a ladder. But you'd have to hop over the railings to fall to the sides. You can fall down but you'd be falling within the railing. You'd still probably die if you did fall depending on how steep it is where you fall, but there are a lot more common hikes that are significantly more dangerous than this one.
Ease: It's not an easy hike. It's nearly 4000 stairs and if you aren't in shape you will not make it. Although this entirely depends on the person. If you're active and hike frequently you'll be fine, if you don't, you will NOT make it. I've hiked Stairway with people who were struggling hard, I've hiked stairway with a chick who looked in shape who couldn't make it past the first of 5 platforms (and actually threw up twice on the way up), but I've also hiked it with my friends girlfriend who did the entire hike up and back with a sprained ankle (which she got playing soccer a few days before the hike). If you're in shape and are active you can do it. If not, you can't, and you shouldn't contemplate doing it.
Getting caught: All 3 times I've done it the guard was at the bottom when we came down. I just say "hey man how's it going!" and whoever it is has always been like "good man! you? The exit is that way *points*". I came out once and walked back through the woods towards one of the fences you have to either hop or crawl through to get into/out of it and was greeted by two cop cars. The cops did not cite us, just basically told us to leave and not do it again. I think the only reason they were there at that time was because some dipshit cut down the barbed wire and they were trying to figure out who vandalized the fence.
Doing the hike: I've heard that there's a chance the guard isn't there in the afternoon but I don't know, I've always got there before 3am. BE QUIET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Do NOT talk, do NOT make noise, be QUIET. You DO have to hop a barbed wire fence and you CAN get cut. Then you walk through a dark path and/or the woods before getting to the start of the hike. Things you need: gloves (workout or baseball gloves for gripping the rails. It gets wet/misty and the rails are smooth metal so they're slippery), water, snacks, a towel or two, a hoodie/jacket, at least one flashlight (preferably a headlamp so you can use both arms to grip the railings). You can get workout gloves at walmart for $8 and a headlamp for like $10 at walmart as well. I say to wear a t shirt or tank top or just go shirtless and bring a hoodie/jacket (because it's hot as fk at the bottom), but then you sweat and as soon as you pass the treeline it will get extremely cold so you need a hoodie or jacket at that point. Not exaggerating. I come from the northeast so I know what cold is and it does get cold once you get like 1000ft up, especially at night.
Also if you are huge/fat/wide/obese you won't be able to do the hike because the railing clearance is skinny. The entire hike is single file and obese people literally cannot fit between the railings in the staircase. Also also there are 5 platforms where you can rest, take breaks, eat snacks, etc. Do not rest on the actual staircase unless it's an emergency because no one is going to wait for you and they're either going to force you to step over the side of the railing to pass you or they're going to step over the side to pass you and that is extremely dangerous (yet people still do it because they're imbeciles).
tl;dr - as of last calendar year I have never been cited in the 3 times I've done it. Yes it's somewhat dangerous but if you are competent/not-retarded you'll be fine. | I've done it three times, I'll give you an honest assessment of the hike rather than others.
Danger: The hike IS sketchy and you CAN die on it but you'd have to be stupid to die or hurt yourself on it. The entire hike from base to summit is a metal stairway with rails on each side. There are parts where it gets steep and one or two parts where it literally is a ladder. But you'd have to hop over the railings to fall to the sides. You can fall down but you'd be falling within the railing. You'd still probably die if you did fall depending on how steep it is where you fall, but there are a lot more common hikes that are significantly more dangerous than this one.
Ease: It's not an easy hike. It's nearly 4000 stairs and if you aren't in shape you will not make it. Although this entirely depends on the person. If you're active and hike frequently you'll be fine, if you don't, you will NOT make it. I've hiked Stairway with people who were struggling hard, I've hiked stairway with a chick who looked in shape who couldn't make it past the first of 5 platforms (and actually threw up twice on the way up), but I've also hiked it with my friends girlfriend who did the entire hike up and back with a sprained ankle (which she got playing soccer a few days before the hike). If you're in shape and are active you can do it. If not, you can't, and you shouldn't contemplate doing it.
Getting caught: All 3 times I've done it the guard was at the bottom when we came down. I just say "hey man how's it going!" and whoever it is has always been like "good man! you? The exit is that way points ". I came out once and walked back through the woods towards one of the fences you have to either hop or crawl through to get into/out of it and was greeted by two cop cars. The cops did not cite us, just basically told us to leave and not do it again. I think the only reason they were there at that time was because some dipshit cut down the barbed wire and they were trying to figure out who vandalized the fence.
Doing the hike: I've heard that there's a chance the guard isn't there in the afternoon but I don't know, I've always got there before 3am. BE QUIET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Do NOT talk, do NOT make noise, be QUIET. You DO have to hop a barbed wire fence and you CAN get cut. Then you walk through a dark path and/or the woods before getting to the start of the hike. Things you need: gloves (workout or baseball gloves for gripping the rails. It gets wet/misty and the rails are smooth metal so they're slippery), water, snacks, a towel or two, a hoodie/jacket, at least one flashlight (preferably a headlamp so you can use both arms to grip the railings). You can get workout gloves at walmart for $8 and a headlamp for like $10 at walmart as well. I say to wear a t shirt or tank top or just go shirtless and bring a hoodie/jacket (because it's hot as fk at the bottom), but then you sweat and as soon as you pass the treeline it will get extremely cold so you need a hoodie or jacket at that point. Not exaggerating. I come from the northeast so I know what cold is and it does get cold once you get like 1000ft up, especially at night.
Also if you are huge/fat/wide/obese you won't be able to do the hike because the railing clearance is skinny. The entire hike is single file and obese people literally cannot fit between the railings in the staircase. Also also there are 5 platforms where you can rest, take breaks, eat snacks, etc. Do not rest on the actual staircase unless it's an emergency because no one is going to wait for you and they're either going to force you to step over the side of the railing to pass you or they're going to step over the side to pass you and that is extremely dangerous (yet people still do it because they're imbeciles).
tl;dr - as of last calendar year I have never been cited in the 3 times I've done it. Yes it's somewhat dangerous but if you are competent/not-retarded you'll be fine.
| Hawaii | t5_2qi3u | cgarpir | I've done it three times, I'll give you an honest assessment of the hike rather than others.
Danger: The hike IS sketchy and you CAN die on it but you'd have to be stupid to die or hurt yourself on it. The entire hike from base to summit is a metal stairway with rails on each side. There are parts where it gets steep and one or two parts where it literally is a ladder. But you'd have to hop over the railings to fall to the sides. You can fall down but you'd be falling within the railing. You'd still probably die if you did fall depending on how steep it is where you fall, but there are a lot more common hikes that are significantly more dangerous than this one.
Ease: It's not an easy hike. It's nearly 4000 stairs and if you aren't in shape you will not make it. Although this entirely depends on the person. If you're active and hike frequently you'll be fine, if you don't, you will NOT make it. I've hiked Stairway with people who were struggling hard, I've hiked stairway with a chick who looked in shape who couldn't make it past the first of 5 platforms (and actually threw up twice on the way up), but I've also hiked it with my friends girlfriend who did the entire hike up and back with a sprained ankle (which she got playing soccer a few days before the hike). If you're in shape and are active you can do it. If not, you can't, and you shouldn't contemplate doing it.
Getting caught: All 3 times I've done it the guard was at the bottom when we came down. I just say "hey man how's it going!" and whoever it is has always been like "good man! you? The exit is that way points ". I came out once and walked back through the woods towards one of the fences you have to either hop or crawl through to get into/out of it and was greeted by two cop cars. The cops did not cite us, just basically told us to leave and not do it again. I think the only reason they were there at that time was because some dipshit cut down the barbed wire and they were trying to figure out who vandalized the fence.
Doing the hike: I've heard that there's a chance the guard isn't there in the afternoon but I don't know, I've always got there before 3am. BE QUIET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Do NOT talk, do NOT make noise, be QUIET. You DO have to hop a barbed wire fence and you CAN get cut. Then you walk through a dark path and/or the woods before getting to the start of the hike. Things you need: gloves (workout or baseball gloves for gripping the rails. It gets wet/misty and the rails are smooth metal so they're slippery), water, snacks, a towel or two, a hoodie/jacket, at least one flashlight (preferably a headlamp so you can use both arms to grip the railings). You can get workout gloves at walmart for $8 and a headlamp for like $10 at walmart as well. I say to wear a t shirt or tank top or just go shirtless and bring a hoodie/jacket (because it's hot as fk at the bottom), but then you sweat and as soon as you pass the treeline it will get extremely cold so you need a hoodie or jacket at that point. Not exaggerating. I come from the northeast so I know what cold is and it does get cold once you get like 1000ft up, especially at night.
Also if you are huge/fat/wide/obese you won't be able to do the hike because the railing clearance is skinny. The entire hike is single file and obese people literally cannot fit between the railings in the staircase. Also also there are 5 platforms where you can rest, take breaks, eat snacks, etc. Do not rest on the actual staircase unless it's an emergency because no one is going to wait for you and they're either going to force you to step over the side of the railing to pass you or they're going to step over the side to pass you and that is extremely dangerous (yet people still do it because they're imbeciles). | as of last calendar year I have never been cited in the 3 times I've done it. Yes it's somewhat dangerous but if you are competent/not-retarded you'll be fine. |
saint2e | Last summer I was at a community event at a park, and I noticed a little boy crying to himself off to the side. I will fully admit I felt a tinge of "don't get involved, it'll be creepy", but I did anyways, and went over and asked him if he was lost.
Sure enough, he was. I called my wife over to stay with him, looked at him to construct a rough description of him, and looked around to see if any adults looked like they were searching.
Finally I found a guy looking around, becoming increasingly worried. I asked him if he was looking for someone. He said yes, his son. Again, I felt another twinge of "this guy could be a predator", and I asked him to describe him for me. His description matched the little boy.
So I pulled him over to the where my wife and the little boy were hanging out, and I watched intently to see the little boy's reaction. He relaxed visibly when he saw his father, and began to cry out of relief. The father thanked me, and then went off with his son.
Even then I still felt the need to watch them as they walked off.
I was cognizant of what I was doing the entire time, and while I felt a little bad for having that much doubt about the guy, there are some bad guys out there, and I think it's right to be cautious.
That being said, I think if you're a man and you come across a situation like this, be cautious and careful, but also be brave enough to do the right thing. I got my wife involved because she was right there with me, so I was lucky in that regard. But I still think it's our responsibility as human beings (not just men) to look after those in need and in trouble.
tl;dr: I completely understand the hesitation, but would encourage people to be brave and help a person out in need. | Last summer I was at a community event at a park, and I noticed a little boy crying to himself off to the side. I will fully admit I felt a tinge of "don't get involved, it'll be creepy", but I did anyways, and went over and asked him if he was lost.
Sure enough, he was. I called my wife over to stay with him, looked at him to construct a rough description of him, and looked around to see if any adults looked like they were searching.
Finally I found a guy looking around, becoming increasingly worried. I asked him if he was looking for someone. He said yes, his son. Again, I felt another twinge of "this guy could be a predator", and I asked him to describe him for me. His description matched the little boy.
So I pulled him over to the where my wife and the little boy were hanging out, and I watched intently to see the little boy's reaction. He relaxed visibly when he saw his father, and began to cry out of relief. The father thanked me, and then went off with his son.
Even then I still felt the need to watch them as they walked off.
I was cognizant of what I was doing the entire time, and while I felt a little bad for having that much doubt about the guy, there are some bad guys out there, and I think it's right to be cautious.
That being said, I think if you're a man and you come across a situation like this, be cautious and careful, but also be brave enough to do the right thing. I got my wife involved because she was right there with me, so I was lucky in that regard. But I still think it's our responsibility as human beings (not just men) to look after those in need and in trouble.
tl;dr: I completely understand the hesitation, but would encourage people to be brave and help a person out in need.
| MensRights | t5_2qhk3 | cganfsh | Last summer I was at a community event at a park, and I noticed a little boy crying to himself off to the side. I will fully admit I felt a tinge of "don't get involved, it'll be creepy", but I did anyways, and went over and asked him if he was lost.
Sure enough, he was. I called my wife over to stay with him, looked at him to construct a rough description of him, and looked around to see if any adults looked like they were searching.
Finally I found a guy looking around, becoming increasingly worried. I asked him if he was looking for someone. He said yes, his son. Again, I felt another twinge of "this guy could be a predator", and I asked him to describe him for me. His description matched the little boy.
So I pulled him over to the where my wife and the little boy were hanging out, and I watched intently to see the little boy's reaction. He relaxed visibly when he saw his father, and began to cry out of relief. The father thanked me, and then went off with his son.
Even then I still felt the need to watch them as they walked off.
I was cognizant of what I was doing the entire time, and while I felt a little bad for having that much doubt about the guy, there are some bad guys out there, and I think it's right to be cautious.
That being said, I think if you're a man and you come across a situation like this, be cautious and careful, but also be brave enough to do the right thing. I got my wife involved because she was right there with me, so I was lucky in that regard. But I still think it's our responsibility as human beings (not just men) to look after those in need and in trouble. | I completely understand the hesitation, but would encourage people to be brave and help a person out in need. |
mmmSausage | Hi, I have spent the last couple of months designing a bitcoin related icon set that I recently just converted for litecoin and I’m giving it away for free.
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You can download the full zip file by visiting this [LINK]( .
They come in two styles black, white and grey plus a plain black version.
If you want to support me for my work any tips or donations would be greatly appreciated. My litecoin address is:
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If you have any suggestions for any future things you would like to see designed, leave me a message and I will see what I can do when I have some free time available.
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Also, there is a revised version of my bitcoin set available via this [LINK]( and this [LINK]( for the full zip
Tldr: free stuff
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| Hi, I have spent the last couple of months designing a bitcoin related icon set that I recently just converted for litecoin and I’m giving it away for free.
The files now comes in adobe AI format as well as a zip file containing named png’s and svg’s. You can download the adobe AI file by visiting this [LINK]( .
You can download the full zip file by visiting this [LINK]( .
They come in two styles black, white and grey plus a plain black version.
If you want to support me for my work any tips or donations would be greatly appreciated. My litecoin address is:
LgekMJqZbNctbV5hLu5SqDrxfTER4VyBFE
If you have any suggestions for any future things you would like to see designed, leave me a message and I will see what I can do when I have some free time available.
If you have any questions or issues with the files then just let me know and I will try to help best I can.
Also, there is a revised version of my bitcoin set available via this [LINK]( and this [LINK]( for the full zip
Tldr: free stuff
Update: I just released a dogecoin version as well, links to the files can be found in this [POST](
| litecoin | t5_2szgd | cganp9h | Hi, I have spent the last couple of months designing a bitcoin related icon set that I recently just converted for litecoin and I’m giving it away for free.
The files now comes in adobe AI format as well as a zip file containing named png’s and svg’s. You can download the adobe AI file by visiting this [LINK]( .
You can download the full zip file by visiting this [LINK]( .
They come in two styles black, white and grey plus a plain black version.
If you want to support me for my work any tips or donations would be greatly appreciated. My litecoin address is:
LgekMJqZbNctbV5hLu5SqDrxfTER4VyBFE
If you have any suggestions for any future things you would like to see designed, leave me a message and I will see what I can do when I have some free time available.
If you have any questions or issues with the files then just let me know and I will try to help best I can.
Also, there is a revised version of my bitcoin set available via this [LINK]( and this [LINK]( for the full zip | free stuff
Update: I just released a dogecoin version as well, links to the files can be found in this [POST]( |
TheTalentedAmateur | I have been using Armor Etch for 10 years off and on. They have some time to leave the acid on stated on the label as 5 or 10 minutes. This is so that the glass does not become overly weakened, and their Corporate Attorneys sleep well at night.
My last project was to etch a wine bottle with a butterfly for my girlfriend. I ran the 'burn time" at 30 minutes. Label recommendations are just too light for me. That said, I filled that project with cold olive oil-structural strength is not an issue.
tl;dr:
If you violate the label recommendations, you WILL get a deeper etching, but realize that it may weaken the glass. | I have been using Armor Etch for 10 years off and on. They have some time to leave the acid on stated on the label as 5 or 10 minutes. This is so that the glass does not become overly weakened, and their Corporate Attorneys sleep well at night.
My last project was to etch a wine bottle with a butterfly for my girlfriend. I ran the 'burn time" at 30 minutes. Label recommendations are just too light for me. That said, I filled that project with cold olive oil-structural strength is not an issue.
tl;dr:
If you violate the label recommendations, you WILL get a deeper etching, but realize that it may weaken the glass.
| howto | t5_2qh69 | cgb5s94 | I have been using Armor Etch for 10 years off and on. They have some time to leave the acid on stated on the label as 5 or 10 minutes. This is so that the glass does not become overly weakened, and their Corporate Attorneys sleep well at night.
My last project was to etch a wine bottle with a butterfly for my girlfriend. I ran the 'burn time" at 30 minutes. Label recommendations are just too light for me. That said, I filled that project with cold olive oil-structural strength is not an issue. | If you violate the label recommendations, you WILL get a deeper etching, but realize that it may weaken the glass. |
Mixolydians | My first real electric guitar was an Epiphone Sheraton II, and god almighty is it one powerhouse of a guitar. It's semi-hollow, the neck plays like butter and despite it's fragile figure it can take one hell of a beating. It's easy to maintain, is aesthetically pleasing and can (in my opinion) sometimes outshine a 335 if you put the right pickups in it. I've played 2500 Gretschs and Gibson semi's and full hollow bodies but this one just has that sort of flair. The Lucille I've never really had much experience with but I've played a couple of Casinos - they don't really flight my fancy all too much.
tl;dr: If you want a great sounding archtop for a reasonable price, get a Sheraton. | My first real electric guitar was an Epiphone Sheraton II, and god almighty is it one powerhouse of a guitar. It's semi-hollow, the neck plays like butter and despite it's fragile figure it can take one hell of a beating. It's easy to maintain, is aesthetically pleasing and can (in my opinion) sometimes outshine a 335 if you put the right pickups in it. I've played 2500 Gretschs and Gibson semi's and full hollow bodies but this one just has that sort of flair. The Lucille I've never really had much experience with but I've played a couple of Casinos - they don't really flight my fancy all too much.
tl;dr: If you want a great sounding archtop for a reasonable price, get a Sheraton.
| Guitar | t5_2qi79 | cgazfuw | My first real electric guitar was an Epiphone Sheraton II, and god almighty is it one powerhouse of a guitar. It's semi-hollow, the neck plays like butter and despite it's fragile figure it can take one hell of a beating. It's easy to maintain, is aesthetically pleasing and can (in my opinion) sometimes outshine a 335 if you put the right pickups in it. I've played 2500 Gretschs and Gibson semi's and full hollow bodies but this one just has that sort of flair. The Lucille I've never really had much experience with but I've played a couple of Casinos - they don't really flight my fancy all too much. | If you want a great sounding archtop for a reasonable price, get a Sheraton. |
macjohn | I have a Casino, another full hollowbody Gretsch electromatic 5120, and semi hollow Gibson ES-137. So I can compare these, I've been thinking about a 339 for a while, but as of yet, only have experience with the one semi.
That being said, yes... the casino will feedback more. I tend to have some dirt in my amp, an OD, then sometimes add a fuzz or distortion to that. I can't be near the amp with my casino when I go 3 deep with the dirt but this is also only playing at bedroom volumes (AC15 not turned up more than 1/3 of the way up).
The P90's are unlike anything else I have. I have lots of single coil Fenders and humbucking Gibson's and the P90's are, even though single coil, more like humbuckers in their sound and output. The pickups have pretty hight output but it is a very quiet guitar, noisewise (I think this is due to the pickup selection switch being closer to where all the wiring is). The other two have pickup selectors above the pickups so the wiring has to run from the pickups, to the controls, then back up to the selector switch, then back down to the output jack. That's a lot of wiring that is eliminated in the Casino since the switch is right there by the controls. The dot and 335/339 type guitars do the same thing as the casino here.
The semi hollow es-137 is a much fatter guitar than the 335 or Sheraton types so I don't think my reviews of that will help you much other than to say humbuckers through the semi hollow body can create some great sustain and tones.
One thing of note... the Casino has the neck connecting to the body a lot earlier than the other two guitars you listed. This really makes access to frets above 17 a challenge. Something that leaves me wanting to try one of those other guitars.
TLDR: Sheraton | I have a Casino, another full hollowbody Gretsch electromatic 5120, and semi hollow Gibson ES-137. So I can compare these, I've been thinking about a 339 for a while, but as of yet, only have experience with the one semi.
That being said, yes... the casino will feedback more. I tend to have some dirt in my amp, an OD, then sometimes add a fuzz or distortion to that. I can't be near the amp with my casino when I go 3 deep with the dirt but this is also only playing at bedroom volumes (AC15 not turned up more than 1/3 of the way up).
The P90's are unlike anything else I have. I have lots of single coil Fenders and humbucking Gibson's and the P90's are, even though single coil, more like humbuckers in their sound and output. The pickups have pretty hight output but it is a very quiet guitar, noisewise (I think this is due to the pickup selection switch being closer to where all the wiring is). The other two have pickup selectors above the pickups so the wiring has to run from the pickups, to the controls, then back up to the selector switch, then back down to the output jack. That's a lot of wiring that is eliminated in the Casino since the switch is right there by the controls. The dot and 335/339 type guitars do the same thing as the casino here.
The semi hollow es-137 is a much fatter guitar than the 335 or Sheraton types so I don't think my reviews of that will help you much other than to say humbuckers through the semi hollow body can create some great sustain and tones.
One thing of note... the Casino has the neck connecting to the body a lot earlier than the other two guitars you listed. This really makes access to frets above 17 a challenge. Something that leaves me wanting to try one of those other guitars.
TLDR: Sheraton
| Guitar | t5_2qi79 | cgaxb2x | I have a Casino, another full hollowbody Gretsch electromatic 5120, and semi hollow Gibson ES-137. So I can compare these, I've been thinking about a 339 for a while, but as of yet, only have experience with the one semi.
That being said, yes... the casino will feedback more. I tend to have some dirt in my amp, an OD, then sometimes add a fuzz or distortion to that. I can't be near the amp with my casino when I go 3 deep with the dirt but this is also only playing at bedroom volumes (AC15 not turned up more than 1/3 of the way up).
The P90's are unlike anything else I have. I have lots of single coil Fenders and humbucking Gibson's and the P90's are, even though single coil, more like humbuckers in their sound and output. The pickups have pretty hight output but it is a very quiet guitar, noisewise (I think this is due to the pickup selection switch being closer to where all the wiring is). The other two have pickup selectors above the pickups so the wiring has to run from the pickups, to the controls, then back up to the selector switch, then back down to the output jack. That's a lot of wiring that is eliminated in the Casino since the switch is right there by the controls. The dot and 335/339 type guitars do the same thing as the casino here.
The semi hollow es-137 is a much fatter guitar than the 335 or Sheraton types so I don't think my reviews of that will help you much other than to say humbuckers through the semi hollow body can create some great sustain and tones.
One thing of note... the Casino has the neck connecting to the body a lot earlier than the other two guitars you listed. This really makes access to frets above 17 a challenge. Something that leaves me wanting to try one of those other guitars. | Sheraton |
rayneau | 20-25 can be tough, especially if you expect (as I naively did) to gracefully slide into adulthood and maturity.
Nobody knows where they're going until 30 at least, but 25 gives you enough experience.
TL;DR: 23 is pretty bad. No longer a child, nowhere near an adult. And nobody tells you this. | 20-25 can be tough, especially if you expect (as I naively did) to gracefully slide into adulthood and maturity.
Nobody knows where they're going until 30 at least, but 25 gives you enough experience.
TL;DR: 23 is pretty bad. No longer a child, nowhere near an adult. And nobody tells you this.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgb3b9r | 20-25 can be tough, especially if you expect (as I naively did) to gracefully slide into adulthood and maturity.
Nobody knows where they're going until 30 at least, but 25 gives you enough experience. | 23 is pretty bad. No longer a child, nowhere near an adult. And nobody tells you this. |
bbqlouyo | They sure don't look very crammed in that picture. It's hard for me to find pitty for these people, maybe they should've thought about it before they committed the crimes they committed and victimized innocent people for their own selfish needs. It's so bad yet the inmates who repeat the offenses and get locked back up keep ending up back inside, that doesn't make much sense. What do these people expect, to go off to some summer camp because lets face it, they are the real victims here they need to be rehabilitated!
And that's not a "Can't do the time, don't do the crime" mentality. This article is full of bias. Hey lets ask a bunch of inmates if they have anything good to say about the place they've been incarcerated at..... of course they are going to paint it out to be hell on earth, when in reality it's no worse than any other prison. But I guess since it's a female prison and the writer decided to put a selfie of an inmate that looks "pretty" to fool the readers into thinking these are innocent females being held against their will. This isn't cruel or unusual, hell some soldiers in places like Afghanistan have it 100x worse than this and you expect me to have pitty for these selfish people? Not going to happen.
The selfishness of prison inmates or former prison inmates is ridiculous, I have several family members who've been incarcerated and they are the biggest self centered people I've ever met. And this point is is rampant in this article, just read this part "It's a hostile environment that seems to get worse by the day Please consider re-opening some programs so we can get out of here and try to become productive members of society."
So basically the inmates want the government to take money away from other programs from people who don't victimize others and give it to them so they aren't bored in prison? It's on you do become a productive member of society, why should others have to suffer so your programs can be funded? Prison isn't meant to be a summer camp with lots of activities to keep you from being bored. Why can't you reevaluate your life once you get out of prison and say, look I'm going to go back to school, maybe enroll in a trade program and get my life straight, I never want to go back to that hellish place. Instead they think it's the burden of the state and tax payers to mold them into productive members of society.
TL;DR this article is as bias as they come. | They sure don't look very crammed in that picture. It's hard for me to find pitty for these people, maybe they should've thought about it before they committed the crimes they committed and victimized innocent people for their own selfish needs. It's so bad yet the inmates who repeat the offenses and get locked back up keep ending up back inside, that doesn't make much sense. What do these people expect, to go off to some summer camp because lets face it, they are the real victims here they need to be rehabilitated!
And that's not a "Can't do the time, don't do the crime" mentality. This article is full of bias. Hey lets ask a bunch of inmates if they have anything good to say about the place they've been incarcerated at..... of course they are going to paint it out to be hell on earth, when in reality it's no worse than any other prison. But I guess since it's a female prison and the writer decided to put a selfie of an inmate that looks "pretty" to fool the readers into thinking these are innocent females being held against their will. This isn't cruel or unusual, hell some soldiers in places like Afghanistan have it 100x worse than this and you expect me to have pitty for these selfish people? Not going to happen.
The selfishness of prison inmates or former prison inmates is ridiculous, I have several family members who've been incarcerated and they are the biggest self centered people I've ever met. And this point is is rampant in this article, just read this part "It's a hostile environment that seems to get worse by the day Please consider re-opening some programs so we can get out of here and try to become productive members of society."
So basically the inmates want the government to take money away from other programs from people who don't victimize others and give it to them so they aren't bored in prison? It's on you do become a productive member of society, why should others have to suffer so your programs can be funded? Prison isn't meant to be a summer camp with lots of activities to keep you from being bored. Why can't you reevaluate your life once you get out of prison and say, look I'm going to go back to school, maybe enroll in a trade program and get my life straight, I never want to go back to that hellish place. Instead they think it's the burden of the state and tax payers to mold them into productive members of society.
TL;DR this article is as bias as they come.
| MorbidReality | t5_2tz1e | cgbdsia | They sure don't look very crammed in that picture. It's hard for me to find pitty for these people, maybe they should've thought about it before they committed the crimes they committed and victimized innocent people for their own selfish needs. It's so bad yet the inmates who repeat the offenses and get locked back up keep ending up back inside, that doesn't make much sense. What do these people expect, to go off to some summer camp because lets face it, they are the real victims here they need to be rehabilitated!
And that's not a "Can't do the time, don't do the crime" mentality. This article is full of bias. Hey lets ask a bunch of inmates if they have anything good to say about the place they've been incarcerated at..... of course they are going to paint it out to be hell on earth, when in reality it's no worse than any other prison. But I guess since it's a female prison and the writer decided to put a selfie of an inmate that looks "pretty" to fool the readers into thinking these are innocent females being held against their will. This isn't cruel or unusual, hell some soldiers in places like Afghanistan have it 100x worse than this and you expect me to have pitty for these selfish people? Not going to happen.
The selfishness of prison inmates or former prison inmates is ridiculous, I have several family members who've been incarcerated and they are the biggest self centered people I've ever met. And this point is is rampant in this article, just read this part "It's a hostile environment that seems to get worse by the day Please consider re-opening some programs so we can get out of here and try to become productive members of society."
So basically the inmates want the government to take money away from other programs from people who don't victimize others and give it to them so they aren't bored in prison? It's on you do become a productive member of society, why should others have to suffer so your programs can be funded? Prison isn't meant to be a summer camp with lots of activities to keep you from being bored. Why can't you reevaluate your life once you get out of prison and say, look I'm going to go back to school, maybe enroll in a trade program and get my life straight, I never want to go back to that hellish place. Instead they think it's the burden of the state and tax payers to mold them into productive members of society. | this article is as bias as they come. |
drraccoony | Hey everyone, This is my old 6gb Minecrafted.net server. I dont use it anymore and decided to let GreenDoomsDay use it until the billing cycle expires.
Why I ditched this server
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At the time, I just dumped money into upgrading to this 6gb server. It took them 48+ hours to setup the server. This put me in a foul mood, on top of that, The node (at the time) was VERY laggy. Our 40 player servers were getting bad lag issues and minecrafted.net would just -delete- our support tickets without answering.
So I ditched them, went to NetherByte and upgraded to spigot.
TL;DR
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GreenDoomsDay is using my old minecrafted.net server. If you have any questions, **[shoot me a message]( It'll still be GreenDoomsDay hosting on it, but I'll be around for any technical support regarding the server.
^Hype | Hey everyone, This is my old 6gb Minecrafted.net server. I dont use it anymore and decided to let GreenDoomsDay use it until the billing cycle expires.
Why I ditched this server
At the time, I just dumped money into upgrading to this 6gb server. It took them 48+ hours to setup the server. This put me in a foul mood, on top of that, The node (at the time) was VERY laggy. Our 40 player servers were getting bad lag issues and minecrafted.net would just -delete- our support tickets without answering.
So I ditched them, went to NetherByte and upgraded to spigot.
TL;DR
GreenDoomsDay is using my old minecrafted.net server. If you have any questions, **[shoot me a message]( It'll still be GreenDoomsDay hosting on it, but I'll be around for any technical support regarding the server.
^Hype
| ultrahardcore | t5_2tswi | cgb9fcr | Hey everyone, This is my old 6gb Minecrafted.net server. I dont use it anymore and decided to let GreenDoomsDay use it until the billing cycle expires.
Why I ditched this server
At the time, I just dumped money into upgrading to this 6gb server. It took them 48+ hours to setup the server. This put me in a foul mood, on top of that, The node (at the time) was VERY laggy. Our 40 player servers were getting bad lag issues and minecrafted.net would just -delete- our support tickets without answering.
So I ditched them, went to NetherByte and upgraded to spigot. | GreenDoomsDay is using my old minecrafted.net server. If you have any questions, **[shoot me a message]( It'll still be GreenDoomsDay hosting on it, but I'll be around for any technical support regarding the server.
^Hype |
theilliteratewriter | The question doesn't specify whether it refers to being kicked out by parents or a landlord, and since I've never been kicked out by a landlord, I'll share my experience of being kicked out by my parents.
I was a mouthy little shit head when I was younger. When my parents had enough, they kicked me out of the house at age 18 with only 2 weeks notice. The problem with living in Vancouver is the living expenses are unreasonably high, so I had to move into a tiny basement suite with this fat girl. She was an utter slob. Dirty dishes were left sitting out for a month and eventually we got a fruit fly infestation. Cooking at home became near impossible and any outside food I brought in I had to eat in my room with the door closed or else I would be swarmed. I had survived off McDonald coupons until my body couldn't handle it anymore. I still can't stand the taste or smell of their food.
When I had enough, I moved into another two bedroom basement suite that wasn't much better. The place was in a ghetto-ish area. The guy was a heroin addict living with his high school drop out girlfriend and their newborn. It was what you would expect trailer trash living to be like. I'll always remember her using empty vodka bottles as house decorations. At one point, their friends (another couple) fell on hard times and moved into our basement suite, sleeping on the couch. The guy was clinically insane, claiming his father was the devil and had hallucinations of strangers on the street walking up to him and commented how much he looked like his dad. When I questioned him about it, he told me it was all written in the bible. He also accused his girlfriend of cheating on him. Whenever they had sex and she came, he thought her cum was another dude's sperm and claimed a doctor (another hallucination) told him that semen would remain in the vagina and the penis would act like a plunger. The girl would also cry loudly on the phone, talking to her kid who she lost custody over I think... I wasn't too clear on that. Eventually, the heroin addict left his girlfriend and child for his girlfriend's best friend. He also stole a couple hundred dollars from me, which his ex girlfriend payed me back using her government child support fund. I didn't know where the money had come from at the time, but accepting it has left me feeling like a big bag of shit for doing so. It was around this time I started drinking heavily and getting myself in trouble and fights.
When I decided that was enough, I moved into a much nicer but extremely expensive basement suite with the world's biggest douche bag. The guy was some business student who drank cheap, shitty beer, drove a truck, partied late, gay bashed and cheated on his girlfriend in front of me. A real scumbag Steve. The place we lived in was nice but the price left little room for food expenses. I was surviving primarily off of free bread from work and tea. I really got to learn what the meaning of hunger meant.
Of course, I eventually lived in better places with better people, but I had to start at the bottom. My high school friends didn't have to worry about moving out until they were married. They were able to live at home and stockpile money for vacations around the world, whereas the last time I went on a real vacation was when princess Diana died. You could argue that they've seen more of the world than I have, but I've seen more of what life is really like than them.
Moving out at an early age is a gamble. I saw a lot of shit go down at a young age, got into alcohol and drugs pretty heavily and found myself in police handcuffs a few times. I was able to get all the dumb stupid decisions in my life out of the way early so now I can focus on being who I want to be now, rather than learn life lessons at a late age. Despite how shitty it was, you get a feeling of preparedness and future challenges seem less daunting. If I ever find myself with my own kid, I would definitely send him/her out on their own at a young age... I may just not be so reckless about it as my parents were.
Now I'm 27, living outside of Vancouver (don't think I could ever go back) drug and alcohol free, living on my own, working towards creating my own future and making sure I keep a level head. Being kicked out of your house is a minor. Ultimately, the following events after the eviction and how they shape you should be the real focal point. I would be an entirely different person today if I had never been kicked out.
Tl;dr: get yourself kicked out of home and go see some shit if you want to tell an interesting life story. | The question doesn't specify whether it refers to being kicked out by parents or a landlord, and since I've never been kicked out by a landlord, I'll share my experience of being kicked out by my parents.
I was a mouthy little shit head when I was younger. When my parents had enough, they kicked me out of the house at age 18 with only 2 weeks notice. The problem with living in Vancouver is the living expenses are unreasonably high, so I had to move into a tiny basement suite with this fat girl. She was an utter slob. Dirty dishes were left sitting out for a month and eventually we got a fruit fly infestation. Cooking at home became near impossible and any outside food I brought in I had to eat in my room with the door closed or else I would be swarmed. I had survived off McDonald coupons until my body couldn't handle it anymore. I still can't stand the taste or smell of their food.
When I had enough, I moved into another two bedroom basement suite that wasn't much better. The place was in a ghetto-ish area. The guy was a heroin addict living with his high school drop out girlfriend and their newborn. It was what you would expect trailer trash living to be like. I'll always remember her using empty vodka bottles as house decorations. At one point, their friends (another couple) fell on hard times and moved into our basement suite, sleeping on the couch. The guy was clinically insane, claiming his father was the devil and had hallucinations of strangers on the street walking up to him and commented how much he looked like his dad. When I questioned him about it, he told me it was all written in the bible. He also accused his girlfriend of cheating on him. Whenever they had sex and she came, he thought her cum was another dude's sperm and claimed a doctor (another hallucination) told him that semen would remain in the vagina and the penis would act like a plunger. The girl would also cry loudly on the phone, talking to her kid who she lost custody over I think... I wasn't too clear on that. Eventually, the heroin addict left his girlfriend and child for his girlfriend's best friend. He also stole a couple hundred dollars from me, which his ex girlfriend payed me back using her government child support fund. I didn't know where the money had come from at the time, but accepting it has left me feeling like a big bag of shit for doing so. It was around this time I started drinking heavily and getting myself in trouble and fights.
When I decided that was enough, I moved into a much nicer but extremely expensive basement suite with the world's biggest douche bag. The guy was some business student who drank cheap, shitty beer, drove a truck, partied late, gay bashed and cheated on his girlfriend in front of me. A real scumbag Steve. The place we lived in was nice but the price left little room for food expenses. I was surviving primarily off of free bread from work and tea. I really got to learn what the meaning of hunger meant.
Of course, I eventually lived in better places with better people, but I had to start at the bottom. My high school friends didn't have to worry about moving out until they were married. They were able to live at home and stockpile money for vacations around the world, whereas the last time I went on a real vacation was when princess Diana died. You could argue that they've seen more of the world than I have, but I've seen more of what life is really like than them.
Moving out at an early age is a gamble. I saw a lot of shit go down at a young age, got into alcohol and drugs pretty heavily and found myself in police handcuffs a few times. I was able to get all the dumb stupid decisions in my life out of the way early so now I can focus on being who I want to be now, rather than learn life lessons at a late age. Despite how shitty it was, you get a feeling of preparedness and future challenges seem less daunting. If I ever find myself with my own kid, I would definitely send him/her out on their own at a young age... I may just not be so reckless about it as my parents were.
Now I'm 27, living outside of Vancouver (don't think I could ever go back) drug and alcohol free, living on my own, working towards creating my own future and making sure I keep a level head. Being kicked out of your house is a minor. Ultimately, the following events after the eviction and how they shape you should be the real focal point. I would be an entirely different person today if I had never been kicked out.
Tl;dr: get yourself kicked out of home and go see some shit if you want to tell an interesting life story.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgbo6b7 | The question doesn't specify whether it refers to being kicked out by parents or a landlord, and since I've never been kicked out by a landlord, I'll share my experience of being kicked out by my parents.
I was a mouthy little shit head when I was younger. When my parents had enough, they kicked me out of the house at age 18 with only 2 weeks notice. The problem with living in Vancouver is the living expenses are unreasonably high, so I had to move into a tiny basement suite with this fat girl. She was an utter slob. Dirty dishes were left sitting out for a month and eventually we got a fruit fly infestation. Cooking at home became near impossible and any outside food I brought in I had to eat in my room with the door closed or else I would be swarmed. I had survived off McDonald coupons until my body couldn't handle it anymore. I still can't stand the taste or smell of their food.
When I had enough, I moved into another two bedroom basement suite that wasn't much better. The place was in a ghetto-ish area. The guy was a heroin addict living with his high school drop out girlfriend and their newborn. It was what you would expect trailer trash living to be like. I'll always remember her using empty vodka bottles as house decorations. At one point, their friends (another couple) fell on hard times and moved into our basement suite, sleeping on the couch. The guy was clinically insane, claiming his father was the devil and had hallucinations of strangers on the street walking up to him and commented how much he looked like his dad. When I questioned him about it, he told me it was all written in the bible. He also accused his girlfriend of cheating on him. Whenever they had sex and she came, he thought her cum was another dude's sperm and claimed a doctor (another hallucination) told him that semen would remain in the vagina and the penis would act like a plunger. The girl would also cry loudly on the phone, talking to her kid who she lost custody over I think... I wasn't too clear on that. Eventually, the heroin addict left his girlfriend and child for his girlfriend's best friend. He also stole a couple hundred dollars from me, which his ex girlfriend payed me back using her government child support fund. I didn't know where the money had come from at the time, but accepting it has left me feeling like a big bag of shit for doing so. It was around this time I started drinking heavily and getting myself in trouble and fights.
When I decided that was enough, I moved into a much nicer but extremely expensive basement suite with the world's biggest douche bag. The guy was some business student who drank cheap, shitty beer, drove a truck, partied late, gay bashed and cheated on his girlfriend in front of me. A real scumbag Steve. The place we lived in was nice but the price left little room for food expenses. I was surviving primarily off of free bread from work and tea. I really got to learn what the meaning of hunger meant.
Of course, I eventually lived in better places with better people, but I had to start at the bottom. My high school friends didn't have to worry about moving out until they were married. They were able to live at home and stockpile money for vacations around the world, whereas the last time I went on a real vacation was when princess Diana died. You could argue that they've seen more of the world than I have, but I've seen more of what life is really like than them.
Moving out at an early age is a gamble. I saw a lot of shit go down at a young age, got into alcohol and drugs pretty heavily and found myself in police handcuffs a few times. I was able to get all the dumb stupid decisions in my life out of the way early so now I can focus on being who I want to be now, rather than learn life lessons at a late age. Despite how shitty it was, you get a feeling of preparedness and future challenges seem less daunting. If I ever find myself with my own kid, I would definitely send him/her out on their own at a young age... I may just not be so reckless about it as my parents were.
Now I'm 27, living outside of Vancouver (don't think I could ever go back) drug and alcohol free, living on my own, working towards creating my own future and making sure I keep a level head. Being kicked out of your house is a minor. Ultimately, the following events after the eviction and how they shape you should be the real focal point. I would be an entirely different person today if I had never been kicked out. | get yourself kicked out of home and go see some shit if you want to tell an interesting life story. |
Thunderstr | I was hoping Coles legacy would really have something awesome, or at least something more than: Hey, i can't meet you in person there, (From [Spoiler](#s "Zeke") on evil at least, i don't know about good side yet) but how bout I just talk to you for a second, give you [Spoiler](#s "Cole's jacket, and take those files") and have almost nothing else to do with Cole's story from then till now even though most of it was explained in the main story
Tldr; Wishing they would have made Coles legacy nothing more than an easter egg in the game that they included [Spoiler](#s "Zeke") and didnt pretend like it was some sidestory linking the first inFamous games to Delsins story | I was hoping Coles legacy would really have something awesome, or at least something more than: Hey, i can't meet you in person there, (From Spoiler on evil at least, i don't know about good side yet) but how bout I just talk to you for a second, give you Spoiler and have almost nothing else to do with Cole's story from then till now even though most of it was explained in the main story
Tldr; Wishing they would have made Coles legacy nothing more than an easter egg in the game that they included Spoiler and didnt pretend like it was some sidestory linking the first inFamous games to Delsins story
| infamous | t5_2siyw | cgbnwfs | I was hoping Coles legacy would really have something awesome, or at least something more than: Hey, i can't meet you in person there, (From Spoiler on evil at least, i don't know about good side yet) but how bout I just talk to you for a second, give you Spoiler and have almost nothing else to do with Cole's story from then till now even though most of it was explained in the main story | Wishing they would have made Coles legacy nothing more than an easter egg in the game that they included Spoiler and didnt pretend like it was some sidestory linking the first inFamous games to Delsins story |
68w | The sad thing is that the Stolen Valor laws aelre not widely enforced. This dirt bag should have had to surrender his uniform and anything related to the Army. Honestly should have had his ass whipped too. As to the media's role in this. We are not loved by the media, we are not "supported" by them. We are a P.R. tool. It is a very rare instance when I actually come across businesses that truly support us and dont just give a 5% discount on the coffee.
Tl:dr: Fuck this guy with a hot sauce lubed cactus. Also the media. | The sad thing is that the Stolen Valor laws aelre not widely enforced. This dirt bag should have had to surrender his uniform and anything related to the Army. Honestly should have had his ass whipped too. As to the media's role in this. We are not loved by the media, we are not "supported" by them. We are a P.R. tool. It is a very rare instance when I actually come across businesses that truly support us and dont just give a 5% discount on the coffee.
Tl:dr: Fuck this guy with a hot sauce lubed cactus. Also the media.
| Military | t5_2qh8y | cgbxxq2 | The sad thing is that the Stolen Valor laws aelre not widely enforced. This dirt bag should have had to surrender his uniform and anything related to the Army. Honestly should have had his ass whipped too. As to the media's role in this. We are not loved by the media, we are not "supported" by them. We are a P.R. tool. It is a very rare instance when I actually come across businesses that truly support us and dont just give a 5% discount on the coffee. | Fuck this guy with a hot sauce lubed cactus. Also the media. |
ValiantTurtle | "modesty" is another word we've manage to make almost completely about sex when the original had nothing to do with it. I think this is a far more accurate analysis of what the Bible is talking about:
tl;dr: Modesty in 1 Timothy 2 has more to do with dismantling social class divisions than keeping your skin covered. | "modesty" is another word we've manage to make almost completely about sex when the original had nothing to do with it. I think this is a far more accurate analysis of what the Bible is talking about:
tl;dr: Modesty in 1 Timothy 2 has more to do with dismantling social class divisions than keeping your skin covered.
| Christianity | t5_2qh6c | cgblrpn | modesty" is another word we've manage to make almost completely about sex when the original had nothing to do with it. I think this is a far more accurate analysis of what the Bible is talking about: | Modesty in 1 Timothy 2 has more to do with dismantling social class divisions than keeping your skin covered. |
So_Impressed | My gut reaction is that it's annoying that men think that most women are primarily concerned with being considered attractive. "Attractive" has such a strong implication that it is for sexual purposes and I don't know if that's truly what you intend. If you used the word "approachable", I think this is more in line with how women think when preparing themselves to be out in public.
In formulating a response, I considered the reasons I would want to look nice in the presence of men. My primary motivation for wanting men to find me attractive is so that I can get done what I want to get done. If I go out in public looking like I just woke up and don't give a crap about what I'm wearing, I might as well be invisible because it seems like my presence is actively ignored. It seems that most often, if a woman has to deal with a man then she had better make herself at least look nice if she has any hope of being taken seriously. Whether that's negotiating a business transaction, engaging in a good intellectual discussion or simply not being ignored at a store if I need assistance from a salesman - I always have a better experience if I put on makeup before I leave the house.
Many women are flirted with or approached by men who would like to engage in a conversation that could lead to sex or romance, often enough that the idea that going out with the explicit intention to make themselves attractive for men is counterproductive to their social well-being. I know that most men can't relate or it sounds far-fetched, but look at other posts by women on these forums. Many women speak of being wary when out where there are men who would harass them over their hotness, and are called psycho or paranoid due to their cautious attitude. If women didn't have to deal with so much unwanted attention (and if the average woman could physically hold off the average man), you wouldn't see so many of these types of comments.
TL;DR: Most women wear makeup so that they are socially presentable and approachable, not to make themselves (sexually) attractive. | My gut reaction is that it's annoying that men think that most women are primarily concerned with being considered attractive. "Attractive" has such a strong implication that it is for sexual purposes and I don't know if that's truly what you intend. If you used the word "approachable", I think this is more in line with how women think when preparing themselves to be out in public.
In formulating a response, I considered the reasons I would want to look nice in the presence of men. My primary motivation for wanting men to find me attractive is so that I can get done what I want to get done. If I go out in public looking like I just woke up and don't give a crap about what I'm wearing, I might as well be invisible because it seems like my presence is actively ignored. It seems that most often, if a woman has to deal with a man then she had better make herself at least look nice if she has any hope of being taken seriously. Whether that's negotiating a business transaction, engaging in a good intellectual discussion or simply not being ignored at a store if I need assistance from a salesman - I always have a better experience if I put on makeup before I leave the house.
Many women are flirted with or approached by men who would like to engage in a conversation that could lead to sex or romance, often enough that the idea that going out with the explicit intention to make themselves attractive for men is counterproductive to their social well-being. I know that most men can't relate or it sounds far-fetched, but look at other posts by women on these forums. Many women speak of being wary when out where there are men who would harass them over their hotness, and are called psycho or paranoid due to their cautious attitude. If women didn't have to deal with so much unwanted attention (and if the average woman could physically hold off the average man), you wouldn't see so many of these types of comments.
TL;DR: Most women wear makeup so that they are socially presentable and approachable, not to make themselves (sexually) attractive.
| science | t5_mouw | cgbwbbp | My gut reaction is that it's annoying that men think that most women are primarily concerned with being considered attractive. "Attractive" has such a strong implication that it is for sexual purposes and I don't know if that's truly what you intend. If you used the word "approachable", I think this is more in line with how women think when preparing themselves to be out in public.
In formulating a response, I considered the reasons I would want to look nice in the presence of men. My primary motivation for wanting men to find me attractive is so that I can get done what I want to get done. If I go out in public looking like I just woke up and don't give a crap about what I'm wearing, I might as well be invisible because it seems like my presence is actively ignored. It seems that most often, if a woman has to deal with a man then she had better make herself at least look nice if she has any hope of being taken seriously. Whether that's negotiating a business transaction, engaging in a good intellectual discussion or simply not being ignored at a store if I need assistance from a salesman - I always have a better experience if I put on makeup before I leave the house.
Many women are flirted with or approached by men who would like to engage in a conversation that could lead to sex or romance, often enough that the idea that going out with the explicit intention to make themselves attractive for men is counterproductive to their social well-being. I know that most men can't relate or it sounds far-fetched, but look at other posts by women on these forums. Many women speak of being wary when out where there are men who would harass them over their hotness, and are called psycho or paranoid due to their cautious attitude. If women didn't have to deal with so much unwanted attention (and if the average woman could physically hold off the average man), you wouldn't see so many of these types of comments. | Most women wear makeup so that they are socially presentable and approachable, not to make themselves (sexually) attractive. |
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