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KSKaleido | > I will never convince anyone I've ever dated of this
Whether or not it's true, no, you won't ever "convince" them. They've had YEARS of social pressure to wear makeup, long before you were in the picture, and in a lot of cases, long before they were sexually active.
I tried once, to convince a girlfriend to just stop wearing makeup, or at the very least severely tone it down. Part of it was selfish (she would literally take HOURS before we would go out), and part of it was that she was goddamn gorgeous without it. It doesn't work. There's too much social pressure on women to look a certain way, and she didn't have the mettle to break that mold. Most of them don't.
TL;DR I agree with you; women don't. | > I will never convince anyone I've ever dated of this
Whether or not it's true, no, you won't ever "convince" them. They've had YEARS of social pressure to wear makeup, long before you were in the picture, and in a lot of cases, long before they were sexually active.
I tried once, to convince a girlfriend to just stop wearing makeup, or at the very least severely tone it down. Part of it was selfish (she would literally take HOURS before we would go out), and part of it was that she was goddamn gorgeous without it. It doesn't work. There's too much social pressure on women to look a certain way, and she didn't have the mettle to break that mold. Most of them don't.
TL;DR I agree with you; women don't.
| science | t5_mouw | cgc830k | I will never convince anyone I've ever dated of this
Whether or not it's true, no, you won't ever "convince" them. They've had YEARS of social pressure to wear makeup, long before you were in the picture, and in a lot of cases, long before they were sexually active.
I tried once, to convince a girlfriend to just stop wearing makeup, or at the very least severely tone it down. Part of it was selfish (she would literally take HOURS before we would go out), and part of it was that she was goddamn gorgeous without it. It doesn't work. There's too much social pressure on women to look a certain way, and she didn't have the mettle to break that mold. Most of them don't. | I agree with you; women don't. |
Kalium | It's only flawed logic if you don't document your assumptions. Which they did, rendering this a perfectly valid study that makes its premises clear. That disagrees with what you want to believe is true does not invalidate the data or the observation that two items under study are notably misaligned.
This could be interpreted several ways, including *in the exact manner you posit*.
The sanest response is to call for study of said assumption, not to dismiss a bunch of data because an assumption that does not invalidate it is something you desire to be false but lack any data for.
tl;dr: And what makes your assumptions better, besides your personal warm fuzzies on the subject? | It's only flawed logic if you don't document your assumptions. Which they did, rendering this a perfectly valid study that makes its premises clear. That disagrees with what you want to believe is true does not invalidate the data or the observation that two items under study are notably misaligned.
This could be interpreted several ways, including in the exact manner you posit .
The sanest response is to call for study of said assumption, not to dismiss a bunch of data because an assumption that does not invalidate it is something you desire to be false but lack any data for.
tl;dr: And what makes your assumptions better, besides your personal warm fuzzies on the subject?
| science | t5_mouw | cgcfpi3 | It's only flawed logic if you don't document your assumptions. Which they did, rendering this a perfectly valid study that makes its premises clear. That disagrees with what you want to believe is true does not invalidate the data or the observation that two items under study are notably misaligned.
This could be interpreted several ways, including in the exact manner you posit .
The sanest response is to call for study of said assumption, not to dismiss a bunch of data because an assumption that does not invalidate it is something you desire to be false but lack any data for. | And what makes your assumptions better, besides your personal warm fuzzies on the subject? |
elmassivo | The silly mechanical thing to realize about tap-jumping is that your analog stick will wear out MUCH faster than using a button jump, and that your dead zone will expand more quickly as well.
Tap jumping makes things like JC grabs substantially more difficult and adds a level of difficulty to things like DI and recovery (where you may need to jump one way but DI the other, or DI down but still jump up).
Tap jump is still moderately useful for aerial combos on characters like falcon (tap jump is ideal for fullhop double uair, for example), and can be used to auto-meteor cancel with Jigglypuff/Kirby after a single jump has gone off.
Other than those very niche circumstances though, it offers no advantage over button jumps (but several disadvantages).
tl;dr: Learn to use the buttons (ideally Y) to jump. | The silly mechanical thing to realize about tap-jumping is that your analog stick will wear out MUCH faster than using a button jump, and that your dead zone will expand more quickly as well.
Tap jumping makes things like JC grabs substantially more difficult and adds a level of difficulty to things like DI and recovery (where you may need to jump one way but DI the other, or DI down but still jump up).
Tap jump is still moderately useful for aerial combos on characters like falcon (tap jump is ideal for fullhop double uair, for example), and can be used to auto-meteor cancel with Jigglypuff/Kirby after a single jump has gone off.
Other than those very niche circumstances though, it offers no advantage over button jumps (but several disadvantages).
tl;dr: Learn to use the buttons (ideally Y) to jump.
| smashbros | t5_2qiep | cgbrfzx | The silly mechanical thing to realize about tap-jumping is that your analog stick will wear out MUCH faster than using a button jump, and that your dead zone will expand more quickly as well.
Tap jumping makes things like JC grabs substantially more difficult and adds a level of difficulty to things like DI and recovery (where you may need to jump one way but DI the other, or DI down but still jump up).
Tap jump is still moderately useful for aerial combos on characters like falcon (tap jump is ideal for fullhop double uair, for example), and can be used to auto-meteor cancel with Jigglypuff/Kirby after a single jump has gone off.
Other than those very niche circumstances though, it offers no advantage over button jumps (but several disadvantages). | Learn to use the buttons (ideally Y) to jump. |
Seyforabi | Do I (realistically) think the Yankees will win the World Series? No.
Do I think it is incredibly stupid to bet against Derek Jeter? Yes.
I think the Yanks are *maybe* the 6th best team in the AL and, consistent with that rank, a fringe playoff team. It is perfectly reasonable to expect Jeter to be a complementary player on a competitive team. But this man has stepped up in the biggest way possible in just about every important moment in his career. I think the Yankees go out on top purely because an aging SS (granted a HOF one) wills them to. Storybook ending to a storybook career.
tl;dr: Yankees will win the WS because Derek Jeter is retiring. | Do I (realistically) think the Yankees will win the World Series? No.
Do I think it is incredibly stupid to bet against Derek Jeter? Yes.
I think the Yanks are maybe the 6th best team in the AL and, consistent with that rank, a fringe playoff team. It is perfectly reasonable to expect Jeter to be a complementary player on a competitive team. But this man has stepped up in the biggest way possible in just about every important moment in his career. I think the Yankees go out on top purely because an aging SS (granted a HOF one) wills them to. Storybook ending to a storybook career.
tl;dr: Yankees will win the WS because Derek Jeter is retiring.
| baseball | t5_2qm7u | cgc0oh4 | Do I (realistically) think the Yankees will win the World Series? No.
Do I think it is incredibly stupid to bet against Derek Jeter? Yes.
I think the Yanks are maybe the 6th best team in the AL and, consistent with that rank, a fringe playoff team. It is perfectly reasonable to expect Jeter to be a complementary player on a competitive team. But this man has stepped up in the biggest way possible in just about every important moment in his career. I think the Yankees go out on top purely because an aging SS (granted a HOF one) wills them to. Storybook ending to a storybook career. | Yankees will win the WS because Derek Jeter is retiring. |
BClark09 | Eastern North Carolinian here. Twice a year has always been sufficient for my piano at home provided the room its in doesn't have wild temperature & humidity fluctuations.
If for some reason it's horribly out of tune/been ages since its last tuning, the technician can bring it to a point where the notes are in tune relative to each other, but your A won't be singing at 440 Hz. A return visit or visits will be necessary to gradually bring it back in line. These are extreme situations, but they do happen to abused & neglected instruments or extremely old ones.
TL;DR, twice a year barring exceptional circumstances. | Eastern North Carolinian here. Twice a year has always been sufficient for my piano at home provided the room its in doesn't have wild temperature & humidity fluctuations.
If for some reason it's horribly out of tune/been ages since its last tuning, the technician can bring it to a point where the notes are in tune relative to each other, but your A won't be singing at 440 Hz. A return visit or visits will be necessary to gradually bring it back in line. These are extreme situations, but they do happen to abused & neglected instruments or extremely old ones.
TL;DR, twice a year barring exceptional circumstances.
| piano | t5_2qnw8 | cgdgttf | Eastern North Carolinian here. Twice a year has always been sufficient for my piano at home provided the room its in doesn't have wild temperature & humidity fluctuations.
If for some reason it's horribly out of tune/been ages since its last tuning, the technician can bring it to a point where the notes are in tune relative to each other, but your A won't be singing at 440 Hz. A return visit or visits will be necessary to gradually bring it back in line. These are extreme situations, but they do happen to abused & neglected instruments or extremely old ones. | twice a year barring exceptional circumstances. |
MadQuixote | Never be afraid to open up to a psychiatrist/therapist, even if it's something as strange as sexual thoughts about them. They can't help you if you don't give them an accurate description of your symptoms.
Have you told her about your difficulty sleeping? She might recommend adding a sleeping aid. In the meantime, try using Benadryl as a sleep aid if your insomnia persists more than two or three nights. You may have some groggy mornings, but it might help add a few hours.
And yes, hallucinations. Dancing shadows, figures in the corner of my eyes (some very distinct but unrecognizable), and headlights flashing at night (sometimes the flashing persists even when I close my eyes at night). Since starting Lamictal, it's become less frequent, only happening when I'm manic and haven't had a lot of sleep.
The sequence of letters doesn't establish your humanity. The sequence of letters is just the name given to a collection of cognitive and behavioral tendencies. YOU determine your humanity by fighting the destructive impulses. Keep in mind though, that humanity is an ideal separate and distinct from the way humans and society behave. Maintain your functionality and embody humanity as an ideal rather than conforming to social expectations and trying to fit in, that's just hiding away.
TL;DR: Pudding | Never be afraid to open up to a psychiatrist/therapist, even if it's something as strange as sexual thoughts about them. They can't help you if you don't give them an accurate description of your symptoms.
Have you told her about your difficulty sleeping? She might recommend adding a sleeping aid. In the meantime, try using Benadryl as a sleep aid if your insomnia persists more than two or three nights. You may have some groggy mornings, but it might help add a few hours.
And yes, hallucinations. Dancing shadows, figures in the corner of my eyes (some very distinct but unrecognizable), and headlights flashing at night (sometimes the flashing persists even when I close my eyes at night). Since starting Lamictal, it's become less frequent, only happening when I'm manic and haven't had a lot of sleep.
The sequence of letters doesn't establish your humanity. The sequence of letters is just the name given to a collection of cognitive and behavioral tendencies. YOU determine your humanity by fighting the destructive impulses. Keep in mind though, that humanity is an ideal separate and distinct from the way humans and society behave. Maintain your functionality and embody humanity as an ideal rather than conforming to social expectations and trying to fit in, that's just hiding away.
TL;DR: Pudding
| BipolarReddit | t5_2qzru | cgcdokg | Never be afraid to open up to a psychiatrist/therapist, even if it's something as strange as sexual thoughts about them. They can't help you if you don't give them an accurate description of your symptoms.
Have you told her about your difficulty sleeping? She might recommend adding a sleeping aid. In the meantime, try using Benadryl as a sleep aid if your insomnia persists more than two or three nights. You may have some groggy mornings, but it might help add a few hours.
And yes, hallucinations. Dancing shadows, figures in the corner of my eyes (some very distinct but unrecognizable), and headlights flashing at night (sometimes the flashing persists even when I close my eyes at night). Since starting Lamictal, it's become less frequent, only happening when I'm manic and haven't had a lot of sleep.
The sequence of letters doesn't establish your humanity. The sequence of letters is just the name given to a collection of cognitive and behavioral tendencies. YOU determine your humanity by fighting the destructive impulses. Keep in mind though, that humanity is an ideal separate and distinct from the way humans and society behave. Maintain your functionality and embody humanity as an ideal rather than conforming to social expectations and trying to fit in, that's just hiding away. | Pudding |
Bangage | Alright so I was trying to finish off the Dragonborn storyline, and after I was done talking to Neloth, I come out of his mushroom, and see his apprentice standing there trying to get me to solve his "ash gaurdian problem" (killing it)
Being the dopey hero that I am, I agree, but just as I was about to hit the dialogue option, I see this dragon fly in and land his ass down. So now there's this dragon wrecking havoc in the background and it promptly demolishes the ash guardian while I'm just standing there listening to Talvas talk out how badly he fucked up. And the whole time I'm just like "I think you have bigger problems to worry about" but there wasn't a dialogue option for that
While this was happening, I had like four followers at the time, so Vilkas, Farkas, Aela, and Serana draw their weapons and all go charging after this dragon, and Talvas is STILL talking to me while I'm just standing there, watching them all fuck this dragon's day up. By the time Talvas finishes and lets me exit conversation, the dragon is already dead, and my followers rush back and stare at me like nothing happened
**TLDR;** Talvas wants me to kill his ash guardian, dragon comes in and kills it for me, followers kill the dragon after that, all while Talvas is ranting at me and [I'm just standing there like an idiot]( | Alright so I was trying to finish off the Dragonborn storyline, and after I was done talking to Neloth, I come out of his mushroom, and see his apprentice standing there trying to get me to solve his "ash gaurdian problem" (killing it)
Being the dopey hero that I am, I agree, but just as I was about to hit the dialogue option, I see this dragon fly in and land his ass down. So now there's this dragon wrecking havoc in the background and it promptly demolishes the ash guardian while I'm just standing there listening to Talvas talk out how badly he fucked up. And the whole time I'm just like "I think you have bigger problems to worry about" but there wasn't a dialogue option for that
While this was happening, I had like four followers at the time, so Vilkas, Farkas, Aela, and Serana draw their weapons and all go charging after this dragon, and Talvas is STILL talking to me while I'm just standing there, watching them all fuck this dragon's day up. By the time Talvas finishes and lets me exit conversation, the dragon is already dead, and my followers rush back and stare at me like nothing happened
TLDR; Talvas wants me to kill his ash guardian, dragon comes in and kills it for me, followers kill the dragon after that, all while Talvas is ranting at me and [I'm just standing there like an idiot](
| skyrim | t5_2s837 | cgcgzez | Alright so I was trying to finish off the Dragonborn storyline, and after I was done talking to Neloth, I come out of his mushroom, and see his apprentice standing there trying to get me to solve his "ash gaurdian problem" (killing it)
Being the dopey hero that I am, I agree, but just as I was about to hit the dialogue option, I see this dragon fly in and land his ass down. So now there's this dragon wrecking havoc in the background and it promptly demolishes the ash guardian while I'm just standing there listening to Talvas talk out how badly he fucked up. And the whole time I'm just like "I think you have bigger problems to worry about" but there wasn't a dialogue option for that
While this was happening, I had like four followers at the time, so Vilkas, Farkas, Aela, and Serana draw their weapons and all go charging after this dragon, and Talvas is STILL talking to me while I'm just standing there, watching them all fuck this dragon's day up. By the time Talvas finishes and lets me exit conversation, the dragon is already dead, and my followers rush back and stare at me like nothing happened | Talvas wants me to kill his ash guardian, dragon comes in and kills it for me, followers kill the dragon after that, all while Talvas is ranting at me and [I'm just standing there like an idiot]( |
Luskar421 | I agree that the situation in Chicago is one of the worst in the nation. Where I am at (Florida) we have had recent laws passed that make it far easier for teachers to be fired. New teachers can no longer receive tenure. Existing teachers have been given slight pay boosts to giving up tenure. And contracts must be renewed yearly.
What happened in Chicago was the unfortunate result of fixing a problem so much that they created a new (and in many ways worse) problem. If you look at teaching contracts from 20's and 30's, teachers in Chicago could get fired for being seen in public with a man, getting married, or loitering at an ice cream parlor. So they passed laws to make it more difficult to fire teachers, but they made it too difficult.
And the main reason why they are fighting the accountability isn't so much the accountability, but the fact that it almost always includes removing tenure. (I am not an expert about what is going on in Illinois, I am stating this based off of other incidents that I know of) As a person entering teaching removing tenure doesn't sound like that bad of an idea. But to a teacher who has been around for 30 years and is making twice as much as a starting teacher would, of course they fear tenure being removed. Because once tenure is gone, a long time teacher could be let go at the end of the year simply because the school can hire 2 new teachers for the same cost.
The only other problem with saying teachers are fighting accountability is the question of, "who are teachers accountable too?" The rightly held view in the teaching profession is that unless you are or have been a teacher, you have no right to look at test scores and judge a teacher. So yes teachers fight this type of accountability. Here in Florida teachers have been much more open to a mix of test scores and in person evaluations. There are still teachers down here who fight against it, who try to resist being accountable, who want an easy pass on their job, but they are the minority.
TL DR- Yes Chicago is fucked up, but they do not represent the entirety of teachers (or even the majority I hope). | I agree that the situation in Chicago is one of the worst in the nation. Where I am at (Florida) we have had recent laws passed that make it far easier for teachers to be fired. New teachers can no longer receive tenure. Existing teachers have been given slight pay boosts to giving up tenure. And contracts must be renewed yearly.
What happened in Chicago was the unfortunate result of fixing a problem so much that they created a new (and in many ways worse) problem. If you look at teaching contracts from 20's and 30's, teachers in Chicago could get fired for being seen in public with a man, getting married, or loitering at an ice cream parlor. So they passed laws to make it more difficult to fire teachers, but they made it too difficult.
And the main reason why they are fighting the accountability isn't so much the accountability, but the fact that it almost always includes removing tenure. (I am not an expert about what is going on in Illinois, I am stating this based off of other incidents that I know of) As a person entering teaching removing tenure doesn't sound like that bad of an idea. But to a teacher who has been around for 30 years and is making twice as much as a starting teacher would, of course they fear tenure being removed. Because once tenure is gone, a long time teacher could be let go at the end of the year simply because the school can hire 2 new teachers for the same cost.
The only other problem with saying teachers are fighting accountability is the question of, "who are teachers accountable too?" The rightly held view in the teaching profession is that unless you are or have been a teacher, you have no right to look at test scores and judge a teacher. So yes teachers fight this type of accountability. Here in Florida teachers have been much more open to a mix of test scores and in person evaluations. There are still teachers down here who fight against it, who try to resist being accountable, who want an easy pass on their job, but they are the minority.
TL DR- Yes Chicago is fucked up, but they do not represent the entirety of teachers (or even the majority I hope).
| education | t5_2qhlm | cgdna2h | I agree that the situation in Chicago is one of the worst in the nation. Where I am at (Florida) we have had recent laws passed that make it far easier for teachers to be fired. New teachers can no longer receive tenure. Existing teachers have been given slight pay boosts to giving up tenure. And contracts must be renewed yearly.
What happened in Chicago was the unfortunate result of fixing a problem so much that they created a new (and in many ways worse) problem. If you look at teaching contracts from 20's and 30's, teachers in Chicago could get fired for being seen in public with a man, getting married, or loitering at an ice cream parlor. So they passed laws to make it more difficult to fire teachers, but they made it too difficult.
And the main reason why they are fighting the accountability isn't so much the accountability, but the fact that it almost always includes removing tenure. (I am not an expert about what is going on in Illinois, I am stating this based off of other incidents that I know of) As a person entering teaching removing tenure doesn't sound like that bad of an idea. But to a teacher who has been around for 30 years and is making twice as much as a starting teacher would, of course they fear tenure being removed. Because once tenure is gone, a long time teacher could be let go at the end of the year simply because the school can hire 2 new teachers for the same cost.
The only other problem with saying teachers are fighting accountability is the question of, "who are teachers accountable too?" The rightly held view in the teaching profession is that unless you are or have been a teacher, you have no right to look at test scores and judge a teacher. So yes teachers fight this type of accountability. Here in Florida teachers have been much more open to a mix of test scores and in person evaluations. There are still teachers down here who fight against it, who try to resist being accountable, who want an easy pass on their job, but they are the minority. | Yes Chicago is fucked up, but they do not represent the entirety of teachers (or even the majority I hope). |
cicero8 | That's because a lot of feminists (the really loud vocal ones, consider feminism as a men hate group). If you google feminism and hate group, you'll come across plenty of ''important feminists'' with quotes like : We should keep men in cages, they are only good for breeding.
They have also placed adds along the lines of :
'' there is a X% chance i will beat my wife! (with a picture of a little boy)''
It's pretty fucking sickening. Women activist groups have also lobbied against Men's Rights Activists, insisting that if we fund MRA'S that leaves less money out for Women.
Also they have actually lobied against joint custody : " Because many women should not have to see their abusive Husbands''.
overall I have to disagree with their movement. They started off with the Right idea and id quickly just turned into a cultural phenomenon. Most feminists don't even know of any prominent feminists speakers. They only think it's about Women's Right's.
I'm personally for Women's Right's but I'm not a feminist. I'm more of a humanist if anything. I think we should both have equal pay, equal everything. But you know what that means? It means you would have to remove all gender roles in society, because as it is, men pay for a lot more then women in a relationship. Is it because we make more? or because its the mans Job? How many girls do you hear complain when a guy asks to split the bill? I know there are some women who are very independent, and POWER TO YOU!
I Just don't think that making men ''public enemy number one'' is the way to go. I think its more important to look at possible solutions, as in decreasing income disparity and offering equal opportunity. This goes for guys as much as for girls. Honestly when's the last time you saw a guy work at La Vie en Rose? (lingerie store). You rarely do, if ever.
Women get these extra social benefits in order to make them feel more at ''ease'' and men get payed more and get harsher sentences. When's the last time you got off a speeding ticket for pulling your Vneck boys, or flexing those biceps? Ladies when's the last time you were told your clothes were too promiscuous, but guys wear less clothing?
**TLDR : Gender equalities are a part of our culture. If you want to fix them, you might as well join a cause that works with BOTH parties. As both sides can contribute, instead of fighting tooth and nail to change the other side.** | That's because a lot of feminists (the really loud vocal ones, consider feminism as a men hate group). If you google feminism and hate group, you'll come across plenty of ''important feminists'' with quotes like : We should keep men in cages, they are only good for breeding.
They have also placed adds along the lines of :
'' there is a X% chance i will beat my wife! (with a picture of a little boy)''
It's pretty fucking sickening. Women activist groups have also lobbied against Men's Rights Activists, insisting that if we fund MRA'S that leaves less money out for Women.
Also they have actually lobied against joint custody : " Because many women should not have to see their abusive Husbands''.
overall I have to disagree with their movement. They started off with the Right idea and id quickly just turned into a cultural phenomenon. Most feminists don't even know of any prominent feminists speakers. They only think it's about Women's Right's.
I'm personally for Women's Right's but I'm not a feminist. I'm more of a humanist if anything. I think we should both have equal pay, equal everything. But you know what that means? It means you would have to remove all gender roles in society, because as it is, men pay for a lot more then women in a relationship. Is it because we make more? or because its the mans Job? How many girls do you hear complain when a guy asks to split the bill? I know there are some women who are very independent, and POWER TO YOU!
I Just don't think that making men ''public enemy number one'' is the way to go. I think its more important to look at possible solutions, as in decreasing income disparity and offering equal opportunity. This goes for guys as much as for girls. Honestly when's the last time you saw a guy work at La Vie en Rose? (lingerie store). You rarely do, if ever.
Women get these extra social benefits in order to make them feel more at ''ease'' and men get payed more and get harsher sentences. When's the last time you got off a speeding ticket for pulling your Vneck boys, or flexing those biceps? Ladies when's the last time you were told your clothes were too promiscuous, but guys wear less clothing?
TLDR : Gender equalities are a part of our culture. If you want to fix them, you might as well join a cause that works with BOTH parties. As both sides can contribute, instead of fighting tooth and nail to change the other side.
| canada | t5_2qh68 | cgcuyst | That's because a lot of feminists (the really loud vocal ones, consider feminism as a men hate group). If you google feminism and hate group, you'll come across plenty of ''important feminists'' with quotes like : We should keep men in cages, they are only good for breeding.
They have also placed adds along the lines of :
'' there is a X% chance i will beat my wife! (with a picture of a little boy)''
It's pretty fucking sickening. Women activist groups have also lobbied against Men's Rights Activists, insisting that if we fund MRA'S that leaves less money out for Women.
Also they have actually lobied against joint custody : " Because many women should not have to see their abusive Husbands''.
overall I have to disagree with their movement. They started off with the Right idea and id quickly just turned into a cultural phenomenon. Most feminists don't even know of any prominent feminists speakers. They only think it's about Women's Right's.
I'm personally for Women's Right's but I'm not a feminist. I'm more of a humanist if anything. I think we should both have equal pay, equal everything. But you know what that means? It means you would have to remove all gender roles in society, because as it is, men pay for a lot more then women in a relationship. Is it because we make more? or because its the mans Job? How many girls do you hear complain when a guy asks to split the bill? I know there are some women who are very independent, and POWER TO YOU!
I Just don't think that making men ''public enemy number one'' is the way to go. I think its more important to look at possible solutions, as in decreasing income disparity and offering equal opportunity. This goes for guys as much as for girls. Honestly when's the last time you saw a guy work at La Vie en Rose? (lingerie store). You rarely do, if ever.
Women get these extra social benefits in order to make them feel more at ''ease'' and men get payed more and get harsher sentences. When's the last time you got off a speeding ticket for pulling your Vneck boys, or flexing those biceps? Ladies when's the last time you were told your clothes were too promiscuous, but guys wear less clothing? | Gender equalities are a part of our culture. If you want to fix them, you might as well join a cause that works with BOTH parties. As both sides can contribute, instead of fighting tooth and nail to change the other side. |
captnchronic | dont fucking associate marijuana with your fucked up sadistic enjoyment of death. Weed laws are criticized enough. shitty people like you smoke weed just like everyone else, unfortunately the right wing media focuses on moral shit bags like you.
tldr. change your user name. your comments make weed look bad | dont fucking associate marijuana with your fucked up sadistic enjoyment of death. Weed laws are criticized enough. shitty people like you smoke weed just like everyone else, unfortunately the right wing media focuses on moral shit bags like you.
tldr. change your user name. your comments make weed look bad
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cgcuky4 | dont fucking associate marijuana with your fucked up sadistic enjoyment of death. Weed laws are criticized enough. shitty people like you smoke weed just like everyone else, unfortunately the right wing media focuses on moral shit bags like you. | change your user name. your comments make weed look bad |
StefanoBlack | Swan Song feels like it's still a high buy-in. At this point in foil RIP's printing cycle, it was at the same price foil Swan Song is now. So I would expect foil SS, a card with very similar demand to foil RIP, to hit the same low RIP is at now in about a year. If I were speccing, I'd buy in at $5 or less when they're close to or at rotation.
That said, much as I did with foil RIPs, I do feel perfectly safe trading for a personal-collection playset right now because I have no intention of getting rid of them and they will most certainly be worth more than $10 in the long run, just as RIP foils will be.
tl;dr - If you want to own them, go for it. If you just want to spec, wait for the buy-in to drop. | Swan Song feels like it's still a high buy-in. At this point in foil RIP's printing cycle, it was at the same price foil Swan Song is now. So I would expect foil SS, a card with very similar demand to foil RIP, to hit the same low RIP is at now in about a year. If I were speccing, I'd buy in at $5 or less when they're close to or at rotation.
That said, much as I did with foil RIPs, I do feel perfectly safe trading for a personal-collection playset right now because I have no intention of getting rid of them and they will most certainly be worth more than $10 in the long run, just as RIP foils will be.
tl;dr - If you want to own them, go for it. If you just want to spec, wait for the buy-in to drop.
| mtgfinance | t5_2vv1m | cgcqmiy | Swan Song feels like it's still a high buy-in. At this point in foil RIP's printing cycle, it was at the same price foil Swan Song is now. So I would expect foil SS, a card with very similar demand to foil RIP, to hit the same low RIP is at now in about a year. If I were speccing, I'd buy in at $5 or less when they're close to or at rotation.
That said, much as I did with foil RIPs, I do feel perfectly safe trading for a personal-collection playset right now because I have no intention of getting rid of them and they will most certainly be worth more than $10 in the long run, just as RIP foils will be. | If you want to own them, go for it. If you just want to spec, wait for the buy-in to drop. |
elspazzo | I had a similar problem when I installed Linux to my laptop. I accidentally pulled the 32bit installer instead of the 64 bit installer. I got no sound from the 32, but everything else worked fine. I reinstalled with 64, and everything was happy.
Alternately, is everything unmuted?
tl;dr: Are you sure it's a 32 bit system? | I had a similar problem when I installed Linux to my laptop. I accidentally pulled the 32bit installer instead of the 64 bit installer. I got no sound from the 32, but everything else worked fine. I reinstalled with 64, and everything was happy.
Alternately, is everything unmuted?
tl;dr: Are you sure it's a 32 bit system?
| Ubuntu | t5_2qh62 | cgcr635 | I had a similar problem when I installed Linux to my laptop. I accidentally pulled the 32bit installer instead of the 64 bit installer. I got no sound from the 32, but everything else worked fine. I reinstalled with 64, and everything was happy.
Alternately, is everything unmuted? | Are you sure it's a 32 bit system? |
Helvetian616 | > interest rates become lowered due to the money supply or whatever
This was not in absence of government. This is due to unnatural governmental interventions.
> I'm not spending 40 minutes hearing a libertarian video about why something to do with slavery means I am wrong. Tl;dr or nevermind.
It's worth while, even if you aren't a libertarian. However, one thing I found surprising is how rampant and brutal slavery was (and still is, been there/seen it) in the Arab world. | > interest rates become lowered due to the money supply or whatever
This was not in absence of government. This is due to unnatural governmental interventions.
> I'm not spending 40 minutes hearing a libertarian video about why something to do with slavery means I am wrong. Tl;dr or nevermind.
It's worth while, even if you aren't a libertarian. However, one thing I found surprising is how rampant and brutal slavery was (and still is, been there/seen it) in the Arab world.
| Bitcoin | t5_2s3qj | cgde3yh | interest rates become lowered due to the money supply or whatever
This was not in absence of government. This is due to unnatural governmental interventions.
> I'm not spending 40 minutes hearing a libertarian video about why something to do with slavery means I am wrong. | or nevermind.
It's worth while, even if you aren't a libertarian. However, one thing I found surprising is how rampant and brutal slavery was (and still is, been there/seen it) in the Arab world. |
nanalayo | I've had the old one then upgraded as soon as retina came out.
Retina version is amazing. It's MUCH faster and MUCH cleaner. Looking at the old screen feels like watching the world through a mosquito net.
The only downside is that it's 0.05 lbs heavier. While this is a very nominal weight, it makes a difference when you're holding it above your head one-handed.
tl;dr: get the retina | I've had the old one then upgraded as soon as retina came out.
Retina version is amazing. It's MUCH faster and MUCH cleaner. Looking at the old screen feels like watching the world through a mosquito net.
The only downside is that it's 0.05 lbs heavier. While this is a very nominal weight, it makes a difference when you're holding it above your head one-handed.
tl;dr: get the retina
| ipad | t5_2rgny | cgd1suq | I've had the old one then upgraded as soon as retina came out.
Retina version is amazing. It's MUCH faster and MUCH cleaner. Looking at the old screen feels like watching the world through a mosquito net.
The only downside is that it's 0.05 lbs heavier. While this is a very nominal weight, it makes a difference when you're holding it above your head one-handed. | get the retina |
primalj | Bro-science.
Not eating before lifting may help with lipolysis (breaking down fat). To minimize any type of muscle wasting, it might be advised to take some BCAAs ala LeanGains style, but it's not imperative. The most important window to hit is post workout. Get a good whack of protein (and carbohydrates for glycogen replenishment) within 2 hours post workout (the timeline is madly debated, but the reality is it takes your body up to 6 hours to metabolize protein to the point where it can start using it to repair muscle fibers, and you're going to be in a state of repair for 24-48 hours anyway...)
So, TL;DR. BCAAs may be helpful if you're trying to maximize hypertrophy, but generally, getting enough food in your post workout is where the importance lies. | Bro-science.
Not eating before lifting may help with lipolysis (breaking down fat). To minimize any type of muscle wasting, it might be advised to take some BCAAs ala LeanGains style, but it's not imperative. The most important window to hit is post workout. Get a good whack of protein (and carbohydrates for glycogen replenishment) within 2 hours post workout (the timeline is madly debated, but the reality is it takes your body up to 6 hours to metabolize protein to the point where it can start using it to repair muscle fibers, and you're going to be in a state of repair for 24-48 hours anyway...)
So, TL;DR. BCAAs may be helpful if you're trying to maximize hypertrophy, but generally, getting enough food in your post workout is where the importance lies.
| Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | cgd5zgv | Bro-science.
Not eating before lifting may help with lipolysis (breaking down fat). To minimize any type of muscle wasting, it might be advised to take some BCAAs ala LeanGains style, but it's not imperative. The most important window to hit is post workout. Get a good whack of protein (and carbohydrates for glycogen replenishment) within 2 hours post workout (the timeline is madly debated, but the reality is it takes your body up to 6 hours to metabolize protein to the point where it can start using it to repair muscle fibers, and you're going to be in a state of repair for 24-48 hours anyway...)
So, | BCAAs may be helpful if you're trying to maximize hypertrophy, but generally, getting enough food in your post workout is where the importance lies. |
primalj | I suspect that, if he was concerned, he's either been misinformed (which isn't necessarily his fault--there's a LOT of pseudo-science and misinterpretations in all good fitness-related literature*; not only on the internet), or he himself has issues managing working out fasted.
But if there's one thing that's for certain, what works for one person doesn't mean it works for all people. Some individuals have some insulin regulation problems and require that food to help them "jump start" glycolysis. I suspect that between your own diet and glycogen reserves you're more efficient in gluconeogenesis (when glycogen becomes depleted), so you have less of an issue in working out fasted.
TL;DR. If it works: keep doing it!
* Even the good science is starting to disagree with the 'older' good science. It's ever-evolving, just like all good research nowadays. | I suspect that, if he was concerned, he's either been misinformed (which isn't necessarily his fault--there's a LOT of pseudo-science and misinterpretations in all good fitness-related literature*; not only on the internet), or he himself has issues managing working out fasted.
But if there's one thing that's for certain, what works for one person doesn't mean it works for all people. Some individuals have some insulin regulation problems and require that food to help them "jump start" glycolysis. I suspect that between your own diet and glycogen reserves you're more efficient in gluconeogenesis (when glycogen becomes depleted), so you have less of an issue in working out fasted.
TL;DR. If it works: keep doing it!
Even the good science is starting to disagree with the 'older' good science. It's ever-evolving, just like all good research nowadays.
| Fitness | t5_2qhx4 | cgd9pwv | I suspect that, if he was concerned, he's either been misinformed (which isn't necessarily his fault--there's a LOT of pseudo-science and misinterpretations in all good fitness-related literature*; not only on the internet), or he himself has issues managing working out fasted.
But if there's one thing that's for certain, what works for one person doesn't mean it works for all people. Some individuals have some insulin regulation problems and require that food to help them "jump start" glycolysis. I suspect that between your own diet and glycogen reserves you're more efficient in gluconeogenesis (when glycogen becomes depleted), so you have less of an issue in working out fasted. | If it works: keep doing it!
Even the good science is starting to disagree with the 'older' good science. It's ever-evolving, just like all good research nowadays. |
v1tal3 | In the past 13 years, if someone found an exploit for XP, they could exploit it only for as long as it took Microsoft to discover the vulnerability, patch it, and release the patch, usually on patch Tuesday. They had to try and hide their exploit from discovery, as once it's discovered, Microsoft can find and fix the problem. That was when Microsoft said they would patch exploits in XP.
Now imagine that any exploit you find is guaranteed NOT to be patched, as Microsoft is no longer patching XP. You don't have to worry nearly as much anymore about constantly evolving existing exploits and discovering new ones. Found one that works? It'll continue to work, whether it's discovered "in the wild" or not. With the install base of XP still being relatively high, it creates some extremely appealing targets.
Consider this: if in the past couple of months you found an XP exploit, would you rather A) exploit it now and risk it getting patched in the next couple of months, or B) hide your exploit from the world until AFTER the final XP patch from Microsoft is released, then exploit away as much as you wanted?
TL;DR: Any new exploits discovered for XP will always remain exploitable due to no new patches being released. | In the past 13 years, if someone found an exploit for XP, they could exploit it only for as long as it took Microsoft to discover the vulnerability, patch it, and release the patch, usually on patch Tuesday. They had to try and hide their exploit from discovery, as once it's discovered, Microsoft can find and fix the problem. That was when Microsoft said they would patch exploits in XP.
Now imagine that any exploit you find is guaranteed NOT to be patched, as Microsoft is no longer patching XP. You don't have to worry nearly as much anymore about constantly evolving existing exploits and discovering new ones. Found one that works? It'll continue to work, whether it's discovered "in the wild" or not. With the install base of XP still being relatively high, it creates some extremely appealing targets.
Consider this: if in the past couple of months you found an XP exploit, would you rather A) exploit it now and risk it getting patched in the next couple of months, or B) hide your exploit from the world until AFTER the final XP patch from Microsoft is released, then exploit away as much as you wanted?
TL;DR: Any new exploits discovered for XP will always remain exploitable due to no new patches being released.
| hacking | t5_2qhva | cgdd2fy | In the past 13 years, if someone found an exploit for XP, they could exploit it only for as long as it took Microsoft to discover the vulnerability, patch it, and release the patch, usually on patch Tuesday. They had to try and hide their exploit from discovery, as once it's discovered, Microsoft can find and fix the problem. That was when Microsoft said they would patch exploits in XP.
Now imagine that any exploit you find is guaranteed NOT to be patched, as Microsoft is no longer patching XP. You don't have to worry nearly as much anymore about constantly evolving existing exploits and discovering new ones. Found one that works? It'll continue to work, whether it's discovered "in the wild" or not. With the install base of XP still being relatively high, it creates some extremely appealing targets.
Consider this: if in the past couple of months you found an XP exploit, would you rather A) exploit it now and risk it getting patched in the next couple of months, or B) hide your exploit from the world until AFTER the final XP patch from Microsoft is released, then exploit away as much as you wanted? | Any new exploits discovered for XP will always remain exploitable due to no new patches being released. |
Seismica | The Lib Dems actually *gained* votes in the last election, and this was partly down to Clegg and partly down to popular policies and Labour voters jumping ship. They lost seats because of a history of Gerrymandering by the two dominant parties which meant they were pretty much always the runners up behind a dominant Labour or Conservative candidate. This is why we need to change the election system from first past the post, and shake up the constituencies a bit, a large proportion of people are not represented by either the party or candidate they voted for.
Now for European elections, we have a proportional representation system. This is how Farage himself is an MEP, along with 8 other UKIP MEPs, meaning they actually get a say on EU policy matters. I doubt UKIP will get more than a single seat in the next UK general election for the same reasons mentioned above, UKIP votes will be spread across the country, across many constituencies. Farage might get a seat because he's well known, but as for the other UKIP candidates? I seriously doubt it.
Also, to add to your point about UKIP forming a coalition with a hated party, I don't think it needs to be like that. What we have is a situation where any party that UKIP may join in a coalition doesn't share the same view on their most important policy; EU membership. The best he's ever going to get is a referendum, and like the electoral reform referendum pushed by the Lib Dems in this coalition government, it is not going to turn out like they or their supporters hoped. UKIP will not be able to make a difference unless they somehow become the third or even second largest party by number of seats.
TL;DR UKIP will get a lot of votes but won't get enough seats to make a difference because of the current electoral system, which makes UKIP very similar to the Lib Dems in this regard. | The Lib Dems actually gained votes in the last election, and this was partly down to Clegg and partly down to popular policies and Labour voters jumping ship. They lost seats because of a history of Gerrymandering by the two dominant parties which meant they were pretty much always the runners up behind a dominant Labour or Conservative candidate. This is why we need to change the election system from first past the post, and shake up the constituencies a bit, a large proportion of people are not represented by either the party or candidate they voted for.
Now for European elections, we have a proportional representation system. This is how Farage himself is an MEP, along with 8 other UKIP MEPs, meaning they actually get a say on EU policy matters. I doubt UKIP will get more than a single seat in the next UK general election for the same reasons mentioned above, UKIP votes will be spread across the country, across many constituencies. Farage might get a seat because he's well known, but as for the other UKIP candidates? I seriously doubt it.
Also, to add to your point about UKIP forming a coalition with a hated party, I don't think it needs to be like that. What we have is a situation where any party that UKIP may join in a coalition doesn't share the same view on their most important policy; EU membership. The best he's ever going to get is a referendum, and like the electoral reform referendum pushed by the Lib Dems in this coalition government, it is not going to turn out like they or their supporters hoped. UKIP will not be able to make a difference unless they somehow become the third or even second largest party by number of seats.
TL;DR UKIP will get a lot of votes but won't get enough seats to make a difference because of the current electoral system, which makes UKIP very similar to the Lib Dems in this regard.
| unitedkingdom | t5_2qhqb | cge40yh | The Lib Dems actually gained votes in the last election, and this was partly down to Clegg and partly down to popular policies and Labour voters jumping ship. They lost seats because of a history of Gerrymandering by the two dominant parties which meant they were pretty much always the runners up behind a dominant Labour or Conservative candidate. This is why we need to change the election system from first past the post, and shake up the constituencies a bit, a large proportion of people are not represented by either the party or candidate they voted for.
Now for European elections, we have a proportional representation system. This is how Farage himself is an MEP, along with 8 other UKIP MEPs, meaning they actually get a say on EU policy matters. I doubt UKIP will get more than a single seat in the next UK general election for the same reasons mentioned above, UKIP votes will be spread across the country, across many constituencies. Farage might get a seat because he's well known, but as for the other UKIP candidates? I seriously doubt it.
Also, to add to your point about UKIP forming a coalition with a hated party, I don't think it needs to be like that. What we have is a situation where any party that UKIP may join in a coalition doesn't share the same view on their most important policy; EU membership. The best he's ever going to get is a referendum, and like the electoral reform referendum pushed by the Lib Dems in this coalition government, it is not going to turn out like they or their supporters hoped. UKIP will not be able to make a difference unless they somehow become the third or even second largest party by number of seats. | UKIP will get a lot of votes but won't get enough seats to make a difference because of the current electoral system, which makes UKIP very similar to the Lib Dems in this regard. |
CitizenTed | Here's my similar story.
Traveling with my Austrian friend in a small town in Czech Republic (I'm American). He is fluent in German and English. I know enough German to have a basic understanding, but I'm not fluent (I studied Spanish in school instead).
We belly up to a bar next to two really huge men. We speak no Czech, but these two enormous meat-head looking Czech dudes spoke fluent German and some English. Turns out these guys are twins, and they're aspiring professional wrestlers. University educated guys, but they want to make it big in the WWE or whatever. Looking at them, I could see success in their plans. They were seriously ripped dudes.
So we're chatting in German, I can barely keep up with the conversation. My buddy would whisper English translations if I looked lost. Suddenly, I hear a loud American voice. At a distant table, some long-haired hippie looking douchebag starts yelling at his GF (in English). "Oh, yeah? Well why don't you just go up to those two meatheads and offer them blowjobs then, you whore? Huh? If you want to fuck them so bad just go ahead and do it!"
The girl had her head down, starting to cry.
I looked at my buddy. He looked at me. We looked at the Czech twins. They looked at us. We all understood 100% what this asshole was saying. And he didn't stop. His torrent of abuse just went on and on. The girl was sobbing at this point. We had had enough.
The Czech twins got up first. They walked to the douchebag's table and spoke in fairly decent English: "Excuse me, ma'am, is this man bothering you? Do you need any assistance?"
She just buried her face in her hands. But Mr. Douchebag shrunk to the size of a rat, which suited him. As the Czech twins stood over the table, I quietly agreed with my Austrian friend to intervene as well. I offered in perfect American English, "Ma'am, if you need help, we have plenty of money. We can get you home if you want to go home. America, Canada, whatever. Seriously. We can help."
She shook her head "no", and went back to sulking.
The Czech twins sauntered back to the bar and we went back to discussing the "dumme Arschloch" in German. Within a minute the couple left.
If you could have seen that weasel's face when those two Czech behemoths walked up to his table...it was a thing of beauty.
And yes, my Austrian pal and I would have split her travel fare home. We're not super rich, but we could easily afford airfare for a damsel in distress, especially if it meant freedom from the dumme Arschloch.
**TL;DR: everyone knows some English, so watch your ass. Oh, and don't be a douchebag. You may end up pummeled by gigantic Czech wrestlers.**
| Here's my similar story.
Traveling with my Austrian friend in a small town in Czech Republic (I'm American). He is fluent in German and English. I know enough German to have a basic understanding, but I'm not fluent (I studied Spanish in school instead).
We belly up to a bar next to two really huge men. We speak no Czech, but these two enormous meat-head looking Czech dudes spoke fluent German and some English. Turns out these guys are twins, and they're aspiring professional wrestlers. University educated guys, but they want to make it big in the WWE or whatever. Looking at them, I could see success in their plans. They were seriously ripped dudes.
So we're chatting in German, I can barely keep up with the conversation. My buddy would whisper English translations if I looked lost. Suddenly, I hear a loud American voice. At a distant table, some long-haired hippie looking douchebag starts yelling at his GF (in English). "Oh, yeah? Well why don't you just go up to those two meatheads and offer them blowjobs then, you whore? Huh? If you want to fuck them so bad just go ahead and do it!"
The girl had her head down, starting to cry.
I looked at my buddy. He looked at me. We looked at the Czech twins. They looked at us. We all understood 100% what this asshole was saying. And he didn't stop. His torrent of abuse just went on and on. The girl was sobbing at this point. We had had enough.
The Czech twins got up first. They walked to the douchebag's table and spoke in fairly decent English: "Excuse me, ma'am, is this man bothering you? Do you need any assistance?"
She just buried her face in her hands. But Mr. Douchebag shrunk to the size of a rat, which suited him. As the Czech twins stood over the table, I quietly agreed with my Austrian friend to intervene as well. I offered in perfect American English, "Ma'am, if you need help, we have plenty of money. We can get you home if you want to go home. America, Canada, whatever. Seriously. We can help."
She shook her head "no", and went back to sulking.
The Czech twins sauntered back to the bar and we went back to discussing the "dumme Arschloch" in German. Within a minute the couple left.
If you could have seen that weasel's face when those two Czech behemoths walked up to his table...it was a thing of beauty.
And yes, my Austrian pal and I would have split her travel fare home. We're not super rich, but we could easily afford airfare for a damsel in distress, especially if it meant freedom from the dumme Arschloch.
TL;DR: everyone knows some English, so watch your ass. Oh, and don't be a douchebag. You may end up pummeled by gigantic Czech wrestlers.
| pettyrevenge | t5_2vg7t | cgdmocg | Here's my similar story.
Traveling with my Austrian friend in a small town in Czech Republic (I'm American). He is fluent in German and English. I know enough German to have a basic understanding, but I'm not fluent (I studied Spanish in school instead).
We belly up to a bar next to two really huge men. We speak no Czech, but these two enormous meat-head looking Czech dudes spoke fluent German and some English. Turns out these guys are twins, and they're aspiring professional wrestlers. University educated guys, but they want to make it big in the WWE or whatever. Looking at them, I could see success in their plans. They were seriously ripped dudes.
So we're chatting in German, I can barely keep up with the conversation. My buddy would whisper English translations if I looked lost. Suddenly, I hear a loud American voice. At a distant table, some long-haired hippie looking douchebag starts yelling at his GF (in English). "Oh, yeah? Well why don't you just go up to those two meatheads and offer them blowjobs then, you whore? Huh? If you want to fuck them so bad just go ahead and do it!"
The girl had her head down, starting to cry.
I looked at my buddy. He looked at me. We looked at the Czech twins. They looked at us. We all understood 100% what this asshole was saying. And he didn't stop. His torrent of abuse just went on and on. The girl was sobbing at this point. We had had enough.
The Czech twins got up first. They walked to the douchebag's table and spoke in fairly decent English: "Excuse me, ma'am, is this man bothering you? Do you need any assistance?"
She just buried her face in her hands. But Mr. Douchebag shrunk to the size of a rat, which suited him. As the Czech twins stood over the table, I quietly agreed with my Austrian friend to intervene as well. I offered in perfect American English, "Ma'am, if you need help, we have plenty of money. We can get you home if you want to go home. America, Canada, whatever. Seriously. We can help."
She shook her head "no", and went back to sulking.
The Czech twins sauntered back to the bar and we went back to discussing the "dumme Arschloch" in German. Within a minute the couple left.
If you could have seen that weasel's face when those two Czech behemoths walked up to his table...it was a thing of beauty.
And yes, my Austrian pal and I would have split her travel fare home. We're not super rich, but we could easily afford airfare for a damsel in distress, especially if it meant freedom from the dumme Arschloch. | everyone knows some English, so watch your ass. Oh, and don't be a douchebag. You may end up pummeled by gigantic Czech wrestlers. |
takatori | Speak comfortably? Right now, two: Japanese and English.
Brief language history:
- Swedish-German grandma only spoke mixed-up Swe-Deutsch to me until ~12
- mother spoke French, her mom & relatives spoke Italian. Read all my mom's French books
- Four years Spanish in high school
- during HS had a thing for exchange students: a German, an Argentine, and a Spainard (though the Argentine was a cheater and wasn't with me all year lol). Lots of conversation practice
- one year each of Russian, Italian, French and German in university
- 18-month intensive Chinese Mandarin course, lived in Taiwan several months, spent a total of several months on the mainland
- came to Japan as a tourist during a break from work, thought the language was similar to Chinese, studied in coffeeshops for four months
- interviewed and got a job in Japanese. Worked in primarily-Japanese environments for ~ a decade
Now?
I know a bunch of phrases and can understand much of French. No confidence speaking.
Know the Italian names of all types of pasta
Remember remembering speaking German with a weird Swedish-isch accent
Understand standard Mandarin, can read subway signs and most menus
Keeping them straight? Lol nope. When I try to speak French it comes out with a bunch of Spanish words and false friends from English. When I try mandarin these days I end up with Japanese words mixed in. My Italian is basically my Spanish with a bad fake accent.
Speak only English and Japanese with any fluency. When I have time to sit down an write though, I can usually get my point across in French and Chinese.
I had business correspondence with someone in France last year. We had four or five exchanges until she wrote back in English saying "I really appreciate the effort, and though I understand you perfectly maybe English is easier for you, so let's use it going forward."
TL;DR: I've been exposed to a lot of languages, but only comfortably "speak" the ones I use regularly and recently | Speak comfortably? Right now, two: Japanese and English.
Brief language history:
Swedish-German grandma only spoke mixed-up Swe-Deutsch to me until ~12
mother spoke French, her mom & relatives spoke Italian. Read all my mom's French books
Four years Spanish in high school
during HS had a thing for exchange students: a German, an Argentine, and a Spainard (though the Argentine was a cheater and wasn't with me all year lol). Lots of conversation practice
one year each of Russian, Italian, French and German in university
18-month intensive Chinese Mandarin course, lived in Taiwan several months, spent a total of several months on the mainland
came to Japan as a tourist during a break from work, thought the language was similar to Chinese, studied in coffeeshops for four months
interviewed and got a job in Japanese. Worked in primarily-Japanese environments for ~ a decade
Now?
I know a bunch of phrases and can understand much of French. No confidence speaking.
Know the Italian names of all types of pasta
Remember remembering speaking German with a weird Swedish-isch accent
Understand standard Mandarin, can read subway signs and most menus
Keeping them straight? Lol nope. When I try to speak French it comes out with a bunch of Spanish words and false friends from English. When I try mandarin these days I end up with Japanese words mixed in. My Italian is basically my Spanish with a bad fake accent.
Speak only English and Japanese with any fluency. When I have time to sit down an write though, I can usually get my point across in French and Chinese.
I had business correspondence with someone in France last year. We had four or five exchanges until she wrote back in English saying "I really appreciate the effort, and though I understand you perfectly maybe English is easier for you, so let's use it going forward."
TL;DR: I've been exposed to a lot of languages, but only comfortably "speak" the ones I use regularly and recently
| pettyrevenge | t5_2vg7t | cgdzmgz | Speak comfortably? Right now, two: Japanese and English.
Brief language history:
Swedish-German grandma only spoke mixed-up Swe-Deutsch to me until ~12
mother spoke French, her mom & relatives spoke Italian. Read all my mom's French books
Four years Spanish in high school
during HS had a thing for exchange students: a German, an Argentine, and a Spainard (though the Argentine was a cheater and wasn't with me all year lol). Lots of conversation practice
one year each of Russian, Italian, French and German in university
18-month intensive Chinese Mandarin course, lived in Taiwan several months, spent a total of several months on the mainland
came to Japan as a tourist during a break from work, thought the language was similar to Chinese, studied in coffeeshops for four months
interviewed and got a job in Japanese. Worked in primarily-Japanese environments for ~ a decade
Now?
I know a bunch of phrases and can understand much of French. No confidence speaking.
Know the Italian names of all types of pasta
Remember remembering speaking German with a weird Swedish-isch accent
Understand standard Mandarin, can read subway signs and most menus
Keeping them straight? Lol nope. When I try to speak French it comes out with a bunch of Spanish words and false friends from English. When I try mandarin these days I end up with Japanese words mixed in. My Italian is basically my Spanish with a bad fake accent.
Speak only English and Japanese with any fluency. When I have time to sit down an write though, I can usually get my point across in French and Chinese.
I had business correspondence with someone in France last year. We had four or five exchanges until she wrote back in English saying "I really appreciate the effort, and though I understand you perfectly maybe English is easier for you, so let's use it going forward." | I've been exposed to a lot of languages, but only comfortably "speak" the ones I use regularly and recently |
ComicDebris | I was simplifying a little and also guessing a little. I never turned a kiln on at high and ran it 100% until it was done, so I don't really know how long it would take.
I used to have a manual kiln that had 1/4 power, 1/2 power, and full power settings. And I once figured out, based on how long I ran it at each of those settings, that it cost around $6.00. But I don't remember all the details.
Now I have a computerized kiln. I like a slow program with a hold and downfiring. And even when the kiln is on its fastest heating cycle, it cycles on and off, so it isn't pulling a constant 48A.
TL;DR: I want to change my answer to somewhere between $5.00 and $10.00, more or less. | I was simplifying a little and also guessing a little. I never turned a kiln on at high and ran it 100% until it was done, so I don't really know how long it would take.
I used to have a manual kiln that had 1/4 power, 1/2 power, and full power settings. And I once figured out, based on how long I ran it at each of those settings, that it cost around $6.00. But I don't remember all the details.
Now I have a computerized kiln. I like a slow program with a hold and downfiring. And even when the kiln is on its fastest heating cycle, it cycles on and off, so it isn't pulling a constant 48A.
TL;DR: I want to change my answer to somewhere between $5.00 and $10.00, more or less.
| Pottery | t5_2re38 | cgdvoqh | I was simplifying a little and also guessing a little. I never turned a kiln on at high and ran it 100% until it was done, so I don't really know how long it would take.
I used to have a manual kiln that had 1/4 power, 1/2 power, and full power settings. And I once figured out, based on how long I ran it at each of those settings, that it cost around $6.00. But I don't remember all the details.
Now I have a computerized kiln. I like a slow program with a hold and downfiring. And even when the kiln is on its fastest heating cycle, it cycles on and off, so it isn't pulling a constant 48A. | I want to change my answer to somewhere between $5.00 and $10.00, more or less. |
anonymous-coward | > ...And a sovereign nation has this right to develop its own speciality in industry.
Unless this sovereign state signed a trade treaty that conferred other benefits, and now wishes to enjoy those benefits while restricting trade in ways forbidden by that treaty.
The WTO response will probably be to allow the US to retaliate against Indian goods, another example of "a sovereign nation having a right to determine how it trades."
tl;dr: If you don't want WTO actions brought against you, don't sign WTO agreements. | > ...And a sovereign nation has this right to develop its own speciality in industry.
Unless this sovereign state signed a trade treaty that conferred other benefits, and now wishes to enjoy those benefits while restricting trade in ways forbidden by that treaty.
The WTO response will probably be to allow the US to retaliate against Indian goods, another example of "a sovereign nation having a right to determine how it trades."
tl;dr: If you don't want WTO actions brought against you, don't sign WTO agreements.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cgek6pk | And a sovereign nation has this right to develop its own speciality in industry.
Unless this sovereign state signed a trade treaty that conferred other benefits, and now wishes to enjoy those benefits while restricting trade in ways forbidden by that treaty.
The WTO response will probably be to allow the US to retaliate against Indian goods, another example of "a sovereign nation having a right to determine how it trades." | If you don't want WTO actions brought against you, don't sign WTO agreements. |
tomanonimos | For many city and urban areas like Bay Area, LA, NYC there is no natural reason or need for a gun (I'm not counting organized crime as a natural reason you should have a gun).
Areas where a lot of gun rights are stereotypically located (Texas, Alabama, and Montana), there is still a lot of wilderness out there with very dangerous animals (wolves, bears, and coyotes). You need to have a gun on you to defend yourself because you cant really outrun the dangerous animals in short distances. Many people who carry guns out in the cities usually originated from these areas and guns are a part of their culture and identity similar to how Fire Crackers are to Chinese New Years.
There are gun owners who own guns strictly to defend themselves against other humans (criminals and gangsters). In most cases these guns are kept in the glove compartment and/or house since it is a last resort option.
**TL;DR** Americans keep guns for two reasons: to protect themselves since they live out in open land/wilderness or as a last resort against criminals. | For many city and urban areas like Bay Area, LA, NYC there is no natural reason or need for a gun (I'm not counting organized crime as a natural reason you should have a gun).
Areas where a lot of gun rights are stereotypically located (Texas, Alabama, and Montana), there is still a lot of wilderness out there with very dangerous animals (wolves, bears, and coyotes). You need to have a gun on you to defend yourself because you cant really outrun the dangerous animals in short distances. Many people who carry guns out in the cities usually originated from these areas and guns are a part of their culture and identity similar to how Fire Crackers are to Chinese New Years.
There are gun owners who own guns strictly to defend themselves against other humans (criminals and gangsters). In most cases these guns are kept in the glove compartment and/or house since it is a last resort option.
TL;DR Americans keep guns for two reasons: to protect themselves since they live out in open land/wilderness or as a last resort against criminals.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgewsr4 | For many city and urban areas like Bay Area, LA, NYC there is no natural reason or need for a gun (I'm not counting organized crime as a natural reason you should have a gun).
Areas where a lot of gun rights are stereotypically located (Texas, Alabama, and Montana), there is still a lot of wilderness out there with very dangerous animals (wolves, bears, and coyotes). You need to have a gun on you to defend yourself because you cant really outrun the dangerous animals in short distances. Many people who carry guns out in the cities usually originated from these areas and guns are a part of their culture and identity similar to how Fire Crackers are to Chinese New Years.
There are gun owners who own guns strictly to defend themselves against other humans (criminals and gangsters). In most cases these guns are kept in the glove compartment and/or house since it is a last resort option. | Americans keep guns for two reasons: to protect themselves since they live out in open land/wilderness or as a last resort against criminals. |
Aintscared | It's one of the bill of rights amendments to the United States Constitution (the second one) which when written was to act as a counter-balance to the armed forces of the government. If the people are armed, resistance is more feasible. Also, America has a long history of hunting and providing for ourselves. The rifle is a symbol of America's independence and is still quite handy in many farming societies. Although there aren't really any pioneers left or places to discover, we have a good amount of backcountry and while a firearm is not an absolute necessity, it never hurts to have one if you encounter feral dogs, mountain lions, grizzly bears, rutting moose or the occasional escaped exotic large pet cat. We can also protect ourselves against attack by other people with the threat of lethal force. While they are not a necessity for self suicide or 'suicide by cop', they are a favorite tool for both.
Unfortunately, in our current society, there are many people who feel weak and alienated. They are scared of those not like them, the young and the poor. They are threatened by unfamiliar situations, cultures, languages, religious practices and differing skin color. Carrying a gun makes many people feel more secure, even though the chances of a shooting accident increase exponentially by adding a gun to the mix. Firearms for these cowards allows them to have a shitty xenophobic voice that they can project to the public at large. It allows these otherwise meek and powerless pathetic people to exert their will and beliefs on their neighbors, families, co-workers and strangers.
Furthermore, the gun industry in America is large and very profitable. It is in the best interest of the manufacturers to fight against any type of regulation or control that is suggested whether it is in the best interest of the majority of Americans or not. The political system in America permits the gun manufacturers to essentially buy a voice that overpowers those of the majority and the elected politicians gain politically and financially by either supporting our refusing to speak out against the gun industries interests. There are factons of political parties that espouse an ideology of separation, paranoia and hate that many people identify with as it plays to their fears. Part of this hypocritical platform is the refusal to accept any sort of gun control in America. As Charlton Heston said "YOU CAN PRY MY GUN FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!" This ideology forms part of the basis of the current class war that is tearing at our countries seams and demonstrating to the world that it's almost impossible for 350 million people with no common bond or history to agree on anything.
TL;DR - Self sufficiency, personal responsibly and freedom is represented by gun ownership in America. It's just too bad that the people can't be trusted with them. | It's one of the bill of rights amendments to the United States Constitution (the second one) which when written was to act as a counter-balance to the armed forces of the government. If the people are armed, resistance is more feasible. Also, America has a long history of hunting and providing for ourselves. The rifle is a symbol of America's independence and is still quite handy in many farming societies. Although there aren't really any pioneers left or places to discover, we have a good amount of backcountry and while a firearm is not an absolute necessity, it never hurts to have one if you encounter feral dogs, mountain lions, grizzly bears, rutting moose or the occasional escaped exotic large pet cat. We can also protect ourselves against attack by other people with the threat of lethal force. While they are not a necessity for self suicide or 'suicide by cop', they are a favorite tool for both.
Unfortunately, in our current society, there are many people who feel weak and alienated. They are scared of those not like them, the young and the poor. They are threatened by unfamiliar situations, cultures, languages, religious practices and differing skin color. Carrying a gun makes many people feel more secure, even though the chances of a shooting accident increase exponentially by adding a gun to the mix. Firearms for these cowards allows them to have a shitty xenophobic voice that they can project to the public at large. It allows these otherwise meek and powerless pathetic people to exert their will and beliefs on their neighbors, families, co-workers and strangers.
Furthermore, the gun industry in America is large and very profitable. It is in the best interest of the manufacturers to fight against any type of regulation or control that is suggested whether it is in the best interest of the majority of Americans or not. The political system in America permits the gun manufacturers to essentially buy a voice that overpowers those of the majority and the elected politicians gain politically and financially by either supporting our refusing to speak out against the gun industries interests. There are factons of political parties that espouse an ideology of separation, paranoia and hate that many people identify with as it plays to their fears. Part of this hypocritical platform is the refusal to accept any sort of gun control in America. As Charlton Heston said "YOU CAN PRY MY GUN FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!" This ideology forms part of the basis of the current class war that is tearing at our countries seams and demonstrating to the world that it's almost impossible for 350 million people with no common bond or history to agree on anything.
TL;DR - Self sufficiency, personal responsibly and freedom is represented by gun ownership in America. It's just too bad that the people can't be trusted with them.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgewzz2 | It's one of the bill of rights amendments to the United States Constitution (the second one) which when written was to act as a counter-balance to the armed forces of the government. If the people are armed, resistance is more feasible. Also, America has a long history of hunting and providing for ourselves. The rifle is a symbol of America's independence and is still quite handy in many farming societies. Although there aren't really any pioneers left or places to discover, we have a good amount of backcountry and while a firearm is not an absolute necessity, it never hurts to have one if you encounter feral dogs, mountain lions, grizzly bears, rutting moose or the occasional escaped exotic large pet cat. We can also protect ourselves against attack by other people with the threat of lethal force. While they are not a necessity for self suicide or 'suicide by cop', they are a favorite tool for both.
Unfortunately, in our current society, there are many people who feel weak and alienated. They are scared of those not like them, the young and the poor. They are threatened by unfamiliar situations, cultures, languages, religious practices and differing skin color. Carrying a gun makes many people feel more secure, even though the chances of a shooting accident increase exponentially by adding a gun to the mix. Firearms for these cowards allows them to have a shitty xenophobic voice that they can project to the public at large. It allows these otherwise meek and powerless pathetic people to exert their will and beliefs on their neighbors, families, co-workers and strangers.
Furthermore, the gun industry in America is large and very profitable. It is in the best interest of the manufacturers to fight against any type of regulation or control that is suggested whether it is in the best interest of the majority of Americans or not. The political system in America permits the gun manufacturers to essentially buy a voice that overpowers those of the majority and the elected politicians gain politically and financially by either supporting our refusing to speak out against the gun industries interests. There are factons of political parties that espouse an ideology of separation, paranoia and hate that many people identify with as it plays to their fears. Part of this hypocritical platform is the refusal to accept any sort of gun control in America. As Charlton Heston said "YOU CAN PRY MY GUN FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!" This ideology forms part of the basis of the current class war that is tearing at our countries seams and demonstrating to the world that it's almost impossible for 350 million people with no common bond or history to agree on anything. | Self sufficiency, personal responsibly and freedom is represented by gun ownership in America. It's just too bad that the people can't be trusted with them. |
Olivier-FR | You're absolutely right one have to be very careful when doing this.
I'm in the engeenering and consulting business, mostly for heating and cooling system, but I work daily with buildings of all sizes, and I consulted some very knowledgable people on the topic.
The load is mostly the large top beams against the outside walls, made of reinforced concrete.
These secondary beams I replaced are just there for geometry, there is nearly no vertical load, or these would NOT be held with such weak nail plates. Also, these lower horizontal beam you see, are in two part, held together also by a nail plate. Such an assembly would not last a single minute if there was any kind of load applied.
TL;DR : Only the top beams are critical. | You're absolutely right one have to be very careful when doing this.
I'm in the engeenering and consulting business, mostly for heating and cooling system, but I work daily with buildings of all sizes, and I consulted some very knowledgable people on the topic.
The load is mostly the large top beams against the outside walls, made of reinforced concrete.
These secondary beams I replaced are just there for geometry, there is nearly no vertical load, or these would NOT be held with such weak nail plates. Also, these lower horizontal beam you see, are in two part, held together also by a nail plate. Such an assembly would not last a single minute if there was any kind of load applied.
TL;DR : Only the top beams are critical.
| DIY | t5_2qh7d | cgf8vg7 | You're absolutely right one have to be very careful when doing this.
I'm in the engeenering and consulting business, mostly for heating and cooling system, but I work daily with buildings of all sizes, and I consulted some very knowledgable people on the topic.
The load is mostly the large top beams against the outside walls, made of reinforced concrete.
These secondary beams I replaced are just there for geometry, there is nearly no vertical load, or these would NOT be held with such weak nail plates. Also, these lower horizontal beam you see, are in two part, held together also by a nail plate. Such an assembly would not last a single minute if there was any kind of load applied. | Only the top beams are critical. |
whatwatwhutwut | > Everything I'm asking? You mean the one question I've asked? Also, don't pretend to know sociology and say "GOOGLE YOUR
Suppose you founded a company and it was branded CalcCo. Now, suppose your company was originally interested in the manufacture of calculators. As you garnered success in the calculator game, you eventually broadened your portfolio to things like small appliances (microwaves, TVs, toasters), and eventually moved on to bigger things (like cars and motorcycles). Throughout the company's existence, you keep the label due to brand recognition. I mean, at the end of the day, just because your company uses the name "CalcCo" doesn't mean that you need to focus exclusively on calculators. Furthermore, if you were to constantly re-brand yourself each time you took on a new product focus, you would likely hurt your pre-existing market share. Fewer people would recognize it and, as a result, it hurts you.
Now, I'm not comparing feminism to a company. It's a philosophical/social movement catered towards equality in myriad forms across the board. Its primary focus is eliminating the inequality that women face, but it acknowledges and seeks to resolve all forms of inequality where possible (at least the feminism I subscribe to). Feminism is stronger as a unified movement, as a recognized movement. It can change but by maintaining the label, it's possible to have a better notion of its history and its original aims, and, furthermore, its general track record for success.
**A very poor TLDR:** It's better to maintain brand recognition and maintain awareness of the growth and development of the movement. The name is practically just a formality at this point thanks to intersectionality.
By all means, anyone better in the know than I can and *should* correct me on this. But that's my take on the issue of nomenclature. | > Everything I'm asking? You mean the one question I've asked? Also, don't pretend to know sociology and say "GOOGLE YOUR
Suppose you founded a company and it was branded CalcCo. Now, suppose your company was originally interested in the manufacture of calculators. As you garnered success in the calculator game, you eventually broadened your portfolio to things like small appliances (microwaves, TVs, toasters), and eventually moved on to bigger things (like cars and motorcycles). Throughout the company's existence, you keep the label due to brand recognition. I mean, at the end of the day, just because your company uses the name "CalcCo" doesn't mean that you need to focus exclusively on calculators. Furthermore, if you were to constantly re-brand yourself each time you took on a new product focus, you would likely hurt your pre-existing market share. Fewer people would recognize it and, as a result, it hurts you.
Now, I'm not comparing feminism to a company. It's a philosophical/social movement catered towards equality in myriad forms across the board. Its primary focus is eliminating the inequality that women face, but it acknowledges and seeks to resolve all forms of inequality where possible (at least the feminism I subscribe to). Feminism is stronger as a unified movement, as a recognized movement. It can change but by maintaining the label, it's possible to have a better notion of its history and its original aims, and, furthermore, its general track record for success.
A very poor TLDR: It's better to maintain brand recognition and maintain awareness of the growth and development of the movement. The name is practically just a formality at this point thanks to intersectionality.
By all means, anyone better in the know than I can and should correct me on this. But that's my take on the issue of nomenclature.
| cringepics | t5_2va9w | cgg2gnv | Everything I'm asking? You mean the one question I've asked? Also, don't pretend to know sociology and say "GOOGLE YOUR
Suppose you founded a company and it was branded CalcCo. Now, suppose your company was originally interested in the manufacture of calculators. As you garnered success in the calculator game, you eventually broadened your portfolio to things like small appliances (microwaves, TVs, toasters), and eventually moved on to bigger things (like cars and motorcycles). Throughout the company's existence, you keep the label due to brand recognition. I mean, at the end of the day, just because your company uses the name "CalcCo" doesn't mean that you need to focus exclusively on calculators. Furthermore, if you were to constantly re-brand yourself each time you took on a new product focus, you would likely hurt your pre-existing market share. Fewer people would recognize it and, as a result, it hurts you.
Now, I'm not comparing feminism to a company. It's a philosophical/social movement catered towards equality in myriad forms across the board. Its primary focus is eliminating the inequality that women face, but it acknowledges and seeks to resolve all forms of inequality where possible (at least the feminism I subscribe to). Feminism is stronger as a unified movement, as a recognized movement. It can change but by maintaining the label, it's possible to have a better notion of its history and its original aims, and, furthermore, its general track record for success.
A very poor | It's better to maintain brand recognition and maintain awareness of the growth and development of the movement. The name is practically just a formality at this point thanks to intersectionality.
By all means, anyone better in the know than I can and should correct me on this. But that's my take on the issue of nomenclature. |
CloneOutcast | Sadly, no. This subreddit is similar to a porn subreddit. We come here to ogle beautiful handwriting and sexy calligraphy.
Unfortunately, your penmanship doesn't really fit to this mould. It came here with its frumpy curves and lopsided balance.
Though, many people may think it is beautiful in its own right it doesn't really cater to the vast masses of this subreddit.
It may be best to try your hand at the /r/Handwriting subreddit first and work on your form.
Then, maybe one day, you can grace the front page of this sub and prove our tastes all wrong...
**TL;DR - That penmanship is average and plain. Not porn at all.** | Sadly, no. This subreddit is similar to a porn subreddit. We come here to ogle beautiful handwriting and sexy calligraphy.
Unfortunately, your penmanship doesn't really fit to this mould. It came here with its frumpy curves and lopsided balance.
Though, many people may think it is beautiful in its own right it doesn't really cater to the vast masses of this subreddit.
It may be best to try your hand at the /r/Handwriting subreddit first and work on your form.
Then, maybe one day, you can grace the front page of this sub and prove our tastes all wrong...
TL;DR - That penmanship is average and plain. Not porn at all.
| PenmanshipPorn | t5_2v19p | cgf832r | Sadly, no. This subreddit is similar to a porn subreddit. We come here to ogle beautiful handwriting and sexy calligraphy.
Unfortunately, your penmanship doesn't really fit to this mould. It came here with its frumpy curves and lopsided balance.
Though, many people may think it is beautiful in its own right it doesn't really cater to the vast masses of this subreddit.
It may be best to try your hand at the /r/Handwriting subreddit first and work on your form.
Then, maybe one day, you can grace the front page of this sub and prove our tastes all wrong... | That penmanship is average and plain. Not porn at all. |
SilasDG | The younger me's would find the older me's to be horrible, moralless, monsters. The older me's would be in frustrated agony having to try and explain to the younger me's that they do not have the experience to comprehend life and that they need to shut up and try to listen/understand a different perspective for two seconds.
The problem being that while trying to explain to a younger age another even older age would come up correcting the previous older age.
TLDR: Everyone thinks everyone's an idiot... Oh shit I already do that. | The younger me's would find the older me's to be horrible, moralless, monsters. The older me's would be in frustrated agony having to try and explain to the younger me's that they do not have the experience to comprehend life and that they need to shut up and try to listen/understand a different perspective for two seconds.
The problem being that while trying to explain to a younger age another even older age would come up correcting the previous older age.
TLDR: Everyone thinks everyone's an idiot... Oh shit I already do that.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfcbqp | The younger me's would find the older me's to be horrible, moralless, monsters. The older me's would be in frustrated agony having to try and explain to the younger me's that they do not have the experience to comprehend life and that they need to shut up and try to listen/understand a different perspective for two seconds.
The problem being that while trying to explain to a younger age another even older age would come up correcting the previous older age. | Everyone thinks everyone's an idiot... Oh shit I already do that. |
pmcgreevy | My musical tastes have changed a lot over the years so i think that my selves would fight over music a lot. Elementary school me's would be trying to play a Michael Jackson CD, teen age me's would be knocking elementary school me's over and playing more modern, alternative music and talking about what girls were hottest in high school. Then the me's in their 20's would be playing some super modern Alternative music, Eminem, mocking teenage me's and showing them how fat they were(YAY ME!), eventually around 23 the me's would stop fighting the younger me's and start smoking weed in our room and take turns jacking off to old porn mags they hid in there. The thirties and mid fourties would probably be too busy to attend the party. The fifty year old me's would show up in red 1960's mustangs, smoke cigars and brag about their new trophy wife. The 60 year old me's would drink two scotches feel wasted, complain about how their wife left them to the fifties and describe the latest medical odditeis they had. The seventies and eighties would put the sixties to shame, by describing every grisly medical procedure at length, talk about how all their close friends had died, the kids didnt visit them anymore and that they couldnt even get an erection at this point, not even morning wood! The nineties would sit, together, surveying the crowd of me's wistfully. They would laugh at their teenage selves, and wonder where my life went. But strangely enough, they would be the happiest members of the party.They would be happy because they would know that I had lived a full life. One of love, and hate, happiness and sorrow. And i think that 100 year old me would be able to die happy after imparting me with some of the wisdom i had gained along the way.
Tl:Dr i have bad taste in music and i die wise.
Sorry this was so long and a bit of a tangent. It started off with me thinking about how my musical tastes have changed along the way, but i realized that more than just our taste in music changes as we get older. I hope this reflects that. | My musical tastes have changed a lot over the years so i think that my selves would fight over music a lot. Elementary school me's would be trying to play a Michael Jackson CD, teen age me's would be knocking elementary school me's over and playing more modern, alternative music and talking about what girls were hottest in high school. Then the me's in their 20's would be playing some super modern Alternative music, Eminem, mocking teenage me's and showing them how fat they were(YAY ME!), eventually around 23 the me's would stop fighting the younger me's and start smoking weed in our room and take turns jacking off to old porn mags they hid in there. The thirties and mid fourties would probably be too busy to attend the party. The fifty year old me's would show up in red 1960's mustangs, smoke cigars and brag about their new trophy wife. The 60 year old me's would drink two scotches feel wasted, complain about how their wife left them to the fifties and describe the latest medical odditeis they had. The seventies and eighties would put the sixties to shame, by describing every grisly medical procedure at length, talk about how all their close friends had died, the kids didnt visit them anymore and that they couldnt even get an erection at this point, not even morning wood! The nineties would sit, together, surveying the crowd of me's wistfully. They would laugh at their teenage selves, and wonder where my life went. But strangely enough, they would be the happiest members of the party.They would be happy because they would know that I had lived a full life. One of love, and hate, happiness and sorrow. And i think that 100 year old me would be able to die happy after imparting me with some of the wisdom i had gained along the way.
Tl:Dr i have bad taste in music and i die wise.
Sorry this was so long and a bit of a tangent. It started off with me thinking about how my musical tastes have changed along the way, but i realized that more than just our taste in music changes as we get older. I hope this reflects that.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfdskp | My musical tastes have changed a lot over the years so i think that my selves would fight over music a lot. Elementary school me's would be trying to play a Michael Jackson CD, teen age me's would be knocking elementary school me's over and playing more modern, alternative music and talking about what girls were hottest in high school. Then the me's in their 20's would be playing some super modern Alternative music, Eminem, mocking teenage me's and showing them how fat they were(YAY ME!), eventually around 23 the me's would stop fighting the younger me's and start smoking weed in our room and take turns jacking off to old porn mags they hid in there. The thirties and mid fourties would probably be too busy to attend the party. The fifty year old me's would show up in red 1960's mustangs, smoke cigars and brag about their new trophy wife. The 60 year old me's would drink two scotches feel wasted, complain about how their wife left them to the fifties and describe the latest medical odditeis they had. The seventies and eighties would put the sixties to shame, by describing every grisly medical procedure at length, talk about how all their close friends had died, the kids didnt visit them anymore and that they couldnt even get an erection at this point, not even morning wood! The nineties would sit, together, surveying the crowd of me's wistfully. They would laugh at their teenage selves, and wonder where my life went. But strangely enough, they would be the happiest members of the party.They would be happy because they would know that I had lived a full life. One of love, and hate, happiness and sorrow. And i think that 100 year old me would be able to die happy after imparting me with some of the wisdom i had gained along the way. | i have bad taste in music and i die wise.
Sorry this was so long and a bit of a tangent. It started off with me thinking about how my musical tastes have changed along the way, but i realized that more than just our taste in music changes as we get older. I hope this reflects that. |
MyCheeseCubed | The government would storm in, detaining each and everyone of us.
Rival nations would hear of the "Time-Traveling Cheese" and would run special ops over the next decade to unlock the secrets of time travel.
It would be uncovered it wasn't time travel but a series of cloning experiments where a duplicate would be produced every year.
The experiments were perfected to the point where entire armies could be produced, and war broke out.
tl;dr Starwars Pre-prequels in the making. | The government would storm in, detaining each and everyone of us.
Rival nations would hear of the "Time-Traveling Cheese" and would run special ops over the next decade to unlock the secrets of time travel.
It would be uncovered it wasn't time travel but a series of cloning experiments where a duplicate would be produced every year.
The experiments were perfected to the point where entire armies could be produced, and war broke out.
tl;dr Starwars Pre-prequels in the making.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfg4pt | The government would storm in, detaining each and everyone of us.
Rival nations would hear of the "Time-Traveling Cheese" and would run special ops over the next decade to unlock the secrets of time travel.
It would be uncovered it wasn't time travel but a series of cloning experiments where a duplicate would be produced every year.
The experiments were perfected to the point where entire armies could be produced, and war broke out. | Starwars Pre-prequels in the making. |
laancelot | Since I've been going to that damn party once every year for all my life, I'd already pretty much know what will be going on. First, we'd all agree that I hate birthday parties.
Then, 100 years old me would show everyone else the awesome gaming consoles/PC from the future, and we'd start the best LAN party ever. Probably with multiplayer coop future skyrim and fallout. With booze. And future me oogling past girlfriends, knowing every dirty notches of their dirty minds, while one of them gets what's going on and realize that future girlfriends means that our relationship won't last.
Also, all my wife would probably have an insane party, which would be awesome.
TL;DR: Nothing weird or anything, really. | Since I've been going to that damn party once every year for all my life, I'd already pretty much know what will be going on. First, we'd all agree that I hate birthday parties.
Then, 100 years old me would show everyone else the awesome gaming consoles/PC from the future, and we'd start the best LAN party ever. Probably with multiplayer coop future skyrim and fallout. With booze. And future me oogling past girlfriends, knowing every dirty notches of their dirty minds, while one of them gets what's going on and realize that future girlfriends means that our relationship won't last.
Also, all my wife would probably have an insane party, which would be awesome.
TL;DR: Nothing weird or anything, really.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfhhb6 | Since I've been going to that damn party once every year for all my life, I'd already pretty much know what will be going on. First, we'd all agree that I hate birthday parties.
Then, 100 years old me would show everyone else the awesome gaming consoles/PC from the future, and we'd start the best LAN party ever. Probably with multiplayer coop future skyrim and fallout. With booze. And future me oogling past girlfriends, knowing every dirty notches of their dirty minds, while one of them gets what's going on and realize that future girlfriends means that our relationship won't last.
Also, all my wife would probably have an insane party, which would be awesome. | Nothing weird or anything, really. |
Geocan001 | 1 is a babbling mess, giggling quietly to himself in the corner with a piece of cake. 2 and 3 are hiding in terror from my younger brother who was larger than me for the first six months of my life.
4 is busy watching his first M-rated movie (hint: it stars sigourney weaver) and doesn't pay too much attention to things. 5, 6 and 7 are playing around on the TV with a Sega system that JUST WON'T WORK!
8, 9 and 10 are at the food table, getting a standing ovationg at some point for their triumphant return to the desserts. 11 through to 16 are fat, depressed and not talking to many people. In fact, 14 has dropped out of school and is hiding in the corner with a Gameboy. 17 has gone back to school and is jamming with 18 on the guitars, and 19 offers to do a booze run just to show off his driving.
19 through 21 are busy with their first serious girlfriend, progressively getting more and more unhappy until 21 dumps the bitch for knifing him. 22 has been accepted into uni and has got the first really interesting stories about his travels to Asia, and is the first of the truly sociable people. 23 has more to say about psychology and brags a little about getting so far in his studies. 24 and 25 are really interesting people, have dropped about 20kg thanks to the next serious girlfriend and extols the virtues of bacon beer!
26 through 28 are secretly concerned about money, as they are trying to save for a house and by 30 they are feeling the pressure to start a family. 31 through 35 are chasing their kids around and spending more and more money on their tattoos. 36 through 38 are discussing their PhD thesis and 39 or 40 will be bragging about having the term Dr. affixed to the front of their name.
41 through to 50 are relaxing a lot more and relying on their investments, so they have more hobbies and offer up their services, or arrange ski trips and mountain biking expeditions. Yes, they are very fit and keeping their bone density up. 51 through 55 are not present, as they're on a motorcycling sabbatical around Europe, and 56 has some of the grandest stories that 57 and 58 are also telling. 59 and 60 are getting bored with life and have suspiciously "glassy" eyes.
65 is busy experimenting with soooo many different drugs and is the best friend of 18 and 19. 67 through 70 have no idea about reality and have been rolled in completely comatose from the old folks home. 71 has been given an experimental drug that brings back mental clarity and is playing logic games with 72, 73 and 74. 75 through 100 are busy babysitting the grandchildren so that their kids might get to go to their own 100 year anniversary party.
TL;DR - Cloning would be awesome. | 1 is a babbling mess, giggling quietly to himself in the corner with a piece of cake. 2 and 3 are hiding in terror from my younger brother who was larger than me for the first six months of my life.
4 is busy watching his first M-rated movie (hint: it stars sigourney weaver) and doesn't pay too much attention to things. 5, 6 and 7 are playing around on the TV with a Sega system that JUST WON'T WORK!
8, 9 and 10 are at the food table, getting a standing ovationg at some point for their triumphant return to the desserts. 11 through to 16 are fat, depressed and not talking to many people. In fact, 14 has dropped out of school and is hiding in the corner with a Gameboy. 17 has gone back to school and is jamming with 18 on the guitars, and 19 offers to do a booze run just to show off his driving.
19 through 21 are busy with their first serious girlfriend, progressively getting more and more unhappy until 21 dumps the bitch for knifing him. 22 has been accepted into uni and has got the first really interesting stories about his travels to Asia, and is the first of the truly sociable people. 23 has more to say about psychology and brags a little about getting so far in his studies. 24 and 25 are really interesting people, have dropped about 20kg thanks to the next serious girlfriend and extols the virtues of bacon beer!
26 through 28 are secretly concerned about money, as they are trying to save for a house and by 30 they are feeling the pressure to start a family. 31 through 35 are chasing their kids around and spending more and more money on their tattoos. 36 through 38 are discussing their PhD thesis and 39 or 40 will be bragging about having the term Dr. affixed to the front of their name.
41 through to 50 are relaxing a lot more and relying on their investments, so they have more hobbies and offer up their services, or arrange ski trips and mountain biking expeditions. Yes, they are very fit and keeping their bone density up. 51 through 55 are not present, as they're on a motorcycling sabbatical around Europe, and 56 has some of the grandest stories that 57 and 58 are also telling. 59 and 60 are getting bored with life and have suspiciously "glassy" eyes.
65 is busy experimenting with soooo many different drugs and is the best friend of 18 and 19. 67 through 70 have no idea about reality and have been rolled in completely comatose from the old folks home. 71 has been given an experimental drug that brings back mental clarity and is playing logic games with 72, 73 and 74. 75 through 100 are busy babysitting the grandchildren so that their kids might get to go to their own 100 year anniversary party.
TL;DR - Cloning would be awesome.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfjqmw | 1 is a babbling mess, giggling quietly to himself in the corner with a piece of cake. 2 and 3 are hiding in terror from my younger brother who was larger than me for the first six months of my life.
4 is busy watching his first M-rated movie (hint: it stars sigourney weaver) and doesn't pay too much attention to things. 5, 6 and 7 are playing around on the TV with a Sega system that JUST WON'T WORK!
8, 9 and 10 are at the food table, getting a standing ovationg at some point for their triumphant return to the desserts. 11 through to 16 are fat, depressed and not talking to many people. In fact, 14 has dropped out of school and is hiding in the corner with a Gameboy. 17 has gone back to school and is jamming with 18 on the guitars, and 19 offers to do a booze run just to show off his driving.
19 through 21 are busy with their first serious girlfriend, progressively getting more and more unhappy until 21 dumps the bitch for knifing him. 22 has been accepted into uni and has got the first really interesting stories about his travels to Asia, and is the first of the truly sociable people. 23 has more to say about psychology and brags a little about getting so far in his studies. 24 and 25 are really interesting people, have dropped about 20kg thanks to the next serious girlfriend and extols the virtues of bacon beer!
26 through 28 are secretly concerned about money, as they are trying to save for a house and by 30 they are feeling the pressure to start a family. 31 through 35 are chasing their kids around and spending more and more money on their tattoos. 36 through 38 are discussing their PhD thesis and 39 or 40 will be bragging about having the term Dr. affixed to the front of their name.
41 through to 50 are relaxing a lot more and relying on their investments, so they have more hobbies and offer up their services, or arrange ski trips and mountain biking expeditions. Yes, they are very fit and keeping their bone density up. 51 through 55 are not present, as they're on a motorcycling sabbatical around Europe, and 56 has some of the grandest stories that 57 and 58 are also telling. 59 and 60 are getting bored with life and have suspiciously "glassy" eyes.
65 is busy experimenting with soooo many different drugs and is the best friend of 18 and 19. 67 through 70 have no idea about reality and have been rolled in completely comatose from the old folks home. 71 has been given an experimental drug that brings back mental clarity and is playing logic games with 72, 73 and 74. 75 through 100 are busy babysitting the grandchildren so that their kids might get to go to their own 100 year anniversary party. | Cloning would be awesome. |
Aaronstotle89 | I would stay the fuck away from everyone. Meeting literally anyone at this party will cause any number of people to cease to exist as the person that they are at the party in question.
**TL:DR** Space time continuum | I would stay the fuck away from everyone. Meeting literally anyone at this party will cause any number of people to cease to exist as the person that they are at the party in question.
TL:DR Space time continuum
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfk118 | I would stay the fuck away from everyone. Meeting literally anyone at this party will cause any number of people to cease to exist as the person that they are at the party in question. | Space time continuum |
torakwho | Okay, you asked so you get the full story:
Was single, travelling Europe alone, met a woman in Venice travelling alone as well. Let's call her The American. Met in a backpackers, ended up exploring the city together, which turned into seeing a chamber music concert and drinking wine. She had a girlfriend back home who she had been fighting with and there was a lot of tension. I was getting over a long term relationship.
There was wine, there was a beach, there was a BED ON THE BEACH, she made a Harry Potter reference ("What is this, the room of requirement?") and we hooked up (first mistake) . Figured it was a one night travel fling, I felt kinda slutty and like the other woman, we added each other on Facebook (second mistake), I left Venice the next morning.
Few days later I mention on Facebook I'm in Rome, and lo and behold so is the American! So we meet up. Drink LOTS of whiskey. Make out in front of several ancient buildings. Totally kissed her in the Vatican, didn't get struck by lightening. Spend 2 days in Rome together, abandoning our hostels and getting a hotel room together (third mistake). I leave Rome and head back to Australia feeling all giddy. It's true what they say about lesbians. We get feelings FAST. I had fallen for her.
Fast forward a few weeks, she's back from her holiday and starts telling me about all her feelings for me and all the issues with her girlfriend. Tells me they broke up (fourth mistake) . Over time it evolves into a relationship with declarations of love and promises to wait for each other and plans to see each other. I am so blindly in love I don't see any of the warning signs. I put myself in way too much debt and book tickets to go to the States to see her over Christmas (fifth mistake), but the closer it gets to Christmas the less keen she is. Found out later she had gotten back together with her girlfriend. She's pulling away and I'm panicking, and one day she cuts me off and gives me radio silence for a week. I get clingy, shits ugly. In that week she mentally breaks up with me. Never told me that though, so I think we're still together, until one day she drops on me that "I am a single lady after all". She still calls me drunk and tells me she loves me, then the next morning tells me about the awesome sex she's having with her girlfriend.
This is a month before I was set to fly over there. I'm heartbroken. Never been heartbroken before but this is full blown, sad songs suddenly making sense, can't sleep, can't think, can't cry misery. I cancel the flight, get a credit I have to use in a year, and go on a road trip into the desert while my friends put up with my moping.
It's something I can laugh about now, but it still makes me angry when I remember how much she made a fool of me, and how I made a fool of myself. I learned not to fall so fast after that. She still tries to contact me every now and again, the odd email of "hi, how are you going?" or "do you still hate me?", she doesn't get the hint of ignoring her for 2 years.
Not that huge compared to other people's dramas, but to me it hurt like hell and wish I'd never been so dumb.
END OF MASSIVE COMMENT!
TL;DR: never be the other woman in a long distance relationship | Okay, you asked so you get the full story:
Was single, travelling Europe alone, met a woman in Venice travelling alone as well. Let's call her The American. Met in a backpackers, ended up exploring the city together, which turned into seeing a chamber music concert and drinking wine. She had a girlfriend back home who she had been fighting with and there was a lot of tension. I was getting over a long term relationship.
There was wine, there was a beach, there was a BED ON THE BEACH, she made a Harry Potter reference ("What is this, the room of requirement?") and we hooked up (first mistake) . Figured it was a one night travel fling, I felt kinda slutty and like the other woman, we added each other on Facebook (second mistake), I left Venice the next morning.
Few days later I mention on Facebook I'm in Rome, and lo and behold so is the American! So we meet up. Drink LOTS of whiskey. Make out in front of several ancient buildings. Totally kissed her in the Vatican, didn't get struck by lightening. Spend 2 days in Rome together, abandoning our hostels and getting a hotel room together (third mistake). I leave Rome and head back to Australia feeling all giddy. It's true what they say about lesbians. We get feelings FAST. I had fallen for her.
Fast forward a few weeks, she's back from her holiday and starts telling me about all her feelings for me and all the issues with her girlfriend. Tells me they broke up (fourth mistake) . Over time it evolves into a relationship with declarations of love and promises to wait for each other and plans to see each other. I am so blindly in love I don't see any of the warning signs. I put myself in way too much debt and book tickets to go to the States to see her over Christmas (fifth mistake), but the closer it gets to Christmas the less keen she is. Found out later she had gotten back together with her girlfriend. She's pulling away and I'm panicking, and one day she cuts me off and gives me radio silence for a week. I get clingy, shits ugly. In that week she mentally breaks up with me. Never told me that though, so I think we're still together, until one day she drops on me that "I am a single lady after all". She still calls me drunk and tells me she loves me, then the next morning tells me about the awesome sex she's having with her girlfriend.
This is a month before I was set to fly over there. I'm heartbroken. Never been heartbroken before but this is full blown, sad songs suddenly making sense, can't sleep, can't think, can't cry misery. I cancel the flight, get a credit I have to use in a year, and go on a road trip into the desert while my friends put up with my moping.
It's something I can laugh about now, but it still makes me angry when I remember how much she made a fool of me, and how I made a fool of myself. I learned not to fall so fast after that. She still tries to contact me every now and again, the odd email of "hi, how are you going?" or "do you still hate me?", she doesn't get the hint of ignoring her for 2 years.
Not that huge compared to other people's dramas, but to me it hurt like hell and wish I'd never been so dumb.
END OF MASSIVE COMMENT!
TL;DR: never be the other woman in a long distance relationship
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfknqs | Okay, you asked so you get the full story:
Was single, travelling Europe alone, met a woman in Venice travelling alone as well. Let's call her The American. Met in a backpackers, ended up exploring the city together, which turned into seeing a chamber music concert and drinking wine. She had a girlfriend back home who she had been fighting with and there was a lot of tension. I was getting over a long term relationship.
There was wine, there was a beach, there was a BED ON THE BEACH, she made a Harry Potter reference ("What is this, the room of requirement?") and we hooked up (first mistake) . Figured it was a one night travel fling, I felt kinda slutty and like the other woman, we added each other on Facebook (second mistake), I left Venice the next morning.
Few days later I mention on Facebook I'm in Rome, and lo and behold so is the American! So we meet up. Drink LOTS of whiskey. Make out in front of several ancient buildings. Totally kissed her in the Vatican, didn't get struck by lightening. Spend 2 days in Rome together, abandoning our hostels and getting a hotel room together (third mistake). I leave Rome and head back to Australia feeling all giddy. It's true what they say about lesbians. We get feelings FAST. I had fallen for her.
Fast forward a few weeks, she's back from her holiday and starts telling me about all her feelings for me and all the issues with her girlfriend. Tells me they broke up (fourth mistake) . Over time it evolves into a relationship with declarations of love and promises to wait for each other and plans to see each other. I am so blindly in love I don't see any of the warning signs. I put myself in way too much debt and book tickets to go to the States to see her over Christmas (fifth mistake), but the closer it gets to Christmas the less keen she is. Found out later she had gotten back together with her girlfriend. She's pulling away and I'm panicking, and one day she cuts me off and gives me radio silence for a week. I get clingy, shits ugly. In that week she mentally breaks up with me. Never told me that though, so I think we're still together, until one day she drops on me that "I am a single lady after all". She still calls me drunk and tells me she loves me, then the next morning tells me about the awesome sex she's having with her girlfriend.
This is a month before I was set to fly over there. I'm heartbroken. Never been heartbroken before but this is full blown, sad songs suddenly making sense, can't sleep, can't think, can't cry misery. I cancel the flight, get a credit I have to use in a year, and go on a road trip into the desert while my friends put up with my moping.
It's something I can laugh about now, but it still makes me angry when I remember how much she made a fool of me, and how I made a fool of myself. I learned not to fall so fast after that. She still tries to contact me every now and again, the odd email of "hi, how are you going?" or "do you still hate me?", she doesn't get the hint of ignoring her for 2 years.
Not that huge compared to other people's dramas, but to me it hurt like hell and wish I'd never been so dumb.
END OF MASSIVE COMMENT! | never be the other woman in a long distance relationship |
Daagniel | I dont think what I do changes the lives of my other years instantly. Like, they are seperate, similar timelines. Cuz if so many of myself are meeting in the same place, if what each of me does or says to each other me has an impact on my life, then all of my selves would be constantly changing and wouldnt have said the thing they said to younger me in the first place. I might've even died at 12 making me unable to give myself advice in the first place that would kill me.
tldr: tfw paradox
| I dont think what I do changes the lives of my other years instantly. Like, they are seperate, similar timelines. Cuz if so many of myself are meeting in the same place, if what each of me does or says to each other me has an impact on my life, then all of my selves would be constantly changing and wouldnt have said the thing they said to younger me in the first place. I might've even died at 12 making me unable to give myself advice in the first place that would kill me.
tldr: tfw paradox
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfod4l | I dont think what I do changes the lives of my other years instantly. Like, they are seperate, similar timelines. Cuz if so many of myself are meeting in the same place, if what each of me does or says to each other me has an impact on my life, then all of my selves would be constantly changing and wouldnt have said the thing they said to younger me in the first place. I might've even died at 12 making me unable to give myself advice in the first place that would kill me. | tfw paradox |
maxprocreator | Every previous self would be like "how the hell did you get from there to there in 1 year, and you over there you're only three years away from that guy how the hell did you get from there to there in three years"
Tl;dr: confusion | Every previous self would be like "how the hell did you get from there to there in 1 year, and you over there you're only three years away from that guy how the hell did you get from there to there in three years"
Tl;dr: confusion
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgfj2u3 | Every previous self would be like "how the hell did you get from there to there in 1 year, and you over there you're only three years away from that guy how the hell did you get from there to there in three years" | confusion |
ronaan | Dispelling and getting the pitlord positioning for felhunters right were the two things that make the fight. One of his dots ticks really high after some time so keep yourself dispelled.
More ilvl just gives more room for error and makes for a faster kill. You can do it in a set of timeless isle gear I guess (I couldn't but then destro was very new to me and I had to get some practice first).
TL;DR: dispell, dispell, dispell. | Dispelling and getting the pitlord positioning for felhunters right were the two things that make the fight. One of his dots ticks really high after some time so keep yourself dispelled.
More ilvl just gives more room for error and makes for a faster kill. You can do it in a set of timeless isle gear I guess (I couldn't but then destro was very new to me and I had to get some practice first).
TL;DR: dispell, dispell, dispell.
| wow | t5_2qio8 | cgfhiu9 | Dispelling and getting the pitlord positioning for felhunters right were the two things that make the fight. One of his dots ticks really high after some time so keep yourself dispelled.
More ilvl just gives more room for error and makes for a faster kill. You can do it in a set of timeless isle gear I guess (I couldn't but then destro was very new to me and I had to get some practice first). | dispell, dispell, dispell. |
KittehDragoon | No. Wolf of the Plains is just how Iggulden wished the dramatic scenes of Genghis's rise to power happened. It's great fiction, sure, but come on ...
It was disappointing to see such suspension of disbelief from the man who wrote Emperor. Which, come to think of it, was almost as bad.
tl;dr, skip conquer, and field of swords. | No. Wolf of the Plains is just how Iggulden wished the dramatic scenes of Genghis's rise to power happened. It's great fiction, sure, but come on ...
It was disappointing to see such suspension of disbelief from the man who wrote Emperor. Which, come to think of it, was almost as bad.
tl;dr, skip conquer, and field of swords.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cgfng79 | No. Wolf of the Plains is just how Iggulden wished the dramatic scenes of Genghis's rise to power happened. It's great fiction, sure, but come on ...
It was disappointing to see such suspension of disbelief from the man who wrote Emperor. Which, come to think of it, was almost as bad. | skip conquer, and field of swords. |
dr_john_batman | I think there are a few more factors to consider.
The first is the prevailing political climate internationally. Throughout the series, the Federation is apparently acting under some international expectation that it maintain open navigation through the Bajoran Wormhole. This is a touchy subject, especially because the nearest great power is the Cardassian Union. Can you imagine what Cardassian High Command would do or say in response to Starfleet stationing front line units at such a location?
This is further complicated by the events preceding the Dominion War, especially the conflict with the Klingon Empire, and the Federation's pre-existing threat environment. As a matter of course, Starfleet is pretty spread out; their primary mission is ~~organization~~ exploration, and the Federation actually has kind of a lot of pressing defense concerns. So on top of all of these high priority routine deployments, you have a war with the Klingons near the Cardassian border, something guaranteed to leave units that would otherwise be in place to defend Deep Space 9 out of position.
Speaking of politics, let's talk about the Bajorans. Remember how Bajoran terrorists kept attacking the station? The reason was, as I recall, that most of them saw the Federation as some kind of new occupying force. Can you imagine the public reaction to Starfleet responding to limited isolationist elements by deploying troops and starships to the system? Can you imagine the international reaction? Yes, the wormhole is there and important, but that's a can of worms too. "Sorry, we have to bring in troops to defend the wormhole." "You mean **our** wormhole?"
Lastly, consider that while the Federation was hoping for a diplomatic solution, they were in fact the ones that started the war, and they did it in an incredibly clever way. The strategic value of DS9 is extremely high, but that value is primarily derived from its position near the wormhole. Starfleet's act of war, the minefield, neatly removed much of the value of this real-estate. Realizing that due to pre-existing strategic concerns that Starfleet would never be able to defend DS9 from conventional Dominion attack in a cost-effective manner Starfleet opts instead to attack Dominion/Cardassian assets. The de facto value of these assets has been dramatically raised by denying the Dominion access to alternative sources of reinforcements, and the value of Deep Space 9 has been dramatically lowered by that same act.
Between cutting Deep Space 9 loose and hitting Torros III, the Federation gains two things. The first thing is that they've eliminated a difficult-to-defend position of limited value that would have tied down fleet resources through the need to defend it, instead keeping the initiative. The second thing they gain is valuable time; as we've discussed, Starfleet is spread pretty thin, and they need time to concentrate their forces.
TL;DR - Before the war, Starfleet is constrained by politics. Once the war starts, DS9 is an expensive asset of limited value and Starfleet needs time to get set and tech up.
edit: typo | I think there are a few more factors to consider.
The first is the prevailing political climate internationally. Throughout the series, the Federation is apparently acting under some international expectation that it maintain open navigation through the Bajoran Wormhole. This is a touchy subject, especially because the nearest great power is the Cardassian Union. Can you imagine what Cardassian High Command would do or say in response to Starfleet stationing front line units at such a location?
This is further complicated by the events preceding the Dominion War, especially the conflict with the Klingon Empire, and the Federation's pre-existing threat environment. As a matter of course, Starfleet is pretty spread out; their primary mission is organization exploration, and the Federation actually has kind of a lot of pressing defense concerns. So on top of all of these high priority routine deployments, you have a war with the Klingons near the Cardassian border, something guaranteed to leave units that would otherwise be in place to defend Deep Space 9 out of position.
Speaking of politics, let's talk about the Bajorans. Remember how Bajoran terrorists kept attacking the station? The reason was, as I recall, that most of them saw the Federation as some kind of new occupying force. Can you imagine the public reaction to Starfleet responding to limited isolationist elements by deploying troops and starships to the system? Can you imagine the international reaction? Yes, the wormhole is there and important, but that's a can of worms too. "Sorry, we have to bring in troops to defend the wormhole." "You mean our wormhole?"
Lastly, consider that while the Federation was hoping for a diplomatic solution, they were in fact the ones that started the war, and they did it in an incredibly clever way. The strategic value of DS9 is extremely high, but that value is primarily derived from its position near the wormhole. Starfleet's act of war, the minefield, neatly removed much of the value of this real-estate. Realizing that due to pre-existing strategic concerns that Starfleet would never be able to defend DS9 from conventional Dominion attack in a cost-effective manner Starfleet opts instead to attack Dominion/Cardassian assets. The de facto value of these assets has been dramatically raised by denying the Dominion access to alternative sources of reinforcements, and the value of Deep Space 9 has been dramatically lowered by that same act.
Between cutting Deep Space 9 loose and hitting Torros III, the Federation gains two things. The first thing is that they've eliminated a difficult-to-defend position of limited value that would have tied down fleet resources through the need to defend it, instead keeping the initiative. The second thing they gain is valuable time; as we've discussed, Starfleet is spread pretty thin, and they need time to concentrate their forces.
TL;DR - Before the war, Starfleet is constrained by politics. Once the war starts, DS9 is an expensive asset of limited value and Starfleet needs time to get set and tech up.
edit: typo
| DaystromInstitute | t5_2whek | cgfnj6a | I think there are a few more factors to consider.
The first is the prevailing political climate internationally. Throughout the series, the Federation is apparently acting under some international expectation that it maintain open navigation through the Bajoran Wormhole. This is a touchy subject, especially because the nearest great power is the Cardassian Union. Can you imagine what Cardassian High Command would do or say in response to Starfleet stationing front line units at such a location?
This is further complicated by the events preceding the Dominion War, especially the conflict with the Klingon Empire, and the Federation's pre-existing threat environment. As a matter of course, Starfleet is pretty spread out; their primary mission is organization exploration, and the Federation actually has kind of a lot of pressing defense concerns. So on top of all of these high priority routine deployments, you have a war with the Klingons near the Cardassian border, something guaranteed to leave units that would otherwise be in place to defend Deep Space 9 out of position.
Speaking of politics, let's talk about the Bajorans. Remember how Bajoran terrorists kept attacking the station? The reason was, as I recall, that most of them saw the Federation as some kind of new occupying force. Can you imagine the public reaction to Starfleet responding to limited isolationist elements by deploying troops and starships to the system? Can you imagine the international reaction? Yes, the wormhole is there and important, but that's a can of worms too. "Sorry, we have to bring in troops to defend the wormhole." "You mean our wormhole?"
Lastly, consider that while the Federation was hoping for a diplomatic solution, they were in fact the ones that started the war, and they did it in an incredibly clever way. The strategic value of DS9 is extremely high, but that value is primarily derived from its position near the wormhole. Starfleet's act of war, the minefield, neatly removed much of the value of this real-estate. Realizing that due to pre-existing strategic concerns that Starfleet would never be able to defend DS9 from conventional Dominion attack in a cost-effective manner Starfleet opts instead to attack Dominion/Cardassian assets. The de facto value of these assets has been dramatically raised by denying the Dominion access to alternative sources of reinforcements, and the value of Deep Space 9 has been dramatically lowered by that same act.
Between cutting Deep Space 9 loose and hitting Torros III, the Federation gains two things. The first thing is that they've eliminated a difficult-to-defend position of limited value that would have tied down fleet resources through the need to defend it, instead keeping the initiative. The second thing they gain is valuable time; as we've discussed, Starfleet is spread pretty thin, and they need time to concentrate their forces. | Before the war, Starfleet is constrained by politics. Once the war starts, DS9 is an expensive asset of limited value and Starfleet needs time to get set and tech up.
edit: typo |
hobbyjogger | Unfortunately, regulation is the best answer we've come up with to overcome collective action problems by which individuals acting in their own best interests create a socially undesirable outcome in the aggregate. I assume you're familiar with the prisoner's dilemma, etc.
Consider pollution. Because it's expensive and difficult to purchase sustainable energy, the market-driven solution has always been toward cheaper, dirtier power. But we're not satisfied with that market outcome because it makes us sick and poisons our environment. So we regulate coal plants etc. to force them to be cleaner even though consumers have been unwilling to bargain for those benefits on their own.
Successful businesses like Costco are few and far between and it would be irrationally optimistic to think that the answer to stagnant wages is just to hope that everyone will stop buying cheap stuff so that retail workers make a living wage. Simple economics explains why Walmart, and not Costco, is the biggest retailer in the world. Sure, it might happen in isolated examples, but it's clear that the trend is not a general one we can rely upon to solve our problems here.
**TLDR: Regulation has plenty of problems, but that doesn't mean it's always inferior to laissez faire. Very roughly: smart regulation > no regulation > dumb regulation.** | Unfortunately, regulation is the best answer we've come up with to overcome collective action problems by which individuals acting in their own best interests create a socially undesirable outcome in the aggregate. I assume you're familiar with the prisoner's dilemma, etc.
Consider pollution. Because it's expensive and difficult to purchase sustainable energy, the market-driven solution has always been toward cheaper, dirtier power. But we're not satisfied with that market outcome because it makes us sick and poisons our environment. So we regulate coal plants etc. to force them to be cleaner even though consumers have been unwilling to bargain for those benefits on their own.
Successful businesses like Costco are few and far between and it would be irrationally optimistic to think that the answer to stagnant wages is just to hope that everyone will stop buying cheap stuff so that retail workers make a living wage. Simple economics explains why Walmart, and not Costco, is the biggest retailer in the world. Sure, it might happen in isolated examples, but it's clear that the trend is not a general one we can rely upon to solve our problems here.
TLDR: Regulation has plenty of problems, but that doesn't mean it's always inferior to laissez faire. Very roughly: smart regulation > no regulation > dumb regulation.
| Economics | t5_2qh1s | cgfylx0 | Unfortunately, regulation is the best answer we've come up with to overcome collective action problems by which individuals acting in their own best interests create a socially undesirable outcome in the aggregate. I assume you're familiar with the prisoner's dilemma, etc.
Consider pollution. Because it's expensive and difficult to purchase sustainable energy, the market-driven solution has always been toward cheaper, dirtier power. But we're not satisfied with that market outcome because it makes us sick and poisons our environment. So we regulate coal plants etc. to force them to be cleaner even though consumers have been unwilling to bargain for those benefits on their own.
Successful businesses like Costco are few and far between and it would be irrationally optimistic to think that the answer to stagnant wages is just to hope that everyone will stop buying cheap stuff so that retail workers make a living wage. Simple economics explains why Walmart, and not Costco, is the biggest retailer in the world. Sure, it might happen in isolated examples, but it's clear that the trend is not a general one we can rely upon to solve our problems here. | Regulation has plenty of problems, but that doesn't mean it's always inferior to laissez faire. Very roughly: smart regulation > no regulation > dumb regulation. |
UglyNeckBeard | >This has really stood out to me as a direct contradiction to everything I've heard about socialism
Well there is socialist theory, and their are societies that have called themselves socialist – and historically the two often have little or nothing to do with each other. When most people think of socialism they think of USSR's Bolshevism. Sure it called itself socialist, and maybe some people tried to make it that way, but from the beginning it was pretty much an anti-socialist oppressive regime that pretended it was "socialist" as a cover to convince its people that their essentially plutocratic fascist state was actually good for them. It is a lot easier to send people to the gulags when you tell them "this is for your own good ... uh ... comrade" then "get in the fucking hole you political dissident! This will teach you to commit thought crime!"
This distinction is not retroactive either. The USSR officially came to be in 1922. Meanwhile a famous anarcist/socialist thinker named Bakunin warned repeatedly in 1870: “Take the most radical revolutionary and place him on the throne of all Russia, or give him dictatorial power, and before a year has passed he will become worse than the Czar himself.” Similarly during the course of the USSR's existence, many prominent socialists outside the USSR repeatedly commented on how the USSR's fundamental tenants of operation flew in the face of the primary principles of socialism. As an example, one particularly prominent and respected socialist thinker who continuously offered such criticism during the course of the USSR from early on is Rosa Luxembourg. Then after its collapse, many prominent socialist thinkers such as Noam Chomsky [looked at the now revealed state documents and wrote essays at length pointing out the fundamentally un-socialist nature of things there that were only revealed to the outside world post facto](
TL;DR there is a huge gulf between socialist theory and what people think of socialism because some particularly horrible and repressive societies hid their awful deeds behind the term "socialism" to try and make themselves and their actions more palatable and acceptable to people.
Very few actual socialist societies of any scale have existed. Different socialists will have different opinions on what counts, but the largest I can think of by my standards is probably the still tiny and short lived [Paris Commune.]( | >This has really stood out to me as a direct contradiction to everything I've heard about socialism
Well there is socialist theory, and their are societies that have called themselves socialist – and historically the two often have little or nothing to do with each other. When most people think of socialism they think of USSR's Bolshevism. Sure it called itself socialist, and maybe some people tried to make it that way, but from the beginning it was pretty much an anti-socialist oppressive regime that pretended it was "socialist" as a cover to convince its people that their essentially plutocratic fascist state was actually good for them. It is a lot easier to send people to the gulags when you tell them "this is for your own good ... uh ... comrade" then "get in the fucking hole you political dissident! This will teach you to commit thought crime!"
This distinction is not retroactive either. The USSR officially came to be in 1922. Meanwhile a famous anarcist/socialist thinker named Bakunin warned repeatedly in 1870: “Take the most radical revolutionary and place him on the throne of all Russia, or give him dictatorial power, and before a year has passed he will become worse than the Czar himself.” Similarly during the course of the USSR's existence, many prominent socialists outside the USSR repeatedly commented on how the USSR's fundamental tenants of operation flew in the face of the primary principles of socialism. As an example, one particularly prominent and respected socialist thinker who continuously offered such criticism during the course of the USSR from early on is Rosa Luxembourg. Then after its collapse, many prominent socialist thinkers such as Noam Chomsky [looked at the now revealed state documents and wrote essays at length pointing out the fundamentally un-socialist nature of things there that were only revealed to the outside world post facto](
TL;DR there is a huge gulf between socialist theory and what people think of socialism because some particularly horrible and repressive societies hid their awful deeds behind the term "socialism" to try and make themselves and their actions more palatable and acceptable to people.
Very few actual socialist societies of any scale have existed. Different socialists will have different opinions on what counts, but the largest I can think of by my standards is probably the still tiny and short lived [Paris Commune.](
| socialism | t5_2qjii | cgfuy9u | This has really stood out to me as a direct contradiction to everything I've heard about socialism
Well there is socialist theory, and their are societies that have called themselves socialist – and historically the two often have little or nothing to do with each other. When most people think of socialism they think of USSR's Bolshevism. Sure it called itself socialist, and maybe some people tried to make it that way, but from the beginning it was pretty much an anti-socialist oppressive regime that pretended it was "socialist" as a cover to convince its people that their essentially plutocratic fascist state was actually good for them. It is a lot easier to send people to the gulags when you tell them "this is for your own good ... uh ... comrade" then "get in the fucking hole you political dissident! This will teach you to commit thought crime!"
This distinction is not retroactive either. The USSR officially came to be in 1922. Meanwhile a famous anarcist/socialist thinker named Bakunin warned repeatedly in 1870: “Take the most radical revolutionary and place him on the throne of all Russia, or give him dictatorial power, and before a year has passed he will become worse than the Czar himself.” Similarly during the course of the USSR's existence, many prominent socialists outside the USSR repeatedly commented on how the USSR's fundamental tenants of operation flew in the face of the primary principles of socialism. As an example, one particularly prominent and respected socialist thinker who continuously offered such criticism during the course of the USSR from early on is Rosa Luxembourg. Then after its collapse, many prominent socialist thinkers such as Noam Chomsky [looked at the now revealed state documents and wrote essays at length pointing out the fundamentally un-socialist nature of things there that were only revealed to the outside world post facto]( | there is a huge gulf between socialist theory and what people think of socialism because some particularly horrible and repressive societies hid their awful deeds behind the term "socialism" to try and make themselves and their actions more palatable and acceptable to people.
Very few actual socialist societies of any scale have existed. Different socialists will have different opinions on what counts, but the largest I can think of by my standards is probably the still tiny and short lived [Paris Commune.]( |
Rossage99 | Things are just getting worse. To open a ticket i need to know my origin email and password. I can't remember the password and on xbox there is no "forgot your password?" option. There is only an update your email/password option and you need to know your current password to update it! I thought i'd go on the mobile version as it does have a forgot your password option. But guess what? The servers are down!
TL;DR Trying to solve the problem caused by EA but i can't because of EA! | Things are just getting worse. To open a ticket i need to know my origin email and password. I can't remember the password and on xbox there is no "forgot your password?" option. There is only an update your email/password option and you need to know your current password to update it! I thought i'd go on the mobile version as it does have a forgot your password option. But guess what? The servers are down!
TL;DR Trying to solve the problem caused by EA but i can't because of EA!
| FIFA | t5_2qxh7 | cgftwoq | Things are just getting worse. To open a ticket i need to know my origin email and password. I can't remember the password and on xbox there is no "forgot your password?" option. There is only an update your email/password option and you need to know your current password to update it! I thought i'd go on the mobile version as it does have a forgot your password option. But guess what? The servers are down! | Trying to solve the problem caused by EA but i can't because of EA! |
limenuke | So, really, I think you should reconsider the advice you're giving here. If you've ever worked with powertools or tried to actually get scratches out of glass, you'll realize your advice won't help much. It takes a _lot_ of effort to get scratches out of glass. We're talking powertools at high RPMs with polishing compound power. Not just "wiping". In the old days, toothpaste could be used to polish out plastic, but glass? Nope.
Furthermore, Oleophobic coatings these days will last for years and years. It takes a good amount of abuse to get rid of them - and when they wear through - you will see it. There will be a different tint to the glass surface at the sites of wear-through. If you presently do not see any patch of wear through on your phone, you should _not_ attempt any of the advice here - you will only shorten the lifespan of your coatings.
Toothpaste is for the old days. Only do it if you have NO oleophobic coating left ony our phone. Otherwise, you will exacerbate the problem and destroy more of the coating.
tl;dr - Toothpaste is not good for any modern touch interface - only old plastic. Toothpaste will accelerate the wear of your oleophobic coating - which is very tough and will last at the very least 2-3 years of constant use. | So, really, I think you should reconsider the advice you're giving here. If you've ever worked with powertools or tried to actually get scratches out of glass, you'll realize your advice won't help much. It takes a lot of effort to get scratches out of glass. We're talking powertools at high RPMs with polishing compound power. Not just "wiping". In the old days, toothpaste could be used to polish out plastic, but glass? Nope.
Furthermore, Oleophobic coatings these days will last for years and years. It takes a good amount of abuse to get rid of them - and when they wear through - you will see it. There will be a different tint to the glass surface at the sites of wear-through. If you presently do not see any patch of wear through on your phone, you should not attempt any of the advice here - you will only shorten the lifespan of your coatings.
Toothpaste is for the old days. Only do it if you have NO oleophobic coating left ony our phone. Otherwise, you will exacerbate the problem and destroy more of the coating.
tl;dr - Toothpaste is not good for any modern touch interface - only old plastic. Toothpaste will accelerate the wear of your oleophobic coating - which is very tough and will last at the very least 2-3 years of constant use.
| gadgets | t5_2qgzt | cgfy89u | So, really, I think you should reconsider the advice you're giving here. If you've ever worked with powertools or tried to actually get scratches out of glass, you'll realize your advice won't help much. It takes a lot of effort to get scratches out of glass. We're talking powertools at high RPMs with polishing compound power. Not just "wiping". In the old days, toothpaste could be used to polish out plastic, but glass? Nope.
Furthermore, Oleophobic coatings these days will last for years and years. It takes a good amount of abuse to get rid of them - and when they wear through - you will see it. There will be a different tint to the glass surface at the sites of wear-through. If you presently do not see any patch of wear through on your phone, you should not attempt any of the advice here - you will only shorten the lifespan of your coatings.
Toothpaste is for the old days. Only do it if you have NO oleophobic coating left ony our phone. Otherwise, you will exacerbate the problem and destroy more of the coating. | Toothpaste is not good for any modern touch interface - only old plastic. Toothpaste will accelerate the wear of your oleophobic coating - which is very tough and will last at the very least 2-3 years of constant use. |
Daniel_Laixer | I got a new phone a few months ago. The screen protectors came a month later. While I was cleaning the screen to put the protector on I noticed there were already tiny scratches all over the screen. You could only notice them by looking at the screen's reflection while it was off.
TL;DR: calling BS | I got a new phone a few months ago. The screen protectors came a month later. While I was cleaning the screen to put the protector on I noticed there were already tiny scratches all over the screen. You could only notice them by looking at the screen's reflection while it was off.
TL;DR: calling BS
| gadgets | t5_2qgzt | cgg0xr8 | I got a new phone a few months ago. The screen protectors came a month later. While I was cleaning the screen to put the protector on I noticed there were already tiny scratches all over the screen. You could only notice them by looking at the screen's reflection while it was off. | calling BS |
Attainable | IMO, many truly dedicated Smash Bros fans will likely end up buying both version (like myself).
However, individuals who don't really regard Smash Bros as a "system seller" type game but rather just a nice/fun game that they'd like to pick up most likely would not buy a Wii U just for Smash.
TLDR: Die hard fans of Smash will likely get the Wii U version regardless/in addition to the 3DS version, however it will hurt Smash Wii U sales for those who aren't die hard fans. | IMO, many truly dedicated Smash Bros fans will likely end up buying both version (like myself).
However, individuals who don't really regard Smash Bros as a "system seller" type game but rather just a nice/fun game that they'd like to pick up most likely would not buy a Wii U just for Smash.
TLDR: Die hard fans of Smash will likely get the Wii U version regardless/in addition to the 3DS version, however it will hurt Smash Wii U sales for those who aren't die hard fans.
| wiiu | t5_2sjnz | cgfzjtu | IMO, many truly dedicated Smash Bros fans will likely end up buying both version (like myself).
However, individuals who don't really regard Smash Bros as a "system seller" type game but rather just a nice/fun game that they'd like to pick up most likely would not buy a Wii U just for Smash. | Die hard fans of Smash will likely get the Wii U version regardless/in addition to the 3DS version, however it will hurt Smash Wii U sales for those who aren't die hard fans. |
luckyarcade | Okay, let me start off by saying I enjoyed Bioshock Infinite immensely. I bought it day one and was happy with my time with it. It is definitely a good game, and an enjoyable game. The setting is awe inspiring and very unique and many would agree that it was one of the best games of 2013, as evident with the Metacritic score.
That said, there are plenty of ways in which it didn't impress enough to be classified as the "greatest game of all time" by a large amount of people. I personally do not think you will see this game thrown around as people's favorite game in 10 years, the same way Zelda, Halo 2, (etc) is today. But let's get into it.
For one, gameplay.
The gameplay was a typical shooter, which if you like that, wasn't a bad thing. The problem however, lies within the repetitive nature of the combat. You are limited to only two weapons at once the entire game meaning you have to pick your weapons carefully. This doesn't encourage playing around, instead if pushes you to choose one or two you like and stick with it. Besides that, Vigors, while fun, were never radical enough to be in the front of your mind. Because most of them were simply assets in combat instead of it's focus, I personally found myself forgetting to use them multiple times. Together this meant combat that remained relatively static the entire game. Combat didn't ever truly change with the introduction of new vigors, it was more like getting a new type of grenade.
And besides that, I found player movement speed to be slow in a way that felt detrimental to the game. Walking but also reloading. It made sense as an aid to atmosphere in the original murky hallways of Bioshock, but in bright open Columbia, it didn't really aid the atmosphere and instead just slowed things down. The skyhooks helped with this, but again they weren't present most of the game, or dynamic enough to truly change the combat. Instead they just moved you around, or were used as way to regen some health.
Next, the level design itself.
Personally, I found this the most disappointing aspect of Bioshock Infinite. Columbia had such a beautiful world and atmosphere, but unfortunately by the end of the game I realized I hadn't experienced most of it because Bioshock Infinite was incredibly linear. This isn't necessarily a bad thing until you pair it with static combat, and then have most of the game be combat, and then design all the levels around this combat. Think about it like this, how cool would it be to show Elizabeth's tower off in the distance and then allow the player a few different routes to get there. Imagine jumping off one "island" and being able to skyhook over. Really think about the amazing possibilities a city like Columbia could offer (acknowledging hardware constraints etc), and then contrast that with the multitude of similar balcony's, hallways, and plazas we just had to walk through or occasionally sky hook past in linear sequences or cutscenes. If I remember right, one of the most open parts of the game was simply a big circle.
Lastly, the narrative. Potential Spoiler warning.
Bioshock infinite's best parts were story, but even then it didn't nail all of it. It toyed with various themes other games have not dared to touch (which is awesome) but it didn't nail them. It detailed certain problems within Columbia, but it never really did anything with them. Did the narrative really address the problems of racism or class division in Columbia, or connect them to religion, or to patriotism? No. It showed them, beautifully sure, but just as quick as we saw many of these issues we were rushed away to another, or moved on to the more relevant theme that was quantum mechanics. It's been talked to death, but narrative-dissonance was a big issue with Bioshock Infinite. And ultimately the story has a few inconsequential steps that seem to cater to these themes that (again) are not completely relevant to Booker, and Elizabeth's goals.
Many people before have said that they felt as though the combat was just a barrier to get into more of the story. Unfortunately a good amount of the story itself is presented around combat and actual gameplay. Not just in level design, eg. "here is the working class area" but also in providing an excuse for combat. eg. "In this timeline the resistance force want you dead, because you were really helpful as a martyr, and it would hurt the resistance if people knew you were back (which doesn't make a lot of sense considering half of the resistance force is actively trying to kill you...)." Overall, Infinite has a good narrative, and the last 30 minutes or so are quite memorable, especially among fans of the previous Bioshock. But the game walks a fine line between catering to the reason for combat/gameplay, and the overhead plot, to its detriment.
I have and would continue to recommend Bioshock infinite because it is still a fun game. Combat is alright despite being largely static, and the world is beautiful even if the level design doesn't always take advantage the way it could. The narrative is fun to follow, and the end twist is great. But by no means is it the greatest game of all time, or even (in my opinion obviously) of 2013.
So to make a long post short, **TL;DR: Bioshock Infinite won't be considered the greatest game of all time (by at least a large amount of people) because it didn't nail anything. Combat was hit or miss but either way static the whole game, level design was too linear and unfortunately just complimented the underwhelming combat, and the narrative is weakened by walking a fine line between catering to the reason for combat/gameplay, or the actual narrative/overhead plot.** | Okay, let me start off by saying I enjoyed Bioshock Infinite immensely. I bought it day one and was happy with my time with it. It is definitely a good game, and an enjoyable game. The setting is awe inspiring and very unique and many would agree that it was one of the best games of 2013, as evident with the Metacritic score.
That said, there are plenty of ways in which it didn't impress enough to be classified as the "greatest game of all time" by a large amount of people. I personally do not think you will see this game thrown around as people's favorite game in 10 years, the same way Zelda, Halo 2, (etc) is today. But let's get into it.
For one, gameplay.
The gameplay was a typical shooter, which if you like that, wasn't a bad thing. The problem however, lies within the repetitive nature of the combat. You are limited to only two weapons at once the entire game meaning you have to pick your weapons carefully. This doesn't encourage playing around, instead if pushes you to choose one or two you like and stick with it. Besides that, Vigors, while fun, were never radical enough to be in the front of your mind. Because most of them were simply assets in combat instead of it's focus, I personally found myself forgetting to use them multiple times. Together this meant combat that remained relatively static the entire game. Combat didn't ever truly change with the introduction of new vigors, it was more like getting a new type of grenade.
And besides that, I found player movement speed to be slow in a way that felt detrimental to the game. Walking but also reloading. It made sense as an aid to atmosphere in the original murky hallways of Bioshock, but in bright open Columbia, it didn't really aid the atmosphere and instead just slowed things down. The skyhooks helped with this, but again they weren't present most of the game, or dynamic enough to truly change the combat. Instead they just moved you around, or were used as way to regen some health.
Next, the level design itself.
Personally, I found this the most disappointing aspect of Bioshock Infinite. Columbia had such a beautiful world and atmosphere, but unfortunately by the end of the game I realized I hadn't experienced most of it because Bioshock Infinite was incredibly linear. This isn't necessarily a bad thing until you pair it with static combat, and then have most of the game be combat, and then design all the levels around this combat. Think about it like this, how cool would it be to show Elizabeth's tower off in the distance and then allow the player a few different routes to get there. Imagine jumping off one "island" and being able to skyhook over. Really think about the amazing possibilities a city like Columbia could offer (acknowledging hardware constraints etc), and then contrast that with the multitude of similar balcony's, hallways, and plazas we just had to walk through or occasionally sky hook past in linear sequences or cutscenes. If I remember right, one of the most open parts of the game was simply a big circle.
Lastly, the narrative. Potential Spoiler warning.
Bioshock infinite's best parts were story, but even then it didn't nail all of it. It toyed with various themes other games have not dared to touch (which is awesome) but it didn't nail them. It detailed certain problems within Columbia, but it never really did anything with them. Did the narrative really address the problems of racism or class division in Columbia, or connect them to religion, or to patriotism? No. It showed them, beautifully sure, but just as quick as we saw many of these issues we were rushed away to another, or moved on to the more relevant theme that was quantum mechanics. It's been talked to death, but narrative-dissonance was a big issue with Bioshock Infinite. And ultimately the story has a few inconsequential steps that seem to cater to these themes that (again) are not completely relevant to Booker, and Elizabeth's goals.
Many people before have said that they felt as though the combat was just a barrier to get into more of the story. Unfortunately a good amount of the story itself is presented around combat and actual gameplay. Not just in level design, eg. "here is the working class area" but also in providing an excuse for combat. eg. "In this timeline the resistance force want you dead, because you were really helpful as a martyr, and it would hurt the resistance if people knew you were back (which doesn't make a lot of sense considering half of the resistance force is actively trying to kill you...)." Overall, Infinite has a good narrative, and the last 30 minutes or so are quite memorable, especially among fans of the previous Bioshock. But the game walks a fine line between catering to the reason for combat/gameplay, and the overhead plot, to its detriment.
I have and would continue to recommend Bioshock infinite because it is still a fun game. Combat is alright despite being largely static, and the world is beautiful even if the level design doesn't always take advantage the way it could. The narrative is fun to follow, and the end twist is great. But by no means is it the greatest game of all time, or even (in my opinion obviously) of 2013.
So to make a long post short, TL;DR: Bioshock Infinite won't be considered the greatest game of all time (by at least a large amount of people) because it didn't nail anything. Combat was hit or miss but either way static the whole game, level design was too linear and unfortunately just complimented the underwhelming combat, and the narrative is weakened by walking a fine line between catering to the reason for combat/gameplay, or the actual narrative/overhead plot.
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cgfzz8p | Okay, let me start off by saying I enjoyed Bioshock Infinite immensely. I bought it day one and was happy with my time with it. It is definitely a good game, and an enjoyable game. The setting is awe inspiring and very unique and many would agree that it was one of the best games of 2013, as evident with the Metacritic score.
That said, there are plenty of ways in which it didn't impress enough to be classified as the "greatest game of all time" by a large amount of people. I personally do not think you will see this game thrown around as people's favorite game in 10 years, the same way Zelda, Halo 2, (etc) is today. But let's get into it.
For one, gameplay.
The gameplay was a typical shooter, which if you like that, wasn't a bad thing. The problem however, lies within the repetitive nature of the combat. You are limited to only two weapons at once the entire game meaning you have to pick your weapons carefully. This doesn't encourage playing around, instead if pushes you to choose one or two you like and stick with it. Besides that, Vigors, while fun, were never radical enough to be in the front of your mind. Because most of them were simply assets in combat instead of it's focus, I personally found myself forgetting to use them multiple times. Together this meant combat that remained relatively static the entire game. Combat didn't ever truly change with the introduction of new vigors, it was more like getting a new type of grenade.
And besides that, I found player movement speed to be slow in a way that felt detrimental to the game. Walking but also reloading. It made sense as an aid to atmosphere in the original murky hallways of Bioshock, but in bright open Columbia, it didn't really aid the atmosphere and instead just slowed things down. The skyhooks helped with this, but again they weren't present most of the game, or dynamic enough to truly change the combat. Instead they just moved you around, or were used as way to regen some health.
Next, the level design itself.
Personally, I found this the most disappointing aspect of Bioshock Infinite. Columbia had such a beautiful world and atmosphere, but unfortunately by the end of the game I realized I hadn't experienced most of it because Bioshock Infinite was incredibly linear. This isn't necessarily a bad thing until you pair it with static combat, and then have most of the game be combat, and then design all the levels around this combat. Think about it like this, how cool would it be to show Elizabeth's tower off in the distance and then allow the player a few different routes to get there. Imagine jumping off one "island" and being able to skyhook over. Really think about the amazing possibilities a city like Columbia could offer (acknowledging hardware constraints etc), and then contrast that with the multitude of similar balcony's, hallways, and plazas we just had to walk through or occasionally sky hook past in linear sequences or cutscenes. If I remember right, one of the most open parts of the game was simply a big circle.
Lastly, the narrative. Potential Spoiler warning.
Bioshock infinite's best parts were story, but even then it didn't nail all of it. It toyed with various themes other games have not dared to touch (which is awesome) but it didn't nail them. It detailed certain problems within Columbia, but it never really did anything with them. Did the narrative really address the problems of racism or class division in Columbia, or connect them to religion, or to patriotism? No. It showed them, beautifully sure, but just as quick as we saw many of these issues we were rushed away to another, or moved on to the more relevant theme that was quantum mechanics. It's been talked to death, but narrative-dissonance was a big issue with Bioshock Infinite. And ultimately the story has a few inconsequential steps that seem to cater to these themes that (again) are not completely relevant to Booker, and Elizabeth's goals.
Many people before have said that they felt as though the combat was just a barrier to get into more of the story. Unfortunately a good amount of the story itself is presented around combat and actual gameplay. Not just in level design, eg. "here is the working class area" but also in providing an excuse for combat. eg. "In this timeline the resistance force want you dead, because you were really helpful as a martyr, and it would hurt the resistance if people knew you were back (which doesn't make a lot of sense considering half of the resistance force is actively trying to kill you...)." Overall, Infinite has a good narrative, and the last 30 minutes or so are quite memorable, especially among fans of the previous Bioshock. But the game walks a fine line between catering to the reason for combat/gameplay, and the overhead plot, to its detriment.
I have and would continue to recommend Bioshock infinite because it is still a fun game. Combat is alright despite being largely static, and the world is beautiful even if the level design doesn't always take advantage the way it could. The narrative is fun to follow, and the end twist is great. But by no means is it the greatest game of all time, or even (in my opinion obviously) of 2013.
So to make a long post short, | Bioshock Infinite won't be considered the greatest game of all time (by at least a large amount of people) because it didn't nail anything. Combat was hit or miss but either way static the whole game, level design was too linear and unfortunately just complimented the underwhelming combat, and the narrative is weakened by walking a fine line between catering to the reason for combat/gameplay, or the actual narrative/overhead plot. |
FrostyPlum | Ugh. I don't hate Pac-Man so much as I hate how Namco uses him. It's like they treat him as if he's a big-shot character with a fanbase when really he's pretty much a vestigial icon. Sure there's plenty of old funky characters in Smash, but for the most part they're making a reappearance for just Smash, unlike Pac-Man who makes cameos like nobody else. He would feel weird in the cast, even moreso than Sonic and Snake, who were at least decent additions, though Sonic felt as tacked on as he actually was.
Tl;dr Basically I'm saying he would spoil the mood. | Ugh. I don't hate Pac-Man so much as I hate how Namco uses him. It's like they treat him as if he's a big-shot character with a fanbase when really he's pretty much a vestigial icon. Sure there's plenty of old funky characters in Smash, but for the most part they're making a reappearance for just Smash, unlike Pac-Man who makes cameos like nobody else. He would feel weird in the cast, even moreso than Sonic and Snake, who were at least decent additions, though Sonic felt as tacked on as he actually was.
Tl;dr Basically I'm saying he would spoil the mood.
| smashbros | t5_2qiep | cgg4csh | Ugh. I don't hate Pac-Man so much as I hate how Namco uses him. It's like they treat him as if he's a big-shot character with a fanbase when really he's pretty much a vestigial icon. Sure there's plenty of old funky characters in Smash, but for the most part they're making a reappearance for just Smash, unlike Pac-Man who makes cameos like nobody else. He would feel weird in the cast, even moreso than Sonic and Snake, who were at least decent additions, though Sonic felt as tacked on as he actually was. | Basically I'm saying he would spoil the mood. |
Heyeahyeahyeah | I actually like it and I'll explain why. When I close my eyes and take the voice out of context it sounds silly. However, I'm a big fan of Batman having a different voice than Bruce Wayne because otherwise I just have to suspend way too much disbelief that people don't know it's him.
Now why the laryngitis voice? Because it sounds demonic which fits in with Batman's whole theme of using fear as a weapon. It sounds goofy if you focus too much on it from your couch but imagine if you're some criminal and some huge guy is taking all your buddies out in the dark one by one then lifts you up off the ground and that's his voice. It'd be terrifying.
I also liked Bale's Bruce Wayne. His voice, facial expressions, and goddamn douche smile drip with so much fucking smugness and contempt that I can understand why nobody would even consider him as the Bats.
TL;DR I'm not saying WW2 was about establishing a worldwide pancake distribution policy but it makes you wonder. | I actually like it and I'll explain why. When I close my eyes and take the voice out of context it sounds silly. However, I'm a big fan of Batman having a different voice than Bruce Wayne because otherwise I just have to suspend way too much disbelief that people don't know it's him.
Now why the laryngitis voice? Because it sounds demonic which fits in with Batman's whole theme of using fear as a weapon. It sounds goofy if you focus too much on it from your couch but imagine if you're some criminal and some huge guy is taking all your buddies out in the dark one by one then lifts you up off the ground and that's his voice. It'd be terrifying.
I also liked Bale's Bruce Wayne. His voice, facial expressions, and goddamn douche smile drip with so much fucking smugness and contempt that I can understand why nobody would even consider him as the Bats.
TL;DR I'm not saying WW2 was about establishing a worldwide pancake distribution policy but it makes you wonder.
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cgg9xtx | I actually like it and I'll explain why. When I close my eyes and take the voice out of context it sounds silly. However, I'm a big fan of Batman having a different voice than Bruce Wayne because otherwise I just have to suspend way too much disbelief that people don't know it's him.
Now why the laryngitis voice? Because it sounds demonic which fits in with Batman's whole theme of using fear as a weapon. It sounds goofy if you focus too much on it from your couch but imagine if you're some criminal and some huge guy is taking all your buddies out in the dark one by one then lifts you up off the ground and that's his voice. It'd be terrifying.
I also liked Bale's Bruce Wayne. His voice, facial expressions, and goddamn douche smile drip with so much fucking smugness and contempt that I can understand why nobody would even consider him as the Bats. | I'm not saying WW2 was about establishing a worldwide pancake distribution policy but it makes you wonder. |
farmerjed | "Spawn" movie was fetid, the only redeeming part was John Leguizamo. If your speaking about the "Spawn" serial on HBO, then i apologize, because it was way better than the movie we saw.
If you're talking about Image properties in gerneral...I would say that "The MAXX" on MTV was their boldest move. They pretty much laid out the comic storyline in that show.
*TL:DR* What does the single word "Spawn" add to this?
| "Spawn" movie was fetid, the only redeeming part was John Leguizamo. If your speaking about the "Spawn" serial on HBO, then i apologize, because it was way better than the movie we saw.
If you're talking about Image properties in gerneral...I would say that "The MAXX" on MTV was their boldest move. They pretty much laid out the comic storyline in that show.
TL:DR What does the single word "Spawn" add to this?
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cgh8m90 | Spawn" movie was fetid, the only redeeming part was John Leguizamo. If your speaking about the "Spawn" serial on HBO, then i apologize, because it was way better than the movie we saw.
If you're talking about Image properties in gerneral...I would say that "The MAXX" on MTV was their boldest move. They pretty much laid out the comic storyline in that show. | What does the single word "Spawn" add to this? |
Shiro2809 | Can I nominate that for the best TL;DR ever? | Can I nominate that for the best TL;DR ever?
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cgghx8l | Can I nominate that for the best | ever? |
zotquix | Whatever happened to *UnrelatedTLDR* anyways? | Whatever happened to UnrelatedTLDR anyways?
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cggj9am | Whatever happened to Unrelated | anyways? |
King-Jimmy | It was 2000. My mother bought a PC and let me have a go on it. Me, being intrigued at the idea of being able to look at pictures of anything in the world just by typing it into this here worldwide picture box, I searched "boobies" and.... Wow.... LOOK AT ALL THESE BOOBIES.....Then thought "I wonder what happens if I type in Vagin..... WOW LOOK AT ALL THE VAGINAS AND BOOBIES". I felt the strange urge to play with my willy. The feeling got more and more intense after about 5 minutes and eventually got too intense and I thought my dick was gonna snap off so I ran out of the room crying.
Tl;dr. Searched for boobs, had first fap, got scared and cried. | It was 2000. My mother bought a PC and let me have a go on it. Me, being intrigued at the idea of being able to look at pictures of anything in the world just by typing it into this here worldwide picture box, I searched "boobies" and.... Wow.... LOOK AT ALL THESE BOOBIES.....Then thought "I wonder what happens if I type in Vagin..... WOW LOOK AT ALL THE VAGINAS AND BOOBIES". I felt the strange urge to play with my willy. The feeling got more and more intense after about 5 minutes and eventually got too intense and I thought my dick was gonna snap off so I ran out of the room crying.
Tl;dr. Searched for boobs, had first fap, got scared and cried.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cggfpm7 | It was 2000. My mother bought a PC and let me have a go on it. Me, being intrigued at the idea of being able to look at pictures of anything in the world just by typing it into this here worldwide picture box, I searched "boobies" and.... Wow.... LOOK AT ALL THESE BOOBIES.....Then thought "I wonder what happens if I type in Vagin..... WOW LOOK AT ALL THE VAGINAS AND BOOBIES". I felt the strange urge to play with my willy. The feeling got more and more intense after about 5 minutes and eventually got too intense and I thought my dick was gonna snap off so I ran out of the room crying. | Searched for boobs, had first fap, got scared and cried. |
Colton11296 | I'm 18 now, when I was a child we basically lived in "the hood." So my parents never had enough money to buy a computer. I would occasionally see them at different stores or at a friends house, so I knew what they were. But when my dad finally got a job as a drug representative, and we moved to a nice neighborhood. He purchased the best damn computer he could. I remember, it was all white and bulky. My parents had been setting it up the entire day, and I hadn't had the chance to actually use it for weeks. I finally decided, instead of waiting for parental permission, I would wake up at 1:00 am and see what the hubbub was about. Luckily the computer was right outside of my room. I sat down in our big leather chair, took a deep breath and opened internet explorer. I was so excited I couldn't think of anything to search for, and my youthful mind got the better of me. I decided I would search "pee.com." I saw terrible things. It scarred me. I began to cry, and my parents rushed upstairs only to see a screen full of urinating dicks and vaginas. They were horrified and I was not allowed on the computer again for some years.
TL;DR got excited and searched pee.com | I'm 18 now, when I was a child we basically lived in "the hood." So my parents never had enough money to buy a computer. I would occasionally see them at different stores or at a friends house, so I knew what they were. But when my dad finally got a job as a drug representative, and we moved to a nice neighborhood. He purchased the best damn computer he could. I remember, it was all white and bulky. My parents had been setting it up the entire day, and I hadn't had the chance to actually use it for weeks. I finally decided, instead of waiting for parental permission, I would wake up at 1:00 am and see what the hubbub was about. Luckily the computer was right outside of my room. I sat down in our big leather chair, took a deep breath and opened internet explorer. I was so excited I couldn't think of anything to search for, and my youthful mind got the better of me. I decided I would search "pee.com." I saw terrible things. It scarred me. I began to cry, and my parents rushed upstairs only to see a screen full of urinating dicks and vaginas. They were horrified and I was not allowed on the computer again for some years.
TL;DR got excited and searched pee.com
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cggjidw | I'm 18 now, when I was a child we basically lived in "the hood." So my parents never had enough money to buy a computer. I would occasionally see them at different stores or at a friends house, so I knew what they were. But when my dad finally got a job as a drug representative, and we moved to a nice neighborhood. He purchased the best damn computer he could. I remember, it was all white and bulky. My parents had been setting it up the entire day, and I hadn't had the chance to actually use it for weeks. I finally decided, instead of waiting for parental permission, I would wake up at 1:00 am and see what the hubbub was about. Luckily the computer was right outside of my room. I sat down in our big leather chair, took a deep breath and opened internet explorer. I was so excited I couldn't think of anything to search for, and my youthful mind got the better of me. I decided I would search "pee.com." I saw terrible things. It scarred me. I began to cry, and my parents rushed upstairs only to see a screen full of urinating dicks and vaginas. They were horrified and I was not allowed on the computer again for some years. | got excited and searched pee.com |
AfroMH | I was on the internet in elementary school in 3rd grade looking up stuff for a project when my friendin my class told me to go to a website called Penthouse dot com. I knew what a penthouse was, having seen the word in books and stuff, but I didn't know what Penthouse dot com was. I trusted my friend so I went to the website, where I proceeded to see a busty lady with soap on her boobs. I exited out quickly. Surprisingly, I didn't get in trouble.
**TL;DR: First internet experience turned out to be first porn experience thanks to my elementary school friend.** | I was on the internet in elementary school in 3rd grade looking up stuff for a project when my friendin my class told me to go to a website called Penthouse dot com. I knew what a penthouse was, having seen the word in books and stuff, but I didn't know what Penthouse dot com was. I trusted my friend so I went to the website, where I proceeded to see a busty lady with soap on her boobs. I exited out quickly. Surprisingly, I didn't get in trouble.
TL;DR: First internet experience turned out to be first porn experience thanks to my elementary school friend.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cggkl1q | I was on the internet in elementary school in 3rd grade looking up stuff for a project when my friendin my class told me to go to a website called Penthouse dot com. I knew what a penthouse was, having seen the word in books and stuff, but I didn't know what Penthouse dot com was. I trusted my friend so I went to the website, where I proceeded to see a busty lady with soap on her boobs. I exited out quickly. Surprisingly, I didn't get in trouble. | First internet experience turned out to be first porn experience thanks to my elementary school friend. |
laurier112 | The year is 1994. To get an .mp3, I would have to click on 5 adult pages for the password. The clue would be, "The first letter of the password is on the 1st paragraph, first letter of the second word. The second letter of the password is on the 3rd paragraph, fifth word..." and on it would continue until you've visited all 5 adult sites just so you can get the password (and the host would get paid of course). You then take this password, login into an ftp site. There would you download several files each 1.4 megs (so they can fit in a floppy), then after you downloaded the files, you would unzip them, and then you would have your .mp3. I remember having a 32 meg RIO MP3 player, that thing was the shit back in the day.
I was very young at the time, and my father installed a "Net Nanny", so adult webpages would be blocked. I remember trying to convince him that I was at the adult pages for passwords. He did not believe me.
TL;DR - I am starting to get old. | The year is 1994. To get an .mp3, I would have to click on 5 adult pages for the password. The clue would be, "The first letter of the password is on the 1st paragraph, first letter of the second word. The second letter of the password is on the 3rd paragraph, fifth word..." and on it would continue until you've visited all 5 adult sites just so you can get the password (and the host would get paid of course). You then take this password, login into an ftp site. There would you download several files each 1.4 megs (so they can fit in a floppy), then after you downloaded the files, you would unzip them, and then you would have your .mp3. I remember having a 32 meg RIO MP3 player, that thing was the shit back in the day.
I was very young at the time, and my father installed a "Net Nanny", so adult webpages would be blocked. I remember trying to convince him that I was at the adult pages for passwords. He did not believe me.
TL;DR - I am starting to get old.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgh1ygs | The year is 1994. To get an .mp3, I would have to click on 5 adult pages for the password. The clue would be, "The first letter of the password is on the 1st paragraph, first letter of the second word. The second letter of the password is on the 3rd paragraph, fifth word..." and on it would continue until you've visited all 5 adult sites just so you can get the password (and the host would get paid of course). You then take this password, login into an ftp site. There would you download several files each 1.4 megs (so they can fit in a floppy), then after you downloaded the files, you would unzip them, and then you would have your .mp3. I remember having a 32 meg RIO MP3 player, that thing was the shit back in the day.
I was very young at the time, and my father installed a "Net Nanny", so adult webpages would be blocked. I remember trying to convince him that I was at the adult pages for passwords. He did not believe me. | I am starting to get old. |
TaurineDippy | Nuzlocking has created a special place in my heart for the early evolving Bug-Type Pokemon like Beedrill and Dustox. They can really wreck everything in their path for at least the first 2 or 3 gyms in any generation because of their final evolution stats. I remember Opie the Beedrill from my first FireRed Nuzlocke. That dude didn't care about Brock's Rock Throw or Misty's Water Gun or even Lt. Surge's Raichu powerhouse. He even helped me beat Erica and Sabrina. They couldn't stand up to his Twin Needle. Eventually he met his fate when I teamwiped to Blaine. I "buried" near where I caught him in Viridian City.
TL;DR: Beedrill. | Nuzlocking has created a special place in my heart for the early evolving Bug-Type Pokemon like Beedrill and Dustox. They can really wreck everything in their path for at least the first 2 or 3 gyms in any generation because of their final evolution stats. I remember Opie the Beedrill from my first FireRed Nuzlocke. That dude didn't care about Brock's Rock Throw or Misty's Water Gun or even Lt. Surge's Raichu powerhouse. He even helped me beat Erica and Sabrina. They couldn't stand up to his Twin Needle. Eventually he met his fate when I teamwiped to Blaine. I "buried" near where I caught him in Viridian City.
TL;DR: Beedrill.
| pokemon | t5_2qmeb | cggn20x | Nuzlocking has created a special place in my heart for the early evolving Bug-Type Pokemon like Beedrill and Dustox. They can really wreck everything in their path for at least the first 2 or 3 gyms in any generation because of their final evolution stats. I remember Opie the Beedrill from my first FireRed Nuzlocke. That dude didn't care about Brock's Rock Throw or Misty's Water Gun or even Lt. Surge's Raichu powerhouse. He even helped me beat Erica and Sabrina. They couldn't stand up to his Twin Needle. Eventually he met his fate when I teamwiped to Blaine. I "buried" near where I caught him in Viridian City. | Beedrill. |
orange_provolone | Well, best advice I can give you is apply in an area that is desperate for teachers. They will likely have lower standards for their applicants. For example, I worked in an office for a College of Ed. in the states and analyzed student performance for a great deal of my time there. Our area is extremely desperate for teachers, and doesn't have much success finding them due to low pay. There were countless undergrads in the program that barely passed the intro courses required before starting the program, or grads that had bad grades in undergrad (and in the grad program). If you can basically ace whatever content knowledge exam(s) you need, that would look good, as well. I know scoring in the top 15% basically gave you a free spot in our program.
TL;DR: Grad schools are more likely to have lenient standards if they're in an area desperate for teachers. | Well, best advice I can give you is apply in an area that is desperate for teachers. They will likely have lower standards for their applicants. For example, I worked in an office for a College of Ed. in the states and analyzed student performance for a great deal of my time there. Our area is extremely desperate for teachers, and doesn't have much success finding them due to low pay. There were countless undergrads in the program that barely passed the intro courses required before starting the program, or grads that had bad grades in undergrad (and in the grad program). If you can basically ace whatever content knowledge exam(s) you need, that would look good, as well. I know scoring in the top 15% basically gave you a free spot in our program.
TL;DR: Grad schools are more likely to have lenient standards if they're in an area desperate for teachers.
| Teachers | t5_2qqcs | cggtngr | Well, best advice I can give you is apply in an area that is desperate for teachers. They will likely have lower standards for their applicants. For example, I worked in an office for a College of Ed. in the states and analyzed student performance for a great deal of my time there. Our area is extremely desperate for teachers, and doesn't have much success finding them due to low pay. There were countless undergrads in the program that barely passed the intro courses required before starting the program, or grads that had bad grades in undergrad (and in the grad program). If you can basically ace whatever content knowledge exam(s) you need, that would look good, as well. I know scoring in the top 15% basically gave you a free spot in our program. | Grad schools are more likely to have lenient standards if they're in an area desperate for teachers. |
RedCody | Thats lucky! If I were your opponent I would have been so mad at myself.
TL:DR OP hung his queen on 25...Qh2+ | Thats lucky! If I were your opponent I would have been so mad at myself.
TL:DR OP hung his queen on 25...Qh2+
| chess | t5_2qhr7 | cggorzz | Thats lucky! If I were your opponent I would have been so mad at myself. | OP hung his queen on 25...Qh2+ |
QuasiJL | "should" is a very hard thing to enforce. Should we exercise? give money to the poor? be nice people? We should do many things. A more practical question is "Does an immigrant need to learn the language of the country they move to?"
The difficulty of the language is not really the major factor. The major factor is why should we learn the language in the first place. Language has GREAT economic and sociocultural incentives.
For the most part, most immigrants can speak the language of their native country. Consider how a immigrant arrives in the first place. They need a visa and most visas are granted through work or study, which requires language fluency. The majority of non-speaking immigrant are most likely family members/refugees or some other special cases.
Having a community means there a subculture large enough that supports their sociocultural and economic needs in a foreign language. This eliminates many benefits and ultimate destroys their motivation.
If most personal benefits are gone, then we must consider societal benefits. Let's ignore a moral argument that all discrimination is bad and stay with an economic view. If no one accommodates immigrants, the inconvenience will motivate them to learn the language. Being completely reliant on a translator is costly and is insanely annoying. However, if the benefits outweigh the costs, most businesses will just incur a higher transaction cost and find ways to communicate (pictures, learning their language, etc). This balance is ultimately governed by market forces.
TLDR-they don't need to so why should they
| "should" is a very hard thing to enforce. Should we exercise? give money to the poor? be nice people? We should do many things. A more practical question is "Does an immigrant need to learn the language of the country they move to?"
The difficulty of the language is not really the major factor. The major factor is why should we learn the language in the first place. Language has GREAT economic and sociocultural incentives.
For the most part, most immigrants can speak the language of their native country. Consider how a immigrant arrives in the first place. They need a visa and most visas are granted through work or study, which requires language fluency. The majority of non-speaking immigrant are most likely family members/refugees or some other special cases.
Having a community means there a subculture large enough that supports their sociocultural and economic needs in a foreign language. This eliminates many benefits and ultimate destroys their motivation.
If most personal benefits are gone, then we must consider societal benefits. Let's ignore a moral argument that all discrimination is bad and stay with an economic view. If no one accommodates immigrants, the inconvenience will motivate them to learn the language. Being completely reliant on a translator is costly and is insanely annoying. However, if the benefits outweigh the costs, most businesses will just incur a higher transaction cost and find ways to communicate (pictures, learning their language, etc). This balance is ultimately governed by market forces.
TLDR-they don't need to so why should they
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cgh57bs | should" is a very hard thing to enforce. Should we exercise? give money to the poor? be nice people? We should do many things. A more practical question is "Does an immigrant need to learn the language of the country they move to?"
The difficulty of the language is not really the major factor. The major factor is why should we learn the language in the first place. Language has GREAT economic and sociocultural incentives.
For the most part, most immigrants can speak the language of their native country. Consider how a immigrant arrives in the first place. They need a visa and most visas are granted through work or study, which requires language fluency. The majority of non-speaking immigrant are most likely family members/refugees or some other special cases.
Having a community means there a subculture large enough that supports their sociocultural and economic needs in a foreign language. This eliminates many benefits and ultimate destroys their motivation.
If most personal benefits are gone, then we must consider societal benefits. Let's ignore a moral argument that all discrimination is bad and stay with an economic view. If no one accommodates immigrants, the inconvenience will motivate them to learn the language. Being completely reliant on a translator is costly and is insanely annoying. However, if the benefits outweigh the costs, most businesses will just incur a higher transaction cost and find ways to communicate (pictures, learning their language, etc). This balance is ultimately governed by market forces. | they don't need to so why should they |
Taelurrr | I thought it was okay...Not really satisfying. I feel like they were trying to cram too much into that episode. There wasn't much going on inside Terminus because of all the flashbacks they showed. They could've done without all the symbolism and showed more of what was going on inside Terminus. Also, I resent the fact that they failed to leave zero closure when we have to wait 7 months for it to come back. Spoilers, obvs; I think the mid season finale with the Governor being killed was better.
TL;DR - Less flashbacks, more action, satisfying closure to wrap up a season. | I thought it was okay...Not really satisfying. I feel like they were trying to cram too much into that episode. There wasn't much going on inside Terminus because of all the flashbacks they showed. They could've done without all the symbolism and showed more of what was going on inside Terminus. Also, I resent the fact that they failed to leave zero closure when we have to wait 7 months for it to come back. Spoilers, obvs; I think the mid season finale with the Governor being killed was better.
TL;DR - Less flashbacks, more action, satisfying closure to wrap up a season.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgh286n | I thought it was okay...Not really satisfying. I feel like they were trying to cram too much into that episode. There wasn't much going on inside Terminus because of all the flashbacks they showed. They could've done without all the symbolism and showed more of what was going on inside Terminus. Also, I resent the fact that they failed to leave zero closure when we have to wait 7 months for it to come back. Spoilers, obvs; I think the mid season finale with the Governor being killed was better. | Less flashbacks, more action, satisfying closure to wrap up a season. |
AlasdhairM | Mmhm. There was a pretty sweet booth at the Winter Antiques Show in NYC with some, and there's always the Morgan library here.
Tl;dr: NYC is spoiled for museums and antiques dealers. | Mmhm. There was a pretty sweet booth at the Winter Antiques Show in NYC with some, and there's always the Morgan library here.
Tl;dr: NYC is spoiled for museums and antiques dealers.
| badhistory | t5_2wo26 | cgj60ck | Mmhm. There was a pretty sweet booth at the Winter Antiques Show in NYC with some, and there's always the Morgan library here. | NYC is spoiled for museums and antiques dealers. |
rick2g | Yes... I'm aware of that. The show, however, demonstrates her being resistant to scalding water, red-hot coals, dragon fire, and good ol' candle flame. Most fans who only watch the show believe that she's completely immune to fire/heat - and from what has been shown on TV... she is. They even added a scene not from the book where Dany handles the dragon egg that burns Irri, but not her - so it's definitely not just the pyre.
The books, of course, don't have that - and my point was mainly that it would appear that TV Dany is significantly more fireproof than Book Dany.
Because GRRM *does* happen to consult on the show, I would presume that this means that the issue of her fireproof-ness does not factor majorly into the future of the story, as that would create some serious dissonance between the books/show, the sudden need to ret-con or at least ret-explain significant aspects of the show, or some more deus-ex-magica.
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tldr:
TV Dany: fireproof; Book Dany: very lucky
We don't know if that matters yet.
| Yes... I'm aware of that. The show, however, demonstrates her being resistant to scalding water, red-hot coals, dragon fire, and good ol' candle flame. Most fans who only watch the show believe that she's completely immune to fire/heat - and from what has been shown on TV... she is. They even added a scene not from the book where Dany handles the dragon egg that burns Irri, but not her - so it's definitely not just the pyre.
The books, of course, don't have that - and my point was mainly that it would appear that TV Dany is significantly more fireproof than Book Dany.
Because GRRM does happen to consult on the show, I would presume that this means that the issue of her fireproof-ness does not factor majorly into the future of the story, as that would create some serious dissonance between the books/show, the sudden need to ret-con or at least ret-explain significant aspects of the show, or some more deus-ex-magica.
tldr:
TV Dany: fireproof; Book Dany: very lucky
We don't know if that matters yet.
| gameofthrones | t5_2rjz2 | cghh2mj | Yes... I'm aware of that. The show, however, demonstrates her being resistant to scalding water, red-hot coals, dragon fire, and good ol' candle flame. Most fans who only watch the show believe that she's completely immune to fire/heat - and from what has been shown on TV... she is. They even added a scene not from the book where Dany handles the dragon egg that burns Irri, but not her - so it's definitely not just the pyre.
The books, of course, don't have that - and my point was mainly that it would appear that TV Dany is significantly more fireproof than Book Dany.
Because GRRM does happen to consult on the show, I would presume that this means that the issue of her fireproof-ness does not factor majorly into the future of the story, as that would create some serious dissonance between the books/show, the sudden need to ret-con or at least ret-explain significant aspects of the show, or some more deus-ex-magica. | TV Dany: fireproof; Book Dany: very lucky
We don't know if that matters yet. |
deo7 | A friend of mine from high school has a disorder where the blood vessels in his nostrils are much closer to the surface than normal. As a result, he was extremely prone to bloody noses. eventually, he figured out it was easy to cause them. Whenever he wanted an excuse to leave class he'd just give his nose a firm "bonk" and like magic, bloody nose. He even used this trick to get out of a speeding ticket.
TL;DR friend used bloody nose disorder to skip class and get out of traffic tickets. | A friend of mine from high school has a disorder where the blood vessels in his nostrils are much closer to the surface than normal. As a result, he was extremely prone to bloody noses. eventually, he figured out it was easy to cause them. Whenever he wanted an excuse to leave class he'd just give his nose a firm "bonk" and like magic, bloody nose. He even used this trick to get out of a speeding ticket.
TL;DR friend used bloody nose disorder to skip class and get out of traffic tickets.
| thatHappened | t5_2vmb7 | cgi1jq2 | A friend of mine from high school has a disorder where the blood vessels in his nostrils are much closer to the surface than normal. As a result, he was extremely prone to bloody noses. eventually, he figured out it was easy to cause them. Whenever he wanted an excuse to leave class he'd just give his nose a firm "bonk" and like magic, bloody nose. He even used this trick to get out of a speeding ticket. | friend used bloody nose disorder to skip class and get out of traffic tickets. |
ByronicAsian | I don't think its that the younger generation "doesn't know any better'. Its just they don't give a shit?
Political apathy for starts is major problem and the fact that a fair amount of Japanese feel that they've done enough with regards to contrition (i.e. the various Treaties, reparations, AWF, apologies and ODA loans).
Not to mention you're now several generations removed from said atrocities and these kids were taught these crimes in a very dry manner. (A few pictures of dead bodies here, a few pages about how many non-combatants were killed and maybe a paragraph about comfort women). Although there are supplementary materials used by teachers (who are often derided as left wing for their attempts to stop schools from using "nationalist texts") to attempt to evoke empathy (like diaries and selected excerpts from testimonials), the fact that the atrocities are not tested on College Entrance exams really just makes students give less of a shit.
The vast majority of young Japanese (like young Americans) do not vote reliably (namely those Japanese born after 1982 as they were taught under the revised M.O.E policy of teaching war crimes as prior to that, WW2 was a bit whitewashed) And with regards to the rest of the electorate, given the 20 year slump they were in, would prioritize the economy/domestic issues above all else. So even if an LDP politician may hold debatable historical views, they'll still vote for him/her if they believe he'll "improve the economy" or revitalize an area.
Now that the fact that the electorate doesn't give a shit. Why should an scumbag politician not try to troll for easy votes in a steady, albeit somewhat small voting bloc of ultra-nationalists by going to Yasukuni or denying war crimes and showing his street cred of not kowtowing to foreign countries (pls vote 4me). You sure as hell aren't losing any regular votes by doing so. You having nothing to lose and everything to gain.
tl;dr - students care only superficially or just don't give a shit. I mean, would you care? | I don't think its that the younger generation "doesn't know any better'. Its just they don't give a shit?
Political apathy for starts is major problem and the fact that a fair amount of Japanese feel that they've done enough with regards to contrition (i.e. the various Treaties, reparations, AWF, apologies and ODA loans).
Not to mention you're now several generations removed from said atrocities and these kids were taught these crimes in a very dry manner. (A few pictures of dead bodies here, a few pages about how many non-combatants were killed and maybe a paragraph about comfort women). Although there are supplementary materials used by teachers (who are often derided as left wing for their attempts to stop schools from using "nationalist texts") to attempt to evoke empathy (like diaries and selected excerpts from testimonials), the fact that the atrocities are not tested on College Entrance exams really just makes students give less of a shit.
The vast majority of young Japanese (like young Americans) do not vote reliably (namely those Japanese born after 1982 as they were taught under the revised M.O.E policy of teaching war crimes as prior to that, WW2 was a bit whitewashed) And with regards to the rest of the electorate, given the 20 year slump they were in, would prioritize the economy/domestic issues above all else. So even if an LDP politician may hold debatable historical views, they'll still vote for him/her if they believe he'll "improve the economy" or revitalize an area.
Now that the fact that the electorate doesn't give a shit. Why should an scumbag politician not try to troll for easy votes in a steady, albeit somewhat small voting bloc of ultra-nationalists by going to Yasukuni or denying war crimes and showing his street cred of not kowtowing to foreign countries (pls vote 4me). You sure as hell aren't losing any regular votes by doing so. You having nothing to lose and everything to gain.
tl;dr - students care only superficially or just don't give a shit. I mean, would you care?
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cgi3ub6 | I don't think its that the younger generation "doesn't know any better'. Its just they don't give a shit?
Political apathy for starts is major problem and the fact that a fair amount of Japanese feel that they've done enough with regards to contrition (i.e. the various Treaties, reparations, AWF, apologies and ODA loans).
Not to mention you're now several generations removed from said atrocities and these kids were taught these crimes in a very dry manner. (A few pictures of dead bodies here, a few pages about how many non-combatants were killed and maybe a paragraph about comfort women). Although there are supplementary materials used by teachers (who are often derided as left wing for their attempts to stop schools from using "nationalist texts") to attempt to evoke empathy (like diaries and selected excerpts from testimonials), the fact that the atrocities are not tested on College Entrance exams really just makes students give less of a shit.
The vast majority of young Japanese (like young Americans) do not vote reliably (namely those Japanese born after 1982 as they were taught under the revised M.O.E policy of teaching war crimes as prior to that, WW2 was a bit whitewashed) And with regards to the rest of the electorate, given the 20 year slump they were in, would prioritize the economy/domestic issues above all else. So even if an LDP politician may hold debatable historical views, they'll still vote for him/her if they believe he'll "improve the economy" or revitalize an area.
Now that the fact that the electorate doesn't give a shit. Why should an scumbag politician not try to troll for easy votes in a steady, albeit somewhat small voting bloc of ultra-nationalists by going to Yasukuni or denying war crimes and showing his street cred of not kowtowing to foreign countries (pls vote 4me). You sure as hell aren't losing any regular votes by doing so. You having nothing to lose and everything to gain. | students care only superficially or just don't give a shit. I mean, would you care? |
Shills_for_fun | I think the ambiguous status of the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands played a role in all that. Territorial disputes are easy to dust under the rug when they're not in the spotlight. For example, Japan's dispute with Russia gets virtually zero media coverage (as well as the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute with S. Korea) nowadays.
Essentially what Japan did with the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands is run up and slam their flag down on those rocks by allowing the sale of property. The history of how those islands became administered by Japan is also sort of sketchy, so China feels like they got screwed.
The CCP's central stance has traditionally been to right what they see have been the country's wrongs: being humiliated by western powers, creating a powerful united government that wasn't there under the Guomindang (rebel provinces, warlords, invasions by Japan), and of course territorial integrity after roughly a century of everyone carving out chunks of China.
TL;DR China has history of being screwed, Japan did something foolish, not really surprising when you think about it. | I think the ambiguous status of the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands played a role in all that. Territorial disputes are easy to dust under the rug when they're not in the spotlight. For example, Japan's dispute with Russia gets virtually zero media coverage (as well as the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute with S. Korea) nowadays.
Essentially what Japan did with the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands is run up and slam their flag down on those rocks by allowing the sale of property. The history of how those islands became administered by Japan is also sort of sketchy, so China feels like they got screwed.
The CCP's central stance has traditionally been to right what they see have been the country's wrongs: being humiliated by western powers, creating a powerful united government that wasn't there under the Guomindang (rebel provinces, warlords, invasions by Japan), and of course territorial integrity after roughly a century of everyone carving out chunks of China.
TL;DR China has history of being screwed, Japan did something foolish, not really surprising when you think about it.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cgi51t2 | I think the ambiguous status of the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands played a role in all that. Territorial disputes are easy to dust under the rug when they're not in the spotlight. For example, Japan's dispute with Russia gets virtually zero media coverage (as well as the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute with S. Korea) nowadays.
Essentially what Japan did with the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands is run up and slam their flag down on those rocks by allowing the sale of property. The history of how those islands became administered by Japan is also sort of sketchy, so China feels like they got screwed.
The CCP's central stance has traditionally been to right what they see have been the country's wrongs: being humiliated by western powers, creating a powerful united government that wasn't there under the Guomindang (rebel provinces, warlords, invasions by Japan), and of course territorial integrity after roughly a century of everyone carving out chunks of China. | China has history of being screwed, Japan did something foolish, not really surprising when you think about it. |
MerlinsBeard | Long story short, USSR wasn't in the war until June of '41 and US was in in December of '41.
By that point, the Brits had been fighting the Germans *and* the Italians alone for a full year after France capitulated in '40.
Bear in mind, in this year, the Brits were fighting the Germans/Italians all over the Mediterranean (Malta, Crete, Greece, etc), Middle East (Iraq mostly), North Africa and in the Battle of Britain.
The simple fact of the matter is, if the Brits had been defeated the Soviets never would have received the thousands of planes/trucks that they got from the US nor would the US have had a launching point for invasions of North Africa and Europe.
Manpower (couple hundred thousand Germans tied up in Mediterranean theater) wasn't the key issue, it was the number of armored vehicles and particularly aircraft that were being used. Had those men and especially those tanks/aircraft been available for Barbarossa perhaps that theater might have gone differently.
TL;DR To me, it *all starts* with the Brits standing alone for a full year against the Germans/Italians in multiple fronts. | Long story short, USSR wasn't in the war until June of '41 and US was in in December of '41.
By that point, the Brits had been fighting the Germans and the Italians alone for a full year after France capitulated in '40.
Bear in mind, in this year, the Brits were fighting the Germans/Italians all over the Mediterranean (Malta, Crete, Greece, etc), Middle East (Iraq mostly), North Africa and in the Battle of Britain.
The simple fact of the matter is, if the Brits had been defeated the Soviets never would have received the thousands of planes/trucks that they got from the US nor would the US have had a launching point for invasions of North Africa and Europe.
Manpower (couple hundred thousand Germans tied up in Mediterranean theater) wasn't the key issue, it was the number of armored vehicles and particularly aircraft that were being used. Had those men and especially those tanks/aircraft been available for Barbarossa perhaps that theater might have gone differently.
TL;DR To me, it all starts with the Brits standing alone for a full year against the Germans/Italians in multiple fronts.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cgi5jxh | Long story short, USSR wasn't in the war until June of '41 and US was in in December of '41.
By that point, the Brits had been fighting the Germans and the Italians alone for a full year after France capitulated in '40.
Bear in mind, in this year, the Brits were fighting the Germans/Italians all over the Mediterranean (Malta, Crete, Greece, etc), Middle East (Iraq mostly), North Africa and in the Battle of Britain.
The simple fact of the matter is, if the Brits had been defeated the Soviets never would have received the thousands of planes/trucks that they got from the US nor would the US have had a launching point for invasions of North Africa and Europe.
Manpower (couple hundred thousand Germans tied up in Mediterranean theater) wasn't the key issue, it was the number of armored vehicles and particularly aircraft that were being used. Had those men and especially those tanks/aircraft been available for Barbarossa perhaps that theater might have gone differently. | To me, it all starts with the Brits standing alone for a full year against the Germans/Italians in multiple fronts. |
indorock | No, you miss the point *entirely*. I chose to live in Germany because it's a stable and safe society and I enjoy those things. Who wouldn't??
I'm talking about the ethnocentric and frankly short-sighted view that "borders are a good thing" when it was those very borders which created the disparity between countries in the first place. Unless you mean to infer that Germans/Europeans/whatever are intrinsically inclined to create a more stable society than central Africans would, in which point I could label you a racist.
Yeah, borders and border security are so frigging awesome arresting or shooting Mexicans making a run for it is *super cool*....except when a piece of land outside your own has something you really need (most often oil), then we can put aside the notion of borders and sovereignty until further notice.
Tl;dr fuck borders | No, you miss the point entirely . I chose to live in Germany because it's a stable and safe society and I enjoy those things. Who wouldn't??
I'm talking about the ethnocentric and frankly short-sighted view that "borders are a good thing" when it was those very borders which created the disparity between countries in the first place. Unless you mean to infer that Germans/Europeans/whatever are intrinsically inclined to create a more stable society than central Africans would, in which point I could label you a racist.
Yeah, borders and border security are so frigging awesome arresting or shooting Mexicans making a run for it is super cool ....except when a piece of land outside your own has something you really need (most often oil), then we can put aside the notion of borders and sovereignty until further notice.
Tl;dr fuck borders
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cgi9iia | No, you miss the point entirely . I chose to live in Germany because it's a stable and safe society and I enjoy those things. Who wouldn't??
I'm talking about the ethnocentric and frankly short-sighted view that "borders are a good thing" when it was those very borders which created the disparity between countries in the first place. Unless you mean to infer that Germans/Europeans/whatever are intrinsically inclined to create a more stable society than central Africans would, in which point I could label you a racist.
Yeah, borders and border security are so frigging awesome arresting or shooting Mexicans making a run for it is super cool ....except when a piece of land outside your own has something you really need (most often oil), then we can put aside the notion of borders and sovereignty until further notice. | fuck borders |
Touristupdatenola | No reparations should be required. The only exception being the Swiss banks that held onto money that was not theirs to retain.
If Japan is still paying reparations, that is absurd. Additionally, if Japan chooses to rearm, why not?
My only request, is that Japan & the Japanese be honest about the past. As a Westerner I will always acknowledge that during WW2 the BE allowed millions to starve in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh; that the murder of Japanese POWs was SOP; our failure to bomb the railway to Auschwitz was shameful; and bombing was essentially a war crime. If politicians try to whitewash history, I would stand up and protest as the Japanese historians did recently.
And as a citizen of a great country, you can be proud of your awesome & honest historians.
TL;DR Agreed, reparations now are silly. Japan should rearm. Historical honesty is v important, that is my main point. | No reparations should be required. The only exception being the Swiss banks that held onto money that was not theirs to retain.
If Japan is still paying reparations, that is absurd. Additionally, if Japan chooses to rearm, why not?
My only request, is that Japan & the Japanese be honest about the past. As a Westerner I will always acknowledge that during WW2 the BE allowed millions to starve in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh; that the murder of Japanese POWs was SOP; our failure to bomb the railway to Auschwitz was shameful; and bombing was essentially a war crime. If politicians try to whitewash history, I would stand up and protest as the Japanese historians did recently.
And as a citizen of a great country, you can be proud of your awesome & honest historians.
TL;DR Agreed, reparations now are silly. Japan should rearm. Historical honesty is v important, that is my main point.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cgibon1 | No reparations should be required. The only exception being the Swiss banks that held onto money that was not theirs to retain.
If Japan is still paying reparations, that is absurd. Additionally, if Japan chooses to rearm, why not?
My only request, is that Japan & the Japanese be honest about the past. As a Westerner I will always acknowledge that during WW2 the BE allowed millions to starve in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh; that the murder of Japanese POWs was SOP; our failure to bomb the railway to Auschwitz was shameful; and bombing was essentially a war crime. If politicians try to whitewash history, I would stand up and protest as the Japanese historians did recently.
And as a citizen of a great country, you can be proud of your awesome & honest historians. | Agreed, reparations now are silly. Japan should rearm. Historical honesty is v important, that is my main point. |
kaiyu0707 | Running Templar with 1H and Shield on my main hand, and I keep changing from Bow, to Destro Staff, to Resto Staff, depending on the loot I get. I also keep changing up my armor from light to heavy and back again depending on the loot I get. I also keep swapping out skills as I change from single target ranged/AoE melee and AoE ranged/single target melee. I've squandered Skill Points into weapons I don't even use all the time. One time put a couple Skill Points into Restoration so I could heal in a dungeon (and then midway through the dungeon I picked up a strong Destro Staff and equipped that instead, lol). Despite all that, I've remained effective and have had a ton of fun playing any way I want to at any time.
TL;DR - I'm A.D.D. and indecisive, and I've never had more fun! | Running Templar with 1H and Shield on my main hand, and I keep changing from Bow, to Destro Staff, to Resto Staff, depending on the loot I get. I also keep changing up my armor from light to heavy and back again depending on the loot I get. I also keep swapping out skills as I change from single target ranged/AoE melee and AoE ranged/single target melee. I've squandered Skill Points into weapons I don't even use all the time. One time put a couple Skill Points into Restoration so I could heal in a dungeon (and then midway through the dungeon I picked up a strong Destro Staff and equipped that instead, lol). Despite all that, I've remained effective and have had a ton of fun playing any way I want to at any time.
TL;DR - I'm A.D.D. and indecisive, and I've never had more fun!
| elderscrollsonline | t5_2tqi0 | cgi3fc4 | Running Templar with 1H and Shield on my main hand, and I keep changing from Bow, to Destro Staff, to Resto Staff, depending on the loot I get. I also keep changing up my armor from light to heavy and back again depending on the loot I get. I also keep swapping out skills as I change from single target ranged/AoE melee and AoE ranged/single target melee. I've squandered Skill Points into weapons I don't even use all the time. One time put a couple Skill Points into Restoration so I could heal in a dungeon (and then midway through the dungeon I picked up a strong Destro Staff and equipped that instead, lol). Despite all that, I've remained effective and have had a ton of fun playing any way I want to at any time. | I'm A.D.D. and indecisive, and I've never had more fun! |
MrDMango | Besides Obamacare and a few other things, not a whole lot. The President doesn't have half the power the American people believe he does. Not saying he's not a powerful man, just that it seems that the general populace had a tendency to view him on a dictator level of power. We tend to blame him for everything instead of looking towards the root of the problem. Don't like the laws that have been passed lately? Try voting your Congressman/Congresswoman and house reps out of office. Do some research on who is keeping their promises and who voted what into existence.
Tl;dr: The President is not a dictator. Blame the House, Congress, and the President as a whole. | Besides Obamacare and a few other things, not a whole lot. The President doesn't have half the power the American people believe he does. Not saying he's not a powerful man, just that it seems that the general populace had a tendency to view him on a dictator level of power. We tend to blame him for everything instead of looking towards the root of the problem. Don't like the laws that have been passed lately? Try voting your Congressman/Congresswoman and house reps out of office. Do some research on who is keeping their promises and who voted what into existence.
Tl;dr: The President is not a dictator. Blame the House, Congress, and the President as a whole.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgi4ht1 | Besides Obamacare and a few other things, not a whole lot. The President doesn't have half the power the American people believe he does. Not saying he's not a powerful man, just that it seems that the general populace had a tendency to view him on a dictator level of power. We tend to blame him for everything instead of looking towards the root of the problem. Don't like the laws that have been passed lately? Try voting your Congressman/Congresswoman and house reps out of office. Do some research on who is keeping their promises and who voted what into existence. | The President is not a dictator. Blame the House, Congress, and the President as a whole. |
Bamboo_Fighter | In the end, we'd end up paying the same for less channels. Channels only cost a few dollars each a month b/c all subscribers are forced to purchase them. When users can pick or choose, the cost for a channel will be distributed amongst a smaller group, driving the price up. Oh, and large providers will still bundle their channels (want ESPN? Then take ESPN's package with ESPN Ocho! Want The Food Network? That requires a subscription to Scripps' package). And let's not forget all of this will be on top of the cable provider's fees for running the line to your house.
tldr; ala carte programming won't reduce your cable bill to $10/month b/c you tend to only watch 5 channels. | In the end, we'd end up paying the same for less channels. Channels only cost a few dollars each a month b/c all subscribers are forced to purchase them. When users can pick or choose, the cost for a channel will be distributed amongst a smaller group, driving the price up. Oh, and large providers will still bundle their channels (want ESPN? Then take ESPN's package with ESPN Ocho! Want The Food Network? That requires a subscription to Scripps' package). And let's not forget all of this will be on top of the cable provider's fees for running the line to your house.
tldr; ala carte programming won't reduce your cable bill to $10/month b/c you tend to only watch 5 channels.
| Android | t5_2qlqh | cgid749 | In the end, we'd end up paying the same for less channels. Channels only cost a few dollars each a month b/c all subscribers are forced to purchase them. When users can pick or choose, the cost for a channel will be distributed amongst a smaller group, driving the price up. Oh, and large providers will still bundle their channels (want ESPN? Then take ESPN's package with ESPN Ocho! Want The Food Network? That requires a subscription to Scripps' package). And let's not forget all of this will be on top of the cable provider's fees for running the line to your house. | ala carte programming won't reduce your cable bill to $10/month b/c you tend to only watch 5 channels. |
mobius_sp | > The extant manuscripts of the writings of the 1st century Romano-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus include references to Jesus and the origins of Christianity.[1][2] Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, written around 93–94 AD, includes two references to the biblical Jesus Christ in Books 18 and 20 and a reference to John the Baptist in Book 18.[1][3] - [**Wikipedia**](
Note that the book in question, *Antiquities of the Jews* only includes two references, and was written around 93-94 AD, which was some 60 years after the alleged death of Jesus. He's not a contemporary, and is writing third-hand information received from other people.
From an article titled [***Josephus on Jesus***]( from Princeton's website:
>There is broad scholarly consensus that the two passages referring respectively to John the Baptist, and to James the brother of Jesus are genuine. A third passage, the famous Testimonium Flavianum found in the Antiquities of the Jews 18.63-64, in its current form summarises the ministry and death of Jesus; but the authenticity of this passage remains contested by many scholars, and has been the topic of ongoing debate since the 17th century. The most widely held current scholarly opinion is that the Testimonium Flavianum is partially authentic; but that those words and phrases that correspond with standard Christian formulae are additions from a Christian copyist.
>
>In those parts of the Testimonium that are commonly regarded as authentic, Josephus describes Jesus as a teacher and miracle worker, attracting a large following who revered him after his death; but, other than James, Josephus names none of the founders of the Church such as St. Paul, St.Peter or any the Twelve Apostles, nor does he refer to basic Christian doctrines, such as the Virgin Birth, the Incarnation or the Atonement, which has led some to suggest that Josephus may have been an Ebionite Christian.
TL;DR: Josephus was not a contemporary of Jesus, though he was a contemporary of the early Christian cult (and possibly a member of one of it's earliest sects.) He wrote third-hand of Jesus about 60 years after the death of the man. His passages relating to Jesus, the Testimonium Flavianum, is highly contested by scholars and has been since the 17th century. The Testimonium shows signs of forgery by later Christian copyists. He's not a good historical source as a result.
Edit: there are other aspects of his writings that are considered pretty authentic, it's primarily the ones that deal with Jesus that show the greatest signs of having been forged. | > The extant manuscripts of the writings of the 1st century Romano-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus include references to Jesus and the origins of Christianity.[1][2] Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, written around 93–94 AD, includes two references to the biblical Jesus Christ in Books 18 and 20 and a reference to John the Baptist in Book 18.[1][3] - [ Wikipedia ](
Note that the book in question, Antiquities of the Jews only includes two references, and was written around 93-94 AD, which was some 60 years after the alleged death of Jesus. He's not a contemporary, and is writing third-hand information received from other people.
From an article titled [ Josephus on Jesus ]( from Princeton's website:
>There is broad scholarly consensus that the two passages referring respectively to John the Baptist, and to James the brother of Jesus are genuine. A third passage, the famous Testimonium Flavianum found in the Antiquities of the Jews 18.63-64, in its current form summarises the ministry and death of Jesus; but the authenticity of this passage remains contested by many scholars, and has been the topic of ongoing debate since the 17th century. The most widely held current scholarly opinion is that the Testimonium Flavianum is partially authentic; but that those words and phrases that correspond with standard Christian formulae are additions from a Christian copyist.
>
>In those parts of the Testimonium that are commonly regarded as authentic, Josephus describes Jesus as a teacher and miracle worker, attracting a large following who revered him after his death; but, other than James, Josephus names none of the founders of the Church such as St. Paul, St.Peter or any the Twelve Apostles, nor does he refer to basic Christian doctrines, such as the Virgin Birth, the Incarnation or the Atonement, which has led some to suggest that Josephus may have been an Ebionite Christian.
TL;DR: Josephus was not a contemporary of Jesus, though he was a contemporary of the early Christian cult (and possibly a member of one of it's earliest sects.) He wrote third-hand of Jesus about 60 years after the death of the man. His passages relating to Jesus, the Testimonium Flavianum, is highly contested by scholars and has been since the 17th century. The Testimonium shows signs of forgery by later Christian copyists. He's not a good historical source as a result.
Edit: there are other aspects of his writings that are considered pretty authentic, it's primarily the ones that deal with Jesus that show the greatest signs of having been forged.
| exjw | t5_2qp5l | cgicuu7 | The extant manuscripts of the writings of the 1st century Romano-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus include references to Jesus and the origins of Christianity.[1][2] Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, written around 93–94 AD, includes two references to the biblical Jesus Christ in Books 18 and 20 and a reference to John the Baptist in Book 18.[1][3] - [ Wikipedia ](
Note that the book in question, Antiquities of the Jews only includes two references, and was written around 93-94 AD, which was some 60 years after the alleged death of Jesus. He's not a contemporary, and is writing third-hand information received from other people.
From an article titled [ Josephus on Jesus ]( from Princeton's website:
>There is broad scholarly consensus that the two passages referring respectively to John the Baptist, and to James the brother of Jesus are genuine. A third passage, the famous Testimonium Flavianum found in the Antiquities of the Jews 18.63-64, in its current form summarises the ministry and death of Jesus; but the authenticity of this passage remains contested by many scholars, and has been the topic of ongoing debate since the 17th century. The most widely held current scholarly opinion is that the Testimonium Flavianum is partially authentic; but that those words and phrases that correspond with standard Christian formulae are additions from a Christian copyist.
>
>In those parts of the Testimonium that are commonly regarded as authentic, Josephus describes Jesus as a teacher and miracle worker, attracting a large following who revered him after his death; but, other than James, Josephus names none of the founders of the Church such as St. Paul, St.Peter or any the Twelve Apostles, nor does he refer to basic Christian doctrines, such as the Virgin Birth, the Incarnation or the Atonement, which has led some to suggest that Josephus may have been an Ebionite Christian. | Josephus was not a contemporary of Jesus, though he was a contemporary of the early Christian cult (and possibly a member of one of it's earliest sects.) He wrote third-hand of Jesus about 60 years after the death of the man. His passages relating to Jesus, the Testimonium Flavianum, is highly contested by scholars and has been since the 17th century. The Testimonium shows signs of forgery by later Christian copyists. He's not a good historical source as a result.
Edit: there are other aspects of his writings that are considered pretty authentic, it's primarily the ones that deal with Jesus that show the greatest signs of having been forged. |
cmilette | please note that this is a world of wonder production, I.E. they're doing as much as possible with the little they have. so they probably shot ALL of these ruview videos in the course of two or three days. obviously it's expected for them to have some sort of different outfit on every new video, but honestly? if I were them, I wouldn't be bothered either tbh. actually, it probably saved the production team time since their outfit/wig changes were probably really quick.
also, knowing about fashion and wearing good clothes are too different things. Grace Coddington being a prime example. she helps run one of the most successful fashion magazines daily, but she always looks like she's going to a lutheran funeral.
tl;dr they grown women and they can do whateva they want | please note that this is a world of wonder production, I.E. they're doing as much as possible with the little they have. so they probably shot ALL of these ruview videos in the course of two or three days. obviously it's expected for them to have some sort of different outfit on every new video, but honestly? if I were them, I wouldn't be bothered either tbh. actually, it probably saved the production team time since their outfit/wig changes were probably really quick.
also, knowing about fashion and wearing good clothes are too different things. Grace Coddington being a prime example. she helps run one of the most successful fashion magazines daily, but she always looks like she's going to a lutheran funeral.
tl;dr they grown women and they can do whateva they want
| rupaulsdragrace | t5_2t3or | cgjkndl | please note that this is a world of wonder production, I.E. they're doing as much as possible with the little they have. so they probably shot ALL of these ruview videos in the course of two or three days. obviously it's expected for them to have some sort of different outfit on every new video, but honestly? if I were them, I wouldn't be bothered either tbh. actually, it probably saved the production team time since their outfit/wig changes were probably really quick.
also, knowing about fashion and wearing good clothes are too different things. Grace Coddington being a prime example. she helps run one of the most successful fashion magazines daily, but she always looks like she's going to a lutheran funeral. | they grown women and they can do whateva they want |
AislinKageno | Yes!! That pisses me off! I also get a lot of guys who ask a million personal questions, but never provide any actual answers of their own. You know, usually when someone asks "What's your favorite movie?" (to pull a totally random and conversationally appropriate non-creeper example out of the air), after I answer they'll either say "Oh, I love that one!" or "Oh, cool! Mine's [Movie]." Instead, they never volunteer their own info, and just keep asking me things, so instead of a conversation it's an interrogation. And once again, I feel like I'm doing all the work, spilling my guts and baring my soul and he just eats it up, and I'm none the wiser about my conversational partner. Needless to say, I've wised up a bit, and am not so free with my replies as I once was.
TL;DR, some people need to learn to converse. >:/ | Yes!! That pisses me off! I also get a lot of guys who ask a million personal questions, but never provide any actual answers of their own. You know, usually when someone asks "What's your favorite movie?" (to pull a totally random and conversationally appropriate non-creeper example out of the air), after I answer they'll either say "Oh, I love that one!" or "Oh, cool! Mine's [Movie]." Instead, they never volunteer their own info, and just keep asking me things, so instead of a conversation it's an interrogation. And once again, I feel like I'm doing all the work, spilling my guts and baring my soul and he just eats it up, and I'm none the wiser about my conversational partner. Needless to say, I've wised up a bit, and am not so free with my replies as I once was.
TL;DR, some people need to learn to converse. >:/
| creepyPMs | t5_2ug83 | cgjbj6s | Yes!! That pisses me off! I also get a lot of guys who ask a million personal questions, but never provide any actual answers of their own. You know, usually when someone asks "What's your favorite movie?" (to pull a totally random and conversationally appropriate non-creeper example out of the air), after I answer they'll either say "Oh, I love that one!" or "Oh, cool! Mine's [Movie]." Instead, they never volunteer their own info, and just keep asking me things, so instead of a conversation it's an interrogation. And once again, I feel like I'm doing all the work, spilling my guts and baring my soul and he just eats it up, and I'm none the wiser about my conversational partner. Needless to say, I've wised up a bit, and am not so free with my replies as I once was. | some people need to learn to converse. >:/ |
FoxRaptix | >one person should not be able to compel another to do something they don't want to protect the first person. That is simply tyranny.
Like it or not you are a participant in society. You do not live in a bubble where your actions do not have both direct or indirect consequences and risks to those around you. In the case of irresponsible vaccination a deadly risk.
You have rights yes, but don't forget you are not the only member of society. So other people have rights to. The most fundamental right above all else is a right to life. Certain rights take precedence over other rights. In this case the right to life for others takes precedence over your right to make an ignorant choice.
This is a clear case where 2 rights can conflict with each other. Your fundamental right to choose in regards to your own body or your children, dangers the fundamental right to life of those around you/your children. In this case whose right do we respect more? The right of personal choice or the right of life?
Also Children have rights independent of their parents. So even based on ignorance as you claim why does the parents right of ignorance supersede the childs right to safe health? We've already seen with cases of Faith-healing that parents have an obligation to their children to keep them as safe and healthy as possible. If they are willfully and ignorantly denying their child access to vaccinations which keep them healthy and prevent deadly diseases then they are not fulfilling their obligation to their child and again they're forcing their personal right of choice to take precedence over the personal right of life of others.
You do not have a greater right to choose to endanger the lives of those around you than those people have a right to not be endangered by choice.
**tldr** Peoples right to life should not take second place to right of choice.
| >one person should not be able to compel another to do something they don't want to protect the first person. That is simply tyranny.
Like it or not you are a participant in society. You do not live in a bubble where your actions do not have both direct or indirect consequences and risks to those around you. In the case of irresponsible vaccination a deadly risk.
You have rights yes, but don't forget you are not the only member of society. So other people have rights to. The most fundamental right above all else is a right to life. Certain rights take precedence over other rights. In this case the right to life for others takes precedence over your right to make an ignorant choice.
This is a clear case where 2 rights can conflict with each other. Your fundamental right to choose in regards to your own body or your children, dangers the fundamental right to life of those around you/your children. In this case whose right do we respect more? The right of personal choice or the right of life?
Also Children have rights independent of their parents. So even based on ignorance as you claim why does the parents right of ignorance supersede the childs right to safe health? We've already seen with cases of Faith-healing that parents have an obligation to their children to keep them as safe and healthy as possible. If they are willfully and ignorantly denying their child access to vaccinations which keep them healthy and prevent deadly diseases then they are not fulfilling their obligation to their child and again they're forcing their personal right of choice to take precedence over the personal right of life of others.
You do not have a greater right to choose to endanger the lives of those around you than those people have a right to not be endangered by choice.
tldr Peoples right to life should not take second place to right of choice.
| changemyview | t5_2w2s8 | cgiw163 | one person should not be able to compel another to do something they don't want to protect the first person. That is simply tyranny.
Like it or not you are a participant in society. You do not live in a bubble where your actions do not have both direct or indirect consequences and risks to those around you. In the case of irresponsible vaccination a deadly risk.
You have rights yes, but don't forget you are not the only member of society. So other people have rights to. The most fundamental right above all else is a right to life. Certain rights take precedence over other rights. In this case the right to life for others takes precedence over your right to make an ignorant choice.
This is a clear case where 2 rights can conflict with each other. Your fundamental right to choose in regards to your own body or your children, dangers the fundamental right to life of those around you/your children. In this case whose right do we respect more? The right of personal choice or the right of life?
Also Children have rights independent of their parents. So even based on ignorance as you claim why does the parents right of ignorance supersede the childs right to safe health? We've already seen with cases of Faith-healing that parents have an obligation to their children to keep them as safe and healthy as possible. If they are willfully and ignorantly denying their child access to vaccinations which keep them healthy and prevent deadly diseases then they are not fulfilling their obligation to their child and again they're forcing their personal right of choice to take precedence over the personal right of life of others.
You do not have a greater right to choose to endanger the lives of those around you than those people have a right to not be endangered by choice. | Peoples right to life should not take second place to right of choice. |
GhostCarrot | I think your idea works. There really is no way to play cyborg in dnd, so if the OP can't switch systems but wants to play Adam Jensen, that would work. Soul of someone who's physical body dies but who's soul is transferred to empty warforged body us thematically almost identical to story that Adam goes trough.
When it comes to rules... You got two options:
1: Full warforged body: Use full warforged rules. Every one you meet has no reason to believe you are actually human, they might treat you weirdly.
2. Some original biotic body remaining (like upper torso and head) so you can disguise yourself as (albeit tall) human. You don't get charisma penalty warforged get and you get their bonuses. You however lose those bonuses warforged get because they are living constructs like need to not eat, breathe and sleep like biological races.
Backstory need explanation; who turned you into warforged and why? They might not be alive anymore but Adam still needs to find his loved one. Prob the organisation might be the House that originally made warforged in The War and Adam was a rogue project during the War. If the campaign is in Eberron I mean.
TLDR: If you want to play actual cyborg with rules and all you need to switch systems. If all you want is the theme "man within machine, I didnt ask for this" go with something like human soul in warforged vessel. | I think your idea works. There really is no way to play cyborg in dnd, so if the OP can't switch systems but wants to play Adam Jensen, that would work. Soul of someone who's physical body dies but who's soul is transferred to empty warforged body us thematically almost identical to story that Adam goes trough.
When it comes to rules... You got two options:
1: Full warforged body: Use full warforged rules. Every one you meet has no reason to believe you are actually human, they might treat you weirdly.
Some original biotic body remaining (like upper torso and head) so you can disguise yourself as (albeit tall) human. You don't get charisma penalty warforged get and you get their bonuses. You however lose those bonuses warforged get because they are living constructs like need to not eat, breathe and sleep like biological races.
Backstory need explanation; who turned you into warforged and why? They might not be alive anymore but Adam still needs to find his loved one. Prob the organisation might be the House that originally made warforged in The War and Adam was a rogue project during the War. If the campaign is in Eberron I mean.
TLDR: If you want to play actual cyborg with rules and all you need to switch systems. If all you want is the theme "man within machine, I didnt ask for this" go with something like human soul in warforged vessel.
| DnD | t5_2r9ei | cgj5ki4 | I think your idea works. There really is no way to play cyborg in dnd, so if the OP can't switch systems but wants to play Adam Jensen, that would work. Soul of someone who's physical body dies but who's soul is transferred to empty warforged body us thematically almost identical to story that Adam goes trough.
When it comes to rules... You got two options:
1: Full warforged body: Use full warforged rules. Every one you meet has no reason to believe you are actually human, they might treat you weirdly.
Some original biotic body remaining (like upper torso and head) so you can disguise yourself as (albeit tall) human. You don't get charisma penalty warforged get and you get their bonuses. You however lose those bonuses warforged get because they are living constructs like need to not eat, breathe and sleep like biological races.
Backstory need explanation; who turned you into warforged and why? They might not be alive anymore but Adam still needs to find his loved one. Prob the organisation might be the House that originally made warforged in The War and Adam was a rogue project during the War. If the campaign is in Eberron I mean. | If you want to play actual cyborg with rules and all you need to switch systems. If all you want is the theme "man within machine, I didnt ask for this" go with something like human soul in warforged vessel. |
elarobot | I'll try to convey why i DID enjoy it, and not run on too long. And for context, I'm not a humongous comic book head... although I can certainly watch a comic book movie or read one from time to time. I was a theater/film major in school, I work in post production and I enjoy a lot of different movies, all over the board. I love a lot of weirdo art films that I can't get anyone else i know to watch, and I also enjoy the works of Will Ferrel, if that helps to illustrate my spectrum.
First, to your critiques... it's a comic book movie, and a Judge Dredd movie at that... I'm not looking for incredible character development here (Dredd himself is really an extreme one note character: 'badass' and either you like that or you don't), nor a super complex story out of this movie. And so I turned off my always-on-hyper-analytical side that ruins the outcome of TV dramas for my wife halfway through when I predict everything that's going to happen note for note. I just went in looking to be entertained. And I was, because:
1. I found great tension in the film. Granted it felt a little lifted from "The Raid" but i thought closing off the apartment complex was a great way to keep the action going, and ratchet up tension since all parties were contained within a confined space. That sense of dramatic claustrophobia, I felt, was palpable.
2. It wasn't insipid pg-13 nonsense. This was an action movie for adults. It didn't hold back, it was gritty and brutal. It was mean. I liked that. It was a throwback to a time when many more action movies were made this way; not censoring themselves to the point where the reality of the dangerous, cut throat and unforgiving environment they're trying to create is completely undermined by how much they have to cut out, how little brutality they can actually convey. This movie has a *hard* 'R' rating and it showed. For me, it was a nice counter balance to all the other pg 13 comic book movies that straddle a very careful line about what they can show, and the world they can portray.
3. Urban's performance was excellent. He did justice (no pun intended) to a character that was completely maligned by the last movie iteration. Between keeping that helmet on all the time and the bottled up seething rage he managed to emote from the nose down... i found him pretty hard to look away from onscreen.
...there's plenty more, but I'm starting to ramble. I hope this was somewhat useful.
**tl;dr** - i had a great time in the theater seeing it, thought the 3D was the best application of that technology I'd seen thus far. | I'll try to convey why i DID enjoy it, and not run on too long. And for context, I'm not a humongous comic book head... although I can certainly watch a comic book movie or read one from time to time. I was a theater/film major in school, I work in post production and I enjoy a lot of different movies, all over the board. I love a lot of weirdo art films that I can't get anyone else i know to watch, and I also enjoy the works of Will Ferrel, if that helps to illustrate my spectrum.
First, to your critiques... it's a comic book movie, and a Judge Dredd movie at that... I'm not looking for incredible character development here (Dredd himself is really an extreme one note character: 'badass' and either you like that or you don't), nor a super complex story out of this movie. And so I turned off my always-on-hyper-analytical side that ruins the outcome of TV dramas for my wife halfway through when I predict everything that's going to happen note for note. I just went in looking to be entertained. And I was, because:
I found great tension in the film. Granted it felt a little lifted from "The Raid" but i thought closing off the apartment complex was a great way to keep the action going, and ratchet up tension since all parties were contained within a confined space. That sense of dramatic claustrophobia, I felt, was palpable.
It wasn't insipid pg-13 nonsense. This was an action movie for adults. It didn't hold back, it was gritty and brutal. It was mean. I liked that. It was a throwback to a time when many more action movies were made this way; not censoring themselves to the point where the reality of the dangerous, cut throat and unforgiving environment they're trying to create is completely undermined by how much they have to cut out, how little brutality they can actually convey. This movie has a hard 'R' rating and it showed. For me, it was a nice counter balance to all the other pg 13 comic book movies that straddle a very careful line about what they can show, and the world they can portray.
Urban's performance was excellent. He did justice (no pun intended) to a character that was completely maligned by the last movie iteration. Between keeping that helmet on all the time and the bottled up seething rage he managed to emote from the nose down... i found him pretty hard to look away from onscreen.
...there's plenty more, but I'm starting to ramble. I hope this was somewhat useful.
tl;dr - i had a great time in the theater seeing it, thought the 3D was the best application of that technology I'd seen thus far.
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cgj2nj0 | I'll try to convey why i DID enjoy it, and not run on too long. And for context, I'm not a humongous comic book head... although I can certainly watch a comic book movie or read one from time to time. I was a theater/film major in school, I work in post production and I enjoy a lot of different movies, all over the board. I love a lot of weirdo art films that I can't get anyone else i know to watch, and I also enjoy the works of Will Ferrel, if that helps to illustrate my spectrum.
First, to your critiques... it's a comic book movie, and a Judge Dredd movie at that... I'm not looking for incredible character development here (Dredd himself is really an extreme one note character: 'badass' and either you like that or you don't), nor a super complex story out of this movie. And so I turned off my always-on-hyper-analytical side that ruins the outcome of TV dramas for my wife halfway through when I predict everything that's going to happen note for note. I just went in looking to be entertained. And I was, because:
I found great tension in the film. Granted it felt a little lifted from "The Raid" but i thought closing off the apartment complex was a great way to keep the action going, and ratchet up tension since all parties were contained within a confined space. That sense of dramatic claustrophobia, I felt, was palpable.
It wasn't insipid pg-13 nonsense. This was an action movie for adults. It didn't hold back, it was gritty and brutal. It was mean. I liked that. It was a throwback to a time when many more action movies were made this way; not censoring themselves to the point where the reality of the dangerous, cut throat and unforgiving environment they're trying to create is completely undermined by how much they have to cut out, how little brutality they can actually convey. This movie has a hard 'R' rating and it showed. For me, it was a nice counter balance to all the other pg 13 comic book movies that straddle a very careful line about what they can show, and the world they can portray.
Urban's performance was excellent. He did justice (no pun intended) to a character that was completely maligned by the last movie iteration. Between keeping that helmet on all the time and the bottled up seething rage he managed to emote from the nose down... i found him pretty hard to look away from onscreen.
...there's plenty more, but I'm starting to ramble. I hope this was somewhat useful. | i had a great time in the theater seeing it, thought the 3D was the best application of that technology I'd seen thus far. |
davesfakeaccount | I had a whole research process, data to collect, variables to rank, I spent months on it (during whcih I had a nervous breakdown and almost had to be hospitalized).
Finally, I googled 4 therapists close to me. Started calling and made an appointment with the first one who answered. It worked just fine.
tl/dr: google "therapists in my city". pick the first one and call. Repeat. | I had a whole research process, data to collect, variables to rank, I spent months on it (during whcih I had a nervous breakdown and almost had to be hospitalized).
Finally, I googled 4 therapists close to me. Started calling and made an appointment with the first one who answered. It worked just fine.
tl/dr: google "therapists in my city". pick the first one and call. Repeat.
| socialanxiety | t5_2r22n | cgjmjiy | I had a whole research process, data to collect, variables to rank, I spent months on it (during whcih I had a nervous breakdown and almost had to be hospitalized).
Finally, I googled 4 therapists close to me. Started calling and made an appointment with the first one who answered. It worked just fine. | google "therapists in my city". pick the first one and call. Repeat. |
ThatDeznaGuy | Easiest way to improve your MMR would be to realise you had problems early in the game, like a walking courier well past the 10 min mark, and rectified them then. Buy wards if you need to, and point out that wards need to be purchased. Indicate dangers to your pubmates or point out runes.
tl;dr communicate and pick up slack if you have to | Easiest way to improve your MMR would be to realise you had problems early in the game, like a walking courier well past the 10 min mark, and rectified them then. Buy wards if you need to, and point out that wards need to be purchased. Indicate dangers to your pubmates or point out runes.
tl;dr communicate and pick up slack if you have to
| DotA2 | t5_2s580 | cgj3asx | Easiest way to improve your MMR would be to realise you had problems early in the game, like a walking courier well past the 10 min mark, and rectified them then. Buy wards if you need to, and point out that wards need to be purchased. Indicate dangers to your pubmates or point out runes. | communicate and pick up slack if you have to |
gettindickered | I feel similar, when I was getting my MMR ranking for solo play, I didn't have a single game where my teammates stayed till the end. Every single game I played had an abandon, and I got placed low 2k MMR. Obviously lost every match. Since ive gottten it up to mid 3k, but it took a lot of work. This low MMR trench is sometimes true, I find the lower the MMR the more likely my team is to either throw or just abandon. Your best bet is to stick to it, play heroes that can either dominate solo (slark, prophet, etc) or a good support hero (WD, CM, Visage (if you have good micro skills)). Once you get higher up and can actually create solid team compositions, its best to play whatever role is missing. I found low 2k rank was full of 3 mid heroes and a hard carry, leaving me most often as the only support. Team composition knowledge is very limited at low levels, so try to play whatever is needed. Another (last) tip is to try to jungle. Often I found my lanes were.... well complete shit to be honest. Very agressive players who end up feeding, etc. If I was left to my own devices for 15 mins as prophet in the jungle, I could come out with a necro 3, midas, and just fuck all their towers nearly instantly, giving my whole team a gold bonus.
Sorry for the wall of text.
Tl;Dr: Play what the team needs, farm a fuck ton if your hero needs it, and slowly work your way out of it. | I feel similar, when I was getting my MMR ranking for solo play, I didn't have a single game where my teammates stayed till the end. Every single game I played had an abandon, and I got placed low 2k MMR. Obviously lost every match. Since ive gottten it up to mid 3k, but it took a lot of work. This low MMR trench is sometimes true, I find the lower the MMR the more likely my team is to either throw or just abandon. Your best bet is to stick to it, play heroes that can either dominate solo (slark, prophet, etc) or a good support hero (WD, CM, Visage (if you have good micro skills)). Once you get higher up and can actually create solid team compositions, its best to play whatever role is missing. I found low 2k rank was full of 3 mid heroes and a hard carry, leaving me most often as the only support. Team composition knowledge is very limited at low levels, so try to play whatever is needed. Another (last) tip is to try to jungle. Often I found my lanes were.... well complete shit to be honest. Very agressive players who end up feeding, etc. If I was left to my own devices for 15 mins as prophet in the jungle, I could come out with a necro 3, midas, and just fuck all their towers nearly instantly, giving my whole team a gold bonus.
Sorry for the wall of text.
Tl;Dr: Play what the team needs, farm a fuck ton if your hero needs it, and slowly work your way out of it.
| DotA2 | t5_2s580 | cgj57zx | I feel similar, when I was getting my MMR ranking for solo play, I didn't have a single game where my teammates stayed till the end. Every single game I played had an abandon, and I got placed low 2k MMR. Obviously lost every match. Since ive gottten it up to mid 3k, but it took a lot of work. This low MMR trench is sometimes true, I find the lower the MMR the more likely my team is to either throw or just abandon. Your best bet is to stick to it, play heroes that can either dominate solo (slark, prophet, etc) or a good support hero (WD, CM, Visage (if you have good micro skills)). Once you get higher up and can actually create solid team compositions, its best to play whatever role is missing. I found low 2k rank was full of 3 mid heroes and a hard carry, leaving me most often as the only support. Team composition knowledge is very limited at low levels, so try to play whatever is needed. Another (last) tip is to try to jungle. Often I found my lanes were.... well complete shit to be honest. Very agressive players who end up feeding, etc. If I was left to my own devices for 15 mins as prophet in the jungle, I could come out with a necro 3, midas, and just fuck all their towers nearly instantly, giving my whole team a gold bonus.
Sorry for the wall of text. | Play what the team needs, farm a fuck ton if your hero needs it, and slowly work your way out of it. |
Meek0n | Count the calories. Plan you meals ahead of time. Try eating 5 or 6 smaller meals a day. Or alternatively bulk up on liquids between 4 meals. Although it feels like you are eating more than everyone else this is likely just you eating larger portions than them but less meals. TL;DR try 5-6 meals and decreased portion size, or increase liquid calories in addition to meals. | Count the calories. Plan you meals ahead of time. Try eating 5 or 6 smaller meals a day. Or alternatively bulk up on liquids between 4 meals. Although it feels like you are eating more than everyone else this is likely just you eating larger portions than them but less meals. TL;DR try 5-6 meals and decreased portion size, or increase liquid calories in addition to meals.
| gainit | t5_2s9bg | cgjagae | Count the calories. Plan you meals ahead of time. Try eating 5 or 6 smaller meals a day. Or alternatively bulk up on liquids between 4 meals. Although it feels like you are eating more than everyone else this is likely just you eating larger portions than them but less meals. | try 5-6 meals and decreased portion size, or increase liquid calories in addition to meals. |
LawrenceKenshin | At the time, BJ was regarded as the most dangerous grappler in the division: his last two wins were against Renzo & Rodrigo Gracie, and before that he choked Duane Ludwig, Matt Hughes, and Takanori Gomi to victory.
His only recent loss was to Lyoto Machida (a split decision). Danaher was certain that GSP could beat him on the ground. He was alone on this thought -- his logic was that BJ was never strong bottom player, he's never submitted anyone from the bottom. Rather, BJ is an incredible top player.
So he wanted GSP to push Penn to the fence, put Penn on the ground, and win through ground and pound. He believed early that one of GSP's greatest strength was to put people down and control them there. He had an exceptional ability to avoid submissions and put on "ferocious ground-and-pound".
He called this "a happy marriage between Georges' best skills and BJ's weaknesses."
Danaher was the new guy in GSP's camp, and they wouldn't allow Danaher to test the theory. They thought he was out of his mind, and explicitly told him so. So in the end they decided that GSP would go out and try to strike.
But Penn is an exceptional boxer, whose counterpunching style matches up badly with GSP's underdeveloped punching game. He was not confident that GSP would win in punching exchanges.
So he said to the camp... Direct passage from The Way of the Fight
>"How about we use your strategy for the first round, and if it works, we'll keep going with it? If it doesn't work, we'll switch to my strategy. -- They agreed. Now as history recalls, Georges took a terrible shellacking in that first round. He got poked very severely in the eye early in the fight, and his straight style of punching was easily countered with Penn's jabs and counterpunching.
>When Georges came back into the corner at the end of that first round, he looked like a completely beaten man. He sat down for a short time of rest. Somewhere in that minute he found his strength and I Looked at him. I said, 'Georges, you know what you have to do.' He turned his head up and looked straight at me. I remember he wiped the blood off his face and nodded. He didn't say a word. He rose, and he immediately drove BJ Penn to the fence, right there in front of me. We called out the precise elements we had drilled in New York City -- based on risk control and dropping to a leg -- and famously Georges took BJ down on several occasions. Of course, he easily survived on the ground and Penn never got close to a submission. Georges dominated the next two rounds and won a narrow decision.
>If we had used my strategy from the start, it would have been an easy victory, 3-0. But I learned alot about Georges that fight, something that went far beyond the technical level and into his heart. Even with that terrible start, he still came through, two rounds to one. He showed impressive courage, and I got to see his shootbox skills firsthand against, at the time, one of the greatest martial artists in the world.
>It was surprising to the naive, to those who understand strategy and BJ Penn, there was nothing surprising about it. It was simply observation of what should have been obvious facts. But most people overlook obvious facts."
TLDR: Danaher was the new guy in GSP's camp, told GSP to take BJ down and g&p, camp thought he was crazy, but it turned out he was right.
All of the Danaher passages in the book are as awesome and epic as this. | At the time, BJ was regarded as the most dangerous grappler in the division: his last two wins were against Renzo & Rodrigo Gracie, and before that he choked Duane Ludwig, Matt Hughes, and Takanori Gomi to victory.
His only recent loss was to Lyoto Machida (a split decision). Danaher was certain that GSP could beat him on the ground. He was alone on this thought -- his logic was that BJ was never strong bottom player, he's never submitted anyone from the bottom. Rather, BJ is an incredible top player.
So he wanted GSP to push Penn to the fence, put Penn on the ground, and win through ground and pound. He believed early that one of GSP's greatest strength was to put people down and control them there. He had an exceptional ability to avoid submissions and put on "ferocious ground-and-pound".
He called this "a happy marriage between Georges' best skills and BJ's weaknesses."
Danaher was the new guy in GSP's camp, and they wouldn't allow Danaher to test the theory. They thought he was out of his mind, and explicitly told him so. So in the end they decided that GSP would go out and try to strike.
But Penn is an exceptional boxer, whose counterpunching style matches up badly with GSP's underdeveloped punching game. He was not confident that GSP would win in punching exchanges.
So he said to the camp... Direct passage from The Way of the Fight
>"How about we use your strategy for the first round, and if it works, we'll keep going with it? If it doesn't work, we'll switch to my strategy. -- They agreed. Now as history recalls, Georges took a terrible shellacking in that first round. He got poked very severely in the eye early in the fight, and his straight style of punching was easily countered with Penn's jabs and counterpunching.
>When Georges came back into the corner at the end of that first round, he looked like a completely beaten man. He sat down for a short time of rest. Somewhere in that minute he found his strength and I Looked at him. I said, 'Georges, you know what you have to do.' He turned his head up and looked straight at me. I remember he wiped the blood off his face and nodded. He didn't say a word. He rose, and he immediately drove BJ Penn to the fence, right there in front of me. We called out the precise elements we had drilled in New York City -- based on risk control and dropping to a leg -- and famously Georges took BJ down on several occasions. Of course, he easily survived on the ground and Penn never got close to a submission. Georges dominated the next two rounds and won a narrow decision.
>If we had used my strategy from the start, it would have been an easy victory, 3-0. But I learned alot about Georges that fight, something that went far beyond the technical level and into his heart. Even with that terrible start, he still came through, two rounds to one. He showed impressive courage, and I got to see his shootbox skills firsthand against, at the time, one of the greatest martial artists in the world.
>It was surprising to the naive, to those who understand strategy and BJ Penn, there was nothing surprising about it. It was simply observation of what should have been obvious facts. But most people overlook obvious facts."
TLDR: Danaher was the new guy in GSP's camp, told GSP to take BJ down and g&p, camp thought he was crazy, but it turned out he was right.
All of the Danaher passages in the book are as awesome and epic as this.
| MMA | t5_2qhj4 | cgjgjsi | At the time, BJ was regarded as the most dangerous grappler in the division: his last two wins were against Renzo & Rodrigo Gracie, and before that he choked Duane Ludwig, Matt Hughes, and Takanori Gomi to victory.
His only recent loss was to Lyoto Machida (a split decision). Danaher was certain that GSP could beat him on the ground. He was alone on this thought -- his logic was that BJ was never strong bottom player, he's never submitted anyone from the bottom. Rather, BJ is an incredible top player.
So he wanted GSP to push Penn to the fence, put Penn on the ground, and win through ground and pound. He believed early that one of GSP's greatest strength was to put people down and control them there. He had an exceptional ability to avoid submissions and put on "ferocious ground-and-pound".
He called this "a happy marriage between Georges' best skills and BJ's weaknesses."
Danaher was the new guy in GSP's camp, and they wouldn't allow Danaher to test the theory. They thought he was out of his mind, and explicitly told him so. So in the end they decided that GSP would go out and try to strike.
But Penn is an exceptional boxer, whose counterpunching style matches up badly with GSP's underdeveloped punching game. He was not confident that GSP would win in punching exchanges.
So he said to the camp... Direct passage from The Way of the Fight
>"How about we use your strategy for the first round, and if it works, we'll keep going with it? If it doesn't work, we'll switch to my strategy. -- They agreed. Now as history recalls, Georges took a terrible shellacking in that first round. He got poked very severely in the eye early in the fight, and his straight style of punching was easily countered with Penn's jabs and counterpunching.
>When Georges came back into the corner at the end of that first round, he looked like a completely beaten man. He sat down for a short time of rest. Somewhere in that minute he found his strength and I Looked at him. I said, 'Georges, you know what you have to do.' He turned his head up and looked straight at me. I remember he wiped the blood off his face and nodded. He didn't say a word. He rose, and he immediately drove BJ Penn to the fence, right there in front of me. We called out the precise elements we had drilled in New York City -- based on risk control and dropping to a leg -- and famously Georges took BJ down on several occasions. Of course, he easily survived on the ground and Penn never got close to a submission. Georges dominated the next two rounds and won a narrow decision.
>If we had used my strategy from the start, it would have been an easy victory, 3-0. But I learned alot about Georges that fight, something that went far beyond the technical level and into his heart. Even with that terrible start, he still came through, two rounds to one. He showed impressive courage, and I got to see his shootbox skills firsthand against, at the time, one of the greatest martial artists in the world.
>It was surprising to the naive, to those who understand strategy and BJ Penn, there was nothing surprising about it. It was simply observation of what should have been obvious facts. But most people overlook obvious facts." | Danaher was the new guy in GSP's camp, told GSP to take BJ down and g&p, camp thought he was crazy, but it turned out he was right.
All of the Danaher passages in the book are as awesome and epic as this. |
dhack21 | I setup ATT next for my wife and son on their two iPhone 5S devices. Its only 25 a month for each phone which I don't think is too horrible however not actually owning the device would drive me crazy. Even after 18 months they don't "own" the phone but can trade it in for another if they so choose. Only after keeping it for I believe 24 months does it actually become there's to keep and the payments stop. I got my Lumia on a 2 year contract but I'm not paying monthly for it. I feel more comfortable going that route than the next route.
Tldr. I would get it off eBay. Its a Nokia so you know its probably fine since its a effin tank. | I setup ATT next for my wife and son on their two iPhone 5S devices. Its only 25 a month for each phone which I don't think is too horrible however not actually owning the device would drive me crazy. Even after 18 months they don't "own" the phone but can trade it in for another if they so choose. Only after keeping it for I believe 24 months does it actually become there's to keep and the payments stop. I got my Lumia on a 2 year contract but I'm not paying monthly for it. I feel more comfortable going that route than the next route.
Tldr. I would get it off eBay. Its a Nokia so you know its probably fine since its a effin tank.
| windowsphone | t5_2r71o | cgjgzpw | I setup ATT next for my wife and son on their two iPhone 5S devices. Its only 25 a month for each phone which I don't think is too horrible however not actually owning the device would drive me crazy. Even after 18 months they don't "own" the phone but can trade it in for another if they so choose. Only after keeping it for I believe 24 months does it actually become there's to keep and the payments stop. I got my Lumia on a 2 year contract but I'm not paying monthly for it. I feel more comfortable going that route than the next route. | I would get it off eBay. Its a Nokia so you know its probably fine since its a effin tank. |
amachan85 | Ok I'm commenting here as a victim of child abuse (the kind that's supposed to destroy you for the rest of your life). The spankings in most states are completely legal. Unless there is bruising, the parents will get away with it. You haven't really described your sister's behavior at all, though I sort of wonder if she might be provoking some of these responses. I want to clarify though, that I in no way find them ok. I believe that for the most part it does seem like emotional abuse (but that is harder to prove than physical). Your parents do seem older and might possibly have less patience with your sister. Your sister may also be high needs. Again this doesn't excuse their behavior. I'm going to go against the grain and say hold off on calling CPS. In my personal experience, there is not much in the above statements that they would be able to work with. There's no physical evidence of abuse. Here's what I would do first:
Call a family meeting. With ALL members that currently live in the household, including both of your sisters. Calmly explain to your parents the behaviors that you've seen them exhibit. Do not get overly emotional, scream at them, etc or they will not listen (I'm a parent of an extremely whiny 11 yr old, I tune her out when she whines). More than likely they might jump up and be defensive (I know I am) and claim to have reasonings for it. Tell them your concerns. Offer to help out more with her. I'm sorry but you're 17 and as a lot of people pointed out practically an adult. I know that you probably have school and college to think about, but being more proactive in your family (which I haven't seen anything that indicates you are, your entire statement seems like you are watching everything occur as a bystandard) can really help out.
Also with their ages possibly contributing to their sour attitude, are either of them disabled in any way? Hearing, mobility, sight, anything? That could also be something to take into consideration.
TLDR; Don't call CPS yet, but try stepping up and talking to your parents about their behaviors/attitude towards your sister.
| Ok I'm commenting here as a victim of child abuse (the kind that's supposed to destroy you for the rest of your life). The spankings in most states are completely legal. Unless there is bruising, the parents will get away with it. You haven't really described your sister's behavior at all, though I sort of wonder if she might be provoking some of these responses. I want to clarify though, that I in no way find them ok. I believe that for the most part it does seem like emotional abuse (but that is harder to prove than physical). Your parents do seem older and might possibly have less patience with your sister. Your sister may also be high needs. Again this doesn't excuse their behavior. I'm going to go against the grain and say hold off on calling CPS. In my personal experience, there is not much in the above statements that they would be able to work with. There's no physical evidence of abuse. Here's what I would do first:
Call a family meeting. With ALL members that currently live in the household, including both of your sisters. Calmly explain to your parents the behaviors that you've seen them exhibit. Do not get overly emotional, scream at them, etc or they will not listen (I'm a parent of an extremely whiny 11 yr old, I tune her out when she whines). More than likely they might jump up and be defensive (I know I am) and claim to have reasonings for it. Tell them your concerns. Offer to help out more with her. I'm sorry but you're 17 and as a lot of people pointed out practically an adult. I know that you probably have school and college to think about, but being more proactive in your family (which I haven't seen anything that indicates you are, your entire statement seems like you are watching everything occur as a bystandard) can really help out.
Also with their ages possibly contributing to their sour attitude, are either of them disabled in any way? Hearing, mobility, sight, anything? That could also be something to take into consideration.
TLDR; Don't call CPS yet, but try stepping up and talking to your parents about their behaviors/attitude towards your sister.
| Parenting | t5_2qhn3 | cgjxa5c | Ok I'm commenting here as a victim of child abuse (the kind that's supposed to destroy you for the rest of your life). The spankings in most states are completely legal. Unless there is bruising, the parents will get away with it. You haven't really described your sister's behavior at all, though I sort of wonder if she might be provoking some of these responses. I want to clarify though, that I in no way find them ok. I believe that for the most part it does seem like emotional abuse (but that is harder to prove than physical). Your parents do seem older and might possibly have less patience with your sister. Your sister may also be high needs. Again this doesn't excuse their behavior. I'm going to go against the grain and say hold off on calling CPS. In my personal experience, there is not much in the above statements that they would be able to work with. There's no physical evidence of abuse. Here's what I would do first:
Call a family meeting. With ALL members that currently live in the household, including both of your sisters. Calmly explain to your parents the behaviors that you've seen them exhibit. Do not get overly emotional, scream at them, etc or they will not listen (I'm a parent of an extremely whiny 11 yr old, I tune her out when she whines). More than likely they might jump up and be defensive (I know I am) and claim to have reasonings for it. Tell them your concerns. Offer to help out more with her. I'm sorry but you're 17 and as a lot of people pointed out practically an adult. I know that you probably have school and college to think about, but being more proactive in your family (which I haven't seen anything that indicates you are, your entire statement seems like you are watching everything occur as a bystandard) can really help out.
Also with their ages possibly contributing to their sour attitude, are either of them disabled in any way? Hearing, mobility, sight, anything? That could also be something to take into consideration. | Don't call CPS yet, but try stepping up and talking to your parents about their behaviors/attitude towards your sister. |
zBaer | Typically when you see trucks roll over it's because of a massive cross wind hitting the trailer because there is more surface area and air can easily get under the trailer. Your average truck has a low center of mass and air can't get under it easily. I don't think the truck is more likely to roll with a trailer because trailer are already extremely susceptible to rollover so it will go first. But obviously a lighter truck wouldn't be able to keep it down like a heavier one. So if the trailer does roll the lighter truck is more likely to go with.
BUT!
When you are bobtail its a different story. Just the truck by itself would be more susceptible to rollover than a heavier one. Same surface area and less weight.
TL;DR Trailers are worse in wind than a lightened truck. But a lightened truck is worse by itself than a regular one. | Typically when you see trucks roll over it's because of a massive cross wind hitting the trailer because there is more surface area and air can easily get under the trailer. Your average truck has a low center of mass and air can't get under it easily. I don't think the truck is more likely to roll with a trailer because trailer are already extremely susceptible to rollover so it will go first. But obviously a lighter truck wouldn't be able to keep it down like a heavier one. So if the trailer does roll the lighter truck is more likely to go with.
BUT!
When you are bobtail its a different story. Just the truck by itself would be more susceptible to rollover than a heavier one. Same surface area and less weight.
TL;DR Trailers are worse in wind than a lightened truck. But a lightened truck is worse by itself than a regular one.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cgk3qri | Typically when you see trucks roll over it's because of a massive cross wind hitting the trailer because there is more surface area and air can easily get under the trailer. Your average truck has a low center of mass and air can't get under it easily. I don't think the truck is more likely to roll with a trailer because trailer are already extremely susceptible to rollover so it will go first. But obviously a lighter truck wouldn't be able to keep it down like a heavier one. So if the trailer does roll the lighter truck is more likely to go with.
BUT!
When you are bobtail its a different story. Just the truck by itself would be more susceptible to rollover than a heavier one. Same surface area and less weight. | Trailers are worse in wind than a lightened truck. But a lightened truck is worse by itself than a regular one. |
face_fisted | I don't think *anyone in this thread* read the article. Yet again, it's a bunch of knee-jerk dumbasses prattling off about a misinformation centric headline.
This isn't about the Canadian government wanting to butt the US out of surveying Canadian citizens for the citizens rights and sovereignty... it's wanting to ensure that only Canadian companies get the contracts for hardware and maintenance for the monitoring of their *own* citizens in the same way the US would be.
You don't like the NSA? Oh, fine, CSEC is *just as good.* No citizen of any developed nation has any semblance of privacy. All nations spy on themselves and each other and select nations share that information.
TL;DR Canada doesn't want to give US companies the contracts for CSEC's own brand of digital surveillance. | I don't think anyone in this thread read the article. Yet again, it's a bunch of knee-jerk dumbasses prattling off about a misinformation centric headline.
This isn't about the Canadian government wanting to butt the US out of surveying Canadian citizens for the citizens rights and sovereignty... it's wanting to ensure that only Canadian companies get the contracts for hardware and maintenance for the monitoring of their own citizens in the same way the US would be.
You don't like the NSA? Oh, fine, CSEC is just as good. No citizen of any developed nation has any semblance of privacy. All nations spy on themselves and each other and select nations share that information.
TL;DR Canada doesn't want to give US companies the contracts for CSEC's own brand of digital surveillance.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cgk7kue | I don't think anyone in this thread read the article. Yet again, it's a bunch of knee-jerk dumbasses prattling off about a misinformation centric headline.
This isn't about the Canadian government wanting to butt the US out of surveying Canadian citizens for the citizens rights and sovereignty... it's wanting to ensure that only Canadian companies get the contracts for hardware and maintenance for the monitoring of their own citizens in the same way the US would be.
You don't like the NSA? Oh, fine, CSEC is just as good. No citizen of any developed nation has any semblance of privacy. All nations spy on themselves and each other and select nations share that information. | Canada doesn't want to give US companies the contracts for CSEC's own brand of digital surveillance. |
KAcotton | I have am a recent lancero convert. I had the LFD Double Ligero as my first lancero, at the behest of my Greek friend John. According to him, in Europe the lancero is considered the "Gentlemen's Cigar" not overly large and "obnoxious," as he put it, as the cigars Americans are accustomed to seeing. That being said, I really enjoy the lanceros as the wrapper (the finest leaf that can be grown, theoretically) plays so much more into the flavor of the cigar. I'll use the My Father as an example. I have had the My Father No. 4 (lancero) and the My Father No. 5 (toro.) I find the lancero to have a much "creamier" smoke, it has a much cooler and thicker mouthfeel than the smoke from the No. 5. The length of the lancero, I believe, is what plays into the smoke feeling "cooler" it has much more tobacco to be drawn through before it reaches your mouth, and consequently has that much more tobacco to "absorb?" flavors from. From a flavor stand point, the No. 5 is an excellent cigar, it is sweet, woodsy, leathery, and a little spicy, a very well balanced cigar. The No. 4 is much the same animal, flavor wise, but it is a whole other beast when we talk about intensity of flavor. Every nuance of every flavor you can pick out is present. The smaller ring gauge lets the wrapper do the talking and the length makes the smoke so cool and sweet I can hardly believe they are the same cigar.
The lancero vitola is becoming more prevelant, as far as I can tell. The ones I can recommend are as follows:
LFD Double Ligero (absolute pepper bomb, incredibly intense)
Headley Grange Drumstick (cool, creamy, sweet cedar with an almsot caramel flavor)
Tatuaje 10 Miami (their 10th anniversary offering, smooth, spicy, oaky with smoke so thick you can almost chew it, so good in fact, this is the cigar I smoke on my wedding day)
I hope every one enjoys my lancero ramblings. I'm not the most well spoken or experienced aficionadoh here, that's just my 2 cents.
TL;DR, Read the goddamn post!
Edit: I have to edit to say that my favorite lancero is the LFD Double Ligero | I have am a recent lancero convert. I had the LFD Double Ligero as my first lancero, at the behest of my Greek friend John. According to him, in Europe the lancero is considered the "Gentlemen's Cigar" not overly large and "obnoxious," as he put it, as the cigars Americans are accustomed to seeing. That being said, I really enjoy the lanceros as the wrapper (the finest leaf that can be grown, theoretically) plays so much more into the flavor of the cigar. I'll use the My Father as an example. I have had the My Father No. 4 (lancero) and the My Father No. 5 (toro.) I find the lancero to have a much "creamier" smoke, it has a much cooler and thicker mouthfeel than the smoke from the No. 5. The length of the lancero, I believe, is what plays into the smoke feeling "cooler" it has much more tobacco to be drawn through before it reaches your mouth, and consequently has that much more tobacco to "absorb?" flavors from. From a flavor stand point, the No. 5 is an excellent cigar, it is sweet, woodsy, leathery, and a little spicy, a very well balanced cigar. The No. 4 is much the same animal, flavor wise, but it is a whole other beast when we talk about intensity of flavor. Every nuance of every flavor you can pick out is present. The smaller ring gauge lets the wrapper do the talking and the length makes the smoke so cool and sweet I can hardly believe they are the same cigar.
The lancero vitola is becoming more prevelant, as far as I can tell. The ones I can recommend are as follows:
LFD Double Ligero (absolute pepper bomb, incredibly intense)
Headley Grange Drumstick (cool, creamy, sweet cedar with an almsot caramel flavor)
Tatuaje 10 Miami (their 10th anniversary offering, smooth, spicy, oaky with smoke so thick you can almost chew it, so good in fact, this is the cigar I smoke on my wedding day)
I hope every one enjoys my lancero ramblings. I'm not the most well spoken or experienced aficionadoh here, that's just my 2 cents.
TL;DR, Read the goddamn post!
Edit: I have to edit to say that my favorite lancero is the LFD Double Ligero
| cigars | t5_2r090 | cgkcw68 | I have am a recent lancero convert. I had the LFD Double Ligero as my first lancero, at the behest of my Greek friend John. According to him, in Europe the lancero is considered the "Gentlemen's Cigar" not overly large and "obnoxious," as he put it, as the cigars Americans are accustomed to seeing. That being said, I really enjoy the lanceros as the wrapper (the finest leaf that can be grown, theoretically) plays so much more into the flavor of the cigar. I'll use the My Father as an example. I have had the My Father No. 4 (lancero) and the My Father No. 5 (toro.) I find the lancero to have a much "creamier" smoke, it has a much cooler and thicker mouthfeel than the smoke from the No. 5. The length of the lancero, I believe, is what plays into the smoke feeling "cooler" it has much more tobacco to be drawn through before it reaches your mouth, and consequently has that much more tobacco to "absorb?" flavors from. From a flavor stand point, the No. 5 is an excellent cigar, it is sweet, woodsy, leathery, and a little spicy, a very well balanced cigar. The No. 4 is much the same animal, flavor wise, but it is a whole other beast when we talk about intensity of flavor. Every nuance of every flavor you can pick out is present. The smaller ring gauge lets the wrapper do the talking and the length makes the smoke so cool and sweet I can hardly believe they are the same cigar.
The lancero vitola is becoming more prevelant, as far as I can tell. The ones I can recommend are as follows:
LFD Double Ligero (absolute pepper bomb, incredibly intense)
Headley Grange Drumstick (cool, creamy, sweet cedar with an almsot caramel flavor)
Tatuaje 10 Miami (their 10th anniversary offering, smooth, spicy, oaky with smoke so thick you can almost chew it, so good in fact, this is the cigar I smoke on my wedding day)
I hope every one enjoys my lancero ramblings. I'm not the most well spoken or experienced aficionadoh here, that's just my 2 cents. | Read the goddamn post!
Edit: I have to edit to say that my favorite lancero is the LFD Double Ligero |
liquld | People keep posting here that Jester Thomas is the new Tarkus, but Tarkus could easily kill the Iron Golem by himself. I've fought Mytha plenty of times so I decided to see what everyone was talking about and summoned him. After hitting Mytha a few times, I decided to see if Jester Thomas could kill her by himself. It got down to one last hit on Mytha and a few hits left on Jester Thomas and he missed a Forbidden Sun, then got interrupted multiple casts in a row, then missed another Forbidden Sun before Mytha killed him. Hell, this happened on NG and I helped him deal some damage to her before letting them duel.
TLDR: Jester Thomas is not nearly as badass as Black Iron Tarkus was. | People keep posting here that Jester Thomas is the new Tarkus, but Tarkus could easily kill the Iron Golem by himself. I've fought Mytha plenty of times so I decided to see what everyone was talking about and summoned him. After hitting Mytha a few times, I decided to see if Jester Thomas could kill her by himself. It got down to one last hit on Mytha and a few hits left on Jester Thomas and he missed a Forbidden Sun, then got interrupted multiple casts in a row, then missed another Forbidden Sun before Mytha killed him. Hell, this happened on NG and I helped him deal some damage to her before letting them duel.
TLDR: Jester Thomas is not nearly as badass as Black Iron Tarkus was.
| DarkSouls2 | t5_2vqni | cgk9m93 | People keep posting here that Jester Thomas is the new Tarkus, but Tarkus could easily kill the Iron Golem by himself. I've fought Mytha plenty of times so I decided to see what everyone was talking about and summoned him. After hitting Mytha a few times, I decided to see if Jester Thomas could kill her by himself. It got down to one last hit on Mytha and a few hits left on Jester Thomas and he missed a Forbidden Sun, then got interrupted multiple casts in a row, then missed another Forbidden Sun before Mytha killed him. Hell, this happened on NG and I helped him deal some damage to her before letting them duel. | Jester Thomas is not nearly as badass as Black Iron Tarkus was. |
themostdangerousdame | I can't say for sure, but I think it's probably because intense fear of spiders isn't actually based on their evil mastermind superpowers or anything rational. Yeah, some are venomous, but for many it's just a visceral "ugh *no*" knee jerk reaction that is largely visual. So seeing them in games produces the same reaction for some people, plus in games they are usually significantly more lethal and aggressive than real life.
**tl;dr** spiders be nasty in any format | I can't say for sure, but I think it's probably because intense fear of spiders isn't actually based on their evil mastermind superpowers or anything rational. Yeah, some are venomous, but for many it's just a visceral "ugh no " knee jerk reaction that is largely visual. So seeing them in games produces the same reaction for some people, plus in games they are usually significantly more lethal and aggressive than real life.
tl;dr spiders be nasty in any format
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgk9zbm | I can't say for sure, but I think it's probably because intense fear of spiders isn't actually based on their evil mastermind superpowers or anything rational. Yeah, some are venomous, but for many it's just a visceral "ugh no " knee jerk reaction that is largely visual. So seeing them in games produces the same reaction for some people, plus in games they are usually significantly more lethal and aggressive than real life. | spiders be nasty in any format |
LordCharco_iii | Honestly, I would despise the concept of it. I know Nintendo would probably pull it off, but the entire point of Zelda is that Link is the hero traditionally with a sword. Modern would no doubt mean that some of the characters would have guns, which is not what the base core of Zelda is. It's set in (I think) medieval times with their technology and their mindset, not the modern day with our mindset. A modern day Zelda game would be taking away the charm of the games we know and love. The Heroes Bow would have sights and would not be the Bow that we know and love. The slingshot would probably be wrist mounted, not the simple Y-shaped stick that Ocarina of Time introduced.
TL;DR: I hate it because it wouldn't be Zelda. | Honestly, I would despise the concept of it. I know Nintendo would probably pull it off, but the entire point of Zelda is that Link is the hero traditionally with a sword. Modern would no doubt mean that some of the characters would have guns, which is not what the base core of Zelda is. It's set in (I think) medieval times with their technology and their mindset, not the modern day with our mindset. A modern day Zelda game would be taking away the charm of the games we know and love. The Heroes Bow would have sights and would not be the Bow that we know and love. The slingshot would probably be wrist mounted, not the simple Y-shaped stick that Ocarina of Time introduced.
TL;DR: I hate it because it wouldn't be Zelda.
| truezelda | t5_2tfzp | cgok0lx | Honestly, I would despise the concept of it. I know Nintendo would probably pull it off, but the entire point of Zelda is that Link is the hero traditionally with a sword. Modern would no doubt mean that some of the characters would have guns, which is not what the base core of Zelda is. It's set in (I think) medieval times with their technology and their mindset, not the modern day with our mindset. A modern day Zelda game would be taking away the charm of the games we know and love. The Heroes Bow would have sights and would not be the Bow that we know and love. The slingshot would probably be wrist mounted, not the simple Y-shaped stick that Ocarina of Time introduced. | I hate it because it wouldn't be Zelda. |
meltingdiamond | You would be amazed, sometimes stuff like this works.
I was in an Advanced Placement Calc class my last year of high school(2002-2003). I have illegible hand writing form a learning disability and all homework was briefly checked by the teacher to insure completion. I also had the iron belief that homework was not to take more then two pages, because this shit was assigned every day.
The end result was that I would hand over one to two pages of mad man scrawl and everyone else in class would turn in four to eight beautifully formatted pages. After about three weeks the teacher no longer checked my home work because I was always right. Some of my class mates hated this because I seemed to be getting away with bullshit but when AP test time came around I earned credit for two semesters of collage calc from a calc class where I was never graded on homework.
tl;dr sometimes trust works in a class. | You would be amazed, sometimes stuff like this works.
I was in an Advanced Placement Calc class my last year of high school(2002-2003). I have illegible hand writing form a learning disability and all homework was briefly checked by the teacher to insure completion. I also had the iron belief that homework was not to take more then two pages, because this shit was assigned every day.
The end result was that I would hand over one to two pages of mad man scrawl and everyone else in class would turn in four to eight beautifully formatted pages. After about three weeks the teacher no longer checked my home work because I was always right. Some of my class mates hated this because I seemed to be getting away with bullshit but when AP test time came around I earned credit for two semesters of collage calc from a calc class where I was never graded on homework.
tl;dr sometimes trust works in a class.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cgklj1d | You would be amazed, sometimes stuff like this works.
I was in an Advanced Placement Calc class my last year of high school(2002-2003). I have illegible hand writing form a learning disability and all homework was briefly checked by the teacher to insure completion. I also had the iron belief that homework was not to take more then two pages, because this shit was assigned every day.
The end result was that I would hand over one to two pages of mad man scrawl and everyone else in class would turn in four to eight beautifully formatted pages. After about three weeks the teacher no longer checked my home work because I was always right. Some of my class mates hated this because I seemed to be getting away with bullshit but when AP test time came around I earned credit for two semesters of collage calc from a calc class where I was never graded on homework. | sometimes trust works in a class. |
amznnblzn | Wiley Plus is the same shit. I NEED EVERY FUCKING POINT OK, 3 CS LANGUAGES AND TRIG, PLUS 2 MORE BULLSHIT CLASSES AND THIS FUCKING GUY, MR. COMPUTER FUCKING I AM THE FINAL SAY OF EVERYTHING MATH. FUCK YOU GUY.
FUCK YOU GUY.
TL/DR: Sincerely everyfuckingbody.com/fuckyourmomimtryingmyassoff.png | Wiley Plus is the same shit. I NEED EVERY FUCKING POINT OK, 3 CS LANGUAGES AND TRIG, PLUS 2 MORE BULLSHIT CLASSES AND THIS FUCKING GUY, MR. COMPUTER FUCKING I AM THE FINAL SAY OF EVERYTHING MATH. FUCK YOU GUY.
FUCK YOU GUY.
TL/DR: Sincerely everyfuckingbody.com/fuckyourmomimtryingmyassoff.png
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cgkmdmk | Wiley Plus is the same shit. I NEED EVERY FUCKING POINT OK, 3 CS LANGUAGES AND TRIG, PLUS 2 MORE BULLSHIT CLASSES AND THIS FUCKING GUY, MR. COMPUTER FUCKING I AM THE FINAL SAY OF EVERYTHING MATH. FUCK YOU GUY.
FUCK YOU GUY. | Sincerely everyfuckingbody.com/fuckyourmomimtryingmyassoff.png |
grate314 | This fucker... I had so much trouble with this program, but I never took a class that used it.
What's that you say?
About me: A little less than a decade ago, I got a Bachelor's in math. Meaning, I never took any of the classes that are taught by a computer b/c I wouldn't have gotten credit for them...
Anyway... Several of my friend's were on the 10-year plan when it came to college, and intermediate Algebra( yes, the remediation one, not for credit) proved to be a hurdle for someone who'd been out of high school for 7 or 8 years. They asked for my help, I drank their beer, it was a nightmare.
I remember specifically complex numbers. I happen to be pretty good with imaginary numbers, and the answer to one problem was 8*i*. NOPE! Oh, sure, 8*i* was the answer *eventually*, but we had to go through several levels of bullshit to get to it. The program even went as far as to say,"Yes, 8*i* is the correct answer, but we need to see how you arrived at it." I suppose that Mathlab just assumes you suck at math, which was a good assumption in my friend's case, just didn't think I'd get caught in it too.
Also, Parenthesis!
**tl;dr Mathlab sucks, even if you're good at math.** | This fucker... I had so much trouble with this program, but I never took a class that used it.
What's that you say?
About me: A little less than a decade ago, I got a Bachelor's in math. Meaning, I never took any of the classes that are taught by a computer b/c I wouldn't have gotten credit for them...
Anyway... Several of my friend's were on the 10-year plan when it came to college, and intermediate Algebra( yes, the remediation one, not for credit) proved to be a hurdle for someone who'd been out of high school for 7 or 8 years. They asked for my help, I drank their beer, it was a nightmare.
I remember specifically complex numbers. I happen to be pretty good with imaginary numbers, and the answer to one problem was 8 i . NOPE! Oh, sure, 8 i was the answer eventually , but we had to go through several levels of bullshit to get to it. The program even went as far as to say,"Yes, 8 i is the correct answer, but we need to see how you arrived at it." I suppose that Mathlab just assumes you suck at math, which was a good assumption in my friend's case, just didn't think I'd get caught in it too.
Also, Parenthesis!
tl;dr Mathlab sucks, even if you're good at math.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cgkmrwf | This fucker... I had so much trouble with this program, but I never took a class that used it.
What's that you say?
About me: A little less than a decade ago, I got a Bachelor's in math. Meaning, I never took any of the classes that are taught by a computer b/c I wouldn't have gotten credit for them...
Anyway... Several of my friend's were on the 10-year plan when it came to college, and intermediate Algebra( yes, the remediation one, not for credit) proved to be a hurdle for someone who'd been out of high school for 7 or 8 years. They asked for my help, I drank their beer, it was a nightmare.
I remember specifically complex numbers. I happen to be pretty good with imaginary numbers, and the answer to one problem was 8 i . NOPE! Oh, sure, 8 i was the answer eventually , but we had to go through several levels of bullshit to get to it. The program even went as far as to say,"Yes, 8 i is the correct answer, but we need to see how you arrived at it." I suppose that Mathlab just assumes you suck at math, which was a good assumption in my friend's case, just didn't think I'd get caught in it too.
Also, Parenthesis! | Mathlab sucks, even if you're good at math. |
ACForLife | Not as bad as yours OP, but I was at a birthday party in 7th grade and felt a big ol booger in my nose. So I go into the next room to pick it, (because I was sitting by the birthday boy while he was opening his presents) I was deep in there to when the dog walks past me and bumps my arm. Well that shoved my finger at an angle which made me cut the inside of my nose with my fingernail. Then the immense amount of blood came.
Fuck.
So I walk back into the room trying to get some damn help. As it turns out, a 7th grader with blood pouring out of his nose is pretty fucking terrifying.
Parents had to come get their children because the host parents almost broke down when they saw how much blood there was. So I kinda ruined the party, the fucker got Moon Shoes anyways so it couldn't have been that bad.
TL;DR: I ruined a 7th grade party because I picked my nose. | Not as bad as yours OP, but I was at a birthday party in 7th grade and felt a big ol booger in my nose. So I go into the next room to pick it, (because I was sitting by the birthday boy while he was opening his presents) I was deep in there to when the dog walks past me and bumps my arm. Well that shoved my finger at an angle which made me cut the inside of my nose with my fingernail. Then the immense amount of blood came.
Fuck.
So I walk back into the room trying to get some damn help. As it turns out, a 7th grader with blood pouring out of his nose is pretty fucking terrifying.
Parents had to come get their children because the host parents almost broke down when they saw how much blood there was. So I kinda ruined the party, the fucker got Moon Shoes anyways so it couldn't have been that bad.
TL;DR: I ruined a 7th grade party because I picked my nose.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgkkzr3 | Not as bad as yours OP, but I was at a birthday party in 7th grade and felt a big ol booger in my nose. So I go into the next room to pick it, (because I was sitting by the birthday boy while he was opening his presents) I was deep in there to when the dog walks past me and bumps my arm. Well that shoved my finger at an angle which made me cut the inside of my nose with my fingernail. Then the immense amount of blood came.
Fuck.
So I walk back into the room trying to get some damn help. As it turns out, a 7th grader with blood pouring out of his nose is pretty fucking terrifying.
Parents had to come get their children because the host parents almost broke down when they saw how much blood there was. So I kinda ruined the party, the fucker got Moon Shoes anyways so it couldn't have been that bad. | I ruined a 7th grade party because I picked my nose. |
throwaway983524 | I have a few that would fit into this but this one is by far the most ridiculous.
When I was 16, I wrote a frustrated story about my dad's alcoholism (which has been an off and on problem for years) and my much older sisters acceptance of it and how I was being treated on a particular day after coming home from school. It was something you would find on /r/offmychest today but this was a couple years before Reddit existed.
I never posted it online and I got over it but months later my sister went to clean my computer without asking me and found it, emailed it to my dad and he, for the first and only time, got physical as a drunk and started hitting me and slamming me against the wall and yelling at me for posting shit about him on the internet. His force wasn't particularly hard but this was really alarming and uncharacteristic of him.
When my mom found out later that night, it turned into a nasty domestic fight and the cops had to be called. My mom actually snapped and pushed him off a chair but we lied and just said my dad was drunk and needed to be restrained (we left out all the violence). It was horrifying and probably the worst day of my life.
My dad went to rehab over Christmas/New Years and before the holidays he sent us a really nice letter apologizing and promising he will get better. My sister picked him up after the 30 days and he was apparently irate and crazed. I never got to see him because my sister (who he was moving in with till we could figure out if he was safe to come home) kicked him out after he started drinking again and he went and moved into a hotel. We filed a restraining order.
6 weeks later my mom was in the process of filing for divorce when my dad was found dead in his hotel room from his 4th heart attack (apparently, there was actually a possibility for a while that he was murdered by a prostitute). This was kept quiet outside of the inner circle of the family and we have lived with the lie till this day that he simply died of his 4th heart attack and there was no domestic abuse or divorce involved.
We find out later that days before he died he reached out to an old family friend, apparently sober, asking for help but the friend's daughter urged her not to help him (and thus was really torn up afterwards about it).
Anyways, this whole situation had other ramifications but it would be useless for me to list them as it's hard to see where the butterfly effect ends.
**TLDR: I wrote a word file in preparation to vent on the internet about my home life that lead to my family being ripped apart and my dad dying in a hotel room.** | I have a few that would fit into this but this one is by far the most ridiculous.
When I was 16, I wrote a frustrated story about my dad's alcoholism (which has been an off and on problem for years) and my much older sisters acceptance of it and how I was being treated on a particular day after coming home from school. It was something you would find on /r/offmychest today but this was a couple years before Reddit existed.
I never posted it online and I got over it but months later my sister went to clean my computer without asking me and found it, emailed it to my dad and he, for the first and only time, got physical as a drunk and started hitting me and slamming me against the wall and yelling at me for posting shit about him on the internet. His force wasn't particularly hard but this was really alarming and uncharacteristic of him.
When my mom found out later that night, it turned into a nasty domestic fight and the cops had to be called. My mom actually snapped and pushed him off a chair but we lied and just said my dad was drunk and needed to be restrained (we left out all the violence). It was horrifying and probably the worst day of my life.
My dad went to rehab over Christmas/New Years and before the holidays he sent us a really nice letter apologizing and promising he will get better. My sister picked him up after the 30 days and he was apparently irate and crazed. I never got to see him because my sister (who he was moving in with till we could figure out if he was safe to come home) kicked him out after he started drinking again and he went and moved into a hotel. We filed a restraining order.
6 weeks later my mom was in the process of filing for divorce when my dad was found dead in his hotel room from his 4th heart attack (apparently, there was actually a possibility for a while that he was murdered by a prostitute). This was kept quiet outside of the inner circle of the family and we have lived with the lie till this day that he simply died of his 4th heart attack and there was no domestic abuse or divorce involved.
We find out later that days before he died he reached out to an old family friend, apparently sober, asking for help but the friend's daughter urged her not to help him (and thus was really torn up afterwards about it).
Anyways, this whole situation had other ramifications but it would be useless for me to list them as it's hard to see where the butterfly effect ends.
TLDR: I wrote a word file in preparation to vent on the internet about my home life that lead to my family being ripped apart and my dad dying in a hotel room.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgkl2qi | I have a few that would fit into this but this one is by far the most ridiculous.
When I was 16, I wrote a frustrated story about my dad's alcoholism (which has been an off and on problem for years) and my much older sisters acceptance of it and how I was being treated on a particular day after coming home from school. It was something you would find on /r/offmychest today but this was a couple years before Reddit existed.
I never posted it online and I got over it but months later my sister went to clean my computer without asking me and found it, emailed it to my dad and he, for the first and only time, got physical as a drunk and started hitting me and slamming me against the wall and yelling at me for posting shit about him on the internet. His force wasn't particularly hard but this was really alarming and uncharacteristic of him.
When my mom found out later that night, it turned into a nasty domestic fight and the cops had to be called. My mom actually snapped and pushed him off a chair but we lied and just said my dad was drunk and needed to be restrained (we left out all the violence). It was horrifying and probably the worst day of my life.
My dad went to rehab over Christmas/New Years and before the holidays he sent us a really nice letter apologizing and promising he will get better. My sister picked him up after the 30 days and he was apparently irate and crazed. I never got to see him because my sister (who he was moving in with till we could figure out if he was safe to come home) kicked him out after he started drinking again and he went and moved into a hotel. We filed a restraining order.
6 weeks later my mom was in the process of filing for divorce when my dad was found dead in his hotel room from his 4th heart attack (apparently, there was actually a possibility for a while that he was murdered by a prostitute). This was kept quiet outside of the inner circle of the family and we have lived with the lie till this day that he simply died of his 4th heart attack and there was no domestic abuse or divorce involved.
We find out later that days before he died he reached out to an old family friend, apparently sober, asking for help but the friend's daughter urged her not to help him (and thus was really torn up afterwards about it).
Anyways, this whole situation had other ramifications but it would be useless for me to list them as it's hard to see where the butterfly effect ends. | I wrote a word file in preparation to vent on the internet about my home life that lead to my family being ripped apart and my dad dying in a hotel room. |
criggled | I think its alright for there to be a map pool split between NA/EU. Yes it is CS, but I nor 90% of the NA player base will ever play a competitive game against EU. Even fewer will play at the level where the differences in the two maps will actually matter. Also, right before the switch, Alt-pug was running valve train and valve mirage. CEVO switched largely because they seem to move at a faster pace than ESEA (Or at the very least adapt sooner). They are also the "entry level league" Players looking to get into leagues for the first time usually end up in cevo, not esea. So using Valve maps makes sense for them.
When ESEA switched (the only reason I can think of is they already have issues getting the EU teams on NA soil, different maps would just be another reason for them to not come) that is when AltPug switched over. I have no clue what there intentions were for that, maybe it was to draw some players out of esea (worked for me but I still sub to esea).
As for Valve mirage, I do honestly believe it is a good map. I just feel as if _CE is better. My main beef with it is how long it takes, and how precise you have to be with most mid smokes. I understand the game needs to look nice to draw in spectators, I just dont feel as if removing/making smokes less useful is a fair trade off.
And as a side note. Pre-2001 there was actually a HUGE split between EU and NA. NA played the traditional MR format we are used to, while EU played Chargers Only. The only way you could score rounds, was on the terrorist side. CT's did not score points. This was changed after 9/11 for obvious reasons. So, even if the map pool was different, it would still be less fractured than it was at one point.
Tl;DR.
Its not really a huge deal, I just prefer playing on _CE | I think its alright for there to be a map pool split between NA/EU. Yes it is CS, but I nor 90% of the NA player base will ever play a competitive game against EU. Even fewer will play at the level where the differences in the two maps will actually matter. Also, right before the switch, Alt-pug was running valve train and valve mirage. CEVO switched largely because they seem to move at a faster pace than ESEA (Or at the very least adapt sooner). They are also the "entry level league" Players looking to get into leagues for the first time usually end up in cevo, not esea. So using Valve maps makes sense for them.
When ESEA switched (the only reason I can think of is they already have issues getting the EU teams on NA soil, different maps would just be another reason for them to not come) that is when AltPug switched over. I have no clue what there intentions were for that, maybe it was to draw some players out of esea (worked for me but I still sub to esea).
As for Valve mirage, I do honestly believe it is a good map. I just feel as if _CE is better. My main beef with it is how long it takes, and how precise you have to be with most mid smokes. I understand the game needs to look nice to draw in spectators, I just dont feel as if removing/making smokes less useful is a fair trade off.
And as a side note. Pre-2001 there was actually a HUGE split between EU and NA. NA played the traditional MR format we are used to, while EU played Chargers Only. The only way you could score rounds, was on the terrorist side. CT's did not score points. This was changed after 9/11 for obvious reasons. So, even if the map pool was different, it would still be less fractured than it was at one point.
Tl;DR.
Its not really a huge deal, I just prefer playing on _CE
| altpug | t5_2xv7n | cgnq85r | I think its alright for there to be a map pool split between NA/EU. Yes it is CS, but I nor 90% of the NA player base will ever play a competitive game against EU. Even fewer will play at the level where the differences in the two maps will actually matter. Also, right before the switch, Alt-pug was running valve train and valve mirage. CEVO switched largely because they seem to move at a faster pace than ESEA (Or at the very least adapt sooner). They are also the "entry level league" Players looking to get into leagues for the first time usually end up in cevo, not esea. So using Valve maps makes sense for them.
When ESEA switched (the only reason I can think of is they already have issues getting the EU teams on NA soil, different maps would just be another reason for them to not come) that is when AltPug switched over. I have no clue what there intentions were for that, maybe it was to draw some players out of esea (worked for me but I still sub to esea).
As for Valve mirage, I do honestly believe it is a good map. I just feel as if _CE is better. My main beef with it is how long it takes, and how precise you have to be with most mid smokes. I understand the game needs to look nice to draw in spectators, I just dont feel as if removing/making smokes less useful is a fair trade off.
And as a side note. Pre-2001 there was actually a HUGE split between EU and NA. NA played the traditional MR format we are used to, while EU played Chargers Only. The only way you could score rounds, was on the terrorist side. CT's did not score points. This was changed after 9/11 for obvious reasons. So, even if the map pool was different, it would still be less fractured than it was at one point. | Its not really a huge deal, I just prefer playing on _CE |
G_Gremlin | Yes this closed-loop cooler will be much louder. Performance-wise it should cool just as good as the best air-cooler (Noctua NH-D14) (so significantly better than hyper212) but louder.
BUT If you're not into hardcore(-ish) OC then you don't need it.
TL;DR: If you're not sure you need it. You don't need it. | Yes this closed-loop cooler will be much louder. Performance-wise it should cool just as good as the best air-cooler (Noctua NH-D14) (so significantly better than hyper212) but louder.
BUT If you're not into hardcore(-ish) OC then you don't need it.
TL;DR: If you're not sure you need it. You don't need it.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cgkyvo7 | Yes this closed-loop cooler will be much louder. Performance-wise it should cool just as good as the best air-cooler (Noctua NH-D14) (so significantly better than hyper212) but louder.
BUT If you're not into hardcore(-ish) OC then you don't need it. | If you're not sure you need it. You don't need it. |
Ikkath | While you are getting down votes by people who think you are being alarmist I will answer your question:
Probably not. However this doesn't preclude a future filovirus like Ebola being widely spread via the "air". The Reston virus (an Ebola subtype) was very highly suspected to be passing from monkey to monkey without physical contact when it was first discovered in the 90s. Though in this case the Virus seems to not be pathogenic to humans.
Further evidence has also been found that the pig to non-human primate jump can be made without direct contact for some Ebola subtypes.
TL;DR: don't worry that this particular outbreak will become "airborne" but academically there definitely is concern that a pathogenic, easily spread filovirus could arise someday. | While you are getting down votes by people who think you are being alarmist I will answer your question:
Probably not. However this doesn't preclude a future filovirus like Ebola being widely spread via the "air". The Reston virus (an Ebola subtype) was very highly suspected to be passing from monkey to monkey without physical contact when it was first discovered in the 90s. Though in this case the Virus seems to not be pathogenic to humans.
Further evidence has also been found that the pig to non-human primate jump can be made without direct contact for some Ebola subtypes.
TL;DR: don't worry that this particular outbreak will become "airborne" but academically there definitely is concern that a pathogenic, easily spread filovirus could arise someday.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cgl8bf3 | While you are getting down votes by people who think you are being alarmist I will answer your question:
Probably not. However this doesn't preclude a future filovirus like Ebola being widely spread via the "air". The Reston virus (an Ebola subtype) was very highly suspected to be passing from monkey to monkey without physical contact when it was first discovered in the 90s. Though in this case the Virus seems to not be pathogenic to humans.
Further evidence has also been found that the pig to non-human primate jump can be made without direct contact for some Ebola subtypes. | don't worry that this particular outbreak will become "airborne" but academically there definitely is concern that a pathogenic, easily spread filovirus could arise someday. |
wererat2000 | I'm against tipping being expected.
***hear me out!*** That's not to say I'm against tipping in general, somebody puts a little extra in their job they deserve a bit extra in return. On top of that I've got food allergies that admitedly makes some places jump through hoops, that alone is usually reason enough to tip.
What I'm against is the idea that you should tip for anything better than bad service.
I'm well aware of how little waiters/waitresses get paid and that they're technically paid less than minimum wage(unless the tips don't cover the difference) But you know what I say to that? ***fix the system then!***
Feel free to disregard me as an asshole now.
TL;DR I tip, but I hate the idea that tipping is expected no matter what. | I'm against tipping being expected.
hear me out! That's not to say I'm against tipping in general, somebody puts a little extra in their job they deserve a bit extra in return. On top of that I've got food allergies that admitedly makes some places jump through hoops, that alone is usually reason enough to tip.
What I'm against is the idea that you should tip for anything better than bad service.
I'm well aware of how little waiters/waitresses get paid and that they're technically paid less than minimum wage(unless the tips don't cover the difference) But you know what I say to that? fix the system then!
Feel free to disregard me as an asshole now.
TL;DR I tip, but I hate the idea that tipping is expected no matter what.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cgkv8q6 | I'm against tipping being expected.
hear me out! That's not to say I'm against tipping in general, somebody puts a little extra in their job they deserve a bit extra in return. On top of that I've got food allergies that admitedly makes some places jump through hoops, that alone is usually reason enough to tip.
What I'm against is the idea that you should tip for anything better than bad service.
I'm well aware of how little waiters/waitresses get paid and that they're technically paid less than minimum wage(unless the tips don't cover the difference) But you know what I say to that? fix the system then!
Feel free to disregard me as an asshole now. | I tip, but I hate the idea that tipping is expected no matter what. |
Yerru | I would get a little more experence before hosting. Make sure everything works before had aswell. There's also some good hosting FAQ and hosting rules you **NEED** to read over before you even start to think about hosting.
Tl;dr: Try to get a little more invigorated in the community before you host your first game. | I would get a little more experence before hosting. Make sure everything works before had aswell. There's also some good hosting FAQ and hosting rules you NEED to read over before you even start to think about hosting.
Tl;dr: Try to get a little more invigorated in the community before you host your first game.
| ultrahardcore | t5_2tswi | cgky53z | I would get a little more experence before hosting. Make sure everything works before had aswell. There's also some good hosting FAQ and hosting rules you NEED to read over before you even start to think about hosting. | Try to get a little more invigorated in the community before you host your first game. |
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