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Checked_Out | You can write any old stuffy, formulaic music by realizing the most common harmonic progressions, writing a banal melody and putting a bass line to it- even if it's using quartal, synthetic or extended chords, and it'll sound nice and pretty and regular.
I think it's almost on a totally different level to scribble something down that you heard, something that came to you, and then realize what that idea WANTS to be, how it WANTS to sound. That's creativity.
So tl;dr, yes, so much yes | You can write any old stuffy, formulaic music by realizing the most common harmonic progressions, writing a banal melody and putting a bass line to it- even if it's using quartal, synthetic or extended chords, and it'll sound nice and pretty and regular.
I think it's almost on a totally different level to scribble something down that you heard, something that came to you, and then realize what that idea WANTS to be, how it WANTS to sound. That's creativity.
So tl;dr, yes, so much yes
| musictheory | t5_2qrjj | cl594f5 | You can write any old stuffy, formulaic music by realizing the most common harmonic progressions, writing a banal melody and putting a bass line to it- even if it's using quartal, synthetic or extended chords, and it'll sound nice and pretty and regular.
I think it's almost on a totally different level to scribble something down that you heard, something that came to you, and then realize what that idea WANTS to be, how it WANTS to sound. That's creativity.
So | yes, so much yes |
tmachineorg | Various along the lines of:
e.g. "What is Serialization in Unity?"
-- quick way of finding out how deep your knowledge is. If you know nothing, that's not a black mark, but it's hugely important to the technical/coding side of Unity - making it an easy way to give you a chance to prove you're "better than the other candidates".
Tl;dr - think about the bits of Unity you know that are unique to Unity, and revise what you know about them / refresh your knowledge (make sure it's up to date for latest release!). Be prepared and able to show the interviewer that you know more than just the basics. | Various along the lines of:
e.g. "What is Serialization in Unity?"
-- quick way of finding out how deep your knowledge is. If you know nothing, that's not a black mark, but it's hugely important to the technical/coding side of Unity - making it an easy way to give you a chance to prove you're "better than the other candidates".
Tl;dr - think about the bits of Unity you know that are unique to Unity, and revise what you know about them / refresh your knowledge (make sure it's up to date for latest release!). Be prepared and able to show the interviewer that you know more than just the basics.
| Unity3D | t5_2qwj8 | cl5llaz | Various along the lines of:
e.g. "What is Serialization in Unity?"
-- quick way of finding out how deep your knowledge is. If you know nothing, that's not a black mark, but it's hugely important to the technical/coding side of Unity - making it an easy way to give you a chance to prove you're "better than the other candidates". | think about the bits of Unity you know that are unique to Unity, and revise what you know about them / refresh your knowledge (make sure it's up to date for latest release!). Be prepared and able to show the interviewer that you know more than just the basics. |
Azuvector | This is a pretty basic puzzle.
Think of the Aliens in Alien 4 as mutants. They're still mutants after adopting characteristics from their host. The characteristics they're given through being mutants aren't necessarily the ones their own process would have adopted.
Cloning or being a clone has nothing to do with it, as the intent there is an exact copy. A broken, failed clone, on the other hand, is a mutant, as it's DNA has gotten screwed up in some manner.
TL;DR; you're right, and it's a silly argument to have anyway. | This is a pretty basic puzzle.
Think of the Aliens in Alien 4 as mutants. They're still mutants after adopting characteristics from their host. The characteristics they're given through being mutants aren't necessarily the ones their own process would have adopted.
Cloning or being a clone has nothing to do with it, as the intent there is an exact copy. A broken, failed clone, on the other hand, is a mutant, as it's DNA has gotten screwed up in some manner.
TL;DR; you're right, and it's a silly argument to have anyway.
| LV426 | t5_2s5sk | cl5hl27 | This is a pretty basic puzzle.
Think of the Aliens in Alien 4 as mutants. They're still mutants after adopting characteristics from their host. The characteristics they're given through being mutants aren't necessarily the ones their own process would have adopted.
Cloning or being a clone has nothing to do with it, as the intent there is an exact copy. A broken, failed clone, on the other hand, is a mutant, as it's DNA has gotten screwed up in some manner. | you're right, and it's a silly argument to have anyway. |
thefadedline84 | The Cloned Xenomorphs were a mutated strain of Xenomorph that was spawned from the Queen extracted from the eight clone of Ellen Ripley. The cloning process used to acquire Ripley 8 and, subsequently, the Xenomorphs resulted in the Queen and its drones becoming altered through the unintentional inclusion of human DNA.
[Sauce](
**TL;DR**
these Xenos are
Queen/Ripley DNA > Mutant Egg > Mutant Facehugger > Betty Cargo > Mutant Xeno.
| The Cloned Xenomorphs were a mutated strain of Xenomorph that was spawned from the Queen extracted from the eight clone of Ellen Ripley. The cloning process used to acquire Ripley 8 and, subsequently, the Xenomorphs resulted in the Queen and its drones becoming altered through the unintentional inclusion of human DNA.
[Sauce](
TL;DR
these Xenos are
Queen/Ripley DNA > Mutant Egg > Mutant Facehugger > Betty Cargo > Mutant Xeno.
| LV426 | t5_2s5sk | cl5jgbt | The Cloned Xenomorphs were a mutated strain of Xenomorph that was spawned from the Queen extracted from the eight clone of Ellen Ripley. The cloning process used to acquire Ripley 8 and, subsequently, the Xenomorphs resulted in the Queen and its drones becoming altered through the unintentional inclusion of human DNA.
[Sauce]( | these Xenos are
Queen/Ripley DNA > Mutant Egg > Mutant Facehugger > Betty Cargo > Mutant Xeno. |
lazyshmuk | Honestly comparing the two is like the last presidential election for the US. If you're going to have a contest for who is the least smelliest and biggest pile of shit, you're still comparing to piles of shit. I was saying EA can give someone all the free games they want, they're still a shit company. I'm not saying other companies aren't as bad. I'm saying they're shit companies for trying to shiv people like that. Like Microsoft and the Xbone. "DRM, no used games and your Kinect is alwasy connected to the internet and on" I dont care if they've backpedaled on that, they were still wiling to take video games that direction. As a result, I'm never buying an Xbox console ever again.
TL;DR: Just because a company does something nice once in awhile doesn't mean i dont think they're not shit. That's all I was trying to say. | Honestly comparing the two is like the last presidential election for the US. If you're going to have a contest for who is the least smelliest and biggest pile of shit, you're still comparing to piles of shit. I was saying EA can give someone all the free games they want, they're still a shit company. I'm not saying other companies aren't as bad. I'm saying they're shit companies for trying to shiv people like that. Like Microsoft and the Xbone. "DRM, no used games and your Kinect is alwasy connected to the internet and on" I dont care if they've backpedaled on that, they were still wiling to take video games that direction. As a result, I'm never buying an Xbox console ever again.
TL;DR: Just because a company does something nice once in awhile doesn't mean i dont think they're not shit. That's all I was trying to say.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cl5ybin | Honestly comparing the two is like the last presidential election for the US. If you're going to have a contest for who is the least smelliest and biggest pile of shit, you're still comparing to piles of shit. I was saying EA can give someone all the free games they want, they're still a shit company. I'm not saying other companies aren't as bad. I'm saying they're shit companies for trying to shiv people like that. Like Microsoft and the Xbone. "DRM, no used games and your Kinect is alwasy connected to the internet and on" I dont care if they've backpedaled on that, they were still wiling to take video games that direction. As a result, I'm never buying an Xbox console ever again. | Just because a company does something nice once in awhile doesn't mean i dont think they're not shit. That's all I was trying to say. |
crash7800 | I'm going to try to jump in here to set a few things straight.
First and obviously most importantly, this is normal fluctuation in trend with their previous performance and the rest of the market.
This has nothing to do with complaints or news stories about resolution or frame rate. This game will sell millions of copies and, realistically, you're taking about maybe *maybe* 100,000 pissed off gamers who care or have learned about this. And that is being exceptionally generous.
The fact is that most games (90% +) don't look at gaming forums or gaming blogs. More gamers, when it comes to single sources, get their news from IGN or game informer more than anywhere else. And, most of them don't pay very close attention outside of the hype.
EDIT: Perfect example --- [Assassin's Creed Black Flag sold 11 million copies]( and [Kotaku's leading article on FPS/resolution caps has 56,000 views]( That's 00.5% of Assassin's Creed's demonstrable playerbase.
Then, there are the investors. They do not care about this at all. As long as it doesn't hit sales (and they don't care until after the fact) they couldn't care less. The huge majority of investors in any of the given AAA publishers are not gamers. Listen to an investor call some time. You won't hear about features, gameplay, or anything else that matters to gamers. You may occasionally hear a buzzword, but that's it. Market research, marketing tactics, and sales projections.
**TL;DR Don't flatter yourselves. The markets don't give a shit about 900p or 30 fps. This is a coincidence.** | I'm going to try to jump in here to set a few things straight.
First and obviously most importantly, this is normal fluctuation in trend with their previous performance and the rest of the market.
This has nothing to do with complaints or news stories about resolution or frame rate. This game will sell millions of copies and, realistically, you're taking about maybe maybe 100,000 pissed off gamers who care or have learned about this. And that is being exceptionally generous.
The fact is that most games (90% +) don't look at gaming forums or gaming blogs. More gamers, when it comes to single sources, get their news from IGN or game informer more than anywhere else. And, most of them don't pay very close attention outside of the hype.
EDIT: Perfect example --- [Assassin's Creed Black Flag sold 11 million copies]( and [Kotaku's leading article on FPS/resolution caps has 56,000 views]( That's 00.5% of Assassin's Creed's demonstrable playerbase.
Then, there are the investors. They do not care about this at all. As long as it doesn't hit sales (and they don't care until after the fact) they couldn't care less. The huge majority of investors in any of the given AAA publishers are not gamers. Listen to an investor call some time. You won't hear about features, gameplay, or anything else that matters to gamers. You may occasionally hear a buzzword, but that's it. Market research, marketing tactics, and sales projections.
TL;DR Don't flatter yourselves. The markets don't give a shit about 900p or 30 fps. This is a coincidence.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cl5rhxr | I'm going to try to jump in here to set a few things straight.
First and obviously most importantly, this is normal fluctuation in trend with their previous performance and the rest of the market.
This has nothing to do with complaints or news stories about resolution or frame rate. This game will sell millions of copies and, realistically, you're taking about maybe maybe 100,000 pissed off gamers who care or have learned about this. And that is being exceptionally generous.
The fact is that most games (90% +) don't look at gaming forums or gaming blogs. More gamers, when it comes to single sources, get their news from IGN or game informer more than anywhere else. And, most of them don't pay very close attention outside of the hype.
EDIT: Perfect example --- [Assassin's Creed Black Flag sold 11 million copies]( and [Kotaku's leading article on FPS/resolution caps has 56,000 views]( That's 00.5% of Assassin's Creed's demonstrable playerbase.
Then, there are the investors. They do not care about this at all. As long as it doesn't hit sales (and they don't care until after the fact) they couldn't care less. The huge majority of investors in any of the given AAA publishers are not gamers. Listen to an investor call some time. You won't hear about features, gameplay, or anything else that matters to gamers. You may occasionally hear a buzzword, but that's it. Market research, marketing tactics, and sales projections. | Don't flatter yourselves. The markets don't give a shit about 900p or 30 fps. This is a coincidence. |
afancybananahammock | First off I love vintage watches 20s to 50s and I have a sizable collection approx 30-40 pieces of all brands so she "borrows" them alot. I was just browsing through my watch guide pining over some watches I thought I could never get and she asked what my next purchase would be if I could get any watch and I said a vintage rolex observatory (1940s-1950s) and told her there were a few in my ebay (I keep track of prices by just placing watches on my list so if come across one in the wild I know where the market is). So later that night I saw a Pacer and put it on the list so I could look more into it because the only electric watch in my collection is an accutron (1967 I think). So while I am at work the next day she told me not to go on my ebay until Thursday because she bought me a watch and I was pretty sure it was a rolex but it was this Pacer which after seeing it is much better lol.
TLDR: Yes and No. I put it in my list but didn't tell her to get it. | First off I love vintage watches 20s to 50s and I have a sizable collection approx 30-40 pieces of all brands so she "borrows" them alot. I was just browsing through my watch guide pining over some watches I thought I could never get and she asked what my next purchase would be if I could get any watch and I said a vintage rolex observatory (1940s-1950s) and told her there were a few in my ebay (I keep track of prices by just placing watches on my list so if come across one in the wild I know where the market is). So later that night I saw a Pacer and put it on the list so I could look more into it because the only electric watch in my collection is an accutron (1967 I think). So while I am at work the next day she told me not to go on my ebay until Thursday because she bought me a watch and I was pretty sure it was a rolex but it was this Pacer which after seeing it is much better lol.
TLDR: Yes and No. I put it in my list but didn't tell her to get it.
| Watches | t5_2qls5 | cl5webx | First off I love vintage watches 20s to 50s and I have a sizable collection approx 30-40 pieces of all brands so she "borrows" them alot. I was just browsing through my watch guide pining over some watches I thought I could never get and she asked what my next purchase would be if I could get any watch and I said a vintage rolex observatory (1940s-1950s) and told her there were a few in my ebay (I keep track of prices by just placing watches on my list so if come across one in the wild I know where the market is). So later that night I saw a Pacer and put it on the list so I could look more into it because the only electric watch in my collection is an accutron (1967 I think). So while I am at work the next day she told me not to go on my ebay until Thursday because she bought me a watch and I was pretty sure it was a rolex but it was this Pacer which after seeing it is much better lol. | Yes and No. I put it in my list but didn't tell her to get it. |
DigitalGarden | It is an excuse if you are defining excuse as a reason for doing something. For example, every time Debbie eats beans, she farts all night. The beans being eaten is the reason she farts.
If you define excuse as a stated reason for negative behavior that people state in order for the behavior to continue or as an apology for bad behavior, as in the phrase "excuse me" after farting, or saying that you were late because your car broke down, then excuse has a different contextual definition. It becomes an apology- and our response in English to someone giving an inadequate apology is "that isn't any excuse" or "that isn't good enough".
Source: I have parents that were constantly telling me "that isn't any excuse" when I explained things. I was confused about this as a child, because in school I was taught that the words "excuse" and "reason" were interchangeable. When they asked why I was late and I told them I was making up a test, they said "That isn't any excuse."- I didn't know how to reply. Making up a test was the reason I was late. It was, however, not a good enough reason.
I realized that in our culture, excuse has the definition "lame reason that I won't accept."
Other confusing word to my child self: Ignorant.
The scholarly definition is not having knowledge of something. For example, I am ignorant of the details about quantum physics.
In my region of the US, at least, the word ignorant has colloquially taken on a negative connotation. For example, if someone is being rude and stupid, they are "ignorant".
People looked at me weird when I would say "ignorant of what?" Because that is not the same definition they used.
TL;DR: When I started to socialize, I realized that words can take on meanings other than their dictionary definition and that there are different regional dialects of English. | It is an excuse if you are defining excuse as a reason for doing something. For example, every time Debbie eats beans, she farts all night. The beans being eaten is the reason she farts.
If you define excuse as a stated reason for negative behavior that people state in order for the behavior to continue or as an apology for bad behavior, as in the phrase "excuse me" after farting, or saying that you were late because your car broke down, then excuse has a different contextual definition. It becomes an apology- and our response in English to someone giving an inadequate apology is "that isn't any excuse" or "that isn't good enough".
Source: I have parents that were constantly telling me "that isn't any excuse" when I explained things. I was confused about this as a child, because in school I was taught that the words "excuse" and "reason" were interchangeable. When they asked why I was late and I told them I was making up a test, they said "That isn't any excuse."- I didn't know how to reply. Making up a test was the reason I was late. It was, however, not a good enough reason.
I realized that in our culture, excuse has the definition "lame reason that I won't accept."
Other confusing word to my child self: Ignorant.
The scholarly definition is not having knowledge of something. For example, I am ignorant of the details about quantum physics.
In my region of the US, at least, the word ignorant has colloquially taken on a negative connotation. For example, if someone is being rude and stupid, they are "ignorant".
People looked at me weird when I would say "ignorant of what?" Because that is not the same definition they used.
TL;DR: When I started to socialize, I realized that words can take on meanings other than their dictionary definition and that there are different regional dialects of English.
| childfree | t5_2qtwb | cl62fg7 | It is an excuse if you are defining excuse as a reason for doing something. For example, every time Debbie eats beans, she farts all night. The beans being eaten is the reason she farts.
If you define excuse as a stated reason for negative behavior that people state in order for the behavior to continue or as an apology for bad behavior, as in the phrase "excuse me" after farting, or saying that you were late because your car broke down, then excuse has a different contextual definition. It becomes an apology- and our response in English to someone giving an inadequate apology is "that isn't any excuse" or "that isn't good enough".
Source: I have parents that were constantly telling me "that isn't any excuse" when I explained things. I was confused about this as a child, because in school I was taught that the words "excuse" and "reason" were interchangeable. When they asked why I was late and I told them I was making up a test, they said "That isn't any excuse."- I didn't know how to reply. Making up a test was the reason I was late. It was, however, not a good enough reason.
I realized that in our culture, excuse has the definition "lame reason that I won't accept."
Other confusing word to my child self: Ignorant.
The scholarly definition is not having knowledge of something. For example, I am ignorant of the details about quantum physics.
In my region of the US, at least, the word ignorant has colloquially taken on a negative connotation. For example, if someone is being rude and stupid, they are "ignorant".
People looked at me weird when I would say "ignorant of what?" Because that is not the same definition they used. | When I started to socialize, I realized that words can take on meanings other than their dictionary definition and that there are different regional dialects of English. |
CornChowdah | My brothers wife is an insane bitch who ruined the super friendly family dynamic we have. Everytime she's there its uncomfortable because we don't know what will set it off.
Luckily she hasn't started harping my SO and I about having kids but she's also a horrible helicopter mom so I'll just laugh if she tries to give me any sort of advice.
Tl;Dr I know the feels of a brother being ruined by a crappy wife. | My brothers wife is an insane bitch who ruined the super friendly family dynamic we have. Everytime she's there its uncomfortable because we don't know what will set it off.
Luckily she hasn't started harping my SO and I about having kids but she's also a horrible helicopter mom so I'll just laugh if she tries to give me any sort of advice.
Tl;Dr I know the feels of a brother being ruined by a crappy wife.
| childfree | t5_2qtwb | cl5thn3 | My brothers wife is an insane bitch who ruined the super friendly family dynamic we have. Everytime she's there its uncomfortable because we don't know what will set it off.
Luckily she hasn't started harping my SO and I about having kids but she's also a horrible helicopter mom so I'll just laugh if she tries to give me any sort of advice. | I know the feels of a brother being ruined by a crappy wife. |
GhostofTrundle | IMO, Bose really was the Beats of the last generation, relative to audiophile distaste. I'll go into my argument in some depth, just on the basis of my personal observations, for anyone interested.
- The Bose brand rose to commercial prominence by advertising in certain kinds of publications, like the New Yorker or the Atlantic, for instance. They were making an appeal to people who were culturally educated but not technically minded, and who wanted something that had a more refined, less technological appearance.
- For example, Bose's signature color for many years was beige or off-white, whereas most stereo equipment was black, or, on the very high end, chrome. One of their more successful products was an all-in-one unit, which was in many ways just a less portable boom box without speakers that could be detached and individually placed. But it looked much better than a boom box — sleeker lines, with many fewer knobs, sliders, buttons, and switches. You could not modify the sound in any way except for the volume. One of its perceived advantages was that it was smaller than a full stereo system. It compensated for the non-detachable speakers by dispersing sound more widely through its flared front grill. In spite of being smaller than a stereo system, it was very eye-catching and far from unobtrusive.
- In addition, the audiophile community was far from practical at the time, compared to now. A standalone EQ unit was considered to be very desirable back then. But most people don't really know what to do with an EQ. More importantly, many people just don't want to deal with something like that. A full, respectable stereo system would have included at least four units and possibly up to six or seven. So Bose was successful in countering that entrenched mindset while also distinguishing themselves from well-known consumer brands like Sony, Aiwa, and JVC.
- Audiophiles objected by pointing out that Bose products were overpriced for the materials, build quality, and sound quality. But just like with Beats, Bose appealed to people who wanted to have visibly spent more than the minimum, who wanted something exhibiting a certain design sensibility, and who at the same time also wanted to spend significantly *less* than what would be necessary to buy the very best, high-end equipment.
- I.e., some people were willing to spend $600 for a Bose stereo/speaker combo unit that looked nice with their living room decor, but they really did not want a $4000 stereo on a three-foot tall rack. Likewise, Beats customers may be willing to spend $300 for headphones that match their clothes to wear out and about, but they would never buy a $1000 pair of headphones that require a headphone amp and are so bulky and heavy that they cause neck strain if you wear them while walking.
TL;DR — Audiophiles dislike having their less practical, more technical proclivities being successfully countered by commercially successful products that become far better recognized than audiophile-grade equipment and that are frequently more visually appealing or physically comfortable. Presumably, they are so fixated on sound quality that these other features are of little significance except in the highest price category. | IMO, Bose really was the Beats of the last generation, relative to audiophile distaste. I'll go into my argument in some depth, just on the basis of my personal observations, for anyone interested.
The Bose brand rose to commercial prominence by advertising in certain kinds of publications, like the New Yorker or the Atlantic, for instance. They were making an appeal to people who were culturally educated but not technically minded, and who wanted something that had a more refined, less technological appearance.
For example, Bose's signature color for many years was beige or off-white, whereas most stereo equipment was black, or, on the very high end, chrome. One of their more successful products was an all-in-one unit, which was in many ways just a less portable boom box without speakers that could be detached and individually placed. But it looked much better than a boom box — sleeker lines, with many fewer knobs, sliders, buttons, and switches. You could not modify the sound in any way except for the volume. One of its perceived advantages was that it was smaller than a full stereo system. It compensated for the non-detachable speakers by dispersing sound more widely through its flared front grill. In spite of being smaller than a stereo system, it was very eye-catching and far from unobtrusive.
In addition, the audiophile community was far from practical at the time, compared to now. A standalone EQ unit was considered to be very desirable back then. But most people don't really know what to do with an EQ. More importantly, many people just don't want to deal with something like that. A full, respectable stereo system would have included at least four units and possibly up to six or seven. So Bose was successful in countering that entrenched mindset while also distinguishing themselves from well-known consumer brands like Sony, Aiwa, and JVC.
Audiophiles objected by pointing out that Bose products were overpriced for the materials, build quality, and sound quality. But just like with Beats, Bose appealed to people who wanted to have visibly spent more than the minimum, who wanted something exhibiting a certain design sensibility, and who at the same time also wanted to spend significantly less than what would be necessary to buy the very best, high-end equipment.
I.e., some people were willing to spend $600 for a Bose stereo/speaker combo unit that looked nice with their living room decor, but they really did not want a $4000 stereo on a three-foot tall rack. Likewise, Beats customers may be willing to spend $300 for headphones that match their clothes to wear out and about, but they would never buy a $1000 pair of headphones that require a headphone amp and are so bulky and heavy that they cause neck strain if you wear them while walking.
TL;DR — Audiophiles dislike having their less practical, more technical proclivities being successfully countered by commercially successful products that become far better recognized than audiophile-grade equipment and that are frequently more visually appealing or physically comfortable. Presumably, they are so fixated on sound quality that these other features are of little significance except in the highest price category.
| apple | t5_2qh1f | cl6anqd | IMO, Bose really was the Beats of the last generation, relative to audiophile distaste. I'll go into my argument in some depth, just on the basis of my personal observations, for anyone interested.
The Bose brand rose to commercial prominence by advertising in certain kinds of publications, like the New Yorker or the Atlantic, for instance. They were making an appeal to people who were culturally educated but not technically minded, and who wanted something that had a more refined, less technological appearance.
For example, Bose's signature color for many years was beige or off-white, whereas most stereo equipment was black, or, on the very high end, chrome. One of their more successful products was an all-in-one unit, which was in many ways just a less portable boom box without speakers that could be detached and individually placed. But it looked much better than a boom box — sleeker lines, with many fewer knobs, sliders, buttons, and switches. You could not modify the sound in any way except for the volume. One of its perceived advantages was that it was smaller than a full stereo system. It compensated for the non-detachable speakers by dispersing sound more widely through its flared front grill. In spite of being smaller than a stereo system, it was very eye-catching and far from unobtrusive.
In addition, the audiophile community was far from practical at the time, compared to now. A standalone EQ unit was considered to be very desirable back then. But most people don't really know what to do with an EQ. More importantly, many people just don't want to deal with something like that. A full, respectable stereo system would have included at least four units and possibly up to six or seven. So Bose was successful in countering that entrenched mindset while also distinguishing themselves from well-known consumer brands like Sony, Aiwa, and JVC.
Audiophiles objected by pointing out that Bose products were overpriced for the materials, build quality, and sound quality. But just like with Beats, Bose appealed to people who wanted to have visibly spent more than the minimum, who wanted something exhibiting a certain design sensibility, and who at the same time also wanted to spend significantly less than what would be necessary to buy the very best, high-end equipment.
I.e., some people were willing to spend $600 for a Bose stereo/speaker combo unit that looked nice with their living room decor, but they really did not want a $4000 stereo on a three-foot tall rack. Likewise, Beats customers may be willing to spend $300 for headphones that match their clothes to wear out and about, but they would never buy a $1000 pair of headphones that require a headphone amp and are so bulky and heavy that they cause neck strain if you wear them while walking. | Audiophiles dislike having their less practical, more technical proclivities being successfully countered by commercially successful products that become far better recognized than audiophile-grade equipment and that are frequently more visually appealing or physically comfortable. Presumably, they are so fixated on sound quality that these other features are of little significance except in the highest price category. |
Zytran | I've been playing with the idea of changing up some of my main guitars lately for more Custom Shop pieces. I just so happened to find a buyer that would take both my ESPs at a good price, so to me it kind of just made sense at the time.
As far as what am I going to switch over too? Well right now I'm in talks with one of the Builders at the Legator Custom Shop and working on Specing out a Custom Shop Ninja for myself. If that ends up coming to fruition I'll be sure to post a followup NGD thread about all of it.
Otherwise, I'm also taking my specs to a few other builders - Carvin included - and evaluating some other options. That isn't to say I was having any sort of issue with my M-II's, they're still immaculately made guitars and definitely Top Notch, but I'm just looking to get something a little more personalized and Custom to my own specs rather than a straight Production model.
**TL;DR:** Getting rid of the ESPs because I'm looking for something a little more personalized and Custom. I can always buy another ESP M-II, but looking to explore the world of Customs right now. | I've been playing with the idea of changing up some of my main guitars lately for more Custom Shop pieces. I just so happened to find a buyer that would take both my ESPs at a good price, so to me it kind of just made sense at the time.
As far as what am I going to switch over too? Well right now I'm in talks with one of the Builders at the Legator Custom Shop and working on Specing out a Custom Shop Ninja for myself. If that ends up coming to fruition I'll be sure to post a followup NGD thread about all of it.
Otherwise, I'm also taking my specs to a few other builders - Carvin included - and evaluating some other options. That isn't to say I was having any sort of issue with my M-II's, they're still immaculately made guitars and definitely Top Notch, but I'm just looking to get something a little more personalized and Custom to my own specs rather than a straight Production model.
TL;DR: Getting rid of the ESPs because I'm looking for something a little more personalized and Custom. I can always buy another ESP M-II, but looking to explore the world of Customs right now.
| Guitar | t5_2qi79 | cl5yo5b | I've been playing with the idea of changing up some of my main guitars lately for more Custom Shop pieces. I just so happened to find a buyer that would take both my ESPs at a good price, so to me it kind of just made sense at the time.
As far as what am I going to switch over too? Well right now I'm in talks with one of the Builders at the Legator Custom Shop and working on Specing out a Custom Shop Ninja for myself. If that ends up coming to fruition I'll be sure to post a followup NGD thread about all of it.
Otherwise, I'm also taking my specs to a few other builders - Carvin included - and evaluating some other options. That isn't to say I was having any sort of issue with my M-II's, they're still immaculately made guitars and definitely Top Notch, but I'm just looking to get something a little more personalized and Custom to my own specs rather than a straight Production model. | Getting rid of the ESPs because I'm looking for something a little more personalized and Custom. I can always buy another ESP M-II, but looking to explore the world of Customs right now. |
subjectWarlock | Dearest fellow participants. Today I would like to discuss an issue that I think affects us all, and if remedied I believe would positively impact the fairness of this challenge. The issue at hand: the advantage of the early poster, and the disadvantage of a soundcloud group.
Now let me preface this by saying I have participated in roughly a dozen flips over the past year. Having won once, I do not regard myself as a veteran, rather a concerned and invested party.
I believe that those who post early on in the cycle receive a measurable advantage in exposure. I would like to open a dialogue within the FTC community about whether or not this is something we want to change, and how would be best to go about it.
My suggestion?
Simply prohibit early posting of songs, so that when voting comes around, everyone is exposed to all material at the same time, for the same amount of time.
When you're in a big lecture class and the TA's are handing out the exam, the guy that comes to class 15 minutes early every day and sits next to the prof. doesn't get to start before the guy in the furthest row who's working three jobs and can only just barely make it on time to take the last seat. Everyone begins at the same time, or at least that's how it's *supposed* to be.
Alternative?
Simply PMing that week's thread's proprietor with your song link instead of posting it on the thread. It would mean a little more work for the OP, but that comes with the responsibility of winning the challenge.
Furthermore, I believe that the current state of the soundcloud group's moderation is exacerbating this problem. Requiring approval for song admissions allows the group to stay manageable, but in practice inhibits exposure. There are only currently 2 songs (from Flip 32) currently exposed on the group's playlist, out of six total submissions. (Currently additions to the playlist must be approved by moderator:
I believe that we should do away with the soundcloud group, I believe it was introduced by a participant to allow for lazier review of summed submissions. Given the current exclusivity of the group I believe it is a hinderance. More importantly, allowing for submissions to be listened through fully on a playlist format encourages people to zone out or otherwise not listen actively, making it much more difficult to remain cognizant of who and what you're listening to. Because if we're not listening to everyone's work actively, then we're deluding ourselves into thinking that we're participating with the good spirit of competition in mind.
It will not make your life unbearable to have to listen individually. Go download reddit enhancement suite and SC tracks (and youtube, and gifs, and images) will embed into reddit. Seriously. **Go download reddit enhancement suite.** It's lightweight and will profoundly improve your reddit experience.
If actively listening to everything continues to be troublesome, perhaps a more strict policy of limiting tracks to two minutes could be attempted.
Lastly, as the flip has very few established rules, It will be up to each individual future flip winner to take it upon themselves to more deeply consider the rules they wish to write up that week, and hopefully, append some of my suggestions.
In closing, I want to point out that sometimes songs just have more exposure because they're **really good**, and I think that's fantastic and entirely appropriate. I appreciate this community because it allows me to step outside of my producing comfort zone (producing hiphop), and share my passion for making beats. Please don't interpret this post as bickering, rather food for thought with the good of the flip challenge in mind.
**TL;DR: No more public submissions before Voting opens; The soundcloud group is entirely unnecessary; Go download reddit enhancement suite you fucking neanderthal.**
| Dearest fellow participants. Today I would like to discuss an issue that I think affects us all, and if remedied I believe would positively impact the fairness of this challenge. The issue at hand: the advantage of the early poster, and the disadvantage of a soundcloud group.
Now let me preface this by saying I have participated in roughly a dozen flips over the past year. Having won once, I do not regard myself as a veteran, rather a concerned and invested party.
I believe that those who post early on in the cycle receive a measurable advantage in exposure. I would like to open a dialogue within the FTC community about whether or not this is something we want to change, and how would be best to go about it.
My suggestion?
Simply prohibit early posting of songs, so that when voting comes around, everyone is exposed to all material at the same time, for the same amount of time.
When you're in a big lecture class and the TA's are handing out the exam, the guy that comes to class 15 minutes early every day and sits next to the prof. doesn't get to start before the guy in the furthest row who's working three jobs and can only just barely make it on time to take the last seat. Everyone begins at the same time, or at least that's how it's supposed to be.
Alternative?
Simply PMing that week's thread's proprietor with your song link instead of posting it on the thread. It would mean a little more work for the OP, but that comes with the responsibility of winning the challenge.
Furthermore, I believe that the current state of the soundcloud group's moderation is exacerbating this problem. Requiring approval for song admissions allows the group to stay manageable, but in practice inhibits exposure. There are only currently 2 songs (from Flip 32) currently exposed on the group's playlist, out of six total submissions. (Currently additions to the playlist must be approved by moderator:
I believe that we should do away with the soundcloud group, I believe it was introduced by a participant to allow for lazier review of summed submissions. Given the current exclusivity of the group I believe it is a hinderance. More importantly, allowing for submissions to be listened through fully on a playlist format encourages people to zone out or otherwise not listen actively, making it much more difficult to remain cognizant of who and what you're listening to. Because if we're not listening to everyone's work actively, then we're deluding ourselves into thinking that we're participating with the good spirit of competition in mind.
It will not make your life unbearable to have to listen individually. Go download reddit enhancement suite and SC tracks (and youtube, and gifs, and images) will embed into reddit. Seriously. Go download reddit enhancement suite. It's lightweight and will profoundly improve your reddit experience.
If actively listening to everything continues to be troublesome, perhaps a more strict policy of limiting tracks to two minutes could be attempted.
Lastly, as the flip has very few established rules, It will be up to each individual future flip winner to take it upon themselves to more deeply consider the rules they wish to write up that week, and hopefully, append some of my suggestions.
In closing, I want to point out that sometimes songs just have more exposure because they're really good , and I think that's fantastic and entirely appropriate. I appreciate this community because it allows me to step outside of my producing comfort zone (producing hiphop), and share my passion for making beats. Please don't interpret this post as bickering, rather food for thought with the good of the flip challenge in mind.
TL;DR: No more public submissions before Voting opens; The soundcloud group is entirely unnecessary; Go download reddit enhancement suite you fucking neanderthal.
| makinghiphop | t5_2sqw4 | cl8ax1d | Dearest fellow participants. Today I would like to discuss an issue that I think affects us all, and if remedied I believe would positively impact the fairness of this challenge. The issue at hand: the advantage of the early poster, and the disadvantage of a soundcloud group.
Now let me preface this by saying I have participated in roughly a dozen flips over the past year. Having won once, I do not regard myself as a veteran, rather a concerned and invested party.
I believe that those who post early on in the cycle receive a measurable advantage in exposure. I would like to open a dialogue within the FTC community about whether or not this is something we want to change, and how would be best to go about it.
My suggestion?
Simply prohibit early posting of songs, so that when voting comes around, everyone is exposed to all material at the same time, for the same amount of time.
When you're in a big lecture class and the TA's are handing out the exam, the guy that comes to class 15 minutes early every day and sits next to the prof. doesn't get to start before the guy in the furthest row who's working three jobs and can only just barely make it on time to take the last seat. Everyone begins at the same time, or at least that's how it's supposed to be.
Alternative?
Simply PMing that week's thread's proprietor with your song link instead of posting it on the thread. It would mean a little more work for the OP, but that comes with the responsibility of winning the challenge.
Furthermore, I believe that the current state of the soundcloud group's moderation is exacerbating this problem. Requiring approval for song admissions allows the group to stay manageable, but in practice inhibits exposure. There are only currently 2 songs (from Flip 32) currently exposed on the group's playlist, out of six total submissions. (Currently additions to the playlist must be approved by moderator:
I believe that we should do away with the soundcloud group, I believe it was introduced by a participant to allow for lazier review of summed submissions. Given the current exclusivity of the group I believe it is a hinderance. More importantly, allowing for submissions to be listened through fully on a playlist format encourages people to zone out or otherwise not listen actively, making it much more difficult to remain cognizant of who and what you're listening to. Because if we're not listening to everyone's work actively, then we're deluding ourselves into thinking that we're participating with the good spirit of competition in mind.
It will not make your life unbearable to have to listen individually. Go download reddit enhancement suite and SC tracks (and youtube, and gifs, and images) will embed into reddit. Seriously. Go download reddit enhancement suite. It's lightweight and will profoundly improve your reddit experience.
If actively listening to everything continues to be troublesome, perhaps a more strict policy of limiting tracks to two minutes could be attempted.
Lastly, as the flip has very few established rules, It will be up to each individual future flip winner to take it upon themselves to more deeply consider the rules they wish to write up that week, and hopefully, append some of my suggestions.
In closing, I want to point out that sometimes songs just have more exposure because they're really good , and I think that's fantastic and entirely appropriate. I appreciate this community because it allows me to step outside of my producing comfort zone (producing hiphop), and share my passion for making beats. Please don't interpret this post as bickering, rather food for thought with the good of the flip challenge in mind. | No more public submissions before Voting opens; The soundcloud group is entirely unnecessary; Go download reddit enhancement suite you fucking neanderthal. |
Maxiflex | The lid is there to help concentrate the heat produced by te MFLB. If you leave it open you'll lose heat to the air around it and you'll suck in more air causing it to cool even more. What'll probably happen is that the weed on the bottom will combust, while the rest of the weed won't vaporize.
TL;DR: leaving the lid open is baaad. | The lid is there to help concentrate the heat produced by te MFLB. If you leave it open you'll lose heat to the air around it and you'll suck in more air causing it to cool even more. What'll probably happen is that the weed on the bottom will combust, while the rest of the weed won't vaporize.
TL;DR: leaving the lid open is baaad.
| mflb | t5_2rs76 | cl6ghwo | The lid is there to help concentrate the heat produced by te MFLB. If you leave it open you'll lose heat to the air around it and you'll suck in more air causing it to cool even more. What'll probably happen is that the weed on the bottom will combust, while the rest of the weed won't vaporize. | leaving the lid open is baaad. |
throwmynameout | My wit is mired by social ineptitude and fear.
Tl;Dr sad clown. | My wit is mired by social ineptitude and fear.
Tl;Dr sad clown.
| drunk | t5_2ql00 | cl6dubk | My wit is mired by social ineptitude and fear. | sad clown. |
crookedwheel | So, funny story, because after a few beers tonight I think many things are funny and I feel like sharing them.
I was raised around Zappa music and I now realize that because I was exposed to him at a young age, I was "shaped" by his music. My brother is 13 years older than me and was *the* coolest guy I knew growing up. In college, he used to make me Zappa mix-tapes and send them to me from college with personal recordings mixed in (so he could say "hi" or whatever weird message he wanted). Overnight sensation, One Size Fits All, Freak Out, Weasels... and especially Apostrophe were albums I knew in first grade. I had a Weird Al record (3D) and several Zappa tapes (and knew every word to the St. Alfonzo saga) when I was 6. Looking back, there was something so sing-songy and Seussian about the melodies and lyrics. I loved poetry when I was a kid, probably because of this, and it probably explains why I got into hip-hop when around the same time (my brother also gave me Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation...." when it came out) and then again seriously when I was in my 20s.
Anyway, flash forward to when I was 10 (1992), and my sister (9 years older than me) made me a Phish mix-tape. I loved it, and was at my first show when I was 15. Zappa was still cool, but I didn't expand on what I knew about him. I knew there was lots more, but without it served to me, I wasn't able to "get it". I fell into a grunge/hippie crowd through my teen years, and started touring with Phish.
That was cool and all for a while, but then it lost the flavor that I really liked. I found that flavor again in The Breakfast (formerly The Psychedelic Breakfast). If you haven't heard of these guys.... man I'm sorry you couldn't have seen the earlier shows. Small local band with a huge archive of live shows.. really amazing and huge fans of Zappa.
And around this time (2008), me and a friend just go **HEAVY** into Zappa. It was so great to have a friend there listening to everything with me and discovering new songs/versions/shows/band members just as fast as I could. We pushed each other to really get as deep as we could and for a long time we really listened to nothing else.
Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, a few years ago I was showing a video to a friend who was a huge fan of Mr. Bungle. I was trying to recruit her to becoming a Zappa fan by showing her Ray White doing the Illinois Enema Bandit. She loved it immediately, but after only 13 seconds of surfing other Zappa videos she said, "Oh, so Phish was just a Zappa rip-off". I laughed at first, but then it really sank in.
I love(d?) Phish. They're fantastic and I spent a large part of my life holding them in high regard. I saw a lot of shows, and thought they were the absolute greatest. But she saw in 13 seconds what I could not after 15+ years. It was kind of shocking.
The more I thought about it, I realized how much Zappa's music has been sort of a mold or form for which all the other music I hear has to find it's place in. It really created the landscape for my appreciation of music to grow. It's been a really big part of making me who I am, and if wasn't for Frank and my brother, I'm sure I wouldn't be finding as much joy and happiness in music.
**tl;dr**: Zappa taught me at a young age that music is the best. | So, funny story, because after a few beers tonight I think many things are funny and I feel like sharing them.
I was raised around Zappa music and I now realize that because I was exposed to him at a young age, I was "shaped" by his music. My brother is 13 years older than me and was the coolest guy I knew growing up. In college, he used to make me Zappa mix-tapes and send them to me from college with personal recordings mixed in (so he could say "hi" or whatever weird message he wanted). Overnight sensation, One Size Fits All, Freak Out, Weasels... and especially Apostrophe were albums I knew in first grade. I had a Weird Al record (3D) and several Zappa tapes (and knew every word to the St. Alfonzo saga) when I was 6. Looking back, there was something so sing-songy and Seussian about the melodies and lyrics. I loved poetry when I was a kid, probably because of this, and it probably explains why I got into hip-hop when around the same time (my brother also gave me Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation...." when it came out) and then again seriously when I was in my 20s.
Anyway, flash forward to when I was 10 (1992), and my sister (9 years older than me) made me a Phish mix-tape. I loved it, and was at my first show when I was 15. Zappa was still cool, but I didn't expand on what I knew about him. I knew there was lots more, but without it served to me, I wasn't able to "get it". I fell into a grunge/hippie crowd through my teen years, and started touring with Phish.
That was cool and all for a while, but then it lost the flavor that I really liked. I found that flavor again in The Breakfast (formerly The Psychedelic Breakfast). If you haven't heard of these guys.... man I'm sorry you couldn't have seen the earlier shows. Small local band with a huge archive of live shows.. really amazing and huge fans of Zappa.
And around this time (2008), me and a friend just go HEAVY into Zappa. It was so great to have a friend there listening to everything with me and discovering new songs/versions/shows/band members just as fast as I could. We pushed each other to really get as deep as we could and for a long time we really listened to nothing else.
Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, a few years ago I was showing a video to a friend who was a huge fan of Mr. Bungle. I was trying to recruit her to becoming a Zappa fan by showing her Ray White doing the Illinois Enema Bandit. She loved it immediately, but after only 13 seconds of surfing other Zappa videos she said, "Oh, so Phish was just a Zappa rip-off". I laughed at first, but then it really sank in.
I love(d?) Phish. They're fantastic and I spent a large part of my life holding them in high regard. I saw a lot of shows, and thought they were the absolute greatest. But she saw in 13 seconds what I could not after 15+ years. It was kind of shocking.
The more I thought about it, I realized how much Zappa's music has been sort of a mold or form for which all the other music I hear has to find it's place in. It really created the landscape for my appreciation of music to grow. It's been a really big part of making me who I am, and if wasn't for Frank and my brother, I'm sure I wouldn't be finding as much joy and happiness in music.
tl;dr : Zappa taught me at a young age that music is the best.
| Zappa | t5_2qrbe | cl74nl1 | So, funny story, because after a few beers tonight I think many things are funny and I feel like sharing them.
I was raised around Zappa music and I now realize that because I was exposed to him at a young age, I was "shaped" by his music. My brother is 13 years older than me and was the coolest guy I knew growing up. In college, he used to make me Zappa mix-tapes and send them to me from college with personal recordings mixed in (so he could say "hi" or whatever weird message he wanted). Overnight sensation, One Size Fits All, Freak Out, Weasels... and especially Apostrophe were albums I knew in first grade. I had a Weird Al record (3D) and several Zappa tapes (and knew every word to the St. Alfonzo saga) when I was 6. Looking back, there was something so sing-songy and Seussian about the melodies and lyrics. I loved poetry when I was a kid, probably because of this, and it probably explains why I got into hip-hop when around the same time (my brother also gave me Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation...." when it came out) and then again seriously when I was in my 20s.
Anyway, flash forward to when I was 10 (1992), and my sister (9 years older than me) made me a Phish mix-tape. I loved it, and was at my first show when I was 15. Zappa was still cool, but I didn't expand on what I knew about him. I knew there was lots more, but without it served to me, I wasn't able to "get it". I fell into a grunge/hippie crowd through my teen years, and started touring with Phish.
That was cool and all for a while, but then it lost the flavor that I really liked. I found that flavor again in The Breakfast (formerly The Psychedelic Breakfast). If you haven't heard of these guys.... man I'm sorry you couldn't have seen the earlier shows. Small local band with a huge archive of live shows.. really amazing and huge fans of Zappa.
And around this time (2008), me and a friend just go HEAVY into Zappa. It was so great to have a friend there listening to everything with me and discovering new songs/versions/shows/band members just as fast as I could. We pushed each other to really get as deep as we could and for a long time we really listened to nothing else.
Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, a few years ago I was showing a video to a friend who was a huge fan of Mr. Bungle. I was trying to recruit her to becoming a Zappa fan by showing her Ray White doing the Illinois Enema Bandit. She loved it immediately, but after only 13 seconds of surfing other Zappa videos she said, "Oh, so Phish was just a Zappa rip-off". I laughed at first, but then it really sank in.
I love(d?) Phish. They're fantastic and I spent a large part of my life holding them in high regard. I saw a lot of shows, and thought they were the absolute greatest. But she saw in 13 seconds what I could not after 15+ years. It was kind of shocking.
The more I thought about it, I realized how much Zappa's music has been sort of a mold or form for which all the other music I hear has to find it's place in. It really created the landscape for my appreciation of music to grow. It's been a really big part of making me who I am, and if wasn't for Frank and my brother, I'm sure I wouldn't be finding as much joy and happiness in music. | Zappa taught me at a young age that music is the best. |
Todd_Solondz | Happy to immediately prove you wrong on the projected finish. Although reading that, I guess you'd just be happy to see her cut.
Amy/Gary top two of Guatemala is inevitable with no Judd. I think I'd hope for Gary to win, since Amy has a marginally more entertaining personality, but Gary has a considerably more dynamic presence in the season. Plus there are a lot of anti-Russell Hantz crusaders out there who like using Gary as a counterpoint to him, so there's that.
tl;dr go Gary! | Happy to immediately prove you wrong on the projected finish. Although reading that, I guess you'd just be happy to see her cut.
Amy/Gary top two of Guatemala is inevitable with no Judd. I think I'd hope for Gary to win, since Amy has a marginally more entertaining personality, but Gary has a considerably more dynamic presence in the season. Plus there are a lot of anti-Russell Hantz crusaders out there who like using Gary as a counterpoint to him, so there's that.
tl;dr go Gary!
| SurvivorRankdown | t5_32s4p | cl7nf0o | Happy to immediately prove you wrong on the projected finish. Although reading that, I guess you'd just be happy to see her cut.
Amy/Gary top two of Guatemala is inevitable with no Judd. I think I'd hope for Gary to win, since Amy has a marginally more entertaining personality, but Gary has a considerably more dynamic presence in the season. Plus there are a lot of anti-Russell Hantz crusaders out there who like using Gary as a counterpoint to him, so there's that. | go Gary! |
hydrogenc4r | I hate how every time a pro player or any public figure posts a text there's always a retarded biased wrong TL;DR.
I hope they just stop interacting with the community, because fuck this community. | I hate how every time a pro player or any public figure posts a text there's always a retarded biased wrong TL;DR.
I hope they just stop interacting with the community, because fuck this community.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cl845tb | I hate how every time a pro player or any public figure posts a text there's always a retarded biased wrong | I hope they just stop interacting with the community, because fuck this community. |
DerberAuner | actually thats not what he sais. he sais "the reason i played poorly is largely the svenskerren situation".
your "TL/DR" is very loaded and subjective. | actually thats not what he sais. he sais "the reason i played poorly is largely the svenskerren situation".
your "TL/DR" is very loaded and subjective.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cl7mmfd | actually thats not what he sais. he sais "the reason i played poorly is largely the svenskerren situation".
your " | is very loaded and subjective. |
DerberAuner | heres the deal:
racism is a VERY subjective term, and there are varying degrees of it.
>Who's fault was it that Svenskeren got banned 3 games? Svenskerens alone, 110%, one of the dumbest things anyone has ever done in E-sport history.
this is the critical part i disagree with.
i dont think jeziz actively blamed svenskerren. i think he knows something about svenskeren most of us dont know or dont want to see. based on previous SK posts/intervieews on the subject and on this one, i think svenskeren really didnt know what he was doing in the situation. he was acting stupidly, in my eyes, not neccessarily racist.
thats what i didnt want to get into. cause i know how reddit sees this whole thing. "you said something bad about this type of people, and we know you are toxic from soloq? why you must be a racist!"
i have a somewhat different view, as i elaborated above.
dreadmad is an idiot if he actually thinks that his "tl/dr" is accurate. but im starting to think a lot of people actually are idiots around here, especially when it comes to racism. | heres the deal:
racism is a VERY subjective term, and there are varying degrees of it.
>Who's fault was it that Svenskeren got banned 3 games? Svenskerens alone, 110%, one of the dumbest things anyone has ever done in E-sport history.
this is the critical part i disagree with.
i dont think jeziz actively blamed svenskerren. i think he knows something about svenskeren most of us dont know or dont want to see. based on previous SK posts/intervieews on the subject and on this one, i think svenskeren really didnt know what he was doing in the situation. he was acting stupidly, in my eyes, not neccessarily racist.
thats what i didnt want to get into. cause i know how reddit sees this whole thing. "you said something bad about this type of people, and we know you are toxic from soloq? why you must be a racist!"
i have a somewhat different view, as i elaborated above.
dreadmad is an idiot if he actually thinks that his "tl/dr" is accurate. but im starting to think a lot of people actually are idiots around here, especially when it comes to racism.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cl8451z | heres the deal:
racism is a VERY subjective term, and there are varying degrees of it.
>Who's fault was it that Svenskeren got banned 3 games? Svenskerens alone, 110%, one of the dumbest things anyone has ever done in E-sport history.
this is the critical part i disagree with.
i dont think jeziz actively blamed svenskerren. i think he knows something about svenskeren most of us dont know or dont want to see. based on previous SK posts/intervieews on the subject and on this one, i think svenskeren really didnt know what he was doing in the situation. he was acting stupidly, in my eyes, not neccessarily racist.
thats what i didnt want to get into. cause i know how reddit sees this whole thing. "you said something bad about this type of people, and we know you are toxic from soloq? why you must be a racist!"
i have a somewhat different view, as i elaborated above.
dreadmad is an idiot if he actually thinks that his " | is accurate. but im starting to think a lot of people actually are idiots around here, especially when it comes to racism. |
artk0relol | "Hello guys, I've been wanting to write a statement of my performance at Worlds 2014 and I think I've expressed myself the best way possible.
So first off, I wanna talk about my performance at Summer Playoffs as this leads up to the Korean bootcamp and my Worlds performance.
I believe i was at 50% of my full potential at that time, with a lot of confidence backing me up.
As we went to Seoul in Korea for bootcamp, I reached about 70% of my potential. I improved extremely despite the fact that I wasn't as motivated for going to worlds as my teammates. Obviously i wanted to win, but seeing how much they wanted it, gave me more than enough motivation to become a stronger player and give my best.
You might be thinking, why the heck wasn't he as motivated as his teammates for Worlds, as it's a dream for every professional player? Well, the answer is simple (to me atleast).
My whole dream before 2014 was becoming a professional LoL player. When I reached that dream, or goal rather, my aims for 2014 was to become solid and confident enough to compete at that level. That was all I was looking for. I never expected I would get to worlds in my introduction to professional League of Legends.
Anyhow, as we went to Taipei, the whole Svenskeren thing happened, and he got banned for the first 3 games. I want to make it clear to everyone, that no one hated or blamed him for that - also he was the one who felt the worst from all of us.
We all basically looked at it from the bright side, that it was only 3 games and not more, and that we had a sub jungler. At first i didn't think it would hit me, playing with another jungler, but it definitely did.
So lets now talk about what happened those 6 games at Worlds group stages, and what made me play as poorly as i did:
I believe confidence has A LOT to do with a players performance on a big stage. So basically lack of confidence are the keywords in my whole performance, and everyone, including myself, would say i choked. No surprise.
So there are two possible reasons to which of why, made me play as i did;
1. Being me, not playing with the jungler i had played with for 1 year, including almost 200 scrims in 2 weeks time in Korea.
2. Being me, playing on an international stage.
The answer is obvious to me, as my confidence was at 80% in the Summer Playoffs for Worlds. My confidence was exactly at the point, of where it had to be perfect, at the time in Korea also, and there is NO way that playing against the international teams, of which I had played against for 2 weeks, or me playing on a big stage had any affect on my play whatsoever.
So to sum it all up, the whole thing with Svenskeren, kind of screwed over my confidence and therefore my performance. But as I've stated, he was never blamed or hated for this, in the team. We all tried to look at the bright side of the situation and play as well as we could, with a substitute.
I also wish to mention that Gilius played extremely well, taken in consideration of what he got thrown into, with barely 1-2 days of practice in the team.
I know it is big words for me to tell you all, that my performance at Worlds, was nowhere near the level that I was actually at, at that time. But this is also for the sake of my pride, and I want to prove everyone wrong.
I have never been more motivated for Worlds, as I am now.
TL;DR: The svenskeren thing hit my confidence quite hard, which made me perform extremely poorly. I have yet to prove myself internationally, and it has made me more motivated than ever." | "Hello guys, I've been wanting to write a statement of my performance at Worlds 2014 and I think I've expressed myself the best way possible.
So first off, I wanna talk about my performance at Summer Playoffs as this leads up to the Korean bootcamp and my Worlds performance.
I believe i was at 50% of my full potential at that time, with a lot of confidence backing me up.
As we went to Seoul in Korea for bootcamp, I reached about 70% of my potential. I improved extremely despite the fact that I wasn't as motivated for going to worlds as my teammates. Obviously i wanted to win, but seeing how much they wanted it, gave me more than enough motivation to become a stronger player and give my best.
You might be thinking, why the heck wasn't he as motivated as his teammates for Worlds, as it's a dream for every professional player? Well, the answer is simple (to me atleast).
My whole dream before 2014 was becoming a professional LoL player. When I reached that dream, or goal rather, my aims for 2014 was to become solid and confident enough to compete at that level. That was all I was looking for. I never expected I would get to worlds in my introduction to professional League of Legends.
Anyhow, as we went to Taipei, the whole Svenskeren thing happened, and he got banned for the first 3 games. I want to make it clear to everyone, that no one hated or blamed him for that - also he was the one who felt the worst from all of us.
We all basically looked at it from the bright side, that it was only 3 games and not more, and that we had a sub jungler. At first i didn't think it would hit me, playing with another jungler, but it definitely did.
So lets now talk about what happened those 6 games at Worlds group stages, and what made me play as poorly as i did:
I believe confidence has A LOT to do with a players performance on a big stage. So basically lack of confidence are the keywords in my whole performance, and everyone, including myself, would say i choked. No surprise.
So there are two possible reasons to which of why, made me play as i did;
Being me, not playing with the jungler i had played with for 1 year, including almost 200 scrims in 2 weeks time in Korea.
Being me, playing on an international stage.
The answer is obvious to me, as my confidence was at 80% in the Summer Playoffs for Worlds. My confidence was exactly at the point, of where it had to be perfect, at the time in Korea also, and there is NO way that playing against the international teams, of which I had played against for 2 weeks, or me playing on a big stage had any affect on my play whatsoever.
So to sum it all up, the whole thing with Svenskeren, kind of screwed over my confidence and therefore my performance. But as I've stated, he was never blamed or hated for this, in the team. We all tried to look at the bright side of the situation and play as well as we could, with a substitute.
I also wish to mention that Gilius played extremely well, taken in consideration of what he got thrown into, with barely 1-2 days of practice in the team.
I know it is big words for me to tell you all, that my performance at Worlds, was nowhere near the level that I was actually at, at that time. But this is also for the sake of my pride, and I want to prove everyone wrong.
I have never been more motivated for Worlds, as I am now.
TL;DR: The svenskeren thing hit my confidence quite hard, which made me perform extremely poorly. I have yet to prove myself internationally, and it has made me more motivated than ever."
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cl7j20v | Hello guys, I've been wanting to write a statement of my performance at Worlds 2014 and I think I've expressed myself the best way possible.
So first off, I wanna talk about my performance at Summer Playoffs as this leads up to the Korean bootcamp and my Worlds performance.
I believe i was at 50% of my full potential at that time, with a lot of confidence backing me up.
As we went to Seoul in Korea for bootcamp, I reached about 70% of my potential. I improved extremely despite the fact that I wasn't as motivated for going to worlds as my teammates. Obviously i wanted to win, but seeing how much they wanted it, gave me more than enough motivation to become a stronger player and give my best.
You might be thinking, why the heck wasn't he as motivated as his teammates for Worlds, as it's a dream for every professional player? Well, the answer is simple (to me atleast).
My whole dream before 2014 was becoming a professional LoL player. When I reached that dream, or goal rather, my aims for 2014 was to become solid and confident enough to compete at that level. That was all I was looking for. I never expected I would get to worlds in my introduction to professional League of Legends.
Anyhow, as we went to Taipei, the whole Svenskeren thing happened, and he got banned for the first 3 games. I want to make it clear to everyone, that no one hated or blamed him for that - also he was the one who felt the worst from all of us.
We all basically looked at it from the bright side, that it was only 3 games and not more, and that we had a sub jungler. At first i didn't think it would hit me, playing with another jungler, but it definitely did.
So lets now talk about what happened those 6 games at Worlds group stages, and what made me play as poorly as i did:
I believe confidence has A LOT to do with a players performance on a big stage. So basically lack of confidence are the keywords in my whole performance, and everyone, including myself, would say i choked. No surprise.
So there are two possible reasons to which of why, made me play as i did;
Being me, not playing with the jungler i had played with for 1 year, including almost 200 scrims in 2 weeks time in Korea.
Being me, playing on an international stage.
The answer is obvious to me, as my confidence was at 80% in the Summer Playoffs for Worlds. My confidence was exactly at the point, of where it had to be perfect, at the time in Korea also, and there is NO way that playing against the international teams, of which I had played against for 2 weeks, or me playing on a big stage had any affect on my play whatsoever.
So to sum it all up, the whole thing with Svenskeren, kind of screwed over my confidence and therefore my performance. But as I've stated, he was never blamed or hated for this, in the team. We all tried to look at the bright side of the situation and play as well as we could, with a substitute.
I also wish to mention that Gilius played extremely well, taken in consideration of what he got thrown into, with barely 1-2 days of practice in the team.
I know it is big words for me to tell you all, that my performance at Worlds, was nowhere near the level that I was actually at, at that time. But this is also for the sake of my pride, and I want to prove everyone wrong.
I have never been more motivated for Worlds, as I am now. | The svenskeren thing hit my confidence quite hard, which made me perform extremely poorly. I have yet to prove myself internationally, and it has made me more motivated than ever." |
Ken_Breadbox | I wonder what kind of alien species I belong to.
See--like humans, I can make in instant judgement of physical attractiveness. You can measure it in milliseconds.
Unlike humans, I don't assign that judgment any value.
Think of the best present you ever got in your life, something that made you cry, you were so happy to get it. Got a picture of that thing in your mind?
Good.
Now...
What was it wrapped in?
Don't remember, do you? Or if you do, you don't care?
That's how I feel about bodies.
We're all going to be ugly some day. Some of us are ugly already. And some of those ugly people are real stunners.
I have met conventionally beautiful women who are snots, bitches, airheads, or some combination of the three. I have worked with models. You could tell they were models by looking at them, but you could tell blindfolded because that's all they ever talked about. Instant turn-off.
I've met guys who would make the cover of Playgirl--vain, sociopathic assholes who treat people as objects.
Some of the plainest people I have met--both genders--have been the most intelligent, compassionate and competent people you could imagine. I married a woman who was morbidly obese (fourteen years later, she's lost 150 pounds and is just as beautiful as she was then). My other loves range from pixie-types to tall and willowy to pretty much nondescript. What makes them attractive is empathy, smarts, and strength. That doesn't come in any one package.
**TL;DR: [DON'T JUDGE BOOKS BY THEIR COVERS]( | I wonder what kind of alien species I belong to.
See--like humans, I can make in instant judgement of physical attractiveness. You can measure it in milliseconds.
Unlike humans, I don't assign that judgment any value.
Think of the best present you ever got in your life, something that made you cry, you were so happy to get it. Got a picture of that thing in your mind?
Good.
Now...
What was it wrapped in?
Don't remember, do you? Or if you do, you don't care?
That's how I feel about bodies.
We're all going to be ugly some day. Some of us are ugly already. And some of those ugly people are real stunners.
I have met conventionally beautiful women who are snots, bitches, airheads, or some combination of the three. I have worked with models. You could tell they were models by looking at them, but you could tell blindfolded because that's all they ever talked about. Instant turn-off.
I've met guys who would make the cover of Playgirl--vain, sociopathic assholes who treat people as objects.
Some of the plainest people I have met--both genders--have been the most intelligent, compassionate and competent people you could imagine. I married a woman who was morbidly obese (fourteen years later, she's lost 150 pounds and is just as beautiful as she was then). My other loves range from pixie-types to tall and willowy to pretty much nondescript. What makes them attractive is empathy, smarts, and strength. That doesn't come in any one package.
**TL;DR: [DON'T JUDGE BOOKS BY THEIR COVERS](
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cl7j1wq | I wonder what kind of alien species I belong to.
See--like humans, I can make in instant judgement of physical attractiveness. You can measure it in milliseconds.
Unlike humans, I don't assign that judgment any value.
Think of the best present you ever got in your life, something that made you cry, you were so happy to get it. Got a picture of that thing in your mind?
Good.
Now...
What was it wrapped in?
Don't remember, do you? Or if you do, you don't care?
That's how I feel about bodies.
We're all going to be ugly some day. Some of us are ugly already. And some of those ugly people are real stunners.
I have met conventionally beautiful women who are snots, bitches, airheads, or some combination of the three. I have worked with models. You could tell they were models by looking at them, but you could tell blindfolded because that's all they ever talked about. Instant turn-off.
I've met guys who would make the cover of Playgirl--vain, sociopathic assholes who treat people as objects.
Some of the plainest people I have met--both genders--have been the most intelligent, compassionate and competent people you could imagine. I married a woman who was morbidly obese (fourteen years later, she's lost 150 pounds and is just as beautiful as she was then). My other loves range from pixie-types to tall and willowy to pretty much nondescript. What makes them attractive is empathy, smarts, and strength. That doesn't come in any one package.
** | DON'T JUDGE BOOKS BY THEIR COVERS]( |
MathFlakes | Re: learning in linux, you should be good to go. I actually installed linux on my computer so that I could learn to code in C++ the way we were doing in class: we write code in a basic text editor, and then compile it using terminal (or console, whatever it's called on your computer). I installed linux because on windows, I basically had to connect to the school's remote desktop to do homework and it sort of made me want to cry and smash things.
tl:dr; use linux. If you choose C++ (I don't know C#), you can use a text editor and terminal/console to code and compile.
Or, skip all of this and install eclipse on your windows machine. It's free and it works. | Re: learning in linux, you should be good to go. I actually installed linux on my computer so that I could learn to code in C++ the way we were doing in class: we write code in a basic text editor, and then compile it using terminal (or console, whatever it's called on your computer). I installed linux because on windows, I basically had to connect to the school's remote desktop to do homework and it sort of made me want to cry and smash things.
tl:dr; use linux. If you choose C++ (I don't know C#), you can use a text editor and terminal/console to code and compile.
Or, skip all of this and install eclipse on your windows machine. It's free and it works.
| learnprogramming | t5_2r7yd | cl7zohf | Re: learning in linux, you should be good to go. I actually installed linux on my computer so that I could learn to code in C++ the way we were doing in class: we write code in a basic text editor, and then compile it using terminal (or console, whatever it's called on your computer). I installed linux because on windows, I basically had to connect to the school's remote desktop to do homework and it sort of made me want to cry and smash things. | use linux. If you choose C++ (I don't know C#), you can use a text editor and terminal/console to code and compile.
Or, skip all of this and install eclipse on your windows machine. It's free and it works. |
ballisticblue | your litmus test isn't taking into account that those think with their dick are more open minded. You're underestimating the number who are indifferent to amateur models/pinups/models/actresses. Isn't it possible they just don't downvote, whilst the enthusiastic picky subscribers downvote, comment and hiss?
78% is still a positive outcome regardless if it's lower, so despite the picky minority, the majority of those who decided to vote still upped.
But I can see why [these]( [are]( [worthy](
versus
[mine](
&
[/u/hewearsdresses 's](
*scratches head
edit: TLDR. there's enough room in the sub for your posts and sexy time pinup girls. How are you sure that it'll "devolve" into kpopfap?
edit: over -> under | your litmus test isn't taking into account that those think with their dick are more open minded. You're underestimating the number who are indifferent to amateur models/pinups/models/actresses. Isn't it possible they just don't downvote, whilst the enthusiastic picky subscribers downvote, comment and hiss?
78% is still a positive outcome regardless if it's lower, so despite the picky minority, the majority of those who decided to vote still upped.
But I can see why [these]( [are]( [worthy](
versus
[mine](
&
[/u/hewearsdresses 's](
*scratches head
edit: TLDR. there's enough room in the sub for your posts and sexy time pinup girls. How are you sure that it'll "devolve" into kpopfap?
edit: over -> under
| kpics | t5_2u4ls | cl86cc9 | your litmus test isn't taking into account that those think with their dick are more open minded. You're underestimating the number who are indifferent to amateur models/pinups/models/actresses. Isn't it possible they just don't downvote, whilst the enthusiastic picky subscribers downvote, comment and hiss?
78% is still a positive outcome regardless if it's lower, so despite the picky minority, the majority of those who decided to vote still upped.
But I can see why [these]( [are]( [worthy](
versus
[mine](
&
[/u/hewearsdresses 's](
*scratches head
edit: | there's enough room in the sub for your posts and sexy time pinup girls. How are you sure that it'll "devolve" into kpopfap?
edit: over -> under |
Raging-Rondo | Well i have to agree with you on that. I think what it comes down to is that a lot of MMO players want to be the best as quickly as possible I equate it to people who say they know there class because they read the guide in the forums. They may know the class but they may not understand the class. The people who understand the class spend hundred of hours on an ops dummy perfecting there rotation and so forth. Same goes for conquest they cheated there way to the top but the real winners in the future will be the guilds that really figure out the system. I am glad that BioWare is quick on the fixes though and I am happy to see new guilds getting top scores on the conquest leader boards.
TL;DR the guild who do the right thing now will be the top conquest guilds in the future. | Well i have to agree with you on that. I think what it comes down to is that a lot of MMO players want to be the best as quickly as possible I equate it to people who say they know there class because they read the guide in the forums. They may know the class but they may not understand the class. The people who understand the class spend hundred of hours on an ops dummy perfecting there rotation and so forth. Same goes for conquest they cheated there way to the top but the real winners in the future will be the guilds that really figure out the system. I am glad that BioWare is quick on the fixes though and I am happy to see new guilds getting top scores on the conquest leader boards.
TL;DR the guild who do the right thing now will be the top conquest guilds in the future.
| swtor | t5_2qxih | cl8dzbc | Well i have to agree with you on that. I think what it comes down to is that a lot of MMO players want to be the best as quickly as possible I equate it to people who say they know there class because they read the guide in the forums. They may know the class but they may not understand the class. The people who understand the class spend hundred of hours on an ops dummy perfecting there rotation and so forth. Same goes for conquest they cheated there way to the top but the real winners in the future will be the guilds that really figure out the system. I am glad that BioWare is quick on the fixes though and I am happy to see new guilds getting top scores on the conquest leader boards. | the guild who do the right thing now will be the top conquest guilds in the future. |
you_farted | I have a really hard time dating and I can completely empathize with you. I don't like casual dating at all. It's not fun. I find it totally stressful.
Soon after I threw myself back into that dating pool after several years I met a guy and felt just like you do: we texted and talked all the time, I thought he was great. He also kept his dating profiles (plural!) up, but he was very open with me about it. He was not going to commit to me or anyone else for the foreseeable future.
I creeped on his profile which is the worst thing I could do to myself. He was on OkCupid and POF every single day. I made a comment about what he should have added to his profile early on as a compliment to him- and he went and updated his profile my ideas. UGH!
I don't like the fact he's lying to you at all. He should be honest with you. Will you end up exclusive? Who knows! It's way too early to tell.
**tl;dr** he shouldn't be lying to you. Not cool. If you like him however, give it time. You barely know each other! | I have a really hard time dating and I can completely empathize with you. I don't like casual dating at all. It's not fun. I find it totally stressful.
Soon after I threw myself back into that dating pool after several years I met a guy and felt just like you do: we texted and talked all the time, I thought he was great. He also kept his dating profiles (plural!) up, but he was very open with me about it. He was not going to commit to me or anyone else for the foreseeable future.
I creeped on his profile which is the worst thing I could do to myself. He was on OkCupid and POF every single day. I made a comment about what he should have added to his profile early on as a compliment to him- and he went and updated his profile my ideas. UGH!
I don't like the fact he's lying to you at all. He should be honest with you. Will you end up exclusive? Who knows! It's way too early to tell.
tl;dr he shouldn't be lying to you. Not cool. If you like him however, give it time. You barely know each other!
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cl881sf | I have a really hard time dating and I can completely empathize with you. I don't like casual dating at all. It's not fun. I find it totally stressful.
Soon after I threw myself back into that dating pool after several years I met a guy and felt just like you do: we texted and talked all the time, I thought he was great. He also kept his dating profiles (plural!) up, but he was very open with me about it. He was not going to commit to me or anyone else for the foreseeable future.
I creeped on his profile which is the worst thing I could do to myself. He was on OkCupid and POF every single day. I made a comment about what he should have added to his profile early on as a compliment to him- and he went and updated his profile my ideas. UGH!
I don't like the fact he's lying to you at all. He should be honest with you. Will you end up exclusive? Who knows! It's way too early to tell. | he shouldn't be lying to you. Not cool. If you like him however, give it time. You barely know each other! |
stabby_joe | Having worked at a cattery for a few years when I was younger (think kennel, but for cats), I have only ever come across 2 female gingers. I believe the ginger gene in cats is X linked recessive so it's very rare to get female gingers.
TL;DR Very cute little cat :D | Having worked at a cattery for a few years when I was younger (think kennel, but for cats), I have only ever come across 2 female gingers. I believe the ginger gene in cats is X linked recessive so it's very rare to get female gingers.
TL;DR Very cute little cat :D
| aww | t5_2qh1o | cl8ap9b | Having worked at a cattery for a few years when I was younger (think kennel, but for cats), I have only ever come across 2 female gingers. I believe the ginger gene in cats is X linked recessive so it's very rare to get female gingers. | Very cute little cat :D |
Hummingbird36 | Your thinking about this the wrong way. There are very few heroes that cannot mid effectively. Learn to play the mid lane and all it's intricacies and mechanics that make it easier. Rather than learn to play mid heroes.
Seriously look through the hero pool. I'd honestly say that the only hero that can't mid out of the Strength heroes is Abaddon. Agility? Antimage, Bounty Hunter(arguable), Spectre (arguable). Intelligence? Crystal Maiden.
TL;DR Learn the lane not the heroes. It will serve you better | Your thinking about this the wrong way. There are very few heroes that cannot mid effectively. Learn to play the mid lane and all it's intricacies and mechanics that make it easier. Rather than learn to play mid heroes.
Seriously look through the hero pool. I'd honestly say that the only hero that can't mid out of the Strength heroes is Abaddon. Agility? Antimage, Bounty Hunter(arguable), Spectre (arguable). Intelligence? Crystal Maiden.
TL;DR Learn the lane not the heroes. It will serve you better
| DotA2 | t5_2s580 | cl871bn | Your thinking about this the wrong way. There are very few heroes that cannot mid effectively. Learn to play the mid lane and all it's intricacies and mechanics that make it easier. Rather than learn to play mid heroes.
Seriously look through the hero pool. I'd honestly say that the only hero that can't mid out of the Strength heroes is Abaddon. Agility? Antimage, Bounty Hunter(arguable), Spectre (arguable). Intelligence? Crystal Maiden. | Learn the lane not the heroes. It will serve you better |
BlizCauseDeath | So I feel like this is a fairly obvious question but why is it you think this film is post apocalyptic? If there is no evidence of it and no mention of it whatsoever then why do you think an apocalypse has happened? Are you basing this solely off of Road Warrior, which is obviously apocalyptic? There is a 5 year gap between the two movies which is more than enough time for Australia to get nuked by the Soviets, remember this was made in the cold war. With nukes destroying most of the worlds civilization in that 5 year period obviously international trade has been interrupted, hence the depletion of oil.
Mad max is not apocalyptic and was never intended to be. It is dystopian, society still exists and functions it is just crime ridden, corrupt, and shitty. This movie is a Dytopian Western film, replace the typical bandits with the motercylce gang, Mel Gibson is the Clint Eastwood esque character who's life is destroyed causing him to go on a revenge fueled rampage. In western films there is still law and order of a sort it is simply difficult for the few law men that exist to cover the massive ammount of land in their jurasdiction, hence the police in MM seeming completely undermanned and underequiped. Society still exists though, which explains why his wife behaves as such, there are still cities filled with people, there is no oil shortage, oil is somewhat scarce in the area due to them being in the middle of nowhere, not due to an actual shortage. If you simply read the wiki page for the movie the very first line read "Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller" then in the first line of the plot description "In a dystopic future Australia, law and order has begun to break down." Key word there is begun, law and order has not yet broken down and is still intact. The police force of the country is simply finding it harder and harder to keep order as time moves foreward. Think of it more like Detroit in the modern day, Australia is simply fallen on a bad times and so the crime rate spikes up and police budgets have to be cut.
tl;dr the only reason you don't like this film is based on an incorrect assumption about it's setting that is based solely on the setting of the sequel. | So I feel like this is a fairly obvious question but why is it you think this film is post apocalyptic? If there is no evidence of it and no mention of it whatsoever then why do you think an apocalypse has happened? Are you basing this solely off of Road Warrior, which is obviously apocalyptic? There is a 5 year gap between the two movies which is more than enough time for Australia to get nuked by the Soviets, remember this was made in the cold war. With nukes destroying most of the worlds civilization in that 5 year period obviously international trade has been interrupted, hence the depletion of oil.
Mad max is not apocalyptic and was never intended to be. It is dystopian, society still exists and functions it is just crime ridden, corrupt, and shitty. This movie is a Dytopian Western film, replace the typical bandits with the motercylce gang, Mel Gibson is the Clint Eastwood esque character who's life is destroyed causing him to go on a revenge fueled rampage. In western films there is still law and order of a sort it is simply difficult for the few law men that exist to cover the massive ammount of land in their jurasdiction, hence the police in MM seeming completely undermanned and underequiped. Society still exists though, which explains why his wife behaves as such, there are still cities filled with people, there is no oil shortage, oil is somewhat scarce in the area due to them being in the middle of nowhere, not due to an actual shortage. If you simply read the wiki page for the movie the very first line read "Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller" then in the first line of the plot description "In a dystopic future Australia, law and order has begun to break down." Key word there is begun, law and order has not yet broken down and is still intact. The police force of the country is simply finding it harder and harder to keep order as time moves foreward. Think of it more like Detroit in the modern day, Australia is simply fallen on a bad times and so the crime rate spikes up and police budgets have to be cut.
tl;dr the only reason you don't like this film is based on an incorrect assumption about it's setting that is based solely on the setting of the sequel.
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cl98s5e | So I feel like this is a fairly obvious question but why is it you think this film is post apocalyptic? If there is no evidence of it and no mention of it whatsoever then why do you think an apocalypse has happened? Are you basing this solely off of Road Warrior, which is obviously apocalyptic? There is a 5 year gap between the two movies which is more than enough time for Australia to get nuked by the Soviets, remember this was made in the cold war. With nukes destroying most of the worlds civilization in that 5 year period obviously international trade has been interrupted, hence the depletion of oil.
Mad max is not apocalyptic and was never intended to be. It is dystopian, society still exists and functions it is just crime ridden, corrupt, and shitty. This movie is a Dytopian Western film, replace the typical bandits with the motercylce gang, Mel Gibson is the Clint Eastwood esque character who's life is destroyed causing him to go on a revenge fueled rampage. In western films there is still law and order of a sort it is simply difficult for the few law men that exist to cover the massive ammount of land in their jurasdiction, hence the police in MM seeming completely undermanned and underequiped. Society still exists though, which explains why his wife behaves as such, there are still cities filled with people, there is no oil shortage, oil is somewhat scarce in the area due to them being in the middle of nowhere, not due to an actual shortage. If you simply read the wiki page for the movie the very first line read "Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller" then in the first line of the plot description "In a dystopic future Australia, law and order has begun to break down." Key word there is begun, law and order has not yet broken down and is still intact. The police force of the country is simply finding it harder and harder to keep order as time moves foreward. Think of it more like Detroit in the modern day, Australia is simply fallen on a bad times and so the crime rate spikes up and police budgets have to be cut. | the only reason you don't like this film is based on an incorrect assumption about it's setting that is based solely on the setting of the sequel. |
Critanium | G-Senjou no Maou (The Devil on G-String) is a great VN that I played after KS. It has... some quirks, but nothing you wouldn't expect from an eastern perspective rather than a western perspective.
There's 4 girls that you have options with, but the game has a 'true route'. Let me tell you, the ending to the true route made me curl up on my bed like a little girl. That shit twisted the knife more than Hanako's good ending.
In the beginning, it doesn't seem like much. In fact I even threw around the idea of dropping it all together. But when you get deeper into the game, the more ideas you begin to fabricate. Hell, I thought I was so smart having the ending all figured out. You wouldn't believe what I felt when the game pulled the rug out from under me so fast I never saw it coming.
As with everything, you get some shit with the plot. However, Act 4 and 5 pretty much made up for everything in the prior routes.
TL;DR Feeled harder than KS, 8/10 would recommend. | G-Senjou no Maou (The Devil on G-String) is a great VN that I played after KS. It has... some quirks, but nothing you wouldn't expect from an eastern perspective rather than a western perspective.
There's 4 girls that you have options with, but the game has a 'true route'. Let me tell you, the ending to the true route made me curl up on my bed like a little girl. That shit twisted the knife more than Hanako's good ending.
In the beginning, it doesn't seem like much. In fact I even threw around the idea of dropping it all together. But when you get deeper into the game, the more ideas you begin to fabricate. Hell, I thought I was so smart having the ending all figured out. You wouldn't believe what I felt when the game pulled the rug out from under me so fast I never saw it coming.
As with everything, you get some shit with the plot. However, Act 4 and 5 pretty much made up for everything in the prior routes.
TL;DR Feeled harder than KS, 8/10 would recommend.
| katawashoujo | t5_2tb50 | cl8e0b7 | G-Senjou no Maou (The Devil on G-String) is a great VN that I played after KS. It has... some quirks, but nothing you wouldn't expect from an eastern perspective rather than a western perspective.
There's 4 girls that you have options with, but the game has a 'true route'. Let me tell you, the ending to the true route made me curl up on my bed like a little girl. That shit twisted the knife more than Hanako's good ending.
In the beginning, it doesn't seem like much. In fact I even threw around the idea of dropping it all together. But when you get deeper into the game, the more ideas you begin to fabricate. Hell, I thought I was so smart having the ending all figured out. You wouldn't believe what I felt when the game pulled the rug out from under me so fast I never saw it coming.
As with everything, you get some shit with the plot. However, Act 4 and 5 pretty much made up for everything in the prior routes. | Feeled harder than KS, 8/10 would recommend. |
Rock-swarm | ONS fetches in a standard set ostensibly gets diehard legacy/modern players to buy-in to a standard set, which doesn't always happen. Granted, other cards can do this (mutavault, thoughtseize, etc.) but the fetches have the added benefits of not forcing WotC to expand their design space on dual lands for at least 2 standard sets.
It also frees up 5 or 10 rare slots for MM2 to include cards that entice timmys/johnnys to buy-in on MM2 drafts or just plain pack-cracking. MM2's focus on modern staple reprints already gets the competitive crowd and the value crowd to buy-in, so adding cards that pull cash out of the pockets of the casual crowd serves a valid purpose.
tl;dr - cross-pollination of demographics dictates that fetches in standard helps MM2 sell to a broader audience without detracting from KTK's appeal. | ONS fetches in a standard set ostensibly gets diehard legacy/modern players to buy-in to a standard set, which doesn't always happen. Granted, other cards can do this (mutavault, thoughtseize, etc.) but the fetches have the added benefits of not forcing WotC to expand their design space on dual lands for at least 2 standard sets.
It also frees up 5 or 10 rare slots for MM2 to include cards that entice timmys/johnnys to buy-in on MM2 drafts or just plain pack-cracking. MM2's focus on modern staple reprints already gets the competitive crowd and the value crowd to buy-in, so adding cards that pull cash out of the pockets of the casual crowd serves a valid purpose.
tl;dr - cross-pollination of demographics dictates that fetches in standard helps MM2 sell to a broader audience without detracting from KTK's appeal.
| mtgfinance | t5_2vv1m | cl8izae | ONS fetches in a standard set ostensibly gets diehard legacy/modern players to buy-in to a standard set, which doesn't always happen. Granted, other cards can do this (mutavault, thoughtseize, etc.) but the fetches have the added benefits of not forcing WotC to expand their design space on dual lands for at least 2 standard sets.
It also frees up 5 or 10 rare slots for MM2 to include cards that entice timmys/johnnys to buy-in on MM2 drafts or just plain pack-cracking. MM2's focus on modern staple reprints already gets the competitive crowd and the value crowd to buy-in, so adding cards that pull cash out of the pockets of the casual crowd serves a valid purpose. | cross-pollination of demographics dictates that fetches in standard helps MM2 sell to a broader audience without detracting from KTK's appeal. |
Redarmy1917 | > it's the last 3 set block
Exactly. I HATE the new wotc site too much to bother trying to navigate it to link, but Aaron Forsythe was quoted saying when it came to doing two blocks a year, to make each block feel important, rotation happens when it releases, much like already, but since there's two blocks a year, rotations happen faster. Also, they announced this BECAUSE the first two sets rotate out sooner then usual. With a statement along the lines of "Look, before you guys go dropping money on standard, we felt it is important to tell you guys that Khans and Fate Reforged (they didn't actually use Fate Reforge's name at the time iirc) will be rotating out sooner than usual." THey've also stated that standard is going to be a 3 block format (1.5 years) instead of 2 (2 years).
So basically what's going to happen is next block happens in fall, Theroes and M15 rortate out, as normal. Winter set comes out as the 2nd set of the block. Then we get the Spring set which is new block, so rotation triggers and goes on the stack, but wait, how would this rotation work? If we rotate out Khans block and M16 completely (as normal) standard basically turns into a block format and will be the smallest format ever! That could cause a major issue. If we don't rotate at all, we run into the aforementioned problem Aaron Forsythe stated of the 2nd block not really feeling unique and special like it's own block, so what do we do to solve this? We split Khans block. First and 2nd set can be drafted together and fit well together. Also, 2nd and 3rd set can be drafted together (iirc) and work, but more importantly, 3rd set can be drafted alone still so when rotation hits, that can still be a viable draft format that is within standard.
TL;DR - Next Fall block Theroes and M15 rotate as normal, Next Spring block Khans and Fate Reforged rotate out, with standard being 3rd set, M16, next fall block, and next Spring block, then finally, when the fall block of 2016 comes out, the 3rd set and M16 will rotate out, and standard will be comprised of purely 3 2 set blocks. | > it's the last 3 set block
Exactly. I HATE the new wotc site too much to bother trying to navigate it to link, but Aaron Forsythe was quoted saying when it came to doing two blocks a year, to make each block feel important, rotation happens when it releases, much like already, but since there's two blocks a year, rotations happen faster. Also, they announced this BECAUSE the first two sets rotate out sooner then usual. With a statement along the lines of "Look, before you guys go dropping money on standard, we felt it is important to tell you guys that Khans and Fate Reforged (they didn't actually use Fate Reforge's name at the time iirc) will be rotating out sooner than usual." THey've also stated that standard is going to be a 3 block format (1.5 years) instead of 2 (2 years).
So basically what's going to happen is next block happens in fall, Theroes and M15 rortate out, as normal. Winter set comes out as the 2nd set of the block. Then we get the Spring set which is new block, so rotation triggers and goes on the stack, but wait, how would this rotation work? If we rotate out Khans block and M16 completely (as normal) standard basically turns into a block format and will be the smallest format ever! That could cause a major issue. If we don't rotate at all, we run into the aforementioned problem Aaron Forsythe stated of the 2nd block not really feeling unique and special like it's own block, so what do we do to solve this? We split Khans block. First and 2nd set can be drafted together and fit well together. Also, 2nd and 3rd set can be drafted together (iirc) and work, but more importantly, 3rd set can be drafted alone still so when rotation hits, that can still be a viable draft format that is within standard.
TL;DR - Next Fall block Theroes and M15 rotate as normal, Next Spring block Khans and Fate Reforged rotate out, with standard being 3rd set, M16, next fall block, and next Spring block, then finally, when the fall block of 2016 comes out, the 3rd set and M16 will rotate out, and standard will be comprised of purely 3 2 set blocks.
| mtgfinance | t5_2vv1m | cl8x9gz | it's the last 3 set block
Exactly. I HATE the new wotc site too much to bother trying to navigate it to link, but Aaron Forsythe was quoted saying when it came to doing two blocks a year, to make each block feel important, rotation happens when it releases, much like already, but since there's two blocks a year, rotations happen faster. Also, they announced this BECAUSE the first two sets rotate out sooner then usual. With a statement along the lines of "Look, before you guys go dropping money on standard, we felt it is important to tell you guys that Khans and Fate Reforged (they didn't actually use Fate Reforge's name at the time iirc) will be rotating out sooner than usual." THey've also stated that standard is going to be a 3 block format (1.5 years) instead of 2 (2 years).
So basically what's going to happen is next block happens in fall, Theroes and M15 rortate out, as normal. Winter set comes out as the 2nd set of the block. Then we get the Spring set which is new block, so rotation triggers and goes on the stack, but wait, how would this rotation work? If we rotate out Khans block and M16 completely (as normal) standard basically turns into a block format and will be the smallest format ever! That could cause a major issue. If we don't rotate at all, we run into the aforementioned problem Aaron Forsythe stated of the 2nd block not really feeling unique and special like it's own block, so what do we do to solve this? We split Khans block. First and 2nd set can be drafted together and fit well together. Also, 2nd and 3rd set can be drafted together (iirc) and work, but more importantly, 3rd set can be drafted alone still so when rotation hits, that can still be a viable draft format that is within standard. | Next Fall block Theroes and M15 rotate as normal, Next Spring block Khans and Fate Reforged rotate out, with standard being 3rd set, M16, next fall block, and next Spring block, then finally, when the fall block of 2016 comes out, the 3rd set and M16 will rotate out, and standard will be comprised of purely 3 2 set blocks. |
emeraldragon1984 | When a mommy Vengeful Porcupette and a daddy Vengeful Porcupette beat each other in the face repeatedly using Vengeance (which deals damage equal to the last amount of damage taken) while being protected by Survival (which prevents a pet from falling below 1 health regardless of damage taken), the beast passive (which increases damage dealt by 25% when the attacking pet is below 25% health), ensures that the actual damage dealt with each hit steadily increases until it reaches ~2.14 billion (or roughly 2^31). At which point, a critter is sacrificed to fuel their love.
TL:DR, Geometric growth makes small numbers big | When a mommy Vengeful Porcupette and a daddy Vengeful Porcupette beat each other in the face repeatedly using Vengeance (which deals damage equal to the last amount of damage taken) while being protected by Survival (which prevents a pet from falling below 1 health regardless of damage taken), the beast passive (which increases damage dealt by 25% when the attacking pet is below 25% health), ensures that the actual damage dealt with each hit steadily increases until it reaches ~2.14 billion (or roughly 2^31). At which point, a critter is sacrificed to fuel their love.
TL:DR, Geometric growth makes small numbers big
| wow | t5_2qio8 | cl8ljbw | When a mommy Vengeful Porcupette and a daddy Vengeful Porcupette beat each other in the face repeatedly using Vengeance (which deals damage equal to the last amount of damage taken) while being protected by Survival (which prevents a pet from falling below 1 health regardless of damage taken), the beast passive (which increases damage dealt by 25% when the attacking pet is below 25% health), ensures that the actual damage dealt with each hit steadily increases until it reaches ~2.14 billion (or roughly 2^31). At which point, a critter is sacrificed to fuel their love. | Geometric growth makes small numbers big |
CisforCookiez | What I personally love about video games is the fact that it's interactive, and it puts everything together: story, music, and art. As you play, you get attached to the character you play, kind of like when you read a book, except you have an active role in choosing what the character does. Couple that with fantastic music and great art, and you get an experience that's unique to the game and that particular play through. Two great examples that come to mind are Journey (the [OST]( is exquisite) and [To the Moon]( (which has an extremely emotional storyline.)
tldr; games are like an interactive book + music | What I personally love about video games is the fact that it's interactive, and it puts everything together: story, music, and art. As you play, you get attached to the character you play, kind of like when you read a book, except you have an active role in choosing what the character does. Couple that with fantastic music and great art, and you get an experience that's unique to the game and that particular play through. Two great examples that come to mind are Journey (the OST and To the Moon
tldr; games are like an interactive book + music
| CasualConversation | t5_323oy | cl8q1o7 | What I personally love about video games is the fact that it's interactive, and it puts everything together: story, music, and art. As you play, you get attached to the character you play, kind of like when you read a book, except you have an active role in choosing what the character does. Couple that with fantastic music and great art, and you get an experience that's unique to the game and that particular play through. Two great examples that come to mind are Journey (the OST and To the Moon | games are like an interactive book + music |
ewokmilitia | Best contradictions to your arguement: Lighting, Sharks, Kings, and Ducks.
On the other hand, I feel like we grossly underestimate how much it takes to start a francise. The money it takes to support a multi-million dollar team cannot happen in any city just because its "cold".
As for the panthers...they look like this because they suck. I'm not sure about their financial situation but it cant be good.
Tl;dr While I agree that there should be more than 7 canadien teams, I dont think its as easy as we think it would be to just plant/move franchises to new cities. | Best contradictions to your arguement: Lighting, Sharks, Kings, and Ducks.
On the other hand, I feel like we grossly underestimate how much it takes to start a francise. The money it takes to support a multi-million dollar team cannot happen in any city just because its "cold".
As for the panthers...they look like this because they suck. I'm not sure about their financial situation but it cant be good.
Tl;dr While I agree that there should be more than 7 canadien teams, I dont think its as easy as we think it would be to just plant/move franchises to new cities.
| nhl | t5_2qrrq | cl9b4k0 | Best contradictions to your arguement: Lighting, Sharks, Kings, and Ducks.
On the other hand, I feel like we grossly underestimate how much it takes to start a francise. The money it takes to support a multi-million dollar team cannot happen in any city just because its "cold".
As for the panthers...they look like this because they suck. I'm not sure about their financial situation but it cant be good. | While I agree that there should be more than 7 canadien teams, I dont think its as easy as we think it would be to just plant/move franchises to new cities. |
PichuPancake | Why hello there. It seems that I'm a candidate for the last round. Most of you never saw me before, but that's fine. In this subreddit, I just observe what happens and people do. I don't have much to post since a lot of people do things before me, so my insight is usually repetitive. Anyways, I have a lot of free time on my hands since school is pretty much light work, so I usually land myself in reddit for most of the day. After being a redditor for over a year and observing moderators' actions in different places, I have quite a bit of knowledge on being a moderator. I know what to do, such as keeping everything under control, staying calm and interacting with the community whenever I can. I also know what not to do, such as not doing anything for the subreddit and talking trash to others. I can assure you all that I can do these things (except the programming and art stuff) during my stay as a moderator (if that happens). If any requests or probelms appear, then I will relay them to the more important mods and see what can be done.
However, I do have those times where I don't seem like a good person. In the most recent drama, I have said a few things that a candidate should not have said to one of the other redditors. If they feel like posting the link as a reply, then so be it. It was my fault and I should not have done it. Lessons will be learned by me.
Despite what has happened, I promise I will do the things a moderator should do. I will try to keep my cool in conflicts now and I will try my best to prevent the subreddit from burning down again. If I don't become a mod, then that's that. I'll still be around anyways. So there you have it. It would be great if you guys voted for me, but it's fine if you don't.
Thanks! :)
**tl;dr** I've observed other moderators and know what responsibilities I will have if I'm voted. I have those bad times, but I will learn from them and make this subreddit enjoyable for everyone. Good luck to everyone else by the way! | Why hello there. It seems that I'm a candidate for the last round. Most of you never saw me before, but that's fine. In this subreddit, I just observe what happens and people do. I don't have much to post since a lot of people do things before me, so my insight is usually repetitive. Anyways, I have a lot of free time on my hands since school is pretty much light work, so I usually land myself in reddit for most of the day. After being a redditor for over a year and observing moderators' actions in different places, I have quite a bit of knowledge on being a moderator. I know what to do, such as keeping everything under control, staying calm and interacting with the community whenever I can. I also know what not to do, such as not doing anything for the subreddit and talking trash to others. I can assure you all that I can do these things (except the programming and art stuff) during my stay as a moderator (if that happens). If any requests or probelms appear, then I will relay them to the more important mods and see what can be done.
However, I do have those times where I don't seem like a good person. In the most recent drama, I have said a few things that a candidate should not have said to one of the other redditors. If they feel like posting the link as a reply, then so be it. It was my fault and I should not have done it. Lessons will be learned by me.
Despite what has happened, I promise I will do the things a moderator should do. I will try to keep my cool in conflicts now and I will try my best to prevent the subreddit from burning down again. If I don't become a mod, then that's that. I'll still be around anyways. So there you have it. It would be great if you guys voted for me, but it's fine if you don't.
Thanks! :)
tl;dr I've observed other moderators and know what responsibilities I will have if I'm voted. I have those bad times, but I will learn from them and make this subreddit enjoyable for everyone. Good luck to everyone else by the way!
| Nisekoi | t5_2ur9n | cl8vj8d | Why hello there. It seems that I'm a candidate for the last round. Most of you never saw me before, but that's fine. In this subreddit, I just observe what happens and people do. I don't have much to post since a lot of people do things before me, so my insight is usually repetitive. Anyways, I have a lot of free time on my hands since school is pretty much light work, so I usually land myself in reddit for most of the day. After being a redditor for over a year and observing moderators' actions in different places, I have quite a bit of knowledge on being a moderator. I know what to do, such as keeping everything under control, staying calm and interacting with the community whenever I can. I also know what not to do, such as not doing anything for the subreddit and talking trash to others. I can assure you all that I can do these things (except the programming and art stuff) during my stay as a moderator (if that happens). If any requests or probelms appear, then I will relay them to the more important mods and see what can be done.
However, I do have those times where I don't seem like a good person. In the most recent drama, I have said a few things that a candidate should not have said to one of the other redditors. If they feel like posting the link as a reply, then so be it. It was my fault and I should not have done it. Lessons will be learned by me.
Despite what has happened, I promise I will do the things a moderator should do. I will try to keep my cool in conflicts now and I will try my best to prevent the subreddit from burning down again. If I don't become a mod, then that's that. I'll still be around anyways. So there you have it. It would be great if you guys voted for me, but it's fine if you don't.
Thanks! :) | I've observed other moderators and know what responsibilities I will have if I'm voted. I have those bad times, but I will learn from them and make this subreddit enjoyable for everyone. Good luck to everyone else by the way! |
RoboChrist | The context was (paraphrasing) that "embiggen" is a perfectly cromulent word. The person saying it thought that embiggen was a real word, and that cromulent meant "legitimate".
However, neither cromulent nor embiggen were real words. If we want to define cromulent, we would say that it means "legitimate". Except the word cromulent is only used sarcastically to say that a word is not legitimate. If someone says it in text, you can safely assume they mean that a word is not legitimate.
TLDR: English is confusing as hell. I say cromulent means legitimate, but with the understanding that it's only used sarcastically to mean non-legitimate. | The context was (paraphrasing) that "embiggen" is a perfectly cromulent word. The person saying it thought that embiggen was a real word, and that cromulent meant "legitimate".
However, neither cromulent nor embiggen were real words. If we want to define cromulent, we would say that it means "legitimate". Except the word cromulent is only used sarcastically to say that a word is not legitimate. If someone says it in text, you can safely assume they mean that a word is not legitimate.
TLDR: English is confusing as hell. I say cromulent means legitimate, but with the understanding that it's only used sarcastically to mean non-legitimate.
| Android | t5_2qlqh | cl93peg | The context was (paraphrasing) that "embiggen" is a perfectly cromulent word. The person saying it thought that embiggen was a real word, and that cromulent meant "legitimate".
However, neither cromulent nor embiggen were real words. If we want to define cromulent, we would say that it means "legitimate". Except the word cromulent is only used sarcastically to say that a word is not legitimate. If someone says it in text, you can safely assume they mean that a word is not legitimate. | English is confusing as hell. I say cromulent means legitimate, but with the understanding that it's only used sarcastically to mean non-legitimate. |
Peterowsky | Actually, that's a misconception most people seem to have.
I used to carry around a blackberry curve, and it wasn't particularly small (pretty wide, though not tall), then I got myself something with a bigger screen (the crappy-but-free-on-my-plan xperia J) and that seemed to be the limit of what was big. Then I got myself a S3 and that was my new standard for just big enough to hold with a single hand and still use properly (incidentally it has the best screen and is by far the lightest and thinnest of the bunch, even with the case).
My gf on the other hand, came from the old nokia full touch screen that had a software keyboard that required you to press the number key n times to get the letter to a L5 and now to some HTC phablet that makes my S3 look tiny. She uses it as second nature, with her tiny hands that can barely cross fingers with mine.
So long as you have some decent non-slip surface to hold on to in the phone (a case, sticker, bumper, or even the phone from the factory not being made to slide like wet soap, holding these phones is a lot easier than you expect it to be, and since they're so freaking thin, they don't bulge nearly as much as you expect them to in a pocket or bag. They are also usually a lot lighter than even small-ish phones used to be a couple of years ago.
Try one out for a couple of days, loan one from a friend or something like that. The advantages of a big screen usually outweigh the disadvantages of a larger package overall.
TL;DR : try a bigger phone out for a couple of days, realize how bigger screen doesn't mean hard to use or hold because they are so thin and light, be marveled at how much better the screen is. | Actually, that's a misconception most people seem to have.
I used to carry around a blackberry curve, and it wasn't particularly small (pretty wide, though not tall), then I got myself something with a bigger screen (the crappy-but-free-on-my-plan xperia J) and that seemed to be the limit of what was big. Then I got myself a S3 and that was my new standard for just big enough to hold with a single hand and still use properly (incidentally it has the best screen and is by far the lightest and thinnest of the bunch, even with the case).
My gf on the other hand, came from the old nokia full touch screen that had a software keyboard that required you to press the number key n times to get the letter to a L5 and now to some HTC phablet that makes my S3 look tiny. She uses it as second nature, with her tiny hands that can barely cross fingers with mine.
So long as you have some decent non-slip surface to hold on to in the phone (a case, sticker, bumper, or even the phone from the factory not being made to slide like wet soap, holding these phones is a lot easier than you expect it to be, and since they're so freaking thin, they don't bulge nearly as much as you expect them to in a pocket or bag. They are also usually a lot lighter than even small-ish phones used to be a couple of years ago.
Try one out for a couple of days, loan one from a friend or something like that. The advantages of a big screen usually outweigh the disadvantages of a larger package overall.
TL;DR : try a bigger phone out for a couple of days, realize how bigger screen doesn't mean hard to use or hold because they are so thin and light, be marveled at how much better the screen is.
| Android | t5_2qlqh | cl948u9 | Actually, that's a misconception most people seem to have.
I used to carry around a blackberry curve, and it wasn't particularly small (pretty wide, though not tall), then I got myself something with a bigger screen (the crappy-but-free-on-my-plan xperia J) and that seemed to be the limit of what was big. Then I got myself a S3 and that was my new standard for just big enough to hold with a single hand and still use properly (incidentally it has the best screen and is by far the lightest and thinnest of the bunch, even with the case).
My gf on the other hand, came from the old nokia full touch screen that had a software keyboard that required you to press the number key n times to get the letter to a L5 and now to some HTC phablet that makes my S3 look tiny. She uses it as second nature, with her tiny hands that can barely cross fingers with mine.
So long as you have some decent non-slip surface to hold on to in the phone (a case, sticker, bumper, or even the phone from the factory not being made to slide like wet soap, holding these phones is a lot easier than you expect it to be, and since they're so freaking thin, they don't bulge nearly as much as you expect them to in a pocket or bag. They are also usually a lot lighter than even small-ish phones used to be a couple of years ago.
Try one out for a couple of days, loan one from a friend or something like that. The advantages of a big screen usually outweigh the disadvantages of a larger package overall. | try a bigger phone out for a couple of days, realize how bigger screen doesn't mean hard to use or hold because they are so thin and light, be marveled at how much better the screen is. |
under_analysis | I don't think it's fair to generalize that widely. The same thing gets said of bisexuals all the time, that they're "just doing it for attention", and in my experience some people who claim that label are just saying that for one reason or another, but you can't say because of that everyone is.
I'm 28. I have an active social life, friends, and currently a boyfriend. I've done quite a bit of dating in the last 10 years, and I've identified as asexual for the last 3. I have one other friend who is the same way - very attractive girl, very social, gets asked out frequently and turns them down 90% of the time, because she's identified as asexual since before Tumblr existed. It happens.
**tl;dr** #NotAllAsexuals | I don't think it's fair to generalize that widely. The same thing gets said of bisexuals all the time, that they're "just doing it for attention", and in my experience some people who claim that label are just saying that for one reason or another, but you can't say because of that everyone is.
I'm 28. I have an active social life, friends, and currently a boyfriend. I've done quite a bit of dating in the last 10 years, and I've identified as asexual for the last 3. I have one other friend who is the same way - very attractive girl, very social, gets asked out frequently and turns them down 90% of the time, because she's identified as asexual since before Tumblr existed. It happens.
tl;dr #NotAllAsexuals
| TumblrInAction | t5_2vizz | cl92yn8 | I don't think it's fair to generalize that widely. The same thing gets said of bisexuals all the time, that they're "just doing it for attention", and in my experience some people who claim that label are just saying that for one reason or another, but you can't say because of that everyone is.
I'm 28. I have an active social life, friends, and currently a boyfriend. I've done quite a bit of dating in the last 10 years, and I've identified as asexual for the last 3. I have one other friend who is the same way - very attractive girl, very social, gets asked out frequently and turns them down 90% of the time, because she's identified as asexual since before Tumblr existed. It happens. | NotAllAsexuals |
godslam | Just changed some pads recently and they were so wore out that they had wore the rotor. The rotor had been ground so thin (on one side of the vents) that it looked like a blade from a meat slicing machine. The disc part of the rotor also broke off of the hub.
I honestly have no idea how the guy was even braking at this point. Then I found out later on that there was virtually no brake fluid in the master cylinder.
So after we got all that fixed up for him, the line on the rear-right blew and he had the nerve to blame us for it. Note that he told us he purchased the car at least four years ago and this was the first time he was changing his brakes (and possibly the first time any maintenance had been done on it).
TL;DR Change your brake pads when you should. | Just changed some pads recently and they were so wore out that they had wore the rotor. The rotor had been ground so thin (on one side of the vents) that it looked like a blade from a meat slicing machine. The disc part of the rotor also broke off of the hub.
I honestly have no idea how the guy was even braking at this point. Then I found out later on that there was virtually no brake fluid in the master cylinder.
So after we got all that fixed up for him, the line on the rear-right blew and he had the nerve to blame us for it. Note that he told us he purchased the car at least four years ago and this was the first time he was changing his brakes (and possibly the first time any maintenance had been done on it).
TL;DR Change your brake pads when you should.
| autorepair | t5_2rec7 | clc308r | Just changed some pads recently and they were so wore out that they had wore the rotor. The rotor had been ground so thin (on one side of the vents) that it looked like a blade from a meat slicing machine. The disc part of the rotor also broke off of the hub.
I honestly have no idea how the guy was even braking at this point. Then I found out later on that there was virtually no brake fluid in the master cylinder.
So after we got all that fixed up for him, the line on the rear-right blew and he had the nerve to blame us for it. Note that he told us he purchased the car at least four years ago and this was the first time he was changing his brakes (and possibly the first time any maintenance had been done on it). | Change your brake pads when you should. |
oss10 | Ok, so somebody replied to you and said "fuck off with your libertarian bs it will never work" or something to that effect. So I got on my soapbox to reply, but when I hit submit he had already deleted it. I spent a while typing it so I'm pasting my response to him here. Hope he sees it:
You're absolutely right, it will never work. Exactly like any other nation that has tried single-party rule (WWII Axis countries, USSR, North Korea). It is a terrible idea to impose one political stance on any country's population.
America is currently a two-party state. You're either Republican or Democrat. Conservative or Liberal. Left or right or wrong.
Unfortunately, no matter what your personal political views are, as an American voter you are stuck picking one side or the other. Moderate conservatives have to vote for whichever nutjob made it past the primaries, and Democrats who may not support big government are still going to vote Democrat. There is no middle ground at the state or federal levels.
Instead of insulting third parties, we should be encouraging them. America is the most diverse country in the world, yet the people only get to choose between two options. If there were more than two parties to choose from, better legislation would be passed.
The legislators are supposed to represent the people, but instead they're influenced by corporate lobbyists, not the voters. The only way to fix this is by either banning lobbyists, or getting rid of elections altogether and instead of having elections, choose the congress similar to how trial jurors are chosen: randomly appointing qualified citizens to serve as the community's voice.
There's no way that will happen.
What could happen realistically is that young people could pay more attention to politics and actually fucking vote. The demographic with the highest turnout in Election Day is the elderly. The old, white, religious elderly. If 20somethings voted like seniors, major issues of today would be addressed quicker.
Third (and fourth and fifth...) parties are our country's best chance to actually becoming progressive. But they need help. Think for yourself, question ALL leadership (think about what kind of people seek political power of any kind, mostly egocentric), but don't dismiss libertarianism, communism, socialism, environmentalism, etc. as worthless. We only get to be on the earth for so long, we should all have our voices heard equally while we're here.
If you're a die hard republican or democrat, quit complaining so much about the other side of the aisle. That's exactly what they want. Instead, do some research. Look up your parties and candidates stances on issues that matter to you. Issues that you want to have a fucking say in for once. Organize new parties that better represent you and your communities. Be heard.
TL:DR - the comment linked is what's wrong with America.
Vote /u/oss10 2028
EDIT: I was able to take a screenshot of the comment before I refreshed. | Ok, so somebody replied to you and said "fuck off with your libertarian bs it will never work" or something to that effect. So I got on my soapbox to reply, but when I hit submit he had already deleted it. I spent a while typing it so I'm pasting my response to him here. Hope he sees it:
You're absolutely right, it will never work. Exactly like any other nation that has tried single-party rule (WWII Axis countries, USSR, North Korea). It is a terrible idea to impose one political stance on any country's population.
America is currently a two-party state. You're either Republican or Democrat. Conservative or Liberal. Left or right or wrong.
Unfortunately, no matter what your personal political views are, as an American voter you are stuck picking one side or the other. Moderate conservatives have to vote for whichever nutjob made it past the primaries, and Democrats who may not support big government are still going to vote Democrat. There is no middle ground at the state or federal levels.
Instead of insulting third parties, we should be encouraging them. America is the most diverse country in the world, yet the people only get to choose between two options. If there were more than two parties to choose from, better legislation would be passed.
The legislators are supposed to represent the people, but instead they're influenced by corporate lobbyists, not the voters. The only way to fix this is by either banning lobbyists, or getting rid of elections altogether and instead of having elections, choose the congress similar to how trial jurors are chosen: randomly appointing qualified citizens to serve as the community's voice.
There's no way that will happen.
What could happen realistically is that young people could pay more attention to politics and actually fucking vote. The demographic with the highest turnout in Election Day is the elderly. The old, white, religious elderly. If 20somethings voted like seniors, major issues of today would be addressed quicker.
Third (and fourth and fifth...) parties are our country's best chance to actually becoming progressive. But they need help. Think for yourself, question ALL leadership (think about what kind of people seek political power of any kind, mostly egocentric), but don't dismiss libertarianism, communism, socialism, environmentalism, etc. as worthless. We only get to be on the earth for so long, we should all have our voices heard equally while we're here.
If you're a die hard republican or democrat, quit complaining so much about the other side of the aisle. That's exactly what they want. Instead, do some research. Look up your parties and candidates stances on issues that matter to you. Issues that you want to have a fucking say in for once. Organize new parties that better represent you and your communities. Be heard.
TL:DR - the comment linked is what's wrong with America.
Vote /u/oss10 2028
EDIT: I was able to take a screenshot of the comment before I refreshed.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cl9q272 | Ok, so somebody replied to you and said "fuck off with your libertarian bs it will never work" or something to that effect. So I got on my soapbox to reply, but when I hit submit he had already deleted it. I spent a while typing it so I'm pasting my response to him here. Hope he sees it:
You're absolutely right, it will never work. Exactly like any other nation that has tried single-party rule (WWII Axis countries, USSR, North Korea). It is a terrible idea to impose one political stance on any country's population.
America is currently a two-party state. You're either Republican or Democrat. Conservative or Liberal. Left or right or wrong.
Unfortunately, no matter what your personal political views are, as an American voter you are stuck picking one side or the other. Moderate conservatives have to vote for whichever nutjob made it past the primaries, and Democrats who may not support big government are still going to vote Democrat. There is no middle ground at the state or federal levels.
Instead of insulting third parties, we should be encouraging them. America is the most diverse country in the world, yet the people only get to choose between two options. If there were more than two parties to choose from, better legislation would be passed.
The legislators are supposed to represent the people, but instead they're influenced by corporate lobbyists, not the voters. The only way to fix this is by either banning lobbyists, or getting rid of elections altogether and instead of having elections, choose the congress similar to how trial jurors are chosen: randomly appointing qualified citizens to serve as the community's voice.
There's no way that will happen.
What could happen realistically is that young people could pay more attention to politics and actually fucking vote. The demographic with the highest turnout in Election Day is the elderly. The old, white, religious elderly. If 20somethings voted like seniors, major issues of today would be addressed quicker.
Third (and fourth and fifth...) parties are our country's best chance to actually becoming progressive. But they need help. Think for yourself, question ALL leadership (think about what kind of people seek political power of any kind, mostly egocentric), but don't dismiss libertarianism, communism, socialism, environmentalism, etc. as worthless. We only get to be on the earth for so long, we should all have our voices heard equally while we're here.
If you're a die hard republican or democrat, quit complaining so much about the other side of the aisle. That's exactly what they want. Instead, do some research. Look up your parties and candidates stances on issues that matter to you. Issues that you want to have a fucking say in for once. Organize new parties that better represent you and your communities. Be heard. | the comment linked is what's wrong with America.
Vote /u/oss10 2028
EDIT: I was able to take a screenshot of the comment before I refreshed. |
ramblingnonsense | [This paper]( on the NIH site is pretty thorough. If I'm reading it correctly, it looks like seeking help of *any* sort, including through AA, results in higher initial recovery rates (by about 20%) and lower relapse rate over both 3-year and 16-year periods. It does not demonstrate, however, that AA is more or less effective than any other treatment option.
There is on the other hand [evidence]( that AA's methods may cause additional harm to those who do relapse. AA enforces learned helplessness by making you repeat, frequently, that you are powerless to control your alcoholism and only an outside force like God can help you. And yet, if you relapse, it's *your* fault for not being strong enough; AA uses public shaming tactics (the white chip, public confession, etc) in an attempt to discourage relapse, despite mountains of evidence that shaming and guilt can *cause* relapse.
In additional, prayer and divine revelation are actually part of the [12 steps]( you cannot complete them without it. If you don't get your spiritual experience at step 11, it's assumed you never really handed your problem over to God in the first place, and so you're not "working the program". It's a hit to the self-esteem at a minimum, and that can lead to relapse. This is exceedingly dangerous for those whose alcoholism is a result of more deep-seated problems like schizophrenia or severe depression.
There was (and according to some claims, still is) a tendency for AA members to encourage each other to abandon medications, family and even marriages in order to pursue the 12-step programs. These are not official policies of AA, but the problem was severe and widespread enough for the national AA organization to publish a pamphlet telling members to keep taking their medications. While this is not any sort of evidence of malfeasance, it does add to the body of evidence that AA is not based in any way on the actual science of addition recovery.
If you're looking for actual reality-based methods for treating alcoholism or other additictions, you could do a lot worse than [start here.
]( Real, science-based treatment uses medication to alleviate or even eliminate withdrawal symptoms (the "cold turkey" approach advocated by AA can cause dangerous, even fatal withdrawal symptoms) combined with individual and group therapy sessions. Social activity and group therapies are the only behaviors positively correlated with lower relapse rates. The successes of AA treatment, such as there are, are almost certainly down to the regular meetings rather than the 12 steps themselves.
**tl;dr If you have problems with alcohol, DO seek help, but DON'T expect AA to save you. AA does no better than simply seeking help from a doctor or therapist, and there is evidence that it may actually make things worse.**
| This paper and lower relapse rate over both 3-year and 16-year periods. It does not demonstrate, however, that AA is more or less effective than any other treatment option.
There is on the other hand evidence in an attempt to discourage relapse, despite mountains of evidence that shaming and guilt can cause relapse.
In additional, prayer and divine revelation are actually part of the [12 steps]( you cannot complete them without it. If you don't get your spiritual experience at step 11, it's assumed you never really handed your problem over to God in the first place, and so you're not "working the program". It's a hit to the self-esteem at a minimum, and that can lead to relapse. This is exceedingly dangerous for those whose alcoholism is a result of more deep-seated problems like schizophrenia or severe depression.
There was (and according to some claims, still is) a tendency for AA members to encourage each other to abandon medications, family and even marriages in order to pursue the 12-step programs. These are not official policies of AA, but the problem was severe and widespread enough for the national AA organization to publish a pamphlet telling members to keep taking their medications. While this is not any sort of evidence of malfeasance, it does add to the body of evidence that AA is not based in any way on the actual science of addition recovery.
If you're looking for actual reality-based methods for treating alcoholism or other additictions, you could do a lot worse than start here. combined with individual and group therapy sessions. Social activity and group therapies are the only behaviors positively correlated with lower relapse rates. The successes of AA treatment, such as there are, are almost certainly down to the regular meetings rather than the 12 steps themselves.
tl;dr If you have problems with alcohol, DO seek help, but DON'T expect AA to save you. AA does no better than simply seeking help from a doctor or therapist, and there is evidence that it may actually make things worse.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | claps5u | This paper and lower relapse rate over both 3-year and 16-year periods. It does not demonstrate, however, that AA is more or less effective than any other treatment option.
There is on the other hand evidence in an attempt to discourage relapse, despite mountains of evidence that shaming and guilt can cause relapse.
In additional, prayer and divine revelation are actually part of the [12 steps]( you cannot complete them without it. If you don't get your spiritual experience at step 11, it's assumed you never really handed your problem over to God in the first place, and so you're not "working the program". It's a hit to the self-esteem at a minimum, and that can lead to relapse. This is exceedingly dangerous for those whose alcoholism is a result of more deep-seated problems like schizophrenia or severe depression.
There was (and according to some claims, still is) a tendency for AA members to encourage each other to abandon medications, family and even marriages in order to pursue the 12-step programs. These are not official policies of AA, but the problem was severe and widespread enough for the national AA organization to publish a pamphlet telling members to keep taking their medications. While this is not any sort of evidence of malfeasance, it does add to the body of evidence that AA is not based in any way on the actual science of addition recovery.
If you're looking for actual reality-based methods for treating alcoholism or other additictions, you could do a lot worse than start here. combined with individual and group therapy sessions. Social activity and group therapies are the only behaviors positively correlated with lower relapse rates. The successes of AA treatment, such as there are, are almost certainly down to the regular meetings rather than the 12 steps themselves. | If you have problems with alcohol, DO seek help, but DON'T expect AA to save you. AA does no better than simply seeking help from a doctor or therapist, and there is evidence that it may actually make things worse. |
Randy_Bo_Bandy | Some suggestions I will make:
I'm not familiar with TF at all, so I could be missing the reason behind going with a TF over a Rhenho. With the Rhenho, you'd have to switch to addling toads but you'd get a lot better CC with it (which makes bane of the trapped even better).
Actually, I think that's the only thing I can nitpick/comment on. The rest of the gear looks good - you can try to improve on some of the rolls on certain pieces, but we're talking very small and likely expensive upgrades.
Hrmm one other thing - have you ever considered switching grave injustice for zombie handler? Cheers
edit: just noticed the SOJ doesn't have a socket & your gems. It's universally agreed (or just about) that for pet docs, the bane of the trapped is a must have, no brainer gem. piranado and the CC from addling toads both count towards the bane of the trapped gem. while i'm not sure if i'd enchant away the 47% CHD from the SOJ for a socket, perhaps you can use a different SOJ for now. it's my understanding that +element% skills don't help pet docs that use MOJ as much as they should so if you have a different SOJ with a socket, might wanna think about enchanting away the +element% skill for a socket. tl:dr, i think you're losing too much by not having a third legendary gem. pet docs should be using 1) bane of the trapped and 2) any two of either: toxic, boon of the powerful, pain enchancer, enforcer
| Some suggestions I will make:
I'm not familiar with TF at all, so I could be missing the reason behind going with a TF over a Rhenho. With the Rhenho, you'd have to switch to addling toads but you'd get a lot better CC with it (which makes bane of the trapped even better).
Actually, I think that's the only thing I can nitpick/comment on. The rest of the gear looks good - you can try to improve on some of the rolls on certain pieces, but we're talking very small and likely expensive upgrades.
Hrmm one other thing - have you ever considered switching grave injustice for zombie handler? Cheers
edit: just noticed the SOJ doesn't have a socket & your gems. It's universally agreed (or just about) that for pet docs, the bane of the trapped is a must have, no brainer gem. piranado and the CC from addling toads both count towards the bane of the trapped gem. while i'm not sure if i'd enchant away the 47% CHD from the SOJ for a socket, perhaps you can use a different SOJ for now. it's my understanding that +element% skills don't help pet docs that use MOJ as much as they should so if you have a different SOJ with a socket, might wanna think about enchanting away the +element% skill for a socket. tl:dr, i think you're losing too much by not having a third legendary gem. pet docs should be using 1) bane of the trapped and 2) any two of either: toxic, boon of the powerful, pain enchancer, enforcer
| Diablo3witchdoctors | t5_2vbd9 | cl9m00c | Some suggestions I will make:
I'm not familiar with TF at all, so I could be missing the reason behind going with a TF over a Rhenho. With the Rhenho, you'd have to switch to addling toads but you'd get a lot better CC with it (which makes bane of the trapped even better).
Actually, I think that's the only thing I can nitpick/comment on. The rest of the gear looks good - you can try to improve on some of the rolls on certain pieces, but we're talking very small and likely expensive upgrades.
Hrmm one other thing - have you ever considered switching grave injustice for zombie handler? Cheers
edit: just noticed the SOJ doesn't have a socket & your gems. It's universally agreed (or just about) that for pet docs, the bane of the trapped is a must have, no brainer gem. piranado and the CC from addling toads both count towards the bane of the trapped gem. while i'm not sure if i'd enchant away the 47% CHD from the SOJ for a socket, perhaps you can use a different SOJ for now. it's my understanding that +element% skills don't help pet docs that use MOJ as much as they should so if you have a different SOJ with a socket, might wanna think about enchanting away the +element% skill for a socket. | i think you're losing too much by not having a third legendary gem. pet docs should be using 1) bane of the trapped and 2) any two of either: toxic, boon of the powerful, pain enchancer, enforcer |
dfurst05 | I just purchased the TH on eBay. I've had my eye on it for the past couple of months, but didn't really choose to afford it. Now that I know it's retired, I jumped on the chance to buy it just a bit above market price before it inflated a lot. I really love the look of it and what I've read in reviews of the set.
I also currently own the PS, and think that is a great set. My next purchase will be the PC early next year and then the PR later in the year. I am just starting my modular collection, but I know now why these are so popular and intend on making them the center of my lego collection.
When I graduated college in May, I jumped head first back into my Lego hobby from my childhood. I got all my bricks from home, sorted them, and then started adding new sets to my collection. The issue was that I didn't have any criteria for a set, I just bought anything and everything I liked - spending on average $100 a month on Lego. :/ Now I am realizing I have all these great sets, but not a lot that I want to display.
So from here on out I intend on buying only more expensive "display worthy" Lego sets - which is where the modulars come in. Once I get caught up, it will be committed to only buying one set a year, and then anything else I want on the side will be at my discretion, and I think that will make things a lot easier on the wallet.
TL;DR - Modulars are going to be the focus of my Lego collecting. | I just purchased the TH on eBay. I've had my eye on it for the past couple of months, but didn't really choose to afford it. Now that I know it's retired, I jumped on the chance to buy it just a bit above market price before it inflated a lot. I really love the look of it and what I've read in reviews of the set.
I also currently own the PS, and think that is a great set. My next purchase will be the PC early next year and then the PR later in the year. I am just starting my modular collection, but I know now why these are so popular and intend on making them the center of my lego collection.
When I graduated college in May, I jumped head first back into my Lego hobby from my childhood. I got all my bricks from home, sorted them, and then started adding new sets to my collection. The issue was that I didn't have any criteria for a set, I just bought anything and everything I liked - spending on average $100 a month on Lego. :/ Now I am realizing I have all these great sets, but not a lot that I want to display.
So from here on out I intend on buying only more expensive "display worthy" Lego sets - which is where the modulars come in. Once I get caught up, it will be committed to only buying one set a year, and then anything else I want on the side will be at my discretion, and I think that will make things a lot easier on the wallet.
TL;DR - Modulars are going to be the focus of my Lego collecting.
| lego | t5_2qhm7 | cl9pz0n | I just purchased the TH on eBay. I've had my eye on it for the past couple of months, but didn't really choose to afford it. Now that I know it's retired, I jumped on the chance to buy it just a bit above market price before it inflated a lot. I really love the look of it and what I've read in reviews of the set.
I also currently own the PS, and think that is a great set. My next purchase will be the PC early next year and then the PR later in the year. I am just starting my modular collection, but I know now why these are so popular and intend on making them the center of my lego collection.
When I graduated college in May, I jumped head first back into my Lego hobby from my childhood. I got all my bricks from home, sorted them, and then started adding new sets to my collection. The issue was that I didn't have any criteria for a set, I just bought anything and everything I liked - spending on average $100 a month on Lego. :/ Now I am realizing I have all these great sets, but not a lot that I want to display.
So from here on out I intend on buying only more expensive "display worthy" Lego sets - which is where the modulars come in. Once I get caught up, it will be committed to only buying one set a year, and then anything else I want on the side will be at my discretion, and I think that will make things a lot easier on the wallet. | Modulars are going to be the focus of my Lego collecting. |
Strayvector | I partied way too much during my first couple of years at UofA and by the second semester of my sophomore year, I was in a bit of trouble. I needed to bring my GPA up from 1.84 to 2.75 so that I could start taking upper level MIS courses. Talked to one of the advisers and we figured out that I would need 18 units of A to accomplish this. We scoped out the easiest courses and I ended up with 18 units of cakewalk classes and 3 units of college algebra (which was a pre-req for MIS). With the exception of math, each of the classes were attended by at least 4 basketball players and a number of football players. Ended up with 4.0 that semester. Here are the classes I still remember:
- Intro to Greek Mythology
- Intro to Theater Arts
- Art History 101
- Architecture 101
Art history was easiest. Class basically consisted of memorizing famous paintings and who the artist was.
tl/dr: Find out what beginning classes are attended by the UA athletes and you get easy A's. | I partied way too much during my first couple of years at UofA and by the second semester of my sophomore year, I was in a bit of trouble. I needed to bring my GPA up from 1.84 to 2.75 so that I could start taking upper level MIS courses. Talked to one of the advisers and we figured out that I would need 18 units of A to accomplish this. We scoped out the easiest courses and I ended up with 18 units of cakewalk classes and 3 units of college algebra (which was a pre-req for MIS). With the exception of math, each of the classes were attended by at least 4 basketball players and a number of football players. Ended up with 4.0 that semester. Here are the classes I still remember:
Intro to Greek Mythology
Intro to Theater Arts
Art History 101
Architecture 101
Art history was easiest. Class basically consisted of memorizing famous paintings and who the artist was.
tl/dr: Find out what beginning classes are attended by the UA athletes and you get easy A's.
| UofArizona | t5_2s58b | cla507v | I partied way too much during my first couple of years at UofA and by the second semester of my sophomore year, I was in a bit of trouble. I needed to bring my GPA up from 1.84 to 2.75 so that I could start taking upper level MIS courses. Talked to one of the advisers and we figured out that I would need 18 units of A to accomplish this. We scoped out the easiest courses and I ended up with 18 units of cakewalk classes and 3 units of college algebra (which was a pre-req for MIS). With the exception of math, each of the classes were attended by at least 4 basketball players and a number of football players. Ended up with 4.0 that semester. Here are the classes I still remember:
Intro to Greek Mythology
Intro to Theater Arts
Art History 101
Architecture 101
Art history was easiest. Class basically consisted of memorizing famous paintings and who the artist was. | Find out what beginning classes are attended by the UA athletes and you get easy A's. |
JustHereForTheBacon | What difference does the label make? Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc? Everyone makes up their own version of what they think god is and what's important to him. You can barely even find two alleged Christians who believe and practice the same way. Catholics use birth control or don't, accept homosexuals or don't, blow up abortion clinics or don't. All a label does is roughly lump groups together, but what good does it do to say "Islam is good" or "Islam is bad" when anyone can simply make up their own version of Islam, just like they can make up their own version of any religion.
In the end, if you believe that you're carrying out the wishes of a divine creator who will reward you for your actions after death, you're dangerous. Not necessarily because the doctrine you follow is dangerous on its face, but because you don't make decisions rationally, and yet you believe those decisions will decide your eternal fate. If you have no objective standards on which to base your morals and actions, then they're always open to carrying you wherever you or someone who influences your view of god would like them to go, and appeals to logic and reason are completely meaningless. And a book like the Bible, Torah or Quran isn't an objective standard because everyone just interprets them however they'd like, as is clear with everyone who labels their particular beliefs with a tag like Islam and then behaves completely differently from other people who label themselves the same way.
It's not "Islam" that's the problem, since there are millions of good hearted, caring Muslims (who would no doubt be good people even without religion). It's the idea that it's ok, even virtuous, to believe in irrational ideas and then act on them like your eternal salvation depended on it.
tl;dr - It's not "Islam" that's the problem. It's religion, and that idea that it's virtuous to follow whatever you decide god is and what he wants. | What difference does the label make? Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc? Everyone makes up their own version of what they think god is and what's important to him. You can barely even find two alleged Christians who believe and practice the same way. Catholics use birth control or don't, accept homosexuals or don't, blow up abortion clinics or don't. All a label does is roughly lump groups together, but what good does it do to say "Islam is good" or "Islam is bad" when anyone can simply make up their own version of Islam, just like they can make up their own version of any religion.
In the end, if you believe that you're carrying out the wishes of a divine creator who will reward you for your actions after death, you're dangerous. Not necessarily because the doctrine you follow is dangerous on its face, but because you don't make decisions rationally, and yet you believe those decisions will decide your eternal fate. If you have no objective standards on which to base your morals and actions, then they're always open to carrying you wherever you or someone who influences your view of god would like them to go, and appeals to logic and reason are completely meaningless. And a book like the Bible, Torah or Quran isn't an objective standard because everyone just interprets them however they'd like, as is clear with everyone who labels their particular beliefs with a tag like Islam and then behaves completely differently from other people who label themselves the same way.
It's not "Islam" that's the problem, since there are millions of good hearted, caring Muslims (who would no doubt be good people even without religion). It's the idea that it's ok, even virtuous, to believe in irrational ideas and then act on them like your eternal salvation depended on it.
tl;dr - It's not "Islam" that's the problem. It's religion, and that idea that it's virtuous to follow whatever you decide god is and what he wants.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cla28h8 | What difference does the label make? Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, etc? Everyone makes up their own version of what they think god is and what's important to him. You can barely even find two alleged Christians who believe and practice the same way. Catholics use birth control or don't, accept homosexuals or don't, blow up abortion clinics or don't. All a label does is roughly lump groups together, but what good does it do to say "Islam is good" or "Islam is bad" when anyone can simply make up their own version of Islam, just like they can make up their own version of any religion.
In the end, if you believe that you're carrying out the wishes of a divine creator who will reward you for your actions after death, you're dangerous. Not necessarily because the doctrine you follow is dangerous on its face, but because you don't make decisions rationally, and yet you believe those decisions will decide your eternal fate. If you have no objective standards on which to base your morals and actions, then they're always open to carrying you wherever you or someone who influences your view of god would like them to go, and appeals to logic and reason are completely meaningless. And a book like the Bible, Torah or Quran isn't an objective standard because everyone just interprets them however they'd like, as is clear with everyone who labels their particular beliefs with a tag like Islam and then behaves completely differently from other people who label themselves the same way.
It's not "Islam" that's the problem, since there are millions of good hearted, caring Muslims (who would no doubt be good people even without religion). It's the idea that it's ok, even virtuous, to believe in irrational ideas and then act on them like your eternal salvation depended on it. | It's not "Islam" that's the problem. It's religion, and that idea that it's virtuous to follow whatever you decide god is and what he wants. |
PerInception | They were also the only one's to check out the naked girl against the walls shoes....
Why am I not surprised. This morning I tripped over two pairs of flip flops stacked on top of each other, one pair of sperrys, and after narrowly avoiding a collision with a cat the shoe's that finally took me down were a pair of rock n republic flats.... Words were had (in the form of 'Hey hunny can you please be more careful with your shoes I just nearly broke my neck') and tl;dr I'm sleeping on the couch tonight. | They were also the only one's to check out the naked girl against the walls shoes....
Why am I not surprised. This morning I tripped over two pairs of flip flops stacked on top of each other, one pair of sperrys, and after narrowly avoiding a collision with a cat the shoe's that finally took me down were a pair of rock n republic flats.... Words were had (in the form of 'Hey hunny can you please be more careful with your shoes I just nearly broke my neck') and tl;dr I'm sleeping on the couch tonight.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cla3yfs | They were also the only one's to check out the naked girl against the walls shoes....
Why am I not surprised. This morning I tripped over two pairs of flip flops stacked on top of each other, one pair of sperrys, and after narrowly avoiding a collision with a cat the shoe's that finally took me down were a pair of rock n republic flats.... Words were had (in the form of 'Hey hunny can you please be more careful with your shoes I just nearly broke my neck') and | I'm sleeping on the couch tonight. |
wr036 | With absolutely no supporting data (does that even need to be said here?), I think this makes complete sense. As a male, I can determine the shape of a woman's body from my peripheral vision. I'm often impressed at how quickly my brain processes whether or not a woman is a desirable mate (biologically speaking, of course), sometimes it feels like borderline precognition. Evaluating the face, however, is a more expensive computation, in my brain at least. Again, I can't be bothered to link any supporting evidence, but the symmetry of the face is said to be linked to good biological health.
TL;DR: At least for men, they knew she had nice boobs about 10 milliseconds after looking at the ad. Passed the boob test, let's check out her face. | With absolutely no supporting data (does that even need to be said here?), I think this makes complete sense. As a male, I can determine the shape of a woman's body from my peripheral vision. I'm often impressed at how quickly my brain processes whether or not a woman is a desirable mate (biologically speaking, of course), sometimes it feels like borderline precognition. Evaluating the face, however, is a more expensive computation, in my brain at least. Again, I can't be bothered to link any supporting evidence, but the symmetry of the face is said to be linked to good biological health.
TL;DR: At least for men, they knew she had nice boobs about 10 milliseconds after looking at the ad. Passed the boob test, let's check out her face.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cla5gnq | With absolutely no supporting data (does that even need to be said here?), I think this makes complete sense. As a male, I can determine the shape of a woman's body from my peripheral vision. I'm often impressed at how quickly my brain processes whether or not a woman is a desirable mate (biologically speaking, of course), sometimes it feels like borderline precognition. Evaluating the face, however, is a more expensive computation, in my brain at least. Again, I can't be bothered to link any supporting evidence, but the symmetry of the face is said to be linked to good biological health. | At least for men, they knew she had nice boobs about 10 milliseconds after looking at the ad. Passed the boob test, let's check out her face. |
jimmery | my guess is that if he hadn't chosen the low road, this would of never made it to the frontpage...
i am not a fan of sensationalized headlines and karma whoring titles, but unfortunately we live in a world where anything less isn't going to grab our attention...
tl;dr - hate human nature, not the OP
| my guess is that if he hadn't chosen the low road, this would of never made it to the frontpage...
i am not a fan of sensationalized headlines and karma whoring titles, but unfortunately we live in a world where anything less isn't going to grab our attention...
tl;dr - hate human nature, not the OP
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cla6g6g | my guess is that if he hadn't chosen the low road, this would of never made it to the frontpage...
i am not a fan of sensationalized headlines and karma whoring titles, but unfortunately we live in a world where anything less isn't going to grab our attention... | hate human nature, not the OP |
LokiMofo | These two kids used to live down the street from me in this giant house. They were usually left alone because both parents were truckers, so naturally the house was a constant maelstrom of shit. Busted leaky pipes from the upstairs filled their kitchen and garage with water, red solo piss cups, dog hair from there three dogs filled your lungs with every breath, but they were nappy and didn't give a fuck. But the worst thing of it all was that the master bedroom upstairs, their parents bedroom, was turned into the "dog shit room" after the backdoor broke and refused to open. So you had three big ole dogs (boxer, lab, and a husky) pooping all over this carpet and bed, even in the closet. The kids didn't give a fuck about it, but just imagine if you were the parents and came home to that after a 4 month job...
TL;DR specific room for dog shit | These two kids used to live down the street from me in this giant house. They were usually left alone because both parents were truckers, so naturally the house was a constant maelstrom of shit. Busted leaky pipes from the upstairs filled their kitchen and garage with water, red solo piss cups, dog hair from there three dogs filled your lungs with every breath, but they were nappy and didn't give a fuck. But the worst thing of it all was that the master bedroom upstairs, their parents bedroom, was turned into the "dog shit room" after the backdoor broke and refused to open. So you had three big ole dogs (boxer, lab, and a husky) pooping all over this carpet and bed, even in the closet. The kids didn't give a fuck about it, but just imagine if you were the parents and came home to that after a 4 month job...
TL;DR specific room for dog shit
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | clawy6v | These two kids used to live down the street from me in this giant house. They were usually left alone because both parents were truckers, so naturally the house was a constant maelstrom of shit. Busted leaky pipes from the upstairs filled their kitchen and garage with water, red solo piss cups, dog hair from there three dogs filled your lungs with every breath, but they were nappy and didn't give a fuck. But the worst thing of it all was that the master bedroom upstairs, their parents bedroom, was turned into the "dog shit room" after the backdoor broke and refused to open. So you had three big ole dogs (boxer, lab, and a husky) pooping all over this carpet and bed, even in the closet. The kids didn't give a fuck about it, but just imagine if you were the parents and came home to that after a 4 month job... | specific room for dog shit |
Velvetroses | I guess the "weirdest" thing I've encountered would have been a dinner ritual at a friends house back when I was a kid. Basically there was no drinking at dinner time. You'd get a glass of water/pop/milk(whatever you wanted) but you absolutely were NOT allowed to drink it until after you were finished your plate. I have Diabetes Insipidus so I'm usually quite parched. They served spicy spaghetti with garlic bread and I'm sitting there wondering how the hell the Dad is putting Tabasco/hot sauce on his spaghetti. My friends mom even yelled at me about taking a drink of my milk as I was eating dinner. I wasn't previously told about this thing. My friend [looked at me]( like I had just broken a commandment by taking a large drink of my milk. His mom then made me go and put the glass on the counter in the kitchen because I "couldn't control myself". I have Diabetes Insipidus. You served me spicy spaghetti. What do you want from me? This house is a prison.
Never did go back over to their house....it's sad really.
**EDIT**: Just got home from work. Holy crap ton of responses. I'll do my best.
>**Did you explain your medical condition?**
My parents had. I was only 9 years old. They gave a lengthy explanation and gave them my medication I was suppose to take before I went to sleep for the night. (It was meant to be a "Sleep over"). I went home shortly after dinner.
>**What the fuck? Why? Is it some kind of religious ritual?**
I hardly believe so. My friends mom also use to do other odd things. Shoes were meant to be taken off in the car, even in the midst of winter.(Take one shoe off. Put your foot in the car. Take other shoe off. Place them in a bag.) Not normal stuff anyways.
>**maybe the parents didn't like you.**
The father was awesome. The mother was...well. She was difficult to deal with. Especially when we got into the teen years. My friends mother and father got a divorce shortly after we started High School. She didn't much seem to like anyone to be quite honest.
>**Who the fuck puts Tabasco on their spaghetti?**
Lots of people. But mostly I use it in the spaghetti sauce. Not ON the spaghetti itself. To each their own!
>**How is this even a thing? Does it even serve a purpose in any way besides control? I never heard of this before. :(**
I've never encountered it since. But there was lots of other stupid crap that this friend's mom did that was just bat shit insane. One time on a school trip, my boot fell off in the snowbank and I couldn't get the liner back in the boot. My friends brother pulled me back to the hillside where their mom then berated me for making HER son pull me to get help. I think she was the one that needed help.
>**Wait... Spicy spaghetti? This is a thing? What did they use for the spicy part? You know.. for science... :)**
I have no idea. But for myself, I use Tabasco sauce/lots of pepper and Italian seasoning in the sauce. Then I add it to the spaghetti. It's delicious.
>**Where they black....When i was a kid my grandma did this lol**
Nope.
>**The you ask your friend why? Or did you just mumble to your self and then never go back again? I am very interested in the logic.**
Yeah, of course I asked. She said that her mom just didn't like people slurping drinks at the table and that is how it is. They never argued the point because, well as you may have read previously. She was a little bit tweaked in the head.
TL;DR- Friends mother was insane.
| I guess the "weirdest" thing I've encountered would have been a dinner ritual at a friends house back when I was a kid. Basically there was no drinking at dinner time. You'd get a glass of water/pop/milk(whatever you wanted) but you absolutely were NOT allowed to drink it until after you were finished your plate. I have Diabetes Insipidus so I'm usually quite parched. They served spicy spaghetti with garlic bread and I'm sitting there wondering how the hell the Dad is putting Tabasco/hot sauce on his spaghetti. My friends mom even yelled at me about taking a drink of my milk as I was eating dinner. I wasn't previously told about this thing. My friend [looked at me]( like I had just broken a commandment by taking a large drink of my milk. His mom then made me go and put the glass on the counter in the kitchen because I "couldn't control myself". I have Diabetes Insipidus. You served me spicy spaghetti. What do you want from me? This house is a prison.
Never did go back over to their house....it's sad really.
EDIT : Just got home from work. Holy crap ton of responses. I'll do my best.
> Did you explain your medical condition?
My parents had. I was only 9 years old. They gave a lengthy explanation and gave them my medication I was suppose to take before I went to sleep for the night. (It was meant to be a "Sleep over"). I went home shortly after dinner.
> What the fuck? Why? Is it some kind of religious ritual?
I hardly believe so. My friends mom also use to do other odd things. Shoes were meant to be taken off in the car, even in the midst of winter.(Take one shoe off. Put your foot in the car. Take other shoe off. Place them in a bag.) Not normal stuff anyways.
> maybe the parents didn't like you.
The father was awesome. The mother was...well. She was difficult to deal with. Especially when we got into the teen years. My friends mother and father got a divorce shortly after we started High School. She didn't much seem to like anyone to be quite honest.
> Who the fuck puts Tabasco on their spaghetti?
Lots of people. But mostly I use it in the spaghetti sauce. Not ON the spaghetti itself. To each their own!
> How is this even a thing? Does it even serve a purpose in any way besides control? I never heard of this before. :(
I've never encountered it since. But there was lots of other stupid crap that this friend's mom did that was just bat shit insane. One time on a school trip, my boot fell off in the snowbank and I couldn't get the liner back in the boot. My friends brother pulled me back to the hillside where their mom then berated me for making HER son pull me to get help. I think she was the one that needed help.
> Wait... Spicy spaghetti? This is a thing? What did they use for the spicy part? You know.. for science... :)
I have no idea. But for myself, I use Tabasco sauce/lots of pepper and Italian seasoning in the sauce. Then I add it to the spaghetti. It's delicious.
> Where they black....When i was a kid my grandma did this lol
Nope.
> The you ask your friend why? Or did you just mumble to your self and then never go back again? I am very interested in the logic.
Yeah, of course I asked. She said that her mom just didn't like people slurping drinks at the table and that is how it is. They never argued the point because, well as you may have read previously. She was a little bit tweaked in the head.
TL;DR- Friends mother was insane.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cla3nvy | I guess the "weirdest" thing I've encountered would have been a dinner ritual at a friends house back when I was a kid. Basically there was no drinking at dinner time. You'd get a glass of water/pop/milk(whatever you wanted) but you absolutely were NOT allowed to drink it until after you were finished your plate. I have Diabetes Insipidus so I'm usually quite parched. They served spicy spaghetti with garlic bread and I'm sitting there wondering how the hell the Dad is putting Tabasco/hot sauce on his spaghetti. My friends mom even yelled at me about taking a drink of my milk as I was eating dinner. I wasn't previously told about this thing. My friend [looked at me]( like I had just broken a commandment by taking a large drink of my milk. His mom then made me go and put the glass on the counter in the kitchen because I "couldn't control myself". I have Diabetes Insipidus. You served me spicy spaghetti. What do you want from me? This house is a prison.
Never did go back over to their house....it's sad really.
EDIT : Just got home from work. Holy crap ton of responses. I'll do my best.
> Did you explain your medical condition?
My parents had. I was only 9 years old. They gave a lengthy explanation and gave them my medication I was suppose to take before I went to sleep for the night. (It was meant to be a "Sleep over"). I went home shortly after dinner.
> What the fuck? Why? Is it some kind of religious ritual?
I hardly believe so. My friends mom also use to do other odd things. Shoes were meant to be taken off in the car, even in the midst of winter.(Take one shoe off. Put your foot in the car. Take other shoe off. Place them in a bag.) Not normal stuff anyways.
> maybe the parents didn't like you.
The father was awesome. The mother was...well. She was difficult to deal with. Especially when we got into the teen years. My friends mother and father got a divorce shortly after we started High School. She didn't much seem to like anyone to be quite honest.
> Who the fuck puts Tabasco on their spaghetti?
Lots of people. But mostly I use it in the spaghetti sauce. Not ON the spaghetti itself. To each their own!
> How is this even a thing? Does it even serve a purpose in any way besides control? I never heard of this before. :(
I've never encountered it since. But there was lots of other stupid crap that this friend's mom did that was just bat shit insane. One time on a school trip, my boot fell off in the snowbank and I couldn't get the liner back in the boot. My friends brother pulled me back to the hillside where their mom then berated me for making HER son pull me to get help. I think she was the one that needed help.
> Wait... Spicy spaghetti? This is a thing? What did they use for the spicy part? You know.. for science... :)
I have no idea. But for myself, I use Tabasco sauce/lots of pepper and Italian seasoning in the sauce. Then I add it to the spaghetti. It's delicious.
> Where they black....When i was a kid my grandma did this lol
Nope.
> The you ask your friend why? Or did you just mumble to your self and then never go back again? I am very interested in the logic.
Yeah, of course I asked. She said that her mom just didn't like people slurping drinks at the table and that is how it is. They never argued the point because, well as you may have read previously. She was a little bit tweaked in the head. | Friends mother was insane. |
red_05 | Hi, nice to meet you. I was raised like this. At 28 I still have to remind myself I can drink at anytime throughout my meal. My SO sometimes reminds me, "Aren't you thirsty? You're a big boy now so drink up."
Also, we weren't allowed to drink anything without permission. My mom would touch our tongues to see if they were cold, when we came out the bathroom. "You're tongue is cold, I know you were in there drinking water."
This is when I learned to like warm water. :(
*Edit - spelling/grammar - Also I'm from the north suburbs of Chicago.
*Double Edit - Since other people may not see my other responses:
I think it started as a way to get us to eat all our food and to not wet the bed. But since it continued until I moved out at 18, I don't really know. I have never asked my parents either.
It was normal to me back then, but not so normal that extended family didn't notice. My aunt told us every time we came over we could drink whatever, whenever we wanted. Old habits die hard because we still would ask.
Just thinking back on this makes me think my parents were really fucking crazy. I have so many other crazy memories I haven't thought about in years.
*Triple Edit - More responses, since I keep getting a lot of similar questions
(In response to AMA request)
This will be the only time I ever write this on Reddit, forgive me but,
LOL!
I would love to tell a ton of stories about my youth. I have some good ones too.
Why was my bedtime 7:30 until I was 16?
Why was I never allowed to ride my bike around the block until I was 14?
Why am I not familiar with hardly any music (besides gospel) released before 2001?
*Quadruple Edit - I am a gay Black male. I grew up in a strict Christian home. We went to church Sunday morning and evening, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday morning. I still speak to my parents. (Mom - a couple times a week)(Dad - a couple times a year, if that) My relationship with my mom is great after we struggled and didn't speak for a while. My relationship with my dad fell apart after my parents divorced when I was 17. Even though I tried to fix it, once I came out it was pretty much really over. I am doing really well in life and so are my siblings. I'm not mad or upset about anything. I think growing up the way I did really taught me about life and may be a contributing factor to me not wanting kids. But I love all my nieces, nephews and young cousins and that keeps me content. I am able to forgive my parents for their mistakes and even my father for his extreme physical abuse. Even though my dad will never apologize for anything because he was acting as a man of "God". I know this is a future question so, I am not religious anymore but I wouldn't describe myself as an atheist. I guess that's why I don't mind sharing because I really over it. So here are some more crazy tidbits.
No friends over unless they are from church.
No Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, because Witchcraft.
Well you know you're going to HELL, was the response when I came out.
And why would my father try to throw out all my liquor, AT MY OWN HOUSE?
TL;DR - My parents were crazy as fuck! | Hi, nice to meet you. I was raised like this. At 28 I still have to remind myself I can drink at anytime throughout my meal. My SO sometimes reminds me, "Aren't you thirsty? You're a big boy now so drink up."
Also, we weren't allowed to drink anything without permission. My mom would touch our tongues to see if they were cold, when we came out the bathroom. "You're tongue is cold, I know you were in there drinking water."
This is when I learned to like warm water. :(
*Edit - spelling/grammar - Also I'm from the north suburbs of Chicago.
*Double Edit - Since other people may not see my other responses:
I think it started as a way to get us to eat all our food and to not wet the bed. But since it continued until I moved out at 18, I don't really know. I have never asked my parents either.
It was normal to me back then, but not so normal that extended family didn't notice. My aunt told us every time we came over we could drink whatever, whenever we wanted. Old habits die hard because we still would ask.
Just thinking back on this makes me think my parents were really fucking crazy. I have so many other crazy memories I haven't thought about in years.
*Triple Edit - More responses, since I keep getting a lot of similar questions
(In response to AMA request)
This will be the only time I ever write this on Reddit, forgive me but,
LOL!
I would love to tell a ton of stories about my youth. I have some good ones too.
Why was my bedtime 7:30 until I was 16?
Why was I never allowed to ride my bike around the block until I was 14?
Why am I not familiar with hardly any music (besides gospel) released before 2001?
*Quadruple Edit - I am a gay Black male. I grew up in a strict Christian home. We went to church Sunday morning and evening, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday morning. I still speak to my parents. (Mom - a couple times a week)(Dad - a couple times a year, if that) My relationship with my mom is great after we struggled and didn't speak for a while. My relationship with my dad fell apart after my parents divorced when I was 17. Even though I tried to fix it, once I came out it was pretty much really over. I am doing really well in life and so are my siblings. I'm not mad or upset about anything. I think growing up the way I did really taught me about life and may be a contributing factor to me not wanting kids. But I love all my nieces, nephews and young cousins and that keeps me content. I am able to forgive my parents for their mistakes and even my father for his extreme physical abuse. Even though my dad will never apologize for anything because he was acting as a man of "God". I know this is a future question so, I am not religious anymore but I wouldn't describe myself as an atheist. I guess that's why I don't mind sharing because I really over it. So here are some more crazy tidbits.
No friends over unless they are from church.
No Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, because Witchcraft.
Well you know you're going to HELL, was the response when I came out.
And why would my father try to throw out all my liquor, AT MY OWN HOUSE?
TL;DR - My parents were crazy as fuck!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cla7aiw | Hi, nice to meet you. I was raised like this. At 28 I still have to remind myself I can drink at anytime throughout my meal. My SO sometimes reminds me, "Aren't you thirsty? You're a big boy now so drink up."
Also, we weren't allowed to drink anything without permission. My mom would touch our tongues to see if they were cold, when we came out the bathroom. "You're tongue is cold, I know you were in there drinking water."
This is when I learned to like warm water. :(
*Edit - spelling/grammar - Also I'm from the north suburbs of Chicago.
*Double Edit - Since other people may not see my other responses:
I think it started as a way to get us to eat all our food and to not wet the bed. But since it continued until I moved out at 18, I don't really know. I have never asked my parents either.
It was normal to me back then, but not so normal that extended family didn't notice. My aunt told us every time we came over we could drink whatever, whenever we wanted. Old habits die hard because we still would ask.
Just thinking back on this makes me think my parents were really fucking crazy. I have so many other crazy memories I haven't thought about in years.
*Triple Edit - More responses, since I keep getting a lot of similar questions
(In response to AMA request)
This will be the only time I ever write this on Reddit, forgive me but,
LOL!
I would love to tell a ton of stories about my youth. I have some good ones too.
Why was my bedtime 7:30 until I was 16?
Why was I never allowed to ride my bike around the block until I was 14?
Why am I not familiar with hardly any music (besides gospel) released before 2001?
*Quadruple Edit - I am a gay Black male. I grew up in a strict Christian home. We went to church Sunday morning and evening, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday morning. I still speak to my parents. (Mom - a couple times a week)(Dad - a couple times a year, if that) My relationship with my mom is great after we struggled and didn't speak for a while. My relationship with my dad fell apart after my parents divorced when I was 17. Even though I tried to fix it, once I came out it was pretty much really over. I am doing really well in life and so are my siblings. I'm not mad or upset about anything. I think growing up the way I did really taught me about life and may be a contributing factor to me not wanting kids. But I love all my nieces, nephews and young cousins and that keeps me content. I am able to forgive my parents for their mistakes and even my father for his extreme physical abuse. Even though my dad will never apologize for anything because he was acting as a man of "God". I know this is a future question so, I am not religious anymore but I wouldn't describe myself as an atheist. I guess that's why I don't mind sharing because I really over it. So here are some more crazy tidbits.
No friends over unless they are from church.
No Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, because Witchcraft.
Well you know you're going to HELL, was the response when I came out.
And why would my father try to throw out all my liquor, AT MY OWN HOUSE? | My parents were crazy as fuck! |
machalllewis | Oh My GOD I just remembered something.
About 6 years ago when I was at uni I helped a woman home with her shopping. She was a little older and on her own and she looked desperate so I offered to help her and she accepted. It was only a 10 odd minute walk anyway.
The conversation there was totally normal, she asked what I did and where I was from and stuff like that. All just idle chat. So, eventually she unlocks the door and tells me to just put the stuff in her kitchen which I dutifully go to do. The place smelt kinda weird but I couldn't place my finger on what it was. There was a little step down into the kitchen itself which I went to step in when all of a sudden in the gloom it looked like the floor moved.
I was freaked out but more confused than anything until she flips on the light to reveal about 20 cats all just wandering around. It wasn't until the lights were turned on that they started meowing and moving around more clearly all looking for attention/food.
That's when I figured out what the smell was.
The most bizarre thing was that from what I could tell they must have been pretty much all house-trained because it didn't smell like cat piss. It just smelled like cat. She didn't seem embarrassed or sheepish about her cats. She didn't even mention them really, just said about how it was time to feed the cats. She didn't say anything weird like call them her babies or anything even close to that. She just thanked me for my help.
I nodded, told her no problem and proceeded to get the fuck out of there.
TL;DR: Helped an older lady home with her shopping. She turned out to be a cat lady. | Oh My GOD I just remembered something.
About 6 years ago when I was at uni I helped a woman home with her shopping. She was a little older and on her own and she looked desperate so I offered to help her and she accepted. It was only a 10 odd minute walk anyway.
The conversation there was totally normal, she asked what I did and where I was from and stuff like that. All just idle chat. So, eventually she unlocks the door and tells me to just put the stuff in her kitchen which I dutifully go to do. The place smelt kinda weird but I couldn't place my finger on what it was. There was a little step down into the kitchen itself which I went to step in when all of a sudden in the gloom it looked like the floor moved.
I was freaked out but more confused than anything until she flips on the light to reveal about 20 cats all just wandering around. It wasn't until the lights were turned on that they started meowing and moving around more clearly all looking for attention/food.
That's when I figured out what the smell was.
The most bizarre thing was that from what I could tell they must have been pretty much all house-trained because it didn't smell like cat piss. It just smelled like cat. She didn't seem embarrassed or sheepish about her cats. She didn't even mention them really, just said about how it was time to feed the cats. She didn't say anything weird like call them her babies or anything even close to that. She just thanked me for my help.
I nodded, told her no problem and proceeded to get the fuck out of there.
TL;DR: Helped an older lady home with her shopping. She turned out to be a cat lady.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cla9554 | Oh My GOD I just remembered something.
About 6 years ago when I was at uni I helped a woman home with her shopping. She was a little older and on her own and she looked desperate so I offered to help her and she accepted. It was only a 10 odd minute walk anyway.
The conversation there was totally normal, she asked what I did and where I was from and stuff like that. All just idle chat. So, eventually she unlocks the door and tells me to just put the stuff in her kitchen which I dutifully go to do. The place smelt kinda weird but I couldn't place my finger on what it was. There was a little step down into the kitchen itself which I went to step in when all of a sudden in the gloom it looked like the floor moved.
I was freaked out but more confused than anything until she flips on the light to reveal about 20 cats all just wandering around. It wasn't until the lights were turned on that they started meowing and moving around more clearly all looking for attention/food.
That's when I figured out what the smell was.
The most bizarre thing was that from what I could tell they must have been pretty much all house-trained because it didn't smell like cat piss. It just smelled like cat. She didn't seem embarrassed or sheepish about her cats. She didn't even mention them really, just said about how it was time to feed the cats. She didn't say anything weird like call them her babies or anything even close to that. She just thanked me for my help.
I nodded, told her no problem and proceeded to get the fuck out of there. | Helped an older lady home with her shopping. She turned out to be a cat lady. |
QueenKill55 | Im a little late so nobody will probably see this. When I was younger I was friends with the girl who lived behind my grandma house. I was invited over to her house to play, she brought me to the "guest house" behind her grandma's house. It was one giant room with a little kitchen in the corner, no lighting except for a few table lamps so it was dim as fuck. when I asked to use the bathroom She pointed to a corner with a shower curtain, behind the curtain was one of those big popcorn tins that you get at Christmas time. She told me to dump it outside whenever I was finished.
TL; DR a childhood friend and her mom shit and pissed in a popcorn tin and threw the waste behind the house. | Im a little late so nobody will probably see this. When I was younger I was friends with the girl who lived behind my grandma house. I was invited over to her house to play, she brought me to the "guest house" behind her grandma's house. It was one giant room with a little kitchen in the corner, no lighting except for a few table lamps so it was dim as fuck. when I asked to use the bathroom She pointed to a corner with a shower curtain, behind the curtain was one of those big popcorn tins that you get at Christmas time. She told me to dump it outside whenever I was finished.
TL; DR a childhood friend and her mom shit and pissed in a popcorn tin and threw the waste behind the house.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cladaob | Im a little late so nobody will probably see this. When I was younger I was friends with the girl who lived behind my grandma house. I was invited over to her house to play, she brought me to the "guest house" behind her grandma's house. It was one giant room with a little kitchen in the corner, no lighting except for a few table lamps so it was dim as fuck. when I asked to use the bathroom She pointed to a corner with a shower curtain, behind the curtain was one of those big popcorn tins that you get at Christmas time. She told me to dump it outside whenever I was finished. | a childhood friend and her mom shit and pissed in a popcorn tin and threw the waste behind the house. |
ElBrad | Went on a date with a girl, things went well and she invited me to her place for a drink. I didn't think they were going well enough for anything other than a drink to happen, so I accepted and headed over.
Got my drink, and she excused herself to grab a quick shower. Well...maybe things *were* going well enough for more than just a drink!
At the time I was a smoker, so while she showered I headed out to the deck. She wasn't in the shower yet, and when she heard me pull the curtains back to get to the sliding door, she said "Don't go out there, the deck's no good. My key is on the table, go out front for a smoke."
I figured the apartment management hadn't kept the deck in good repair, and when I looked out I could see something on the deck, but couldn't make out what it was. I headed out front for a smoke.
When I was done, I let myself back in. The water shut off by the time I made it to the living room, and she said she'd be right out.
I decided to look at the deck again. Curiosity and all. I flipped a light on and cupped my hands on the glass to block out the glare.
Cat shit. The whole deck was literally covered in cat shit. There was fresh shit piled on old shit, and not a speck of deck to be seen.
She came out wearing loose sweats and a little tank top, looking damned good, but I excused myself with some stupid reason or another and noped the fuck out.
**TL;DR - Was an extra on the new show "Cat Shit Hoarders of Vancouver"** | Went on a date with a girl, things went well and she invited me to her place for a drink. I didn't think they were going well enough for anything other than a drink to happen, so I accepted and headed over.
Got my drink, and she excused herself to grab a quick shower. Well...maybe things were going well enough for more than just a drink!
At the time I was a smoker, so while she showered I headed out to the deck. She wasn't in the shower yet, and when she heard me pull the curtains back to get to the sliding door, she said "Don't go out there, the deck's no good. My key is on the table, go out front for a smoke."
I figured the apartment management hadn't kept the deck in good repair, and when I looked out I could see something on the deck, but couldn't make out what it was. I headed out front for a smoke.
When I was done, I let myself back in. The water shut off by the time I made it to the living room, and she said she'd be right out.
I decided to look at the deck again. Curiosity and all. I flipped a light on and cupped my hands on the glass to block out the glare.
Cat shit. The whole deck was literally covered in cat shit. There was fresh shit piled on old shit, and not a speck of deck to be seen.
She came out wearing loose sweats and a little tank top, looking damned good, but I excused myself with some stupid reason or another and noped the fuck out.
TL;DR - Was an extra on the new show "Cat Shit Hoarders of Vancouver"
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | clai61s | Went on a date with a girl, things went well and she invited me to her place for a drink. I didn't think they were going well enough for anything other than a drink to happen, so I accepted and headed over.
Got my drink, and she excused herself to grab a quick shower. Well...maybe things were going well enough for more than just a drink!
At the time I was a smoker, so while she showered I headed out to the deck. She wasn't in the shower yet, and when she heard me pull the curtains back to get to the sliding door, she said "Don't go out there, the deck's no good. My key is on the table, go out front for a smoke."
I figured the apartment management hadn't kept the deck in good repair, and when I looked out I could see something on the deck, but couldn't make out what it was. I headed out front for a smoke.
When I was done, I let myself back in. The water shut off by the time I made it to the living room, and she said she'd be right out.
I decided to look at the deck again. Curiosity and all. I flipped a light on and cupped my hands on the glass to block out the glare.
Cat shit. The whole deck was literally covered in cat shit. There was fresh shit piled on old shit, and not a speck of deck to be seen.
She came out wearing loose sweats and a little tank top, looking damned good, but I excused myself with some stupid reason or another and noped the fuck out. | Was an extra on the new show "Cat Shit Hoarders of Vancouver" |
Unlit-cigarettes | I had a pot belly pig all throughout high school. I lived in the suburbs but my parents let some of their friends(who have a farm) have it after I moved out. She was about 40 pounds, so not too big but still pretty chunky.
Micro-pigs however are usually small because they're extremely unhealthy, so I wouldn't suggest getting one of those.
And while pigs and very smart, they are also very very stubborn so if you're unable to train a dog well, I wouldn't suggest a pig. My pig was awesome. She loved to cuddle, I could take her on walks, she used a litter box when she was a baby(I got her during winter and pigs are sensitive to very hot or very cold temperatures, so she couldn't go outside right away) but she eventually was house trained. But all of that took a long time and a lot of patience and hard work.
Pigs are also crazy strong and they will wreck your house if you don't train them really well. I've known some people whose pigs have ripped up the flooring in their home, put holes in their walls, destroyed furniture and all sorts of stuff.
TL;DR: pigs are really cool and also really not cool. | I had a pot belly pig all throughout high school. I lived in the suburbs but my parents let some of their friends(who have a farm) have it after I moved out. She was about 40 pounds, so not too big but still pretty chunky.
Micro-pigs however are usually small because they're extremely unhealthy, so I wouldn't suggest getting one of those.
And while pigs and very smart, they are also very very stubborn so if you're unable to train a dog well, I wouldn't suggest a pig. My pig was awesome. She loved to cuddle, I could take her on walks, she used a litter box when she was a baby(I got her during winter and pigs are sensitive to very hot or very cold temperatures, so she couldn't go outside right away) but she eventually was house trained. But all of that took a long time and a lot of patience and hard work.
Pigs are also crazy strong and they will wreck your house if you don't train them really well. I've known some people whose pigs have ripped up the flooring in their home, put holes in their walls, destroyed furniture and all sorts of stuff.
TL;DR: pigs are really cool and also really not cool.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | claiz5r | I had a pot belly pig all throughout high school. I lived in the suburbs but my parents let some of their friends(who have a farm) have it after I moved out. She was about 40 pounds, so not too big but still pretty chunky.
Micro-pigs however are usually small because they're extremely unhealthy, so I wouldn't suggest getting one of those.
And while pigs and very smart, they are also very very stubborn so if you're unable to train a dog well, I wouldn't suggest a pig. My pig was awesome. She loved to cuddle, I could take her on walks, she used a litter box when she was a baby(I got her during winter and pigs are sensitive to very hot or very cold temperatures, so she couldn't go outside right away) but she eventually was house trained. But all of that took a long time and a lot of patience and hard work.
Pigs are also crazy strong and they will wreck your house if you don't train them really well. I've known some people whose pigs have ripped up the flooring in their home, put holes in their walls, destroyed furniture and all sorts of stuff. | pigs are really cool and also really not cool. |
AdamsHarv | Yeah you can easily drive the viper and it will have really cheap maintenance but I think the reason they aren't driven as much is because of comfort.
If you can afford a $90k car I assume you have some basic levels of luxury. The Viper is loud and fast but not terribly comfortable and doesn't have the best ride quality. Oh and the older ones aren't the safest cars either... No ABS, traction control, stability control, or roof (in the first gen)? Believe me I would love to have one but I couldn't daily drive it (especially because of weather, raining nonstop fall until winter and then snow until spring and then torrential downpours for a month...)
Also the fact that every time there is one in traffic people just stop and stare and take picture, I would get annoyed with that real quick.
TL;DR: If you can afford an 80k viper odds are you will have another car that will be more comfortable and safer. | Yeah you can easily drive the viper and it will have really cheap maintenance but I think the reason they aren't driven as much is because of comfort.
If you can afford a $90k car I assume you have some basic levels of luxury. The Viper is loud and fast but not terribly comfortable and doesn't have the best ride quality. Oh and the older ones aren't the safest cars either... No ABS, traction control, stability control, or roof (in the first gen)? Believe me I would love to have one but I couldn't daily drive it (especially because of weather, raining nonstop fall until winter and then snow until spring and then torrential downpours for a month...)
Also the fact that every time there is one in traffic people just stop and stare and take picture, I would get annoyed with that real quick.
TL;DR: If you can afford an 80k viper odds are you will have another car that will be more comfortable and safer.
| cars | t5_2qhl2 | clabcdo | Yeah you can easily drive the viper and it will have really cheap maintenance but I think the reason they aren't driven as much is because of comfort.
If you can afford a $90k car I assume you have some basic levels of luxury. The Viper is loud and fast but not terribly comfortable and doesn't have the best ride quality. Oh and the older ones aren't the safest cars either... No ABS, traction control, stability control, or roof (in the first gen)? Believe me I would love to have one but I couldn't daily drive it (especially because of weather, raining nonstop fall until winter and then snow until spring and then torrential downpours for a month...)
Also the fact that every time there is one in traffic people just stop and stare and take picture, I would get annoyed with that real quick. | If you can afford an 80k viper odds are you will have another car that will be more comfortable and safer. |
KungfuMonkeyJesus | Don't know how many of you are into motor racing, but back in 2006 two-time V8 Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose left the series to go race Nascar over in the states. He worked his way up from the third-tier series to the top-tier Sprint Cup, where he managed to win two races, both on road courses. Many over there - fans, commentators, other drivers - said he was the best road-racer they had ever seen in Nascar. Many American race fans got interested in V8 Supercars because of him, to the extent that nearly all of the Americans on the motor sports forums I occasionally visit absolutely rave about the series, many staying up until the early hours to watch the races on the internet. Next year, Team Penske - a huge, huge player in American motor sport - will be entering the V8 Supercars series in partnership with Dick Johnson Racing, and Ambrose driving one of the cars.
So yeah, TL:DR, there is a kind of precedent for what you describe happening. This could potentially get NFL fans in the States wanting to find out more about this Rugby League thing. | Don't know how many of you are into motor racing, but back in 2006 two-time V8 Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose left the series to go race Nascar over in the states. He worked his way up from the third-tier series to the top-tier Sprint Cup, where he managed to win two races, both on road courses. Many over there - fans, commentators, other drivers - said he was the best road-racer they had ever seen in Nascar. Many American race fans got interested in V8 Supercars because of him, to the extent that nearly all of the Americans on the motor sports forums I occasionally visit absolutely rave about the series, many staying up until the early hours to watch the races on the internet. Next year, Team Penske - a huge, huge player in American motor sport - will be entering the V8 Supercars series in partnership with Dick Johnson Racing, and Ambrose driving one of the cars.
So yeah, TL:DR, there is a kind of precedent for what you describe happening. This could potentially get NFL fans in the States wanting to find out more about this Rugby League thing.
| nrl | t5_2qn90 | clb1y8i | Don't know how many of you are into motor racing, but back in 2006 two-time V8 Supercars champion Marcos Ambrose left the series to go race Nascar over in the states. He worked his way up from the third-tier series to the top-tier Sprint Cup, where he managed to win two races, both on road courses. Many over there - fans, commentators, other drivers - said he was the best road-racer they had ever seen in Nascar. Many American race fans got interested in V8 Supercars because of him, to the extent that nearly all of the Americans on the motor sports forums I occasionally visit absolutely rave about the series, many staying up until the early hours to watch the races on the internet. Next year, Team Penske - a huge, huge player in American motor sport - will be entering the V8 Supercars series in partnership with Dick Johnson Racing, and Ambrose driving one of the cars.
So yeah, | there is a kind of precedent for what you describe happening. This could potentially get NFL fans in the States wanting to find out more about this Rugby League thing. |
drumsripdrummer | Here's something to think about; a basic A.A. degree is basicly the "bs" classes from a 4 year degree. In other words, when you want to become an engineer, you still need a couple English classes, diversity credits, etc. (I'm in school for engineering, and I've taken World Music, Economics, Psychology, and English literature classes.)
Is there a community college in your area? I would recommend a meeting with a counselor. You don't need to commit to college, but talk to someone. Tell them you want to progress your life, but aren't sure how. Take classes that you haven't been able to experience before.
Personally, I considered a career in economics. I took one class, and realized it wasn't for me. But my psychology class, unplanned, almost caused a career change. I would've never guessed that.
What I guess I'm saying is, an A.A. degree let's you try out college, while earning credits that apply for practically any degree, and gives the opportunity to learn what YOU like.
Tldr; talk to a college counselor about an A.A. degree, and try some classes. | Here's something to think about; a basic A.A. degree is basicly the "bs" classes from a 4 year degree. In other words, when you want to become an engineer, you still need a couple English classes, diversity credits, etc. (I'm in school for engineering, and I've taken World Music, Economics, Psychology, and English literature classes.)
Is there a community college in your area? I would recommend a meeting with a counselor. You don't need to commit to college, but talk to someone. Tell them you want to progress your life, but aren't sure how. Take classes that you haven't been able to experience before.
Personally, I considered a career in economics. I took one class, and realized it wasn't for me. But my psychology class, unplanned, almost caused a career change. I would've never guessed that.
What I guess I'm saying is, an A.A. degree let's you try out college, while earning credits that apply for practically any degree, and gives the opportunity to learn what YOU like.
Tldr; talk to a college counselor about an A.A. degree, and try some classes.
| self | t5_2qh96 | clb0b6g | Here's something to think about; a basic A.A. degree is basicly the "bs" classes from a 4 year degree. In other words, when you want to become an engineer, you still need a couple English classes, diversity credits, etc. (I'm in school for engineering, and I've taken World Music, Economics, Psychology, and English literature classes.)
Is there a community college in your area? I would recommend a meeting with a counselor. You don't need to commit to college, but talk to someone. Tell them you want to progress your life, but aren't sure how. Take classes that you haven't been able to experience before.
Personally, I considered a career in economics. I took one class, and realized it wasn't for me. But my psychology class, unplanned, almost caused a career change. I would've never guessed that.
What I guess I'm saying is, an A.A. degree let's you try out college, while earning credits that apply for practically any degree, and gives the opportunity to learn what YOU like. | talk to a college counselor about an A.A. degree, and try some classes. |
waka42 | My best guess is that this is a simple hand-held "conveyor belt" with the belt fixed on top and a tray slide pushing it out (rubber band or springs retract it when the tray slides back in). It'd be like picking up stuff with an excavator shovel sliding on the ground, but without the dirt pushing against what is already inside the shovel. The fixed belt pulls everything in, so no force is pushing anything on the belt away.
In terms of hydrophobic coating, I guess it'd actually be counter-productive. A sticky but sealed surface of the belt would probably work best.
**TL;DR handheld penis pushes fixed pants out to pick up spilled mayonnaise conveniently** | My best guess is that this is a simple hand-held "conveyor belt" with the belt fixed on top and a tray slide pushing it out (rubber band or springs retract it when the tray slides back in). It'd be like picking up stuff with an excavator shovel sliding on the ground, but without the dirt pushing against what is already inside the shovel. The fixed belt pulls everything in, so no force is pushing anything on the belt away.
In terms of hydrophobic coating, I guess it'd actually be counter-productive. A sticky but sealed surface of the belt would probably work best.
TL;DR handheld penis pushes fixed pants out to pick up spilled mayonnaise conveniently
| oddlysatisfying | t5_2x93b | clb2sb9 | My best guess is that this is a simple hand-held "conveyor belt" with the belt fixed on top and a tray slide pushing it out (rubber band or springs retract it when the tray slides back in). It'd be like picking up stuff with an excavator shovel sliding on the ground, but without the dirt pushing against what is already inside the shovel. The fixed belt pulls everything in, so no force is pushing anything on the belt away.
In terms of hydrophobic coating, I guess it'd actually be counter-productive. A sticky but sealed surface of the belt would probably work best. | handheld penis pushes fixed pants out to pick up spilled mayonnaise conveniently |
TwatsThat | [Here's a video in English]( that explains a lot except for what happens [here]( when the stuff it just picked up sticks to the belt.
TL;DR - It's teflon. | [Here's a video in English]( that explains a lot except for what happens [here]( when the stuff it just picked up sticks to the belt.
TL;DR - It's teflon.
| oddlysatisfying | t5_2x93b | clbc2kp | Here's a video in English]( that explains a lot except for what happens [here]( when the stuff it just picked up sticks to the belt. | It's teflon. |
jaffa1987 | My guess is it will work since it are 1 color leds. But you can always solder in a dimmer on the last molex cable. With multicolor leds you get a controller and you need a remote control.
You can control a fan by squeezing the voltage or by sending power in a signal. For 50% power that would be 2,5V or 1ms on 1ms off.
A dimmer simulates the first case, but the fan controller can do this as well.
On the latter case your leds will flicker at the frequency the controller sends.
TL;DR all you can really do is test. | My guess is it will work since it are 1 color leds. But you can always solder in a dimmer on the last molex cable. With multicolor leds you get a controller and you need a remote control.
You can control a fan by squeezing the voltage or by sending power in a signal. For 50% power that would be 2,5V or 1ms on 1ms off.
A dimmer simulates the first case, but the fan controller can do this as well.
On the latter case your leds will flicker at the frequency the controller sends.
TL;DR all you can really do is test.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | clb2j7k | My guess is it will work since it are 1 color leds. But you can always solder in a dimmer on the last molex cable. With multicolor leds you get a controller and you need a remote control.
You can control a fan by squeezing the voltage or by sending power in a signal. For 50% power that would be 2,5V or 1ms on 1ms off.
A dimmer simulates the first case, but the fan controller can do this as well.
On the latter case your leds will flicker at the frequency the controller sends. | all you can really do is test. |
xJachobx | failure state does not mean game over as TB has said over and over again it can mean a lot of things like he pointed out in a dating sim before that even though you cant get a game over it still has a failure state where you can not get your first choice anymore
TL:DR
failure state is more abstract then just a game over in John's definition and what you described where failure states | failure state does not mean game over as TB has said over and over again it can mean a lot of things like he pointed out in a dating sim before that even though you cant get a game over it still has a failure state where you can not get your first choice anymore
TL:DR
failure state is more abstract then just a game over in John's definition and what you described where failure states
| Cynicalbrit | t5_2tqbt | clb7dat | failure state does not mean game over as TB has said over and over again it can mean a lot of things like he pointed out in a dating sim before that even though you cant get a game over it still has a failure state where you can not get your first choice anymore | failure state is more abstract then just a game over in John's definition and what you described where failure states |
xenoph2 | [Things are going pretty well nowadays.](
Duing a rather weak period (they had around 5-7k troops due to low crown authority!) I managed to seize their holdings in Khiva, the Sultan of Africa successfully revolted and broke off and even though the Abbasids managed to gain Portugal in a Jihad a Crusade led by the (now Catholic) Africa conquered Jerusalem.
Then a Shia event happened along with a host to de-throne the Caliph - the formed had 177k troops the latter 32k (same as the Caliph at the time). The Shia took Anatolia from the Abbasids and a bit later conquered Jerusalem from the Sultan of Africa, nicely settling in between the two strongest powers (with still 77k troops remaining); the host managed to de-throne the former Caliph and put in someone (still Abbasid) who most of their subjects hate.
Nowadays there are factions forming constantly and a revolt just started to lower crown authority for the new Caliph.
The Zun are doing just fine, in fact during my Tengri Reformation/Feudal & Ultimogeniture adaptation crisis (maybe I shouldnt've done all three at the same time!), they managed to grab a few counties from me. Now they're attacking the neighbouring Indian Kingdom. [Fun times!](
[I'm also looking strong up in the North]( actually had to conquer Pannonia in order to be able to reform the Tengri faith ASAP, so that I can reform it, adopt feudalism and change to ultimogeniture with the same ruler (and I'm damn proud/glad that I managed to pull all of it off within 10 years). Gave Pannonia away (to the newly formed Tengri holy order, which promptly destroyed it due to having no lands I assume?) so that my vassals don't fight and hate me and can change the succession law in peace.
Wow this turned out to be a wall of text, so tl;dr: Abbassids *will* disintegrate! | [Things are going pretty well nowadays.](
Duing a rather weak period (they had around 5-7k troops due to low crown authority!) I managed to seize their holdings in Khiva, the Sultan of Africa successfully revolted and broke off and even though the Abbasids managed to gain Portugal in a Jihad a Crusade led by the (now Catholic) Africa conquered Jerusalem.
Then a Shia event happened along with a host to de-throne the Caliph - the formed had 177k troops the latter 32k (same as the Caliph at the time). The Shia took Anatolia from the Abbasids and a bit later conquered Jerusalem from the Sultan of Africa, nicely settling in between the two strongest powers (with still 77k troops remaining); the host managed to de-throne the former Caliph and put in someone (still Abbasid) who most of their subjects hate.
Nowadays there are factions forming constantly and a revolt just started to lower crown authority for the new Caliph.
The Zun are doing just fine, in fact during my Tengri Reformation/Feudal & Ultimogeniture adaptation crisis (maybe I shouldnt've done all three at the same time!), they managed to grab a few counties from me. Now they're attacking the neighbouring Indian Kingdom. [Fun times!](
I'm also looking strong up in the North . Gave Pannonia away (to the newly formed Tengri holy order, which promptly destroyed it due to having no lands I assume?) so that my vassals don't fight and hate me and can change the succession law in peace.
Wow this turned out to be a wall of text, so tl;dr: Abbassids will disintegrate!
| CrusaderKings | t5_2tgic | clel7m5 | Things are going pretty well nowadays.](
Duing a rather weak period (they had around 5-7k troops due to low crown authority!) I managed to seize their holdings in Khiva, the Sultan of Africa successfully revolted and broke off and even though the Abbasids managed to gain Portugal in a Jihad a Crusade led by the (now Catholic) Africa conquered Jerusalem.
Then a Shia event happened along with a host to de-throne the Caliph - the formed had 177k troops the latter 32k (same as the Caliph at the time). The Shia took Anatolia from the Abbasids and a bit later conquered Jerusalem from the Sultan of Africa, nicely settling in between the two strongest powers (with still 77k troops remaining); the host managed to de-throne the former Caliph and put in someone (still Abbasid) who most of their subjects hate.
Nowadays there are factions forming constantly and a revolt just started to lower crown authority for the new Caliph.
The Zun are doing just fine, in fact during my Tengri Reformation/Feudal & Ultimogeniture adaptation crisis (maybe I shouldnt've done all three at the same time!), they managed to grab a few counties from me. Now they're attacking the neighbouring Indian Kingdom. [Fun times!](
I'm also looking strong up in the North . Gave Pannonia away (to the newly formed Tengri holy order, which promptly destroyed it due to having no lands I assume?) so that my vassals don't fight and hate me and can change the succession law in peace.
Wow this turned out to be a wall of text, so | Abbassids will disintegrate! |
Lazav | In the instance that something terrible is happening in public (say, an assault), individuals tend to diffuse their personal responsibility for the situation to those around them; the bigger the crowd, the more culpability is dispersed. That being said, groups are constructs which can and often do facilitate violence far beyond what individuals are naturally inclined to engage in.
The same abstraction that allows individuals to shirk responsibility for intervening in the bystander effect also facilitates violence in groups. By identifying with and contributing to the collective, individuals can ascribe culpability to the institution and its members; ergo, the individual achieves a degree of anonymity (Grossman, 1996). This makes it much easier to rationalize ones actions and absolve one's self of guilt.
Moreover, within groups individuals feel compelled to support their comrades, particularly when their failure to do so would identify them as the weak link. This is a cornerstone of military strategy; artillery units, for example, are much more likely to fire at the enemy in earnest because the individuals must work together (Grossman, 1996). Knowing that others depend on you and are watching is often enough to override our natural (and strong) disposition to avoid killing.
Additionally, when we do experience situations that we don't understand and feel as if our lives have spun out of control, groups provide an opportunity to regain potency, order, and meaning. They are much more manageable, provide a sense of identity, and serve as a catalyst through which an individual member can exert power. Naturally, groupthink begins to creep up and overcome reason, posing a threat to peaceful resolutions to conflict (Fuji, 2009).
TL;DR: Groups can act as a catalyst for violence by natural tendency to construct a framework which focuses, galvanizes and reifies aggression by way of cyclical reinforcement. | In the instance that something terrible is happening in public (say, an assault), individuals tend to diffuse their personal responsibility for the situation to those around them; the bigger the crowd, the more culpability is dispersed. That being said, groups are constructs which can and often do facilitate violence far beyond what individuals are naturally inclined to engage in.
The same abstraction that allows individuals to shirk responsibility for intervening in the bystander effect also facilitates violence in groups. By identifying with and contributing to the collective, individuals can ascribe culpability to the institution and its members; ergo, the individual achieves a degree of anonymity (Grossman, 1996). This makes it much easier to rationalize ones actions and absolve one's self of guilt.
Moreover, within groups individuals feel compelled to support their comrades, particularly when their failure to do so would identify them as the weak link. This is a cornerstone of military strategy; artillery units, for example, are much more likely to fire at the enemy in earnest because the individuals must work together (Grossman, 1996). Knowing that others depend on you and are watching is often enough to override our natural (and strong) disposition to avoid killing.
Additionally, when we do experience situations that we don't understand and feel as if our lives have spun out of control, groups provide an opportunity to regain potency, order, and meaning. They are much more manageable, provide a sense of identity, and serve as a catalyst through which an individual member can exert power. Naturally, groupthink begins to creep up and overcome reason, posing a threat to peaceful resolutions to conflict (Fuji, 2009).
TL;DR: Groups can act as a catalyst for violence by natural tendency to construct a framework which focuses, galvanizes and reifies aggression by way of cyclical reinforcement.
| AskSocialScience | t5_2sml9 | clbtnig | In the instance that something terrible is happening in public (say, an assault), individuals tend to diffuse their personal responsibility for the situation to those around them; the bigger the crowd, the more culpability is dispersed. That being said, groups are constructs which can and often do facilitate violence far beyond what individuals are naturally inclined to engage in.
The same abstraction that allows individuals to shirk responsibility for intervening in the bystander effect also facilitates violence in groups. By identifying with and contributing to the collective, individuals can ascribe culpability to the institution and its members; ergo, the individual achieves a degree of anonymity (Grossman, 1996). This makes it much easier to rationalize ones actions and absolve one's self of guilt.
Moreover, within groups individuals feel compelled to support their comrades, particularly when their failure to do so would identify them as the weak link. This is a cornerstone of military strategy; artillery units, for example, are much more likely to fire at the enemy in earnest because the individuals must work together (Grossman, 1996). Knowing that others depend on you and are watching is often enough to override our natural (and strong) disposition to avoid killing.
Additionally, when we do experience situations that we don't understand and feel as if our lives have spun out of control, groups provide an opportunity to regain potency, order, and meaning. They are much more manageable, provide a sense of identity, and serve as a catalyst through which an individual member can exert power. Naturally, groupthink begins to creep up and overcome reason, posing a threat to peaceful resolutions to conflict (Fuji, 2009). | Groups can act as a catalyst for violence by natural tendency to construct a framework which focuses, galvanizes and reifies aggression by way of cyclical reinforcement. |
_Muddy | I'm in 2.6k tier but slowly moving up.
I've found a bit of success with Venomancer, interestingly enough. He is the ultimate can-do hero:
Hard support? Can do.
Mid? Can do.
Core? Can do.
Offlane and Jungle? Can do (after a couple levels in Plague Wards).
He is extremely effective with and without items, so you can be confident that no matter what your lineup is, you can still be effective.
He can push, counterpush, end games, and prolong them. He has arguably the strongest slows in the game (Venomous Gale is extremely strong at minute 1 and at minute 60) and can solo kill fed carries if they're easily kiteable (Ursa, Slark, etc.). His teamfight presence is felt through the potentially ~2.2k damage Gale -> Agh's Nova -> Veil combo.
His biggest issue is his squishiness, which is why players don't typically think of him as a "pubstomper support" like Omniknight and Lich. With correct item builds you can do a lot him, though. Also keep in mind that he isn't countered by BKB as hard thanks to the recent buff to Poison Nova.
I typically go Tranqs -> Force Staff -> Eul's -> Agh's. Force Staff lets you get away with ballsy moves and escapes, Eul's removes silences and discourages the enemy team from targeting you first in a fight, And Agh's makes your ult do something like 1.8k in DoT. Building Veil of Discord with amplify this damage to something like 2.2k. I then consider Blink Dagger, BKB, or Heart.
**Tl;dr: Pick Veno, build smart, play smart, and you can do just about anything with the hero and decide the flow of the game.** | I'm in 2.6k tier but slowly moving up.
I've found a bit of success with Venomancer, interestingly enough. He is the ultimate can-do hero:
Hard support? Can do.
Mid? Can do.
Core? Can do.
Offlane and Jungle? Can do (after a couple levels in Plague Wards).
He is extremely effective with and without items, so you can be confident that no matter what your lineup is, you can still be effective.
He can push, counterpush, end games, and prolong them. He has arguably the strongest slows in the game (Venomous Gale is extremely strong at minute 1 and at minute 60) and can solo kill fed carries if they're easily kiteable (Ursa, Slark, etc.). His teamfight presence is felt through the potentially ~2.2k damage Gale -> Agh's Nova -> Veil combo.
His biggest issue is his squishiness, which is why players don't typically think of him as a "pubstomper support" like Omniknight and Lich. With correct item builds you can do a lot him, though. Also keep in mind that he isn't countered by BKB as hard thanks to the recent buff to Poison Nova.
I typically go Tranqs -> Force Staff -> Eul's -> Agh's. Force Staff lets you get away with ballsy moves and escapes, Eul's removes silences and discourages the enemy team from targeting you first in a fight, And Agh's makes your ult do something like 1.8k in DoT. Building Veil of Discord with amplify this damage to something like 2.2k. I then consider Blink Dagger, BKB, or Heart.
Tl;dr: Pick Veno, build smart, play smart, and you can do just about anything with the hero and decide the flow of the game.
| learndota2 | t5_2tta4 | clcemzt | I'm in 2.6k tier but slowly moving up.
I've found a bit of success with Venomancer, interestingly enough. He is the ultimate can-do hero:
Hard support? Can do.
Mid? Can do.
Core? Can do.
Offlane and Jungle? Can do (after a couple levels in Plague Wards).
He is extremely effective with and without items, so you can be confident that no matter what your lineup is, you can still be effective.
He can push, counterpush, end games, and prolong them. He has arguably the strongest slows in the game (Venomous Gale is extremely strong at minute 1 and at minute 60) and can solo kill fed carries if they're easily kiteable (Ursa, Slark, etc.). His teamfight presence is felt through the potentially ~2.2k damage Gale -> Agh's Nova -> Veil combo.
His biggest issue is his squishiness, which is why players don't typically think of him as a "pubstomper support" like Omniknight and Lich. With correct item builds you can do a lot him, though. Also keep in mind that he isn't countered by BKB as hard thanks to the recent buff to Poison Nova.
I typically go Tranqs -> Force Staff -> Eul's -> Agh's. Force Staff lets you get away with ballsy moves and escapes, Eul's removes silences and discourages the enemy team from targeting you first in a fight, And Agh's makes your ult do something like 1.8k in DoT. Building Veil of Discord with amplify this damage to something like 2.2k. I then consider Blink Dagger, BKB, or Heart. | Pick Veno, build smart, play smart, and you can do just about anything with the hero and decide the flow of the game. |
ShingamiOfSmarm | Ooooooh, I've got a great story for this.
i'm a dude, but at the time, I was working at a Victoria Secret, so... what the hell, I'll post it.
I am a straight man who worked at a Victoria's Secret. No, not selling things on the floor- stock boy. Pinning security tags on things, moving heavy boxes, climbing ladders, squashing bugs.
I thought them kinda sexist or unfemenistic for literally saying that last bit in the interview, but they turned out to have some spiders that were about 5 inches wide when you counted the legs... so i kinda understood after seeing that.
Killed the thing with a box, cause I was worried that if I tried to step on it.... it might win. Anyways, back on point.
So my manager that day was this lady that was pregnant. as. hell.
But a very chill pregnant lady- handled the pain and the moodswings oddly well. Cheerful and straightforward, at 7 months preggers.
This woman comes up for an exchange- no big deal. Manager types up the ticket, and goes to take the security tags off the new clothes and the woman cuts her off- "NONONOONONONNO DONT TOUCH IT"
"Oh....uh... I need to take the tags off so you can leave with it"
"NONONO DON'T TOUCH IT I DONT WANNA GET PREGNANT!!"
"....I... uh... you can't get pregnant that way...."
"PLEASE DONT TOUCH IT, IF YOU TOUCH IT AND THEN I TOUCH IT I CAN GET PREGNANT, I HAVEN'T HAD SEX IN 3 YEARS AND I DON'T WANNA GET PREGNANT!"
".........I'll get one of the other girls to help you!"
So she grabs one of the non-pregnant workers, and gets them to finish out the return.
She then comes into the back, because holy shit, that actually just happened, and someone needs to hear about it.
So she comes into the back to tell me about it. She has some trouble getting her words together, mostly just making those "I can't believe this just happened" faces.
While she's getting herself together to tell this story, (none of which I know at this point, btdubs), and into the employees-only-backroom walks in that same lady. She starts to ask a question, but then notices me.
"Ooooohhhhh, you dooooo have a boy working here!"
She then proceeds to dump out her newly purchased lingerie on a nearby box.
"Would you touch it?" as she motions to the lingerie.
I try to awkwardly laugh it off as though it's a joke. She stares at me unflinchingly. Awkward silence comes over the room as this woman clearly will not leave until I touch her lingerie.
I pick it up, fold it neatly, and put it back in her bag. The woman leaves.
Manager then proceeds to tell me the previous story about how the woman thought she could catch pregnancy by touching something a pregnant woman touched, and I start to freak out a little.
THEN WHY WAS SHE SO DETERMINED TO HAVE ME TOUCH HER LINGERIE????
The woman returned to the store 3 times that day. Each time, making a beeline for the backroom, only to be intercepted by my managers, who would politely ask if she needed anything, and then she would leave.
I left out the back door that night.
Super kudos to the wonderful women that worked there.
TLDR: Woman thought she could catch pregnancy by touching something a preggers lady touched. Demanded I touch her new underoos.
| Ooooooh, I've got a great story for this.
i'm a dude, but at the time, I was working at a Victoria Secret, so... what the hell, I'll post it.
I am a straight man who worked at a Victoria's Secret. No, not selling things on the floor- stock boy. Pinning security tags on things, moving heavy boxes, climbing ladders, squashing bugs.
I thought them kinda sexist or unfemenistic for literally saying that last bit in the interview, but they turned out to have some spiders that were about 5 inches wide when you counted the legs... so i kinda understood after seeing that.
Killed the thing with a box, cause I was worried that if I tried to step on it.... it might win. Anyways, back on point.
So my manager that day was this lady that was pregnant. as. hell.
But a very chill pregnant lady- handled the pain and the moodswings oddly well. Cheerful and straightforward, at 7 months preggers.
This woman comes up for an exchange- no big deal. Manager types up the ticket, and goes to take the security tags off the new clothes and the woman cuts her off- "NONONOONONONNO DONT TOUCH IT"
"Oh....uh... I need to take the tags off so you can leave with it"
"NONONO DON'T TOUCH IT I DONT WANNA GET PREGNANT!!"
"....I... uh... you can't get pregnant that way...."
"PLEASE DONT TOUCH IT, IF YOU TOUCH IT AND THEN I TOUCH IT I CAN GET PREGNANT, I HAVEN'T HAD SEX IN 3 YEARS AND I DON'T WANNA GET PREGNANT!"
".........I'll get one of the other girls to help you!"
So she grabs one of the non-pregnant workers, and gets them to finish out the return.
She then comes into the back, because holy shit, that actually just happened, and someone needs to hear about it.
So she comes into the back to tell me about it. She has some trouble getting her words together, mostly just making those "I can't believe this just happened" faces.
While she's getting herself together to tell this story, (none of which I know at this point, btdubs), and into the employees-only-backroom walks in that same lady. She starts to ask a question, but then notices me.
"Ooooohhhhh, you dooooo have a boy working here!"
She then proceeds to dump out her newly purchased lingerie on a nearby box.
"Would you touch it?" as she motions to the lingerie.
I try to awkwardly laugh it off as though it's a joke. She stares at me unflinchingly. Awkward silence comes over the room as this woman clearly will not leave until I touch her lingerie.
I pick it up, fold it neatly, and put it back in her bag. The woman leaves.
Manager then proceeds to tell me the previous story about how the woman thought she could catch pregnancy by touching something a pregnant woman touched, and I start to freak out a little.
THEN WHY WAS SHE SO DETERMINED TO HAVE ME TOUCH HER LINGERIE????
The woman returned to the store 3 times that day. Each time, making a beeline for the backroom, only to be intercepted by my managers, who would politely ask if she needed anything, and then she would leave.
I left out the back door that night.
Super kudos to the wonderful women that worked there.
TLDR: Woman thought she could catch pregnancy by touching something a preggers lady touched. Demanded I touch her new underoos.
| AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | clcdtr6 | Ooooooh, I've got a great story for this.
i'm a dude, but at the time, I was working at a Victoria Secret, so... what the hell, I'll post it.
I am a straight man who worked at a Victoria's Secret. No, not selling things on the floor- stock boy. Pinning security tags on things, moving heavy boxes, climbing ladders, squashing bugs.
I thought them kinda sexist or unfemenistic for literally saying that last bit in the interview, but they turned out to have some spiders that were about 5 inches wide when you counted the legs... so i kinda understood after seeing that.
Killed the thing with a box, cause I was worried that if I tried to step on it.... it might win. Anyways, back on point.
So my manager that day was this lady that was pregnant. as. hell.
But a very chill pregnant lady- handled the pain and the moodswings oddly well. Cheerful and straightforward, at 7 months preggers.
This woman comes up for an exchange- no big deal. Manager types up the ticket, and goes to take the security tags off the new clothes and the woman cuts her off- "NONONOONONONNO DONT TOUCH IT"
"Oh....uh... I need to take the tags off so you can leave with it"
"NONONO DON'T TOUCH IT I DONT WANNA GET PREGNANT!!"
"....I... uh... you can't get pregnant that way...."
"PLEASE DONT TOUCH IT, IF YOU TOUCH IT AND THEN I TOUCH IT I CAN GET PREGNANT, I HAVEN'T HAD SEX IN 3 YEARS AND I DON'T WANNA GET PREGNANT!"
".........I'll get one of the other girls to help you!"
So she grabs one of the non-pregnant workers, and gets them to finish out the return.
She then comes into the back, because holy shit, that actually just happened, and someone needs to hear about it.
So she comes into the back to tell me about it. She has some trouble getting her words together, mostly just making those "I can't believe this just happened" faces.
While she's getting herself together to tell this story, (none of which I know at this point, btdubs), and into the employees-only-backroom walks in that same lady. She starts to ask a question, but then notices me.
"Ooooohhhhh, you dooooo have a boy working here!"
She then proceeds to dump out her newly purchased lingerie on a nearby box.
"Would you touch it?" as she motions to the lingerie.
I try to awkwardly laugh it off as though it's a joke. She stares at me unflinchingly. Awkward silence comes over the room as this woman clearly will not leave until I touch her lingerie.
I pick it up, fold it neatly, and put it back in her bag. The woman leaves.
Manager then proceeds to tell me the previous story about how the woman thought she could catch pregnancy by touching something a pregnant woman touched, and I start to freak out a little.
THEN WHY WAS SHE SO DETERMINED TO HAVE ME TOUCH HER LINGERIE????
The woman returned to the store 3 times that day. Each time, making a beeline for the backroom, only to be intercepted by my managers, who would politely ask if she needed anything, and then she would leave.
I left out the back door that night.
Super kudos to the wonderful women that worked there. | Woman thought she could catch pregnancy by touching something a preggers lady touched. Demanded I touch her new underoos. |
truth_hertz | Ex-boyfriend I haven't seen in years texts, which is weird because I dumped him when he cheated on me and hadn't talked to him since.
Him: smalltalk smalltalk blah blah blah
Me: (warily) um yeah ok whatever
Him: Oh hey, do you remember Shasta?
Me: Yes [of course I remember her, the girl he cheated on me with]
Him: Well we got married.
Me: Congratulations?
Him: Thing is we want to buy a house but the bank won't give us a mortgage because we don't have a down payment. I heard you recently came into some money and we wanted to borrow like $11,000. We'd pay you interest.
Me: So your wife is on board with borrowing a large amount of cash from your ex?
Him: Well actually she thinks I'm borrowing it from my sister so obviously you couldn't say anything.
TL;DR: Cheating ex asks to borrow five figures and keep it a secret. | Ex-boyfriend I haven't seen in years texts, which is weird because I dumped him when he cheated on me and hadn't talked to him since.
Him: smalltalk smalltalk blah blah blah
Me: (warily) um yeah ok whatever
Him: Oh hey, do you remember Shasta?
Me: Yes [of course I remember her, the girl he cheated on me with]
Him: Well we got married.
Me: Congratulations?
Him: Thing is we want to buy a house but the bank won't give us a mortgage because we don't have a down payment. I heard you recently came into some money and we wanted to borrow like $11,000. We'd pay you interest.
Me: So your wife is on board with borrowing a large amount of cash from your ex?
Him: Well actually she thinks I'm borrowing it from my sister so obviously you couldn't say anything.
TL;DR: Cheating ex asks to borrow five figures and keep it a secret.
| AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | clcygsf | Ex-boyfriend I haven't seen in years texts, which is weird because I dumped him when he cheated on me and hadn't talked to him since.
Him: smalltalk smalltalk blah blah blah
Me: (warily) um yeah ok whatever
Him: Oh hey, do you remember Shasta?
Me: Yes [of course I remember her, the girl he cheated on me with]
Him: Well we got married.
Me: Congratulations?
Him: Thing is we want to buy a house but the bank won't give us a mortgage because we don't have a down payment. I heard you recently came into some money and we wanted to borrow like $11,000. We'd pay you interest.
Me: So your wife is on board with borrowing a large amount of cash from your ex?
Him: Well actually she thinks I'm borrowing it from my sister so obviously you couldn't say anything. | Cheating ex asks to borrow five figures and keep it a secret. |
Fuego_Fiero | Not necessarily.
It could be a case of the victims almost, but not quite, beating the game like in the first one. Much as the first one subverted our expectations of someone winning in the end, a second movie as a prequel could make us think that the protagonists are going to pull through only to have them be killed at the last second. In order for this to work, I think NONE of the original cast should reappear. We can't be thinking that any of the whitecoats survive (to appear in the first movie) in order for their success to be more surprising and disheartening. There are still a lot of horror movie tropes to subvert.
tl;dr It would have to be written VERY well. | Not necessarily.
It could be a case of the victims almost, but not quite, beating the game like in the first one. Much as the first one subverted our expectations of someone winning in the end, a second movie as a prequel could make us think that the protagonists are going to pull through only to have them be killed at the last second. In order for this to work, I think NONE of the original cast should reappear. We can't be thinking that any of the whitecoats survive (to appear in the first movie) in order for their success to be more surprising and disheartening. There are still a lot of horror movie tropes to subvert.
tl;dr It would have to be written VERY well.
| movies | t5_2qh3s | clcs7e2 | Not necessarily.
It could be a case of the victims almost, but not quite, beating the game like in the first one. Much as the first one subverted our expectations of someone winning in the end, a second movie as a prequel could make us think that the protagonists are going to pull through only to have them be killed at the last second. In order for this to work, I think NONE of the original cast should reappear. We can't be thinking that any of the whitecoats survive (to appear in the first movie) in order for their success to be more surprising and disheartening. There are still a lot of horror movie tropes to subvert. | It would have to be written VERY well. |
rodimator | [Here's a hodgepodge of an image I made years ago. Text on paint on shitty GIMP - I don't know where an image of the lone painting is, but want to contribute to the thread.. tl;dr I painted this]( | [Here's a hodgepodge of an image I made years ago. Text on paint on shitty GIMP - I don't know where an image of the lone painting is, but want to contribute to the thread.. tl;dr I painted this](
| interestingasfuck | t5_2qhsa | clcpwja | Here's a hodgepodge of an image I made years ago. Text on paint on shitty GIMP - I don't know where an image of the lone painting is, but want to contribute to the thread.. | I painted this]( |
Caveed | I think I read somewhere that it costs about 240k$ to raise a child from birth to age 18.
It would cost a lot less to hire someone to do the cleaning for the first few years (because I don't think it'd be ok with an older child), or even for the full 18 years.
TL;DR: If you want someone to do housework, don't breed, just pay someone, it'll be cheaper, easier and less invasive. | I think I read somewhere that it costs about 240k$ to raise a child from birth to age 18.
It would cost a lot less to hire someone to do the cleaning for the first few years (because I don't think it'd be ok with an older child), or even for the full 18 years.
TL;DR: If you want someone to do housework, don't breed, just pay someone, it'll be cheaper, easier and less invasive.
| childfree | t5_2qtwb | clcilok | I think I read somewhere that it costs about 240k$ to raise a child from birth to age 18.
It would cost a lot less to hire someone to do the cleaning for the first few years (because I don't think it'd be ok with an older child), or even for the full 18 years. | If you want someone to do housework, don't breed, just pay someone, it'll be cheaper, easier and less invasive. |
Acetylsalicylin | Xenogears (the first Xeno game) was played about 60% "on foot" and 40% in giant mechs called gears (hence Xeno Gears). Some dungeons were purely "on foot", some dungeons were completely done in mechs/gears, and some dungeons required swapping in and out a little (not any sort of intricate puzzle structure, it followed a pretty consistent logic... if you got out of your gear on one side of a narrow ledge you couldnt magically get into it on the other side, the gear was still sitting where you left it).
Xenosaga I included "mini-gears" called AGWS. You could board them during battle if you wanted, they were possibly slightly stronger than your characters at certain points... and a few story battles had you riding them... but you could also play through the game completely disregarding them.
Xenosaga II and III brought back gears in the form of AMWS (mechs stronger than AGWS) and ES units (special versions of the AMWS mechs that were stronger still) and included, like Xenogears, some dungeons where you were on foot and some dungeons where you were in the gears.
Xenoblade... well Ill mark this as a spoiler since you say you are in the middle of Chronicles. [Xenoblade sort of has them in the form of Face Mechon being ridden by Homs / Homs being transformed into Machina hybrids. The Face Mechon that they ride are essentially Xenoblade's gears/mechs, except that you never get to use them as a player. Also the whole "fusion" thing is found in Xenogears as well, Krelian researches it and there are 2 story battles and 1 boss battle involving man/gear fusion things](/s)
tl;dr gears = mechs, they were only called gears in Xenogears but Ive been a fan of Monolith since Xenogears so I think of them as gears
Liking Xenoblade Chronicles does **not** necessarily mean that you would like Xenogears or Xenosaga... but it wouldnt hurt to check them out. Xenoblade is the best GAME that they have made, but it is actually the shallowest in terms of story and symbolism. | Xenogears (the first Xeno game) was played about 60% "on foot" and 40% in giant mechs called gears (hence Xeno Gears). Some dungeons were purely "on foot", some dungeons were completely done in mechs/gears, and some dungeons required swapping in and out a little (not any sort of intricate puzzle structure, it followed a pretty consistent logic... if you got out of your gear on one side of a narrow ledge you couldnt magically get into it on the other side, the gear was still sitting where you left it).
Xenosaga I included "mini-gears" called AGWS. You could board them during battle if you wanted, they were possibly slightly stronger than your characters at certain points... and a few story battles had you riding them... but you could also play through the game completely disregarding them.
Xenosaga II and III brought back gears in the form of AMWS (mechs stronger than AGWS) and ES units (special versions of the AMWS mechs that were stronger still) and included, like Xenogears, some dungeons where you were on foot and some dungeons where you were in the gears.
Xenoblade... well Ill mark this as a spoiler since you say you are in the middle of Chronicles. Xenoblade sort of has them in the form of Face Mechon being ridden by Homs / Homs being transformed into Machina hybrids. The Face Mechon that they ride are essentially Xenoblade's gears/mechs, except that you never get to use them as a player. Also the whole "fusion" thing is found in Xenogears as well, Krelian researches it and there are 2 story battles and 1 boss battle involving man/gear fusion things
tl;dr gears = mechs, they were only called gears in Xenogears but Ive been a fan of Monolith since Xenogears so I think of them as gears
Liking Xenoblade Chronicles does not necessarily mean that you would like Xenogears or Xenosaga... but it wouldnt hurt to check them out. Xenoblade is the best GAME that they have made, but it is actually the shallowest in terms of story and symbolism.
| Xenoblade_Chronicles | t5_2vcc3 | clcmfon | Xenogears (the first Xeno game) was played about 60% "on foot" and 40% in giant mechs called gears (hence Xeno Gears). Some dungeons were purely "on foot", some dungeons were completely done in mechs/gears, and some dungeons required swapping in and out a little (not any sort of intricate puzzle structure, it followed a pretty consistent logic... if you got out of your gear on one side of a narrow ledge you couldnt magically get into it on the other side, the gear was still sitting where you left it).
Xenosaga I included "mini-gears" called AGWS. You could board them during battle if you wanted, they were possibly slightly stronger than your characters at certain points... and a few story battles had you riding them... but you could also play through the game completely disregarding them.
Xenosaga II and III brought back gears in the form of AMWS (mechs stronger than AGWS) and ES units (special versions of the AMWS mechs that were stronger still) and included, like Xenogears, some dungeons where you were on foot and some dungeons where you were in the gears.
Xenoblade... well Ill mark this as a spoiler since you say you are in the middle of Chronicles. Xenoblade sort of has them in the form of Face Mechon being ridden by Homs / Homs being transformed into Machina hybrids. The Face Mechon that they ride are essentially Xenoblade's gears/mechs, except that you never get to use them as a player. Also the whole "fusion" thing is found in Xenogears as well, Krelian researches it and there are 2 story battles and 1 boss battle involving man/gear fusion things | gears = mechs, they were only called gears in Xenogears but Ive been a fan of Monolith since Xenogears so I think of them as gears
Liking Xenoblade Chronicles does not necessarily mean that you would like Xenogears or Xenosaga... but it wouldnt hurt to check them out. Xenoblade is the best GAME that they have made, but it is actually the shallowest in terms of story and symbolism. |
theimpossiblequandry | I think what tends to offend people is the comparative aspect of it. "You look bett*er*, pretti*er*, etc..." It gives the impression that they're not good enough under normal circumstances.
This issue could be easily solve by using phrasing like, "You look pretty" or "You're awesome" versus "You seem prettier/more awesome than you usually do/are."
**tl;dr** Try not to use comparative language with people. | I think what tends to offend people is the comparative aspect of it. "You look bett er , pretti er , etc..." It gives the impression that they're not good enough under normal circumstances.
This issue could be easily solve by using phrasing like, "You look pretty" or "You're awesome" versus "You seem prettier/more awesome than you usually do/are."
tl;dr Try not to use comparative language with people.
| TwoXChromosomes | t5_2r2jt | clcpkwy | I think what tends to offend people is the comparative aspect of it. "You look bett er , pretti er , etc..." It gives the impression that they're not good enough under normal circumstances.
This issue could be easily solve by using phrasing like, "You look pretty" or "You're awesome" versus "You seem prettier/more awesome than you usually do/are." | Try not to use comparative language with people. |
DeathsGh0st | What the hell. I am so confused. I got out of the shower and was thinking to myself "void seems like it would be the most fitting element for a hunter/assassin type, I wonder why it wasn't one of the first included." Then I thought about what a cool void ability would be, and I imagined an ethereal bow like the one that you can summon in Skyrim, and when players are shot, they are torn into shreds of darkness. The one problem with this though is that it's a one shot ranged ability which is much like GG, and I don't know how they'd balance it's abilities with the time it takes to ready your bow to fire.
TL;DR I came here to say this, was really surprised it was already here. Up vote for you sir. | What the hell. I am so confused. I got out of the shower and was thinking to myself "void seems like it would be the most fitting element for a hunter/assassin type, I wonder why it wasn't one of the first included." Then I thought about what a cool void ability would be, and I imagined an ethereal bow like the one that you can summon in Skyrim, and when players are shot, they are torn into shreds of darkness. The one problem with this though is that it's a one shot ranged ability which is much like GG, and I don't know how they'd balance it's abilities with the time it takes to ready your bow to fire.
TL;DR I came here to say this, was really surprised it was already here. Up vote for you sir.
| DestinyTheGame | t5_2vq0w | cldqy89 | What the hell. I am so confused. I got out of the shower and was thinking to myself "void seems like it would be the most fitting element for a hunter/assassin type, I wonder why it wasn't one of the first included." Then I thought about what a cool void ability would be, and I imagined an ethereal bow like the one that you can summon in Skyrim, and when players are shot, they are torn into shreds of darkness. The one problem with this though is that it's a one shot ranged ability which is much like GG, and I don't know how they'd balance it's abilities with the time it takes to ready your bow to fire. | I came here to say this, was really surprised it was already here. Up vote for you sir. |
radbitt | Here's some squat advice I posted to another comment:
>A few months ago, when I first started, I hit the same thing your experiencing, but at 160-165. I lowered the weight by 15-20 lbs and smashed through the next time I worked my way up to the weight.
Have to add though.... this is about the time where I also realized I wasn't engaging/bracing my core enough. As strange as it sounds, you really want to tighten that core up... it should feel similar to squeezing out a shit, albeit without the poop action. That may have been more of a factor in helping me than the deload.
TL;DR
Focus on really engaging your core properly. I thought I was doing it fine, when I first started, but realized I wasn't once I got to heavier weights. | Here's some squat advice I posted to another comment:
>A few months ago, when I first started, I hit the same thing your experiencing, but at 160-165. I lowered the weight by 15-20 lbs and smashed through the next time I worked my way up to the weight.
Have to add though.... this is about the time where I also realized I wasn't engaging/bracing my core enough. As strange as it sounds, you really want to tighten that core up... it should feel similar to squeezing out a shit, albeit without the poop action. That may have been more of a factor in helping me than the deload.
TL;DR
Focus on really engaging your core properly. I thought I was doing it fine, when I first started, but realized I wasn't once I got to heavier weights.
| gainit | t5_2s9bg | clejl8r | Here's some squat advice I posted to another comment:
>A few months ago, when I first started, I hit the same thing your experiencing, but at 160-165. I lowered the weight by 15-20 lbs and smashed through the next time I worked my way up to the weight.
Have to add though.... this is about the time where I also realized I wasn't engaging/bracing my core enough. As strange as it sounds, you really want to tighten that core up... it should feel similar to squeezing out a shit, albeit without the poop action. That may have been more of a factor in helping me than the deload. | Focus on really engaging your core properly. I thought I was doing it fine, when I first started, but realized I wasn't once I got to heavier weights. |
bidane | AC 4 should honestly just be called Pirate's Creed. The assassin's thing is barely 10-20% of the story, with most of it being sailing around (which admittedly is really well done and a lot of fun for a while) and trying to get booty.
I was a little disappointed by the lack of an assassin's theme in an AC game, but as a pirate simulator it's definitely a 9/10. The story takes a while to really get going, but it's interesting nonetheless.
A lot of people that disliked 3 seem to love 4. The protagonist especially is a lot more interesting, which was the main criticism of 3.
TL;DR awesome pirate game, not much "assassin" feeling. | AC 4 should honestly just be called Pirate's Creed. The assassin's thing is barely 10-20% of the story, with most of it being sailing around (which admittedly is really well done and a lot of fun for a while) and trying to get booty.
I was a little disappointed by the lack of an assassin's theme in an AC game, but as a pirate simulator it's definitely a 9/10. The story takes a while to really get going, but it's interesting nonetheless.
A lot of people that disliked 3 seem to love 4. The protagonist especially is a lot more interesting, which was the main criticism of 3.
TL;DR awesome pirate game, not much "assassin" feeling.
| Games | t5_2qhwp | cldps06 | AC 4 should honestly just be called Pirate's Creed. The assassin's thing is barely 10-20% of the story, with most of it being sailing around (which admittedly is really well done and a lot of fun for a while) and trying to get booty.
I was a little disappointed by the lack of an assassin's theme in an AC game, but as a pirate simulator it's definitely a 9/10. The story takes a while to really get going, but it's interesting nonetheless.
A lot of people that disliked 3 seem to love 4. The protagonist especially is a lot more interesting, which was the main criticism of 3. | awesome pirate game, not much "assassin" feeling. |
Arranzu | I could sit here and write a giant page about the ending and character relations but the TL;DR version of it is Fuck You Lillith. | I could sit here and write a giant page about the ending and character relations but the TL;DR version of it is Fuck You Lillith.
| Borderlands | t5_2r8cd | cleh9ut | I could sit here and write a giant page about the ending and character relations but the | version of it is Fuck You Lillith. |
wapanist | I remember learning in school that apostrophe-s is the "correct" plural for acronyms. So the plural of CV would be CV's.
Correctness aside, these days most people would write "CVs", but some are still writing "CV's". (I'm talking about people who otherwise write in "proper English".) So you can grammar-nazi about it in either direction.
TL;DR: Apostrophe usage rules are fucking complicated. | I remember learning in school that apostrophe-s is the "correct" plural for acronyms. So the plural of CV would be CV's.
Correctness aside, these days most people would write "CVs", but some are still writing "CV's". (I'm talking about people who otherwise write in "proper English".) So you can grammar-nazi about it in either direction.
TL;DR: Apostrophe usage rules are fucking complicated.
| india | t5_2qh1q | cleog8j | I remember learning in school that apostrophe-s is the "correct" plural for acronyms. So the plural of CV would be CV's.
Correctness aside, these days most people would write "CVs", but some are still writing "CV's". (I'm talking about people who otherwise write in "proper English".) So you can grammar-nazi about it in either direction. | Apostrophe usage rules are fucking complicated. |
SeriouslySeriousGuy | Ok first off I'm not offended. I am an atheist. I don't know what your profession is but I work in a public relations office. This would be offensive for any corporation to do. Regardless of the facts of where or how something began that you have to give, it is still irrelevant. What it stands for now is a mockery of a religious figure, most commonly the God of the Bible.
TL;DR of whole conversation: It's can be seen as offensive and isn't worth the risk of a large corporation to put into their product. | Ok first off I'm not offended. I am an atheist. I don't know what your profession is but I work in a public relations office. This would be offensive for any corporation to do. Regardless of the facts of where or how something began that you have to give, it is still irrelevant. What it stands for now is a mockery of a religious figure, most commonly the God of the Bible.
TL;DR of whole conversation: It's can be seen as offensive and isn't worth the risk of a large corporation to put into their product.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cletm1o | Ok first off I'm not offended. I am an atheist. I don't know what your profession is but I work in a public relations office. This would be offensive for any corporation to do. Regardless of the facts of where or how something began that you have to give, it is still irrelevant. What it stands for now is a mockery of a religious figure, most commonly the God of the Bible. | of whole conversation: It's can be seen as offensive and isn't worth the risk of a large corporation to put into their product. |
jamin_brook | > Except that those lines don't come directly after each other.
Contradictory lines definitely do.
> She talks about what the media/music industry portrays as "cool" (gold teeth, grey goose, etc), and says "we don't care -- we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams." I've always assumed this was her saying "we don't care what you think is cool; we do our own thing, and to us, it's just as cool. In our own minds ("in our dreams"), we're just as cool as if we were driving Cadillacs."
That makes no sense. "Cadillacs" are exactly something that belongs in the previous lies (gold teeth, grey goose). Its a luxury item often talked about in pop/rap songs.
> It doesn't mean that he really desires to rule the world, it means to him, just having a birthday party is equally as good.
That's a bigger stretch than camel pose in yoga. Only mental gymnastics makes that make sense.
> Then (before the "let me live that fantasy" line) she lists more things that the mainstream pushes as "cool" (jet planes, islands, diamonds on your timepiece) but rejects them again ("we don't care/we are t caught up in your love affair"). THEN she says "we crave a different kind of buzz." Then she describes that "buzz"
She describes that buzz to be exactly the thing she just talked about (being royalty/ruler/queen bee). If anything Queen Bee might be a Beyonce reference, saying SHE WANT TO BE LIKE BEYONCE or other royalty/ruler (literally synonyms)
> I assume this is meant in some sort of romantic way, not in the sense that she actually wants to boss people around, especially considering she just spent a stanza describing how that stuff doesnt matter to her),
OR its just poorly written OR it's actually about DESIRING THAT stuff. It makes no sense.
> It seems like what she's saying is that her and her friends have figured out what makes them happy; she's asking for the mainstream/media/music industry/whatever to leave them alone and let them do what they like (i.e. "Let me live that fantasy")
That is obvious bullshit. "Let me live that fantasy" refers to the fantasy of being famous. She even says she is NOT proud of her address. She envies their shit for half the song and talks shit for the other half.
tl:dr: The only way your explanation makes sense is if you ignore what she actually says. | > Except that those lines don't come directly after each other.
Contradictory lines definitely do.
> She talks about what the media/music industry portrays as "cool" (gold teeth, grey goose, etc), and says "we don't care -- we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams." I've always assumed this was her saying "we don't care what you think is cool; we do our own thing, and to us, it's just as cool. In our own minds ("in our dreams"), we're just as cool as if we were driving Cadillacs."
That makes no sense. "Cadillacs" are exactly something that belongs in the previous lies (gold teeth, grey goose). Its a luxury item often talked about in pop/rap songs.
> It doesn't mean that he really desires to rule the world, it means to him, just having a birthday party is equally as good.
That's a bigger stretch than camel pose in yoga. Only mental gymnastics makes that make sense.
> Then (before the "let me live that fantasy" line) she lists more things that the mainstream pushes as "cool" (jet planes, islands, diamonds on your timepiece) but rejects them again ("we don't care/we are t caught up in your love affair"). THEN she says "we crave a different kind of buzz." Then she describes that "buzz"
She describes that buzz to be exactly the thing she just talked about (being royalty/ruler/queen bee). If anything Queen Bee might be a Beyonce reference, saying SHE WANT TO BE LIKE BEYONCE or other royalty/ruler (literally synonyms)
> I assume this is meant in some sort of romantic way, not in the sense that she actually wants to boss people around, especially considering she just spent a stanza describing how that stuff doesnt matter to her),
OR its just poorly written OR it's actually about DESIRING THAT stuff. It makes no sense.
> It seems like what she's saying is that her and her friends have figured out what makes them happy; she's asking for the mainstream/media/music industry/whatever to leave them alone and let them do what they like (i.e. "Let me live that fantasy")
That is obvious bullshit. "Let me live that fantasy" refers to the fantasy of being famous. She even says she is NOT proud of her address. She envies their shit for half the song and talks shit for the other half.
tl:dr: The only way your explanation makes sense is if you ignore what she actually says.
| mlb | t5_2qrrr | cliugy5 | Except that those lines don't come directly after each other.
Contradictory lines definitely do.
> She talks about what the media/music industry portrays as "cool" (gold teeth, grey goose, etc), and says "we don't care -- we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams." I've always assumed this was her saying "we don't care what you think is cool; we do our own thing, and to us, it's just as cool. In our own minds ("in our dreams"), we're just as cool as if we were driving Cadillacs."
That makes no sense. "Cadillacs" are exactly something that belongs in the previous lies (gold teeth, grey goose). Its a luxury item often talked about in pop/rap songs.
> It doesn't mean that he really desires to rule the world, it means to him, just having a birthday party is equally as good.
That's a bigger stretch than camel pose in yoga. Only mental gymnastics makes that make sense.
> Then (before the "let me live that fantasy" line) she lists more things that the mainstream pushes as "cool" (jet planes, islands, diamonds on your timepiece) but rejects them again ("we don't care/we are t caught up in your love affair"). THEN she says "we crave a different kind of buzz." Then she describes that "buzz"
She describes that buzz to be exactly the thing she just talked about (being royalty/ruler/queen bee). If anything Queen Bee might be a Beyonce reference, saying SHE WANT TO BE LIKE BEYONCE or other royalty/ruler (literally synonyms)
> I assume this is meant in some sort of romantic way, not in the sense that she actually wants to boss people around, especially considering she just spent a stanza describing how that stuff doesnt matter to her),
OR its just poorly written OR it's actually about DESIRING THAT stuff. It makes no sense.
> It seems like what she's saying is that her and her friends have figured out what makes them happy; she's asking for the mainstream/media/music industry/whatever to leave them alone and let them do what they like (i.e. "Let me live that fantasy")
That is obvious bullshit. "Let me live that fantasy" refers to the fantasy of being famous. She even says she is NOT proud of her address. She envies their shit for half the song and talks shit for the other half. | The only way your explanation makes sense is if you ignore what she actually says. |
Angdrambor | Ok, back of the envelope stuff. At a major airport like BWI, they seem to do about 22 departures scheduled between 4 and 5 pm. Commercial aircraft are restricted to 250 knots below 10000 feet, so that seems like a likely speed. At that speed, they would reach your 15 miles at 3.13 minutes. I see climb speed listed as 1800 - 2500 feet per minute, so I'm taking the average and assuming that they climb 2150 feet in a minute, which in 3.13 minutes gives it an altitude of about 6700 feet, or 1.27 miles. I'd spitball that an aircraft is clearly visible form the ground at a 45 degree angle from the horizon, so lets use that 1.27 miles as the footprint of an airliner. If it is headed straight for your house, it spends 16 seconds in your sky. If we assume you are under a common departure vector, and they ALL go over your house, its 22 airplanes * 16 seconds = 5.8 minutes per hour, so there would be an airplane in your sky 9.7% of the time. To choose a different assumption (really only slightly more reasonable), aircraft go in a random direction. since the 15 mile circle has a circumference of 47 miles and we decided that a 747 has a footprint of 1.27 miles, about 2.7% pass through your sky. Applying this to the earlier probability that an aircraft is in the sky at 15 miles, you get 0.26% chance that an airplane is in your sky if you happen to look up.
Assuming that your skylight allows the same field of vision, we need to work out how much it restricts your vision. The top 45 degrees of the sphere we will use to represent your sky has an area of 1.84 steradians, and a round window, two feet in radius six feet above(a large skylight) you has an area of 0.32 steradians, giving you a 17.5% chance to see an airplane IF it is outside on a random glance. Including the chance that an airplane is out there at all, you have a 0.047% chance of randomly seeing a departing airplane out the window. Assume that airplanes arrive with the same frequency they depart, from every compass point at once, and you have a 0.092% chance of seeing one for each random glance. Thats 1 in 1083 and a whole heck of a lot of assumptions and letting imprecision slide.
TLDR; airplane has a 1 in 1000 chance of being outside the window as you randomly glance | Ok, back of the envelope stuff. At a major airport like BWI, they seem to do about 22 departures scheduled between 4 and 5 pm. Commercial aircraft are restricted to 250 knots below 10000 feet, so that seems like a likely speed. At that speed, they would reach your 15 miles at 3.13 minutes. I see climb speed listed as 1800 - 2500 feet per minute, so I'm taking the average and assuming that they climb 2150 feet in a minute, which in 3.13 minutes gives it an altitude of about 6700 feet, or 1.27 miles. I'd spitball that an aircraft is clearly visible form the ground at a 45 degree angle from the horizon, so lets use that 1.27 miles as the footprint of an airliner. If it is headed straight for your house, it spends 16 seconds in your sky. If we assume you are under a common departure vector, and they ALL go over your house, its 22 airplanes * 16 seconds = 5.8 minutes per hour, so there would be an airplane in your sky 9.7% of the time. To choose a different assumption (really only slightly more reasonable), aircraft go in a random direction. since the 15 mile circle has a circumference of 47 miles and we decided that a 747 has a footprint of 1.27 miles, about 2.7% pass through your sky. Applying this to the earlier probability that an aircraft is in the sky at 15 miles, you get 0.26% chance that an airplane is in your sky if you happen to look up.
Assuming that your skylight allows the same field of vision, we need to work out how much it restricts your vision. The top 45 degrees of the sphere we will use to represent your sky has an area of 1.84 steradians, and a round window, two feet in radius six feet above(a large skylight) you has an area of 0.32 steradians, giving you a 17.5% chance to see an airplane IF it is outside on a random glance. Including the chance that an airplane is out there at all, you have a 0.047% chance of randomly seeing a departing airplane out the window. Assume that airplanes arrive with the same frequency they depart, from every compass point at once, and you have a 0.092% chance of seeing one for each random glance. Thats 1 in 1083 and a whole heck of a lot of assumptions and letting imprecision slide.
TLDR; airplane has a 1 in 1000 chance of being outside the window as you randomly glance
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cleylkm | Ok, back of the envelope stuff. At a major airport like BWI, they seem to do about 22 departures scheduled between 4 and 5 pm. Commercial aircraft are restricted to 250 knots below 10000 feet, so that seems like a likely speed. At that speed, they would reach your 15 miles at 3.13 minutes. I see climb speed listed as 1800 - 2500 feet per minute, so I'm taking the average and assuming that they climb 2150 feet in a minute, which in 3.13 minutes gives it an altitude of about 6700 feet, or 1.27 miles. I'd spitball that an aircraft is clearly visible form the ground at a 45 degree angle from the horizon, so lets use that 1.27 miles as the footprint of an airliner. If it is headed straight for your house, it spends 16 seconds in your sky. If we assume you are under a common departure vector, and they ALL go over your house, its 22 airplanes * 16 seconds = 5.8 minutes per hour, so there would be an airplane in your sky 9.7% of the time. To choose a different assumption (really only slightly more reasonable), aircraft go in a random direction. since the 15 mile circle has a circumference of 47 miles and we decided that a 747 has a footprint of 1.27 miles, about 2.7% pass through your sky. Applying this to the earlier probability that an aircraft is in the sky at 15 miles, you get 0.26% chance that an airplane is in your sky if you happen to look up.
Assuming that your skylight allows the same field of vision, we need to work out how much it restricts your vision. The top 45 degrees of the sphere we will use to represent your sky has an area of 1.84 steradians, and a round window, two feet in radius six feet above(a large skylight) you has an area of 0.32 steradians, giving you a 17.5% chance to see an airplane IF it is outside on a random glance. Including the chance that an airplane is out there at all, you have a 0.047% chance of randomly seeing a departing airplane out the window. Assume that airplanes arrive with the same frequency they depart, from every compass point at once, and you have a 0.092% chance of seeing one for each random glance. Thats 1 in 1083 and a whole heck of a lot of assumptions and letting imprecision slide. | airplane has a 1 in 1000 chance of being outside the window as you randomly glance |
ferminriii | Actually this is one which I wish was more acceptable yet I witnessed members of a hiring committee making fun of:
1. *President of a WoW guild*.
2. *Team Captain for ______ online military game team*
These are both paraphrased because I am not a gamer and I don't know specially what they mean. However, even being a non-gamer when I read them I knew this person was taking themselves seriously and they were important things to list.
There was more to it than that (he listed the number of people in the guild and something about a Halo group - but I don't totally remember) but this person was trying to show leadership skills on their resume and I felt bad because it was a good resume even without these two items yet simply because of these two items he wasn't even given a chance to interview.
I asked that they at least google the WoW guild name to see if it was something famous and I was chastised for even suggesting there was such a thing as a famous online fantasy world group.
It was even worse - The resume was passed around the office with those two items highlighted so everyone could laugh and make fun of him.
Too bad too - I bet he had the skills to do the job and lead a team. At least I'd like to think he would. Now whenever I am on a hiring committee I am always on the lookout for those items so I can cosmically repay that event.
TLDR; Your online gaming achievements. | Actually this is one which I wish was more acceptable yet I witnessed members of a hiring committee making fun of:
President of a WoW guild .
Team Captain for __ online military game team
These are both paraphrased because I am not a gamer and I don't know specially what they mean. However, even being a non-gamer when I read them I knew this person was taking themselves seriously and they were important things to list.
There was more to it than that (he listed the number of people in the guild and something about a Halo group - but I don't totally remember) but this person was trying to show leadership skills on their resume and I felt bad because it was a good resume even without these two items yet simply because of these two items he wasn't even given a chance to interview.
I asked that they at least google the WoW guild name to see if it was something famous and I was chastised for even suggesting there was such a thing as a famous online fantasy world group.
It was even worse - The resume was passed around the office with those two items highlighted so everyone could laugh and make fun of him.
Too bad too - I bet he had the skills to do the job and lead a team. At least I'd like to think he would. Now whenever I am on a hiring committee I am always on the lookout for those items so I can cosmically repay that event.
TLDR; Your online gaming achievements.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cleya80 | Actually this is one which I wish was more acceptable yet I witnessed members of a hiring committee making fun of:
President of a WoW guild .
Team Captain for __ online military game team
These are both paraphrased because I am not a gamer and I don't know specially what they mean. However, even being a non-gamer when I read them I knew this person was taking themselves seriously and they were important things to list.
There was more to it than that (he listed the number of people in the guild and something about a Halo group - but I don't totally remember) but this person was trying to show leadership skills on their resume and I felt bad because it was a good resume even without these two items yet simply because of these two items he wasn't even given a chance to interview.
I asked that they at least google the WoW guild name to see if it was something famous and I was chastised for even suggesting there was such a thing as a famous online fantasy world group.
It was even worse - The resume was passed around the office with those two items highlighted so everyone could laugh and make fun of him.
Too bad too - I bet he had the skills to do the job and lead a team. At least I'd like to think he would. Now whenever I am on a hiring committee I am always on the lookout for those items so I can cosmically repay that event. | Your online gaming achievements. |
abisme | i can't speak for everyone but i personally think that they are both fucked up individuals. they both lack empathy.but Larry sucks a little bit more because he messed over 2 people he said he cared about.
it sucks what piper did she should not have that. i don't care how lonely you are you just don't do that. fuck her she's a shitty smashed asshole as far as i'm concerned.
however if larry didn't want to be with her he should have MANED THE FUCK UP and told piper that when he visited her. hell he could have wrote her a letter/called her on the phone. instead he tried to string her along acting like there was a glimmer of hope that he'd forgive her so she'd do the research for his sad ass little book. then he hit her way below the belt by fucking her best friend something that he KNEW would hurt piper. however I'd rather be piper than Larry's "best friend" who lost his wife,home, and best friend in one grand swop. and if him and Polly AREN'T together in season 3 than he just assisted in fucking up a marriage for no goddamn reason.
TL;DR fuck piper, double-fuck larry. they both suck and they deserve each other. | i can't speak for everyone but i personally think that they are both fucked up individuals. they both lack empathy.but Larry sucks a little bit more because he messed over 2 people he said he cared about.
it sucks what piper did she should not have that. i don't care how lonely you are you just don't do that. fuck her she's a shitty smashed asshole as far as i'm concerned.
however if larry didn't want to be with her he should have MANED THE FUCK UP and told piper that when he visited her. hell he could have wrote her a letter/called her on the phone. instead he tried to string her along acting like there was a glimmer of hope that he'd forgive her so she'd do the research for his sad ass little book. then he hit her way below the belt by fucking her best friend something that he KNEW would hurt piper. however I'd rather be piper than Larry's "best friend" who lost his wife,home, and best friend in one grand swop. and if him and Polly AREN'T together in season 3 than he just assisted in fucking up a marriage for no goddamn reason.
TL;DR fuck piper, double-fuck larry. they both suck and they deserve each other.
| orangeisthenewblack | t5_2xh2n | clftlba | i can't speak for everyone but i personally think that they are both fucked up individuals. they both lack empathy.but Larry sucks a little bit more because he messed over 2 people he said he cared about.
it sucks what piper did she should not have that. i don't care how lonely you are you just don't do that. fuck her she's a shitty smashed asshole as far as i'm concerned.
however if larry didn't want to be with her he should have MANED THE FUCK UP and told piper that when he visited her. hell he could have wrote her a letter/called her on the phone. instead he tried to string her along acting like there was a glimmer of hope that he'd forgive her so she'd do the research for his sad ass little book. then he hit her way below the belt by fucking her best friend something that he KNEW would hurt piper. however I'd rather be piper than Larry's "best friend" who lost his wife,home, and best friend in one grand swop. and if him and Polly AREN'T together in season 3 than he just assisted in fucking up a marriage for no goddamn reason. | fuck piper, double-fuck larry. they both suck and they deserve each other. |
Hrusa | In the interview Marek Rosa said explicitly that they want the asteroids to be procedurally generated, because as voxels they take up too much processing power. Tldr, he proposed some system with procedural generations and only sectors that you damage / mine storing the voxel data. | In the interview Marek Rosa said explicitly that they want the asteroids to be procedurally generated, because as voxels they take up too much processing power. Tldr, he proposed some system with procedural generations and only sectors that you damage / mine storing the voxel data.
| spaceengineers | t5_2ygas | clgwc6j | In the interview Marek Rosa said explicitly that they want the asteroids to be procedurally generated, because as voxels they take up too much processing power. | he proposed some system with procedural generations and only sectors that you damage / mine storing the voxel data. |
Erik5858 | Wait so more land or less? I dont get it. TLDR me. | Wait so more land or less? I dont get it. TLDR me.
| archeage | t5_2sf59 | clf76z8 | Wait so more land or less? I dont get it. | me. |
shikhargpt | OK the team you gave was too OP, so this is mine:
- Commander Thomas Lasky (Halo)
- Commander Cody (Star Wars)
- Guri, Human Replica Droid (Star Wars)
- Chief Marshal Waits (Alien Isolation)
- Burke (Aliens)
- Lord Hood (Halo)
- Bruce Wayne (Nolan trilogy)
- Jonesy (Alien)
For obvious reasons, Guri is the Android and as a little form of payback I'm making Burke the carrier.
Now, Guri is an extremely formidable machine capable of dueling and winning against mid-tier Jedi. Thankfully in the event of Guri going rogue like Ash did, the collective fighting experience of Cody and Wayne should be enough to subdue and destroy the HRD.
When the chestburster emerges, everyone is shocked but there is no breakdown. There is a massive wealth of knowledge in the form of Cody, Lasky and Hood who combined have immense experience in directing space warfare as well as ground, individual team operations. However the presence of Waits is a problem as he constantly tries to wrest power from the three de-facto commanders but doesn't want to do any of the dirty work himself.
Cody already has an extremely advance armour system with a highly accurate motion tracker. He becomes the scout and is tasked with most of the offensive operations alongside Wayne. However, both armours are not resistant to the Alien acid.
The ingenuity of Bruce Wayne with the components available on the Nostromo will give them a nice inventory of distractions and offensive weaponry to at the very least constantly keep the Alien at bay if not kill it.
Jonesy is a massive wrench, because I'm going to assume that he was a heartless bastard trading his life for the rest of the crew. The first to be killed is Waits, sent on an errand to find Jonesy after he escapes akin to the first film.
The remaining crew can decide on any action plan, and will pull it off, but with varying casualties. It is almost a given, though, that the selflessness of Cody and Wayne will ensure the survival of the rest of the crew at the expense of their lives. No one gives a damn about Jonesy and he is left behind on the Nostromo.
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**TLDR**
Most likely survivors: Lasky, Hood
50% survival chance: Cody, Wayne
Confirmed deaths: Burke, Guri, Waits. | OK the team you gave was too OP, so this is mine:
Commander Thomas Lasky (Halo)
Commander Cody (Star Wars)
Guri, Human Replica Droid (Star Wars)
Chief Marshal Waits (Alien Isolation)
Burke (Aliens)
Lord Hood (Halo)
Bruce Wayne (Nolan trilogy)
Jonesy (Alien)
For obvious reasons, Guri is the Android and as a little form of payback I'm making Burke the carrier.
Now, Guri is an extremely formidable machine capable of dueling and winning against mid-tier Jedi. Thankfully in the event of Guri going rogue like Ash did, the collective fighting experience of Cody and Wayne should be enough to subdue and destroy the HRD.
When the chestburster emerges, everyone is shocked but there is no breakdown. There is a massive wealth of knowledge in the form of Cody, Lasky and Hood who combined have immense experience in directing space warfare as well as ground, individual team operations. However the presence of Waits is a problem as he constantly tries to wrest power from the three de-facto commanders but doesn't want to do any of the dirty work himself.
Cody already has an extremely advance armour system with a highly accurate motion tracker. He becomes the scout and is tasked with most of the offensive operations alongside Wayne. However, both armours are not resistant to the Alien acid.
The ingenuity of Bruce Wayne with the components available on the Nostromo will give them a nice inventory of distractions and offensive weaponry to at the very least constantly keep the Alien at bay if not kill it.
Jonesy is a massive wrench, because I'm going to assume that he was a heartless bastard trading his life for the rest of the crew. The first to be killed is Waits, sent on an errand to find Jonesy after he escapes akin to the first film.
The remaining crew can decide on any action plan, and will pull it off, but with varying casualties. It is almost a given, though, that the selflessness of Cody and Wayne will ensure the survival of the rest of the crew at the expense of their lives. No one gives a damn about Jonesy and he is left behind on the Nostromo.
TLDR
Most likely survivors: Lasky, Hood
50% survival chance: Cody, Wayne
Confirmed deaths: Burke, Guri, Waits.
| whowouldwin | t5_2s599 | clgmjj8 | OK the team you gave was too OP, so this is mine:
Commander Thomas Lasky (Halo)
Commander Cody (Star Wars)
Guri, Human Replica Droid (Star Wars)
Chief Marshal Waits (Alien Isolation)
Burke (Aliens)
Lord Hood (Halo)
Bruce Wayne (Nolan trilogy)
Jonesy (Alien)
For obvious reasons, Guri is the Android and as a little form of payback I'm making Burke the carrier.
Now, Guri is an extremely formidable machine capable of dueling and winning against mid-tier Jedi. Thankfully in the event of Guri going rogue like Ash did, the collective fighting experience of Cody and Wayne should be enough to subdue and destroy the HRD.
When the chestburster emerges, everyone is shocked but there is no breakdown. There is a massive wealth of knowledge in the form of Cody, Lasky and Hood who combined have immense experience in directing space warfare as well as ground, individual team operations. However the presence of Waits is a problem as he constantly tries to wrest power from the three de-facto commanders but doesn't want to do any of the dirty work himself.
Cody already has an extremely advance armour system with a highly accurate motion tracker. He becomes the scout and is tasked with most of the offensive operations alongside Wayne. However, both armours are not resistant to the Alien acid.
The ingenuity of Bruce Wayne with the components available on the Nostromo will give them a nice inventory of distractions and offensive weaponry to at the very least constantly keep the Alien at bay if not kill it.
Jonesy is a massive wrench, because I'm going to assume that he was a heartless bastard trading his life for the rest of the crew. The first to be killed is Waits, sent on an errand to find Jonesy after he escapes akin to the first film.
The remaining crew can decide on any action plan, and will pull it off, but with varying casualties. It is almost a given, though, that the selflessness of Cody and Wayne will ensure the survival of the rest of the crew at the expense of their lives. No one gives a damn about Jonesy and he is left behind on the Nostromo. | Most likely survivors: Lasky, Hood
50% survival chance: Cody, Wayne
Confirmed deaths: Burke, Guri, Waits. |
smhnole | To me, it is more about the experience than what sticks are received.
If you feel disappointed after a trade/verification, I would blame it on not setting up the details of the trade properly.
On the other hand, I don't think that someone who enjoys (or can only afford) smoking $3-5 cigars should not be allowed to help get someone verified or be forced to go spend $80 just because the new person they are helping get verified decided to blow up their mailbox without provocation.
tl;dr If you end up butt hurt after a verification trade, you are in this for the wrong reasons. | To me, it is more about the experience than what sticks are received.
If you feel disappointed after a trade/verification, I would blame it on not setting up the details of the trade properly.
On the other hand, I don't think that someone who enjoys (or can only afford) smoking $3-5 cigars should not be allowed to help get someone verified or be forced to go spend $80 just because the new person they are helping get verified decided to blow up their mailbox without provocation.
tl;dr If you end up butt hurt after a verification trade, you are in this for the wrong reasons.
| cigars | t5_2r090 | clghr3d | To me, it is more about the experience than what sticks are received.
If you feel disappointed after a trade/verification, I would blame it on not setting up the details of the trade properly.
On the other hand, I don't think that someone who enjoys (or can only afford) smoking $3-5 cigars should not be allowed to help get someone verified or be forced to go spend $80 just because the new person they are helping get verified decided to blow up their mailbox without provocation. | If you end up butt hurt after a verification trade, you are in this for the wrong reasons. |
WranglerOfSkittles | No.
Humanity evolved to a point where material goods no longer held any value, but space/land is still held at a premium. On Earth you would find that you can't simply walk into any apartment building anywhere and get a room for free - there's undoubtedly a lottery system of some sort, and probably a latinum-based market for some nicer places as well, depending on who constructed it. We never see this, as most places we see are 'family-owned' or quarters provided by Starfleet. But land can't be replicated, and ultimately the ability to own land is still limited in the Federation, especially on homeworlds. People who want their own space and land and weren't born into it go become colonists. This also demonstrates why the Maquis were so pissed-off when the Federation simply gave away their worlds to the Cardassians.
We have to understand how the transporter would change humanity as well -- you could live in Tokyo and work in South Africa. This would spread humanity out in the hundred(s of) years after the transporter was developed across the surface of Earth, with skyscrapers in megacities sprouting in the Sahara and Antarctica, and other places that were largely uninhabitable. Arcologies would become a thing - live inside a perfect habitat at the south pole and transport to work everyday. There wouldn't be plots of land you could terraform and inhabit on the homeworlds anymore -- everything would be populated.
It's likely corporations, or the evolution of them, that negotiate with Starfleet and/or the Federation government to provide these things to citizens. There's still a limitation of energy resources -- in DS9 Sisko had "transporter credits" while at the Academy, so though there isn't currency, there are still limitations of some sort. Land would fall into this. Next-generation corporations would provide services to the government aka society at large, gaining access to land (insert thread about the tyranny of a whole-world government) which they could develop into necessary facilities to continue to drive their work, but also to house their employees. These would look like government consulting firms today, and they would be paid with land and access to Starfleet resources/ships/personnel. They could be capitalistic, only their currency would be land, but strictly managed by the Federation in such a way that cutthroat land-markets would never develop. Partnerships and communalism would be held paramount, holding the ideal of working to better one's self and humankind (aka better the government's goals) afloat.
Those who didn't work for these room-providing corporations would stay in the equivalent of hotels, likely operated by the Federation or Starfleet directly. How they manage to house everyone when housing is free is worthy of another thread, but it likely involves strict immigration control (otherwise, we would expect to see enormous influxes of aliens to Federation homeworlds, especially after they first join -- but we don't, implying they can't do that.)
People would thus get used to having very few personal effects, as they have no place to put those things. Those with higher authority in a corporation would have access to a greater share of the land, though by today's standards this would still be comparatively small. Suburbs would be the most difficult places of all to live.
This same idea would extend to starships, as it is popularized and familiar from Earth. Ostensibly, upper-level officers are more likely to use their quarters as part of their duties (entertain guests, etc.) and so there's a driving force there as well.
**TL;DR**: A non-material society still has a limitation of resources, most particularly land, which drives both the higher-ranked receiving larger shares of land to develop (in corporations or Starfleet) and colonists seeking to establish a dynastic claim to a plot of land on edge worlds. This viewpoint provides perspective on how the Federation economy works (shades of governmental tyranny), has implications on homeworld autonomy and immigration policies within the Federation, as well as why the Maquis went to the lengths they did to defend their colonies, among others. | No.
Humanity evolved to a point where material goods no longer held any value, but space/land is still held at a premium. On Earth you would find that you can't simply walk into any apartment building anywhere and get a room for free - there's undoubtedly a lottery system of some sort, and probably a latinum-based market for some nicer places as well, depending on who constructed it. We never see this, as most places we see are 'family-owned' or quarters provided by Starfleet. But land can't be replicated, and ultimately the ability to own land is still limited in the Federation, especially on homeworlds. People who want their own space and land and weren't born into it go become colonists. This also demonstrates why the Maquis were so pissed-off when the Federation simply gave away their worlds to the Cardassians.
We have to understand how the transporter would change humanity as well -- you could live in Tokyo and work in South Africa. This would spread humanity out in the hundred(s of) years after the transporter was developed across the surface of Earth, with skyscrapers in megacities sprouting in the Sahara and Antarctica, and other places that were largely uninhabitable. Arcologies would become a thing - live inside a perfect habitat at the south pole and transport to work everyday. There wouldn't be plots of land you could terraform and inhabit on the homeworlds anymore -- everything would be populated.
It's likely corporations, or the evolution of them, that negotiate with Starfleet and/or the Federation government to provide these things to citizens. There's still a limitation of energy resources -- in DS9 Sisko had "transporter credits" while at the Academy, so though there isn't currency, there are still limitations of some sort. Land would fall into this. Next-generation corporations would provide services to the government aka society at large, gaining access to land (insert thread about the tyranny of a whole-world government) which they could develop into necessary facilities to continue to drive their work, but also to house their employees. These would look like government consulting firms today, and they would be paid with land and access to Starfleet resources/ships/personnel. They could be capitalistic, only their currency would be land, but strictly managed by the Federation in such a way that cutthroat land-markets would never develop. Partnerships and communalism would be held paramount, holding the ideal of working to better one's self and humankind (aka better the government's goals) afloat.
Those who didn't work for these room-providing corporations would stay in the equivalent of hotels, likely operated by the Federation or Starfleet directly. How they manage to house everyone when housing is free is worthy of another thread, but it likely involves strict immigration control (otherwise, we would expect to see enormous influxes of aliens to Federation homeworlds, especially after they first join -- but we don't, implying they can't do that.)
People would thus get used to having very few personal effects, as they have no place to put those things. Those with higher authority in a corporation would have access to a greater share of the land, though by today's standards this would still be comparatively small. Suburbs would be the most difficult places of all to live.
This same idea would extend to starships, as it is popularized and familiar from Earth. Ostensibly, upper-level officers are more likely to use their quarters as part of their duties (entertain guests, etc.) and so there's a driving force there as well.
TL;DR : A non-material society still has a limitation of resources, most particularly land, which drives both the higher-ranked receiving larger shares of land to develop (in corporations or Starfleet) and colonists seeking to establish a dynastic claim to a plot of land on edge worlds. This viewpoint provides perspective on how the Federation economy works (shades of governmental tyranny), has implications on homeworld autonomy and immigration policies within the Federation, as well as why the Maquis went to the lengths they did to defend their colonies, among others.
| DaystromInstitute | t5_2whek | clginm7 | No.
Humanity evolved to a point where material goods no longer held any value, but space/land is still held at a premium. On Earth you would find that you can't simply walk into any apartment building anywhere and get a room for free - there's undoubtedly a lottery system of some sort, and probably a latinum-based market for some nicer places as well, depending on who constructed it. We never see this, as most places we see are 'family-owned' or quarters provided by Starfleet. But land can't be replicated, and ultimately the ability to own land is still limited in the Federation, especially on homeworlds. People who want their own space and land and weren't born into it go become colonists. This also demonstrates why the Maquis were so pissed-off when the Federation simply gave away their worlds to the Cardassians.
We have to understand how the transporter would change humanity as well -- you could live in Tokyo and work in South Africa. This would spread humanity out in the hundred(s of) years after the transporter was developed across the surface of Earth, with skyscrapers in megacities sprouting in the Sahara and Antarctica, and other places that were largely uninhabitable. Arcologies would become a thing - live inside a perfect habitat at the south pole and transport to work everyday. There wouldn't be plots of land you could terraform and inhabit on the homeworlds anymore -- everything would be populated.
It's likely corporations, or the evolution of them, that negotiate with Starfleet and/or the Federation government to provide these things to citizens. There's still a limitation of energy resources -- in DS9 Sisko had "transporter credits" while at the Academy, so though there isn't currency, there are still limitations of some sort. Land would fall into this. Next-generation corporations would provide services to the government aka society at large, gaining access to land (insert thread about the tyranny of a whole-world government) which they could develop into necessary facilities to continue to drive their work, but also to house their employees. These would look like government consulting firms today, and they would be paid with land and access to Starfleet resources/ships/personnel. They could be capitalistic, only their currency would be land, but strictly managed by the Federation in such a way that cutthroat land-markets would never develop. Partnerships and communalism would be held paramount, holding the ideal of working to better one's self and humankind (aka better the government's goals) afloat.
Those who didn't work for these room-providing corporations would stay in the equivalent of hotels, likely operated by the Federation or Starfleet directly. How they manage to house everyone when housing is free is worthy of another thread, but it likely involves strict immigration control (otherwise, we would expect to see enormous influxes of aliens to Federation homeworlds, especially after they first join -- but we don't, implying they can't do that.)
People would thus get used to having very few personal effects, as they have no place to put those things. Those with higher authority in a corporation would have access to a greater share of the land, though by today's standards this would still be comparatively small. Suburbs would be the most difficult places of all to live.
This same idea would extend to starships, as it is popularized and familiar from Earth. Ostensibly, upper-level officers are more likely to use their quarters as part of their duties (entertain guests, etc.) and so there's a driving force there as well. | A non-material society still has a limitation of resources, most particularly land, which drives both the higher-ranked receiving larger shares of land to develop (in corporations or Starfleet) and colonists seeking to establish a dynastic claim to a plot of land on edge worlds. This viewpoint provides perspective on how the Federation economy works (shades of governmental tyranny), has implications on homeworld autonomy and immigration policies within the Federation, as well as why the Maquis went to the lengths they did to defend their colonies, among others. |
cavemaneca | Ashe *is* however the only one who triggers these specific issues. From what I understand all of the other champs included just allow you to use a self-cast ability on other champs. The issue with Ashe is that it forces your champion to use a specific attack index. This index is the ult for some champs, and for Nasus it prevents him from using his Q active, since he's not performing a regular AA.
tl;dr disabling Ashe would fix most if the major issues like ult AAs, even if it doesn't completely block the exploit itself. | Ashe is however the only one who triggers these specific issues. From what I understand all of the other champs included just allow you to use a self-cast ability on other champs. The issue with Ashe is that it forces your champion to use a specific attack index. This index is the ult for some champs, and for Nasus it prevents him from using his Q active, since he's not performing a regular AA.
tl;dr disabling Ashe would fix most if the major issues like ult AAs, even if it doesn't completely block the exploit itself.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | clgtivs | Ashe is however the only one who triggers these specific issues. From what I understand all of the other champs included just allow you to use a self-cast ability on other champs. The issue with Ashe is that it forces your champion to use a specific attack index. This index is the ult for some champs, and for Nasus it prevents him from using his Q active, since he's not performing a regular AA. | disabling Ashe would fix most if the major issues like ult AAs, even if it doesn't completely block the exploit itself. |
DiscordianStooge | In MN, if there is a ballot initiative, if you cast a ballot in the general election, but don't vote on the specific issue, it counts as a "no" vote. People who don't vote at all do not count.
That also wouldn't apply if there was a special ballot just on statehood, as there would be no other votes cast.
TL;DR - I was thinking of something else. My mistake. | In MN, if there is a ballot initiative, if you cast a ballot in the general election, but don't vote on the specific issue, it counts as a "no" vote. People who don't vote at all do not count.
That also wouldn't apply if there was a special ballot just on statehood, as there would be no other votes cast.
TL;DR - I was thinking of something else. My mistake.
| TrueAskReddit | t5_2s91q | clh1vbp | In MN, if there is a ballot initiative, if you cast a ballot in the general election, but don't vote on the specific issue, it counts as a "no" vote. People who don't vote at all do not count.
That also wouldn't apply if there was a special ballot just on statehood, as there would be no other votes cast. | I was thinking of something else. My mistake. |
Tiek00n | I wouldn't consider it a vote in favor of statehood by any means, but I do think it's a strong sign that it will happpen in the not-too-distant future. From what I recall (and the Wikipedia link doesn't indicate any different), A slight majority (54%) voted that they're not happy with the current situation, and, in a separate question, a majority (61%) voted that if something was to change, then it should become a state.
If the questions were independent (which they're not), then we could surmise that only 33% of people asked want PR become a state. The true percentage of people that want PR to become a state is likely somewhere between 33% and 54%, but it's not likely to be a majority of people.
TL;DR: Asking the two questions: 1) "Should the status change?", and 2) "If the status changes, what should happen?" and getting slight majority votes on each of those questions in the direction of statehood doesn't mean a majority of people voted for statehood. | I wouldn't consider it a vote in favor of statehood by any means, but I do think it's a strong sign that it will happpen in the not-too-distant future. From what I recall (and the Wikipedia link doesn't indicate any different), A slight majority (54%) voted that they're not happy with the current situation, and, in a separate question, a majority (61%) voted that if something was to change, then it should become a state.
If the questions were independent (which they're not), then we could surmise that only 33% of people asked want PR become a state. The true percentage of people that want PR to become a state is likely somewhere between 33% and 54%, but it's not likely to be a majority of people.
TL;DR: Asking the two questions: 1) "Should the status change?", and 2) "If the status changes, what should happen?" and getting slight majority votes on each of those questions in the direction of statehood doesn't mean a majority of people voted for statehood.
| TrueAskReddit | t5_2s91q | clh2nqh | I wouldn't consider it a vote in favor of statehood by any means, but I do think it's a strong sign that it will happpen in the not-too-distant future. From what I recall (and the Wikipedia link doesn't indicate any different), A slight majority (54%) voted that they're not happy with the current situation, and, in a separate question, a majority (61%) voted that if something was to change, then it should become a state.
If the questions were independent (which they're not), then we could surmise that only 33% of people asked want PR become a state. The true percentage of people that want PR to become a state is likely somewhere between 33% and 54%, but it's not likely to be a majority of people. | Asking the two questions: 1) "Should the status change?", and 2) "If the status changes, what should happen?" and getting slight majority votes on each of those questions in the direction of statehood doesn't mean a majority of people voted for statehood. |
Tiek00n | Reposting [my response]( to this comment as well, because it's relevant.
TL;DR: Not quite voted in favor, but a strong showing nonetheless. | Reposting [my response]( to this comment as well, because it's relevant.
TL;DR: Not quite voted in favor, but a strong showing nonetheless.
| TrueAskReddit | t5_2s91q | clh2swf | Reposting [my response]( to this comment as well, because it's relevant. | Not quite voted in favor, but a strong showing nonetheless. |
God_Wills_It_ | [This]( NPR article seems like as good a place as any to start.
So why is it that most American mass murderers who kill with guns are men? To help us with the question, we turn to the listserv of the [Homicide Research Working Group]( a clutch of writers, researchers, academics and others who explore together the facts and fallacies of murder.
Generally speaking, says Lin Huff-Corzine of the University of Central Florida, women do not kill as often as men. She and other researchers have cooperated on an upcoming article for the quarterly journal [Homicide Studies]( based on data from the FBI. Between 2001 and 2010, less than 8 percent of mass murder offenders in the U.S. were women, she says, adding that some of the women included in the statistics assisted in a crime but did not pull a trigger.
In part, Huff-Corzine says, "this may be explained by women's weapons of choice even when they do want to do serious bodily harm to someone. Specifically, men are more comfortable than women when using guns, whereas women are more likely to choose knives. Guns are simply more effective than knives when killing another person. This is especially the case when three or more people are murdered."
And, Huff-Corzine says, "women are comfortable with being less lethal."
"It is not just mass murder offenders who are typically male," says Candice Batton, director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. "The majority of all homicide perpetrators are male — approximately 90-91 percent. Research indicates that males are more likely to be violent, especially lethally violent, than females."
And why is that? "There are different ideas about this," Batton says. "Some research supports the idea that males are more likely than females to develop negative attributions of blame that are external in nature, that is: 'The cause ... of my problems is someone else or some force outside of me'. And this translates into anger and hostility toward others."
Batton says that women, on the other hand, "are more likely to develop negative attributions of blame that are internal in nature, that is: 'The cause of my problems is some failing of my own: I didn't try hard enough, I'm not good enough.' And this, in turn, tends to translate into feelings of guilt and depression that are targeted toward oneself."
[This]( article from TIME has a couple paragraphs that sums up part of the issue well.
For millennia, human society has struggled with what to do with young men’s violent tendencies. Many cultures stage elaborate initiation ceremonies, presided over by older men, which help channel youthful aggression into productive social roles. But in contemporary society, we have trouble talking about the obvious: the transition from boy to man is a risky endeavor, and there can be a lot of collateral damage.
Skeptics will claim that the perpetrators of horrific acts like the Aurora shootings are such aberrations that we can hardly build public policy around their evil behavior. But it’s a mistake to view mass murderers as incomprehensible freaks of nature. For example, we know that the young men who go on murderous rampages are not always sociopathic monsters but, rather, sometimes more or less “regular” men who suffered from crushing depression and suicidal ideation.
For more in-depth, academic research on the topic you can browse this Journalist Resource article [Mass murder, shooting sprees and rampage violence: Research roundup](
^ This lists a lot of academic articles at the bottom.
Another article on the topic [Hegemonic Masculinity and Mass Murderers in the United States](
Or another [Gender Differences in Serial Murderers](
**TL;DR:** There really isn't a simple answer to that question. The simplest you could say is Male & Female biology is different. We have different hormones and chemical differences that seem to make most men more prone to violence then most women. There are also plenty of societal aspects to the issue. Young men are much more likely to see examples of men committing violence and being rewarded for it in popular culture. One could also argue that violence in men was naturally selected for in the thousands of years before what we would call modern society. Being violent often would have been a benefit to survival and as such most modern men still have that capacity. It's probably a combination of these reasons and quite a few more. | [This]( NPR article seems like as good a place as any to start.
So why is it that most American mass murderers who kill with guns are men? To help us with the question, we turn to the listserv of the [Homicide Research Working Group]( a clutch of writers, researchers, academics and others who explore together the facts and fallacies of murder.
Generally speaking, says Lin Huff-Corzine of the University of Central Florida, women do not kill as often as men. She and other researchers have cooperated on an upcoming article for the quarterly journal [Homicide Studies]( based on data from the FBI. Between 2001 and 2010, less than 8 percent of mass murder offenders in the U.S. were women, she says, adding that some of the women included in the statistics assisted in a crime but did not pull a trigger.
In part, Huff-Corzine says, "this may be explained by women's weapons of choice even when they do want to do serious bodily harm to someone. Specifically, men are more comfortable than women when using guns, whereas women are more likely to choose knives. Guns are simply more effective than knives when killing another person. This is especially the case when three or more people are murdered."
And, Huff-Corzine says, "women are comfortable with being less lethal."
"It is not just mass murder offenders who are typically male," says Candice Batton, director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. "The majority of all homicide perpetrators are male — approximately 90-91 percent. Research indicates that males are more likely to be violent, especially lethally violent, than females."
And why is that? "There are different ideas about this," Batton says. "Some research supports the idea that males are more likely than females to develop negative attributions of blame that are external in nature, that is: 'The cause ... of my problems is someone else or some force outside of me'. And this translates into anger and hostility toward others."
Batton says that women, on the other hand, "are more likely to develop negative attributions of blame that are internal in nature, that is: 'The cause of my problems is some failing of my own: I didn't try hard enough, I'm not good enough.' And this, in turn, tends to translate into feelings of guilt and depression that are targeted toward oneself."
[This]( article from TIME has a couple paragraphs that sums up part of the issue well.
For millennia, human society has struggled with what to do with young men’s violent tendencies. Many cultures stage elaborate initiation ceremonies, presided over by older men, which help channel youthful aggression into productive social roles. But in contemporary society, we have trouble talking about the obvious: the transition from boy to man is a risky endeavor, and there can be a lot of collateral damage.
Skeptics will claim that the perpetrators of horrific acts like the Aurora shootings are such aberrations that we can hardly build public policy around their evil behavior. But it’s a mistake to view mass murderers as incomprehensible freaks of nature. For example, we know that the young men who go on murderous rampages are not always sociopathic monsters but, rather, sometimes more or less “regular” men who suffered from crushing depression and suicidal ideation.
For more in-depth, academic research on the topic you can browse this Journalist Resource article [Mass murder, shooting sprees and rampage violence: Research roundup](
^ This lists a lot of academic articles at the bottom.
Another article on the topic [Hegemonic Masculinity and Mass Murderers in the United States](
Or another [Gender Differences in Serial Murderers](
TL;DR: There really isn't a simple answer to that question. The simplest you could say is Male & Female biology is different. We have different hormones and chemical differences that seem to make most men more prone to violence then most women. There are also plenty of societal aspects to the issue. Young men are much more likely to see examples of men committing violence and being rewarded for it in popular culture. One could also argue that violence in men was naturally selected for in the thousands of years before what we would call modern society. Being violent often would have been a benefit to survival and as such most modern men still have that capacity. It's probably a combination of these reasons and quite a few more.
| AskSocialScience | t5_2sml9 | clgu9br | This]( NPR article seems like as good a place as any to start.
So why is it that most American mass murderers who kill with guns are men? To help us with the question, we turn to the listserv of the [Homicide Research Working Group]( a clutch of writers, researchers, academics and others who explore together the facts and fallacies of murder.
Generally speaking, says Lin Huff-Corzine of the University of Central Florida, women do not kill as often as men. She and other researchers have cooperated on an upcoming article for the quarterly journal [Homicide Studies]( based on data from the FBI. Between 2001 and 2010, less than 8 percent of mass murder offenders in the U.S. were women, she says, adding that some of the women included in the statistics assisted in a crime but did not pull a trigger.
In part, Huff-Corzine says, "this may be explained by women's weapons of choice even when they do want to do serious bodily harm to someone. Specifically, men are more comfortable than women when using guns, whereas women are more likely to choose knives. Guns are simply more effective than knives when killing another person. This is especially the case when three or more people are murdered."
And, Huff-Corzine says, "women are comfortable with being less lethal."
"It is not just mass murder offenders who are typically male," says Candice Batton, director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. "The majority of all homicide perpetrators are male — approximately 90-91 percent. Research indicates that males are more likely to be violent, especially lethally violent, than females."
And why is that? "There are different ideas about this," Batton says. "Some research supports the idea that males are more likely than females to develop negative attributions of blame that are external in nature, that is: 'The cause ... of my problems is someone else or some force outside of me'. And this translates into anger and hostility toward others."
Batton says that women, on the other hand, "are more likely to develop negative attributions of blame that are internal in nature, that is: 'The cause of my problems is some failing of my own: I didn't try hard enough, I'm not good enough.' And this, in turn, tends to translate into feelings of guilt and depression that are targeted toward oneself."
[This]( article from TIME has a couple paragraphs that sums up part of the issue well.
For millennia, human society has struggled with what to do with young men’s violent tendencies. Many cultures stage elaborate initiation ceremonies, presided over by older men, which help channel youthful aggression into productive social roles. But in contemporary society, we have trouble talking about the obvious: the transition from boy to man is a risky endeavor, and there can be a lot of collateral damage.
Skeptics will claim that the perpetrators of horrific acts like the Aurora shootings are such aberrations that we can hardly build public policy around their evil behavior. But it’s a mistake to view mass murderers as incomprehensible freaks of nature. For example, we know that the young men who go on murderous rampages are not always sociopathic monsters but, rather, sometimes more or less “regular” men who suffered from crushing depression and suicidal ideation.
For more in-depth, academic research on the topic you can browse this Journalist Resource article [Mass murder, shooting sprees and rampage violence: Research roundup](
^ This lists a lot of academic articles at the bottom.
Another article on the topic [Hegemonic Masculinity and Mass Murderers in the United States](
Or another [Gender Differences in Serial Murderers]( | There really isn't a simple answer to that question. The simplest you could say is Male & Female biology is different. We have different hormones and chemical differences that seem to make most men more prone to violence then most women. There are also plenty of societal aspects to the issue. Young men are much more likely to see examples of men committing violence and being rewarded for it in popular culture. One could also argue that violence in men was naturally selected for in the thousands of years before what we would call modern society. Being violent often would have been a benefit to survival and as such most modern men still have that capacity. It's probably a combination of these reasons and quite a few more. |
YupItsAKneeSlapper | I guess I'd have to say Fullmetal Alchemist (2003). I didn't actually watch it until 2009ish. I knew it was a popular anime with lots of action, but that was the extent of my knowledge. I had always been more into anime that made me think (paranoia agent, lain, boogiepop phantom) so I hadn't exactly jumped on the bandwagon to watch FMA. However, for one reason or another I started to watch it. By the time I finished, I knew this series would hold a special place in my heart. I have a brother that I would give anything for. He is autistic and can feel that he is different from others [spoiler](/s "somewhat like Al did at some point in the series") and I understood that, and the feeling that there was not much I could do about it, but that if I could, I would do anything.
**TL;DR:** The closeness between the brothers and how they understood each other is what makes it hold a special place in my heart. | I guess I'd have to say Fullmetal Alchemist (2003). I didn't actually watch it until 2009ish. I knew it was a popular anime with lots of action, but that was the extent of my knowledge. I had always been more into anime that made me think (paranoia agent, lain, boogiepop phantom) so I hadn't exactly jumped on the bandwagon to watch FMA. However, for one reason or another I started to watch it. By the time I finished, I knew this series would hold a special place in my heart. I have a brother that I would give anything for. He is autistic and can feel that he is different from others spoiler and I understood that, and the feeling that there was not much I could do about it, but that if I could, I would do anything.
TL;DR: The closeness between the brothers and how they understood each other is what makes it hold a special place in my heart.
| anime | t5_2qh22 | clh5dbr | I guess I'd have to say Fullmetal Alchemist (2003). I didn't actually watch it until 2009ish. I knew it was a popular anime with lots of action, but that was the extent of my knowledge. I had always been more into anime that made me think (paranoia agent, lain, boogiepop phantom) so I hadn't exactly jumped on the bandwagon to watch FMA. However, for one reason or another I started to watch it. By the time I finished, I knew this series would hold a special place in my heart. I have a brother that I would give anything for. He is autistic and can feel that he is different from others spoiler and I understood that, and the feeling that there was not much I could do about it, but that if I could, I would do anything. | The closeness between the brothers and how they understood each other is what makes it hold a special place in my heart. |
_GabbyAgbolahor | "Risks and challenges:
I won't lie, the biggest risk and challenge will be keeping a steady flow of exciting new games coming to the consumer. I plan on tackling this by getting help from other smart individuals, and working hard."
TL;DR - Seriosuly guys, I have no idea how to solve problems myself.
This fills me with so much confidence in his project. | "Risks and challenges:
I won't lie, the biggest risk and challenge will be keeping a steady flow of exciting new games coming to the consumer. I plan on tackling this by getting help from other smart individuals, and working hard."
TL;DR - Seriosuly guys, I have no idea how to solve problems myself.
This fills me with so much confidence in his project.
| shittykickstarters | t5_2vpan | clhhw91 | Risks and challenges:
I won't lie, the biggest risk and challenge will be keeping a steady flow of exciting new games coming to the consumer. I plan on tackling this by getting help from other smart individuals, and working hard." | Seriosuly guys, I have no idea how to solve problems myself.
This fills me with so much confidence in his project. |
roguemerc96 | I'm assuming in regards to Tesla. Oil companies and Car companies are all buddy buddy since they rely on each other. Old laws to stop car companies from monopolizing car sales profits made them go through )3rd parties to sell. Now that a company is going pure electric(avoiding oil), car dealerships could be persuaded by oil, and car companies to avoid selling Tesla's cars. Tesla wants to sell their own cars to avoid such corruption, so oil and car companies lobby to protect old unneeded laws.
tl;dr Big oil and car companies have money to protect their interests. | I'm assuming in regards to Tesla. Oil companies and Car companies are all buddy buddy since they rely on each other. Old laws to stop car companies from monopolizing car sales profits made them go through )3rd parties to sell. Now that a company is going pure electric(avoiding oil), car dealerships could be persuaded by oil, and car companies to avoid selling Tesla's cars. Tesla wants to sell their own cars to avoid such corruption, so oil and car companies lobby to protect old unneeded laws.
tl;dr Big oil and car companies have money to protect their interests.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | clgza7p | I'm assuming in regards to Tesla. Oil companies and Car companies are all buddy buddy since they rely on each other. Old laws to stop car companies from monopolizing car sales profits made them go through )3rd parties to sell. Now that a company is going pure electric(avoiding oil), car dealerships could be persuaded by oil, and car companies to avoid selling Tesla's cars. Tesla wants to sell their own cars to avoid such corruption, so oil and car companies lobby to protect old unneeded laws. | Big oil and car companies have money to protect their interests. |
Ripper_Bravo_Six | I read back your other posts and i am glad you are ok. One thing i would suggest is a go pro or equivalent camera to wear while riding. I had one on with my wreck when i had a car merge into me and pit my rear tire from underneath me, and the only thing that saved my bacon was my go pro footage. Nobody bothered to stay and turns out i had an anti-motorcycle cop take the initial report which just rode the whole thing off as an accident that i was in their blind spot and nobody was at fault.
Tldr: go pro saved my bacon against police report that was written by an anti-motorcycle cunt. Recommend riding with one. | I read back your other posts and i am glad you are ok. One thing i would suggest is a go pro or equivalent camera to wear while riding. I had one on with my wreck when i had a car merge into me and pit my rear tire from underneath me, and the only thing that saved my bacon was my go pro footage. Nobody bothered to stay and turns out i had an anti-motorcycle cop take the initial report which just rode the whole thing off as an accident that i was in their blind spot and nobody was at fault.
Tldr: go pro saved my bacon against police report that was written by an anti-motorcycle cunt. Recommend riding with one.
| motorcycles | t5_2qi6d | clh9exr | I read back your other posts and i am glad you are ok. One thing i would suggest is a go pro or equivalent camera to wear while riding. I had one on with my wreck when i had a car merge into me and pit my rear tire from underneath me, and the only thing that saved my bacon was my go pro footage. Nobody bothered to stay and turns out i had an anti-motorcycle cop take the initial report which just rode the whole thing off as an accident that i was in their blind spot and nobody was at fault. | go pro saved my bacon against police report that was written by an anti-motorcycle cunt. Recommend riding with one. |
Insanmiac | My theory is that it is still the same model, damage, range, etc, but with only a capacity for six shells instead of twelve. Every previous Halo title with the infection game mode also had a six shell shotgun in the game. Having a twelve shell capacity seems unfair for infection style play, and would break away from what people have become used to. This is just my guess anyway.
TL;DR Survivor Shotgun probably has six shells instead of twelve. | My theory is that it is still the same model, damage, range, etc, but with only a capacity for six shells instead of twelve. Every previous Halo title with the infection game mode also had a six shell shotgun in the game. Having a twelve shell capacity seems unfair for infection style play, and would break away from what people have become used to. This is just my guess anyway.
TL;DR Survivor Shotgun probably has six shells instead of twelve.
| halo | t5_2qixk | clhqq9b | My theory is that it is still the same model, damage, range, etc, but with only a capacity for six shells instead of twelve. Every previous Halo title with the infection game mode also had a six shell shotgun in the game. Having a twelve shell capacity seems unfair for infection style play, and would break away from what people have become used to. This is just my guess anyway. | Survivor Shotgun probably has six shells instead of twelve. |
Kaccie | ja det ser ut att vara pressad kif. ett tidigt skak behöver inte pressas då det räcker med värmen och friktionen av gnuggande händer för att göra det till hash. Pressas brukar bara kvantitetsrökat göra. Enligt mina erfarenheter från ett visst nordafrikanskt land så brukar rökat inte göras för än det ska ner i pipan. En pung med kif och en nypa som gnuggar det några gånger skapar ett fint hash. Det finns ju givetvis bra rökan som pressas, men i regel så går den allra bästa kvaliteten ut i mindre mängder om max några kilon. Och om man inte har en kurir så sväljs det. och det blir svårt att göra i kakor.
Men vist kan det vara bra, dock så ser det mer ut som något "mc gängsröka" än något som faktiskt funka som det ska.
Jag känner en kille som bodde i 2år med bonden i dokumentären hashish, om du kollar på den och lyssnar när dom pratar om bra hash, så är 80% säljarknep 20 sant. Det är kul att se hur arbetarna cringe'ar när han försöker påstå att detta är det bästa rökat och så vidare.
TLDR; allt marockanskt röka som inte är utblandat är pressat eller handgjort av kif, olika kvalitet bara. | ja det ser ut att vara pressad kif. ett tidigt skak behöver inte pressas då det räcker med värmen och friktionen av gnuggande händer för att göra det till hash. Pressas brukar bara kvantitetsrökat göra. Enligt mina erfarenheter från ett visst nordafrikanskt land så brukar rökat inte göras för än det ska ner i pipan. En pung med kif och en nypa som gnuggar det några gånger skapar ett fint hash. Det finns ju givetvis bra rökan som pressas, men i regel så går den allra bästa kvaliteten ut i mindre mängder om max några kilon. Och om man inte har en kurir så sväljs det. och det blir svårt att göra i kakor.
Men vist kan det vara bra, dock så ser det mer ut som något "mc gängsröka" än något som faktiskt funka som det ska.
Jag känner en kille som bodde i 2år med bonden i dokumentären hashish, om du kollar på den och lyssnar när dom pratar om bra hash, så är 80% säljarknep 20 sant. Det är kul att se hur arbetarna cringe'ar när han försöker påstå att detta är det bästa rökat och så vidare.
TLDR; allt marockanskt röka som inte är utblandat är pressat eller handgjort av kif, olika kvalitet bara.
| sweden | t5_2qofe | clhiw4f | ja det ser ut att vara pressad kif. ett tidigt skak behöver inte pressas då det räcker med värmen och friktionen av gnuggande händer för att göra det till hash. Pressas brukar bara kvantitetsrökat göra. Enligt mina erfarenheter från ett visst nordafrikanskt land så brukar rökat inte göras för än det ska ner i pipan. En pung med kif och en nypa som gnuggar det några gånger skapar ett fint hash. Det finns ju givetvis bra rökan som pressas, men i regel så går den allra bästa kvaliteten ut i mindre mängder om max några kilon. Och om man inte har en kurir så sväljs det. och det blir svårt att göra i kakor.
Men vist kan det vara bra, dock så ser det mer ut som något "mc gängsröka" än något som faktiskt funka som det ska.
Jag känner en kille som bodde i 2år med bonden i dokumentären hashish, om du kollar på den och lyssnar när dom pratar om bra hash, så är 80% säljarknep 20 sant. Det är kul att se hur arbetarna cringe'ar när han försöker påstå att detta är det bästa rökat och så vidare. | allt marockanskt röka som inte är utblandat är pressat eller handgjort av kif, olika kvalitet bara. |
cypherpunks | I expect they started with a story outline which was divided up into "seasons" whose length was typical for other productions (like RvB), and when the amount of it they could actually produce and publish in 2013 was only a small fraction of the planned "first season", they picked a different word.
There were originally noises about having multi-year "seasons" each made of multiple "volumes", but I think that's pretty much been dropped and now you can consider "Season" and "Volume" synonymous.
**tl;dr** They started with a plan for a much more ambitious "first season" and needed a different word *for their own internal planning* when they couldn't do it all in 2013. | I expect they started with a story outline which was divided up into "seasons" whose length was typical for other productions (like RvB), and when the amount of it they could actually produce and publish in 2013 was only a small fraction of the planned "first season", they picked a different word.
There were originally noises about having multi-year "seasons" each made of multiple "volumes", but I think that's pretty much been dropped and now you can consider "Season" and "Volume" synonymous.
tl;dr They started with a plan for a much more ambitious "first season" and needed a different word for their own internal planning when they couldn't do it all in 2013.
| RWBY | t5_2vhg0 | cllm6xm | I expect they started with a story outline which was divided up into "seasons" whose length was typical for other productions (like RvB), and when the amount of it they could actually produce and publish in 2013 was only a small fraction of the planned "first season", they picked a different word.
There were originally noises about having multi-year "seasons" each made of multiple "volumes", but I think that's pretty much been dropped and now you can consider "Season" and "Volume" synonymous. | They started with a plan for a much more ambitious "first season" and needed a different word for their own internal planning when they couldn't do it all in 2013. |
maggosh | Behold, [the true face of the PC master race](
tl;dr you guys suck. | Behold, [the true face of the PC master race](
tl;dr you guys suck.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | clirse9 | Behold, [the true face of the PC master race]( | you guys suck. |
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