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OSX2000 | It's not the size of the wheel when it comes to the spare, but the diameter of the tire. And the space in the Sol's trunk was designed specifically for the spare you have. You may be able to plus-size it just a hair and get it to squeeze in, but it's still going to be a mini compared to the other 4.
TLDR: no. | It's not the size of the wheel when it comes to the spare, but the diameter of the tire. And the space in the Sol's trunk was designed specifically for the spare you have. You may be able to plus-size it just a hair and get it to squeeze in, but it's still going to be a mini compared to the other 4.
TLDR: no.
| DelSol | t5_2x10d | cqsatk8 | It's not the size of the wheel when it comes to the spare, but the diameter of the tire. And the space in the Sol's trunk was designed specifically for the spare you have. You may be able to plus-size it just a hair and get it to squeeze in, but it's still going to be a mini compared to the other 4. | no. |
undercritical | >So if you have no experience and you're not allowed to talk about it
You're perfectly allowed to talk about anything you want. I'm not going to stop you. But I think it's worth taking a second to think about whether or not what you're saying makes any sense. A lot of people are mildly successful when it comes to dating, up to a definition of success. For most people, that means finding themselves in a stable relationship. Most of these relationships don't involve being constantly cheated on because they're a beta, whatever that might mean. So maybe it's worth considering if your world view is really all that accurate when it clashes with reality, fails to afford women any amount of agency or complexity, and reaffirms a persecution complex when it comes to dating. Most people aren't out to hurt you. Most people just don't care enough to think about you.
> how is one supposed to actually improve their situation?
The first thing to do is recognize that this defeatist mentality isn't doing you anything. Look, you basically have two choices. Either I'm right and it's possible to get yourself out of FAhood, or, really, women are just out there to ignore/humiliate ugly betas and get oversexed by Chads. A visible percentage of this sub believes it's the latter, and this belief seems to cause them a great deal of anguish. So your only hope for any amount of comfort is to think that I'm right.
>You're quick to dismiss people's thoughts here but you're not actually suggesting any alternatives.
Really, I'm talking about a flawed world view, not ways to improve or not improve. But I'll try and give it a shot. I don't remember how I found this sub, but I identified with portions of it. I didn't date for a long time (I'm gay, didn't/don't think of myself as attractive, have extreme social anxiety which makes it difficult for me to get to know...anyone). There are a lot of different people who wind up FA here, and I can't really speak to all of their circumstances. I'm in my mid 20s, not my 30s or 40s (or older); I wouldn't even know how to begin offering advice to people in that stage of life. So anything I have to say would be directed at people in their 20s who think they're FA due to their inability to talk with people or feeling like they're hideously deformed creatures.
The next part of my preface here is that I accept that a) people are not all born equally, and some people are just more attractive and that b) putting yourself out there advice is generally not helpful to people with social anxiety. I know this, because I've been there. Whenever I got this advice, my first thought was "If I was comfortable enough putting myself out there, I wouldn't be in the situation I'm in anyway".
I'm also lucky. I lucked out with my relationship, I've lucked out with friendships and that people have made a lot of effort to befriend me. I lucked out that I'm gifted academically which also made people want to befriend me. I lucked out in a lot of ways. I will admit that. If you want to just assume that what separates the two of us now is that I lucked out in life and you didn't, then that's fine. I wouldn't judge you for that. But, again, maybe it's not purely luck, and maybe you'll be happier and have less mental anguish if you feel like it's not all luck.
The final part here is that I'm gay. This affords me certain benefits when it comes to dating. There are fewer social expectations, dating sites are more likely to go in my favor (gay people frequently use dating sites because we have fewer alternatives, whereas for straight people...), etc.
All this being said, do I have advice for how to get out of FA? I feel like if advice like this existed, people wouldn't be FA, because everyone could just follow this advice. Generally what helped me get out of my situation was making a commitment to work on my social anxiety. I can't tell you *do this* and suddenly you won't have it anymore. I think you probably know it doesn't work like that.
I was anxious because I felt like no one could ever find me attractive, I have trouble with social protocols and mannerisms, I'm bad at conversing with people and frequently have no interest (or even knowledge) in what they're saying, I'm horrible at small talk, and I have trouble hearing people anyway so conversations are filled with lots of whats. Oh, I'm also soft spoken, making it hard for people to hear me too, which means that people are inclined to end conversations with me. One of my now good friends also told me once that the way I spoke made him want to punch me in the face when we first met, because apparently I have an irritatingly condescending way of talking to people.
Now that's just me. I don't know what your issues are, if any. We've never met. Some of my mannerisms were things I could work on, like the tone I took with people or how quickly I wrote people off as idiots when talking with them. People pick up on these things and can tell that you think they're an idiot and so assume you're an asshole. And they will absolutely revel in the opportunity to knock you down a few pegs. So I tried to be less judgmental of people I hardly knew. It's not easy, but I tried to pay attention to my thought patterns and when they went towards these snap judgments and reel them back in. I tried to give people the benefit of the doubt. I'm still not great at it, but it's made me somewhat better at talking to people.
I try to speak up more when talking to people to facilitate conversations and make them feel less like a chore for the other person. But I can't really do much about that, and I can't really help that my hearing isn't great. So talking to me can be hard.
I also used to do this thing the few times I'd go to a party where I'd go and sit by myself in a corner. Normally, I'd go with like one person and become completely insufferable when that one person would go and talk with other people, feeling like I was constantly excluded from conversations and like it was their responsibility to make sure I was having a good time. This is the sort of thing that makes people not want to invite you anymore and makes people not want to approach you at all. At the end of the day, people are going to choose the path of least resistance; and that's going to be talking with people who are easy to talk with. So I started going up and talking to other people at parties. Working my way into their conversations, interjecting my own anecdotes and not just waiting to be called upon or whatever. It's not easy, and I still hate doing it. Every time I open my mouth, I still have that paranoia -- what if no one hears me or cares about what I have to say, what if I start talking at the same time as someone else and my voice just gets drowned out, what if they think what I have to say is stupid or weird, what if they just want me to go away so that the other guy will start talking again, etc.
Most people actually prefer that the quiet guy standing in the circle will talk more, not less. It puts them at ease to know that he's also having a good time. Most people will make an effort to keep a conversation with you going, at least politely for a little bit, if you make an effort to initiate it. Honestly, most people are polite (though not necessarily nice). I know that there's this common belief around here that it all comes down to attractiveness, but, really, unattractive people can be the life of the party too.
This is sort of rambling at this point, but I guess the tl;dr of it all is this -- I don't have specific advice for how to not be FA. I won't pretend to understand why I had such horrible social anxiety, nor will I pretend that me getting over it implies that everyone else can. I think that, all things being equal, you're better off living in a world where you can get over it, so why not at least be open to the idea that you can? | >So if you have no experience and you're not allowed to talk about it
You're perfectly allowed to talk about anything you want. I'm not going to stop you. But I think it's worth taking a second to think about whether or not what you're saying makes any sense. A lot of people are mildly successful when it comes to dating, up to a definition of success. For most people, that means finding themselves in a stable relationship. Most of these relationships don't involve being constantly cheated on because they're a beta, whatever that might mean. So maybe it's worth considering if your world view is really all that accurate when it clashes with reality, fails to afford women any amount of agency or complexity, and reaffirms a persecution complex when it comes to dating. Most people aren't out to hurt you. Most people just don't care enough to think about you.
> how is one supposed to actually improve their situation?
The first thing to do is recognize that this defeatist mentality isn't doing you anything. Look, you basically have two choices. Either I'm right and it's possible to get yourself out of FAhood, or, really, women are just out there to ignore/humiliate ugly betas and get oversexed by Chads. A visible percentage of this sub believes it's the latter, and this belief seems to cause them a great deal of anguish. So your only hope for any amount of comfort is to think that I'm right.
>You're quick to dismiss people's thoughts here but you're not actually suggesting any alternatives.
Really, I'm talking about a flawed world view, not ways to improve or not improve. But I'll try and give it a shot. I don't remember how I found this sub, but I identified with portions of it. I didn't date for a long time (I'm gay, didn't/don't think of myself as attractive, have extreme social anxiety which makes it difficult for me to get to know...anyone). There are a lot of different people who wind up FA here, and I can't really speak to all of their circumstances. I'm in my mid 20s, not my 30s or 40s (or older); I wouldn't even know how to begin offering advice to people in that stage of life. So anything I have to say would be directed at people in their 20s who think they're FA due to their inability to talk with people or feeling like they're hideously deformed creatures.
The next part of my preface here is that I accept that a) people are not all born equally, and some people are just more attractive and that b) putting yourself out there advice is generally not helpful to people with social anxiety. I know this, because I've been there. Whenever I got this advice, my first thought was "If I was comfortable enough putting myself out there, I wouldn't be in the situation I'm in anyway".
I'm also lucky. I lucked out with my relationship, I've lucked out with friendships and that people have made a lot of effort to befriend me. I lucked out that I'm gifted academically which also made people want to befriend me. I lucked out in a lot of ways. I will admit that. If you want to just assume that what separates the two of us now is that I lucked out in life and you didn't, then that's fine. I wouldn't judge you for that. But, again, maybe it's not purely luck, and maybe you'll be happier and have less mental anguish if you feel like it's not all luck.
The final part here is that I'm gay. This affords me certain benefits when it comes to dating. There are fewer social expectations, dating sites are more likely to go in my favor (gay people frequently use dating sites because we have fewer alternatives, whereas for straight people...), etc.
All this being said, do I have advice for how to get out of FA? I feel like if advice like this existed, people wouldn't be FA, because everyone could just follow this advice. Generally what helped me get out of my situation was making a commitment to work on my social anxiety. I can't tell you do this and suddenly you won't have it anymore. I think you probably know it doesn't work like that.
I was anxious because I felt like no one could ever find me attractive, I have trouble with social protocols and mannerisms, I'm bad at conversing with people and frequently have no interest (or even knowledge) in what they're saying, I'm horrible at small talk, and I have trouble hearing people anyway so conversations are filled with lots of whats. Oh, I'm also soft spoken, making it hard for people to hear me too, which means that people are inclined to end conversations with me. One of my now good friends also told me once that the way I spoke made him want to punch me in the face when we first met, because apparently I have an irritatingly condescending way of talking to people.
Now that's just me. I don't know what your issues are, if any. We've never met. Some of my mannerisms were things I could work on, like the tone I took with people or how quickly I wrote people off as idiots when talking with them. People pick up on these things and can tell that you think they're an idiot and so assume you're an asshole. And they will absolutely revel in the opportunity to knock you down a few pegs. So I tried to be less judgmental of people I hardly knew. It's not easy, but I tried to pay attention to my thought patterns and when they went towards these snap judgments and reel them back in. I tried to give people the benefit of the doubt. I'm still not great at it, but it's made me somewhat better at talking to people.
I try to speak up more when talking to people to facilitate conversations and make them feel less like a chore for the other person. But I can't really do much about that, and I can't really help that my hearing isn't great. So talking to me can be hard.
I also used to do this thing the few times I'd go to a party where I'd go and sit by myself in a corner. Normally, I'd go with like one person and become completely insufferable when that one person would go and talk with other people, feeling like I was constantly excluded from conversations and like it was their responsibility to make sure I was having a good time. This is the sort of thing that makes people not want to invite you anymore and makes people not want to approach you at all. At the end of the day, people are going to choose the path of least resistance; and that's going to be talking with people who are easy to talk with. So I started going up and talking to other people at parties. Working my way into their conversations, interjecting my own anecdotes and not just waiting to be called upon or whatever. It's not easy, and I still hate doing it. Every time I open my mouth, I still have that paranoia -- what if no one hears me or cares about what I have to say, what if I start talking at the same time as someone else and my voice just gets drowned out, what if they think what I have to say is stupid or weird, what if they just want me to go away so that the other guy will start talking again, etc.
Most people actually prefer that the quiet guy standing in the circle will talk more, not less. It puts them at ease to know that he's also having a good time. Most people will make an effort to keep a conversation with you going, at least politely for a little bit, if you make an effort to initiate it. Honestly, most people are polite (though not necessarily nice). I know that there's this common belief around here that it all comes down to attractiveness, but, really, unattractive people can be the life of the party too.
This is sort of rambling at this point, but I guess the tl;dr of it all is this -- I don't have specific advice for how to not be FA. I won't pretend to understand why I had such horrible social anxiety, nor will I pretend that me getting over it implies that everyone else can. I think that, all things being equal, you're better off living in a world where you can get over it, so why not at least be open to the idea that you can?
| ForeverAlone | t5_2s3yz | cqtdg29 | So if you have no experience and you're not allowed to talk about it
You're perfectly allowed to talk about anything you want. I'm not going to stop you. But I think it's worth taking a second to think about whether or not what you're saying makes any sense. A lot of people are mildly successful when it comes to dating, up to a definition of success. For most people, that means finding themselves in a stable relationship. Most of these relationships don't involve being constantly cheated on because they're a beta, whatever that might mean. So maybe it's worth considering if your world view is really all that accurate when it clashes with reality, fails to afford women any amount of agency or complexity, and reaffirms a persecution complex when it comes to dating. Most people aren't out to hurt you. Most people just don't care enough to think about you.
> how is one supposed to actually improve their situation?
The first thing to do is recognize that this defeatist mentality isn't doing you anything. Look, you basically have two choices. Either I'm right and it's possible to get yourself out of FAhood, or, really, women are just out there to ignore/humiliate ugly betas and get oversexed by Chads. A visible percentage of this sub believes it's the latter, and this belief seems to cause them a great deal of anguish. So your only hope for any amount of comfort is to think that I'm right.
>You're quick to dismiss people's thoughts here but you're not actually suggesting any alternatives.
Really, I'm talking about a flawed world view, not ways to improve or not improve. But I'll try and give it a shot. I don't remember how I found this sub, but I identified with portions of it. I didn't date for a long time (I'm gay, didn't/don't think of myself as attractive, have extreme social anxiety which makes it difficult for me to get to know...anyone). There are a lot of different people who wind up FA here, and I can't really speak to all of their circumstances. I'm in my mid 20s, not my 30s or 40s (or older); I wouldn't even know how to begin offering advice to people in that stage of life. So anything I have to say would be directed at people in their 20s who think they're FA due to their inability to talk with people or feeling like they're hideously deformed creatures.
The next part of my preface here is that I accept that a) people are not all born equally, and some people are just more attractive and that b) putting yourself out there advice is generally not helpful to people with social anxiety. I know this, because I've been there. Whenever I got this advice, my first thought was "If I was comfortable enough putting myself out there, I wouldn't be in the situation I'm in anyway".
I'm also lucky. I lucked out with my relationship, I've lucked out with friendships and that people have made a lot of effort to befriend me. I lucked out that I'm gifted academically which also made people want to befriend me. I lucked out in a lot of ways. I will admit that. If you want to just assume that what separates the two of us now is that I lucked out in life and you didn't, then that's fine. I wouldn't judge you for that. But, again, maybe it's not purely luck, and maybe you'll be happier and have less mental anguish if you feel like it's not all luck.
The final part here is that I'm gay. This affords me certain benefits when it comes to dating. There are fewer social expectations, dating sites are more likely to go in my favor (gay people frequently use dating sites because we have fewer alternatives, whereas for straight people...), etc.
All this being said, do I have advice for how to get out of FA? I feel like if advice like this existed, people wouldn't be FA, because everyone could just follow this advice. Generally what helped me get out of my situation was making a commitment to work on my social anxiety. I can't tell you do this and suddenly you won't have it anymore. I think you probably know it doesn't work like that.
I was anxious because I felt like no one could ever find me attractive, I have trouble with social protocols and mannerisms, I'm bad at conversing with people and frequently have no interest (or even knowledge) in what they're saying, I'm horrible at small talk, and I have trouble hearing people anyway so conversations are filled with lots of whats. Oh, I'm also soft spoken, making it hard for people to hear me too, which means that people are inclined to end conversations with me. One of my now good friends also told me once that the way I spoke made him want to punch me in the face when we first met, because apparently I have an irritatingly condescending way of talking to people.
Now that's just me. I don't know what your issues are, if any. We've never met. Some of my mannerisms were things I could work on, like the tone I took with people or how quickly I wrote people off as idiots when talking with them. People pick up on these things and can tell that you think they're an idiot and so assume you're an asshole. And they will absolutely revel in the opportunity to knock you down a few pegs. So I tried to be less judgmental of people I hardly knew. It's not easy, but I tried to pay attention to my thought patterns and when they went towards these snap judgments and reel them back in. I tried to give people the benefit of the doubt. I'm still not great at it, but it's made me somewhat better at talking to people.
I try to speak up more when talking to people to facilitate conversations and make them feel less like a chore for the other person. But I can't really do much about that, and I can't really help that my hearing isn't great. So talking to me can be hard.
I also used to do this thing the few times I'd go to a party where I'd go and sit by myself in a corner. Normally, I'd go with like one person and become completely insufferable when that one person would go and talk with other people, feeling like I was constantly excluded from conversations and like it was their responsibility to make sure I was having a good time. This is the sort of thing that makes people not want to invite you anymore and makes people not want to approach you at all. At the end of the day, people are going to choose the path of least resistance; and that's going to be talking with people who are easy to talk with. So I started going up and talking to other people at parties. Working my way into their conversations, interjecting my own anecdotes and not just waiting to be called upon or whatever. It's not easy, and I still hate doing it. Every time I open my mouth, I still have that paranoia -- what if no one hears me or cares about what I have to say, what if I start talking at the same time as someone else and my voice just gets drowned out, what if they think what I have to say is stupid or weird, what if they just want me to go away so that the other guy will start talking again, etc.
Most people actually prefer that the quiet guy standing in the circle will talk more, not less. It puts them at ease to know that he's also having a good time. Most people will make an effort to keep a conversation with you going, at least politely for a little bit, if you make an effort to initiate it. Honestly, most people are polite (though not necessarily nice). I know that there's this common belief around here that it all comes down to attractiveness, but, really, unattractive people can be the life of the party too.
This is sort of rambling at this point, but I guess the | of it all is this -- I don't have specific advice for how to not be FA. I won't pretend to understand why I had such horrible social anxiety, nor will I pretend that me getting over it implies that everyone else can. I think that, all things being equal, you're better off living in a world where you can get over it, so why not at least be open to the idea that you can? |
mmarsovac | The part about alliances is true, but Littlefinger is aware of that. He even tells Sansa this about the Vale lords "*they will never love me*, but they will love our Young Falcon" (paraphrasing, no book at hand). So he knows that because of his birth he can practically *never* be a "successful" lord. He can't instill loyalty, can't lead armies.
But most importantly by acquiring a large piece of land he has usurped a thousands year old tradition of feudal society. This will gain him enemies in every other great lord/house out there. They would feel endangered by this upstart and will want to remove him before others get the same idea. Hell, the Freys have had the Twins for 700 years now and are *still* considered "new-money" and looked down upon by other houses.
It all boils down to the way Westeros works and Littlefinger is most likely aware of that.
That is why he isn't particularly interested in investing in and ruling over the Riverlands even though he could. He knows he will never be able to achieve the kind of power that the great lords/dynasties command.
Instead he uses those who do have the adequate name (like Sansa among others) but are lacking in practically every other aspect as pawns. They have almost no knowledge of economy, no money, most of them are bad at politics, their status sometimes restricts them, etc, while those things are LF's forte.
He is wealthy and knows a thing or two about finances (as observed by Tyrion), he is good at politics and intrigue, his low birth and low profile are sometimes an advantage. He doesn't have to care about upholding various values, for example being "honorable" (by this I don't mean just "he can screw people over", but also other things which are considered distasteful and shameful by other lords, like holding brothels for example, or being a banker, "counting coppers"), gaining respect and love from the smallfolk, being loyal to the higher lords, he isn't restricted to one particular piece of land and bound to reside over it and so on.
For a lord like Ned all of those things are important, if you want to be successful and have a good stable "reign". Ned and similar lords *have* to achieve all them if they intend for their sons to have the same power and status. For Littlefinger they are a nuisance, he can move and play and use them as tactics for instilling more chaos and disorder, to achieve whatever it is he wants. He turns his disadvantage into an advantage.
So **tl;dr** Littlefinger is aware of this "flaw" which you pointed out, and knows he can't do shit about it, that is why he focuses on gaining other strengths first (like wealth, and "Sansas") and then using those who *do* have those ancient alliances (ahem, Sansa and Harry) as pawns. edit: He combines their strengths with his own in a way. And neither can really be *that* powerful without the other.
Edit: one interesting and equivocal quote "You could turn King's Landing upside down and not find a single man with a mockingbird sewn over his heart, **but that does not mean I am friendless.**" | The part about alliances is true, but Littlefinger is aware of that. He even tells Sansa this about the Vale lords " they will never love me , but they will love our Young Falcon" (paraphrasing, no book at hand). So he knows that because of his birth he can practically never be a "successful" lord. He can't instill loyalty, can't lead armies.
But most importantly by acquiring a large piece of land he has usurped a thousands year old tradition of feudal society. This will gain him enemies in every other great lord/house out there. They would feel endangered by this upstart and will want to remove him before others get the same idea. Hell, the Freys have had the Twins for 700 years now and are still considered "new-money" and looked down upon by other houses.
It all boils down to the way Westeros works and Littlefinger is most likely aware of that.
That is why he isn't particularly interested in investing in and ruling over the Riverlands even though he could. He knows he will never be able to achieve the kind of power that the great lords/dynasties command.
Instead he uses those who do have the adequate name (like Sansa among others) but are lacking in practically every other aspect as pawns. They have almost no knowledge of economy, no money, most of them are bad at politics, their status sometimes restricts them, etc, while those things are LF's forte.
He is wealthy and knows a thing or two about finances (as observed by Tyrion), he is good at politics and intrigue, his low birth and low profile are sometimes an advantage. He doesn't have to care about upholding various values, for example being "honorable" (by this I don't mean just "he can screw people over", but also other things which are considered distasteful and shameful by other lords, like holding brothels for example, or being a banker, "counting coppers"), gaining respect and love from the smallfolk, being loyal to the higher lords, he isn't restricted to one particular piece of land and bound to reside over it and so on.
For a lord like Ned all of those things are important, if you want to be successful and have a good stable "reign". Ned and similar lords have to achieve all them if they intend for their sons to have the same power and status. For Littlefinger they are a nuisance, he can move and play and use them as tactics for instilling more chaos and disorder, to achieve whatever it is he wants. He turns his disadvantage into an advantage.
So tl;dr Littlefinger is aware of this "flaw" which you pointed out, and knows he can't do shit about it, that is why he focuses on gaining other strengths first (like wealth, and "Sansas") and then using those who do have those ancient alliances (ahem, Sansa and Harry) as pawns. edit: He combines their strengths with his own in a way. And neither can really be that powerful without the other.
Edit: one interesting and equivocal quote "You could turn King's Landing upside down and not find a single man with a mockingbird sewn over his heart, but that does not mean I am friendless. "
| asoiaf | t5_2r2o9 | cqsmw1y | The part about alliances is true, but Littlefinger is aware of that. He even tells Sansa this about the Vale lords " they will never love me , but they will love our Young Falcon" (paraphrasing, no book at hand). So he knows that because of his birth he can practically never be a "successful" lord. He can't instill loyalty, can't lead armies.
But most importantly by acquiring a large piece of land he has usurped a thousands year old tradition of feudal society. This will gain him enemies in every other great lord/house out there. They would feel endangered by this upstart and will want to remove him before others get the same idea. Hell, the Freys have had the Twins for 700 years now and are still considered "new-money" and looked down upon by other houses.
It all boils down to the way Westeros works and Littlefinger is most likely aware of that.
That is why he isn't particularly interested in investing in and ruling over the Riverlands even though he could. He knows he will never be able to achieve the kind of power that the great lords/dynasties command.
Instead he uses those who do have the adequate name (like Sansa among others) but are lacking in practically every other aspect as pawns. They have almost no knowledge of economy, no money, most of them are bad at politics, their status sometimes restricts them, etc, while those things are LF's forte.
He is wealthy and knows a thing or two about finances (as observed by Tyrion), he is good at politics and intrigue, his low birth and low profile are sometimes an advantage. He doesn't have to care about upholding various values, for example being "honorable" (by this I don't mean just "he can screw people over", but also other things which are considered distasteful and shameful by other lords, like holding brothels for example, or being a banker, "counting coppers"), gaining respect and love from the smallfolk, being loyal to the higher lords, he isn't restricted to one particular piece of land and bound to reside over it and so on.
For a lord like Ned all of those things are important, if you want to be successful and have a good stable "reign". Ned and similar lords have to achieve all them if they intend for their sons to have the same power and status. For Littlefinger they are a nuisance, he can move and play and use them as tactics for instilling more chaos and disorder, to achieve whatever it is he wants. He turns his disadvantage into an advantage.
So | Littlefinger is aware of this "flaw" which you pointed out, and knows he can't do shit about it, that is why he focuses on gaining other strengths first (like wealth, and "Sansas") and then using those who do have those ancient alliances (ahem, Sansa and Harry) as pawns. edit: He combines their strengths with his own in a way. And neither can really be that powerful without the other.
Edit: one interesting and equivocal quote "You could turn King's Landing upside down and not find a single man with a mockingbird sewn over his heart, but that does not mean I am friendless. " |
Invictus13307 | Easily the end of the winter war with Usurper. After months of pitched battle, we'd ground their assets down to a POS in [KLYN-8]( The final timer was on the weekend, so I decided it'd be fun to alarm clock for once.
I logged in around three or four in the morning to see everyone in fleet. When I say "everyone", I mean *[everyone]( And by "fleet", I mean the second or third overflow fleet. We'd formed a friendly relationship with GEEMU, at the time one of the largest independent newbie corps in Eve, so *they* were blue for the fight too.
We had absolute numerical supremacy, but Usurper. and their allies, Psychotic Tendencies. (TISHU), were making their final stand in capitals, so we prepared for a lengthy fight with high losses. And then the battle was over as it barely started.
It turns out Usurper. had helped another group bash some of TISHU's assets a few days earlier, after TISHU had taken care to *not* hit Usurper. structures as they became vulnerable.
TISHU took umbrage to this, and in the words of one of their pilots, ["devised a plan worthy of the title Admiral Awox"]( In short, TISHU switched sides the moment Usurper. was engaged in combat, and the combined fire from BRAVE and TISHU instantly vaporized Usurper's capital fleet.
TL;DR: Max dudes on our part and some dickish behavior on Usurper.'s part turns their glorious last stand into an ignominious execution. | Easily the end of the winter war with Usurper. After months of pitched battle, we'd ground their assets down to a POS in [KLYN-8]( The final timer was on the weekend, so I decided it'd be fun to alarm clock for once.
I logged in around three or four in the morning to see everyone in fleet. When I say "everyone", I mean [everyone]( And by "fleet", I mean the second or third overflow fleet. We'd formed a friendly relationship with GEEMU, at the time one of the largest independent newbie corps in Eve, so they* were blue for the fight too.
We had absolute numerical supremacy, but Usurper. and their allies, Psychotic Tendencies. (TISHU), were making their final stand in capitals, so we prepared for a lengthy fight with high losses. And then the battle was over as it barely started.
It turns out Usurper. had helped another group bash some of TISHU's assets a few days earlier, after TISHU had taken care to not hit Usurper. structures as they became vulnerable.
TISHU took umbrage to this, and in the words of one of their pilots, ["devised a plan worthy of the title Admiral Awox"]( In short, TISHU switched sides the moment Usurper. was engaged in combat, and the combined fire from BRAVE and TISHU instantly vaporized Usurper's capital fleet.
TL;DR: Max dudes on our part and some dickish behavior on Usurper.'s part turns their glorious last stand into an ignominious execution.
| Bravenewbies | t5_2w7lx | cqsri38 | Easily the end of the winter war with Usurper. After months of pitched battle, we'd ground their assets down to a POS in [KLYN-8]( The final timer was on the weekend, so I decided it'd be fun to alarm clock for once.
I logged in around three or four in the morning to see everyone in fleet. When I say "everyone", I mean [everyone]( And by "fleet", I mean the second or third overflow fleet. We'd formed a friendly relationship with GEEMU, at the time one of the largest independent newbie corps in Eve, so they* were blue for the fight too.
We had absolute numerical supremacy, but Usurper. and their allies, Psychotic Tendencies. (TISHU), were making their final stand in capitals, so we prepared for a lengthy fight with high losses. And then the battle was over as it barely started.
It turns out Usurper. had helped another group bash some of TISHU's assets a few days earlier, after TISHU had taken care to not hit Usurper. structures as they became vulnerable.
TISHU took umbrage to this, and in the words of one of their pilots, ["devised a plan worthy of the title Admiral Awox"]( In short, TISHU switched sides the moment Usurper. was engaged in combat, and the combined fire from BRAVE and TISHU instantly vaporized Usurper's capital fleet. | Max dudes on our part and some dickish behavior on Usurper.'s part turns their glorious last stand into an ignominious execution. |
Dolphin_handjobs | Quite a difficult one. For me it's impossible to pin down a 'BRAVE moment', I cherish so many memories form my time in Brave. Although it's interesting to see how what you appreciate as a player evolves over time.
My most endearing memories of Rahadalon are newbie to the core. Getting on my first killmail with a Merlin, seeing my first titan (a PL Avatar) in Nakah, Kill: Motre (Revelation), [Asking if it's worth fitting guns to suicide tackle]( killing our first carrier on undock (a nid I think), going into a WH for the first time and having Andrew Jester lose half the fleet, 'need people on the Mendori gate there's freighter coming through', the RvB war, helping found Brave dojo with Hail Sagan, getting my first T2 ship - a hound - for ratting battleships in curse... the list is endless. These are not things I would wish to repeat, but I enjoyed greatly at the time.
In Barleguet I feel that I actually 'learned how to play', with most experiences being something I can relate to today. [The endless POS bashing with LePetite]( the VerminX/Lpops drama, Learning how to FC [(and immediately regretting it)]( discovering the joys of POS reactions with some friends, joining my first social channels (most of which I'm still in today), calling 'Blue ICe is primary' whilst FCing an anti-leadership fleet on Kennick sun, lighting a cyno so that we could kill SNUFF dreads that dropped on NOC's carrier camp, flying an unkillable Scorpion in Megaladon fleets that [still has a top place on my killboard years later]( [getting my first capital ship]( becoming 'space middle class' [via DED sites]( and starting to PLEX my accounts for the first time... Again, not things I would necessarily like to repeat, but are fond memories nonetheless.
Sendaya/Catch was different. Aside from the [extremely fun deployment speculation]( I went in smugly ahead of everyone else, personally deploying with a few cap pilots in suitcase carriers half a day before the announcement was made. Which pretty much defined my Catch experience in a nushell. For the first time I was 'at the top' of the corp in terms of experience and SP, newbie frigates roams didn't interest me, they exasperated me. That's not to say Catch wasn't fun, I just felt that the majority of Brave 'ideals' were conflicting with my own. [Skynetting inties in V-3]( [Watching the hilarious conclusion to Fanfest '14 together on comms]( dropping for the first time with Brave caps to help set timers, almost losing my archon as Levi Scutter forgets to bring warp core stabs in his Nid, [becoming the alliance mogul on DED sites]( [enjoying Brave first T2 cruiser fleets]( having some of the most fun I've had in Eve piloting an Onyx in said fleets, etc etc.
Of course, [Catch is where I left Brave]( for the reasons I put in that post. I'll always enjoy helping people in Brave Dojo and chatting to friends made during my time in corp, but I just feel that Brave as an alliance is no longer for me.
Also fuck that got preachy. Sorry.
**tl;dr: The things you enjoy as a wide-eyed newbie are different from the things you enjoy as a grumpy bittervet. o7**
**edit:** Perhaps it's better just to leave these two BRAVE videos here. One made a month after I joined, one made just before I left.
| Quite a difficult one. For me it's impossible to pin down a 'BRAVE moment', I cherish so many memories form my time in Brave. Although it's interesting to see how what you appreciate as a player evolves over time.
My most endearing memories of Rahadalon are newbie to the core. Getting on my first killmail with a Merlin, seeing my first titan (a PL Avatar) in Nakah, Kill: Motre (Revelation), Asking if it's worth fitting guns to suicide tackle , going into a WH for the first time and having Andrew Jester lose half the fleet, 'need people on the Mendori gate there's freighter coming through', the RvB war, helping found Brave dojo with Hail Sagan, getting my first T2 ship - a hound - for ratting battleships in curse... the list is endless. These are not things I would wish to repeat, but I enjoyed greatly at the time.
In Barleguet I feel that I actually 'learned how to play', with most experiences being something I can relate to today. The endless POS bashing with LePetite ]( discovering the joys of POS reactions with some friends, joining my first social channels (most of which I'm still in today), calling 'Blue ICe is primary' whilst FCing an anti-leadership fleet on Kennick sun, lighting a cyno so that we could kill SNUFF dreads that dropped on NOC's carrier camp, flying an unkillable Scorpion in Megaladon fleets that [still has a top place on my killboard years later]( [getting my first capital ship]( becoming 'space middle class' [via DED sites]( and starting to PLEX my accounts for the first time... Again, not things I would necessarily like to repeat, but are fond memories nonetheless.
Sendaya/Catch was different. Aside from the [extremely fun deployment speculation]( I went in smugly ahead of everyone else, personally deploying with a few cap pilots in suitcase carriers half a day before the announcement was made. Which pretty much defined my Catch experience in a nushell. For the first time I was 'at the top' of the corp in terms of experience and SP, newbie frigates roams didn't interest me, they exasperated me. That's not to say Catch wasn't fun, I just felt that the majority of Brave 'ideals' were conflicting with my own. [Skynetting inties in V-3]( [Watching the hilarious conclusion to Fanfest '14 together on comms]( dropping for the first time with Brave caps to help set timers, almost losing my archon as Levi Scutter forgets to bring warp core stabs in his Nid, [becoming the alliance mogul on DED sites]( [enjoying Brave first T2 cruiser fleets]( having some of the most fun I've had in Eve piloting an Onyx in said fleets, etc etc.
Of course, [Catch is where I left Brave]( for the reasons I put in that post. I'll always enjoy helping people in Brave Dojo and chatting to friends made during my time in corp, but I just feel that Brave as an alliance is no longer for me.
Also fuck that got preachy. Sorry.
tl;dr: The things you enjoy as a wide-eyed newbie are different from the things you enjoy as a grumpy bittervet. o7
edit: Perhaps it's better just to leave these two BRAVE videos here. One made a month after I joined, one made just before I left.
| Bravenewbies | t5_2w7lx | cqsuhjd | Quite a difficult one. For me it's impossible to pin down a 'BRAVE moment', I cherish so many memories form my time in Brave. Although it's interesting to see how what you appreciate as a player evolves over time.
My most endearing memories of Rahadalon are newbie to the core. Getting on my first killmail with a Merlin, seeing my first titan (a PL Avatar) in Nakah, Kill: Motre (Revelation), Asking if it's worth fitting guns to suicide tackle , going into a WH for the first time and having Andrew Jester lose half the fleet, 'need people on the Mendori gate there's freighter coming through', the RvB war, helping found Brave dojo with Hail Sagan, getting my first T2 ship - a hound - for ratting battleships in curse... the list is endless. These are not things I would wish to repeat, but I enjoyed greatly at the time.
In Barleguet I feel that I actually 'learned how to play', with most experiences being something I can relate to today. The endless POS bashing with LePetite ]( discovering the joys of POS reactions with some friends, joining my first social channels (most of which I'm still in today), calling 'Blue ICe is primary' whilst FCing an anti-leadership fleet on Kennick sun, lighting a cyno so that we could kill SNUFF dreads that dropped on NOC's carrier camp, flying an unkillable Scorpion in Megaladon fleets that [still has a top place on my killboard years later]( [getting my first capital ship]( becoming 'space middle class' [via DED sites]( and starting to PLEX my accounts for the first time... Again, not things I would necessarily like to repeat, but are fond memories nonetheless.
Sendaya/Catch was different. Aside from the [extremely fun deployment speculation]( I went in smugly ahead of everyone else, personally deploying with a few cap pilots in suitcase carriers half a day before the announcement was made. Which pretty much defined my Catch experience in a nushell. For the first time I was 'at the top' of the corp in terms of experience and SP, newbie frigates roams didn't interest me, they exasperated me. That's not to say Catch wasn't fun, I just felt that the majority of Brave 'ideals' were conflicting with my own. [Skynetting inties in V-3]( [Watching the hilarious conclusion to Fanfest '14 together on comms]( dropping for the first time with Brave caps to help set timers, almost losing my archon as Levi Scutter forgets to bring warp core stabs in his Nid, [becoming the alliance mogul on DED sites]( [enjoying Brave first T2 cruiser fleets]( having some of the most fun I've had in Eve piloting an Onyx in said fleets, etc etc.
Of course, [Catch is where I left Brave]( for the reasons I put in that post. I'll always enjoy helping people in Brave Dojo and chatting to friends made during my time in corp, but I just feel that Brave as an alliance is no longer for me.
Also fuck that got preachy. Sorry. | The things you enjoy as a wide-eyed newbie are different from the things you enjoy as a grumpy bittervet. o7
edit: Perhaps it's better just to leave these two BRAVE videos here. One made a month after I joined, one made just before I left. |
02Bikk | lol $20 bucks for just a $2 sticker and $18 of Horo cutting it to size. What a great deal.
The "covers" are just laminated stickers of pictures of any size. Just get an image, go to a printing shop, ask them to print this to size on sticker paper, go home, place it on your tablet, cut out the excess, and you're done.
Although, it's impossible for me because the nearest one is 2 miles away. And I'm lazy.
Edit: I'm exaggerating. But my printing shop sell for $6 ~ $10, although I never bought it. So I should research my sources. TL;DR: I'm an idiot. | lol $20 bucks for just a $2 sticker and $18 of Horo cutting it to size. What a great deal.
The "covers" are just laminated stickers of pictures of any size. Just get an image, go to a printing shop, ask them to print this to size on sticker paper, go home, place it on your tablet, cut out the excess, and you're done.
Although, it's impossible for me because the nearest one is 2 miles away. And I'm lazy.
Edit: I'm exaggerating. But my printing shop sell for $6 ~ $10, although I never bought it. So I should research my sources. TL;DR: I'm an idiot.
| osugame | t5_2s3lm | cqsnfmq | lol $20 bucks for just a $2 sticker and $18 of Horo cutting it to size. What a great deal.
The "covers" are just laminated stickers of pictures of any size. Just get an image, go to a printing shop, ask them to print this to size on sticker paper, go home, place it on your tablet, cut out the excess, and you're done.
Although, it's impossible for me because the nearest one is 2 miles away. And I'm lazy.
Edit: I'm exaggerating. But my printing shop sell for $6 ~ $10, although I never bought it. So I should research my sources. | I'm an idiot. |
thatthatguy | The first obstacle is establishing some sort of presence in the area, attracting residents. That means building sufficient infrastructure to support a population large enough to be taken seriously. Infrastructure could be a challenge when the founding document forbids taking on debt, and the rallying cry has included freedom from taxation. A wealthy and generous would-be citizen (or citizens) could possibly donate the resources, but depending on the generosity of others is hardly a long term solution.
The next obvious issue comes from any other claims to ownership of the land. It is currently situated in an area not claimed by any neighboring state, but that could change with surprising speed, especially since its status has been brought to international attention. Are there any other parties with claim to the land (say, whoever lived in the abandoned farmhouse)?
Then there is the problem of getting people to get along with each other. It's slightly easier to do with small groups of like-minded people, but such loose associations tend to be unstable. To spin a physics metaphor, it's an unstable equilibrium. Just a little disruption could throw the fledgling society into chaos, from which a form of dictatorship is the most likely result.
TL;DR: establish population, achieve sovereignty, avoid revolution. None of these things are easy. | The first obstacle is establishing some sort of presence in the area, attracting residents. That means building sufficient infrastructure to support a population large enough to be taken seriously. Infrastructure could be a challenge when the founding document forbids taking on debt, and the rallying cry has included freedom from taxation. A wealthy and generous would-be citizen (or citizens) could possibly donate the resources, but depending on the generosity of others is hardly a long term solution.
The next obvious issue comes from any other claims to ownership of the land. It is currently situated in an area not claimed by any neighboring state, but that could change with surprising speed, especially since its status has been brought to international attention. Are there any other parties with claim to the land (say, whoever lived in the abandoned farmhouse)?
Then there is the problem of getting people to get along with each other. It's slightly easier to do with small groups of like-minded people, but such loose associations tend to be unstable. To spin a physics metaphor, it's an unstable equilibrium. Just a little disruption could throw the fledgling society into chaos, from which a form of dictatorship is the most likely result.
TL;DR: establish population, achieve sovereignty, avoid revolution. None of these things are easy.
| NeutralPolitics | t5_2tk0i | cqt4g1r | The first obstacle is establishing some sort of presence in the area, attracting residents. That means building sufficient infrastructure to support a population large enough to be taken seriously. Infrastructure could be a challenge when the founding document forbids taking on debt, and the rallying cry has included freedom from taxation. A wealthy and generous would-be citizen (or citizens) could possibly donate the resources, but depending on the generosity of others is hardly a long term solution.
The next obvious issue comes from any other claims to ownership of the land. It is currently situated in an area not claimed by any neighboring state, but that could change with surprising speed, especially since its status has been brought to international attention. Are there any other parties with claim to the land (say, whoever lived in the abandoned farmhouse)?
Then there is the problem of getting people to get along with each other. It's slightly easier to do with small groups of like-minded people, but such loose associations tend to be unstable. To spin a physics metaphor, it's an unstable equilibrium. Just a little disruption could throw the fledgling society into chaos, from which a form of dictatorship is the most likely result. | establish population, achieve sovereignty, avoid revolution. None of these things are easy. |
skpkzk2 | All nations were self declared at one point or another, the vast majority without regard for other nations or international agreements. Our modern idea of nation states is not the framework under which most of the nations of the world were founded, nor does it even make a lot of sense when viewed externally. For example:
Why is palestine a valid nation? Because there is a people of palestine. Who are the people of palestine? People with palestinian culture. What is palestinian culture? The culture of palestine. What is palestine? The nation of the people of palestine.
Our concept of nation states makes a lot of sense if you are trying to get a farmer from Aquitaine to fight a factory worker from Saxony despite the fact that they have never encountered one another and have no personal qualms. "I am french, and he is german, and france and germany are at war, so I should risk my life to end his" would have been a totally alien concept for most of human history. A few hundred years ago, there were no french, and there was no france. When france formed, it declared its people to be french.
This idea of nation states has helped to preserve the status quo to a great deal. Texas remains in the union because every texan is also an american. Likewise nowadays there is very little conquest. The US can't conquer Iraq and deem it New Murica, those are iraqis, the people of iraq, and so iraq must exist.
The idea of nation states can have the opposite effect, however, should the state ever stop being viewed as a cohesive nation and instead be seen as an oppressive entity controlling smaller, more fundamental, nations. Iraq is the state of the iraqis, including the iraqi kurds, but what if there are true iraqis and kurds who happen to be ruled over by iraqis?
The fact is all of these divisions of people are both arbitrary and artificial. You could call texas a nation, you could call the south a nation, you could call america a nation, you could call anglo-america a nation, you could call the english speaking world a nation, and so forth. As a matter of fact, all of those nations have been claimed at some point or another, and many of them recognized by numerous other nations. There is no single defining factor that separates one nationality from another. Not only can any group at any time declare themselves to be a nation on whatever grounds they choose, that is in fact the only way that nations can exist.
The only real thing is the state. Some group of actual people with actual resources can make whatever rules it wants. The validity of a state, however, is based off of who accepts its authority. As long as two groups don't make conflicting rules and such, they can coexist. However at some point a rule made by one group will contradict that of another group, and which one has true authority will come down to the one the people choose to obey. If your local government institutes a rule that conflicts with federal law, you are not going to follow it because you consider the national and state governments to be your state, not your local county. Or maybe you do consider your local country to be your state, and you initially follow their rules until the higher governments enforce their rules and force you to comply. However if the higher government said they would not enforce their rules should they conflict with the local government's, in every way your local government would be the state.
So the people of liberland can certainly declare themselves a nation. They have a shared culture based on the ideals of libertarianism. Being libertarian in nature, they are unlikely to make rules that conflict with those of neighboring states, and the neighboring states don't consider the land in their jurisdiction and thus would not enforce their laws otherwise.
The only limit to Liberland's ability to exist as a nation state is that its people must continue recognizing its authority over someone else's. Given the demographic seeking to gain citizenship, liberland is unlikely to be able to enforce whatever rules it does have, and the greatest threat is likely some faction within it or simply another group that declares itself a higher authority on liberland which is more willing to enforce its rules.
tl;dr anybody can be a valid nation state | All nations were self declared at one point or another, the vast majority without regard for other nations or international agreements. Our modern idea of nation states is not the framework under which most of the nations of the world were founded, nor does it even make a lot of sense when viewed externally. For example:
Why is palestine a valid nation? Because there is a people of palestine. Who are the people of palestine? People with palestinian culture. What is palestinian culture? The culture of palestine. What is palestine? The nation of the people of palestine.
Our concept of nation states makes a lot of sense if you are trying to get a farmer from Aquitaine to fight a factory worker from Saxony despite the fact that they have never encountered one another and have no personal qualms. "I am french, and he is german, and france and germany are at war, so I should risk my life to end his" would have been a totally alien concept for most of human history. A few hundred years ago, there were no french, and there was no france. When france formed, it declared its people to be french.
This idea of nation states has helped to preserve the status quo to a great deal. Texas remains in the union because every texan is also an american. Likewise nowadays there is very little conquest. The US can't conquer Iraq and deem it New Murica, those are iraqis, the people of iraq, and so iraq must exist.
The idea of nation states can have the opposite effect, however, should the state ever stop being viewed as a cohesive nation and instead be seen as an oppressive entity controlling smaller, more fundamental, nations. Iraq is the state of the iraqis, including the iraqi kurds, but what if there are true iraqis and kurds who happen to be ruled over by iraqis?
The fact is all of these divisions of people are both arbitrary and artificial. You could call texas a nation, you could call the south a nation, you could call america a nation, you could call anglo-america a nation, you could call the english speaking world a nation, and so forth. As a matter of fact, all of those nations have been claimed at some point or another, and many of them recognized by numerous other nations. There is no single defining factor that separates one nationality from another. Not only can any group at any time declare themselves to be a nation on whatever grounds they choose, that is in fact the only way that nations can exist.
The only real thing is the state. Some group of actual people with actual resources can make whatever rules it wants. The validity of a state, however, is based off of who accepts its authority. As long as two groups don't make conflicting rules and such, they can coexist. However at some point a rule made by one group will contradict that of another group, and which one has true authority will come down to the one the people choose to obey. If your local government institutes a rule that conflicts with federal law, you are not going to follow it because you consider the national and state governments to be your state, not your local county. Or maybe you do consider your local country to be your state, and you initially follow their rules until the higher governments enforce their rules and force you to comply. However if the higher government said they would not enforce their rules should they conflict with the local government's, in every way your local government would be the state.
So the people of liberland can certainly declare themselves a nation. They have a shared culture based on the ideals of libertarianism. Being libertarian in nature, they are unlikely to make rules that conflict with those of neighboring states, and the neighboring states don't consider the land in their jurisdiction and thus would not enforce their laws otherwise.
The only limit to Liberland's ability to exist as a nation state is that its people must continue recognizing its authority over someone else's. Given the demographic seeking to gain citizenship, liberland is unlikely to be able to enforce whatever rules it does have, and the greatest threat is likely some faction within it or simply another group that declares itself a higher authority on liberland which is more willing to enforce its rules.
tl;dr anybody can be a valid nation state
| NeutralPolitics | t5_2tk0i | cqtb7kq | All nations were self declared at one point or another, the vast majority without regard for other nations or international agreements. Our modern idea of nation states is not the framework under which most of the nations of the world were founded, nor does it even make a lot of sense when viewed externally. For example:
Why is palestine a valid nation? Because there is a people of palestine. Who are the people of palestine? People with palestinian culture. What is palestinian culture? The culture of palestine. What is palestine? The nation of the people of palestine.
Our concept of nation states makes a lot of sense if you are trying to get a farmer from Aquitaine to fight a factory worker from Saxony despite the fact that they have never encountered one another and have no personal qualms. "I am french, and he is german, and france and germany are at war, so I should risk my life to end his" would have been a totally alien concept for most of human history. A few hundred years ago, there were no french, and there was no france. When france formed, it declared its people to be french.
This idea of nation states has helped to preserve the status quo to a great deal. Texas remains in the union because every texan is also an american. Likewise nowadays there is very little conquest. The US can't conquer Iraq and deem it New Murica, those are iraqis, the people of iraq, and so iraq must exist.
The idea of nation states can have the opposite effect, however, should the state ever stop being viewed as a cohesive nation and instead be seen as an oppressive entity controlling smaller, more fundamental, nations. Iraq is the state of the iraqis, including the iraqi kurds, but what if there are true iraqis and kurds who happen to be ruled over by iraqis?
The fact is all of these divisions of people are both arbitrary and artificial. You could call texas a nation, you could call the south a nation, you could call america a nation, you could call anglo-america a nation, you could call the english speaking world a nation, and so forth. As a matter of fact, all of those nations have been claimed at some point or another, and many of them recognized by numerous other nations. There is no single defining factor that separates one nationality from another. Not only can any group at any time declare themselves to be a nation on whatever grounds they choose, that is in fact the only way that nations can exist.
The only real thing is the state. Some group of actual people with actual resources can make whatever rules it wants. The validity of a state, however, is based off of who accepts its authority. As long as two groups don't make conflicting rules and such, they can coexist. However at some point a rule made by one group will contradict that of another group, and which one has true authority will come down to the one the people choose to obey. If your local government institutes a rule that conflicts with federal law, you are not going to follow it because you consider the national and state governments to be your state, not your local county. Or maybe you do consider your local country to be your state, and you initially follow their rules until the higher governments enforce their rules and force you to comply. However if the higher government said they would not enforce their rules should they conflict with the local government's, in every way your local government would be the state.
So the people of liberland can certainly declare themselves a nation. They have a shared culture based on the ideals of libertarianism. Being libertarian in nature, they are unlikely to make rules that conflict with those of neighboring states, and the neighboring states don't consider the land in their jurisdiction and thus would not enforce their laws otherwise.
The only limit to Liberland's ability to exist as a nation state is that its people must continue recognizing its authority over someone else's. Given the demographic seeking to gain citizenship, liberland is unlikely to be able to enforce whatever rules it does have, and the greatest threat is likely some faction within it or simply another group that declares itself a higher authority on liberland which is more willing to enforce its rules. | anybody can be a valid nation state |
Kazmarov | "Liberland is sandwiched between Serbia and Croatia, on the western bank of the Danube. The Serbo-Croatian border roughly follows the Danube, but certain territories have been disputed since Yugoslavia was first formed nearly 70 years ago, and it's left this particular patch of land in an uncertain position. It’s 7 square kilometers, which would make it the third-smallest nation in the world, after Vatican City and Monaco.
The land is effectively under Croatian control, but Croatia doesn't claim it as part of the country — they're just holding it to use as leverage in an eventual treaty agreement. In 2000, a commission was set up to resolve the border dispute, but they haven't made much progress in the last 15 years. The result is a long-standing no man's land. It's not Serbia, and it's not Croatia. So now it's Liberland."
There's a difference between claiming something as one's sovereign territory, and claiming something but ultimately not viewing it as integral. Croatia views it as valuable in any future border agreement, and thus that's the reason that you can't enter this territory (because there's Croatian authorities there).
Much like the quarter of Germany occupied by the US after World War 2 wasn't sovereign American land, but rather held until a future point.
tl;dr: "uncertain" is different than "unclaimed" | "Liberland is sandwiched between Serbia and Croatia, on the western bank of the Danube. The Serbo-Croatian border roughly follows the Danube, but certain territories have been disputed since Yugoslavia was first formed nearly 70 years ago, and it's left this particular patch of land in an uncertain position. It’s 7 square kilometers, which would make it the third-smallest nation in the world, after Vatican City and Monaco.
The land is effectively under Croatian control, but Croatia doesn't claim it as part of the country — they're just holding it to use as leverage in an eventual treaty agreement. In 2000, a commission was set up to resolve the border dispute, but they haven't made much progress in the last 15 years. The result is a long-standing no man's land. It's not Serbia, and it's not Croatia. So now it's Liberland."
There's a difference between claiming something as one's sovereign territory, and claiming something but ultimately not viewing it as integral. Croatia views it as valuable in any future border agreement, and thus that's the reason that you can't enter this territory (because there's Croatian authorities there).
Much like the quarter of Germany occupied by the US after World War 2 wasn't sovereign American land, but rather held until a future point.
tl;dr: "uncertain" is different than "unclaimed"
| NeutralPolitics | t5_2tk0i | cqyw7vz | Liberland is sandwiched between Serbia and Croatia, on the western bank of the Danube. The Serbo-Croatian border roughly follows the Danube, but certain territories have been disputed since Yugoslavia was first formed nearly 70 years ago, and it's left this particular patch of land in an uncertain position. It’s 7 square kilometers, which would make it the third-smallest nation in the world, after Vatican City and Monaco.
The land is effectively under Croatian control, but Croatia doesn't claim it as part of the country — they're just holding it to use as leverage in an eventual treaty agreement. In 2000, a commission was set up to resolve the border dispute, but they haven't made much progress in the last 15 years. The result is a long-standing no man's land. It's not Serbia, and it's not Croatia. So now it's Liberland."
There's a difference between claiming something as one's sovereign territory, and claiming something but ultimately not viewing it as integral. Croatia views it as valuable in any future border agreement, and thus that's the reason that you can't enter this territory (because there's Croatian authorities there).
Much like the quarter of Germany occupied by the US after World War 2 wasn't sovereign American land, but rather held until a future point. | uncertain" is different than "unclaimed" |
Srakin | Well...Ryougi might stand a little bit of a chance VS some of the weaker characters, but at their peak, the DBZ universe characters can move faster than light, way faster than anything close to a normal human can see. If they had the opportunity to slash at them, either Shiki could maybe kill them, and if the DBZ characters use attacks that can be seen either Shiki could "cut" the concept of those attacks, killing them too, but the moment any DBZ character decides to teleport beside them and punch them once, they die. They're just too fast. And even if they managed to beat Goku once, he'd just be wished back stronger and faster, enough to beat them. 'Cause that's how DBZ works.
TL;DR: even if they could, Nasuverse characters die when they are killed, DBZ characters just get stronger and show up again a few episodes later. | Well...Ryougi might stand a little bit of a chance VS some of the weaker characters, but at their peak, the DBZ universe characters can move faster than light, way faster than anything close to a normal human can see. If they had the opportunity to slash at them, either Shiki could maybe kill them, and if the DBZ characters use attacks that can be seen either Shiki could "cut" the concept of those attacks, killing them too, but the moment any DBZ character decides to teleport beside them and punch them once, they die. They're just too fast. And even if they managed to beat Goku once, he'd just be wished back stronger and faster, enough to beat them. 'Cause that's how DBZ works.
TL;DR: even if they could, Nasuverse characters die when they are killed, DBZ characters just get stronger and show up again a few episodes later.
| fatestaynight | t5_31xwr | cqv6p8v | Well...Ryougi might stand a little bit of a chance VS some of the weaker characters, but at their peak, the DBZ universe characters can move faster than light, way faster than anything close to a normal human can see. If they had the opportunity to slash at them, either Shiki could maybe kill them, and if the DBZ characters use attacks that can be seen either Shiki could "cut" the concept of those attacks, killing them too, but the moment any DBZ character decides to teleport beside them and punch them once, they die. They're just too fast. And even if they managed to beat Goku once, he'd just be wished back stronger and faster, enough to beat them. 'Cause that's how DBZ works. | even if they could, Nasuverse characters die when they are killed, DBZ characters just get stronger and show up again a few episodes later. |
bustednugget | I'm there with ya,weed was fun as he'll when I 1st started smoking,but now,I can't find any good from weed,I get super paranoid and clam up.With mdma,everything seem fresh and new. Tldr: weed fucks me up more than mdma | I'm there with ya,weed was fun as he'll when I 1st started smoking,but now,I can't find any good from weed,I get super paranoid and clam up.With mdma,everything seem fresh and new. Tldr: weed fucks me up more than mdma
| MDMA | t5_2qwvg | cqtemyd | I'm there with ya,weed was fun as he'll when I 1st started smoking,but now,I can't find any good from weed,I get super paranoid and clam up.With mdma,everything seem fresh and new. | weed fucks me up more than mdma |
AlexanderGson | Hm. As a guy with no sex life this seem weird to me.
The only reason I watch porn is because I don't have anyone to fuck, that I want to fuck. My porn usage would drop phenomenally if I got a steady partner. It's happened that I invited a girl home and for the whole week leading up to that day I've completely cut porn and minimalised my masturbation so I get more horny for the girl.
The only reason I'd use porn in a relation was if I just wanted to get off quick, since sex is a lot more effort.
Watching porn while getting my cock sucked? That seems disrespectful to the girl. I want to enjoy the moment. I want her to see how good she makes me feel. I want to be in that moment! And if I wanted her to do or try something new I saw in porn I'd just ask her. And if she would do it I'd show my appreciation by moaning and groaning, probably out of reflex and instinct. And the look she gives when looking up at me ugh... The phone would block that goodness!
You should talk to him about this. And how it makes you feel. I'd feel bad if a girl took out her phone when I ate her pussy. Because I like eating pussy and I love hearing the girl be into it and enjoy herself.
Tl;dr: If you sucked my cock I'd show you how much I like it. | Hm. As a guy with no sex life this seem weird to me.
The only reason I watch porn is because I don't have anyone to fuck, that I want to fuck. My porn usage would drop phenomenally if I got a steady partner. It's happened that I invited a girl home and for the whole week leading up to that day I've completely cut porn and minimalised my masturbation so I get more horny for the girl.
The only reason I'd use porn in a relation was if I just wanted to get off quick, since sex is a lot more effort.
Watching porn while getting my cock sucked? That seems disrespectful to the girl. I want to enjoy the moment. I want her to see how good she makes me feel. I want to be in that moment! And if I wanted her to do or try something new I saw in porn I'd just ask her. And if she would do it I'd show my appreciation by moaning and groaning, probably out of reflex and instinct. And the look she gives when looking up at me ugh... The phone would block that goodness!
You should talk to him about this. And how it makes you feel. I'd feel bad if a girl took out her phone when I ate her pussy. Because I like eating pussy and I love hearing the girl be into it and enjoy herself.
Tl;dr: If you sucked my cock I'd show you how much I like it.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cqut2h5 | Hm. As a guy with no sex life this seem weird to me.
The only reason I watch porn is because I don't have anyone to fuck, that I want to fuck. My porn usage would drop phenomenally if I got a steady partner. It's happened that I invited a girl home and for the whole week leading up to that day I've completely cut porn and minimalised my masturbation so I get more horny for the girl.
The only reason I'd use porn in a relation was if I just wanted to get off quick, since sex is a lot more effort.
Watching porn while getting my cock sucked? That seems disrespectful to the girl. I want to enjoy the moment. I want her to see how good she makes me feel. I want to be in that moment! And if I wanted her to do or try something new I saw in porn I'd just ask her. And if she would do it I'd show my appreciation by moaning and groaning, probably out of reflex and instinct. And the look she gives when looking up at me ugh... The phone would block that goodness!
You should talk to him about this. And how it makes you feel. I'd feel bad if a girl took out her phone when I ate her pussy. Because I like eating pussy and I love hearing the girl be into it and enjoy herself. | If you sucked my cock I'd show you how much I like it. |
dyvathfyr | I actually agree with most of what you said in your last two paragraphs, I think there are some problems with our policing system. I admire the more hands off, just there to help the public role that it seems British cops (perhaps Australian cops too) have.
The main problem is that cops in America are expected to be put into harms way all the time, and almost even war like conditions. You've probably heard about America's gang problems, "war on drugs", etc. AFAIK, there aren't too many infamous, murderous gangs strolling around London, Paris, or Sydney. To make matters worse, we have Mexico to the south, who is a huge importer of crime and even *worse* gang violence, which has been assimilating with our own gangs.
The racial issue is unfortunately accentuated here, because unlike the Jews who were being persecuted or the Arabs victim to anti Islamic groups, our current minority issue (blacks, I suppose) have become very infused with gang culture itself. It's not an accident that 90% of Bloods and Crips are black. And I feel kinda shitty putting blame on black culture, but it's really an unspoken truth among many Americans. Tldr, cops do have a relevant threat, and are forced into playing army soldier too often.
I think the solution is we need to end the war on drugs, to strip the massive gangs of their primary income and discourage Mexican gangs from using the US as a market. We need better training for cops, and they shouldn't be expected to be put in harms way so often. And we need to try to fix the obvious ties between gang culture and black culture (I don't expect non Americans to fully understand this part). But those assuming white racist cops are the only issue are being naive. | I actually agree with most of what you said in your last two paragraphs, I think there are some problems with our policing system. I admire the more hands off, just there to help the public role that it seems British cops (perhaps Australian cops too) have.
The main problem is that cops in America are expected to be put into harms way all the time, and almost even war like conditions. You've probably heard about America's gang problems, "war on drugs", etc. AFAIK, there aren't too many infamous, murderous gangs strolling around London, Paris, or Sydney. To make matters worse, we have Mexico to the south, who is a huge importer of crime and even worse gang violence, which has been assimilating with our own gangs.
The racial issue is unfortunately accentuated here, because unlike the Jews who were being persecuted or the Arabs victim to anti Islamic groups, our current minority issue (blacks, I suppose) have become very infused with gang culture itself. It's not an accident that 90% of Bloods and Crips are black. And I feel kinda shitty putting blame on black culture, but it's really an unspoken truth among many Americans. Tldr, cops do have a relevant threat, and are forced into playing army soldier too often.
I think the solution is we need to end the war on drugs, to strip the massive gangs of their primary income and discourage Mexican gangs from using the US as a market. We need better training for cops, and they shouldn't be expected to be put in harms way so often. And we need to try to fix the obvious ties between gang culture and black culture (I don't expect non Americans to fully understand this part). But those assuming white racist cops are the only issue are being naive.
| UpliftingNews | t5_2u3ta | cr06dv9 | I actually agree with most of what you said in your last two paragraphs, I think there are some problems with our policing system. I admire the more hands off, just there to help the public role that it seems British cops (perhaps Australian cops too) have.
The main problem is that cops in America are expected to be put into harms way all the time, and almost even war like conditions. You've probably heard about America's gang problems, "war on drugs", etc. AFAIK, there aren't too many infamous, murderous gangs strolling around London, Paris, or Sydney. To make matters worse, we have Mexico to the south, who is a huge importer of crime and even worse gang violence, which has been assimilating with our own gangs.
The racial issue is unfortunately accentuated here, because unlike the Jews who were being persecuted or the Arabs victim to anti Islamic groups, our current minority issue (blacks, I suppose) have become very infused with gang culture itself. It's not an accident that 90% of Bloods and Crips are black. And I feel kinda shitty putting blame on black culture, but it's really an unspoken truth among many Americans. | cops do have a relevant threat, and are forced into playing army soldier too often.
I think the solution is we need to end the war on drugs, to strip the massive gangs of their primary income and discourage Mexican gangs from using the US as a market. We need better training for cops, and they shouldn't be expected to be put in harms way so often. And we need to try to fix the obvious ties between gang culture and black culture (I don't expect non Americans to fully understand this part). But those assuming white racist cops are the only issue are being naive. |
lowspeedlowdrag | This. If you arent comfortable having that talk there's nothing we can do to help. Yes, he is doing something odd and troubling, but so are you by coming to the internet for help instead of confronting him.
> tl;dr:husband uses a term that bugs me and I do not know how to bring it up without making it a big deal.
It's a big deal. Make it a big deal. | This. If you arent comfortable having that talk there's nothing we can do to help. Yes, he is doing something odd and troubling, but so are you by coming to the internet for help instead of confronting him.
> tl;dr:husband uses a term that bugs me and I do not know how to bring it up without making it a big deal.
It's a big deal. Make it a big deal.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cquoehd | This. If you arent comfortable having that talk there's nothing we can do to help. Yes, he is doing something odd and troubling, but so are you by coming to the internet for help instead of confronting him.
> | husband uses a term that bugs me and I do not know how to bring it up without making it a big deal.
It's a big deal. Make it a big deal. |
msrachel | High school English teacher in the US territory of American Samoa, here!
The worst thing I've seen a student do to a teacher in my school is punch the teacher in the face and then slash the same teacher's tires. Why? The teacher noticed the student came to class drunk and turned the student into the office.
Interesting part: Seven years ago, when I found out that I was going to be this kid's English teacher during his 2nd freshman year, I had numerous teachers warn me about his behavior. I was told to switch him to another class. At first, he had attitude for DAYS. He skipped class at least twice a week. However, when he did do work, it was excellent. I asked him to stay behind one day and had a talk with him. It wasn't the yell and scream at him and tell him he's a bad kid talk. I gave him the "I know everyone says you're a bad kid but I know they're wrong" talk. I found out that he had been in anger management courses when he had previously lived in the States and simply did not react well when he was scolded in front of his peers. All you had to do was talk with him one on one and he would be fine.
For the remainder of the school year, this boy gave every other person at my school absolute hell... except for me. When he transferred to go back to the Mainland, I was genuinely sad. I found out about a year later that he had dropped out of high school and I was disappointed.
Two years ago, I had a knock on my classroom door. I opened it and this student was there to see me! He bought me lunch and gave me an update. He had dropped out of school, but had just finished getting his GED. He was married with two daughters. He came by the school to see me because "Other than [his] wife, you're the only person who every believed in me, teach." Instant tears.
TL;DR: kid who did the worst thing I've ever seen to another teacher was a wonderful, well-behaved child for me. | High school English teacher in the US territory of American Samoa, here!
The worst thing I've seen a student do to a teacher in my school is punch the teacher in the face and then slash the same teacher's tires. Why? The teacher noticed the student came to class drunk and turned the student into the office.
Interesting part: Seven years ago, when I found out that I was going to be this kid's English teacher during his 2nd freshman year, I had numerous teachers warn me about his behavior. I was told to switch him to another class. At first, he had attitude for DAYS. He skipped class at least twice a week. However, when he did do work, it was excellent. I asked him to stay behind one day and had a talk with him. It wasn't the yell and scream at him and tell him he's a bad kid talk. I gave him the "I know everyone says you're a bad kid but I know they're wrong" talk. I found out that he had been in anger management courses when he had previously lived in the States and simply did not react well when he was scolded in front of his peers. All you had to do was talk with him one on one and he would be fine.
For the remainder of the school year, this boy gave every other person at my school absolute hell... except for me. When he transferred to go back to the Mainland, I was genuinely sad. I found out about a year later that he had dropped out of high school and I was disappointed.
Two years ago, I had a knock on my classroom door. I opened it and this student was there to see me! He bought me lunch and gave me an update. He had dropped out of school, but had just finished getting his GED. He was married with two daughters. He came by the school to see me because "Other than [his] wife, you're the only person who every believed in me, teach." Instant tears.
TL;DR: kid who did the worst thing I've ever seen to another teacher was a wonderful, well-behaved child for me.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cqvfg5v | High school English teacher in the US territory of American Samoa, here!
The worst thing I've seen a student do to a teacher in my school is punch the teacher in the face and then slash the same teacher's tires. Why? The teacher noticed the student came to class drunk and turned the student into the office.
Interesting part: Seven years ago, when I found out that I was going to be this kid's English teacher during his 2nd freshman year, I had numerous teachers warn me about his behavior. I was told to switch him to another class. At first, he had attitude for DAYS. He skipped class at least twice a week. However, when he did do work, it was excellent. I asked him to stay behind one day and had a talk with him. It wasn't the yell and scream at him and tell him he's a bad kid talk. I gave him the "I know everyone says you're a bad kid but I know they're wrong" talk. I found out that he had been in anger management courses when he had previously lived in the States and simply did not react well when he was scolded in front of his peers. All you had to do was talk with him one on one and he would be fine.
For the remainder of the school year, this boy gave every other person at my school absolute hell... except for me. When he transferred to go back to the Mainland, I was genuinely sad. I found out about a year later that he had dropped out of high school and I was disappointed.
Two years ago, I had a knock on my classroom door. I opened it and this student was there to see me! He bought me lunch and gave me an update. He had dropped out of school, but had just finished getting his GED. He was married with two daughters. He came by the school to see me because "Other than [his] wife, you're the only person who every believed in me, teach." Instant tears. | kid who did the worst thing I've ever seen to another teacher was a wonderful, well-behaved child for me. |
legionsr2 | It's not secret that I went to a school full of shit eating cunts so there's actually a few:
One: Had a Religious Studies Teacher who was islamic, a very sweet and endearing young woman who cared about education. Her enthusiasm and will to teach was soon crushed when a student pulled off her hijab, revealing her hair to the world and then threw it in a closet - said closed was locked behind her when she ran in after it. She was locked in there for the entire lesson as her phone was on her desk (and subsequently students read through the messages out loud) and it was a corner room which was impossible to see into unless you were at the door. She taught the lowest level class - full of chavs and the offspring of Jeremy Kyle regulars. She was crying her eyes out and quit on the spot when she finally emerged. Aside from the few students who were trying to defend her and get the keys off the bully, the entire class was suspended for two weeks and the three "ring leaders" (see: Primary cunt bags) were permanently expelled.
Two: Had a great P.E Teacher, an energetic lady who moved from the congo when she was 7 but because of her community retained her accent. Now, people didn't say things infront of her because she was a 6'6 amozonian looking woman. However, one day a kid broke into her desk, removed a box of panty liners she had stored and stuck them all together in a ball and played football with them. She didn't quit but you could see some of the enthusiasm slip away after that, it's a shame because she was the one teacher who got me enthused about several subjects far out of her remit and even went as far as to set up a Dungeons and Dragons club with another teacher - which leads me to point number three.
Three: A great teacher, he taught Maths and Physics - he had a reputation for being extremely strict in lessons but he was such a phenomenal teacher that the classes he took over from on average went from majority fails to C-A's in the course of the year. His biggest passion however was Board games and RPG games. When teacher from point number two noticed me reading a warhammer book she asked if I collected them - I said no, I couldn't afford them (I was 12) but I really loved the back stories in the Codex's. What I didn't know is that after this conversation she approached Mr. Maths&Physics and convinced him to set up a club for like minded individuals - when he did we started with just 4 people but ended up with 8 by the end of the year. We started out with MERP campaigns but soon moved to 2nd addition D&D - the campaigns were absolutely huge just to accommodate for our groups number - he didn't want anyone left out. Eventually we moved onto 4v4 Vampires VS Hunters campaigns sitting on opposite sides of the room with him mediating between us but my favourite was a futuristic Judge Dredd style campaign we did, one week each person would be the judge and another his deputy - the other players would have 5 characters each and we had a huge Necromunda set with some modified rules for the purposes of the campaign - it was amazing fun.
About three months into my 4th year at that school a student taking a joyride through the hallways on his BMX (I don't know why) knocked him over, he had permanent damage in his knee and could no longer walk unaided and was forced to retire a few years early. I still see him from time to time in the various comicbook shops of my city. As a leaving gift we pitched in to buy him a MERP rule book and included a binder with all of our saved campaign sheets/character sheets with messages thanking him for the memories. I always make a point to stop and talk.
However, that one isn't the worst.
Four: When I was coming to the end of my 2nd year, just shortly before the D&D club began - a fight broke out between two students on the football field - the head teacher and deputy head went out and broke it up and dispersed the crowd, but during the confusion one of the fighting students pulled out and threatened the headteacher and ultimately attacked him with a knife - he didn't manage to connect and about three or four people wrestled him to the ground and removed the weapon - once the situation was under control the head teacher calmly walked back to his office, phoned the police and then immediately died of a heart attack.
TL;DR - Loss of hope in future generations, destruction of enthusiasm for once loved careers, failed dice role of fate leads to fucked knee, post knife fight heart attack. | It's not secret that I went to a school full of shit eating cunts so there's actually a few:
One: Had a Religious Studies Teacher who was islamic, a very sweet and endearing young woman who cared about education. Her enthusiasm and will to teach was soon crushed when a student pulled off her hijab, revealing her hair to the world and then threw it in a closet - said closed was locked behind her when she ran in after it. She was locked in there for the entire lesson as her phone was on her desk (and subsequently students read through the messages out loud) and it was a corner room which was impossible to see into unless you were at the door. She taught the lowest level class - full of chavs and the offspring of Jeremy Kyle regulars. She was crying her eyes out and quit on the spot when she finally emerged. Aside from the few students who were trying to defend her and get the keys off the bully, the entire class was suspended for two weeks and the three "ring leaders" (see: Primary cunt bags) were permanently expelled.
Two: Had a great P.E Teacher, an energetic lady who moved from the congo when she was 7 but because of her community retained her accent. Now, people didn't say things infront of her because she was a 6'6 amozonian looking woman. However, one day a kid broke into her desk, removed a box of panty liners she had stored and stuck them all together in a ball and played football with them. She didn't quit but you could see some of the enthusiasm slip away after that, it's a shame because she was the one teacher who got me enthused about several subjects far out of her remit and even went as far as to set up a Dungeons and Dragons club with another teacher - which leads me to point number three.
Three: A great teacher, he taught Maths and Physics - he had a reputation for being extremely strict in lessons but he was such a phenomenal teacher that the classes he took over from on average went from majority fails to C-A's in the course of the year. His biggest passion however was Board games and RPG games. When teacher from point number two noticed me reading a warhammer book she asked if I collected them - I said no, I couldn't afford them (I was 12) but I really loved the back stories in the Codex's. What I didn't know is that after this conversation she approached Mr. Maths&Physics and convinced him to set up a club for like minded individuals - when he did we started with just 4 people but ended up with 8 by the end of the year. We started out with MERP campaigns but soon moved to 2nd addition D&D - the campaigns were absolutely huge just to accommodate for our groups number - he didn't want anyone left out. Eventually we moved onto 4v4 Vampires VS Hunters campaigns sitting on opposite sides of the room with him mediating between us but my favourite was a futuristic Judge Dredd style campaign we did, one week each person would be the judge and another his deputy - the other players would have 5 characters each and we had a huge Necromunda set with some modified rules for the purposes of the campaign - it was amazing fun.
About three months into my 4th year at that school a student taking a joyride through the hallways on his BMX (I don't know why) knocked him over, he had permanent damage in his knee and could no longer walk unaided and was forced to retire a few years early. I still see him from time to time in the various comicbook shops of my city. As a leaving gift we pitched in to buy him a MERP rule book and included a binder with all of our saved campaign sheets/character sheets with messages thanking him for the memories. I always make a point to stop and talk.
However, that one isn't the worst.
Four: When I was coming to the end of my 2nd year, just shortly before the D&D club began - a fight broke out between two students on the football field - the head teacher and deputy head went out and broke it up and dispersed the crowd, but during the confusion one of the fighting students pulled out and threatened the headteacher and ultimately attacked him with a knife - he didn't manage to connect and about three or four people wrestled him to the ground and removed the weapon - once the situation was under control the head teacher calmly walked back to his office, phoned the police and then immediately died of a heart attack.
TL;DR - Loss of hope in future generations, destruction of enthusiasm for once loved careers, failed dice role of fate leads to fucked knee, post knife fight heart attack.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cqv1zgj | It's not secret that I went to a school full of shit eating cunts so there's actually a few:
One: Had a Religious Studies Teacher who was islamic, a very sweet and endearing young woman who cared about education. Her enthusiasm and will to teach was soon crushed when a student pulled off her hijab, revealing her hair to the world and then threw it in a closet - said closed was locked behind her when she ran in after it. She was locked in there for the entire lesson as her phone was on her desk (and subsequently students read through the messages out loud) and it was a corner room which was impossible to see into unless you were at the door. She taught the lowest level class - full of chavs and the offspring of Jeremy Kyle regulars. She was crying her eyes out and quit on the spot when she finally emerged. Aside from the few students who were trying to defend her and get the keys off the bully, the entire class was suspended for two weeks and the three "ring leaders" (see: Primary cunt bags) were permanently expelled.
Two: Had a great P.E Teacher, an energetic lady who moved from the congo when she was 7 but because of her community retained her accent. Now, people didn't say things infront of her because she was a 6'6 amozonian looking woman. However, one day a kid broke into her desk, removed a box of panty liners she had stored and stuck them all together in a ball and played football with them. She didn't quit but you could see some of the enthusiasm slip away after that, it's a shame because she was the one teacher who got me enthused about several subjects far out of her remit and even went as far as to set up a Dungeons and Dragons club with another teacher - which leads me to point number three.
Three: A great teacher, he taught Maths and Physics - he had a reputation for being extremely strict in lessons but he was such a phenomenal teacher that the classes he took over from on average went from majority fails to C-A's in the course of the year. His biggest passion however was Board games and RPG games. When teacher from point number two noticed me reading a warhammer book she asked if I collected them - I said no, I couldn't afford them (I was 12) but I really loved the back stories in the Codex's. What I didn't know is that after this conversation she approached Mr. Maths&Physics and convinced him to set up a club for like minded individuals - when he did we started with just 4 people but ended up with 8 by the end of the year. We started out with MERP campaigns but soon moved to 2nd addition D&D - the campaigns were absolutely huge just to accommodate for our groups number - he didn't want anyone left out. Eventually we moved onto 4v4 Vampires VS Hunters campaigns sitting on opposite sides of the room with him mediating between us but my favourite was a futuristic Judge Dredd style campaign we did, one week each person would be the judge and another his deputy - the other players would have 5 characters each and we had a huge Necromunda set with some modified rules for the purposes of the campaign - it was amazing fun.
About three months into my 4th year at that school a student taking a joyride through the hallways on his BMX (I don't know why) knocked him over, he had permanent damage in his knee and could no longer walk unaided and was forced to retire a few years early. I still see him from time to time in the various comicbook shops of my city. As a leaving gift we pitched in to buy him a MERP rule book and included a binder with all of our saved campaign sheets/character sheets with messages thanking him for the memories. I always make a point to stop and talk.
However, that one isn't the worst.
Four: When I was coming to the end of my 2nd year, just shortly before the D&D club began - a fight broke out between two students on the football field - the head teacher and deputy head went out and broke it up and dispersed the crowd, but during the confusion one of the fighting students pulled out and threatened the headteacher and ultimately attacked him with a knife - he didn't manage to connect and about three or four people wrestled him to the ground and removed the weapon - once the situation was under control the head teacher calmly walked back to his office, phoned the police and then immediately died of a heart attack. | Loss of hope in future generations, destruction of enthusiasm for once loved careers, failed dice role of fate leads to fucked knee, post knife fight heart attack. |
emeraldtears | Get a second/third opinion. If there is physical damage, fine, let's find out what made it happen - but "too complex a signal" is just so full of fail I would never deal with them again if it were up to me. Also, upgrading phones means there's something specific to these phones that's making them susceptible to the problem - what is it, and what about the new phones is different?
tl;dr Get someone with a brain to give you a second/third opinion, who is in no way related to any of the vendors you are using now. | Get a second/third opinion. If there is physical damage, fine, let's find out what made it happen - but "too complex a signal" is just so full of fail I would never deal with them again if it were up to me. Also, upgrading phones means there's something specific to these phones that's making them susceptible to the problem - what is it, and what about the new phones is different?
tl;dr Get someone with a brain to give you a second/third opinion, who is in no way related to any of the vendors you are using now.
| VOIP | t5_2qrz4 | cqvbwol | Get a second/third opinion. If there is physical damage, fine, let's find out what made it happen - but "too complex a signal" is just so full of fail I would never deal with them again if it were up to me. Also, upgrading phones means there's something specific to these phones that's making them susceptible to the problem - what is it, and what about the new phones is different? | Get someone with a brain to give you a second/third opinion, who is in no way related to any of the vendors you are using now. |
UmphreysCousin | When I was about five or six years old, I was one crazy motherfucker. I have a lot of stories from when I was this age, but this is one of my all-time favorites.
I loved the movie Tarzan when I was a kid. Like I seriously LOVED everything about that movie. In fact, I loved the movie so much that I begged my mom to buy the soundtrack from Phil Collins, and when she finally bought it, I decided to celebrate. As the soundtrack played in the background, I tore off all my clothing down to my underwear (usually rocket power or spongebob, if I remember correctly). I then proceeded to run around my house beating my chest and yelling like Tarzan did in the movie. I would get up on the furniture, swing on the drapes, and roll on the floor. Looking back, I must say that I did a damn good impression of him. The next Halloween, my mom bought me a dreadlock wig and a loincloth. Needless to say: I was fucking jazzed about it. Little did she know the monster that she had created. One day, at a family gathering, my mom mentioned my jungle antics to one of my aunts. She asked me (probably jokingly) to do my Tarzan impersonation. Eager to please and exited to reveal my alter-ego, five year-old me stripped down to his underwear. I did my whole act for a solid 15 or 20 minutes, and everyone thought it was cute/funny or some shit. Every time someone asked me to do it, I would do my act and I had a ball. This went on for like 2 or 3 years, and as time passed, it got less cute and much more strange. One day, I was in the middle of the act, yelling and beating my chest like the content child that I was. In the middle of my performance, however, I realized: "This is a really weird thing for me to be doing at this age. I'M NAKED(ish)" I then hid while my family egged me on to finish the Phil Collins song. Ever since then, I cringe at even the thought of me re-enacting Tarzan.
I still fucking love that Phil Collins album, though.
tl;dr: I stripped down and acted like Tarzan far past the point I was too old for that shit.
EDIT: Just to be clear, this is one of my first really clear memories, I don't remember a lot of my early childhood. | When I was about five or six years old, I was one crazy motherfucker. I have a lot of stories from when I was this age, but this is one of my all-time favorites.
I loved the movie Tarzan when I was a kid. Like I seriously LOVED everything about that movie. In fact, I loved the movie so much that I begged my mom to buy the soundtrack from Phil Collins, and when she finally bought it, I decided to celebrate. As the soundtrack played in the background, I tore off all my clothing down to my underwear (usually rocket power or spongebob, if I remember correctly). I then proceeded to run around my house beating my chest and yelling like Tarzan did in the movie. I would get up on the furniture, swing on the drapes, and roll on the floor. Looking back, I must say that I did a damn good impression of him. The next Halloween, my mom bought me a dreadlock wig and a loincloth. Needless to say: I was fucking jazzed about it. Little did she know the monster that she had created. One day, at a family gathering, my mom mentioned my jungle antics to one of my aunts. She asked me (probably jokingly) to do my Tarzan impersonation. Eager to please and exited to reveal my alter-ego, five year-old me stripped down to his underwear. I did my whole act for a solid 15 or 20 minutes, and everyone thought it was cute/funny or some shit. Every time someone asked me to do it, I would do my act and I had a ball. This went on for like 2 or 3 years, and as time passed, it got less cute and much more strange. One day, I was in the middle of the act, yelling and beating my chest like the content child that I was. In the middle of my performance, however, I realized: "This is a really weird thing for me to be doing at this age. I'M NAKED(ish)" I then hid while my family egged me on to finish the Phil Collins song. Ever since then, I cringe at even the thought of me re-enacting Tarzan.
I still fucking love that Phil Collins album, though.
tl;dr: I stripped down and acted like Tarzan far past the point I was too old for that shit.
EDIT: Just to be clear, this is one of my first really clear memories, I don't remember a lot of my early childhood.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cqve93s | When I was about five or six years old, I was one crazy motherfucker. I have a lot of stories from when I was this age, but this is one of my all-time favorites.
I loved the movie Tarzan when I was a kid. Like I seriously LOVED everything about that movie. In fact, I loved the movie so much that I begged my mom to buy the soundtrack from Phil Collins, and when she finally bought it, I decided to celebrate. As the soundtrack played in the background, I tore off all my clothing down to my underwear (usually rocket power or spongebob, if I remember correctly). I then proceeded to run around my house beating my chest and yelling like Tarzan did in the movie. I would get up on the furniture, swing on the drapes, and roll on the floor. Looking back, I must say that I did a damn good impression of him. The next Halloween, my mom bought me a dreadlock wig and a loincloth. Needless to say: I was fucking jazzed about it. Little did she know the monster that she had created. One day, at a family gathering, my mom mentioned my jungle antics to one of my aunts. She asked me (probably jokingly) to do my Tarzan impersonation. Eager to please and exited to reveal my alter-ego, five year-old me stripped down to his underwear. I did my whole act for a solid 15 or 20 minutes, and everyone thought it was cute/funny or some shit. Every time someone asked me to do it, I would do my act and I had a ball. This went on for like 2 or 3 years, and as time passed, it got less cute and much more strange. One day, I was in the middle of the act, yelling and beating my chest like the content child that I was. In the middle of my performance, however, I realized: "This is a really weird thing for me to be doing at this age. I'M NAKED(ish)" I then hid while my family egged me on to finish the Phil Collins song. Ever since then, I cringe at even the thought of me re-enacting Tarzan.
I still fucking love that Phil Collins album, though. | I stripped down and acted like Tarzan far past the point I was too old for that shit.
EDIT: Just to be clear, this is one of my first really clear memories, I don't remember a lot of my early childhood. |
DaDottedLion | My dad was a speed junkie for much of my life, and he and my mother divorced by the time I was five.
In my memory, I was still a toddler. I know this because I distinctly remember the animal print wallpaper in my room, the mobile hanging over my bed, and the fact that the head of the bed was shaped like a giraffe head and neck. I can see that stuff in my memory clear as a bell.
My earliest memory is standing up in my bed, hanging onto the top rail, and watching as my father hopped past my doorway on one foot as he was trying to get his jeans on. He kept bouncing from one side of the hall to the other, completely off-balance. He was cursing, shirtless, and had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. As it turns out, his parole officer had pulled up outside and he was trying to hurry down the hall and bail out the back door to avoid him because his piss test would have come up dirty.
Fast forward to 40+ years later, and my father and I are great friends. He's been clean a dozen years, and is one of the coolest people I know. I shared this memory with him several years ago, and he was floored how I could possibly remember that, since I had to be one and a half, maybe two at most. But, he did confirm it - the decorations, the pants thing, and filled in other details. We had a good laugh about it.
tl;dr My earliest memory is watching my father carom down the hall, high, trying to avoid a parole officer and a piss test
| My dad was a speed junkie for much of my life, and he and my mother divorced by the time I was five.
In my memory, I was still a toddler. I know this because I distinctly remember the animal print wallpaper in my room, the mobile hanging over my bed, and the fact that the head of the bed was shaped like a giraffe head and neck. I can see that stuff in my memory clear as a bell.
My earliest memory is standing up in my bed, hanging onto the top rail, and watching as my father hopped past my doorway on one foot as he was trying to get his jeans on. He kept bouncing from one side of the hall to the other, completely off-balance. He was cursing, shirtless, and had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. As it turns out, his parole officer had pulled up outside and he was trying to hurry down the hall and bail out the back door to avoid him because his piss test would have come up dirty.
Fast forward to 40+ years later, and my father and I are great friends. He's been clean a dozen years, and is one of the coolest people I know. I shared this memory with him several years ago, and he was floored how I could possibly remember that, since I had to be one and a half, maybe two at most. But, he did confirm it - the decorations, the pants thing, and filled in other details. We had a good laugh about it.
tl;dr My earliest memory is watching my father carom down the hall, high, trying to avoid a parole officer and a piss test
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cqvk5yo | My dad was a speed junkie for much of my life, and he and my mother divorced by the time I was five.
In my memory, I was still a toddler. I know this because I distinctly remember the animal print wallpaper in my room, the mobile hanging over my bed, and the fact that the head of the bed was shaped like a giraffe head and neck. I can see that stuff in my memory clear as a bell.
My earliest memory is standing up in my bed, hanging onto the top rail, and watching as my father hopped past my doorway on one foot as he was trying to get his jeans on. He kept bouncing from one side of the hall to the other, completely off-balance. He was cursing, shirtless, and had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. As it turns out, his parole officer had pulled up outside and he was trying to hurry down the hall and bail out the back door to avoid him because his piss test would have come up dirty.
Fast forward to 40+ years later, and my father and I are great friends. He's been clean a dozen years, and is one of the coolest people I know. I shared this memory with him several years ago, and he was floored how I could possibly remember that, since I had to be one and a half, maybe two at most. But, he did confirm it - the decorations, the pants thing, and filled in other details. We had a good laugh about it. | My earliest memory is watching my father carom down the hall, high, trying to avoid a parole officer and a piss test |
ShinyBloke | Thanks for explaining. As for your issue with your wife, I suggest and this is serious, find a nice night out take her somewhere she likes maybe do something like you used, and this is very important. Have no agenda, just talk to each other, and see where there goes, don't get sloppy, the point is to communicate with each other as adults.
Also let her talk, don't put her down or joke about anything that she brings up, try to keep it fun and honest.
TLDR; Go take your wife out on a date, and communicate and see where that gets you. OP report back to us, and we'll go from there.
Good luck! | Thanks for explaining. As for your issue with your wife, I suggest and this is serious, find a nice night out take her somewhere she likes maybe do something like you used, and this is very important. Have no agenda, just talk to each other, and see where there goes, don't get sloppy, the point is to communicate with each other as adults.
Also let her talk, don't put her down or joke about anything that she brings up, try to keep it fun and honest.
TLDR; Go take your wife out on a date, and communicate and see where that gets you. OP report back to us, and we'll go from there.
Good luck!
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cqvx47h | Thanks for explaining. As for your issue with your wife, I suggest and this is serious, find a nice night out take her somewhere she likes maybe do something like you used, and this is very important. Have no agenda, just talk to each other, and see where there goes, don't get sloppy, the point is to communicate with each other as adults.
Also let her talk, don't put her down or joke about anything that she brings up, try to keep it fun and honest. | Go take your wife out on a date, and communicate and see where that gets you. OP report back to us, and we'll go from there.
Good luck! |
AgentRev | Well, the problem here is that the camera is not automatically compensating for that offset like one would expect from an advanced digital sight system which can otherwise take every other environmental parameter into account.
BIS either don't care enough to implement such compensation, or are not aware of it, which wouldn't be surprising.
Hell, modern tanks even have a special sensor that allows to compensate for "barrel bend" (when the end of the muzzle is slightly misaligned from the turret body):
TLDR: it's not a "feature", it's a bug. | Well, the problem here is that the camera is not automatically compensating for that offset like one would expect from an advanced digital sight system which can otherwise take every other environmental parameter into account.
BIS either don't care enough to implement such compensation, or are not aware of it, which wouldn't be surprising.
Hell, modern tanks even have a special sensor that allows to compensate for "barrel bend" (when the end of the muzzle is slightly misaligned from the turret body):
TLDR: it's not a "feature", it's a bug.
| arma | t5_2s3q7 | cqwmjse | Well, the problem here is that the camera is not automatically compensating for that offset like one would expect from an advanced digital sight system which can otherwise take every other environmental parameter into account.
BIS either don't care enough to implement such compensation, or are not aware of it, which wouldn't be surprising.
Hell, modern tanks even have a special sensor that allows to compensate for "barrel bend" (when the end of the muzzle is slightly misaligned from the turret body): | it's not a "feature", it's a bug. |
_Arkod_ | That is because the camera you're looking through is a little bit to the side of the actual barrel.
Example from the 3 main tanks:
Closer look at Kuma:
As you can see, the cameras on all tanks are to the side of the barrel so the barrel is slightly to the left. You have to compensate that when aiming.
TLDR: it's not a bug, it's a "feature". | That is because the camera you're looking through is a little bit to the side of the actual barrel.
Example from the 3 main tanks:
Closer look at Kuma:
As you can see, the cameras on all tanks are to the side of the barrel so the barrel is slightly to the left. You have to compensate that when aiming.
TLDR: it's not a bug, it's a "feature".
| arma | t5_2s3q7 | cqw9jvl | That is because the camera you're looking through is a little bit to the side of the actual barrel.
Example from the 3 main tanks:
Closer look at Kuma:
As you can see, the cameras on all tanks are to the side of the barrel so the barrel is slightly to the left. You have to compensate that when aiming. | it's not a bug, it's a "feature". |
bRoccoLieD | I didnt watch the replay completely, i was skipping for 30 secs or so till the end to see how the game progressed so I might be wrong but:
- You should give kills to your teammates more. Now, i know it might sound crazy, but youre not going to carry 1v5. You just arent. Giving kills to your teammates will make the stronger and you will win as a team.
- Dont build full tank eve when youre going fucking legendary. Get some damage and then you might see improvement. When you get 13 kills in a game you shouldnt really be going full tank, on 90% of the champions. The few exceptions are maybe Nunu, Nautilus, Sion and maybe top lane smite Shyvana. Other than that you should always get at least 1 or 2 damage items if youre this much up in gold. Those dont have to be Infinity Edges, you can buy Abyssal, Ryalis, Black Cleaver, etc.
- Last one, the most important one. Try not to focus too much on others mistakes and try to play the game more calm. You werent even playing and I saw you were pretty salty. I can only imagine how it is when you play. Just try to relax a bit, if things dont work out for 2 or 3 games its alright, just go outside a bit, play some other game, do whatever. Pretty much TL;DR: Try to not take the game as seriously, chill out for a bit and things will get better.
Hope it helped, good luck ;3
EDIT: I'm a plat 1 mid lane main, so i might not be able to help you that much jungle wise, but I know a lot about general knowledge of the game, if you need any more help you can pm me. | I didnt watch the replay completely, i was skipping for 30 secs or so till the end to see how the game progressed so I might be wrong but:
You should give kills to your teammates more. Now, i know it might sound crazy, but youre not going to carry 1v5. You just arent. Giving kills to your teammates will make the stronger and you will win as a team.
Dont build full tank eve when youre going fucking legendary. Get some damage and then you might see improvement. When you get 13 kills in a game you shouldnt really be going full tank, on 90% of the champions. The few exceptions are maybe Nunu, Nautilus, Sion and maybe top lane smite Shyvana. Other than that you should always get at least 1 or 2 damage items if youre this much up in gold. Those dont have to be Infinity Edges, you can buy Abyssal, Ryalis, Black Cleaver, etc.
Last one, the most important one. Try not to focus too much on others mistakes and try to play the game more calm. You werent even playing and I saw you were pretty salty. I can only imagine how it is when you play. Just try to relax a bit, if things dont work out for 2 or 3 games its alright, just go outside a bit, play some other game, do whatever. Pretty much TL;DR: Try to not take the game as seriously, chill out for a bit and things will get better.
Hope it helped, good luck ;3
EDIT: I'm a plat 1 mid lane main, so i might not be able to help you that much jungle wise, but I know a lot about general knowledge of the game, if you need any more help you can pm me.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cqwacg8 | I didnt watch the replay completely, i was skipping for 30 secs or so till the end to see how the game progressed so I might be wrong but:
You should give kills to your teammates more. Now, i know it might sound crazy, but youre not going to carry 1v5. You just arent. Giving kills to your teammates will make the stronger and you will win as a team.
Dont build full tank eve when youre going fucking legendary. Get some damage and then you might see improvement. When you get 13 kills in a game you shouldnt really be going full tank, on 90% of the champions. The few exceptions are maybe Nunu, Nautilus, Sion and maybe top lane smite Shyvana. Other than that you should always get at least 1 or 2 damage items if youre this much up in gold. Those dont have to be Infinity Edges, you can buy Abyssal, Ryalis, Black Cleaver, etc.
Last one, the most important one. Try not to focus too much on others mistakes and try to play the game more calm. You werent even playing and I saw you were pretty salty. I can only imagine how it is when you play. Just try to relax a bit, if things dont work out for 2 or 3 games its alright, just go outside a bit, play some other game, do whatever. Pretty much | Try to not take the game as seriously, chill out for a bit and things will get better.
Hope it helped, good luck ;3
EDIT: I'm a plat 1 mid lane main, so i might not be able to help you that much jungle wise, but I know a lot about general knowledge of the game, if you need any more help you can pm me. |
Gogoliath | Depende. No contexto original, grego, oprimir minorias é sim democrático. Não a toa Platão e Aristóteles fazem as críticas que fizeram a democracia.
Na democracia moderna, que chamamos "representativa", constitui-se uma carta de direitos fundamentais do homem (que pode ou pode não ser opressora), que não podem ser violados sequer por uma maioria em congresso. Além disso, um dos princípios da democracia representativa é a "isegoria", ou seja, que o número diminuído de pessoas com poder político faça com que mesmo uma única pessoa de opinião divergente tenha espaço para ser ouvida e defender a sua posição.
No final das contas, no entanto, uma maioria ativa oprime qualquer minoria, ativa ou inativa. Se o povo brasileiro decidir que indígena tem que ser exterminado, os indígenas o serão. O que o governo representativo faz é agir como impeditivo - primeiro por dar espaço de fala a representações opostas a opressão de minorias e segundo por concentrar o poder em atores que são escolhidos por serem "excepcionais", ou seja, que seriam mais políticos que a população em geral e por isso tomariam melhores decisões do que a população geral em democracia direta.
O que define ditadura e não-ditadura não é exatamente o apoio popular, e sim a conformidade com o Estado de direito (todo cidadão recebe o mesmo tratamento perante o Estado, e o Estado não pode violar esses direitos estabelecidos). Ou seja, a ditadura militar é ditadura não só por não ter governo diretamente eleito mas por fazer julgamentos arbitrários, em inconformidade com a lei e com a legitimidade conferida ao sistema e seus tribunais.
Em resumo: depende. Depende do que você quer dizer com democracia. O linguajar político, assim como a língua em geral, está em constante transformação, e a apropriação de termos se relaciona aos grupos políticos hegemônicos do período. Assim, no início do século passado, era discurso político razoável trocar "independência" por "coletividade". Atualmente, nem mesmo o Psol, de carta socialista, cogita deixar "liberdade" de fora de seu programa político (daí o nome: socialismo e liberdade).
Ou seja, o sistema não precisa ser unânime pra ser democrático, já as regras da democracia variam. Outra forma de análise na ciência política determina "níveis de democratização" (Chama-se Polity IV) de acordo com alguns critérios como governo diretamente eleito, mídia livre e oposição presente. Já alguns autores (notadamente Dahl) usam só dois conceitos: participação e contestação. Os países são mais democráticos conforme maior participação e presença de contestação.
tl;dr: Se você quer fazer pergunta generalista de democracia vai receber resposta generalista. Oprimir minoria é antidemocrático, mas dificilmente você vai encontrar algum intelectual que chame cortar a cabeça da família real francesa de opressão, por mais que a família real fosse minoritária. Então se o argumento é "é razoável chamar a revolução de democrática se ela corta cabeça de empresários e latifundiários?", dá pra dizer que sim, é democrática. Porque, ainda que minoria, rico não é oprimido. | Depende. No contexto original, grego, oprimir minorias é sim democrático. Não a toa Platão e Aristóteles fazem as críticas que fizeram a democracia.
Na democracia moderna, que chamamos "representativa", constitui-se uma carta de direitos fundamentais do homem (que pode ou pode não ser opressora), que não podem ser violados sequer por uma maioria em congresso. Além disso, um dos princípios da democracia representativa é a "isegoria", ou seja, que o número diminuído de pessoas com poder político faça com que mesmo uma única pessoa de opinião divergente tenha espaço para ser ouvida e defender a sua posição.
No final das contas, no entanto, uma maioria ativa oprime qualquer minoria, ativa ou inativa. Se o povo brasileiro decidir que indígena tem que ser exterminado, os indígenas o serão. O que o governo representativo faz é agir como impeditivo - primeiro por dar espaço de fala a representações opostas a opressão de minorias e segundo por concentrar o poder em atores que são escolhidos por serem "excepcionais", ou seja, que seriam mais políticos que a população em geral e por isso tomariam melhores decisões do que a população geral em democracia direta.
O que define ditadura e não-ditadura não é exatamente o apoio popular, e sim a conformidade com o Estado de direito (todo cidadão recebe o mesmo tratamento perante o Estado, e o Estado não pode violar esses direitos estabelecidos). Ou seja, a ditadura militar é ditadura não só por não ter governo diretamente eleito mas por fazer julgamentos arbitrários, em inconformidade com a lei e com a legitimidade conferida ao sistema e seus tribunais.
Em resumo: depende. Depende do que você quer dizer com democracia. O linguajar político, assim como a língua em geral, está em constante transformação, e a apropriação de termos se relaciona aos grupos políticos hegemônicos do período. Assim, no início do século passado, era discurso político razoável trocar "independência" por "coletividade". Atualmente, nem mesmo o Psol, de carta socialista, cogita deixar "liberdade" de fora de seu programa político (daí o nome: socialismo e liberdade).
Ou seja, o sistema não precisa ser unânime pra ser democrático, já as regras da democracia variam. Outra forma de análise na ciência política determina "níveis de democratização" (Chama-se Polity IV) de acordo com alguns critérios como governo diretamente eleito, mídia livre e oposição presente. Já alguns autores (notadamente Dahl) usam só dois conceitos: participação e contestação. Os países são mais democráticos conforme maior participação e presença de contestação.
tl;dr: Se você quer fazer pergunta generalista de democracia vai receber resposta generalista. Oprimir minoria é antidemocrático, mas dificilmente você vai encontrar algum intelectual que chame cortar a cabeça da família real francesa de opressão, por mais que a família real fosse minoritária. Então se o argumento é "é razoável chamar a revolução de democrática se ela corta cabeça de empresários e latifundiários?", dá pra dizer que sim, é democrática. Porque, ainda que minoria, rico não é oprimido.
| brasil | t5_2qh9i | cqyhwjt | Depende. No contexto original, grego, oprimir minorias é sim democrático. Não a toa Platão e Aristóteles fazem as críticas que fizeram a democracia.
Na democracia moderna, que chamamos "representativa", constitui-se uma carta de direitos fundamentais do homem (que pode ou pode não ser opressora), que não podem ser violados sequer por uma maioria em congresso. Além disso, um dos princípios da democracia representativa é a "isegoria", ou seja, que o número diminuído de pessoas com poder político faça com que mesmo uma única pessoa de opinião divergente tenha espaço para ser ouvida e defender a sua posição.
No final das contas, no entanto, uma maioria ativa oprime qualquer minoria, ativa ou inativa. Se o povo brasileiro decidir que indígena tem que ser exterminado, os indígenas o serão. O que o governo representativo faz é agir como impeditivo - primeiro por dar espaço de fala a representações opostas a opressão de minorias e segundo por concentrar o poder em atores que são escolhidos por serem "excepcionais", ou seja, que seriam mais políticos que a população em geral e por isso tomariam melhores decisões do que a população geral em democracia direta.
O que define ditadura e não-ditadura não é exatamente o apoio popular, e sim a conformidade com o Estado de direito (todo cidadão recebe o mesmo tratamento perante o Estado, e o Estado não pode violar esses direitos estabelecidos). Ou seja, a ditadura militar é ditadura não só por não ter governo diretamente eleito mas por fazer julgamentos arbitrários, em inconformidade com a lei e com a legitimidade conferida ao sistema e seus tribunais.
Em resumo: depende. Depende do que você quer dizer com democracia. O linguajar político, assim como a língua em geral, está em constante transformação, e a apropriação de termos se relaciona aos grupos políticos hegemônicos do período. Assim, no início do século passado, era discurso político razoável trocar "independência" por "coletividade". Atualmente, nem mesmo o Psol, de carta socialista, cogita deixar "liberdade" de fora de seu programa político (daí o nome: socialismo e liberdade).
Ou seja, o sistema não precisa ser unânime pra ser democrático, já as regras da democracia variam. Outra forma de análise na ciência política determina "níveis de democratização" (Chama-se Polity IV) de acordo com alguns critérios como governo diretamente eleito, mídia livre e oposição presente. Já alguns autores (notadamente Dahl) usam só dois conceitos: participação e contestação. Os países são mais democráticos conforme maior participação e presença de contestação. | Se você quer fazer pergunta generalista de democracia vai receber resposta generalista. Oprimir minoria é antidemocrático, mas dificilmente você vai encontrar algum intelectual que chame cortar a cabeça da família real francesa de opressão, por mais que a família real fosse minoritária. Então se o argumento é "é razoável chamar a revolução de democrática se ela corta cabeça de empresários e latifundiários?", dá pra dizer que sim, é democrática. Porque, ainda que minoria, rico não é oprimido. |
Mr_Briney | Two things really the chicxulub asteroid and massive volcanic activity from the Deccan traps in India. For millions of years the traps in India released massive amounts of harmful gases into the atmosphere. I may be wrong but if I recall correctly it was released during 3 different periods of massive volcanic activity 2 before the impact and one during. 66 million years ago the icing on the cake came in the form of a six mile long asteroid that struck down in the golf of Mexico near the village of chicxulub.
Tl:dr. Volcanic activity crippled the Dino's leading up to a big asteroid. | Two things really the chicxulub asteroid and massive volcanic activity from the Deccan traps in India. For millions of years the traps in India released massive amounts of harmful gases into the atmosphere. I may be wrong but if I recall correctly it was released during 3 different periods of massive volcanic activity 2 before the impact and one during. 66 million years ago the icing on the cake came in the form of a six mile long asteroid that struck down in the golf of Mexico near the village of chicxulub.
Tl:dr. Volcanic activity crippled the Dino's leading up to a big asteroid.
| Paleontology | t5_2qvjo | cqx9147 | Two things really the chicxulub asteroid and massive volcanic activity from the Deccan traps in India. For millions of years the traps in India released massive amounts of harmful gases into the atmosphere. I may be wrong but if I recall correctly it was released during 3 different periods of massive volcanic activity 2 before the impact and one during. 66 million years ago the icing on the cake came in the form of a six mile long asteroid that struck down in the golf of Mexico near the village of chicxulub. | Volcanic activity crippled the Dino's leading up to a big asteroid. |
deeeez_nuts | I don't think having hair or not is your problem. It sounds like you don't have a lot of confidence in yourself and may be projecting that outwards. Bully types are quick to pick up on that. Ive been shaving my head for 9 years since i was 16. I put no weight into what people say about my baldness, as a result im confident in the way i look and literally never picked on.
Tl;dr your baldness isnt the problem, your confidence is. | I don't think having hair or not is your problem. It sounds like you don't have a lot of confidence in yourself and may be projecting that outwards. Bully types are quick to pick up on that. Ive been shaving my head for 9 years since i was 16. I put no weight into what people say about my baldness, as a result im confident in the way i look and literally never picked on.
Tl;dr your baldness isnt the problem, your confidence is.
| bald | t5_2sfez | cqx6h0y | I don't think having hair or not is your problem. It sounds like you don't have a lot of confidence in yourself and may be projecting that outwards. Bully types are quick to pick up on that. Ive been shaving my head for 9 years since i was 16. I put no weight into what people say about my baldness, as a result im confident in the way i look and literally never picked on. | your baldness isnt the problem, your confidence is. |
kirashi3 | I wish warranties worked like that up in Canada. 2 yr cell phone contract, but your phone only comes with 1 yr manufacturer. If it breaks in the second year, oh sorry, that's too bad. Pony up $600 for a new one, buy a cheap unlocked one, or buy out your contract for $200-400.
TL;DR: Product warranties should last as long as the contracts required to subsidize their cost. Period. Bylaw. | I wish warranties worked like that up in Canada. 2 yr cell phone contract, but your phone only comes with 1 yr manufacturer. If it breaks in the second year, oh sorry, that's too bad. Pony up $600 for a new one, buy a cheap unlocked one, or buy out your contract for $200-400.
TL;DR: Product warranties should last as long as the contracts required to subsidize their cost. Period. Bylaw.
| techsupportmacgyver | t5_2up7a | cqxcec3 | I wish warranties worked like that up in Canada. 2 yr cell phone contract, but your phone only comes with 1 yr manufacturer. If it breaks in the second year, oh sorry, that's too bad. Pony up $600 for a new one, buy a cheap unlocked one, or buy out your contract for $200-400. | Product warranties should last as long as the contracts required to subsidize their cost. Period. Bylaw. |
Nuclearwinterz | That's the way I got mine, there's not really a place with a better drop rate for her so I'd still do the footprints however you could run one of the lower dungeons. They have a way lower drop rate than the footprints and less exp to stamina ratio than footprints so it would be less efficient use of stamina. Hyperion lava flow-serpent loved by flame is the one you'd run.
TL:DR- healer girls are a bitch to farm | That's the way I got mine, there's not really a place with a better drop rate for her so I'd still do the footprints however you could run one of the lower dungeons. They have a way lower drop rate than the footprints and less exp to stamina ratio than footprints so it would be less efficient use of stamina. Hyperion lava flow-serpent loved by flame is the one you'd run.
TL:DR- healer girls are a bitch to farm
| PuzzleAndDragons | t5_2w23a | cqx6whv | That's the way I got mine, there's not really a place with a better drop rate for her so I'd still do the footprints however you could run one of the lower dungeons. They have a way lower drop rate than the footprints and less exp to stamina ratio than footprints so it would be less efficient use of stamina. Hyperion lava flow-serpent loved by flame is the one you'd run. | healer girls are a bitch to farm |
SzyjeCzapki | Roll. Don't bother blocking, it's garbage compared to rolling. Upgrade your roll distance ASAP. Also, don't forget rolling. Oh and, roll.
Don't sell Nekker Warrior blood or the endrega queen feromones in act 1, trust me.
Oh and roll.
DO NOT forget to roll. Remember to roll.
As for the combat, you need to roll.
Don't get surrounded by enemies, don't rush into battle vs multiple enemies, you're going to get killed instantly, you need to take time when fighting multiple opponents or you'll just die a lot.
Remember to roll and have fun :)
**TL;DR ROLL** | Roll. Don't bother blocking, it's garbage compared to rolling. Upgrade your roll distance ASAP. Also, don't forget rolling. Oh and, roll.
Don't sell Nekker Warrior blood or the endrega queen feromones in act 1, trust me.
Oh and roll.
DO NOT forget to roll. Remember to roll.
As for the combat, you need to roll.
Don't get surrounded by enemies, don't rush into battle vs multiple enemies, you're going to get killed instantly, you need to take time when fighting multiple opponents or you'll just die a lot.
Remember to roll and have fun :)
TL;DR ROLL
| witcher | t5_2sebi | cqxce1s | Roll. Don't bother blocking, it's garbage compared to rolling. Upgrade your roll distance ASAP. Also, don't forget rolling. Oh and, roll.
Don't sell Nekker Warrior blood or the endrega queen feromones in act 1, trust me.
Oh and roll.
DO NOT forget to roll. Remember to roll.
As for the combat, you need to roll.
Don't get surrounded by enemies, don't rush into battle vs multiple enemies, you're going to get killed instantly, you need to take time when fighting multiple opponents or you'll just die a lot.
Remember to roll and have fun :) | ROLL |
_ParadigmShift | This is one of those facts that on paper you go "WOAH WTF" but then in further thinking realize is dumber than all get out. When looking at a farm field being sprayed, you must realize that the idea of spraying is not only killing off the species targeted but prevention of spread as well. If your field was 100% bug infested plants or 100% weeds you probably could get 100% target application if the sprayer was conformed and your "target" was anything not crop. This along with specific target species applications like some of these chemicals have, will decrease the across the board "effectiveness" when viewed in this manner. I am by no means saying that everything done in the sprayer application world is completely alright, but this fact is made up of bullcrap and really doesn't make sense when scrutinized.
TL;DR: Factoid is bullshit, and the empirical data involved is far out reaching it's common sense usage at best. | This is one of those facts that on paper you go "WOAH WTF" but then in further thinking realize is dumber than all get out. When looking at a farm field being sprayed, you must realize that the idea of spraying is not only killing off the species targeted but prevention of spread as well. If your field was 100% bug infested plants or 100% weeds you probably could get 100% target application if the sprayer was conformed and your "target" was anything not crop. This along with specific target species applications like some of these chemicals have, will decrease the across the board "effectiveness" when viewed in this manner. I am by no means saying that everything done in the sprayer application world is completely alright, but this fact is made up of bullcrap and really doesn't make sense when scrutinized.
TL;DR: Factoid is bullshit, and the empirical data involved is far out reaching it's common sense usage at best.
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cqxy229 | This is one of those facts that on paper you go "WOAH WTF" but then in further thinking realize is dumber than all get out. When looking at a farm field being sprayed, you must realize that the idea of spraying is not only killing off the species targeted but prevention of spread as well. If your field was 100% bug infested plants or 100% weeds you probably could get 100% target application if the sprayer was conformed and your "target" was anything not crop. This along with specific target species applications like some of these chemicals have, will decrease the across the board "effectiveness" when viewed in this manner. I am by no means saying that everything done in the sprayer application world is completely alright, but this fact is made up of bullcrap and really doesn't make sense when scrutinized. | Factoid is bullshit, and the empirical data involved is far out reaching it's common sense usage at best. |
omonoiatis9 | Actually, it's the vision. **Not** the rupture. Old bloodseeker with higher Thirst health threshold was a big Slark counter. Bloodseeker at his current state is in no way whatsoever a Slark problem.
Rupture shuts you down? Really? You have to be an **extremely** terrible Slark to care about rupture. I'll write down the scenario for you:
1. We're taking for granted that Slark isn't clueless and is not engaging on top of sentries, or when 4 other enemies are missing in fog of war and whatnot. We're assuming for the sake of the argument that Slark isn't 3k MMR and knows to pick his fights smart. Slark engages on Bloodseeker with shadowblade. 99% of bloodseekers will turn around and try to Rupture you instantly because frankly, aside from a teleport scroll, that's the only way he has chances of getting out alive.
2. If you're not a 3k MMR Slark, you know this, you see Bloodseeker turning and you see his casting animation. You shadow dance. Let's take the best case scenario and say the bloodseeker is a reaaally good player that is paying attention and only needed 0.5 seconds to react from the time you opened with shadowblade. Add turn rate + cast animation, it becomes 1 second before you have to shadowdance to dodge the rupture cast. 4+1 = 5 seconds of free burst, meanwhile there's absolutely **nothing** the bloodseeker can do to return any damage, other than perhaps a blade mail.
At the end of those 5 seconds, bloodseeker is **lucky if he has even 20% hp left**. Most of the time you'll be able to finish him off because, like I said before, if you're not a 3k MMR Slark, you would've pinged your team that you are about to engage on someone from shadowblade invisibility, and they'll be on their way to help you finish him off. Even if they're late, bloodseeker has to waste his ult on you and start running for his life. Even if he had blade mail on and he wants to manfight you after your ult, a bloodseeker will **never** win a 1v1 manfight with a Slark.
In other words:
80% of the time bloodseeker is dead with absolutely **no choice**.
20% of the time he has a teleport, or you made a bad decision to engage on him because you weren't fed enough to take him down alone, or your team was too far to help and you should've chosen a target you can take down on your own.
Even then, Bloodseeker has to run all the way back to base to regenerate, whereas I can stand afk, masturbate while rapture is wearing off and regenerating 100% of my hp back.
**tl;dr** You need to be a terrible Slark for bloodseeker to give you any sorts of trouble in his current state | Actually, it's the vision. Not the rupture. Old bloodseeker with higher Thirst health threshold was a big Slark counter. Bloodseeker at his current state is in no way whatsoever a Slark problem.
Rupture shuts you down? Really? You have to be an extremely terrible Slark to care about rupture. I'll write down the scenario for you:
We're taking for granted that Slark isn't clueless and is not engaging on top of sentries, or when 4 other enemies are missing in fog of war and whatnot. We're assuming for the sake of the argument that Slark isn't 3k MMR and knows to pick his fights smart. Slark engages on Bloodseeker with shadowblade. 99% of bloodseekers will turn around and try to Rupture you instantly because frankly, aside from a teleport scroll, that's the only way he has chances of getting out alive.
If you're not a 3k MMR Slark, you know this, you see Bloodseeker turning and you see his casting animation. You shadow dance. Let's take the best case scenario and say the bloodseeker is a reaaally good player that is paying attention and only needed 0.5 seconds to react from the time you opened with shadowblade. Add turn rate + cast animation, it becomes 1 second before you have to shadowdance to dodge the rupture cast. 4+1 = 5 seconds of free burst, meanwhile there's absolutely nothing the bloodseeker can do to return any damage, other than perhaps a blade mail.
At the end of those 5 seconds, bloodseeker is lucky if he has even 20% hp left . Most of the time you'll be able to finish him off because, like I said before, if you're not a 3k MMR Slark, you would've pinged your team that you are about to engage on someone from shadowblade invisibility, and they'll be on their way to help you finish him off. Even if they're late, bloodseeker has to waste his ult on you and start running for his life. Even if he had blade mail on and he wants to manfight you after your ult, a bloodseeker will never win a 1v1 manfight with a Slark.
In other words:
80% of the time bloodseeker is dead with absolutely no choice .
20% of the time he has a teleport, or you made a bad decision to engage on him because you weren't fed enough to take him down alone, or your team was too far to help and you should've chosen a target you can take down on your own.
Even then, Bloodseeker has to run all the way back to base to regenerate, whereas I can stand afk, masturbate while rapture is wearing off and regenerating 100% of my hp back.
tl;dr You need to be a terrible Slark for bloodseeker to give you any sorts of trouble in his current state
| learndota2 | t5_2tta4 | cqxwtnm | Actually, it's the vision. Not the rupture. Old bloodseeker with higher Thirst health threshold was a big Slark counter. Bloodseeker at his current state is in no way whatsoever a Slark problem.
Rupture shuts you down? Really? You have to be an extremely terrible Slark to care about rupture. I'll write down the scenario for you:
We're taking for granted that Slark isn't clueless and is not engaging on top of sentries, or when 4 other enemies are missing in fog of war and whatnot. We're assuming for the sake of the argument that Slark isn't 3k MMR and knows to pick his fights smart. Slark engages on Bloodseeker with shadowblade. 99% of bloodseekers will turn around and try to Rupture you instantly because frankly, aside from a teleport scroll, that's the only way he has chances of getting out alive.
If you're not a 3k MMR Slark, you know this, you see Bloodseeker turning and you see his casting animation. You shadow dance. Let's take the best case scenario and say the bloodseeker is a reaaally good player that is paying attention and only needed 0.5 seconds to react from the time you opened with shadowblade. Add turn rate + cast animation, it becomes 1 second before you have to shadowdance to dodge the rupture cast. 4+1 = 5 seconds of free burst, meanwhile there's absolutely nothing the bloodseeker can do to return any damage, other than perhaps a blade mail.
At the end of those 5 seconds, bloodseeker is lucky if he has even 20% hp left . Most of the time you'll be able to finish him off because, like I said before, if you're not a 3k MMR Slark, you would've pinged your team that you are about to engage on someone from shadowblade invisibility, and they'll be on their way to help you finish him off. Even if they're late, bloodseeker has to waste his ult on you and start running for his life. Even if he had blade mail on and he wants to manfight you after your ult, a bloodseeker will never win a 1v1 manfight with a Slark.
In other words:
80% of the time bloodseeker is dead with absolutely no choice .
20% of the time he has a teleport, or you made a bad decision to engage on him because you weren't fed enough to take him down alone, or your team was too far to help and you should've chosen a target you can take down on your own.
Even then, Bloodseeker has to run all the way back to base to regenerate, whereas I can stand afk, masturbate while rapture is wearing off and regenerating 100% of my hp back. | You need to be a terrible Slark for bloodseeker to give you any sorts of trouble in his current state |
abucketofpuppies | I binge-watch anime all night. Maybe it's weird, but my time in highschool is very long and boring and monotonous for much of the day, so I like having something to think about. I don't watch the huge long-running series very often. I usually just pick an interesting looking show and watch the whole thing in one or two nights. Generally there's a lot of symbolism and thought put into these smaller shows, so they can be more entertaining when you're remembering them than when you're actually watching it. There's nothing worse than being let down by a show you bothered to binge-watch.
tl;dr: Binge-watch anime to keep my mind occupied during boring classes. | I binge-watch anime all night. Maybe it's weird, but my time in highschool is very long and boring and monotonous for much of the day, so I like having something to think about. I don't watch the huge long-running series very often. I usually just pick an interesting looking show and watch the whole thing in one or two nights. Generally there's a lot of symbolism and thought put into these smaller shows, so they can be more entertaining when you're remembering them than when you're actually watching it. There's nothing worse than being let down by a show you bothered to binge-watch.
tl;dr: Binge-watch anime to keep my mind occupied during boring classes.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cqxmqg3 | I binge-watch anime all night. Maybe it's weird, but my time in highschool is very long and boring and monotonous for much of the day, so I like having something to think about. I don't watch the huge long-running series very often. I usually just pick an interesting looking show and watch the whole thing in one or two nights. Generally there's a lot of symbolism and thought put into these smaller shows, so they can be more entertaining when you're remembering them than when you're actually watching it. There's nothing worse than being let down by a show you bothered to binge-watch. | Binge-watch anime to keep my mind occupied during boring classes. |
Syntech942 | le story as follows;
> Confessor is afk on nullsec gate in le buble
> Confessor gets tackled by the mighty serpentis cannoneer
> Cynabal arrives
REFER TO THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT TRAILER
> Lets say this is you, 1 lone cynabal flying a starship in the far regions of space and in your travels you encounter this, A defenceless confessor under attack by pirates you have a split second to make a choice, without your help the confessor doesnt stand a chance. You decide to be the hero and whore on the confessor. The victim is rustled and in the conversation that follows a reddit post was made.
tldr; confessor afked on a gate and died to rats, i just whored.
| le story as follows;
> Confessor is afk on nullsec gate in le buble
> Confessor gets tackled by the mighty serpentis cannoneer
> Cynabal arrives
REFER TO THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT TRAILER
> Lets say this is you, 1 lone cynabal flying a starship in the far regions of space and in your travels you encounter this, A defenceless confessor under attack by pirates you have a split second to make a choice, without your help the confessor doesnt stand a chance. You decide to be the hero and whore on the confessor. The victim is rustled and in the conversation that follows a reddit post was made.
tldr; confessor afked on a gate and died to rats, i just whored.
| Eve | t5_2qil9 | cqxp9vz | le story as follows;
> Confessor is afk on nullsec gate in le buble
> Confessor gets tackled by the mighty serpentis cannoneer
> Cynabal arrives
REFER TO THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT TRAILER
> Lets say this is you, 1 lone cynabal flying a starship in the far regions of space and in your travels you encounter this, A defenceless confessor under attack by pirates you have a split second to make a choice, without your help the confessor doesnt stand a chance. You decide to be the hero and whore on the confessor. The victim is rustled and in the conversation that follows a reddit post was made. | confessor afked on a gate and died to rats, i just whored. |
jfli | It's Guatemala. And she's here illegally way past her visa, which likely means that even if she did try to later return legally, it would not happen because she's shown disregard for her visa. 9 mos will get a bar of 3 years, and more than a year will get a bar of 10. She isn't eligible for DACA.
TL;DR: She's never getting a license or anything that a legal resident would. womp womp.
References:
| It's Guatemala. And she's here illegally way past her visa, which likely means that even if she did try to later return legally, it would not happen because she's shown disregard for her visa. 9 mos will get a bar of 3 years, and more than a year will get a bar of 10. She isn't eligible for DACA.
TL;DR: She's never getting a license or anything that a legal resident would. womp womp.
References:
| Atlanta | t5_2qiq9 | cqy35w8 | It's Guatemala. And she's here illegally way past her visa, which likely means that even if she did try to later return legally, it would not happen because she's shown disregard for her visa. 9 mos will get a bar of 3 years, and more than a year will get a bar of 10. She isn't eligible for DACA. | She's never getting a license or anything that a legal resident would. womp womp.
References: |
sanctusx2 | The Hobbit film extended cuts are actually pretty good. I went into them with a fairly low opinion from seeing them in theaters, but the added footage helps the pacing and narrative tremendously. They're not like the LOTR cuts where there's just some excised comedy and fluff; the new scenes help you understand a lot of the other scenes that occur in the movies.
Also after rewatching all the extended cuts from both LOTR and Hobbit many times over, I think the Hobbit actually holds up better overall. The acting is a marked improvement(particularly Freeman vs Wood/Mortensen) and I find I prefer the modern CG to the 80's rubbery prosthetics and miniatures on second inspection. With the 720p/1080p editions in particular, the fidelity of the models, minis and monster costumes doesn't hold up. They look like kids toys.
Another point in favor of the Hobbits: the attention to visual style is much more pronounced. There are hundreds of scenes you can frame from the Hobbit trilogy that would make amazing prints. They're beautifully filmed, colored, and rendered. Contrast that with LOTR, where there might only be a handful--there simply aren't a lot of visually interesting or artistic shots. Most are dirty, obviously fake, or often times look like something you might film on a hike in the mountains.
The Hobbit shots, probably because of the heavy use of CG, instead look painted--and wonderfully so. Peter Jackson didn't drop all realism in favor of cheap, sterile backgrounds, like say George Lucas did. I think after having made the decision, he fought hard so that it didn't look like he was falling back on anything. The overall result in my eyes is that he traded "The Thing" for "Prometheus", in terms of style.
And lastly, the music. "Into the West" and Gollum's song were phenomenal, but "Song of the Lonely Mountain" and "The Last Goodbye" are both clear wins for me. "Into the West" falls shorter now because the lyrics of "Last Goodbye" work as a much better allegory for the experiences of both the characters and the moviemakers through all six movies. And it's Billy Boyd singing it, which wraps up everything nicely. Might give a tie between Lonely Mountain(catchy) and Gollum's song(foreboding) for 2nd place.
My single biggest complaint is that Jackson tried too hard to connect the prequels to the main trilogy. It really wasn't necessary. While a good chunk are interesting without being vital, the rest are disruptive and painful dead weight.
**TLDR**/In summary, if you dismiss the Hobbit movies as inferior, try the extended cuts. Also try watching LOTR again to refresh your memory, you might be surprised which you like better. | The Hobbit film extended cuts are actually pretty good. I went into them with a fairly low opinion from seeing them in theaters, but the added footage helps the pacing and narrative tremendously. They're not like the LOTR cuts where there's just some excised comedy and fluff; the new scenes help you understand a lot of the other scenes that occur in the movies.
Also after rewatching all the extended cuts from both LOTR and Hobbit many times over, I think the Hobbit actually holds up better overall. The acting is a marked improvement(particularly Freeman vs Wood/Mortensen) and I find I prefer the modern CG to the 80's rubbery prosthetics and miniatures on second inspection. With the 720p/1080p editions in particular, the fidelity of the models, minis and monster costumes doesn't hold up. They look like kids toys.
Another point in favor of the Hobbits: the attention to visual style is much more pronounced. There are hundreds of scenes you can frame from the Hobbit trilogy that would make amazing prints. They're beautifully filmed, colored, and rendered. Contrast that with LOTR, where there might only be a handful--there simply aren't a lot of visually interesting or artistic shots. Most are dirty, obviously fake, or often times look like something you might film on a hike in the mountains.
The Hobbit shots, probably because of the heavy use of CG, instead look painted--and wonderfully so. Peter Jackson didn't drop all realism in favor of cheap, sterile backgrounds, like say George Lucas did. I think after having made the decision, he fought hard so that it didn't look like he was falling back on anything. The overall result in my eyes is that he traded "The Thing" for "Prometheus", in terms of style.
And lastly, the music. "Into the West" and Gollum's song were phenomenal, but "Song of the Lonely Mountain" and "The Last Goodbye" are both clear wins for me. "Into the West" falls shorter now because the lyrics of "Last Goodbye" work as a much better allegory for the experiences of both the characters and the moviemakers through all six movies. And it's Billy Boyd singing it, which wraps up everything nicely. Might give a tie between Lonely Mountain(catchy) and Gollum's song(foreboding) for 2nd place.
My single biggest complaint is that Jackson tried too hard to connect the prequels to the main trilogy. It really wasn't necessary. While a good chunk are interesting without being vital, the rest are disruptive and painful dead weight.
TLDR /In summary, if you dismiss the Hobbit movies as inferior, try the extended cuts. Also try watching LOTR again to refresh your memory, you might be surprised which you like better.
| movies | t5_2qh3s | cqy8qpf | The Hobbit film extended cuts are actually pretty good. I went into them with a fairly low opinion from seeing them in theaters, but the added footage helps the pacing and narrative tremendously. They're not like the LOTR cuts where there's just some excised comedy and fluff; the new scenes help you understand a lot of the other scenes that occur in the movies.
Also after rewatching all the extended cuts from both LOTR and Hobbit many times over, I think the Hobbit actually holds up better overall. The acting is a marked improvement(particularly Freeman vs Wood/Mortensen) and I find I prefer the modern CG to the 80's rubbery prosthetics and miniatures on second inspection. With the 720p/1080p editions in particular, the fidelity of the models, minis and monster costumes doesn't hold up. They look like kids toys.
Another point in favor of the Hobbits: the attention to visual style is much more pronounced. There are hundreds of scenes you can frame from the Hobbit trilogy that would make amazing prints. They're beautifully filmed, colored, and rendered. Contrast that with LOTR, where there might only be a handful--there simply aren't a lot of visually interesting or artistic shots. Most are dirty, obviously fake, or often times look like something you might film on a hike in the mountains.
The Hobbit shots, probably because of the heavy use of CG, instead look painted--and wonderfully so. Peter Jackson didn't drop all realism in favor of cheap, sterile backgrounds, like say George Lucas did. I think after having made the decision, he fought hard so that it didn't look like he was falling back on anything. The overall result in my eyes is that he traded "The Thing" for "Prometheus", in terms of style.
And lastly, the music. "Into the West" and Gollum's song were phenomenal, but "Song of the Lonely Mountain" and "The Last Goodbye" are both clear wins for me. "Into the West" falls shorter now because the lyrics of "Last Goodbye" work as a much better allegory for the experiences of both the characters and the moviemakers through all six movies. And it's Billy Boyd singing it, which wraps up everything nicely. Might give a tie between Lonely Mountain(catchy) and Gollum's song(foreboding) for 2nd place.
My single biggest complaint is that Jackson tried too hard to connect the prequels to the main trilogy. It really wasn't necessary. While a good chunk are interesting without being vital, the rest are disruptive and painful dead weight. | In summary, if you dismiss the Hobbit movies as inferior, try the extended cuts. Also try watching LOTR again to refresh your memory, you might be surprised which you like better. |
FAX_ME_NUDES | I don't know about the source but I've made a patchy list:
The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, The Who, The Smiths, Oasis, Joy Division, The Cure, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, The Kinks, Blur, Sex Pistols, Belle & Sebastian, Pulp, Cream, The Police, The Jam, Radiohead...
29 gold medals at the last summer Olympics (meaning we finished 3rd behind only the USA - with a population 5 times larger than us - and China). 3.2 million UK citizens = 1 UK gold medal. 8.7 million US citizens = 1 US gold medal. (note that the gold medals per capita of the US is worse than Kazakhstan and closer to North Korea's than it is to Great Britain's)
Inventor of the most widely played international sports (football, rugby, cricket, tennis...). These are sports that other countries actually play *cough*
Inventor of the web! (Tim Berners-Lee)
The first nation to abolish slavery (William Wilberforce)
The Nazis managed to conquer virtually all of Europe (bar the Soviet Union) but couldn't manage Britain.
Inventor of the modern computer (Alan Turing - he also broke the enigma code)
The country with the largest ever empire (20% of the world's population in 1938 were citizens of the British Empire - the sun never sets).
Inventor of the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
Inventor of the Jet Engine (Frank Whittle)
Inventor of the Television: John Logie Baird
Inventor of Stephen Fry
Inventor of America (kind of)
And so much more - chocolate, steam locomotives, the light bulb (it was Joseph Swan not Edison who came first), tanks.
James bond, Top gear, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter...
The most successful novelists/poets: JK Rowling, Tolkein, Shakespeare, Wilde, Wordsworth, Orwell...
Amazing comedians
The nation that has discovered the most chemical elements (23).
These are mostly of the top of my head, some googling could have grown this post exponentially.
TL;DR: EMPIRE
| I don't know about the source but I've made a patchy list:
The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, The Who, The Smiths, Oasis, Joy Division, The Cure, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, The Kinks, Blur, Sex Pistols, Belle & Sebastian, Pulp, Cream, The Police, The Jam, Radiohead...
29 gold medals at the last summer Olympics (meaning we finished 3rd behind only the USA - with a population 5 times larger than us - and China). 3.2 million UK citizens = 1 UK gold medal. 8.7 million US citizens = 1 US gold medal. (note that the gold medals per capita of the US is worse than Kazakhstan and closer to North Korea's than it is to Great Britain's)
Inventor of the most widely played international sports (football, rugby, cricket, tennis...). These are sports that other countries actually play cough
Inventor of the web! (Tim Berners-Lee)
The first nation to abolish slavery (William Wilberforce)
The Nazis managed to conquer virtually all of Europe (bar the Soviet Union) but couldn't manage Britain.
Inventor of the modern computer (Alan Turing - he also broke the enigma code)
The country with the largest ever empire (20% of the world's population in 1938 were citizens of the British Empire - the sun never sets).
Inventor of the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
Inventor of the Jet Engine (Frank Whittle)
Inventor of the Television: John Logie Baird
Inventor of Stephen Fry
Inventor of America (kind of)
And so much more - chocolate, steam locomotives, the light bulb (it was Joseph Swan not Edison who came first), tanks.
James bond, Top gear, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter...
The most successful novelists/poets: JK Rowling, Tolkein, Shakespeare, Wilde, Wordsworth, Orwell...
Amazing comedians
The nation that has discovered the most chemical elements (23).
These are mostly of the top of my head, some googling could have grown this post exponentially.
TL;DR: EMPIRE
| dataisbeautiful | t5_2tk95 | cqxz5ra | I don't know about the source but I've made a patchy list:
The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, The Who, The Smiths, Oasis, Joy Division, The Cure, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Black Sabbath, The Kinks, Blur, Sex Pistols, Belle & Sebastian, Pulp, Cream, The Police, The Jam, Radiohead...
29 gold medals at the last summer Olympics (meaning we finished 3rd behind only the USA - with a population 5 times larger than us - and China). 3.2 million UK citizens = 1 UK gold medal. 8.7 million US citizens = 1 US gold medal. (note that the gold medals per capita of the US is worse than Kazakhstan and closer to North Korea's than it is to Great Britain's)
Inventor of the most widely played international sports (football, rugby, cricket, tennis...). These are sports that other countries actually play cough
Inventor of the web! (Tim Berners-Lee)
The first nation to abolish slavery (William Wilberforce)
The Nazis managed to conquer virtually all of Europe (bar the Soviet Union) but couldn't manage Britain.
Inventor of the modern computer (Alan Turing - he also broke the enigma code)
The country with the largest ever empire (20% of the world's population in 1938 were citizens of the British Empire - the sun never sets).
Inventor of the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
Inventor of the Jet Engine (Frank Whittle)
Inventor of the Television: John Logie Baird
Inventor of Stephen Fry
Inventor of America (kind of)
And so much more - chocolate, steam locomotives, the light bulb (it was Joseph Swan not Edison who came first), tanks.
James bond, Top gear, Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter...
The most successful novelists/poets: JK Rowling, Tolkein, Shakespeare, Wilde, Wordsworth, Orwell...
Amazing comedians
The nation that has discovered the most chemical elements (23).
These are mostly of the top of my head, some googling could have grown this post exponentially. | EMPIRE |
oncemoreforluck | What will be a issue for me? I would be happy to be the main bread winner if I was the higher earner. The only issue I have is when men throw a fit and act like bratty children cause I earn more
example one ex tried get me to quit my jobs, I worked 2 at the time, and go on social welfare like him because I paid for most stuff and he was feeling emasculated
TL:DR
In my experience its men who have a issue with earning less and project that insecurity onto women. | What will be a issue for me? I would be happy to be the main bread winner if I was the higher earner. The only issue I have is when men throw a fit and act like bratty children cause I earn more
example one ex tried get me to quit my jobs, I worked 2 at the time, and go on social welfare like him because I paid for most stuff and he was feeling emasculated
TL:DR
In my experience its men who have a issue with earning less and project that insecurity onto women.
| relationships | t5_2qjvn | cqy2bhd | What will be a issue for me? I would be happy to be the main bread winner if I was the higher earner. The only issue I have is when men throw a fit and act like bratty children cause I earn more
example one ex tried get me to quit my jobs, I worked 2 at the time, and go on social welfare like him because I paid for most stuff and he was feeling emasculated | In my experience its men who have a issue with earning less and project that insecurity onto women. |
Usernameisalie | What I'm reading here is
> I don't understand some of the basic concepts of Rust, and instead of learning those concepts or asking for help with things I don't understand, I'm going to go on a massive TLDR rant over it.
That's not the sort of person I'd explain things to or want to help. | What I'm reading here is
> I don't understand some of the basic concepts of Rust, and instead of learning those concepts or asking for help with things I don't understand, I'm going to go on a massive TLDR rant over it.
That's not the sort of person I'd explain things to or want to help.
| playrust | t5_2xks2 | cqy758t | What I'm reading here is
> I don't understand some of the basic concepts of Rust, and instead of learning those concepts or asking for help with things I don't understand, I'm going to go on a massive | rant over it.
That's not the sort of person I'd explain things to or want to help. |
dark2elite | Getting real tired of not having a GPU. I had a Visiontek 6950, worked great except it had a weird, and very loud grinding noise. Performance was unaffected, but since I had lifetime warranty I figured I'd RMA it and get rid of the horrible sound. After $35 shipping and a week, I get a card back. Plop it in my machine, boot it up, performance isn't nearly close to my original card. Weird. Then full screen corruption. Over time it got to the point where it won't even boot anymore, and my motherboard spits out errors referring to the GPU
Went to RMA again, was told by Visiontek support they would pay for shipping this time. Then when it came to actually RMAing, I was told they wont pay for shipping from Canada. At the same time I'm hit with a $15 import fee from Fedex.
So, another $50 to RMA and potentially get another broken card? Yeah, no. So i've been sitting here without a GPU, waiting for the 390x. No point in investing in a 970, 980 or 290x right now I suspect.
Frustrated. Rant.
tl;dr Visiontek RMA screwed me, waiting for new cards but going insane | Getting real tired of not having a GPU. I had a Visiontek 6950, worked great except it had a weird, and very loud grinding noise. Performance was unaffected, but since I had lifetime warranty I figured I'd RMA it and get rid of the horrible sound. After $35 shipping and a week, I get a card back. Plop it in my machine, boot it up, performance isn't nearly close to my original card. Weird. Then full screen corruption. Over time it got to the point where it won't even boot anymore, and my motherboard spits out errors referring to the GPU
Went to RMA again, was told by Visiontek support they would pay for shipping this time. Then when it came to actually RMAing, I was told they wont pay for shipping from Canada. At the same time I'm hit with a $15 import fee from Fedex.
So, another $50 to RMA and potentially get another broken card? Yeah, no. So i've been sitting here without a GPU, waiting for the 390x. No point in investing in a 970, 980 or 290x right now I suspect.
Frustrated. Rant.
tl;dr Visiontek RMA screwed me, waiting for new cards but going insane
| bapcsalescanada | t5_2tesr | cr5p7in | Getting real tired of not having a GPU. I had a Visiontek 6950, worked great except it had a weird, and very loud grinding noise. Performance was unaffected, but since I had lifetime warranty I figured I'd RMA it and get rid of the horrible sound. After $35 shipping and a week, I get a card back. Plop it in my machine, boot it up, performance isn't nearly close to my original card. Weird. Then full screen corruption. Over time it got to the point where it won't even boot anymore, and my motherboard spits out errors referring to the GPU
Went to RMA again, was told by Visiontek support they would pay for shipping this time. Then when it came to actually RMAing, I was told they wont pay for shipping from Canada. At the same time I'm hit with a $15 import fee from Fedex.
So, another $50 to RMA and potentially get another broken card? Yeah, no. So i've been sitting here without a GPU, waiting for the 390x. No point in investing in a 970, 980 or 290x right now I suspect.
Frustrated. Rant. | Visiontek RMA screwed me, waiting for new cards but going insane |
Diamond_Kicker | Oh, I heard that I'm manipulative in the way I communicate with my SOs. I use humor and cockiness often to break the ice when I feel it, but to a casual observer it will often look like I'm disrespecting the other person's decisions/boundaries because of my intrusive comments/questions. It's hard to explain, but it's inconsequential here.
But onto your situation. If she wants to be dominant that's you guy's prerogative, but for what I'm about to suggest it'd be better if you were the dominant one:
- Perhaps slowing down the speed at first will help, I mean slowing everything down to just a bit above slow motion speed. It gives you time to breath away your worries and nerves, which helps you take every step without worrying about anything cooling down.
It is important to note that whenever you take things this slow you gotta say something to the other party (who may be confused) such as: "Just stay still, this time I just want to draw in all of you at my leisure. So be patient love". This must be done while you longingly look at her body like you want to ravage it. It builds sexual tension. For both you and her.
Taking it slow may also allow you to stay erect in *anticipation* (which is an aphrodisiac). Just keep a condom close, take your clothes off (hastily) and then focus on undressing her however you wish (slowly). This allows you to not only to see what parts of her body you like the most, but also to focus on how you have complete control, and how nothing can ruin such a moment (since you're both alone), and how lucky you are to be with her, and how there's no pressure because you're simply dying to lay down with her and please her. Focusing on all these thoughts at once may give you a raging hard-on.
*(*Just to be sure: "ERASE every negative thought or doubt that may pop in your head, just stay in the moment!!"*)*
If such happens then you can grab a condom and put it on, but be sure to not focus on how you put it on, rather you should focus all the thoughts that contribute to your hard-on while you barely consciously put the condom on. I'm counting on the fact that you don't need 100% attention to put a condom on btw.
If you don't lose the hard-on while you have it on then get into her as soon as you can and enjoy your victory over your nervousness. Just focus on how good it feels to have sex with your woman with a condom on. How wet and warm she still feels and how you did it! Please don't forget to tell her she's the best (or that you love her) if this works out!
TL;DR: Try slowing down the pace and just focusing on the moment, and maybe your hard-on will be more cooperative. Good luck friend! :) | Oh, I heard that I'm manipulative in the way I communicate with my SOs. I use humor and cockiness often to break the ice when I feel it, but to a casual observer it will often look like I'm disrespecting the other person's decisions/boundaries because of my intrusive comments/questions. It's hard to explain, but it's inconsequential here.
But onto your situation. If she wants to be dominant that's you guy's prerogative, but for what I'm about to suggest it'd be better if you were the dominant one:
Perhaps slowing down the speed at first will help, I mean slowing everything down to just a bit above slow motion speed. It gives you time to breath away your worries and nerves, which helps you take every step without worrying about anything cooling down.
It is important to note that whenever you take things this slow you gotta say something to the other party (who may be confused) such as: "Just stay still, this time I just want to draw in all of you at my leisure. So be patient love". This must be done while you longingly look at her body like you want to ravage it. It builds sexual tension. For both you and her.
Taking it slow may also allow you to stay erect in anticipation (which is an aphrodisiac). Just keep a condom close, take your clothes off (hastily) and then focus on undressing her however you wish (slowly). This allows you to not only to see what parts of her body you like the most, but also to focus on how you have complete control, and how nothing can ruin such a moment (since you're both alone), and how lucky you are to be with her, and how there's no pressure because you're simply dying to lay down with her and please her. Focusing on all these thoughts at once may give you a raging hard-on.
( Just to be sure: "ERASE every negative thought or doubt that may pop in your head, just stay in the moment!!" )
If such happens then you can grab a condom and put it on, but be sure to not focus on how you put it on, rather you should focus all the thoughts that contribute to your hard-on while you barely consciously put the condom on. I'm counting on the fact that you don't need 100% attention to put a condom on btw.
If you don't lose the hard-on while you have it on then get into her as soon as you can and enjoy your victory over your nervousness. Just focus on how good it feels to have sex with your woman with a condom on. How wet and warm she still feels and how you did it! Please don't forget to tell her she's the best (or that you love her) if this works out!
TL;DR: Try slowing down the pace and just focusing on the moment, and maybe your hard-on will be more cooperative. Good luck friend! :)
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cr1boy7 | Oh, I heard that I'm manipulative in the way I communicate with my SOs. I use humor and cockiness often to break the ice when I feel it, but to a casual observer it will often look like I'm disrespecting the other person's decisions/boundaries because of my intrusive comments/questions. It's hard to explain, but it's inconsequential here.
But onto your situation. If she wants to be dominant that's you guy's prerogative, but for what I'm about to suggest it'd be better if you were the dominant one:
Perhaps slowing down the speed at first will help, I mean slowing everything down to just a bit above slow motion speed. It gives you time to breath away your worries and nerves, which helps you take every step without worrying about anything cooling down.
It is important to note that whenever you take things this slow you gotta say something to the other party (who may be confused) such as: "Just stay still, this time I just want to draw in all of you at my leisure. So be patient love". This must be done while you longingly look at her body like you want to ravage it. It builds sexual tension. For both you and her.
Taking it slow may also allow you to stay erect in anticipation (which is an aphrodisiac). Just keep a condom close, take your clothes off (hastily) and then focus on undressing her however you wish (slowly). This allows you to not only to see what parts of her body you like the most, but also to focus on how you have complete control, and how nothing can ruin such a moment (since you're both alone), and how lucky you are to be with her, and how there's no pressure because you're simply dying to lay down with her and please her. Focusing on all these thoughts at once may give you a raging hard-on.
( Just to be sure: "ERASE every negative thought or doubt that may pop in your head, just stay in the moment!!" )
If such happens then you can grab a condom and put it on, but be sure to not focus on how you put it on, rather you should focus all the thoughts that contribute to your hard-on while you barely consciously put the condom on. I'm counting on the fact that you don't need 100% attention to put a condom on btw.
If you don't lose the hard-on while you have it on then get into her as soon as you can and enjoy your victory over your nervousness. Just focus on how good it feels to have sex with your woman with a condom on. How wet and warm she still feels and how you did it! Please don't forget to tell her she's the best (or that you love her) if this works out! | Try slowing down the pace and just focusing on the moment, and maybe your hard-on will be more cooperative. Good luck friend! :) |
WaffleFoxes | I'm the volume license training voucher admin. They're hard to find so here's how you do it:
Log in to your Volume License Servicing Center>Software Assurance>Training Vouchers. Select your enrollment number, then see how many eligible days you have under Training Vouchers. Then contact a Software Assurance training vendor and they'll walk you through the rest. I recommend [Interface]( or [New Horizons](
My company is fairly small, so the only place I can really move would be if they created a new position to head up IT infrastructure so that my boss can spend less of his time dealing with our side and more time on projects. Honestly, that's at least 10 years out. Thankfully, I get to do lots of exciting projects like implement SCCM and stuff like that, so I feel like I get to at least think every day. And it's stable with good benefits, so I could be happy staying here for forever. Most of our senior IT staff have been with the company 20+ years. I'm considering moonlighting consulting work on the side some day, but I'm not sure if I'm willing to take that much time away from my family.
TL;DR, I'm mostly training so that *if* anything happened I would be employable, but I don't see myself moving up at my current company any time soon.
The thing that really makes IT folks stand out at my company is the ability to understand what the business really needs and think of technical solutions. Many of our staff just think they should always upgrade for the sake of upgrading without stopping to think if our business would actually use any of the additional features, etc. Maybe some project management ability or something similar might help?
| I'm the volume license training voucher admin. They're hard to find so here's how you do it:
Log in to your Volume License Servicing Center>Software Assurance>Training Vouchers. Select your enrollment number, then see how many eligible days you have under Training Vouchers. Then contact a Software Assurance training vendor and they'll walk you through the rest. I recommend [Interface]( or [New Horizons](
My company is fairly small, so the only place I can really move would be if they created a new position to head up IT infrastructure so that my boss can spend less of his time dealing with our side and more time on projects. Honestly, that's at least 10 years out. Thankfully, I get to do lots of exciting projects like implement SCCM and stuff like that, so I feel like I get to at least think every day. And it's stable with good benefits, so I could be happy staying here for forever. Most of our senior IT staff have been with the company 20+ years. I'm considering moonlighting consulting work on the side some day, but I'm not sure if I'm willing to take that much time away from my family.
TL;DR, I'm mostly training so that if anything happened I would be employable, but I don't see myself moving up at my current company any time soon.
The thing that really makes IT folks stand out at my company is the ability to understand what the business really needs and think of technical solutions. Many of our staff just think they should always upgrade for the sake of upgrading without stopping to think if our business would actually use any of the additional features, etc. Maybe some project management ability or something similar might help?
| IT_CERT_STUDY | t5_2sme6 | crpnbji | I'm the volume license training voucher admin. They're hard to find so here's how you do it:
Log in to your Volume License Servicing Center>Software Assurance>Training Vouchers. Select your enrollment number, then see how many eligible days you have under Training Vouchers. Then contact a Software Assurance training vendor and they'll walk you through the rest. I recommend [Interface]( or [New Horizons](
My company is fairly small, so the only place I can really move would be if they created a new position to head up IT infrastructure so that my boss can spend less of his time dealing with our side and more time on projects. Honestly, that's at least 10 years out. Thankfully, I get to do lots of exciting projects like implement SCCM and stuff like that, so I feel like I get to at least think every day. And it's stable with good benefits, so I could be happy staying here for forever. Most of our senior IT staff have been with the company 20+ years. I'm considering moonlighting consulting work on the side some day, but I'm not sure if I'm willing to take that much time away from my family. | I'm mostly training so that if anything happened I would be employable, but I don't see myself moving up at my current company any time soon.
The thing that really makes IT folks stand out at my company is the ability to understand what the business really needs and think of technical solutions. Many of our staff just think they should always upgrade for the sake of upgrading without stopping to think if our business would actually use any of the additional features, etc. Maybe some project management ability or something similar might help? |
_cubfan_ | You don't get anything special back when you use flint and steel to punch a zombie though. You get the same rotten flesh as if you had used your fist. Same with a fishing rod when you dig sand. I am fine with normal tools not taking damage when they yield the same thing as your fist would in the same situation.
However with Silk Touch shears this is not the case. If you use Silk Touch shears, you don't get the same block that you would when you punch it, you get the silk touched block itself. This is why this is a bug. It makes the silk touch enchanted shear very powerful. With it you can get any block you desire without any corresponding durability penalty. This is contrary to how every other tool in the game works. In fact, if you make one single silk touch shear you never need to craft another silk touch tool in the game (assuming you don't use it on wool/cobwebs).
I'd also like to point out that silk touch shears do take damage when mining a cobweb, a block that is only available with silk touch shears. Why would Mojang code in only cobwebs to cause durability damage to shears? To me this seems like an oversight with regards to shears.
All other Silk Touch tools take durability damage when mining silk touchable blocks, why should shears be any different?
**tl;dr** If Silk Touch tools yielded only what your fist yields then your comparison would be valid, but they don't. | You don't get anything special back when you use flint and steel to punch a zombie though. You get the same rotten flesh as if you had used your fist. Same with a fishing rod when you dig sand. I am fine with normal tools not taking damage when they yield the same thing as your fist would in the same situation.
However with Silk Touch shears this is not the case. If you use Silk Touch shears, you don't get the same block that you would when you punch it, you get the silk touched block itself. This is why this is a bug. It makes the silk touch enchanted shear very powerful. With it you can get any block you desire without any corresponding durability penalty. This is contrary to how every other tool in the game works. In fact, if you make one single silk touch shear you never need to craft another silk touch tool in the game (assuming you don't use it on wool/cobwebs).
I'd also like to point out that silk touch shears do take damage when mining a cobweb, a block that is only available with silk touch shears. Why would Mojang code in only cobwebs to cause durability damage to shears? To me this seems like an oversight with regards to shears.
All other Silk Touch tools take durability damage when mining silk touchable blocks, why should shears be any different?
tl;dr If Silk Touch tools yielded only what your fist yields then your comparison would be valid, but they don't.
| Minecraft | t5_2r05i | cqztg0b | You don't get anything special back when you use flint and steel to punch a zombie though. You get the same rotten flesh as if you had used your fist. Same with a fishing rod when you dig sand. I am fine with normal tools not taking damage when they yield the same thing as your fist would in the same situation.
However with Silk Touch shears this is not the case. If you use Silk Touch shears, you don't get the same block that you would when you punch it, you get the silk touched block itself. This is why this is a bug. It makes the silk touch enchanted shear very powerful. With it you can get any block you desire without any corresponding durability penalty. This is contrary to how every other tool in the game works. In fact, if you make one single silk touch shear you never need to craft another silk touch tool in the game (assuming you don't use it on wool/cobwebs).
I'd also like to point out that silk touch shears do take damage when mining a cobweb, a block that is only available with silk touch shears. Why would Mojang code in only cobwebs to cause durability damage to shears? To me this seems like an oversight with regards to shears.
All other Silk Touch tools take durability damage when mining silk touchable blocks, why should shears be any different? | If Silk Touch tools yielded only what your fist yields then your comparison would be valid, but they don't. |
Jotakob | In my city I have an intersection where i've tried both traffic lights and no lights, and traffic lights is by far the superior version.
It features two incoming 6-ways into one outgoing 6-way. very simple, you would say, but both 6-ways have high volume and need to have access to the outermost lanes, from each side. so, without traffic lights there are multi-lane mergers, lots of stopping and generally slow traffic, causing long backups. with traffic lights all cars have to stop only once, but then can freely go on in their lane, which they have already chosen previously.
tl;dr: traffic lights are good if you have equally balanced, high traffic volume, multi-lane intersections. | In my city I have an intersection where i've tried both traffic lights and no lights, and traffic lights is by far the superior version.
It features two incoming 6-ways into one outgoing 6-way. very simple, you would say, but both 6-ways have high volume and need to have access to the outermost lanes, from each side. so, without traffic lights there are multi-lane mergers, lots of stopping and generally slow traffic, causing long backups. with traffic lights all cars have to stop only once, but then can freely go on in their lane, which they have already chosen previously.
tl;dr: traffic lights are good if you have equally balanced, high traffic volume, multi-lane intersections.
| CitiesSkylines | t5_331rj | cqz5f3u | In my city I have an intersection where i've tried both traffic lights and no lights, and traffic lights is by far the superior version.
It features two incoming 6-ways into one outgoing 6-way. very simple, you would say, but both 6-ways have high volume and need to have access to the outermost lanes, from each side. so, without traffic lights there are multi-lane mergers, lots of stopping and generally slow traffic, causing long backups. with traffic lights all cars have to stop only once, but then can freely go on in their lane, which they have already chosen previously. | traffic lights are good if you have equally balanced, high traffic volume, multi-lane intersections. |
bri-an | Your second formula entails that Ingmar knows the combination (assuming Ingmar actually exists, i.e. is in the domain), whereas your first formula does not.
In other words, your first formula says: Either Ingmar, and only Ingmar, knows the combination, or nobody knows the combination.
Your second formula says: Ingmar, and only ingmar, knows the combination.
So the question is: Is it the case that *Only Ingmar knows the combination* entails that Ingmar knows the combination? Put differently, suppose that nobody knows the combination. Then is the sentence *Only Ingmar knows the combination* true?
This is actually a very tricky question. A common answer among linguists (natural language semanticists) is that that sentence *asserts* that nobody except (possibly) Ingmar knows the combination, and it *presupposes* that Ingmar knows the combination.
On that analysis, your first formula would be the correct representation of what the sentence asserts. Your second formula would represent the asserted and presupposed content *together*.
**tl;dr** The difference is that the second formula entails that Ingmar knows the combination. Which formula is "correct" depends on whether you consider that fact to be part of the asserted (semantic) meaning of the sentence, or rather merely presupposed.
| Your second formula entails that Ingmar knows the combination (assuming Ingmar actually exists, i.e. is in the domain), whereas your first formula does not.
In other words, your first formula says: Either Ingmar, and only Ingmar, knows the combination, or nobody knows the combination.
Your second formula says: Ingmar, and only ingmar, knows the combination.
So the question is: Is it the case that Only Ingmar knows the combination entails that Ingmar knows the combination? Put differently, suppose that nobody knows the combination. Then is the sentence Only Ingmar knows the combination true?
This is actually a very tricky question. A common answer among linguists (natural language semanticists) is that that sentence asserts that nobody except (possibly) Ingmar knows the combination, and it presupposes that Ingmar knows the combination.
On that analysis, your first formula would be the correct representation of what the sentence asserts. Your second formula would represent the asserted and presupposed content together .
tl;dr The difference is that the second formula entails that Ingmar knows the combination. Which formula is "correct" depends on whether you consider that fact to be part of the asserted (semantic) meaning of the sentence, or rather merely presupposed.
| logic | t5_2qubs | cqz64wd | Your second formula entails that Ingmar knows the combination (assuming Ingmar actually exists, i.e. is in the domain), whereas your first formula does not.
In other words, your first formula says: Either Ingmar, and only Ingmar, knows the combination, or nobody knows the combination.
Your second formula says: Ingmar, and only ingmar, knows the combination.
So the question is: Is it the case that Only Ingmar knows the combination entails that Ingmar knows the combination? Put differently, suppose that nobody knows the combination. Then is the sentence Only Ingmar knows the combination true?
This is actually a very tricky question. A common answer among linguists (natural language semanticists) is that that sentence asserts that nobody except (possibly) Ingmar knows the combination, and it presupposes that Ingmar knows the combination.
On that analysis, your first formula would be the correct representation of what the sentence asserts. Your second formula would represent the asserted and presupposed content together . | The difference is that the second formula entails that Ingmar knows the combination. Which formula is "correct" depends on whether you consider that fact to be part of the asserted (semantic) meaning of the sentence, or rather merely presupposed. |
DFrostedWangsAccount | Probably turned it off and forgot how to turn it on again, so they thought it was broken and threw it away.
Or maybe they broke the monitor and threw that away, then realised they didn't need the useless CPU that came with it anymore.
Or maybe they got that popup saying the CIA locked the computer and they had to pay thousands of dollars to unlock, so they trashed it.
Or maybe they saw their desktop had an "e" on it, thought it meant end, so they threw it away.
Or they could have gotten a newer computer that was shinier (read:mac) and decided their old one wasn't worth anything anymore.
**tl;dr** - Obviously something was wrong in their head for them to throw this away. | Probably turned it off and forgot how to turn it on again, so they thought it was broken and threw it away.
Or maybe they broke the monitor and threw that away, then realised they didn't need the useless CPU that came with it anymore.
Or maybe they got that popup saying the CIA locked the computer and they had to pay thousands of dollars to unlock, so they trashed it.
Or maybe they saw their desktop had an "e" on it, thought it meant end, so they threw it away.
Or they could have gotten a newer computer that was shinier (read:mac) and decided their old one wasn't worth anything anymore.
tl;dr - Obviously something was wrong in their head for them to throw this away.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cqzxspt | Probably turned it off and forgot how to turn it on again, so they thought it was broken and threw it away.
Or maybe they broke the monitor and threw that away, then realised they didn't need the useless CPU that came with it anymore.
Or maybe they got that popup saying the CIA locked the computer and they had to pay thousands of dollars to unlock, so they trashed it.
Or maybe they saw their desktop had an "e" on it, thought it meant end, so they threw it away.
Or they could have gotten a newer computer that was shinier (read:mac) and decided their old one wasn't worth anything anymore. | Obviously something was wrong in their head for them to throw this away. |
NeuroticNet | Your eGo ONE has a USB charging port, correct ?
If yes, this means that the charging circuit ( which is what determines charging rate and power draw ) is inside the device, in which case the clerk is full of shit. You can plug it into any USB power supply that supplies *at least as much power* as the eGo One draws which should be stated in the manual.
On the older style eGo devices, that relied upon external chargers, his advice would have been valid, and you would not want to screw one of those into a charger that charged at too high of a rate.
tl;dr .. there is a difference between an external charger, and an external power supply that feeds an internal charger. You have the later.
They say to use a 1A wall adaptor, which in this context means "at least 1A power source." Plugging it into a 2A USB power supply ( aka wall adaptor ) will work fine, and will not harm anything, but it won't charge any faster than if you had used a 1A USB power source.
| Your eGo ONE has a USB charging port, correct ?
If yes, this means that the charging circuit ( which is what determines charging rate and power draw ) is inside the device, in which case the clerk is full of shit. You can plug it into any USB power supply that supplies at least as much power as the eGo One draws which should be stated in the manual.
On the older style eGo devices, that relied upon external chargers, his advice would have been valid, and you would not want to screw one of those into a charger that charged at too high of a rate.
tl;dr .. there is a difference between an external charger, and an external power supply that feeds an internal charger. You have the later.
They say to use a 1A wall adaptor, which in this context means "at least 1A power source." Plugging it into a 2A USB power supply ( aka wall adaptor ) will work fine, and will not harm anything, but it won't charge any faster than if you had used a 1A USB power source.
| electronic_cigarette | t5_2qmlu | cqzka0d | Your eGo ONE has a USB charging port, correct ?
If yes, this means that the charging circuit ( which is what determines charging rate and power draw ) is inside the device, in which case the clerk is full of shit. You can plug it into any USB power supply that supplies at least as much power as the eGo One draws which should be stated in the manual.
On the older style eGo devices, that relied upon external chargers, his advice would have been valid, and you would not want to screw one of those into a charger that charged at too high of a rate. | there is a difference between an external charger, and an external power supply that feeds an internal charger. You have the later.
They say to use a 1A wall adaptor, which in this context means "at least 1A power source." Plugging it into a 2A USB power supply ( aka wall adaptor ) will work fine, and will not harm anything, but it won't charge any faster than if you had used a 1A USB power source. |
LqdDragon | I know im fucking late to this boat but: TL;DR in an image: | I know im fucking late to this boat but: TL;DR in an image:
| heroesofthestorm | t5_2ym13 | cr02lgs | I know im fucking late to this boat but: | in an image: |
StormDweller | My, my. Someone got butthurt lol. That paragraph make you feel better? I'm the furthest thing from an elitist Lmao. But you wouldn't know that. You're just some idiot on reddit, who feels that he should be able to run his mouth and anyone who says anything in response that doesn't agree with what you had to say is a loser/faggot/insert insult here. You need to get over yourself, and remember that you're in a forum dedicated to metal. People are going to respond to your comments, and not all of them are going to agree with you.
tl;dr - Not everyone will agree with you, grow up. | My, my. Someone got butthurt lol. That paragraph make you feel better? I'm the furthest thing from an elitist Lmao. But you wouldn't know that. You're just some idiot on reddit, who feels that he should be able to run his mouth and anyone who says anything in response that doesn't agree with what you had to say is a loser/faggot/insert insult here. You need to get over yourself, and remember that you're in a forum dedicated to metal. People are going to respond to your comments, and not all of them are going to agree with you.
tl;dr - Not everyone will agree with you, grow up.
| Metal | t5_2qhud | cr01z96 | My, my. Someone got butthurt lol. That paragraph make you feel better? I'm the furthest thing from an elitist Lmao. But you wouldn't know that. You're just some idiot on reddit, who feels that he should be able to run his mouth and anyone who says anything in response that doesn't agree with what you had to say is a loser/faggot/insert insult here. You need to get over yourself, and remember that you're in a forum dedicated to metal. People are going to respond to your comments, and not all of them are going to agree with you. | Not everyone will agree with you, grow up. |
aTacoVendor | Eh, since Seth is the "Master Architect" or whatever, it could be that he has secretly been working with Roman and Dean since Kane started getting tired of his shenanigans. It could be Seth worked out differences joined with the other two (whom I believe are still on decent terms?) out of fear of becoming someone The Authoritah squashes week after week.
TLDR; gave above me is right, it's a long shot and makes very little sense. | Eh, since Seth is the "Master Architect" or whatever, it could be that he has secretly been working with Roman and Dean since Kane started getting tired of his shenanigans. It could be Seth worked out differences joined with the other two (whom I believe are still on decent terms?) out of fear of becoming someone The Authoritah squashes week after week.
TLDR; gave above me is right, it's a long shot and makes very little sense.
| SquaredCircle | t5_2sljg | cqzsnuq | Eh, since Seth is the "Master Architect" or whatever, it could be that he has secretly been working with Roman and Dean since Kane started getting tired of his shenanigans. It could be Seth worked out differences joined with the other two (whom I believe are still on decent terms?) out of fear of becoming someone The Authoritah squashes week after week. | gave above me is right, it's a long shot and makes very little sense. |
Bobertmarsh | About a year and a half ago I bought an HP Pavilion 15-e084ca (at the time regular $700 but on sale for $400) and I was the teams CAD lead. The computer worked great, opened files relatively fast, and I was able to work on multiple complex parts at once. The integrated graphics rendered the parts well and 8 gigs of ram with a terabyte hard drive (which is looking fairly standard now) was more than enough for me.
TL;DR Any relatively new laptop should be able to run Solidworks fine. | About a year and a half ago I bought an HP Pavilion 15-e084ca (at the time regular $700 but on sale for $400) and I was the teams CAD lead. The computer worked great, opened files relatively fast, and I was able to work on multiple complex parts at once. The integrated graphics rendered the parts well and 8 gigs of ram with a terabyte hard drive (which is looking fairly standard now) was more than enough for me.
TL;DR Any relatively new laptop should be able to run Solidworks fine.
| FRC | t5_2rdka | cqzzcwe | About a year and a half ago I bought an HP Pavilion 15-e084ca (at the time regular $700 but on sale for $400) and I was the teams CAD lead. The computer worked great, opened files relatively fast, and I was able to work on multiple complex parts at once. The integrated graphics rendered the parts well and 8 gigs of ram with a terabyte hard drive (which is looking fairly standard now) was more than enough for me. | Any relatively new laptop should be able to run Solidworks fine. |
chrispaulgeorge | He could get better as Kyle Korver has throughout his career, but only by being more efficient with what he already does, and he's got maybe a year or two to get a bit better on D before he starts losing what little athleticism he has. He's actually an underrated ball handler in the sense that he has pretty good ball control and can bring the ball up the court against single coverage, but for the most part he can only dribble in short bursts and in straight lines before picking up his dribble. Also when he's not shooting layups his efficiency plummets off the dribble. That's true of most players but just from the eye test I'm sure the difference is more drastic than with guys like Crawford, Curry, Thompson, etc. His deficiencies aside he's one of the premier off-ball runners and spot-up shooters in the game, and that's as much as anyone could've hoped for coming out of college.
TL;DR - I agree with you. | He could get better as Kyle Korver has throughout his career, but only by being more efficient with what he already does, and he's got maybe a year or two to get a bit better on D before he starts losing what little athleticism he has. He's actually an underrated ball handler in the sense that he has pretty good ball control and can bring the ball up the court against single coverage, but for the most part he can only dribble in short bursts and in straight lines before picking up his dribble. Also when he's not shooting layups his efficiency plummets off the dribble. That's true of most players but just from the eye test I'm sure the difference is more drastic than with guys like Crawford, Curry, Thompson, etc. His deficiencies aside he's one of the premier off-ball runners and spot-up shooters in the game, and that's as much as anyone could've hoped for coming out of college.
TL;DR - I agree with you.
| nba | t5_2qo4s | cr0vpaw | He could get better as Kyle Korver has throughout his career, but only by being more efficient with what he already does, and he's got maybe a year or two to get a bit better on D before he starts losing what little athleticism he has. He's actually an underrated ball handler in the sense that he has pretty good ball control and can bring the ball up the court against single coverage, but for the most part he can only dribble in short bursts and in straight lines before picking up his dribble. Also when he's not shooting layups his efficiency plummets off the dribble. That's true of most players but just from the eye test I'm sure the difference is more drastic than with guys like Crawford, Curry, Thompson, etc. His deficiencies aside he's one of the premier off-ball runners and spot-up shooters in the game, and that's as much as anyone could've hoped for coming out of college. | I agree with you. |
wanderingbilby | Most high production countries - think G8 or G12 economies - have fairly effective taxing systems. The US system has many, many ways to get away with paying less than their fair piece of the pie - most of these legal cheats are for rich people, but everyone has some. but you can't get away with simply not filing, or filing but not paying. Why?
As someone currently in hock to the IRS... they're effective.
When you make money, there's a paper record. If you're an employee, your employer deducts estimated taxes from each paycheck; they forward those funds to federal, state, and local tax agencies. At the end of the year when they file taxes, your information is sent along with that - that's when you get your W-2 income form.
Now, they have that information, but they won't act on it until you file. Technically, if you never file and never do anything else that could cause auditing, you could avoid the IRS indefinitely - but you lose any money due to you as a refund and it massively limits your ability to apply for jobs, loans, or anything else really.
When you file taxes, they know where you are and what you owe. If you don't pay, they'll send you lots of happy little reminders how much you owe and how much interest you're accruing. If you wait long enough they can file a Levee against any funds in a US bank account and seize them. They can also garnish wages. If it gets bad enough, there's even jail time - ask Wesley Snipes. So there's incentive to set up a deal.
**Really, they're just about the easiest creditor to deal with.** For reference, I did independent contracting full time 2006-2008, and ^*cough* never filed, because I hadn't saved any money. I was dumb. 08-09 economic downturn made me suddenly insolvent. It took a few years, but basically I got my paperwork together with the help of a tax person and said *I will pay you $x per month until it's paid off* and they were like *no prob bro*.
Their interest rates are fairly low, and they aren't too picky about how much you pay per month as long as it's reasonable.
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The IRS is like a golem with a task. It's slow, but... YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE, MISTER MOIST. | Most high production countries - think G8 or G12 economies - have fairly effective taxing systems. The US system has many, many ways to get away with paying less than their fair piece of the pie - most of these legal cheats are for rich people, but everyone has some. but you can't get away with simply not filing, or filing but not paying. Why?
As someone currently in hock to the IRS... they're effective.
When you make money, there's a paper record. If you're an employee, your employer deducts estimated taxes from each paycheck; they forward those funds to federal, state, and local tax agencies. At the end of the year when they file taxes, your information is sent along with that - that's when you get your W-2 income form.
Now, they have that information, but they won't act on it until you file. Technically, if you never file and never do anything else that could cause auditing, you could avoid the IRS indefinitely - but you lose any money due to you as a refund and it massively limits your ability to apply for jobs, loans, or anything else really.
When you file taxes, they know where you are and what you owe. If you don't pay, they'll send you lots of happy little reminders how much you owe and how much interest you're accruing. If you wait long enough they can file a Levee against any funds in a US bank account and seize them. They can also garnish wages. If it gets bad enough, there's even jail time - ask Wesley Snipes. So there's incentive to set up a deal.
Really, they're just about the easiest creditor to deal with. For reference, I did independent contracting full time 2006-2008, and ^ cough never filed, because I hadn't saved any money. I was dumb. 08-09 economic downturn made me suddenly insolvent. It took a few years, but basically I got my paperwork together with the help of a tax person and said I will pay you $x per month until it's paid off and they were like no prob bro .
Their interest rates are fairly low, and they aren't too picky about how much you pay per month as long as it's reasonable.
tl;dr
The IRS is like a golem with a task. It's slow, but... YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE, MISTER MOIST.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr0ssyr | Most high production countries - think G8 or G12 economies - have fairly effective taxing systems. The US system has many, many ways to get away with paying less than their fair piece of the pie - most of these legal cheats are for rich people, but everyone has some. but you can't get away with simply not filing, or filing but not paying. Why?
As someone currently in hock to the IRS... they're effective.
When you make money, there's a paper record. If you're an employee, your employer deducts estimated taxes from each paycheck; they forward those funds to federal, state, and local tax agencies. At the end of the year when they file taxes, your information is sent along with that - that's when you get your W-2 income form.
Now, they have that information, but they won't act on it until you file. Technically, if you never file and never do anything else that could cause auditing, you could avoid the IRS indefinitely - but you lose any money due to you as a refund and it massively limits your ability to apply for jobs, loans, or anything else really.
When you file taxes, they know where you are and what you owe. If you don't pay, they'll send you lots of happy little reminders how much you owe and how much interest you're accruing. If you wait long enough they can file a Levee against any funds in a US bank account and seize them. They can also garnish wages. If it gets bad enough, there's even jail time - ask Wesley Snipes. So there's incentive to set up a deal.
Really, they're just about the easiest creditor to deal with. For reference, I did independent contracting full time 2006-2008, and ^ cough never filed, because I hadn't saved any money. I was dumb. 08-09 economic downturn made me suddenly insolvent. It took a few years, but basically I got my paperwork together with the help of a tax person and said I will pay you $x per month until it's paid off and they were like no prob bro .
Their interest rates are fairly low, and they aren't too picky about how much you pay per month as long as it's reasonable. | The IRS is like a golem with a task. It's slow, but... YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE, MISTER MOIST. |
NjallTheViking | >such an intense feeling of loneliness which can probably also be attributed to the fact that whenever I did find someone I genuinely wanted to be with, they would end up rejecting me. A non-BPD person probably wouldn't even bat an eye about, but for someone like me - who can easily put people on a pedestal - it hurt like hell.
well that hit me squarely in the feels. It happens a lot, and it sucks.
I (a guy, for what it's worth), am awful at the whole dating thing. I've only had 3 relationships, all only since starting college 4 years ago, and the longest was 3 months over this past summer. I knew her just under a week before we started dating. I'm pretty sure I was into it mostly for the fact that she seemed incredibly into me. Like more than I've ever seen in someone before. I'll be honest, at a base, deep-down level, I just want some attention. I want to feel like someone cares about me and that I actually mean something to someone. So being presented that was attractive. However, I realized that that was how I felt, and that I didn't think I actually liked her (and she was going back out of state for college), so I broke up with her. Nothing was going wrong - it was quite nice actually - I just didn't feel like it anymore.
When I see someone I think it attractive, or looks like they might be interesting, I get really nervous and am 9 times out of 10 too scared to ever say anything. Hell, it took me all of this semester to finally talk to a girl who I saw pretty often and I thought (and was correct about) went to my high school (she was 2 years younger though, so I never actually knew her).
But it seems that any time I find someone interested, as you point out, it ends up going no where. Maybe I'm just unlucky in things? It still hurts a lot, because it means so much to me to want to not be lonely anymore. I've been sad pretty much all day because I've been thinking about this (ergo this rant). That girl I mentioned earlier, I had asked her if she wanted to meet for coffee over the weekend, and originally she said yes, but later had to cancel to study for exams. Makes sense, I was okay with it. Texted her on Monday to see if she was free after class: she was done before I even had class and was going downtown with a friend. No problem, it was last minute. I spent all day Tuesday on campus working on stuff and decided to text her if she was free and wanted to hang on campus: no reply. So now I'm sad about that. Last night I was out to dinner with my best friend who will actually text/call me to do stuff on a regular basis. Nice girl, but (sometimes unfortunately, sometimes not) just friends. There was a cute girl sitting with friends a table over, whom I pointed out to my friend. She agreed with me. I spent the rest of the night sad about how I'd never see her again.
tl:dr; dating sucks and I would stop trying but I'm too lonely | >such an intense feeling of loneliness which can probably also be attributed to the fact that whenever I did find someone I genuinely wanted to be with, they would end up rejecting me. A non-BPD person probably wouldn't even bat an eye about, but for someone like me - who can easily put people on a pedestal - it hurt like hell.
well that hit me squarely in the feels. It happens a lot, and it sucks.
I (a guy, for what it's worth), am awful at the whole dating thing. I've only had 3 relationships, all only since starting college 4 years ago, and the longest was 3 months over this past summer. I knew her just under a week before we started dating. I'm pretty sure I was into it mostly for the fact that she seemed incredibly into me. Like more than I've ever seen in someone before. I'll be honest, at a base, deep-down level, I just want some attention. I want to feel like someone cares about me and that I actually mean something to someone. So being presented that was attractive. However, I realized that that was how I felt, and that I didn't think I actually liked her (and she was going back out of state for college), so I broke up with her. Nothing was going wrong - it was quite nice actually - I just didn't feel like it anymore.
When I see someone I think it attractive, or looks like they might be interesting, I get really nervous and am 9 times out of 10 too scared to ever say anything. Hell, it took me all of this semester to finally talk to a girl who I saw pretty often and I thought (and was correct about) went to my high school (she was 2 years younger though, so I never actually knew her).
But it seems that any time I find someone interested, as you point out, it ends up going no where. Maybe I'm just unlucky in things? It still hurts a lot, because it means so much to me to want to not be lonely anymore. I've been sad pretty much all day because I've been thinking about this (ergo this rant). That girl I mentioned earlier, I had asked her if she wanted to meet for coffee over the weekend, and originally she said yes, but later had to cancel to study for exams. Makes sense, I was okay with it. Texted her on Monday to see if she was free after class: she was done before I even had class and was going downtown with a friend. No problem, it was last minute. I spent all day Tuesday on campus working on stuff and decided to text her if she was free and wanted to hang on campus: no reply. So now I'm sad about that. Last night I was out to dinner with my best friend who will actually text/call me to do stuff on a regular basis. Nice girl, but (sometimes unfortunately, sometimes not) just friends. There was a cute girl sitting with friends a table over, whom I pointed out to my friend. She agreed with me. I spent the rest of the night sad about how I'd never see her again.
tl:dr; dating sucks and I would stop trying but I'm too lonely
| BPD | t5_2qqdp | cr10dtl | such an intense feeling of loneliness which can probably also be attributed to the fact that whenever I did find someone I genuinely wanted to be with, they would end up rejecting me. A non-BPD person probably wouldn't even bat an eye about, but for someone like me - who can easily put people on a pedestal - it hurt like hell.
well that hit me squarely in the feels. It happens a lot, and it sucks.
I (a guy, for what it's worth), am awful at the whole dating thing. I've only had 3 relationships, all only since starting college 4 years ago, and the longest was 3 months over this past summer. I knew her just under a week before we started dating. I'm pretty sure I was into it mostly for the fact that she seemed incredibly into me. Like more than I've ever seen in someone before. I'll be honest, at a base, deep-down level, I just want some attention. I want to feel like someone cares about me and that I actually mean something to someone. So being presented that was attractive. However, I realized that that was how I felt, and that I didn't think I actually liked her (and she was going back out of state for college), so I broke up with her. Nothing was going wrong - it was quite nice actually - I just didn't feel like it anymore.
When I see someone I think it attractive, or looks like they might be interesting, I get really nervous and am 9 times out of 10 too scared to ever say anything. Hell, it took me all of this semester to finally talk to a girl who I saw pretty often and I thought (and was correct about) went to my high school (she was 2 years younger though, so I never actually knew her).
But it seems that any time I find someone interested, as you point out, it ends up going no where. Maybe I'm just unlucky in things? It still hurts a lot, because it means so much to me to want to not be lonely anymore. I've been sad pretty much all day because I've been thinking about this (ergo this rant). That girl I mentioned earlier, I had asked her if she wanted to meet for coffee over the weekend, and originally she said yes, but later had to cancel to study for exams. Makes sense, I was okay with it. Texted her on Monday to see if she was free after class: she was done before I even had class and was going downtown with a friend. No problem, it was last minute. I spent all day Tuesday on campus working on stuff and decided to text her if she was free and wanted to hang on campus: no reply. So now I'm sad about that. Last night I was out to dinner with my best friend who will actually text/call me to do stuff on a regular basis. Nice girl, but (sometimes unfortunately, sometimes not) just friends. There was a cute girl sitting with friends a table over, whom I pointed out to my friend. She agreed with me. I spent the rest of the night sad about how I'd never see her again. | dating sucks and I would stop trying but I'm too lonely |
therealthingravy | For me it was Gremlins. And The Gogs. And absolutely anything that had any sort of claymation or obviously fake Gremlins-type puppets. I watched Gremlins when I was about 8 or 9 with my friend who was sleeping over, my parents and sister watched it too. That night, like a good hostess, I let my friend sleep in my bed whilst I slept next to them on a fold out bed.
Not for long though.
From where I was I could directly see the gap where the dust ruffle of the bedding met the floor, and I ended up so scared I was bawling my eyes out.
Anything even remotely creepy but looks undoubtedly fake sends me running. It's strange, I'm more okay with the more recent and advanced supernatural horror movies than I am with things like the original Poltergeist monsters, the claymation music video Land Of Confusion by Genesis... I'm out. I'm so out. Done. Bye. I'm going to watch some happy puppy clips on YouTube.
TL;DR I'm a shit hostess, but I got to sleep in my own bed | For me it was Gremlins. And The Gogs. And absolutely anything that had any sort of claymation or obviously fake Gremlins-type puppets. I watched Gremlins when I was about 8 or 9 with my friend who was sleeping over, my parents and sister watched it too. That night, like a good hostess, I let my friend sleep in my bed whilst I slept next to them on a fold out bed.
Not for long though.
From where I was I could directly see the gap where the dust ruffle of the bedding met the floor, and I ended up so scared I was bawling my eyes out.
Anything even remotely creepy but looks undoubtedly fake sends me running. It's strange, I'm more okay with the more recent and advanced supernatural horror movies than I am with things like the original Poltergeist monsters, the claymation music video Land Of Confusion by Genesis... I'm out. I'm so out. Done. Bye. I'm going to watch some happy puppy clips on YouTube.
TL;DR I'm a shit hostess, but I got to sleep in my own bed
| creepy | t5_2raed | cr176a8 | For me it was Gremlins. And The Gogs. And absolutely anything that had any sort of claymation or obviously fake Gremlins-type puppets. I watched Gremlins when I was about 8 or 9 with my friend who was sleeping over, my parents and sister watched it too. That night, like a good hostess, I let my friend sleep in my bed whilst I slept next to them on a fold out bed.
Not for long though.
From where I was I could directly see the gap where the dust ruffle of the bedding met the floor, and I ended up so scared I was bawling my eyes out.
Anything even remotely creepy but looks undoubtedly fake sends me running. It's strange, I'm more okay with the more recent and advanced supernatural horror movies than I am with things like the original Poltergeist monsters, the claymation music video Land Of Confusion by Genesis... I'm out. I'm so out. Done. Bye. I'm going to watch some happy puppy clips on YouTube. | I'm a shit hostess, but I got to sleep in my own bed |
lamecoder | I got one of [these]( 3 months ago for 11500, ridiculous vfm in hindsight(also really small bezels).
The cheapest LCD panels you could buy are TN types, they have amazing response time and are great for gaming. I don't play anything other than fifa and I was worried about flicker as I had owned a horrendous 1st gen lcd monitor. The colour reproduction and viewing angles are meh.
If you care about better colour reproduction get a IPS panel, they are costly though, the one I linked is a AMVA panel and it's kind of in the middle.
Display tech is quite fascinating, I don't remember much of what I had read up before buying my panel but pretty sure it was interesting.
**tl:dr** get the cheapest and biggest one if all you care about is gaming | I got one of these .
The cheapest LCD panels you could buy are TN types, they have amazing response time and are great for gaming. I don't play anything other than fifa and I was worried about flicker as I had owned a horrendous 1st gen lcd monitor. The colour reproduction and viewing angles are meh.
If you care about better colour reproduction get a IPS panel, they are costly though, the one I linked is a AMVA panel and it's kind of in the middle.
Display tech is quite fascinating, I don't remember much of what I had read up before buying my panel but pretty sure it was interesting.
tl:dr get the cheapest and biggest one if all you care about is gaming
| india | t5_2qh1q | cr18e7g | I got one of these .
The cheapest LCD panels you could buy are TN types, they have amazing response time and are great for gaming. I don't play anything other than fifa and I was worried about flicker as I had owned a horrendous 1st gen lcd monitor. The colour reproduction and viewing angles are meh.
If you care about better colour reproduction get a IPS panel, they are costly though, the one I linked is a AMVA panel and it's kind of in the middle.
Display tech is quite fascinating, I don't remember much of what I had read up before buying my panel but pretty sure it was interesting. | get the cheapest and biggest one if all you care about is gaming |
tralfamadorianMD | Yes! And the best part about our SO niche is that they have alllll this free time to read the books and watch the movies we can't! So we get tl;drs from people we love talking to. Haha | Yes! And the best part about our SO niche is that they have alllll this free time to read the books and watch the movies we can't! So we get tl;drs from people we love talking to. Haha
| AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cr1ttqz | Yes! And the best part about our SO niche is that they have alllll this free time to read the books and watch the movies we can't! So we get | s from people we love talking to. Haha |
HobbitFoot | The Alps are only important in terms of a "butterfly effect". No Alps would make most of Europe easily conquerable, setting up a set of conditions similar to China role in East Asia.
East Asia has, except for a glaring anomaly over the past century, been dominated by Chinese politics. There was a lot of wealth centrally located in one region and whoever controlled that wealth could dominate the rest of the region. It was also impossible for several nations to exist in China, as one ascendant power from a warring states period could easily go off to conquer the rest of the region. This is shown in Chinese history as China would consistently go through cycles of destruction and rebirth, so much so that China doesn't have a true creation myth.
What did this mean for the region? The wealth of nations were dependent on China and thus said civilizations were generally oriented tradewise with China in mind. There was no need for exploration as all wealth depended on China.
In contrast, Europe is a peninsula of peninsulas with easily defensible mountain ranges and seas. Europe only ever unified once under Rome, and even that wasn't as complete of a domination as China was in its prime. Eventually, Europe settled as a concert of various nation-states completing with each other, and thus rewarding national competition including being a trade and military power. No Alps means that a European Chinese equivalent could have formed with one nation-state dictating the region.
The discovery of the Americas happened before, but Europe in the 16th century had the political situation most primed to take action on it; a set of various powers constantly in conflict with one another and thus ready to do anything to get any sort of gain on an adversary. Colonization was a risk every nation was willing to take as it could bring in massive wealth and gain an edge on other nations.
Due to the depopulation of the Americas due to the Great Dying, different European nations sent its own people in a colonization effort to make use of these new lands and their wealth. Combined with the lingering impacts of the Black Death, labor costs rose in Europe generally and especially in the United Kingdom. Labor costs rose so much that industrialization was viable; it made sense to try to replace labor in Europe as European labor cost as much as five times as it cost in China. This triggered the positive feedback loop that was the Industrial Revolution, where investments in technology and labor savings begat more wealth which begat more investments in technology and labor savings.
Therefore, no Alps, no Industrial Revolution.
TL;DR: The Alps created different nation-states to compete against each other during the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration depopulated Europe due to colonization. The resulting depopulation caused by colonization brought about the Industrial Revolution. | The Alps are only important in terms of a "butterfly effect". No Alps would make most of Europe easily conquerable, setting up a set of conditions similar to China role in East Asia.
East Asia has, except for a glaring anomaly over the past century, been dominated by Chinese politics. There was a lot of wealth centrally located in one region and whoever controlled that wealth could dominate the rest of the region. It was also impossible for several nations to exist in China, as one ascendant power from a warring states period could easily go off to conquer the rest of the region. This is shown in Chinese history as China would consistently go through cycles of destruction and rebirth, so much so that China doesn't have a true creation myth.
What did this mean for the region? The wealth of nations were dependent on China and thus said civilizations were generally oriented tradewise with China in mind. There was no need for exploration as all wealth depended on China.
In contrast, Europe is a peninsula of peninsulas with easily defensible mountain ranges and seas. Europe only ever unified once under Rome, and even that wasn't as complete of a domination as China was in its prime. Eventually, Europe settled as a concert of various nation-states completing with each other, and thus rewarding national competition including being a trade and military power. No Alps means that a European Chinese equivalent could have formed with one nation-state dictating the region.
The discovery of the Americas happened before, but Europe in the 16th century had the political situation most primed to take action on it; a set of various powers constantly in conflict with one another and thus ready to do anything to get any sort of gain on an adversary. Colonization was a risk every nation was willing to take as it could bring in massive wealth and gain an edge on other nations.
Due to the depopulation of the Americas due to the Great Dying, different European nations sent its own people in a colonization effort to make use of these new lands and their wealth. Combined with the lingering impacts of the Black Death, labor costs rose in Europe generally and especially in the United Kingdom. Labor costs rose so much that industrialization was viable; it made sense to try to replace labor in Europe as European labor cost as much as five times as it cost in China. This triggered the positive feedback loop that was the Industrial Revolution, where investments in technology and labor savings begat more wealth which begat more investments in technology and labor savings.
Therefore, no Alps, no Industrial Revolution.
TL;DR: The Alps created different nation-states to compete against each other during the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration depopulated Europe due to colonization. The resulting depopulation caused by colonization brought about the Industrial Revolution.
| HistoryWhatIf | t5_35koa | cr1vl2o | The Alps are only important in terms of a "butterfly effect". No Alps would make most of Europe easily conquerable, setting up a set of conditions similar to China role in East Asia.
East Asia has, except for a glaring anomaly over the past century, been dominated by Chinese politics. There was a lot of wealth centrally located in one region and whoever controlled that wealth could dominate the rest of the region. It was also impossible for several nations to exist in China, as one ascendant power from a warring states period could easily go off to conquer the rest of the region. This is shown in Chinese history as China would consistently go through cycles of destruction and rebirth, so much so that China doesn't have a true creation myth.
What did this mean for the region? The wealth of nations were dependent on China and thus said civilizations were generally oriented tradewise with China in mind. There was no need for exploration as all wealth depended on China.
In contrast, Europe is a peninsula of peninsulas with easily defensible mountain ranges and seas. Europe only ever unified once under Rome, and even that wasn't as complete of a domination as China was in its prime. Eventually, Europe settled as a concert of various nation-states completing with each other, and thus rewarding national competition including being a trade and military power. No Alps means that a European Chinese equivalent could have formed with one nation-state dictating the region.
The discovery of the Americas happened before, but Europe in the 16th century had the political situation most primed to take action on it; a set of various powers constantly in conflict with one another and thus ready to do anything to get any sort of gain on an adversary. Colonization was a risk every nation was willing to take as it could bring in massive wealth and gain an edge on other nations.
Due to the depopulation of the Americas due to the Great Dying, different European nations sent its own people in a colonization effort to make use of these new lands and their wealth. Combined with the lingering impacts of the Black Death, labor costs rose in Europe generally and especially in the United Kingdom. Labor costs rose so much that industrialization was viable; it made sense to try to replace labor in Europe as European labor cost as much as five times as it cost in China. This triggered the positive feedback loop that was the Industrial Revolution, where investments in technology and labor savings begat more wealth which begat more investments in technology and labor savings.
Therefore, no Alps, no Industrial Revolution. | The Alps created different nation-states to compete against each other during the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration depopulated Europe due to colonization. The resulting depopulation caused by colonization brought about the Industrial Revolution. |
_fanta | Yes Mam, you can be a prostitute but you can't advertise, can't do business in public place and you can't have boss to work under.
And also, you won't be required to register your business, you won't have to pay taxes and you can acquire free condoms from NGOs. All your business transactions can be in cash and you can still manage to be below poverty line on government database which may give you extra benefits.
There are some cons too, like you can't register an FIR if have disputes with customer etcetera.
Tldr; legal but unregulated. Like prostitution doesn't exist as a profession in our government's database. | Yes Mam, you can be a prostitute but you can't advertise, can't do business in public place and you can't have boss to work under.
And also, you won't be required to register your business, you won't have to pay taxes and you can acquire free condoms from NGOs. All your business transactions can be in cash and you can still manage to be below poverty line on government database which may give you extra benefits.
There are some cons too, like you can't register an FIR if have disputes with customer etcetera.
Tldr; legal but unregulated. Like prostitution doesn't exist as a profession in our government's database.
| india | t5_2qh1q | cr1irkn | Yes Mam, you can be a prostitute but you can't advertise, can't do business in public place and you can't have boss to work under.
And also, you won't be required to register your business, you won't have to pay taxes and you can acquire free condoms from NGOs. All your business transactions can be in cash and you can still manage to be below poverty line on government database which may give you extra benefits.
There are some cons too, like you can't register an FIR if have disputes with customer etcetera. | legal but unregulated. Like prostitution doesn't exist as a profession in our government's database. |
sotpmoke | Heres the thing. There are two kinds of people In this world. Those who care too much about what others think about them, and those that dont care enough. Im the latter. I could give a fuck less if somebody is that bothered by my dog shitting, and if they are they can fucking pick it up themselves. The fact my dog doesn't shit in the house is a good thing, something not every dog owner can say sadly. You can take that self righteousness and stick it up your ass. I would never tell my dog to stop shitting somewhere because it would fuck with his head and he may end up shitting Inside as a result. TL; DR: deal with it. | Heres the thing. There are two kinds of people In this world. Those who care too much about what others think about them, and those that dont care enough. Im the latter. I could give a fuck less if somebody is that bothered by my dog shitting, and if they are they can fucking pick it up themselves. The fact my dog doesn't shit in the house is a good thing, something not every dog owner can say sadly. You can take that self righteousness and stick it up your ass. I would never tell my dog to stop shitting somewhere because it would fuck with his head and he may end up shitting Inside as a result. TL; DR: deal with it.
| Futurology | t5_2t7no | cr2iakr | Heres the thing. There are two kinds of people In this world. Those who care too much about what others think about them, and those that dont care enough. Im the latter. I could give a fuck less if somebody is that bothered by my dog shitting, and if they are they can fucking pick it up themselves. The fact my dog doesn't shit in the house is a good thing, something not every dog owner can say sadly. You can take that self righteousness and stick it up your ass. I would never tell my dog to stop shitting somewhere because it would fuck with his head and he may end up shitting Inside as a result. | deal with it. |
Bi_polar_bears | It's not so trivial, though. It's a public health issue when you have a large amount of dogs in a residential place and irresponsible owners who let their dogs poo anywhere. I have stepped in dog poo countless times in my building's entryways, garages, and even hallways. I've even seen tenants in my building let their dogs poo in the playground that is provided for the kids in my building. The company that my building hired is a private company that took DNA samples from each dog via a mouth swab. There was no cost to the tenants. The only time anyone has to pay is if they don't comply with the initial test or if their dog poops in an unauthorized spot. It's a shame that they had to take these measures but it has worked wonders. I haven't seen any poo since they adopted this practice and my rent was not affected in anyways. As for the resources used - it's not like they are sending the samples off to a crime lab at the police station. I thought the idea was ridiculous at first but now that I've seen the positive results, I think it's a great business idea and won't be surprised if more buildings in the city start doing the same thing.
For the record, my building has provided a large, private dog park for the tenants with poo bags and everything and people were still lazy and inconsiderate.
TL;DR - There are some instances where misplaced dog poo is such a problem that it is practically a public health issue. | It's not so trivial, though. It's a public health issue when you have a large amount of dogs in a residential place and irresponsible owners who let their dogs poo anywhere. I have stepped in dog poo countless times in my building's entryways, garages, and even hallways. I've even seen tenants in my building let their dogs poo in the playground that is provided for the kids in my building. The company that my building hired is a private company that took DNA samples from each dog via a mouth swab. There was no cost to the tenants. The only time anyone has to pay is if they don't comply with the initial test or if their dog poops in an unauthorized spot. It's a shame that they had to take these measures but it has worked wonders. I haven't seen any poo since they adopted this practice and my rent was not affected in anyways. As for the resources used - it's not like they are sending the samples off to a crime lab at the police station. I thought the idea was ridiculous at first but now that I've seen the positive results, I think it's a great business idea and won't be surprised if more buildings in the city start doing the same thing.
For the record, my building has provided a large, private dog park for the tenants with poo bags and everything and people were still lazy and inconsiderate.
TL;DR - There are some instances where misplaced dog poo is such a problem that it is practically a public health issue.
| Futurology | t5_2t7no | cr1s4d9 | It's not so trivial, though. It's a public health issue when you have a large amount of dogs in a residential place and irresponsible owners who let their dogs poo anywhere. I have stepped in dog poo countless times in my building's entryways, garages, and even hallways. I've even seen tenants in my building let their dogs poo in the playground that is provided for the kids in my building. The company that my building hired is a private company that took DNA samples from each dog via a mouth swab. There was no cost to the tenants. The only time anyone has to pay is if they don't comply with the initial test or if their dog poops in an unauthorized spot. It's a shame that they had to take these measures but it has worked wonders. I haven't seen any poo since they adopted this practice and my rent was not affected in anyways. As for the resources used - it's not like they are sending the samples off to a crime lab at the police station. I thought the idea was ridiculous at first but now that I've seen the positive results, I think it's a great business idea and won't be surprised if more buildings in the city start doing the same thing.
For the record, my building has provided a large, private dog park for the tenants with poo bags and everything and people were still lazy and inconsiderate. | There are some instances where misplaced dog poo is such a problem that it is practically a public health issue. |
flapjax51 | As a former property manager, this is a fantastic idea! I wish I had this when I was in the biz. I managed a luxury condo bldg (million dollar ++ apts) and the amount of notices I had to send out reminding people to not let their dogs run wild in the building, and to not let them crap in the hallways, elevators and on the posh club-like roof deck, was insane. I seriously could not believe people could let their dogs do this and think it's okay.
TL;DR I hate people, there is no more human decency, and this is why I'm not a property manager anymore. | As a former property manager, this is a fantastic idea! I wish I had this when I was in the biz. I managed a luxury condo bldg (million dollar ++ apts) and the amount of notices I had to send out reminding people to not let their dogs run wild in the building, and to not let them crap in the hallways, elevators and on the posh club-like roof deck, was insane. I seriously could not believe people could let their dogs do this and think it's okay.
TL;DR I hate people, there is no more human decency, and this is why I'm not a property manager anymore.
| Futurology | t5_2t7no | cr27hsd | As a former property manager, this is a fantastic idea! I wish I had this when I was in the biz. I managed a luxury condo bldg (million dollar ++ apts) and the amount of notices I had to send out reminding people to not let their dogs run wild in the building, and to not let them crap in the hallways, elevators and on the posh club-like roof deck, was insane. I seriously could not believe people could let their dogs do this and think it's okay. | I hate people, there is no more human decency, and this is why I'm not a property manager anymore. |
joshfranz | I left my iPhone behind last year and got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3. At first I loved it, lots of things I can change on it and home screen widgets were cool, and with the Note line, the built in stylus is something I use every day. After a year, I have come to the realization that there are things my iPhone did that were a cut above the Android line. First off is bloatware. Apple products have a few things that you can't delete, like newsstand and tips, or their other built in apps I rarely used. But my Samsung has a TON of Samsung apps that I'll never use, AND Verizon apps that I don't use/can't get rid of. The second thing for me is updating the OS. I feel like most of us want the latest & greatest, and since Apple only has a handful of devices that run iOS it's easier for them to release it to everyone. Lollipop was released in November last year, but Verizon Samsung phones just got it about 2 weeks ago. Nearly 6 months after Google's Lollipop release. The third thing is the camera: my note 3 works, but it takes the app a little bit to launch, and it takes even longer to focus on what I'm trying to photograph. Also With iOS you get things like continuity to your MacBook and iPad. You get iMessage that lets you know when the other person received your messages and in some cases if they read it or not. Needless to say, this year I'm going to spring for the new iPhone when it comes it. Sorry for the bad formatting, I'm writing this on mobile.
TL;DR I really miss my iPhone. | I left my iPhone behind last year and got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3. At first I loved it, lots of things I can change on it and home screen widgets were cool, and with the Note line, the built in stylus is something I use every day. After a year, I have come to the realization that there are things my iPhone did that were a cut above the Android line. First off is bloatware. Apple products have a few things that you can't delete, like newsstand and tips, or their other built in apps I rarely used. But my Samsung has a TON of Samsung apps that I'll never use, AND Verizon apps that I don't use/can't get rid of. The second thing for me is updating the OS. I feel like most of us want the latest & greatest, and since Apple only has a handful of devices that run iOS it's easier for them to release it to everyone. Lollipop was released in November last year, but Verizon Samsung phones just got it about 2 weeks ago. Nearly 6 months after Google's Lollipop release. The third thing is the camera: my note 3 works, but it takes the app a little bit to launch, and it takes even longer to focus on what I'm trying to photograph. Also With iOS you get things like continuity to your MacBook and iPad. You get iMessage that lets you know when the other person received your messages and in some cases if they read it or not. Needless to say, this year I'm going to spring for the new iPhone when it comes it. Sorry for the bad formatting, I'm writing this on mobile.
TL;DR I really miss my iPhone.
| iphone | t5_2qh2b | cr297bt | I left my iPhone behind last year and got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3. At first I loved it, lots of things I can change on it and home screen widgets were cool, and with the Note line, the built in stylus is something I use every day. After a year, I have come to the realization that there are things my iPhone did that were a cut above the Android line. First off is bloatware. Apple products have a few things that you can't delete, like newsstand and tips, or their other built in apps I rarely used. But my Samsung has a TON of Samsung apps that I'll never use, AND Verizon apps that I don't use/can't get rid of. The second thing for me is updating the OS. I feel like most of us want the latest & greatest, and since Apple only has a handful of devices that run iOS it's easier for them to release it to everyone. Lollipop was released in November last year, but Verizon Samsung phones just got it about 2 weeks ago. Nearly 6 months after Google's Lollipop release. The third thing is the camera: my note 3 works, but it takes the app a little bit to launch, and it takes even longer to focus on what I'm trying to photograph. Also With iOS you get things like continuity to your MacBook and iPad. You get iMessage that lets you know when the other person received your messages and in some cases if they read it or not. Needless to say, this year I'm going to spring for the new iPhone when it comes it. Sorry for the bad formatting, I'm writing this on mobile. | I really miss my iPhone. |
Jaythewolf | Not the viewers just you. it sounds like you're hearing what you want to hear. because riot knowing that NA LOVES SKT almost as much as tsm you should be experiencing the same for amount of noise from them according to your conspiracy theory. you should also hear sounds for FNC since a lot of na viewers favor them as well. I don't believe you know what your talking about for a lot of areas. Such as you believe that ONLY TSM fans came to this event, or the fact that you think just because their tsm fans means they don't have other teams they're fans of.
TL:DR you're an idiot. sound is masked, you don't want the crowd to be too loud and can't hear the casters. TSM chant is so well known you can distinguish someone chanting it in a cafe full of chatter. Also are you upset a crowd is rooting for the home team? This whole post sucks and is extremely ignorant especially because you have no knowledge of what it actually sounds like from inside the venue itself. Please stop talking, and just enjoy the games crowd or not. | Not the viewers just you. it sounds like you're hearing what you want to hear. because riot knowing that NA LOVES SKT almost as much as tsm you should be experiencing the same for amount of noise from them according to your conspiracy theory. you should also hear sounds for FNC since a lot of na viewers favor them as well. I don't believe you know what your talking about for a lot of areas. Such as you believe that ONLY TSM fans came to this event, or the fact that you think just because their tsm fans means they don't have other teams they're fans of.
TL:DR you're an idiot. sound is masked, you don't want the crowd to be too loud and can't hear the casters. TSM chant is so well known you can distinguish someone chanting it in a cafe full of chatter. Also are you upset a crowd is rooting for the home team? This whole post sucks and is extremely ignorant especially because you have no knowledge of what it actually sounds like from inside the venue itself. Please stop talking, and just enjoy the games crowd or not.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cr2f4w0 | Not the viewers just you. it sounds like you're hearing what you want to hear. because riot knowing that NA LOVES SKT almost as much as tsm you should be experiencing the same for amount of noise from them according to your conspiracy theory. you should also hear sounds for FNC since a lot of na viewers favor them as well. I don't believe you know what your talking about for a lot of areas. Such as you believe that ONLY TSM fans came to this event, or the fact that you think just because their tsm fans means they don't have other teams they're fans of. | you're an idiot. sound is masked, you don't want the crowd to be too loud and can't hear the casters. TSM chant is so well known you can distinguish someone chanting it in a cafe full of chatter. Also are you upset a crowd is rooting for the home team? This whole post sucks and is extremely ignorant especially because you have no knowledge of what it actually sounds like from inside the venue itself. Please stop talking, and just enjoy the games crowd or not. |
wooiljung | Why do you weep at the bloody slaughter that you have caused yourself? You knew it was suicide the moment you dared to summon the brashness to challenge the MIGHTY kingdom of SWADIA. The Jarls and their barbarians are forsaken, if they cared to challenge the full might of the INVINCIBLE SWADIAN KNIGHT CHARGE face-on, which the Jarls are so prone to commit due to their inherent limit of AI, particularly the scumbag called BULBA. NEVER HANG OUT WITH THE DUDE MATE, HE WILL TRY TO STEAL YOUR WIFE AND BRIBE THE KING FOR ALL THE FIEFS YOU TOOK WITH BLOOD AND STEEL.
TL;DR: Join Swadians, there is no future with any other factions. | Why do you weep at the bloody slaughter that you have caused yourself? You knew it was suicide the moment you dared to summon the brashness to challenge the MIGHTY kingdom of SWADIA. The Jarls and their barbarians are forsaken, if they cared to challenge the full might of the INVINCIBLE SWADIAN KNIGHT CHARGE face-on, which the Jarls are so prone to commit due to their inherent limit of AI, particularly the scumbag called BULBA. NEVER HANG OUT WITH THE DUDE MATE, HE WILL TRY TO STEAL YOUR WIFE AND BRIBE THE KING FOR ALL THE FIEFS YOU TOOK WITH BLOOD AND STEEL.
TL;DR: Join Swadians, there is no future with any other factions.
| mountandblade | t5_2qzpd | cr2wxuh | Why do you weep at the bloody slaughter that you have caused yourself? You knew it was suicide the moment you dared to summon the brashness to challenge the MIGHTY kingdom of SWADIA. The Jarls and their barbarians are forsaken, if they cared to challenge the full might of the INVINCIBLE SWADIAN KNIGHT CHARGE face-on, which the Jarls are so prone to commit due to their inherent limit of AI, particularly the scumbag called BULBA. NEVER HANG OUT WITH THE DUDE MATE, HE WILL TRY TO STEAL YOUR WIFE AND BRIBE THE KING FOR ALL THE FIEFS YOU TOOK WITH BLOOD AND STEEL. | Join Swadians, there is no future with any other factions. |
thepythonist | Your measure of talent is subjective as is mine.
That said stars are paid according to their established fan base and the revenue they can pull for the producers. Blame the women for being such strong fans of male stars and generating revenue for them. female actresses are paid according to their looks. Sad I know but Katrina is case in point. But I think this is fair. You get paid according to what you generate.
Tldr it seems talent has little to do with how female stars are paid. | Your measure of talent is subjective as is mine.
That said stars are paid according to their established fan base and the revenue they can pull for the producers. Blame the women for being such strong fans of male stars and generating revenue for them. female actresses are paid according to their looks. Sad I know but Katrina is case in point. But I think this is fair. You get paid according to what you generate.
Tldr it seems talent has little to do with how female stars are paid.
| india | t5_2qh1q | cr2hw00 | Your measure of talent is subjective as is mine.
That said stars are paid according to their established fan base and the revenue they can pull for the producers. Blame the women for being such strong fans of male stars and generating revenue for them. female actresses are paid according to their looks. Sad I know but Katrina is case in point. But I think this is fair. You get paid according to what you generate. | it seems talent has little to do with how female stars are paid. |
alpalbrown | Okay, so this has only truly happened to me once but I learned a valuable lesson. Some friends and I were hanging and having drinks at a buddy's house who had a cat. I am allergic. I know now to use loratadine but he had nothing but benedryl (sp?). Cut to an hour later and we had decided to go to a local dive bar gor more drinks. Two of the dudes get in a passionate discussion about music. One likes punk music the other is into indie music (a big Saddle Creek fan). "Fuck I love both and can't add anything to this discussion." "Fuck my heart heart is pounding and it feels like there is an anvil on my chest." At some point I basically curled into a sitting "fetal" pisition. One one the girls with us was diagnosed bipolar and I don't think she knew exactly what was happening but she recognized that something was wrong. She managed to get me outside and set down. I began to calm down but unfortunately this wasn't over for me. After our sober driver and friends were rounded up we headed back to the house where our party originated. Get pulled over on the way home but sober driver (truly sober hadn't had anything that night) gets pulled over. I held it together through this but fuck I thought I might puke up my own heart and lungs. Heart pounding and trouble breathing. So, we get back to the house and I rush uo to buddy's bedroom and curl up in his chair. Sat there for about three hours until I started to relax. Friends periodically tried to check on me but fuck everyone. I don't want to be touched. I don't want to be talked to. Leave me the fuck alone. Eventually there was an almost rush of relief. It felt like a fever breaking along with "cold sweat." Headed downstairs to hang out but did NOT drink anymore that night. I have some social anxiety issues with large crowds and crowded rooms but nothing like that night.
tl:dr don't mix benedyrl and alcohol. You might have a bad time.
Edit: Shit there are spelling and other errors abound in this. I apologize but I probably won't fix it tonight.
Double edit: I gave you a longish story on an ELIA5...... oops. | Okay, so this has only truly happened to me once but I learned a valuable lesson. Some friends and I were hanging and having drinks at a buddy's house who had a cat. I am allergic. I know now to use loratadine but he had nothing but benedryl (sp?). Cut to an hour later and we had decided to go to a local dive bar gor more drinks. Two of the dudes get in a passionate discussion about music. One likes punk music the other is into indie music (a big Saddle Creek fan). "Fuck I love both and can't add anything to this discussion." "Fuck my heart heart is pounding and it feels like there is an anvil on my chest." At some point I basically curled into a sitting "fetal" pisition. One one the girls with us was diagnosed bipolar and I don't think she knew exactly what was happening but she recognized that something was wrong. She managed to get me outside and set down. I began to calm down but unfortunately this wasn't over for me. After our sober driver and friends were rounded up we headed back to the house where our party originated. Get pulled over on the way home but sober driver (truly sober hadn't had anything that night) gets pulled over. I held it together through this but fuck I thought I might puke up my own heart and lungs. Heart pounding and trouble breathing. So, we get back to the house and I rush uo to buddy's bedroom and curl up in his chair. Sat there for about three hours until I started to relax. Friends periodically tried to check on me but fuck everyone. I don't want to be touched. I don't want to be talked to. Leave me the fuck alone. Eventually there was an almost rush of relief. It felt like a fever breaking along with "cold sweat." Headed downstairs to hang out but did NOT drink anymore that night. I have some social anxiety issues with large crowds and crowded rooms but nothing like that night.
tl:dr don't mix benedyrl and alcohol. You might have a bad time.
Edit: Shit there are spelling and other errors abound in this. I apologize but I probably won't fix it tonight.
Double edit: I gave you a longish story on an ELIA5...... oops.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cr2b8vz | Okay, so this has only truly happened to me once but I learned a valuable lesson. Some friends and I were hanging and having drinks at a buddy's house who had a cat. I am allergic. I know now to use loratadine but he had nothing but benedryl (sp?). Cut to an hour later and we had decided to go to a local dive bar gor more drinks. Two of the dudes get in a passionate discussion about music. One likes punk music the other is into indie music (a big Saddle Creek fan). "Fuck I love both and can't add anything to this discussion." "Fuck my heart heart is pounding and it feels like there is an anvil on my chest." At some point I basically curled into a sitting "fetal" pisition. One one the girls with us was diagnosed bipolar and I don't think she knew exactly what was happening but she recognized that something was wrong. She managed to get me outside and set down. I began to calm down but unfortunately this wasn't over for me. After our sober driver and friends were rounded up we headed back to the house where our party originated. Get pulled over on the way home but sober driver (truly sober hadn't had anything that night) gets pulled over. I held it together through this but fuck I thought I might puke up my own heart and lungs. Heart pounding and trouble breathing. So, we get back to the house and I rush uo to buddy's bedroom and curl up in his chair. Sat there for about three hours until I started to relax. Friends periodically tried to check on me but fuck everyone. I don't want to be touched. I don't want to be talked to. Leave me the fuck alone. Eventually there was an almost rush of relief. It felt like a fever breaking along with "cold sweat." Headed downstairs to hang out but did NOT drink anymore that night. I have some social anxiety issues with large crowds and crowded rooms but nothing like that night. | don't mix benedyrl and alcohol. You might have a bad time.
Edit: Shit there are spelling and other errors abound in this. I apologize but I probably won't fix it tonight.
Double edit: I gave you a longish story on an ELIA5...... oops. |
MineDogger | Lot of feels ITT... But you realize that vaping is keeping this kid from smoking, and he's taking the time to explain to his followers that he doesn't smoke, potentially preventing other kids from smoking...
You can't stop it, the law can't stop it, (they can make it illegal, but in my experience that just makes kids want to do it more,) and why would you want to?
TL:DR; You're mad that this kid isn't getting cancer like he's *supposed* to. | Lot of feels ITT... But you realize that vaping is keeping this kid from smoking, and he's taking the time to explain to his followers that he doesn't smoke, potentially preventing other kids from smoking...
You can't stop it, the law can't stop it, (they can make it illegal, but in my experience that just makes kids want to do it more,) and why would you want to?
TL:DR; You're mad that this kid isn't getting cancer like he's supposed to.
| electronic_cigarette | t5_2qmlu | cr2h5c0 | Lot of feels ITT... But you realize that vaping is keeping this kid from smoking, and he's taking the time to explain to his followers that he doesn't smoke, potentially preventing other kids from smoking...
You can't stop it, the law can't stop it, (they can make it illegal, but in my experience that just makes kids want to do it more,) and why would you want to? | You're mad that this kid isn't getting cancer like he's supposed to. |
blay12 | Fun fact - while that foam will help with acoustically treating the room (deadening the room/eliminating acoustic problems like flutter echoes), it won't really do anything when it comes to soundproofing (blocking incoming/outgoing noise). The only way to do that effectively would be to add mass/thickness to the walls via some other means (cinderblocks loaded with sand, mass loaded vinyl, multiple layers of drywall, etc). If the goal is to quiet the room itself down from inside noise though (make it less "live", which I can understand in what looks to be a large room full of hard parallel surfaces), it'll start to help.
Basically, if that guy were to yell in the position he's in, everyone would hear it, it would just sound muffled from the loss of high frequencies that the foam would block.
**TL;DR - That foam isn't going to soundproof anything, it's pretty acoustically transparent** | Fun fact - while that foam will help with acoustically treating the room (deadening the room/eliminating acoustic problems like flutter echoes), it won't really do anything when it comes to soundproofing (blocking incoming/outgoing noise). The only way to do that effectively would be to add mass/thickness to the walls via some other means (cinderblocks loaded with sand, mass loaded vinyl, multiple layers of drywall, etc). If the goal is to quiet the room itself down from inside noise though (make it less "live", which I can understand in what looks to be a large room full of hard parallel surfaces), it'll start to help.
Basically, if that guy were to yell in the position he's in, everyone would hear it, it would just sound muffled from the loss of high frequencies that the foam would block.
TL;DR - That foam isn't going to soundproof anything, it's pretty acoustically transparent
| pics | t5_2qh0u | cr2oqrv | Fun fact - while that foam will help with acoustically treating the room (deadening the room/eliminating acoustic problems like flutter echoes), it won't really do anything when it comes to soundproofing (blocking incoming/outgoing noise). The only way to do that effectively would be to add mass/thickness to the walls via some other means (cinderblocks loaded with sand, mass loaded vinyl, multiple layers of drywall, etc). If the goal is to quiet the room itself down from inside noise though (make it less "live", which I can understand in what looks to be a large room full of hard parallel surfaces), it'll start to help.
Basically, if that guy were to yell in the position he's in, everyone would hear it, it would just sound muffled from the loss of high frequencies that the foam would block. | That foam isn't going to soundproof anything, it's pretty acoustically transparent |
WhiteM00se | I've never gotten a DUI, but several friends of mine have. They have all had to undergo treatment, even though none of them were alcoholics. They simply made a bad decision.
The reason for these classes is, of course, another way for the government to collect funds. It also reinforces the notion that drunk driving is a detriment to society. You didn't kill or injure anyone, so making you schedule your life around taking these classes and suffer the financial consequences of paying for them is another way to add a pain-point associated with drunk driving to help make sure you wont do it again.
tl;dr- It's so they can charge you money, and inconvenience you with your own DUI so you will be less likely to do it again. | I've never gotten a DUI, but several friends of mine have. They have all had to undergo treatment, even though none of them were alcoholics. They simply made a bad decision.
The reason for these classes is, of course, another way for the government to collect funds. It also reinforces the notion that drunk driving is a detriment to society. You didn't kill or injure anyone, so making you schedule your life around taking these classes and suffer the financial consequences of paying for them is another way to add a pain-point associated with drunk driving to help make sure you wont do it again.
tl;dr- It's so they can charge you money, and inconvenience you with your own DUI so you will be less likely to do it again.
| alcohol | t5_2qi6q | cr2xsin | I've never gotten a DUI, but several friends of mine have. They have all had to undergo treatment, even though none of them were alcoholics. They simply made a bad decision.
The reason for these classes is, of course, another way for the government to collect funds. It also reinforces the notion that drunk driving is a detriment to society. You didn't kill or injure anyone, so making you schedule your life around taking these classes and suffer the financial consequences of paying for them is another way to add a pain-point associated with drunk driving to help make sure you wont do it again. | It's so they can charge you money, and inconvenience you with your own DUI so you will be less likely to do it again. |
Passwordwascooch | Okay, so a commander is doing his final flight before he retires. He gets to his jet (B-52) and is starting up. He get's his engines running and one of his hydraulic pumps just completely shits out and stops working. We (Hydraulics) get to the plane and carefully troubleshoot the situation. "Shit's broke". He requests taking a spare, but he's not allowed to because he's not flying an actual mission, and we had training crews flying that day too that might need the spare for more important reasons than a finny flight. He decides that he'll wait until the pump is changed and sits quietly in the 100+ F weather which is about 20-30 F hotter in the cockpit of a B-52 for an hour while we change the pump. We change out the pump finally and he gets engines running again. The pump runs just fine for a few minutes then shits out as well... You can imagine that at this point the commander is pretty pissed. He requests a spare and is denied again. We start taking off the second pump. I look over while we're changing the pump and I see a group of crew chieves sprinting across the flightline. I then notice that the crew had gotten out of the plane and were walking to the spare.
Turns out, the commander called some brass a little higher than him and probably a little higher than our production for a favor. They told him to take the spare, and he walked to the spare without telling our production. The crew chieves were for the spare and thought that they were good to go help others on their jets, so they had to get to their jet as fast as possible and ended up sprinting across the flightline to meet the crew there.
**TL;DR: COMMANDER BREAKS PLANE TWICE ON LAST FLIGHT THEN STEALS A DIFFERENT PLANE.** | Okay, so a commander is doing his final flight before he retires. He gets to his jet (B-52) and is starting up. He get's his engines running and one of his hydraulic pumps just completely shits out and stops working. We (Hydraulics) get to the plane and carefully troubleshoot the situation. "Shit's broke". He requests taking a spare, but he's not allowed to because he's not flying an actual mission, and we had training crews flying that day too that might need the spare for more important reasons than a finny flight. He decides that he'll wait until the pump is changed and sits quietly in the 100+ F weather which is about 20-30 F hotter in the cockpit of a B-52 for an hour while we change the pump. We change out the pump finally and he gets engines running again. The pump runs just fine for a few minutes then shits out as well... You can imagine that at this point the commander is pretty pissed. He requests a spare and is denied again. We start taking off the second pump. I look over while we're changing the pump and I see a group of crew chieves sprinting across the flightline. I then notice that the crew had gotten out of the plane and were walking to the spare.
Turns out, the commander called some brass a little higher than him and probably a little higher than our production for a favor. They told him to take the spare, and he walked to the spare without telling our production. The crew chieves were for the spare and thought that they were good to go help others on their jets, so they had to get to their jet as fast as possible and ended up sprinting across the flightline to meet the crew there.
TL;DR: COMMANDER BREAKS PLANE TWICE ON LAST FLIGHT THEN STEALS A DIFFERENT PLANE.
| AirForce | t5_2roa2 | cr36iim | Okay, so a commander is doing his final flight before he retires. He gets to his jet (B-52) and is starting up. He get's his engines running and one of his hydraulic pumps just completely shits out and stops working. We (Hydraulics) get to the plane and carefully troubleshoot the situation. "Shit's broke". He requests taking a spare, but he's not allowed to because he's not flying an actual mission, and we had training crews flying that day too that might need the spare for more important reasons than a finny flight. He decides that he'll wait until the pump is changed and sits quietly in the 100+ F weather which is about 20-30 F hotter in the cockpit of a B-52 for an hour while we change the pump. We change out the pump finally and he gets engines running again. The pump runs just fine for a few minutes then shits out as well... You can imagine that at this point the commander is pretty pissed. He requests a spare and is denied again. We start taking off the second pump. I look over while we're changing the pump and I see a group of crew chieves sprinting across the flightline. I then notice that the crew had gotten out of the plane and were walking to the spare.
Turns out, the commander called some brass a little higher than him and probably a little higher than our production for a favor. They told him to take the spare, and he walked to the spare without telling our production. The crew chieves were for the spare and thought that they were good to go help others on their jets, so they had to get to their jet as fast as possible and ended up sprinting across the flightline to meet the crew there. | COMMANDER BREAKS PLANE TWICE ON LAST FLIGHT THEN STEALS A DIFFERENT PLANE. |
Shadowrain | I once went out with some friends. First was pre-drinks, then it was the pub, then it was post-drinks. I then decided to walk home, plugged the headphones in and marched on my merry way.
next thing I know, I'm at the local showground, which is slightly out of town.
I'd been there before, but only recognized part of the area, and figured out that home was in THAT general direction. But in my way was a tall barbed wire fence. My ninja mindset took hold and I made it over without injury.
Following a road back toward town (the ninja within me was strong at this point), I would dive for cover in the bushes every time I saw a car coming close.
Eventually I realized that the road I took was heading in the wrong direction, so I ninja'd over a smaller barbed wire fence onto a small property with overgrown tall grass. I knew I wasn't supposed to be there, but a ninja goes where a ninja pleases, so I crawled slowly and ever so silently through the grass, staying out of the eyes and ears of lesser men.
Eventually I made it across the property, complete with natural camouflage. I proceeded to venture through unfamiliar streets and parks, taking cover among trees and gardens to prevent the enemy from noticing my passage. Eventually I made it back to somewhere I recognized and by the time I reached sanctuary, the sun's light had begun to touch the horizon.
Sleep took me.
**TLDR:** My friends are loud drunks, happy drunks, dramatic drunks, stupid drunks or crazy drunks, but me? I'm a ninja drunk. | I once went out with some friends. First was pre-drinks, then it was the pub, then it was post-drinks. I then decided to walk home, plugged the headphones in and marched on my merry way.
next thing I know, I'm at the local showground, which is slightly out of town.
I'd been there before, but only recognized part of the area, and figured out that home was in THAT general direction. But in my way was a tall barbed wire fence. My ninja mindset took hold and I made it over without injury.
Following a road back toward town (the ninja within me was strong at this point), I would dive for cover in the bushes every time I saw a car coming close.
Eventually I realized that the road I took was heading in the wrong direction, so I ninja'd over a smaller barbed wire fence onto a small property with overgrown tall grass. I knew I wasn't supposed to be there, but a ninja goes where a ninja pleases, so I crawled slowly and ever so silently through the grass, staying out of the eyes and ears of lesser men.
Eventually I made it across the property, complete with natural camouflage. I proceeded to venture through unfamiliar streets and parks, taking cover among trees and gardens to prevent the enemy from noticing my passage. Eventually I made it back to somewhere I recognized and by the time I reached sanctuary, the sun's light had begun to touch the horizon.
Sleep took me.
TLDR: My friends are loud drunks, happy drunks, dramatic drunks, stupid drunks or crazy drunks, but me? I'm a ninja drunk.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr3kiax | I once went out with some friends. First was pre-drinks, then it was the pub, then it was post-drinks. I then decided to walk home, plugged the headphones in and marched on my merry way.
next thing I know, I'm at the local showground, which is slightly out of town.
I'd been there before, but only recognized part of the area, and figured out that home was in THAT general direction. But in my way was a tall barbed wire fence. My ninja mindset took hold and I made it over without injury.
Following a road back toward town (the ninja within me was strong at this point), I would dive for cover in the bushes every time I saw a car coming close.
Eventually I realized that the road I took was heading in the wrong direction, so I ninja'd over a smaller barbed wire fence onto a small property with overgrown tall grass. I knew I wasn't supposed to be there, but a ninja goes where a ninja pleases, so I crawled slowly and ever so silently through the grass, staying out of the eyes and ears of lesser men.
Eventually I made it across the property, complete with natural camouflage. I proceeded to venture through unfamiliar streets and parks, taking cover among trees and gardens to prevent the enemy from noticing my passage. Eventually I made it back to somewhere I recognized and by the time I reached sanctuary, the sun's light had begun to touch the horizon.
Sleep took me. | My friends are loud drunks, happy drunks, dramatic drunks, stupid drunks or crazy drunks, but me? I'm a ninja drunk. |
igame2much | I started drinking when I was 17. Not too uncommon but my parents didn't know about it. Normally it would happen at my friend's parents house, whom we were told were cool with it. Still, we always tried to hide it when they were home. One poker night they were out but came home early and busted us. The dad seemed cool with it but his mom flipped shit. I thought that she was gonna call all of our parents, so I figured this would be my last night out for a while and decided to go super fucking hard. I finished an entire bottle of Jack Daniels and a few beers and passed out on his bean bag chair... on my back. Woke up several hours later choking on vomit. Threw up all the way to his bathroom, got it all over the floor and then passed out again praying to the porcelain god. When I woke up it was all cleaned up. I don't know who cleaned it but I've always assumed it was his parents. I look back at it now and i'm just thankful that I woke up...
TL;DR Friends parents busted us with booze, decided to drink the rest anyway. Passed out on my back and could have likely died if I hadn't woken up. | I started drinking when I was 17. Not too uncommon but my parents didn't know about it. Normally it would happen at my friend's parents house, whom we were told were cool with it. Still, we always tried to hide it when they were home. One poker night they were out but came home early and busted us. The dad seemed cool with it but his mom flipped shit. I thought that she was gonna call all of our parents, so I figured this would be my last night out for a while and decided to go super fucking hard. I finished an entire bottle of Jack Daniels and a few beers and passed out on his bean bag chair... on my back. Woke up several hours later choking on vomit. Threw up all the way to his bathroom, got it all over the floor and then passed out again praying to the porcelain god. When I woke up it was all cleaned up. I don't know who cleaned it but I've always assumed it was his parents. I look back at it now and i'm just thankful that I woke up...
TL;DR Friends parents busted us with booze, decided to drink the rest anyway. Passed out on my back and could have likely died if I hadn't woken up.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr2x7yz | I started drinking when I was 17. Not too uncommon but my parents didn't know about it. Normally it would happen at my friend's parents house, whom we were told were cool with it. Still, we always tried to hide it when they were home. One poker night they were out but came home early and busted us. The dad seemed cool with it but his mom flipped shit. I thought that she was gonna call all of our parents, so I figured this would be my last night out for a while and decided to go super fucking hard. I finished an entire bottle of Jack Daniels and a few beers and passed out on his bean bag chair... on my back. Woke up several hours later choking on vomit. Threw up all the way to his bathroom, got it all over the floor and then passed out again praying to the porcelain god. When I woke up it was all cleaned up. I don't know who cleaned it but I've always assumed it was his parents. I look back at it now and i'm just thankful that I woke up... | Friends parents busted us with booze, decided to drink the rest anyway. Passed out on my back and could have likely died if I hadn't woken up. |
Myst--19 | When I was 18 I was invited to go to my step-sisters wedding. The entire day was going well until we get to the evening at the reception... I had drunk way too much and was inevitably having a good time; just socialising, dancing, that sort of thing. I head outside, my inebriated state strolling happily, and have my first cigar. As I didn't know how to smoke it I inhaled the gas and started coughing my lungs out and felt nauseus for half an hour. Once that mellowed down I went back outside and grabbed this cute girl, by the hand, away from her parents and said "we're going to talk over here". I take her a few steps away and start chatting to her. Whilst talking with her 2 girls come over and start to cock-block me for about an hour (from what I remember). By the end of the cockblocking I had pretty much stated that the girl cock-blocking me were jealous and they soon left. Seeing as I had destroyed my chance with this girl (it was going well before) I said lets go back in, which we do.
After feeling quite frustrated and chemically induced by cigar smoke I continue to drink and laugh but as the minutes tick by I can tell that I'm becoming less happy and more annoyed and angry. So what do I do... Yeah, I keep drinking. By which time the clock hits roughly midnight and guests start to leave.
Outside everyone's climbing into coaches except close family of the bride and groom (including me and my family). I see my youngest sister holding some cola and ask for some... Now before I continue, the cola is untouched and unopened and I'm next to "tumbleweed rolling in the dirt" dehydrated, Anyway... I ask if I could have some. She replies no. I ask again. No. I try and grab it off her. She moves it out of reach. I start yelling at her to give me the "goddamn, f***ing cola". Aother of my sisters (the middle one) intervenes and we start a verbal jousting session, all the while guests are still being loaded onto the coach seats by more co-ordinated individuals.
The verbal jousting session lasts a while and I feel the anger boiling up. So I walk away to try and calm down. Except, I don't.
Half an hour after I have walked away my family is hurriedly searching for me. I had about 5 missed calls by this time and refused to answer and had decided to start walking and exploring this new place to distract myself. More calls came in and they received the same welcome as the ones previous.
Another hour passes and I'm sitting on the tennis courts near to where the reception was being hosted. I finally decide to walk back and see everyone now that I have calmed down.
Ohhhhh, was it a bad choice to do everything above. I phone my step dad and he meets me with one of the ugliest looks on his face I've ever seen... You know the look when you got caught something that was absolutely forbidden by your parents and you knew you were in deep sh*t; this was that look, but 1000x worse...
I got filled in on the details as we walked too the car... I had practically ruined the wedding, a lot of the guests saw my sisters and I arguing, everyone was out searching for me for the past hour and a half with no luck and were on the verge of reporting me missing and, to top it off, my eldest sister, during the search for me, had fallen off a 3 ft ledge, in pitch black, and had to be taken to hospital for spinal injuries that have only just recovered (this was summer 2012) which left her boyfriend (who had bounced nightclubs) wanting to punch my lights out.
I then got a slaughtering of a lecture on the way back home and my final act of the night was to run out of the car whilst it was still moving and avoid my step dad. He tried to follow but he gave up and tried to find me as he had lost me again. I found my way back home, jumped into his back garden and let him try and find me for another half hour. At that point I rang him to tell him where I was and he just wanted to sleep at this point. I go to sleep, wake up hungover with a good memory of what happened and later I apologised to everyone.
Fortunately the Bride and Groom did not find out about this until I told them... And my younger sister had never said no to me asking for coke again.
**tl; dr: Got drunk at a wedding, smoked cigar, got cockblocked, asked for coke and then went on to have a screaming match with two of my sisters. Walked off for an hour and a half. Entire family looking for me, police nearly called, eldest sister fell off a 3 ft ledge and had to go to hospital. Got halfway home in a car with my step dad and then took off while the car was still moving. Let him search for me for another half hour and then went to sleep.** | When I was 18 I was invited to go to my step-sisters wedding. The entire day was going well until we get to the evening at the reception... I had drunk way too much and was inevitably having a good time; just socialising, dancing, that sort of thing. I head outside, my inebriated state strolling happily, and have my first cigar. As I didn't know how to smoke it I inhaled the gas and started coughing my lungs out and felt nauseus for half an hour. Once that mellowed down I went back outside and grabbed this cute girl, by the hand, away from her parents and said "we're going to talk over here". I take her a few steps away and start chatting to her. Whilst talking with her 2 girls come over and start to cock-block me for about an hour (from what I remember). By the end of the cockblocking I had pretty much stated that the girl cock-blocking me were jealous and they soon left. Seeing as I had destroyed my chance with this girl (it was going well before) I said lets go back in, which we do.
After feeling quite frustrated and chemically induced by cigar smoke I continue to drink and laugh but as the minutes tick by I can tell that I'm becoming less happy and more annoyed and angry. So what do I do... Yeah, I keep drinking. By which time the clock hits roughly midnight and guests start to leave.
Outside everyone's climbing into coaches except close family of the bride and groom (including me and my family). I see my youngest sister holding some cola and ask for some... Now before I continue, the cola is untouched and unopened and I'm next to "tumbleweed rolling in the dirt" dehydrated, Anyway... I ask if I could have some. She replies no. I ask again. No. I try and grab it off her. She moves it out of reach. I start yelling at her to give me the "goddamn, f***ing cola". Aother of my sisters (the middle one) intervenes and we start a verbal jousting session, all the while guests are still being loaded onto the coach seats by more co-ordinated individuals.
The verbal jousting session lasts a while and I feel the anger boiling up. So I walk away to try and calm down. Except, I don't.
Half an hour after I have walked away my family is hurriedly searching for me. I had about 5 missed calls by this time and refused to answer and had decided to start walking and exploring this new place to distract myself. More calls came in and they received the same welcome as the ones previous.
Another hour passes and I'm sitting on the tennis courts near to where the reception was being hosted. I finally decide to walk back and see everyone now that I have calmed down.
Ohhhhh, was it a bad choice to do everything above. I phone my step dad and he meets me with one of the ugliest looks on his face I've ever seen... You know the look when you got caught something that was absolutely forbidden by your parents and you knew you were in deep sh*t; this was that look, but 1000x worse...
I got filled in on the details as we walked too the car... I had practically ruined the wedding, a lot of the guests saw my sisters and I arguing, everyone was out searching for me for the past hour and a half with no luck and were on the verge of reporting me missing and, to top it off, my eldest sister, during the search for me, had fallen off a 3 ft ledge, in pitch black, and had to be taken to hospital for spinal injuries that have only just recovered (this was summer 2012) which left her boyfriend (who had bounced nightclubs) wanting to punch my lights out.
I then got a slaughtering of a lecture on the way back home and my final act of the night was to run out of the car whilst it was still moving and avoid my step dad. He tried to follow but he gave up and tried to find me as he had lost me again. I found my way back home, jumped into his back garden and let him try and find me for another half hour. At that point I rang him to tell him where I was and he just wanted to sleep at this point. I go to sleep, wake up hungover with a good memory of what happened and later I apologised to everyone.
Fortunately the Bride and Groom did not find out about this until I told them... And my younger sister had never said no to me asking for coke again.
tl; dr: Got drunk at a wedding, smoked cigar, got cockblocked, asked for coke and then went on to have a screaming match with two of my sisters. Walked off for an hour and a half. Entire family looking for me, police nearly called, eldest sister fell off a 3 ft ledge and had to go to hospital. Got halfway home in a car with my step dad and then took off while the car was still moving. Let him search for me for another half hour and then went to sleep.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr2yw50 | When I was 18 I was invited to go to my step-sisters wedding. The entire day was going well until we get to the evening at the reception... I had drunk way too much and was inevitably having a good time; just socialising, dancing, that sort of thing. I head outside, my inebriated state strolling happily, and have my first cigar. As I didn't know how to smoke it I inhaled the gas and started coughing my lungs out and felt nauseus for half an hour. Once that mellowed down I went back outside and grabbed this cute girl, by the hand, away from her parents and said "we're going to talk over here". I take her a few steps away and start chatting to her. Whilst talking with her 2 girls come over and start to cock-block me for about an hour (from what I remember). By the end of the cockblocking I had pretty much stated that the girl cock-blocking me were jealous and they soon left. Seeing as I had destroyed my chance with this girl (it was going well before) I said lets go back in, which we do.
After feeling quite frustrated and chemically induced by cigar smoke I continue to drink and laugh but as the minutes tick by I can tell that I'm becoming less happy and more annoyed and angry. So what do I do... Yeah, I keep drinking. By which time the clock hits roughly midnight and guests start to leave.
Outside everyone's climbing into coaches except close family of the bride and groom (including me and my family). I see my youngest sister holding some cola and ask for some... Now before I continue, the cola is untouched and unopened and I'm next to "tumbleweed rolling in the dirt" dehydrated, Anyway... I ask if I could have some. She replies no. I ask again. No. I try and grab it off her. She moves it out of reach. I start yelling at her to give me the "goddamn, f***ing cola". Aother of my sisters (the middle one) intervenes and we start a verbal jousting session, all the while guests are still being loaded onto the coach seats by more co-ordinated individuals.
The verbal jousting session lasts a while and I feel the anger boiling up. So I walk away to try and calm down. Except, I don't.
Half an hour after I have walked away my family is hurriedly searching for me. I had about 5 missed calls by this time and refused to answer and had decided to start walking and exploring this new place to distract myself. More calls came in and they received the same welcome as the ones previous.
Another hour passes and I'm sitting on the tennis courts near to where the reception was being hosted. I finally decide to walk back and see everyone now that I have calmed down.
Ohhhhh, was it a bad choice to do everything above. I phone my step dad and he meets me with one of the ugliest looks on his face I've ever seen... You know the look when you got caught something that was absolutely forbidden by your parents and you knew you were in deep sh*t; this was that look, but 1000x worse...
I got filled in on the details as we walked too the car... I had practically ruined the wedding, a lot of the guests saw my sisters and I arguing, everyone was out searching for me for the past hour and a half with no luck and were on the verge of reporting me missing and, to top it off, my eldest sister, during the search for me, had fallen off a 3 ft ledge, in pitch black, and had to be taken to hospital for spinal injuries that have only just recovered (this was summer 2012) which left her boyfriend (who had bounced nightclubs) wanting to punch my lights out.
I then got a slaughtering of a lecture on the way back home and my final act of the night was to run out of the car whilst it was still moving and avoid my step dad. He tried to follow but he gave up and tried to find me as he had lost me again. I found my way back home, jumped into his back garden and let him try and find me for another half hour. At that point I rang him to tell him where I was and he just wanted to sleep at this point. I go to sleep, wake up hungover with a good memory of what happened and later I apologised to everyone.
Fortunately the Bride and Groom did not find out about this until I told them... And my younger sister had never said no to me asking for coke again. | Got drunk at a wedding, smoked cigar, got cockblocked, asked for coke and then went on to have a screaming match with two of my sisters. Walked off for an hour and a half. Entire family looking for me, police nearly called, eldest sister fell off a 3 ft ledge and had to go to hospital. Got halfway home in a car with my step dad and then took off while the car was still moving. Let him search for me for another half hour and then went to sleep. |
Haydorama | Got drunk on holiday last year and decided to run around a field with a drop at one end. Fell off the drop and hurt my hand, I got back up and fell off the same drop. Went to the doctors the next day and found out I'd broke my scaphoid and would have a cast on my main writing hand for the first few weeks of my first year at college.
**TL;DR Fell off a wall twice, broke my hand.** | Got drunk on holiday last year and decided to run around a field with a drop at one end. Fell off the drop and hurt my hand, I got back up and fell off the same drop. Went to the doctors the next day and found out I'd broke my scaphoid and would have a cast on my main writing hand for the first few weeks of my first year at college.
TL;DR Fell off a wall twice, broke my hand.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr31961 | Got drunk on holiday last year and decided to run around a field with a drop at one end. Fell off the drop and hurt my hand, I got back up and fell off the same drop. Went to the doctors the next day and found out I'd broke my scaphoid and would have a cast on my main writing hand for the first few weeks of my first year at college. | Fell off a wall twice, broke my hand. |
AngerFork | As an employee of a company currently selling an early access game, I am admittedly a little bias, but I think the model can work. Although there are a lot of examples where things just go wrong (SpaceBase DF-9), there are also quite a few where you get to play the game months ahead of release and still have a pretty good game (Prison Architect, Rimworld, etc).
I definitely agree that the developer gets a lot more out of Early Access than the consumer does, which is why for the model to truly work, the developer needs to incentivize it. Make it cheaper to join early, or add in free alpha-only items. Not only that, but the developer should keep a consistent update schedule...monthly, perhaps. After all, a good company keeps their investors in the loop, and early customers are somewhat investors in this case.
TL:DR version - Early access can work, but only if the company is willing to properly incentivize customers throughout the process. | As an employee of a company currently selling an early access game, I am admittedly a little bias, but I think the model can work. Although there are a lot of examples where things just go wrong (SpaceBase DF-9), there are also quite a few where you get to play the game months ahead of release and still have a pretty good game (Prison Architect, Rimworld, etc).
I definitely agree that the developer gets a lot more out of Early Access than the consumer does, which is why for the model to truly work, the developer needs to incentivize it. Make it cheaper to join early, or add in free alpha-only items. Not only that, but the developer should keep a consistent update schedule...monthly, perhaps. After all, a good company keeps their investors in the loop, and early customers are somewhat investors in this case.
TL:DR version - Early access can work, but only if the company is willing to properly incentivize customers throughout the process.
| IndieGaming | t5_2r0e3 | cr3edcb | As an employee of a company currently selling an early access game, I am admittedly a little bias, but I think the model can work. Although there are a lot of examples where things just go wrong (SpaceBase DF-9), there are also quite a few where you get to play the game months ahead of release and still have a pretty good game (Prison Architect, Rimworld, etc).
I definitely agree that the developer gets a lot more out of Early Access than the consumer does, which is why for the model to truly work, the developer needs to incentivize it. Make it cheaper to join early, or add in free alpha-only items. Not only that, but the developer should keep a consistent update schedule...monthly, perhaps. After all, a good company keeps their investors in the loop, and early customers are somewhat investors in this case. | version - Early access can work, but only if the company is willing to properly incentivize customers throughout the process. |
alientic | And in that case, your argument is extremely flawed because it has essentially become "you disagree with me, so therefore you are not acting in a feminist manner." What I'm saying, however, is that while I am a feminist, the concerns you stated either do not particularly deal with feminism, do not relate to the case, or do not prove that Adnan is the one at fault. That's not saying that domestic violence is not a big deal. It's not saying that Adnan didn't do it. But what it is saying is that a person's belief as to whether or not Adnan did it is not directly related to feminism. The belief that he did it does not make you a champion for Hae (or against domestic violence) - it makes you a champion against Adnan. A champion for Hae is someone who, no matter what belief they personally hold, is going to continue working to find the facts instead of flaunting a list of uncorrelated ones.
tl;dr Your logic is circular and faulty. You can keep your personal beliefs, but that in no way makes them right. Have a good day, I'm out. | And in that case, your argument is extremely flawed because it has essentially become "you disagree with me, so therefore you are not acting in a feminist manner." What I'm saying, however, is that while I am a feminist, the concerns you stated either do not particularly deal with feminism, do not relate to the case, or do not prove that Adnan is the one at fault. That's not saying that domestic violence is not a big deal. It's not saying that Adnan didn't do it. But what it is saying is that a person's belief as to whether or not Adnan did it is not directly related to feminism. The belief that he did it does not make you a champion for Hae (or against domestic violence) - it makes you a champion against Adnan. A champion for Hae is someone who, no matter what belief they personally hold, is going to continue working to find the facts instead of flaunting a list of uncorrelated ones.
tl;dr Your logic is circular and faulty. You can keep your personal beliefs, but that in no way makes them right. Have a good day, I'm out.
| serialpodcast | t5_33vph | cr41h9n | And in that case, your argument is extremely flawed because it has essentially become "you disagree with me, so therefore you are not acting in a feminist manner." What I'm saying, however, is that while I am a feminist, the concerns you stated either do not particularly deal with feminism, do not relate to the case, or do not prove that Adnan is the one at fault. That's not saying that domestic violence is not a big deal. It's not saying that Adnan didn't do it. But what it is saying is that a person's belief as to whether or not Adnan did it is not directly related to feminism. The belief that he did it does not make you a champion for Hae (or against domestic violence) - it makes you a champion against Adnan. A champion for Hae is someone who, no matter what belief they personally hold, is going to continue working to find the facts instead of flaunting a list of uncorrelated ones. | Your logic is circular and faulty. You can keep your personal beliefs, but that in no way makes them right. Have a good day, I'm out. |
majubi | Everyone here needs to consider that we are relying on assumptions about attractiveness and entitlement that are not necessarily true or at least based on very weak foundations. I've been foreveralone for a while, but these days I've had enough of the self-pity bullshit about why I'm not good enough or why I'm too ugly to find a girl. Upon this revelation I've felt far better about myself and maybe I can share that with you.
For one thing, why the hell does it matter that a girl wants an "attractive" man? Or, for that matter, that you have an "attractive" woman. Is there some objective measurement that is used to determine this? Not really. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. I might like a movie/band and someone else may not like it. Does that make me wrong or them wrong? No, because those things are a matter of taste. Measuring how people are "attractive" is exactly the same.
For people that have the attitude from those source comments referred by OP, there isn't anything in their vain comments about what makes them *worth* talking to. They haven't indicated how they are funny, smart, cool, interesting, adventurous, fun to be around or anything like that. We also haven't had a chance to assess how those posters look as it is, let alone their pretension about being hit on by someone "unattractive". How those posters have assessed their social value is not actually articulated so take anything they say with a grain of salt.
We've all been conned by society into thinking that if you are with someone who is "attractive" then you vicariously obtain that "attractive" person's status because you are in a relationship with them. Everyone needs to wake up and realise that this is obviously not true with any other feature of a person, so it shouldn't be a feature here. If someone is "smart", and you are friends with them, does that make you "smart"? No, but some may draw that inference. If you are with someone "attractive" does that make you "attractive"? Probably not, although lots of people generalise the phrase "birds of a feather".
Everyone also needs to break this "entitlement" attitude. This is not how relationships work. Because society has commoditised sexual relationships, people approach it like a consumer. ie, if you put in X "nice coins" then she will have to sleep with me or if I lose Y number of kgs he will want me. This is obviously horse-shit. Do you think that the more you hang around someone then they "have" to be friends with you? Probably not. The same applies to sexual relationships.
This explanation may be harder to visualise when you have no friends (like some of you here. Not your fault in many cases), but for the sake of example, I have friends. I have far fewer friends now than I had a few years ago, but let me explain. When I made those friends, I didn't have the expectation of being LIFE LONG FRIENDS FOREVER AND EVER. I hung out with them based on mutual interest/personality etc. We bonded over these shared interests and life experiences. This is how non-sexual relationships work and it is how sexual relationships work as well. The main difference is that most people have the idea that there is an expectation in sexual relationships that your intention of sexual activity should be made clear from the get-go. To an extent, this is true and this is where the confusion arises because some relationships start off between friends and sometimes it starts off with some sexual tension moments from meeting. While there is some variance between how *sexual* relationships progress, the point is that you having an expectation that you should get sex from someone based on entitlement is not healthy or even sensible. You aren't entitled to be approached by an "attractive" person any more than you are entitled to be friends with a person. Sometimes there are people who like some of the same interests as you do, but they are totally insufferable to be around for other reasons. You can decide not to be friends with those people. Maybe in the foreveralone bracket, you are more desperate, but I would not advocate sacrificing your wellbeing just for a little hint of human contact because that is an abusive relationship from the get-go because you have no boundaries about what is acceptable behaviour towards you.
The last thing I will mention is that people (usually young people) tend to think that being in a relationship is some kind of "accomplishment" or "symbol of status" in the same way that having a degree or a house is. It really isn't. A (sexual)relationship is just a social circumstance where two (or more) enjoy each other's bodies. Lots of people romanticise that it is more than that, and for lots of people that may be true, but the bottom line is that if they aren't doing it then it isn't anything more than a friendship. Celebrating that you are in a relationship, even though you hate yourself or don't have a job etc isn't any different to a drug-addict celebrating that they are high. Sure the drug/relationship may make you feel good, but it taking lots of it/relationships doesn't change the fact that you are still a fucking loser regardless.
Remember, just because someone is pleasing to look at, doesn't mean that they aren't boring/annoying/petty/mean. Don't feel bad if someone doesn't want to be your friend/sleep with you. All of these things are a matter of taste. After all, who are you to tell someone what they *should* like and vice versa?
TLDR; Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you like Coke, don't be bothered by the fact that someone told you Pepsi is better. Just let them suffer with an inferior taste. | Everyone here needs to consider that we are relying on assumptions about attractiveness and entitlement that are not necessarily true or at least based on very weak foundations. I've been foreveralone for a while, but these days I've had enough of the self-pity bullshit about why I'm not good enough or why I'm too ugly to find a girl. Upon this revelation I've felt far better about myself and maybe I can share that with you.
For one thing, why the hell does it matter that a girl wants an "attractive" man? Or, for that matter, that you have an "attractive" woman. Is there some objective measurement that is used to determine this? Not really. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. I might like a movie/band and someone else may not like it. Does that make me wrong or them wrong? No, because those things are a matter of taste. Measuring how people are "attractive" is exactly the same.
For people that have the attitude from those source comments referred by OP, there isn't anything in their vain comments about what makes them worth talking to. They haven't indicated how they are funny, smart, cool, interesting, adventurous, fun to be around or anything like that. We also haven't had a chance to assess how those posters look as it is, let alone their pretension about being hit on by someone "unattractive". How those posters have assessed their social value is not actually articulated so take anything they say with a grain of salt.
We've all been conned by society into thinking that if you are with someone who is "attractive" then you vicariously obtain that "attractive" person's status because you are in a relationship with them. Everyone needs to wake up and realise that this is obviously not true with any other feature of a person, so it shouldn't be a feature here. If someone is "smart", and you are friends with them, does that make you "smart"? No, but some may draw that inference. If you are with someone "attractive" does that make you "attractive"? Probably not, although lots of people generalise the phrase "birds of a feather".
Everyone also needs to break this "entitlement" attitude. This is not how relationships work. Because society has commoditised sexual relationships, people approach it like a consumer. ie, if you put in X "nice coins" then she will have to sleep with me or if I lose Y number of kgs he will want me. This is obviously horse-shit. Do you think that the more you hang around someone then they "have" to be friends with you? Probably not. The same applies to sexual relationships.
This explanation may be harder to visualise when you have no friends (like some of you here. Not your fault in many cases), but for the sake of example, I have friends. I have far fewer friends now than I had a few years ago, but let me explain. When I made those friends, I didn't have the expectation of being LIFE LONG FRIENDS FOREVER AND EVER. I hung out with them based on mutual interest/personality etc. We bonded over these shared interests and life experiences. This is how non-sexual relationships work and it is how sexual relationships work as well. The main difference is that most people have the idea that there is an expectation in sexual relationships that your intention of sexual activity should be made clear from the get-go. To an extent, this is true and this is where the confusion arises because some relationships start off between friends and sometimes it starts off with some sexual tension moments from meeting. While there is some variance between how sexual relationships progress, the point is that you having an expectation that you should get sex from someone based on entitlement is not healthy or even sensible. You aren't entitled to be approached by an "attractive" person any more than you are entitled to be friends with a person. Sometimes there are people who like some of the same interests as you do, but they are totally insufferable to be around for other reasons. You can decide not to be friends with those people. Maybe in the foreveralone bracket, you are more desperate, but I would not advocate sacrificing your wellbeing just for a little hint of human contact because that is an abusive relationship from the get-go because you have no boundaries about what is acceptable behaviour towards you.
The last thing I will mention is that people (usually young people) tend to think that being in a relationship is some kind of "accomplishment" or "symbol of status" in the same way that having a degree or a house is. It really isn't. A (sexual)relationship is just a social circumstance where two (or more) enjoy each other's bodies. Lots of people romanticise that it is more than that, and for lots of people that may be true, but the bottom line is that if they aren't doing it then it isn't anything more than a friendship. Celebrating that you are in a relationship, even though you hate yourself or don't have a job etc isn't any different to a drug-addict celebrating that they are high. Sure the drug/relationship may make you feel good, but it taking lots of it/relationships doesn't change the fact that you are still a fucking loser regardless.
Remember, just because someone is pleasing to look at, doesn't mean that they aren't boring/annoying/petty/mean. Don't feel bad if someone doesn't want to be your friend/sleep with you. All of these things are a matter of taste. After all, who are you to tell someone what they should like and vice versa?
TLDR; Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you like Coke, don't be bothered by the fact that someone told you Pepsi is better. Just let them suffer with an inferior taste.
| ForeverAlone | t5_2s3yz | cr3jujf | Everyone here needs to consider that we are relying on assumptions about attractiveness and entitlement that are not necessarily true or at least based on very weak foundations. I've been foreveralone for a while, but these days I've had enough of the self-pity bullshit about why I'm not good enough or why I'm too ugly to find a girl. Upon this revelation I've felt far better about myself and maybe I can share that with you.
For one thing, why the hell does it matter that a girl wants an "attractive" man? Or, for that matter, that you have an "attractive" woman. Is there some objective measurement that is used to determine this? Not really. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. I might like a movie/band and someone else may not like it. Does that make me wrong or them wrong? No, because those things are a matter of taste. Measuring how people are "attractive" is exactly the same.
For people that have the attitude from those source comments referred by OP, there isn't anything in their vain comments about what makes them worth talking to. They haven't indicated how they are funny, smart, cool, interesting, adventurous, fun to be around or anything like that. We also haven't had a chance to assess how those posters look as it is, let alone their pretension about being hit on by someone "unattractive". How those posters have assessed their social value is not actually articulated so take anything they say with a grain of salt.
We've all been conned by society into thinking that if you are with someone who is "attractive" then you vicariously obtain that "attractive" person's status because you are in a relationship with them. Everyone needs to wake up and realise that this is obviously not true with any other feature of a person, so it shouldn't be a feature here. If someone is "smart", and you are friends with them, does that make you "smart"? No, but some may draw that inference. If you are with someone "attractive" does that make you "attractive"? Probably not, although lots of people generalise the phrase "birds of a feather".
Everyone also needs to break this "entitlement" attitude. This is not how relationships work. Because society has commoditised sexual relationships, people approach it like a consumer. ie, if you put in X "nice coins" then she will have to sleep with me or if I lose Y number of kgs he will want me. This is obviously horse-shit. Do you think that the more you hang around someone then they "have" to be friends with you? Probably not. The same applies to sexual relationships.
This explanation may be harder to visualise when you have no friends (like some of you here. Not your fault in many cases), but for the sake of example, I have friends. I have far fewer friends now than I had a few years ago, but let me explain. When I made those friends, I didn't have the expectation of being LIFE LONG FRIENDS FOREVER AND EVER. I hung out with them based on mutual interest/personality etc. We bonded over these shared interests and life experiences. This is how non-sexual relationships work and it is how sexual relationships work as well. The main difference is that most people have the idea that there is an expectation in sexual relationships that your intention of sexual activity should be made clear from the get-go. To an extent, this is true and this is where the confusion arises because some relationships start off between friends and sometimes it starts off with some sexual tension moments from meeting. While there is some variance between how sexual relationships progress, the point is that you having an expectation that you should get sex from someone based on entitlement is not healthy or even sensible. You aren't entitled to be approached by an "attractive" person any more than you are entitled to be friends with a person. Sometimes there are people who like some of the same interests as you do, but they are totally insufferable to be around for other reasons. You can decide not to be friends with those people. Maybe in the foreveralone bracket, you are more desperate, but I would not advocate sacrificing your wellbeing just for a little hint of human contact because that is an abusive relationship from the get-go because you have no boundaries about what is acceptable behaviour towards you.
The last thing I will mention is that people (usually young people) tend to think that being in a relationship is some kind of "accomplishment" or "symbol of status" in the same way that having a degree or a house is. It really isn't. A (sexual)relationship is just a social circumstance where two (or more) enjoy each other's bodies. Lots of people romanticise that it is more than that, and for lots of people that may be true, but the bottom line is that if they aren't doing it then it isn't anything more than a friendship. Celebrating that you are in a relationship, even though you hate yourself or don't have a job etc isn't any different to a drug-addict celebrating that they are high. Sure the drug/relationship may make you feel good, but it taking lots of it/relationships doesn't change the fact that you are still a fucking loser regardless.
Remember, just because someone is pleasing to look at, doesn't mean that they aren't boring/annoying/petty/mean. Don't feel bad if someone doesn't want to be your friend/sleep with you. All of these things are a matter of taste. After all, who are you to tell someone what they should like and vice versa? | Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you like Coke, don't be bothered by the fact that someone told you Pepsi is better. Just let them suffer with an inferior taste. |
edays03 | Medical student here. Let's break this down a little bit:
>excuses surgeons give for not wanting to operate on fat patients is about never having bothered to learn to do so safely.
Surgeons spend 4 years in medical school, 5 years in a residency program, and then an extra few years if they want to specialize. All that training is necessary to make sure they can do surgeries well and, most importantly, safely. This is fucking offensive to those who actually go down this path in their medical career.
>Never having developed solid anesthesia guidelines,
General anesthetics work by going into lipid-rich areas and staying there, including your brain. The more lipid-rich areas in the body, the more anesthetic will be stored there. The more anesthetic stored in your body, the longer it takes for the patient to wake up from anesthesia. The longer it takes for the patient to wake up, the more dangerous it is. Anesthesiologists goal is to use the minimum amount of anesthesia to get the patient under, keep the patient under, and bring the patient back as fast as possible. Having a shit-ton of fat in your body makes the anesthesia A LOT more unpredictable and an anesthesiologists job that much more difficult.
>never having trained on fat corpses in meds school,
Does she mean cadaveric dissections or actually treating fat people? I've seen dissections on larger cadavers during my anatomy course. However, surgeons don't train on cadavers, they train on actual patients and there are PLENTY of obese patients for them to train on. It's actually very common to see obese patients at the hospital I train at.
>never having developed the tools to hold fatty tissue out of the way.
Haven't done my surgery rotation yet so I don't fully know this answer, but I think surgeons have been able to figure out ways to navigate around fat given that more than a third of the US population is obese and the obese people *tend* to see the doctors more (I wonder why?).
On top of all of this, OP is talking about getting a breast reduction, an **ENTIRELY ELECTIVE SURGERY**. OF COURSE, the surgeon wants her to lose some weight before the surgery. There's no need for the procedure to be rushed, so the surgeon wants the patient to be in the most ideal condition for the surgery to go well. This would be entirely different if OP had to receive surgery for a serious medical issue.
TL;DR: Fat makes surgery a lot more difficult. It's an elective surgery, so they have the option to delay until everything is better. Tumblrina explodes about thin privilege thinking she knows everything about how surgeons work. | Medical student here. Let's break this down a little bit:
>excuses surgeons give for not wanting to operate on fat patients is about never having bothered to learn to do so safely.
Surgeons spend 4 years in medical school, 5 years in a residency program, and then an extra few years if they want to specialize. All that training is necessary to make sure they can do surgeries well and, most importantly, safely. This is fucking offensive to those who actually go down this path in their medical career.
>Never having developed solid anesthesia guidelines,
General anesthetics work by going into lipid-rich areas and staying there, including your brain. The more lipid-rich areas in the body, the more anesthetic will be stored there. The more anesthetic stored in your body, the longer it takes for the patient to wake up from anesthesia. The longer it takes for the patient to wake up, the more dangerous it is. Anesthesiologists goal is to use the minimum amount of anesthesia to get the patient under, keep the patient under, and bring the patient back as fast as possible. Having a shit-ton of fat in your body makes the anesthesia A LOT more unpredictable and an anesthesiologists job that much more difficult.
>never having trained on fat corpses in meds school,
Does she mean cadaveric dissections or actually treating fat people? I've seen dissections on larger cadavers during my anatomy course. However, surgeons don't train on cadavers, they train on actual patients and there are PLENTY of obese patients for them to train on. It's actually very common to see obese patients at the hospital I train at.
>never having developed the tools to hold fatty tissue out of the way.
Haven't done my surgery rotation yet so I don't fully know this answer, but I think surgeons have been able to figure out ways to navigate around fat given that more than a third of the US population is obese and the obese people tend to see the doctors more (I wonder why?).
On top of all of this, OP is talking about getting a breast reduction, an ENTIRELY ELECTIVE SURGERY . OF COURSE, the surgeon wants her to lose some weight before the surgery. There's no need for the procedure to be rushed, so the surgeon wants the patient to be in the most ideal condition for the surgery to go well. This would be entirely different if OP had to receive surgery for a serious medical issue.
TL;DR: Fat makes surgery a lot more difficult. It's an elective surgery, so they have the option to delay until everything is better. Tumblrina explodes about thin privilege thinking she knows everything about how surgeons work.
| TumblrInAction | t5_2vizz | cr3lpro | Medical student here. Let's break this down a little bit:
>excuses surgeons give for not wanting to operate on fat patients is about never having bothered to learn to do so safely.
Surgeons spend 4 years in medical school, 5 years in a residency program, and then an extra few years if they want to specialize. All that training is necessary to make sure they can do surgeries well and, most importantly, safely. This is fucking offensive to those who actually go down this path in their medical career.
>Never having developed solid anesthesia guidelines,
General anesthetics work by going into lipid-rich areas and staying there, including your brain. The more lipid-rich areas in the body, the more anesthetic will be stored there. The more anesthetic stored in your body, the longer it takes for the patient to wake up from anesthesia. The longer it takes for the patient to wake up, the more dangerous it is. Anesthesiologists goal is to use the minimum amount of anesthesia to get the patient under, keep the patient under, and bring the patient back as fast as possible. Having a shit-ton of fat in your body makes the anesthesia A LOT more unpredictable and an anesthesiologists job that much more difficult.
>never having trained on fat corpses in meds school,
Does she mean cadaveric dissections or actually treating fat people? I've seen dissections on larger cadavers during my anatomy course. However, surgeons don't train on cadavers, they train on actual patients and there are PLENTY of obese patients for them to train on. It's actually very common to see obese patients at the hospital I train at.
>never having developed the tools to hold fatty tissue out of the way.
Haven't done my surgery rotation yet so I don't fully know this answer, but I think surgeons have been able to figure out ways to navigate around fat given that more than a third of the US population is obese and the obese people tend to see the doctors more (I wonder why?).
On top of all of this, OP is talking about getting a breast reduction, an ENTIRELY ELECTIVE SURGERY . OF COURSE, the surgeon wants her to lose some weight before the surgery. There's no need for the procedure to be rushed, so the surgeon wants the patient to be in the most ideal condition for the surgery to go well. This would be entirely different if OP had to receive surgery for a serious medical issue. | Fat makes surgery a lot more difficult. It's an elective surgery, so they have the option to delay until everything is better. Tumblrina explodes about thin privilege thinking she knows everything about how surgeons work. |
Gideon-Jura | Well then I would say that describing you as ignorant (with regards to this subject) is not an unfair characterization of your knowledge.
Let's clear up a few things for you. While it's possible that scry will be in an upcoming set, it's extremely unlikely seeing as scry was a mechanic in Theros, a set so recent it's still in standard, and they generally don't like to reuse mechanics without a large period of time between them. To give you an idea of how soon we can expect scry again in a standard legal set, scry, which has appeared more than just about any other non-evergreen mechanic, most recently appeared in THS and M11.
Additionally, the absence of serum visions was expected in THS because serum visions has a plane specific name (serum being specific to mirrodin). Seeing as we're not going back to New Phyrexia / Mirrodin for some time (we were just there a few years ago), reprinting serum vision seems very unlikely.
Additionally part deux, WOTC has made it a point not to print "good cantrips" in recent standard legal sets. You have to go back several years to find the last good 1cc cantrip spell that WOTC made.
So, in conclusion, we're not likely to see Serum Visions reprinted in a standard legal set anytime soon because: (1) the scry mechanic isn't coming back anytime soon, (2) we're not going back to Mirrodin / New Phyrexia any time soon, and (3) serum vision is "too good" for standard legal sets these days.
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HOWEVER, for two months this summer WOTC will have FNM promos of "modern staples." The first month is Path to Exile. This is important because Path is NOT in MM2, which suggests that the second FNM promo will also not be in MM2. The obvious options for the FNM promo include serum visions (and some other cards like Aven Mindscensor) due to its high price and frequent use in modern.
So, while we shouldn't expect serum visions in a standard legal set anytime soon, its exclusion from MM2 would make perfect sense if they were planning on using it as the second "modern" FNM.
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tl;dr: You're wrong. | Well then I would say that describing you as ignorant (with regards to this subject) is not an unfair characterization of your knowledge.
Let's clear up a few things for you. While it's possible that scry will be in an upcoming set, it's extremely unlikely seeing as scry was a mechanic in Theros, a set so recent it's still in standard, and they generally don't like to reuse mechanics without a large period of time between them. To give you an idea of how soon we can expect scry again in a standard legal set, scry, which has appeared more than just about any other non-evergreen mechanic, most recently appeared in THS and M11.
Additionally, the absence of serum visions was expected in THS because serum visions has a plane specific name (serum being specific to mirrodin). Seeing as we're not going back to New Phyrexia / Mirrodin for some time (we were just there a few years ago), reprinting serum vision seems very unlikely.
Additionally part deux, WOTC has made it a point not to print "good cantrips" in recent standard legal sets. You have to go back several years to find the last good 1cc cantrip spell that WOTC made.
So, in conclusion, we're not likely to see Serum Visions reprinted in a standard legal set anytime soon because: (1) the scry mechanic isn't coming back anytime soon, (2) we're not going back to Mirrodin / New Phyrexia any time soon, and (3) serum vision is "too good" for standard legal sets these days.
HOWEVER, for two months this summer WOTC will have FNM promos of "modern staples." The first month is Path to Exile. This is important because Path is NOT in MM2, which suggests that the second FNM promo will also not be in MM2. The obvious options for the FNM promo include serum visions (and some other cards like Aven Mindscensor) due to its high price and frequent use in modern.
So, while we shouldn't expect serum visions in a standard legal set anytime soon, its exclusion from MM2 would make perfect sense if they were planning on using it as the second "modern" FNM.
tl;dr: You're wrong.
| magicTCG | t5_2qn5f | cr42v00 | Well then I would say that describing you as ignorant (with regards to this subject) is not an unfair characterization of your knowledge.
Let's clear up a few things for you. While it's possible that scry will be in an upcoming set, it's extremely unlikely seeing as scry was a mechanic in Theros, a set so recent it's still in standard, and they generally don't like to reuse mechanics without a large period of time between them. To give you an idea of how soon we can expect scry again in a standard legal set, scry, which has appeared more than just about any other non-evergreen mechanic, most recently appeared in THS and M11.
Additionally, the absence of serum visions was expected in THS because serum visions has a plane specific name (serum being specific to mirrodin). Seeing as we're not going back to New Phyrexia / Mirrodin for some time (we were just there a few years ago), reprinting serum vision seems very unlikely.
Additionally part deux, WOTC has made it a point not to print "good cantrips" in recent standard legal sets. You have to go back several years to find the last good 1cc cantrip spell that WOTC made.
So, in conclusion, we're not likely to see Serum Visions reprinted in a standard legal set anytime soon because: (1) the scry mechanic isn't coming back anytime soon, (2) we're not going back to Mirrodin / New Phyrexia any time soon, and (3) serum vision is "too good" for standard legal sets these days.
HOWEVER, for two months this summer WOTC will have FNM promos of "modern staples." The first month is Path to Exile. This is important because Path is NOT in MM2, which suggests that the second FNM promo will also not be in MM2. The obvious options for the FNM promo include serum visions (and some other cards like Aven Mindscensor) due to its high price and frequent use in modern.
So, while we shouldn't expect serum visions in a standard legal set anytime soon, its exclusion from MM2 would make perfect sense if they were planning on using it as the second "modern" FNM. | You're wrong. |
fritodelay123 | I'm in middle school student and my science teacher said something that revolutionized the way I look at sex last week
now i'm pretty sex savvy being a frequent masturbator and viewer of pornhub (screw the redtube infidels) but I didn't know that when you first screw a grill that's a virgin she drops a piece of meat known as the hyman and bleeds a little so now im horrified of intercourse with virgins.
TL;DR Non virgins pm me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) | I'm in middle school student and my science teacher said something that revolutionized the way I look at sex last week
now i'm pretty sex savvy being a frequent masturbator and viewer of pornhub (screw the redtube infidels) but I didn't know that when you first screw a grill that's a virgin she drops a piece of meat known as the hyman and bleeds a little so now im horrified of intercourse with virgins.
TL;DR Non virgins pm me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr48m8g | I'm in middle school student and my science teacher said something that revolutionized the way I look at sex last week
now i'm pretty sex savvy being a frequent masturbator and viewer of pornhub (screw the redtube infidels) but I didn't know that when you first screw a grill that's a virgin she drops a piece of meat known as the hyman and bleeds a little so now im horrified of intercourse with virgins. | Non virgins pm me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) |
HairyNutsack69 | I'll try my best to explain:
your monitor grabs 144 samples a second from your game. Everytime it displayes a frame that frame is a few ms (miliseconds) old. The maximum age that a frame can have is 1000 (the amount of miliseconds per second) divided by your FPS.
> 1000 / 144 = 6.9444
If the game draws a frame *just* before the monitor draws a frame the latency would be close to 0 ms, but if however your monitor draws a frame *just* before the game updates again the monitor will now be using a frame that was rendered at max 6.9444 ms ago. The latency would be close to 6.9444 ms.
Now say you have double that fps, 288.
> 1000 / 288 = 3.47222222
Now if you take the same situation the latency could now range anywhere from 0 to 3.4722222 ms.
TL;DR: higher FPS makes sure your monitor doesn't get "old" frames and is always using the latets frame drawn by the game. But we're talking about miliseconds here which is negligable for most people, although there's some people that claim to feel the difference. | I'll try my best to explain:
your monitor grabs 144 samples a second from your game. Everytime it displayes a frame that frame is a few ms (miliseconds) old. The maximum age that a frame can have is 1000 (the amount of miliseconds per second) divided by your FPS.
> 1000 / 144 = 6.9444
If the game draws a frame just before the monitor draws a frame the latency would be close to 0 ms, but if however your monitor draws a frame just before the game updates again the monitor will now be using a frame that was rendered at max 6.9444 ms ago. The latency would be close to 6.9444 ms.
Now say you have double that fps, 288.
> 1000 / 288 = 3.47222222
Now if you take the same situation the latency could now range anywhere from 0 to 3.4722222 ms.
TL;DR: higher FPS makes sure your monitor doesn't get "old" frames and is always using the latets frame drawn by the game. But we're talking about miliseconds here which is negligable for most people, although there's some people that claim to feel the difference.
| GlobalOffensive | t5_2sqho | cr4e4l4 | I'll try my best to explain:
your monitor grabs 144 samples a second from your game. Everytime it displayes a frame that frame is a few ms (miliseconds) old. The maximum age that a frame can have is 1000 (the amount of miliseconds per second) divided by your FPS.
> 1000 / 144 = 6.9444
If the game draws a frame just before the monitor draws a frame the latency would be close to 0 ms, but if however your monitor draws a frame just before the game updates again the monitor will now be using a frame that was rendered at max 6.9444 ms ago. The latency would be close to 6.9444 ms.
Now say you have double that fps, 288.
> 1000 / 288 = 3.47222222
Now if you take the same situation the latency could now range anywhere from 0 to 3.4722222 ms. | higher FPS makes sure your monitor doesn't get "old" frames and is always using the latets frame drawn by the game. But we're talking about miliseconds here which is negligable for most people, although there's some people that claim to feel the difference. |
bigtastie | I advice against snd_headphone_radial_weight and exponent of 2.
> An exponent above 1 will have sounds to your front seem closer than they are, and sounds to your rear will seem farther away. A higher weight makes sounds from any direction sound closer than they are. - JovialFeline (a mod on this subreddit)
Regarding weight I have played with a value or 2.5 for quite some time. I hear sounds from far away, but I have been getting confused a lot regarding the exact distance and position of an enemy. I used snd_debug_panlaw 1 on an offline server, to get a picture of what is in fact going on when messing with these settings.
If you are interested in learning about further about this, read further in Jovial's post below and try to mess around with the setting while having the debug panlaw on.
**Tl;dr With my experiencing messing around with these settings, I recommend the default settings!**
| I advice against snd_headphone_radial_weight and exponent of 2.
> An exponent above 1 will have sounds to your front seem closer than they are, and sounds to your rear will seem farther away. A higher weight makes sounds from any direction sound closer than they are. - JovialFeline (a mod on this subreddit)
Regarding weight I have played with a value or 2.5 for quite some time. I hear sounds from far away, but I have been getting confused a lot regarding the exact distance and position of an enemy. I used snd_debug_panlaw 1 on an offline server, to get a picture of what is in fact going on when messing with these settings.
If you are interested in learning about further about this, read further in Jovial's post below and try to mess around with the setting while having the debug panlaw on.
Tl;dr With my experiencing messing around with these settings, I recommend the default settings!
| GlobalOffensive | t5_2sqho | cr4e8lx | I advice against snd_headphone_radial_weight and exponent of 2.
> An exponent above 1 will have sounds to your front seem closer than they are, and sounds to your rear will seem farther away. A higher weight makes sounds from any direction sound closer than they are. - JovialFeline (a mod on this subreddit)
Regarding weight I have played with a value or 2.5 for quite some time. I hear sounds from far away, but I have been getting confused a lot regarding the exact distance and position of an enemy. I used snd_debug_panlaw 1 on an offline server, to get a picture of what is in fact going on when messing with these settings.
If you are interested in learning about further about this, read further in Jovial's post below and try to mess around with the setting while having the debug panlaw on. | With my experiencing messing around with these settings, I recommend the default settings! |
adaminc | Cost isn't an issue for me, as long as it works with what are effectively OTS parts. It'll cost around $1800 for everything but the tires themselves.
That said, I don't like having tubes. Some people like them, I don't. I want to be able to patch a tire if I get a flat, and just go, instead of having to change a tube. I also don't like the rapid deflation that happens when I do get a flat, w/ tubes. There are also some radial tires I would like to try out (i know they make radial tubes).
tl;dr It's a combination of things. Plus, I have to admit I like the idea of owning a unique bike. | Cost isn't an issue for me, as long as it works with what are effectively OTS parts. It'll cost around $1800 for everything but the tires themselves.
That said, I don't like having tubes. Some people like them, I don't. I want to be able to patch a tire if I get a flat, and just go, instead of having to change a tube. I also don't like the rapid deflation that happens when I do get a flat, w/ tubes. There are also some radial tires I would like to try out (i know they make radial tubes).
tl;dr It's a combination of things. Plus, I have to admit I like the idea of owning a unique bike.
| motorcycles | t5_2qi6d | cr4igx9 | Cost isn't an issue for me, as long as it works with what are effectively OTS parts. It'll cost around $1800 for everything but the tires themselves.
That said, I don't like having tubes. Some people like them, I don't. I want to be able to patch a tire if I get a flat, and just go, instead of having to change a tube. I also don't like the rapid deflation that happens when I do get a flat, w/ tubes. There are also some radial tires I would like to try out (i know they make radial tubes). | It's a combination of things. Plus, I have to admit I like the idea of owning a unique bike. |
insomniabob | A Black Widow movie is not a slam dunk money maker, as some seem to believe. Especially internet-feminists. Guys, your desire for a thing does NOT mean it has mass market appeal.
The reason you haven't seen a Black Widow movie yet is because she DOESN'T SELL A LOT OF COMICS. So, there's not really any evidence of her being a supremely popular character who would support her own movie.
Add to that the recent "controversy" over how she was portrayed in AOU, and it's easy to see why Marvel wouldn't want to touch that idea with a ten foot pole.
And just to get the point home: [Here's a monthly sales ranking for March, 2015] ( BW has a book out right now (did you know that?) and even in a month just prior to the release of a major motion picture where she features, Black Widow ranks 109th. Selling just a little over 20k units. Which is not a lot.
In fact, Squirrel Girl sold more books this month.
This is the same issue with Wonder Woman, and the reason you're going to see Harley Quinn on the big screen in Suicide Squad - she sell a ton of comics and merch.
You want better written, more dynamic female characters? Go support the comic writers making them instead of sitting in your office chair writing diatribes about how unfair the movie industry is or how Joss Whedon is a secret misogynist.
Looking at this from another direction: Why does Captain Marvel get a movie, and not Black Widow? They sell close to the same number of books in a given month?
Well, for one thing, a Captain Marvel movie can tie into a lot of the 'Cosmic Marvel' lore that Guardians only scratched the surface of. The Kree, Celestials, Thanos... this is a good setup movie to introduce more story elements prior to Infinity War 2. And when your powerset revolves around blasting out tons of energy, you also get lots of big, fun, CGI sfx shots the kids love.
Conversely, a Black Widow movie would be about... spies? Russia? Not exactly summer blockbuster territory. The closest the MCU has gotten was Winter Soldier, and that movie still had helicarriers crashing and aerial dogfights. Which more casual audiences love, but would be out of place in a BW movie, thus pissing off the fans of BW who want a movie. The snake eats its tail.
Furthermore; I would like all the fans demanding a BW movie (aka a handful of people on blogs) to suggest a Black Widow storyline that works well on it's own, without the Avengers, and would make a good standalone movie. (Hint: There kind of isn't one.)
Movies are a money making business. Big Summer blockbusters especially so. There's no 'fairness', or 'turns' here. If Hollywood thinks it'll make money (and better, can show numbers to indicate it will make money) then it gets the green light.
If it looks risky on paper, they do not. Nobody wants to make the next Catwoman.
And that's all there is to it. No patriarchal conspiracy. A Black Widow movie just doesn't look like it would make as much money on paper.
tl;dr - a rant for people who expect major movie studios to cater to their whims, while simultaneously NOT buying comics for characters they purport to "hold so dear". | A Black Widow movie is not a slam dunk money maker, as some seem to believe. Especially internet-feminists. Guys, your desire for a thing does NOT mean it has mass market appeal.
The reason you haven't seen a Black Widow movie yet is because she DOESN'T SELL A LOT OF COMICS. So, there's not really any evidence of her being a supremely popular character who would support her own movie.
Add to that the recent "controversy" over how she was portrayed in AOU, and it's easy to see why Marvel wouldn't want to touch that idea with a ten foot pole.
And just to get the point home: [Here's a monthly sales ranking for March, 2015] ( BW has a book out right now (did you know that?) and even in a month just prior to the release of a major motion picture where she features, Black Widow ranks 109th. Selling just a little over 20k units. Which is not a lot.
In fact, Squirrel Girl sold more books this month.
This is the same issue with Wonder Woman, and the reason you're going to see Harley Quinn on the big screen in Suicide Squad - she sell a ton of comics and merch.
You want better written, more dynamic female characters? Go support the comic writers making them instead of sitting in your office chair writing diatribes about how unfair the movie industry is or how Joss Whedon is a secret misogynist.
Looking at this from another direction: Why does Captain Marvel get a movie, and not Black Widow? They sell close to the same number of books in a given month?
Well, for one thing, a Captain Marvel movie can tie into a lot of the 'Cosmic Marvel' lore that Guardians only scratched the surface of. The Kree, Celestials, Thanos... this is a good setup movie to introduce more story elements prior to Infinity War 2. And when your powerset revolves around blasting out tons of energy, you also get lots of big, fun, CGI sfx shots the kids love.
Conversely, a Black Widow movie would be about... spies? Russia? Not exactly summer blockbuster territory. The closest the MCU has gotten was Winter Soldier, and that movie still had helicarriers crashing and aerial dogfights. Which more casual audiences love, but would be out of place in a BW movie, thus pissing off the fans of BW who want a movie. The snake eats its tail.
Furthermore; I would like all the fans demanding a BW movie (aka a handful of people on blogs) to suggest a Black Widow storyline that works well on it's own, without the Avengers, and would make a good standalone movie. (Hint: There kind of isn't one.)
Movies are a money making business. Big Summer blockbusters especially so. There's no 'fairness', or 'turns' here. If Hollywood thinks it'll make money (and better, can show numbers to indicate it will make money) then it gets the green light.
If it looks risky on paper, they do not. Nobody wants to make the next Catwoman.
And that's all there is to it. No patriarchal conspiracy. A Black Widow movie just doesn't look like it would make as much money on paper.
tl;dr - a rant for people who expect major movie studios to cater to their whims, while simultaneously NOT buying comics for characters they purport to "hold so dear".
| marvelstudios | t5_2uii8 | cr4rkun | A Black Widow movie is not a slam dunk money maker, as some seem to believe. Especially internet-feminists. Guys, your desire for a thing does NOT mean it has mass market appeal.
The reason you haven't seen a Black Widow movie yet is because she DOESN'T SELL A LOT OF COMICS. So, there's not really any evidence of her being a supremely popular character who would support her own movie.
Add to that the recent "controversy" over how she was portrayed in AOU, and it's easy to see why Marvel wouldn't want to touch that idea with a ten foot pole.
And just to get the point home: [Here's a monthly sales ranking for March, 2015] ( BW has a book out right now (did you know that?) and even in a month just prior to the release of a major motion picture where she features, Black Widow ranks 109th. Selling just a little over 20k units. Which is not a lot.
In fact, Squirrel Girl sold more books this month.
This is the same issue with Wonder Woman, and the reason you're going to see Harley Quinn on the big screen in Suicide Squad - she sell a ton of comics and merch.
You want better written, more dynamic female characters? Go support the comic writers making them instead of sitting in your office chair writing diatribes about how unfair the movie industry is or how Joss Whedon is a secret misogynist.
Looking at this from another direction: Why does Captain Marvel get a movie, and not Black Widow? They sell close to the same number of books in a given month?
Well, for one thing, a Captain Marvel movie can tie into a lot of the 'Cosmic Marvel' lore that Guardians only scratched the surface of. The Kree, Celestials, Thanos... this is a good setup movie to introduce more story elements prior to Infinity War 2. And when your powerset revolves around blasting out tons of energy, you also get lots of big, fun, CGI sfx shots the kids love.
Conversely, a Black Widow movie would be about... spies? Russia? Not exactly summer blockbuster territory. The closest the MCU has gotten was Winter Soldier, and that movie still had helicarriers crashing and aerial dogfights. Which more casual audiences love, but would be out of place in a BW movie, thus pissing off the fans of BW who want a movie. The snake eats its tail.
Furthermore; I would like all the fans demanding a BW movie (aka a handful of people on blogs) to suggest a Black Widow storyline that works well on it's own, without the Avengers, and would make a good standalone movie. (Hint: There kind of isn't one.)
Movies are a money making business. Big Summer blockbusters especially so. There's no 'fairness', or 'turns' here. If Hollywood thinks it'll make money (and better, can show numbers to indicate it will make money) then it gets the green light.
If it looks risky on paper, they do not. Nobody wants to make the next Catwoman.
And that's all there is to it. No patriarchal conspiracy. A Black Widow movie just doesn't look like it would make as much money on paper. | a rant for people who expect major movie studios to cater to their whims, while simultaneously NOT buying comics for characters they purport to "hold so dear". |
Phoxorde | It's a timeline explaining everything, TL;DRs aren't gunna work... | It's a timeline explaining everything, TL;DRs aren't gunna work...
| fivenightsatfreddys | t5_331ct | cr5qtfh | It's a timeline explaining everything, | s aren't gunna work... |
blooay | Because it works in tandem with my group. We have different settings, each with their own DM and we DM differently. One is big on world building and thus, that setting focuses on that. Another is very accepting and uses player input, making a personal experience. And finally me, who gives the players the feel that they are the central point of an entire world. If the PC's, no matter who they decide to roll, aren't extremely important in some sort of way, then I am not the DM. I am also a big "riddle" kind of guy, so my settings also requires thinking and solving, whereas the other two are either "follow my input" or "creativity solves everything!".
TL;DR: I am part of a trio of DM's who each specialize in our own thing and it feels good to specialize in what I like to provide my players. | Because it works in tandem with my group. We have different settings, each with their own DM and we DM differently. One is big on world building and thus, that setting focuses on that. Another is very accepting and uses player input, making a personal experience. And finally me, who gives the players the feel that they are the central point of an entire world. If the PC's, no matter who they decide to roll, aren't extremely important in some sort of way, then I am not the DM. I am also a big "riddle" kind of guy, so my settings also requires thinking and solving, whereas the other two are either "follow my input" or "creativity solves everything!".
TL;DR: I am part of a trio of DM's who each specialize in our own thing and it feels good to specialize in what I like to provide my players.
| rpg | t5_2qh2s | cr5miea | Because it works in tandem with my group. We have different settings, each with their own DM and we DM differently. One is big on world building and thus, that setting focuses on that. Another is very accepting and uses player input, making a personal experience. And finally me, who gives the players the feel that they are the central point of an entire world. If the PC's, no matter who they decide to roll, aren't extremely important in some sort of way, then I am not the DM. I am also a big "riddle" kind of guy, so my settings also requires thinking and solving, whereas the other two are either "follow my input" or "creativity solves everything!". | I am part of a trio of DM's who each specialize in our own thing and it feels good to specialize in what I like to provide my players. |
oscaroktober2 | That may fucks up the game in your opinion, but this clearly fucks up the community. I know that some less skilled players can turn salty when playing against clearly better players (Like Quikka), but this is extreme.
Really dude, what else do you expect? If he was with a full lobby, I understand it. But he plays alone. Do you expect him to turn down his skills when playing against Gen1s? Or do you expect him to not play at all? If you really think that good players that are respected by a lot of people and use fair weapons (unlike you obviously) should stop playing Titanfall, you should sell your PC and bet your cash in a slot machine, which doesn't require skill at all. Please go whine somewhere else if you cant handle people being better than you.
tl;dr;
Accept it or git gud yourself. | That may fucks up the game in your opinion, but this clearly fucks up the community. I know that some less skilled players can turn salty when playing against clearly better players (Like Quikka), but this is extreme.
Really dude, what else do you expect? If he was with a full lobby, I understand it. But he plays alone. Do you expect him to turn down his skills when playing against Gen1s? Or do you expect him to not play at all? If you really think that good players that are respected by a lot of people and use fair weapons (unlike you obviously) should stop playing Titanfall, you should sell your PC and bet your cash in a slot machine, which doesn't require skill at all. Please go whine somewhere else if you cant handle people being better than you.
tl;dr;
Accept it or git gud yourself.
| titanfall | t5_2xh0g | cr5k359 | That may fucks up the game in your opinion, but this clearly fucks up the community. I know that some less skilled players can turn salty when playing against clearly better players (Like Quikka), but this is extreme.
Really dude, what else do you expect? If he was with a full lobby, I understand it. But he plays alone. Do you expect him to turn down his skills when playing against Gen1s? Or do you expect him to not play at all? If you really think that good players that are respected by a lot of people and use fair weapons (unlike you obviously) should stop playing Titanfall, you should sell your PC and bet your cash in a slot machine, which doesn't require skill at all. Please go whine somewhere else if you cant handle people being better than you. | Accept it or git gud yourself. |
GetBusy09876 | Hot as hell. My wife uses a wand and I cheer her on and assist as needed, playing with her breasts etc. About halfway through she'll get me to finger her g spot to orgasm, which I love. Then she vibes till she gets her clit off. Tldr: I love watching, but I REALLY love participating. | Hot as hell. My wife uses a wand and I cheer her on and assist as needed, playing with her breasts etc. About halfway through she'll get me to finger her g spot to orgasm, which I love. Then she vibes till she gets her clit off. Tldr: I love watching, but I REALLY love participating.
| sex | t5_2qh3p | cr5ox3q | Hot as hell. My wife uses a wand and I cheer her on and assist as needed, playing with her breasts etc. About halfway through she'll get me to finger her g spot to orgasm, which I love. Then she vibes till she gets her clit off. | I love watching, but I REALLY love participating. |
jtg10795 | The way I see it, there are 2 incarnations of extreme laziness: procrastination and efficiency.
For procrastination, you're so lazy that you want to fuck around and do nothing, rather than do important shit; however, that doesn't change the fact that the important shit needs to get done, so you freak out and stay up late doing it, losing sleep in the process, which then makes you less productive. The lack of energy then makes it harder to start the next thing and the vicious cycle starts again, and you live a miserable, stressed, sleep-deprived ball of sadness.
For efficiency, you're so lazy that you want to maximize how much time you can fuck around and do nothing, so you get your important shit out of the way as fast, and well, as you can, so you can just be done with it. Then, you can peacefully fuck around on Reddit without worry, before you joyfully drift into a sufficient, 8 hour sleep, allowing you to wake up happy and recharged to continue on with your life.
TL;DR I'm really fucking lazy so I'd rather just get something out of the way when I actually have the energy to do it. | The way I see it, there are 2 incarnations of extreme laziness: procrastination and efficiency.
For procrastination, you're so lazy that you want to fuck around and do nothing, rather than do important shit; however, that doesn't change the fact that the important shit needs to get done, so you freak out and stay up late doing it, losing sleep in the process, which then makes you less productive. The lack of energy then makes it harder to start the next thing and the vicious cycle starts again, and you live a miserable, stressed, sleep-deprived ball of sadness.
For efficiency, you're so lazy that you want to maximize how much time you can fuck around and do nothing, so you get your important shit out of the way as fast, and well, as you can, so you can just be done with it. Then, you can peacefully fuck around on Reddit without worry, before you joyfully drift into a sufficient, 8 hour sleep, allowing you to wake up happy and recharged to continue on with your life.
TL;DR I'm really fucking lazy so I'd rather just get something out of the way when I actually have the energy to do it.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr5v50x | The way I see it, there are 2 incarnations of extreme laziness: procrastination and efficiency.
For procrastination, you're so lazy that you want to fuck around and do nothing, rather than do important shit; however, that doesn't change the fact that the important shit needs to get done, so you freak out and stay up late doing it, losing sleep in the process, which then makes you less productive. The lack of energy then makes it harder to start the next thing and the vicious cycle starts again, and you live a miserable, stressed, sleep-deprived ball of sadness.
For efficiency, you're so lazy that you want to maximize how much time you can fuck around and do nothing, so you get your important shit out of the way as fast, and well, as you can, so you can just be done with it. Then, you can peacefully fuck around on Reddit without worry, before you joyfully drift into a sufficient, 8 hour sleep, allowing you to wake up happy and recharged to continue on with your life. | I'm really fucking lazy so I'd rather just get something out of the way when I actually have the energy to do it. |
Captain_Who | I'm not going to tag any vendors because I don't want to single anyone out, but it would be cool to see some vendors throw in some prizes so ragged isn't paying for it all.
Some people will just trade samples and that's totally cool--it's still great exposure for soap makers. But I think the soap makers will see a boost in sales too, I know I just ordered a bunch of stuff (some samples, some tubs, and from several different vendors/stores. I also ordered stuff that won't help with the game, but it sounded nice.
TL;DR
Ragged made a game that'll help vendors. I hope vendors help him in return with prizes. | I'm not going to tag any vendors because I don't want to single anyone out, but it would be cool to see some vendors throw in some prizes so ragged isn't paying for it all.
Some people will just trade samples and that's totally cool--it's still great exposure for soap makers. But I think the soap makers will see a boost in sales too, I know I just ordered a bunch of stuff (some samples, some tubs, and from several different vendors/stores. I also ordered stuff that won't help with the game, but it sounded nice.
TL;DR
Ragged made a game that'll help vendors. I hope vendors help him in return with prizes.
| Wet_Shavers | t5_32kax | cr629ww | I'm not going to tag any vendors because I don't want to single anyone out, but it would be cool to see some vendors throw in some prizes so ragged isn't paying for it all.
Some people will just trade samples and that's totally cool--it's still great exposure for soap makers. But I think the soap makers will see a boost in sales too, I know I just ordered a bunch of stuff (some samples, some tubs, and from several different vendors/stores. I also ordered stuff that won't help with the game, but it sounded nice. | Ragged made a game that'll help vendors. I hope vendors help him in return with prizes. |
Herlock | All that stuff will vary a lot depending on your garison habits, and also depending on the event itself.
Hospital visits, conventions, and Lucasfilm events are obviously quite different :)
I believe your best option would be to check with your local unit. Maybe if they have an event nearby you could show up there and meet them up and see how things are done.
Usually for conventions you will be free to roam the place. Maybe you will get assigned booth shifts to keep the table and answer questions... obviously as a newcomer that's quite certainly not something that will be asked of you at this point though.
As for breaks : if you need one, take one. That's as simple as that. Nobody wants to see you collapse, it's a fanclub, not the actual army :D
Many garrisons will assign someone to help you out for the first troop : answer questions, look after you, and so on. There is a lot of things to learn as a trooper of course, and with a new costume you are sure to have some unexpected stuff happen to your armor (usually involves losing parts and "armor bites").
Lookup for the "trooping for dummies" documentation, I don't know if it's still called that way. But the Legion used to have a pretty good guide on how you should prepare for your first troop.
TL;DR : just ask your local unit, try to meet them before your first costumed event, and test your costume prior your first troop (people recommend doing housekeeping in armor to see how it goes).
Also : WELCOME to the legion bro :) | All that stuff will vary a lot depending on your garison habits, and also depending on the event itself.
Hospital visits, conventions, and Lucasfilm events are obviously quite different :)
I believe your best option would be to check with your local unit. Maybe if they have an event nearby you could show up there and meet them up and see how things are done.
Usually for conventions you will be free to roam the place. Maybe you will get assigned booth shifts to keep the table and answer questions... obviously as a newcomer that's quite certainly not something that will be asked of you at this point though.
As for breaks : if you need one, take one. That's as simple as that. Nobody wants to see you collapse, it's a fanclub, not the actual army :D
Many garrisons will assign someone to help you out for the first troop : answer questions, look after you, and so on. There is a lot of things to learn as a trooper of course, and with a new costume you are sure to have some unexpected stuff happen to your armor (usually involves losing parts and "armor bites").
Lookup for the "trooping for dummies" documentation, I don't know if it's still called that way. But the Legion used to have a pretty good guide on how you should prepare for your first troop.
TL;DR : just ask your local unit, try to meet them before your first costumed event, and test your costume prior your first troop (people recommend doing housekeeping in armor to see how it goes).
Also : WELCOME to the legion bro :)
| 501st | t5_2qtvd | cr6eyxh | All that stuff will vary a lot depending on your garison habits, and also depending on the event itself.
Hospital visits, conventions, and Lucasfilm events are obviously quite different :)
I believe your best option would be to check with your local unit. Maybe if they have an event nearby you could show up there and meet them up and see how things are done.
Usually for conventions you will be free to roam the place. Maybe you will get assigned booth shifts to keep the table and answer questions... obviously as a newcomer that's quite certainly not something that will be asked of you at this point though.
As for breaks : if you need one, take one. That's as simple as that. Nobody wants to see you collapse, it's a fanclub, not the actual army :D
Many garrisons will assign someone to help you out for the first troop : answer questions, look after you, and so on. There is a lot of things to learn as a trooper of course, and with a new costume you are sure to have some unexpected stuff happen to your armor (usually involves losing parts and "armor bites").
Lookup for the "trooping for dummies" documentation, I don't know if it's still called that way. But the Legion used to have a pretty good guide on how you should prepare for your first troop. | just ask your local unit, try to meet them before your first costumed event, and test your costume prior your first troop (people recommend doing housekeeping in armor to see how it goes).
Also : WELCOME to the legion bro :) |
shredder619 | very much has changed, new champs, new map, new items.
overall its to much to write all down, watch some patchnotes tl;dr things on youtube and similar things. | very much has changed, new champs, new map, new items.
overall its to much to write all down, watch some patchnotes tl;dr things on youtube and similar things.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | cr5x6y6 | very much has changed, new champs, new map, new items.
overall its to much to write all down, watch some patchnotes | things on youtube and similar things. |
detain12 | In Canada when covering events that don't (or at least shouldn't) have room for interpretation (Political RESULTS, Terrorist Attacks etc) our media are pretty good and make American media look like drama queens.
Yet political discussion is a farce that's worse than CNN/FOX. At least those two actually bring in speakers/guests from each side. CBC (public broadcaster that receives boatloads of money every year from the government) has these two witches on Sunday morning who are both clearly biased towards one side and there's no one to represent the other.
TLDR: American news isn't as bad as some might like to portray | In Canada when covering events that don't (or at least shouldn't) have room for interpretation (Political RESULTS, Terrorist Attacks etc) our media are pretty good and make American media look like drama queens.
Yet political discussion is a farce that's worse than CNN/FOX. At least those two actually bring in speakers/guests from each side. CBC (public broadcaster that receives boatloads of money every year from the government) has these two witches on Sunday morning who are both clearly biased towards one side and there's no one to represent the other.
TLDR: American news isn't as bad as some might like to portray
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr64r4c | In Canada when covering events that don't (or at least shouldn't) have room for interpretation (Political RESULTS, Terrorist Attacks etc) our media are pretty good and make American media look like drama queens.
Yet political discussion is a farce that's worse than CNN/FOX. At least those two actually bring in speakers/guests from each side. CBC (public broadcaster that receives boatloads of money every year from the government) has these two witches on Sunday morning who are both clearly biased towards one side and there's no one to represent the other. | American news isn't as bad as some might like to portray |
Kuramo | 1- When will fathers stop treating their daughters as if they were naive Disney princesses. Sorry pal, but i'm going to blame all what happened there on you. -- Therapist? Fuck off, get a job and stop whinning honey -- That I would have said.
2 - Do you remeber that father with a cowboy hat shooting her daughter's laptop? He's a model dad.
The only ones who fathers need to be more unterstanding with are their sons. Why? Because actually, more boys commit suicide than girls. So where is the fucking dad there? Wasting money in clothing, beauty products, even expensive surgeries and similar crap for his little princess!
The next step? A sue against the *2 liars*. Oh yeah, that includes your daughter. She must respect her father.
TL;DR Fathers are raising new generation of bitches. Here is the aftermath. OP must sue the huckster and his daughter | 1- When will fathers stop treating their daughters as if they were naive Disney princesses. Sorry pal, but i'm going to blame all what happened there on you. -- Therapist? Fuck off, get a job and stop whinning honey -- That I would have said.
2 - Do you remeber that father with a cowboy hat shooting her daughter's laptop? He's a model dad.
The only ones who fathers need to be more unterstanding with are their sons. Why? Because actually, more boys commit suicide than girls. So where is the fucking dad there? Wasting money in clothing, beauty products, even expensive surgeries and similar crap for his little princess!
The next step? A sue against the 2 liars . Oh yeah, that includes your daughter. She must respect her father.
TL;DR Fathers are raising new generation of bitches. Here is the aftermath. OP must sue the huckster and his daughter
| MensRights | t5_2qhk3 | cr6dsf5 | 1- When will fathers stop treating their daughters as if they were naive Disney princesses. Sorry pal, but i'm going to blame all what happened there on you. -- Therapist? Fuck off, get a job and stop whinning honey -- That I would have said.
2 - Do you remeber that father with a cowboy hat shooting her daughter's laptop? He's a model dad.
The only ones who fathers need to be more unterstanding with are their sons. Why? Because actually, more boys commit suicide than girls. So where is the fucking dad there? Wasting money in clothing, beauty products, even expensive surgeries and similar crap for his little princess!
The next step? A sue against the 2 liars . Oh yeah, that includes your daughter. She must respect her father. | Fathers are raising new generation of bitches. Here is the aftermath. OP must sue the huckster and his daughter |
PM-Me-Beer | It's admirable that you want to help your friend, but you could be doing him harm by falsely interpreting the rules. Universities do not have to function like the US legal system and often afford you less rights. Even if you would be found not guilty in a court of law, the university can still expel you if you're found in violation of a number of codes they may set forth.
Unfortunately for your friend, universities tend to rule in favor of the female victim in the vast majority of cases brought before them. Sexual assault is taken incredibly seriously in this day and age and it's a situation the school will likely be familiar with. Similarly, if you are too drunk to consent to sex, you can be convicted of rape in Texas. Prior consent does not indicate consent at the time the intercourse takes place, they could have had intercourse a number of times and had a strictly sexual relationship with a large amount of evidence proving that, but what occurred could still be considered rape.
While the school may be a major concern, your friend will be in a lot more trouble if the case becomes a criminal issue as well. I'd recommend seeking out a lawyer if he can afford it, or contacting whatever legal assistance your school may offer. In a large enough university, there may be free legal counsel available. Please do not rely too heavily on yourself as a witness or legal advisor, only a true lawyer can help and you may end up accidentally digging your friend into a bigger hole due to lack of familiarity with the rules e.g. laws regarding consent.
TL;DR: Get a lawyer, the accusation is not as false as you seem to think it is and your friend is open to criminal charges as well | It's admirable that you want to help your friend, but you could be doing him harm by falsely interpreting the rules. Universities do not have to function like the US legal system and often afford you less rights. Even if you would be found not guilty in a court of law, the university can still expel you if you're found in violation of a number of codes they may set forth.
Unfortunately for your friend, universities tend to rule in favor of the female victim in the vast majority of cases brought before them. Sexual assault is taken incredibly seriously in this day and age and it's a situation the school will likely be familiar with. Similarly, if you are too drunk to consent to sex, you can be convicted of rape in Texas. Prior consent does not indicate consent at the time the intercourse takes place, they could have had intercourse a number of times and had a strictly sexual relationship with a large amount of evidence proving that, but what occurred could still be considered rape.
While the school may be a major concern, your friend will be in a lot more trouble if the case becomes a criminal issue as well. I'd recommend seeking out a lawyer if he can afford it, or contacting whatever legal assistance your school may offer. In a large enough university, there may be free legal counsel available. Please do not rely too heavily on yourself as a witness or legal advisor, only a true lawyer can help and you may end up accidentally digging your friend into a bigger hole due to lack of familiarity with the rules e.g. laws regarding consent.
TL;DR: Get a lawyer, the accusation is not as false as you seem to think it is and your friend is open to criminal charges as well
| legaladvice | t5_2rawz | cr69csi | It's admirable that you want to help your friend, but you could be doing him harm by falsely interpreting the rules. Universities do not have to function like the US legal system and often afford you less rights. Even if you would be found not guilty in a court of law, the university can still expel you if you're found in violation of a number of codes they may set forth.
Unfortunately for your friend, universities tend to rule in favor of the female victim in the vast majority of cases brought before them. Sexual assault is taken incredibly seriously in this day and age and it's a situation the school will likely be familiar with. Similarly, if you are too drunk to consent to sex, you can be convicted of rape in Texas. Prior consent does not indicate consent at the time the intercourse takes place, they could have had intercourse a number of times and had a strictly sexual relationship with a large amount of evidence proving that, but what occurred could still be considered rape.
While the school may be a major concern, your friend will be in a lot more trouble if the case becomes a criminal issue as well. I'd recommend seeking out a lawyer if he can afford it, or contacting whatever legal assistance your school may offer. In a large enough university, there may be free legal counsel available. Please do not rely too heavily on yourself as a witness or legal advisor, only a true lawyer can help and you may end up accidentally digging your friend into a bigger hole due to lack of familiarity with the rules e.g. laws regarding consent. | Get a lawyer, the accusation is not as false as you seem to think it is and your friend is open to criminal charges as well |
Iampossiblyatwork | It was long distance relationship started off a spring fling. We made it work for about a year. I remember calling the night before being so excited to go out and have a time and instead of sharing in my excitement she starts just unloading all the shit about her day and why everything is awful and it just totally brought me down. I look back now and she was probably upset that I was going out and she was in another state by herself and worried about school. That relationship had a bunch of fucked up aspects. She declined going to a really good school because she didn't want to be far away from me (I didn't know this until way way after). During the long distance relationship portion we had a ton of trouble communicating without arguing. I found out she resented me for taking a job in another state instead of one where she lived...(she thought I had a choice...I didn't.) Basically months and months of rollercoastering led me out one night where there was this stunning girl who was older and very into me. I didn't have sex with her and we just made out and then I stopped. I was drunk enough that I thought I could deal with it and that the relationship was over.
That next morning. I've never balled so fucking hard. Holy shit. I felt awful. Like suicide seemed like a viable option. I couldn't focus on work. I couldn't do anything. I was a fucking wreck for weeks.
Eventually after a long talk she didn't want to break up with me and offered me a second chance. I accepted at first. Then went back and declined because no relationship can be founded on something like that (in my mind). So that was that. An end to a very draining relationship. I haven't been in one since and have really only had feelings for 1 girl since then. I think I would be okay in a relationship today but I would take things a lot more slowly and cautiously and put all the extra precautions in place because I clearly can't be trusted.
tl;dr I was upset/lonely and absolutely. I should have just broken up with her but my backwards fucking brain didn't have the stones to do it and probably rationalized that cheating was a way to end things while making me the bad guy. (There's some cheater logic for you.) | It was long distance relationship started off a spring fling. We made it work for about a year. I remember calling the night before being so excited to go out and have a time and instead of sharing in my excitement she starts just unloading all the shit about her day and why everything is awful and it just totally brought me down. I look back now and she was probably upset that I was going out and she was in another state by herself and worried about school. That relationship had a bunch of fucked up aspects. She declined going to a really good school because she didn't want to be far away from me (I didn't know this until way way after). During the long distance relationship portion we had a ton of trouble communicating without arguing. I found out she resented me for taking a job in another state instead of one where she lived...(she thought I had a choice...I didn't.) Basically months and months of rollercoastering led me out one night where there was this stunning girl who was older and very into me. I didn't have sex with her and we just made out and then I stopped. I was drunk enough that I thought I could deal with it and that the relationship was over.
That next morning. I've never balled so fucking hard. Holy shit. I felt awful. Like suicide seemed like a viable option. I couldn't focus on work. I couldn't do anything. I was a fucking wreck for weeks.
Eventually after a long talk she didn't want to break up with me and offered me a second chance. I accepted at first. Then went back and declined because no relationship can be founded on something like that (in my mind). So that was that. An end to a very draining relationship. I haven't been in one since and have really only had feelings for 1 girl since then. I think I would be okay in a relationship today but I would take things a lot more slowly and cautiously and put all the extra precautions in place because I clearly can't be trusted.
tl;dr I was upset/lonely and absolutely. I should have just broken up with her but my backwards fucking brain didn't have the stones to do it and probably rationalized that cheating was a way to end things while making me the bad guy. (There's some cheater logic for you.)
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cr6lnd2 | It was long distance relationship started off a spring fling. We made it work for about a year. I remember calling the night before being so excited to go out and have a time and instead of sharing in my excitement she starts just unloading all the shit about her day and why everything is awful and it just totally brought me down. I look back now and she was probably upset that I was going out and she was in another state by herself and worried about school. That relationship had a bunch of fucked up aspects. She declined going to a really good school because she didn't want to be far away from me (I didn't know this until way way after). During the long distance relationship portion we had a ton of trouble communicating without arguing. I found out she resented me for taking a job in another state instead of one where she lived...(she thought I had a choice...I didn't.) Basically months and months of rollercoastering led me out one night where there was this stunning girl who was older and very into me. I didn't have sex with her and we just made out and then I stopped. I was drunk enough that I thought I could deal with it and that the relationship was over.
That next morning. I've never balled so fucking hard. Holy shit. I felt awful. Like suicide seemed like a viable option. I couldn't focus on work. I couldn't do anything. I was a fucking wreck for weeks.
Eventually after a long talk she didn't want to break up with me and offered me a second chance. I accepted at first. Then went back and declined because no relationship can be founded on something like that (in my mind). So that was that. An end to a very draining relationship. I haven't been in one since and have really only had feelings for 1 girl since then. I think I would be okay in a relationship today but I would take things a lot more slowly and cautiously and put all the extra precautions in place because I clearly can't be trusted. | I was upset/lonely and absolutely. I should have just broken up with her but my backwards fucking brain didn't have the stones to do it and probably rationalized that cheating was a way to end things while making me the bad guy. (There's some cheater logic for you.) |
funkytaco | Hey, there. I've been in IT for 20 years, and I see people ask a similar question to this all of the time - "what's the best framework?".
The answer is you're getting ahead of yourself, but, you're lucky because you want to use Meteor. If you've read Meteor's [seven principles]( you'll see that Meteor's "Principle #2" is:
>One Language. Meteor lets you write both the client and the server parts of your application in JavaScript.
So, forget PHP/C#/Git. Forget "backend stuff". Meteor is one-of-a-kind in this way (see Meteor's principle #3).
You just need to learn Javascript.
I recommend four things:
* Forget Meteor for now.
* - read chapters 1-8 and chapter 13. You could knock this out in a day! Read them again & again & again & again & again. It has a built-in code console that let's you play with the example code [like this](
* Get this tiny book ["JavaScript Phrasebook"]( - it has a good number of code examples for common tasks in Javascript.
* Mongo is your document database, so you just need to learn [the simple syntax]( If you don't know what JSON is, now would be the time.
* Read through again (okay that's five). The whole thing. But, you're gonna feel like Neo this time.
A framework is meant to be a RAD tool (for Rapid Application Development). If you don't know the programming language at-hand, you'll be doing a shit ton of googling and most likely get really frustrated. It's like stumbling through Mexico, and telling every person you see, "Hola, I'd like to start a Mexican restaurant." Sure, you could pay people to open your restaurant for you, but you're trying to DIY without knowing the language.
Optionally, once you've mastered Javascript in a few weeks, read Douglas Crockford's ["JavaScript: The Good Parts"](
TLDR; Learn Javascript before you try to use Meteor again. | Hey, there. I've been in IT for 20 years, and I see people ask a similar question to this all of the time - "what's the best framework?".
The answer is you're getting ahead of yourself, but, you're lucky because you want to use Meteor. If you've read Meteor's [seven principles]( you'll see that Meteor's "Principle #2" is:
>One Language. Meteor lets you write both the client and the server parts of your application in JavaScript.
So, forget PHP/C#/Git. Forget "backend stuff". Meteor is one-of-a-kind in this way (see Meteor's principle #3).
You just need to learn Javascript.
I recommend four things:
Forget Meteor for now.
read chapters 1-8 and chapter 13. You could knock this out in a day! Read them again & again & again & again & again. It has a built-in code console that let's you play with the example code [like this](
Get this tiny book ["JavaScript Phrasebook"]( - it has a good number of code examples for common tasks in Javascript.
Mongo is your document database, so you just need to learn [the simple syntax]( If you don't know what JSON is, now would be the time.
Read through again (okay that's five). The whole thing. But, you're gonna feel like Neo this time.
A framework is meant to be a RAD tool (for Rapid Application Development). If you don't know the programming language at-hand, you'll be doing a shit ton of googling and most likely get really frustrated. It's like stumbling through Mexico, and telling every person you see, "Hola, I'd like to start a Mexican restaurant." Sure, you could pay people to open your restaurant for you, but you're trying to DIY without knowing the language.
Optionally, once you've mastered Javascript in a few weeks, read Douglas Crockford's ["JavaScript: The Good Parts"](
TLDR; Learn Javascript before you try to use Meteor again.
| Meteor | t5_2twjt | cr9hiuq | Hey, there. I've been in IT for 20 years, and I see people ask a similar question to this all of the time - "what's the best framework?".
The answer is you're getting ahead of yourself, but, you're lucky because you want to use Meteor. If you've read Meteor's [seven principles]( you'll see that Meteor's "Principle #2" is:
>One Language. Meteor lets you write both the client and the server parts of your application in JavaScript.
So, forget PHP/C#/Git. Forget "backend stuff". Meteor is one-of-a-kind in this way (see Meteor's principle #3).
You just need to learn Javascript.
I recommend four things:
Forget Meteor for now.
read chapters 1-8 and chapter 13. You could knock this out in a day! Read them again & again & again & again & again. It has a built-in code console that let's you play with the example code [like this](
Get this tiny book ["JavaScript Phrasebook"]( - it has a good number of code examples for common tasks in Javascript.
Mongo is your document database, so you just need to learn [the simple syntax]( If you don't know what JSON is, now would be the time.
Read through again (okay that's five). The whole thing. But, you're gonna feel like Neo this time.
A framework is meant to be a RAD tool (for Rapid Application Development). If you don't know the programming language at-hand, you'll be doing a shit ton of googling and most likely get really frustrated. It's like stumbling through Mexico, and telling every person you see, "Hola, I'd like to start a Mexican restaurant." Sure, you could pay people to open your restaurant for you, but you're trying to DIY without knowing the language.
Optionally, once you've mastered Javascript in a few weeks, read Douglas Crockford's ["JavaScript: The Good Parts"]( | Learn Javascript before you try to use Meteor again. |
ostchoklad | Jag tycker avtalen som brukar finnas i punkt 2 mellan arbetstagaren och bemanningsföretaget är ett slags mordeniserad slavhandel. Som arbetare har man helt förlorat makten att bli fri från sin anställning för att sen jobba på ett företag du har hittat via bemanningsföretaget.
Oftast så är det en stor summa pe gar som den övertagande arbetsgivaren skall betala.
Arbetstagaren har ej möjlighet att säga upp sig från bemanningsföretaget för att sedan börja hos det företaget hon vill. Det finns nämligen ett slags uppsägningstid som gäller cirka ett år då arbetstagaren ej får bli anställd hos ett fd. förmedlad anställning.
TL;DR Man är ej livegen om du jobbar via bemanningsföretag | Jag tycker avtalen som brukar finnas i punkt 2 mellan arbetstagaren och bemanningsföretaget är ett slags mordeniserad slavhandel. Som arbetare har man helt förlorat makten att bli fri från sin anställning för att sen jobba på ett företag du har hittat via bemanningsföretaget.
Oftast så är det en stor summa pe gar som den övertagande arbetsgivaren skall betala.
Arbetstagaren har ej möjlighet att säga upp sig från bemanningsföretaget för att sedan börja hos det företaget hon vill. Det finns nämligen ett slags uppsägningstid som gäller cirka ett år då arbetstagaren ej får bli anställd hos ett fd. förmedlad anställning.
TL;DR Man är ej livegen om du jobbar via bemanningsföretag
| sweden | t5_2qofe | cr7hvtw | Jag tycker avtalen som brukar finnas i punkt 2 mellan arbetstagaren och bemanningsföretaget är ett slags mordeniserad slavhandel. Som arbetare har man helt förlorat makten att bli fri från sin anställning för att sen jobba på ett företag du har hittat via bemanningsföretaget.
Oftast så är det en stor summa pe gar som den övertagande arbetsgivaren skall betala.
Arbetstagaren har ej möjlighet att säga upp sig från bemanningsföretaget för att sedan börja hos det företaget hon vill. Det finns nämligen ett slags uppsägningstid som gäller cirka ett år då arbetstagaren ej får bli anställd hos ett fd. förmedlad anställning. | Man är ej livegen om du jobbar via bemanningsföretag |
stayfun | While her left hand scratches the rhino, it's really her right hand that is satisfying the true itching and yearning.
TL;DR - rhinos are horny | While her left hand scratches the rhino, it's really her right hand that is satisfying the true itching and yearning.
TL;DR - rhinos are horny
| gifs | t5_2qt55 | cr6u11n | While her left hand scratches the rhino, it's really her right hand that is satisfying the true itching and yearning. | rhinos are horny |
Tom_44 | I don't really get why people find odd fetishes unsettling. If someone you barely know brings it up out of the blue, yeah, that's concerning. But seeing it on the Internet and being uncomfortable? That means the fetish itself seems wrong to people, which I don't get.
I guess because sexual pleasure is an intense good feeling as opposed to a mild one? I mean when you watch a slasher flick you are getting pleasure out of it, just not sexual pleasure, so what really is the difference?
We boil it down to sex is an extremely powerful impulse, so fetishes involving things that, *if actually done in real life* we think are wrong, make us uncomfortable. Because we feel that those with that fetish have an impulse to do those actual things, for example kill and mutilate in this case.
But that's not necessarily true. First of all, what gets you off in porn may not get you off in real life. It's a completely different ball game because real life is, well real. And in this example, a person may get off on seeing anime characters being brutally killed, but not a real person.
Let's assume they would get off on seeing a real person brutally killed. Ok so now we've reached a point where we feel they're going to actually *murder* someone. But we forget that human beings have a lot of different mental functions. The moral part of their brain will most likely say "that's wrong for such and such reasons, so no." The logical side will say "you'll get fucking arrested dude, so no." And the social part of the brain will say "people aren't going to like you if you do that, which equals less people to fuck, so no." And if **ALL THAT FAILS**, that person has A LOT more problems than just some weird fetish, and would most likely still do something unsettling/wrong even if they didn't have the fetish.
And finally, there's such a thing as role playing between 2 consenting adults. Rape/torture/ whatever fetish it is, there's a way to at least role play it with someone willing, and a mentally healthy human will at least accept that as a substitute.
However again, that doesn't mean that someone can't have a disturbing fetish, AND actually be a psychopath/sociopath. It's a combination of signs that we have to look out for.
**TL;DR: fetishes can be really weird and disturbing, but the reason we find them disturbing makes a lot of unfair assumptions. Also it's 3 am right now, which is the only reason I took the time to write this.** | I don't really get why people find odd fetishes unsettling. If someone you barely know brings it up out of the blue, yeah, that's concerning. But seeing it on the Internet and being uncomfortable? That means the fetish itself seems wrong to people, which I don't get.
I guess because sexual pleasure is an intense good feeling as opposed to a mild one? I mean when you watch a slasher flick you are getting pleasure out of it, just not sexual pleasure, so what really is the difference?
We boil it down to sex is an extremely powerful impulse, so fetishes involving things that, if actually done in real life we think are wrong, make us uncomfortable. Because we feel that those with that fetish have an impulse to do those actual things, for example kill and mutilate in this case.
But that's not necessarily true. First of all, what gets you off in porn may not get you off in real life. It's a completely different ball game because real life is, well real. And in this example, a person may get off on seeing anime characters being brutally killed, but not a real person.
Let's assume they would get off on seeing a real person brutally killed. Ok so now we've reached a point where we feel they're going to actually murder someone. But we forget that human beings have a lot of different mental functions. The moral part of their brain will most likely say "that's wrong for such and such reasons, so no." The logical side will say "you'll get fucking arrested dude, so no." And the social part of the brain will say "people aren't going to like you if you do that, which equals less people to fuck, so no." And if ALL THAT FAILS , that person has A LOT more problems than just some weird fetish, and would most likely still do something unsettling/wrong even if they didn't have the fetish.
And finally, there's such a thing as role playing between 2 consenting adults. Rape/torture/ whatever fetish it is, there's a way to at least role play it with someone willing, and a mentally healthy human will at least accept that as a substitute.
However again, that doesn't mean that someone can't have a disturbing fetish, AND actually be a psychopath/sociopath. It's a combination of signs that we have to look out for.
TL;DR: fetishes can be really weird and disturbing, but the reason we find them disturbing makes a lot of unfair assumptions. Also it's 3 am right now, which is the only reason I took the time to write this.
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cr7j6de | I don't really get why people find odd fetishes unsettling. If someone you barely know brings it up out of the blue, yeah, that's concerning. But seeing it on the Internet and being uncomfortable? That means the fetish itself seems wrong to people, which I don't get.
I guess because sexual pleasure is an intense good feeling as opposed to a mild one? I mean when you watch a slasher flick you are getting pleasure out of it, just not sexual pleasure, so what really is the difference?
We boil it down to sex is an extremely powerful impulse, so fetishes involving things that, if actually done in real life we think are wrong, make us uncomfortable. Because we feel that those with that fetish have an impulse to do those actual things, for example kill and mutilate in this case.
But that's not necessarily true. First of all, what gets you off in porn may not get you off in real life. It's a completely different ball game because real life is, well real. And in this example, a person may get off on seeing anime characters being brutally killed, but not a real person.
Let's assume they would get off on seeing a real person brutally killed. Ok so now we've reached a point where we feel they're going to actually murder someone. But we forget that human beings have a lot of different mental functions. The moral part of their brain will most likely say "that's wrong for such and such reasons, so no." The logical side will say "you'll get fucking arrested dude, so no." And the social part of the brain will say "people aren't going to like you if you do that, which equals less people to fuck, so no." And if ALL THAT FAILS , that person has A LOT more problems than just some weird fetish, and would most likely still do something unsettling/wrong even if they didn't have the fetish.
And finally, there's such a thing as role playing between 2 consenting adults. Rape/torture/ whatever fetish it is, there's a way to at least role play it with someone willing, and a mentally healthy human will at least accept that as a substitute.
However again, that doesn't mean that someone can't have a disturbing fetish, AND actually be a psychopath/sociopath. It's a combination of signs that we have to look out for. | fetishes can be really weird and disturbing, but the reason we find them disturbing makes a lot of unfair assumptions. Also it's 3 am right now, which is the only reason I took the time to write this. |
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