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j4c0p | :)
i was talking about overal performance.
Even in games , fast sdd can make a difference.
For example: I have been playing LoL on old P4 CPU with ddr1 ram. Game took time to load, but when its loaded, it was relatively fast.The real problem comes , when game wont pre-cache all resources (sounds for ex.)
Whenever sound was played ("Welcome to summoner's rift") my fps dropped to 3.
Access time was so long , it hurts.
Now imagine situation, when some champion use spell and sound is not cached --> now imagine TF :D
TLDR;
If you have strict budget (<100Euro), disk replacement(HDD->SSD) help the most.
Its most noticable upgrade , when you dont want to build new PC.
| :)
i was talking about overal performance.
Even in games , fast sdd can make a difference.
For example: I have been playing LoL on old P4 CPU with ddr1 ram. Game took time to load, but when its loaded, it was relatively fast.The real problem comes , when game wont pre-cache all resources (sounds for ex.)
Whenever sound was played ("Welcome to summoner's rift") my fps dropped to 3.
Access time was so long , it hurts.
Now imagine situation, when some champion use spell and sound is not cached --> now imagine TF :D
TLDR;
If you have strict budget (<100Euro), disk replacement(HDD->SSD) help the most.
Its most noticable upgrade , when you dont want to build new PC.
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | ceyh2ko | i was talking about overal performance.
Even in games , fast sdd can make a difference.
For example: I have been playing LoL on old P4 CPU with ddr1 ram. Game took time to load, but when its loaded, it was relatively fast.The real problem comes , when game wont pre-cache all resources (sounds for ex.)
Whenever sound was played ("Welcome to summoner's rift") my fps dropped to 3.
Access time was so long , it hurts.
Now imagine situation, when some champion use spell and sound is not cached --> now imagine TF :D | If you have strict budget (<100Euro), disk replacement(HDD->SSD) help the most.
Its most noticable upgrade , when you dont want to build new PC. |
v1nchent | Dear astralfoxy, I am curious what you took in school to gain this knowledge, or did you find all of this by searching the internet? I would ADORE learning this, and I'm doing the best I can at my age at school for it but I think there are probably alot of better recources on the internet, however, due to a certain thing called ASD (autism spectrum disorder, at least that's what I think it is in english) I have a hard time reading regular sites with that info. I REALLY like sites like reddit however which are really straightforward and structured without too much silly moving things and colours and that stuff, I'm not as autistic as I sound, it's aspergers that I have, and I can function "normal" in society and stuff, I just have a hard time selecting and isolating things when there's a lot of them, this also means that I can't play games to the fullest, because I focus on every detail making me perform less in other aspects (I have REALLY good map awareness, and keep track of all the hp bars of my allies and enemies, and mana bars and everything but I can't properly lane because I focus on all those things AT THE SAME TIME, instead of forget about the minimap and ult timers of allies and focus on my fight, I just can't. To give an example that a league player might understand) That doesn't mean I don't enjoy games however. I would just like to learn as much as possible about games and how they are made, as well as clients, because I liked yours, and I think (well, more like hope) you might help.
Kind regards, a weird 17 year old that wants to learn.
tl;dr: I would appreciate a few links to sites that are structured and easy to learn from | Dear astralfoxy, I am curious what you took in school to gain this knowledge, or did you find all of this by searching the internet? I would ADORE learning this, and I'm doing the best I can at my age at school for it but I think there are probably alot of better recources on the internet, however, due to a certain thing called ASD (autism spectrum disorder, at least that's what I think it is in english) I have a hard time reading regular sites with that info. I REALLY like sites like reddit however which are really straightforward and structured without too much silly moving things and colours and that stuff, I'm not as autistic as I sound, it's aspergers that I have, and I can function "normal" in society and stuff, I just have a hard time selecting and isolating things when there's a lot of them, this also means that I can't play games to the fullest, because I focus on every detail making me perform less in other aspects (I have REALLY good map awareness, and keep track of all the hp bars of my allies and enemies, and mana bars and everything but I can't properly lane because I focus on all those things AT THE SAME TIME, instead of forget about the minimap and ult timers of allies and focus on my fight, I just can't. To give an example that a league player might understand) That doesn't mean I don't enjoy games however. I would just like to learn as much as possible about games and how they are made, as well as clients, because I liked yours, and I think (well, more like hope) you might help.
Kind regards, a weird 17 year old that wants to learn.
tl;dr: I would appreciate a few links to sites that are structured and easy to learn from
| leagueoflegends | t5_2rfxx | ceygjcq | Dear astralfoxy, I am curious what you took in school to gain this knowledge, or did you find all of this by searching the internet? I would ADORE learning this, and I'm doing the best I can at my age at school for it but I think there are probably alot of better recources on the internet, however, due to a certain thing called ASD (autism spectrum disorder, at least that's what I think it is in english) I have a hard time reading regular sites with that info. I REALLY like sites like reddit however which are really straightforward and structured without too much silly moving things and colours and that stuff, I'm not as autistic as I sound, it's aspergers that I have, and I can function "normal" in society and stuff, I just have a hard time selecting and isolating things when there's a lot of them, this also means that I can't play games to the fullest, because I focus on every detail making me perform less in other aspects (I have REALLY good map awareness, and keep track of all the hp bars of my allies and enemies, and mana bars and everything but I can't properly lane because I focus on all those things AT THE SAME TIME, instead of forget about the minimap and ult timers of allies and focus on my fight, I just can't. To give an example that a league player might understand) That doesn't mean I don't enjoy games however. I would just like to learn as much as possible about games and how they are made, as well as clients, because I liked yours, and I think (well, more like hope) you might help.
Kind regards, a weird 17 year old that wants to learn. | I would appreciate a few links to sites that are structured and easy to learn from |
burtnaked | idk about buying them
but i decided to start cpu mining protoshares directly into my cryptsy account and autoselling them for Bitcoins so i can sell them for Doge :D
protoshares are cpu mining only so you will prob be able to get more doge that way
i started mining at [pts pool]( you can get the miner [here](
then make a text file with "ptsminer -pooluser=[PUTYOURCRYPTSYPROTOSHARESACCOUNT#HERE] -poolpassword=0 -poolip=pts.rpool.net -poolport=2336 -genproclimit=3"
oh ya and dont forget to get a [cryptsy](www.cryptsy.com) account as well as you can easily exchange these protoshares for bitcoins which you can then change for doge :D, you can even set it up to happen automatically, to protoshares to bitcoins part anyways
TL;DR cpu mine protocoins sell them for bitcoins buy doge with that
EDIT: not trying to be a jerk, i know how hard it is to cpu mine now
hope this helps you out
| idk about buying them
but i decided to start cpu mining protoshares directly into my cryptsy account and autoselling them for Bitcoins so i can sell them for Doge :D
protoshares are cpu mining only so you will prob be able to get more doge that way
i started mining at [pts pool]( you can get the miner [here](
then make a text file with "ptsminer -pooluser=[PUTYOURCRYPTSYPROTOSHARESACCOUNT#HERE] -poolpassword=0 -poolip=pts.rpool.net -poolport=2336 -genproclimit=3"
oh ya and dont forget to get a cryptsy account as well as you can easily exchange these protoshares for bitcoins which you can then change for doge :D, you can even set it up to happen automatically, to protoshares to bitcoins part anyways
TL;DR cpu mine protocoins sell them for bitcoins buy doge with that
EDIT: not trying to be a jerk, i know how hard it is to cpu mine now
hope this helps you out
| dogecoin | t5_2zcp2 | ceyf8de | idk about buying them
but i decided to start cpu mining protoshares directly into my cryptsy account and autoselling them for Bitcoins so i can sell them for Doge :D
protoshares are cpu mining only so you will prob be able to get more doge that way
i started mining at [pts pool]( you can get the miner [here](
then make a text file with "ptsminer -pooluser=[PUTYOURCRYPTSYPROTOSHARESACCOUNT#HERE] -poolpassword=0 -poolip=pts.rpool.net -poolport=2336 -genproclimit=3"
oh ya and dont forget to get a cryptsy account as well as you can easily exchange these protoshares for bitcoins which you can then change for doge :D, you can even set it up to happen automatically, to protoshares to bitcoins part anyways | cpu mine protocoins sell them for bitcoins buy doge with that
EDIT: not trying to be a jerk, i know how hard it is to cpu mine now
hope this helps you out |
Daxar | Thanks!
Yeah, I toyed around a bit with the playing field thing; didn't manage to get it to come out the way I wanted. The walls changing color is something I did think of, and wanted to add, but didn't get around to it. As for rotation, it's definitely difficulty; later on it goes even more nuts than Super Hexagon does.
I also don't bounce the screen in and out in time with the music, mostly because I don't have an audio library for doing so, but after looking at it a bit I found it somewhat more distracting than it needed to be.
tl;dr it's not a perfect Super Hexagon clone by any means; I mostly was just seeing how quickly I could prototype a game with my own engine. Fairly fast, as it turns out. I spent a while getting the gameplay to the point where I thought it felt right; give it a shot sometime if you have the time and let me know what you think! | Thanks!
Yeah, I toyed around a bit with the playing field thing; didn't manage to get it to come out the way I wanted. The walls changing color is something I did think of, and wanted to add, but didn't get around to it. As for rotation, it's definitely difficulty; later on it goes even more nuts than Super Hexagon does.
I also don't bounce the screen in and out in time with the music, mostly because I don't have an audio library for doing so, but after looking at it a bit I found it somewhat more distracting than it needed to be.
tl;dr it's not a perfect Super Hexagon clone by any means; I mostly was just seeing how quickly I could prototype a game with my own engine. Fairly fast, as it turns out. I spent a while getting the gameplay to the point where I thought it felt right; give it a shot sometime if you have the time and let me know what you think!
| mylittlepony | t5_2s8bl | ceysynt | Thanks!
Yeah, I toyed around a bit with the playing field thing; didn't manage to get it to come out the way I wanted. The walls changing color is something I did think of, and wanted to add, but didn't get around to it. As for rotation, it's definitely difficulty; later on it goes even more nuts than Super Hexagon does.
I also don't bounce the screen in and out in time with the music, mostly because I don't have an audio library for doing so, but after looking at it a bit I found it somewhat more distracting than it needed to be. | it's not a perfect Super Hexagon clone by any means; I mostly was just seeing how quickly I could prototype a game with my own engine. Fairly fast, as it turns out. I spent a while getting the gameplay to the point where I thought it felt right; give it a shot sometime if you have the time and let me know what you think! |
shitorque | One of the last days in high school (ever), so me and a buddy go sesh and come back at lunch. We're watching a fucking intense game of handball (four square) when the bell rings.
Now its physics, and i thought i was gonna have a blast, but no. Blinds closed, lights dim, all students bent over completing a bullshit worksheet. I stay trippin and cant handle it anymore, leave and walk to biology, the fucking science of life where everybody is having fun and shooting the shit since its the last days of school
TL;DR stuck in sweatshop/school hybrid while high off my balls
| One of the last days in high school (ever), so me and a buddy go sesh and come back at lunch. We're watching a fucking intense game of handball (four square) when the bell rings.
Now its physics, and i thought i was gonna have a blast, but no. Blinds closed, lights dim, all students bent over completing a bullshit worksheet. I stay trippin and cant handle it anymore, leave and walk to biology, the fucking science of life where everybody is having fun and shooting the shit since its the last days of school
TL;DR stuck in sweatshop/school hybrid while high off my balls
| trees | t5_2r9vp | ceyvlf4 | One of the last days in high school (ever), so me and a buddy go sesh and come back at lunch. We're watching a fucking intense game of handball (four square) when the bell rings.
Now its physics, and i thought i was gonna have a blast, but no. Blinds closed, lights dim, all students bent over completing a bullshit worksheet. I stay trippin and cant handle it anymore, leave and walk to biology, the fucking science of life where everybody is having fun and shooting the shit since its the last days of school | stuck in sweatshop/school hybrid while high off my balls |
chloeeeeee | Fuckin Daves are always druggies.
Edit: Since you guys are sharing your Dave stories I'll share mine too.
Dave #1 was a heroin addict and is now in a coma from an overdose, he got arrested twice back in high school for bringing a fuck ton of acid, weed, and ecstasy to school in the trunk of his car to sell to his friends for a birthday party later that week that he was throwing, and he used to trip on basically anything and everything available at least twice a week with his friends. During the day. While at school. For YEARS.
Dave #2 was a 33 year old meth head and H addict who still lived at his parents' house in a super wealthy neighborhood. He would disappear for days/weeks at a time to go on these insane meth binges and then occasionally resurface at odd hours of the night in random, far away cities geeked out of his mind and call me and my bf to try and get us to pick him up. The first time he did this I actually went and got him, because I am stupid and naive, and once I got there after about an hour long drive he hopped in my car, aaaaand then promptly proceeded to dump out his backpack onto my backseat, which was just FILLED with needles. I mean, seriously I have NEVER seen that many needles in my LIFE and I used to be a fucking heroin addict for god's sake. So anyways he then proceeded to meticulously count and organize them while babbling on and on about god and sex and his "asshole friends" and other dark shit that I can't remember now for the entire ride home. I was terrified. Such a dark drug. So then we dropped him off (I took my bf with me because even I wasn't stupid enough to go alone, even back then) at his parents' house and he goes to ring the doorbell, and right when his dad opens the door he goes and dumps out his giant syringe backpack AGAIN, right there in front of his DAD, and starts his whole counting bullshit all over again right there with his needles strewn all across their doormat. As we were pulling out of his driveway, we just see his dad slowly close the door on his crazy, methed out son and the look on his face was just so sad. Total devastation and you could just see that he had given up, I felt so bad for him.
Aaaaaand then Dave started running after us in the car on foot, screaming about how we stole something or another, punched my car, and told us that he was going to come find us and kill us in our sleep, and that feeling of pity quickly faded. We decided not to associate with him anymore after that lol, obviously.
But yeah. TL;DR: Daves be crazy. | Fuckin Daves are always druggies.
Edit: Since you guys are sharing your Dave stories I'll share mine too.
Dave #1 was a heroin addict and is now in a coma from an overdose, he got arrested twice back in high school for bringing a fuck ton of acid, weed, and ecstasy to school in the trunk of his car to sell to his friends for a birthday party later that week that he was throwing, and he used to trip on basically anything and everything available at least twice a week with his friends. During the day. While at school. For YEARS.
Dave #2 was a 33 year old meth head and H addict who still lived at his parents' house in a super wealthy neighborhood. He would disappear for days/weeks at a time to go on these insane meth binges and then occasionally resurface at odd hours of the night in random, far away cities geeked out of his mind and call me and my bf to try and get us to pick him up. The first time he did this I actually went and got him, because I am stupid and naive, and once I got there after about an hour long drive he hopped in my car, aaaaand then promptly proceeded to dump out his backpack onto my backseat, which was just FILLED with needles. I mean, seriously I have NEVER seen that many needles in my LIFE and I used to be a fucking heroin addict for god's sake. So anyways he then proceeded to meticulously count and organize them while babbling on and on about god and sex and his "asshole friends" and other dark shit that I can't remember now for the entire ride home. I was terrified. Such a dark drug. So then we dropped him off (I took my bf with me because even I wasn't stupid enough to go alone, even back then) at his parents' house and he goes to ring the doorbell, and right when his dad opens the door he goes and dumps out his giant syringe backpack AGAIN, right there in front of his DAD, and starts his whole counting bullshit all over again right there with his needles strewn all across their doormat. As we were pulling out of his driveway, we just see his dad slowly close the door on his crazy, methed out son and the look on his face was just so sad. Total devastation and you could just see that he had given up, I felt so bad for him.
Aaaaaand then Dave started running after us in the car on foot, screaming about how we stole something or another, punched my car, and told us that he was going to come find us and kill us in our sleep, and that feeling of pity quickly faded. We decided not to associate with him anymore after that lol, obviously.
But yeah. TL;DR: Daves be crazy.
| Drugs | t5_2qh7l | cez64un | Fuckin Daves are always druggies.
Edit: Since you guys are sharing your Dave stories I'll share mine too.
Dave #1 was a heroin addict and is now in a coma from an overdose, he got arrested twice back in high school for bringing a fuck ton of acid, weed, and ecstasy to school in the trunk of his car to sell to his friends for a birthday party later that week that he was throwing, and he used to trip on basically anything and everything available at least twice a week with his friends. During the day. While at school. For YEARS.
Dave #2 was a 33 year old meth head and H addict who still lived at his parents' house in a super wealthy neighborhood. He would disappear for days/weeks at a time to go on these insane meth binges and then occasionally resurface at odd hours of the night in random, far away cities geeked out of his mind and call me and my bf to try and get us to pick him up. The first time he did this I actually went and got him, because I am stupid and naive, and once I got there after about an hour long drive he hopped in my car, aaaaand then promptly proceeded to dump out his backpack onto my backseat, which was just FILLED with needles. I mean, seriously I have NEVER seen that many needles in my LIFE and I used to be a fucking heroin addict for god's sake. So anyways he then proceeded to meticulously count and organize them while babbling on and on about god and sex and his "asshole friends" and other dark shit that I can't remember now for the entire ride home. I was terrified. Such a dark drug. So then we dropped him off (I took my bf with me because even I wasn't stupid enough to go alone, even back then) at his parents' house and he goes to ring the doorbell, and right when his dad opens the door he goes and dumps out his giant syringe backpack AGAIN, right there in front of his DAD, and starts his whole counting bullshit all over again right there with his needles strewn all across their doormat. As we were pulling out of his driveway, we just see his dad slowly close the door on his crazy, methed out son and the look on his face was just so sad. Total devastation and you could just see that he had given up, I felt so bad for him.
Aaaaaand then Dave started running after us in the car on foot, screaming about how we stole something or another, punched my car, and told us that he was going to come find us and kill us in our sleep, and that feeling of pity quickly faded. We decided not to associate with him anymore after that lol, obviously.
But yeah. | Daves be crazy. |
silverhydra | Just to be clear, I don't trust that study; its a bit sketchy.
Even if we were to trust it, we could not use it as evidence as to whether 1g was as effective or how effective it was relative to the 5g dose after loading.
Tl;Dr, no clue. | Just to be clear, I don't trust that study; its a bit sketchy.
Even if we were to trust it, we could not use it as evidence as to whether 1g was as effective or how effective it was relative to the 5g dose after loading.
Tl;Dr, no clue.
| Supplements | t5_2qhb8 | cezbnw6 | Just to be clear, I don't trust that study; its a bit sketchy.
Even if we were to trust it, we could not use it as evidence as to whether 1g was as effective or how effective it was relative to the 5g dose after loading. | no clue. |
p7r | I've been a fan for a long time, but only a "quick check in the papers" type until about the era of Joe Royle when fortune favoured the brave and fuck me, we were brave.
As a kid I actually supported Everton (my Mum is from Liverpool), whilst living in the High Peak. That was in the era of Tony Cottee breaking their club transfer records. Then I was following Stockport for a while (I was born there, what can I say?), before I realised none of it felt right. Somehow, City "just did".
I actually remember the moment where I started to really get into City in a big way and football - specifically City football - became a much more important part of my life. I was in my mid-20s, and it was [this game](
I remember watching it on BBC Choice (remember that?), and was just blown away. I'd been following more and more games, was reading many fanzines and websites, going to the odd game, but that second half was the 45 minutes when I could feel my blood turn to sky blue and calcify. :-)
Oddly, I've not been able to share in the highs as much as I would have liked. For the FA Cup win I was under a general anaesthetic having emergency surgery (I was told of our victory in the recovery room by the porter), and I even missed that last game of 2011/12 because I was in Geneva working and my boss wouldn't give me a few hours off because we had a product launch to do. I learned of that victory via Skype on the corner of my laptop screen with the one message "KUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" from a mate.
As such, I have been with and watched more City games when we've been shit than I have when we've had the victories.
In fact, I'm in two minds about where to be for when we meet Barcelona. I want to watch it, obviously. But given for the most part when I watched we *were* shit, and when I wasn't able to we pulled off against-the-odds amazing victory (save for that game against Spurs), maybe I need to be "busy" somewhere.
That said, I live in London these days - so don't get to the CoMS much (I sometimes find a neutral/away ticket for games down here) - but am hoping I'll be able to see City a couple of times this year at my favourite London ground: Wembley. :-)
**TL; DR:** to many die-hards, I'm a new face, but I'm not a glory hunter. My Dad did not take me to games, I did not support City when I was a kid, I was not at Maine Road for lower league games. But Pellegrini is my 8th manager, and I got into City because of their tenacity under Joe Royle, I remember Helen 'The Bell', and some major life events are defined in my memory by what City were doing on that day. Make of that what you will, but I know that after 15 or so years of unwavering support that deep down I'm a blue.
CTID. | I've been a fan for a long time, but only a "quick check in the papers" type until about the era of Joe Royle when fortune favoured the brave and fuck me, we were brave.
As a kid I actually supported Everton (my Mum is from Liverpool), whilst living in the High Peak. That was in the era of Tony Cottee breaking their club transfer records. Then I was following Stockport for a while (I was born there, what can I say?), before I realised none of it felt right. Somehow, City "just did".
I actually remember the moment where I started to really get into City in a big way and football - specifically City football - became a much more important part of my life. I was in my mid-20s, and it was [this game](
I remember watching it on BBC Choice (remember that?), and was just blown away. I'd been following more and more games, was reading many fanzines and websites, going to the odd game, but that second half was the 45 minutes when I could feel my blood turn to sky blue and calcify. :-)
Oddly, I've not been able to share in the highs as much as I would have liked. For the FA Cup win I was under a general anaesthetic having emergency surgery (I was told of our victory in the recovery room by the porter), and I even missed that last game of 2011/12 because I was in Geneva working and my boss wouldn't give me a few hours off because we had a product launch to do. I learned of that victory via Skype on the corner of my laptop screen with the one message "KUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" from a mate.
As such, I have been with and watched more City games when we've been shit than I have when we've had the victories.
In fact, I'm in two minds about where to be for when we meet Barcelona. I want to watch it, obviously. But given for the most part when I watched we were shit, and when I wasn't able to we pulled off against-the-odds amazing victory (save for that game against Spurs), maybe I need to be "busy" somewhere.
That said, I live in London these days - so don't get to the CoMS much (I sometimes find a neutral/away ticket for games down here) - but am hoping I'll be able to see City a couple of times this year at my favourite London ground: Wembley. :-)
TL; DR: to many die-hards, I'm a new face, but I'm not a glory hunter. My Dad did not take me to games, I did not support City when I was a kid, I was not at Maine Road for lower league games. But Pellegrini is my 8th manager, and I got into City because of their tenacity under Joe Royle, I remember Helen 'The Bell', and some major life events are defined in my memory by what City were doing on that day. Make of that what you will, but I know that after 15 or so years of unwavering support that deep down I'm a blue.
CTID.
| MCFC | t5_2s14k | cez6mz6 | I've been a fan for a long time, but only a "quick check in the papers" type until about the era of Joe Royle when fortune favoured the brave and fuck me, we were brave.
As a kid I actually supported Everton (my Mum is from Liverpool), whilst living in the High Peak. That was in the era of Tony Cottee breaking their club transfer records. Then I was following Stockport for a while (I was born there, what can I say?), before I realised none of it felt right. Somehow, City "just did".
I actually remember the moment where I started to really get into City in a big way and football - specifically City football - became a much more important part of my life. I was in my mid-20s, and it was [this game](
I remember watching it on BBC Choice (remember that?), and was just blown away. I'd been following more and more games, was reading many fanzines and websites, going to the odd game, but that second half was the 45 minutes when I could feel my blood turn to sky blue and calcify. :-)
Oddly, I've not been able to share in the highs as much as I would have liked. For the FA Cup win I was under a general anaesthetic having emergency surgery (I was told of our victory in the recovery room by the porter), and I even missed that last game of 2011/12 because I was in Geneva working and my boss wouldn't give me a few hours off because we had a product launch to do. I learned of that victory via Skype on the corner of my laptop screen with the one message "KUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" from a mate.
As such, I have been with and watched more City games when we've been shit than I have when we've had the victories.
In fact, I'm in two minds about where to be for when we meet Barcelona. I want to watch it, obviously. But given for the most part when I watched we were shit, and when I wasn't able to we pulled off against-the-odds amazing victory (save for that game against Spurs), maybe I need to be "busy" somewhere.
That said, I live in London these days - so don't get to the CoMS much (I sometimes find a neutral/away ticket for games down here) - but am hoping I'll be able to see City a couple of times this year at my favourite London ground: Wembley. :-) | to many die-hards, I'm a new face, but I'm not a glory hunter. My Dad did not take me to games, I did not support City when I was a kid, I was not at Maine Road for lower league games. But Pellegrini is my 8th manager, and I got into City because of their tenacity under Joe Royle, I remember Helen 'The Bell', and some major life events are defined in my memory by what City were doing on that day. Make of that what you will, but I know that after 15 or so years of unwavering support that deep down I'm a blue.
CTID. |
Vibr8gKiwi | Lol, it's the monetary policy actions that lead to currency failure not leaving the money and market be. Look around at all the countries currently having fiat problems... that's not from lack of regulation and monetary policy manipulations.
TL;DR: the bankers are the problem not the solution. | Lol, it's the monetary policy actions that lead to currency failure not leaving the money and market be. Look around at all the countries currently having fiat problems... that's not from lack of regulation and monetary policy manipulations.
TL;DR: the bankers are the problem not the solution.
| Bitcoin | t5_2s3qj | cez9e2i | Lol, it's the monetary policy actions that lead to currency failure not leaving the money and market be. Look around at all the countries currently having fiat problems... that's not from lack of regulation and monetary policy manipulations. | the bankers are the problem not the solution. |
Katey5678 | There is a lot to the army lifestyle I don't "get" and don't think I ever will. For this I have nothing to offer but kind words to my SO. There are weeks where he won't be talkative and just want to be alone/hang out and there are other weeks where he'll complain non-stop about how much he hates the army. In his words: "I fucking love the army, and the army loves fucking me" Hahah!
Anyways whenever he's going through the rough times I just have to remind myself that I'm here to support him in whatever way possible. Whether it be through skyping for three hours or letting him be. It can be really hard, because all I want is to talk to him but unfortunately I can't always come first.
In regards to coming home and "recharging" I feel like that is so true. My SO is so different when he's at home: upbeat, optimistic, and so de-stressed. I think there's a kernel of truth in that for sure.
TL;DR Its perfectly normal, ride it out. (: | There is a lot to the army lifestyle I don't "get" and don't think I ever will. For this I have nothing to offer but kind words to my SO. There are weeks where he won't be talkative and just want to be alone/hang out and there are other weeks where he'll complain non-stop about how much he hates the army. In his words: "I fucking love the army, and the army loves fucking me" Hahah!
Anyways whenever he's going through the rough times I just have to remind myself that I'm here to support him in whatever way possible. Whether it be through skyping for three hours or letting him be. It can be really hard, because all I want is to talk to him but unfortunately I can't always come first.
In regards to coming home and "recharging" I feel like that is so true. My SO is so different when he's at home: upbeat, optimistic, and so de-stressed. I think there's a kernel of truth in that for sure.
TL;DR Its perfectly normal, ride it out. (:
| USMilitarySO | t5_2ta0n | cezal95 | There is a lot to the army lifestyle I don't "get" and don't think I ever will. For this I have nothing to offer but kind words to my SO. There are weeks where he won't be talkative and just want to be alone/hang out and there are other weeks where he'll complain non-stop about how much he hates the army. In his words: "I fucking love the army, and the army loves fucking me" Hahah!
Anyways whenever he's going through the rough times I just have to remind myself that I'm here to support him in whatever way possible. Whether it be through skyping for three hours or letting him be. It can be really hard, because all I want is to talk to him but unfortunately I can't always come first.
In regards to coming home and "recharging" I feel like that is so true. My SO is so different when he's at home: upbeat, optimistic, and so de-stressed. I think there's a kernel of truth in that for sure. | Its perfectly normal, ride it out. (: |
deyoppe | Sorry to rain on your parade, but I think tipping people IRL isn't going to work. Hell, it can even be counterproductive .
The reason dogecoin is catching onto the internet is how easy it is to tip with. IRL, that is not the case. Remember, doge is the INTERNET currency. IRL, people that expect tips usually expect money. There is NO reason to use doges to tip people unless you have literally no money left. Exchanging doge to fiat is really bothersome, and as is, the dogecoin wallet app is getting more and more discouraging for the average person who can't into computer because of the HUGE block chain download.
Of course, I'm not saying that you should not tip. if you talk to people about it and they accept then it's fine, but in any other case you're simply wasting doges and pissing people off. Even in anonymous tipjars. ESPECIALLY in anonymous tipjars.
TL;DR
Doges are to tip people, but only online. For now. | Sorry to rain on your parade, but I think tipping people IRL isn't going to work. Hell, it can even be counterproductive .
The reason dogecoin is catching onto the internet is how easy it is to tip with. IRL, that is not the case. Remember, doge is the INTERNET currency. IRL, people that expect tips usually expect money. There is NO reason to use doges to tip people unless you have literally no money left. Exchanging doge to fiat is really bothersome, and as is, the dogecoin wallet app is getting more and more discouraging for the average person who can't into computer because of the HUGE block chain download.
Of course, I'm not saying that you should not tip. if you talk to people about it and they accept then it's fine, but in any other case you're simply wasting doges and pissing people off. Even in anonymous tipjars. ESPECIALLY in anonymous tipjars.
TL;DR
Doges are to tip people, but only online. For now.
| dogecoin | t5_2zcp2 | cezbj64 | Sorry to rain on your parade, but I think tipping people IRL isn't going to work. Hell, it can even be counterproductive .
The reason dogecoin is catching onto the internet is how easy it is to tip with. IRL, that is not the case. Remember, doge is the INTERNET currency. IRL, people that expect tips usually expect money. There is NO reason to use doges to tip people unless you have literally no money left. Exchanging doge to fiat is really bothersome, and as is, the dogecoin wallet app is getting more and more discouraging for the average person who can't into computer because of the HUGE block chain download.
Of course, I'm not saying that you should not tip. if you talk to people about it and they accept then it's fine, but in any other case you're simply wasting doges and pissing people off. Even in anonymous tipjars. ESPECIALLY in anonymous tipjars. | Doges are to tip people, but only online. For now. |
pagingjimmypage | I can't find the link to the article right now so someone please post it if you can, but there was a recent study done where amateurs were given a pro's putter to putt with and then asked to draw the size of the cup after going through a progression of putts with the pro's putter and off the shelf putters that were exactly the same (I'm going by memory here so this may be wrong).
The study found that the people who thought they were using a pro's putter not only made more putts but drew the hole bigger and were more confident than those with the same off the shelf putters.
So the tl;dr takeaway is that scotty's and bettinardi's and all those big expensive brand names CAN make you putt better if you believe they will make you putt better. | I can't find the link to the article right now so someone please post it if you can, but there was a recent study done where amateurs were given a pro's putter to putt with and then asked to draw the size of the cup after going through a progression of putts with the pro's putter and off the shelf putters that were exactly the same (I'm going by memory here so this may be wrong).
The study found that the people who thought they were using a pro's putter not only made more putts but drew the hole bigger and were more confident than those with the same off the shelf putters.
So the tl;dr takeaway is that scotty's and bettinardi's and all those big expensive brand names CAN make you putt better if you believe they will make you putt better.
| golf | t5_2qhcs | cezgbnv | I can't find the link to the article right now so someone please post it if you can, but there was a recent study done where amateurs were given a pro's putter to putt with and then asked to draw the size of the cup after going through a progression of putts with the pro's putter and off the shelf putters that were exactly the same (I'm going by memory here so this may be wrong).
The study found that the people who thought they were using a pro's putter not only made more putts but drew the hole bigger and were more confident than those with the same off the shelf putters.
So the | takeaway is that scotty's and bettinardi's and all those big expensive brand names CAN make you putt better if you believe they will make you putt better. |
lordkiwi | yea you are suffering from US Carrier subsides. The 920 and 925 retail for $499 subsidies hide this price from consumers. The 520/1 on the other hand MSRP for $189 and that's even hidden from you because even when discounted the phones are locked and can not be unlocked until after 4-6 months of use. the next model of the 9x0 family if they keep the numbers will cost around $499us the 925 price will drop as they clear out inventory.
TL;DR the next in the 9x0 series will be the same release price as the current models but if you wait you might get a discount on the 925 | yea you are suffering from US Carrier subsides. The 920 and 925 retail for $499 subsidies hide this price from consumers. The 520/1 on the other hand MSRP for $189 and that's even hidden from you because even when discounted the phones are locked and can not be unlocked until after 4-6 months of use. the next model of the 9x0 family if they keep the numbers will cost around $499us the 925 price will drop as they clear out inventory.
TL;DR the next in the 9x0 series will be the same release price as the current models but if you wait you might get a discount on the 925
| windowsphone | t5_2r71o | cezh41d | yea you are suffering from US Carrier subsides. The 920 and 925 retail for $499 subsidies hide this price from consumers. The 520/1 on the other hand MSRP for $189 and that's even hidden from you because even when discounted the phones are locked and can not be unlocked until after 4-6 months of use. the next model of the 9x0 family if they keep the numbers will cost around $499us the 925 price will drop as they clear out inventory. | the next in the 9x0 series will be the same release price as the current models but if you wait you might get a discount on the 925 |
reddit_spelunker | it crosses my mind way too frequently as well..
for instance, any time a tv show or movie character is wounded or falls ill and is in the hospital etc. i instantly imagine what that situation would feel like to be in for ME..
when i was a kid i sat awake one night thinking super deep as hard as i could to imagine what nothingness would feel like, it terrified me my own version of the universe and my connection to it will be snuffed out and i ran to my moms room and slept in her bed..
as a freshman in college my father died of a heart attack and for months i stopped during sets in the gym and checked my heightened pulse afraid the same would happen to me (at around 21), this is ironic because working out at this age has probably a 99.99% chance of making a heart attack less likely in general, but hey the human psyche is weird..
sometimes it pisses me off that in a few generations the human lifespan will likely be vastly improved then i try and think you're being ungrateful, you were born in America in 1990, not Europe in 1200 or Germany in 1935 (I'm Jewish)..
i am a pretty glass is half empty person in general if that means anything, i try so hard not to be, perhaps i am improving..
tl,dr - sorry man, i think some people are better at ignoring these thoughts than others, when it comes down to it, the answer you get will ALWAYS boil down to hey what's the point of thinking about it when it's inevitable anyway, you only get one life don't waste your time.. did my own bitching make you feel any better? lol | it crosses my mind way too frequently as well..
for instance, any time a tv show or movie character is wounded or falls ill and is in the hospital etc. i instantly imagine what that situation would feel like to be in for ME..
when i was a kid i sat awake one night thinking super deep as hard as i could to imagine what nothingness would feel like, it terrified me my own version of the universe and my connection to it will be snuffed out and i ran to my moms room and slept in her bed..
as a freshman in college my father died of a heart attack and for months i stopped during sets in the gym and checked my heightened pulse afraid the same would happen to me (at around 21), this is ironic because working out at this age has probably a 99.99% chance of making a heart attack less likely in general, but hey the human psyche is weird..
sometimes it pisses me off that in a few generations the human lifespan will likely be vastly improved then i try and think you're being ungrateful, you were born in America in 1990, not Europe in 1200 or Germany in 1935 (I'm Jewish)..
i am a pretty glass is half empty person in general if that means anything, i try so hard not to be, perhaps i am improving..
tl,dr - sorry man, i think some people are better at ignoring these thoughts than others, when it comes down to it, the answer you get will ALWAYS boil down to hey what's the point of thinking about it when it's inevitable anyway, you only get one life don't waste your time.. did my own bitching make you feel any better? lol
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | ceztew8 | it crosses my mind way too frequently as well..
for instance, any time a tv show or movie character is wounded or falls ill and is in the hospital etc. i instantly imagine what that situation would feel like to be in for ME..
when i was a kid i sat awake one night thinking super deep as hard as i could to imagine what nothingness would feel like, it terrified me my own version of the universe and my connection to it will be snuffed out and i ran to my moms room and slept in her bed..
as a freshman in college my father died of a heart attack and for months i stopped during sets in the gym and checked my heightened pulse afraid the same would happen to me (at around 21), this is ironic because working out at this age has probably a 99.99% chance of making a heart attack less likely in general, but hey the human psyche is weird..
sometimes it pisses me off that in a few generations the human lifespan will likely be vastly improved then i try and think you're being ungrateful, you were born in America in 1990, not Europe in 1200 or Germany in 1935 (I'm Jewish)..
i am a pretty glass is half empty person in general if that means anything, i try so hard not to be, perhaps i am improving.. | sorry man, i think some people are better at ignoring these thoughts than others, when it comes down to it, the answer you get will ALWAYS boil down to hey what's the point of thinking about it when it's inevitable anyway, you only get one life don't waste your time.. did my own bitching make you feel any better? lol |
spazure | idk. Wet nurses used to be a thing, i don't really see a problem giving breast milk to someone who isn't biologically yours.
As for the age? Well you're doing it in a cup not your boobie.
tl;dr i say go for it :-) | idk. Wet nurses used to be a thing, i don't really see a problem giving breast milk to someone who isn't biologically yours.
As for the age? Well you're doing it in a cup not your boobie.
tl;dr i say go for it :-)
| breastfeeding | t5_2rdj4 | cf01zqj | idk. Wet nurses used to be a thing, i don't really see a problem giving breast milk to someone who isn't biologically yours.
As for the age? Well you're doing it in a cup not your boobie. | i say go for it :-) |
indgosky | Okay, I'll simplify for you, too...
* There are "bad people" in EVERY "movement", party and ideology.
* They and their opposition are BOTH loud:
* The first are good at making asses of themselves loudly (and presumably everyone who shares a superficial trait with them, by association)
* The second at making sure the faults of the first are widely heard/seen, as well as their rhetoric damning "the many" over their shared superficial traits with "the few"
* I already know how to find them, and I see plenty of them as well. **BUT**, as I said up front, neither you nor I have any control over their stupidity or vocalness. We can bitch them out in public, but it changes nothing: The douchebags on the other side will still WILLFULLY conflate and demonize them and us equally.
tl'dr People can only be responsible for their own actions | Okay, I'll simplify for you, too...
There are "bad people" in EVERY "movement", party and ideology.
They and their opposition are BOTH loud:
The first are good at making asses of themselves loudly (and presumably everyone who shares a superficial trait with them, by association)
The second at making sure the faults of the first are widely heard/seen, as well as their rhetoric damning "the many" over their shared superficial traits with "the few"
I already know how to find them, and I see plenty of them as well. BUT , as I said up front, neither you nor I have any control over their stupidity or vocalness. We can bitch them out in public, but it changes nothing: The douchebags on the other side will still WILLFULLY conflate and demonize them and us equally.
tl'dr People can only be responsible for their own actions
| progun | t5_2vtr4 | cf0f4ql | Okay, I'll simplify for you, too...
There are "bad people" in EVERY "movement", party and ideology.
They and their opposition are BOTH loud:
The first are good at making asses of themselves loudly (and presumably everyone who shares a superficial trait with them, by association)
The second at making sure the faults of the first are widely heard/seen, as well as their rhetoric damning "the many" over their shared superficial traits with "the few"
I already know how to find them, and I see plenty of them as well. BUT , as I said up front, neither you nor I have any control over their stupidity or vocalness. We can bitch them out in public, but it changes nothing: The douchebags on the other side will still WILLFULLY conflate and demonize them and us equally. | People can only be responsible for their own actions |
Throwdisaw | Best of luck OP! Hope your experience is better than mine. Story time! Since my wife and I hadn't been able to have kids after four years of trying, we decided to get tested. Turns out the base I was stationed at didn't have the facilities for testing, so we drove an hour and a half to the next AF base in our state. Turns out what qualifies for facilities in the military is a bathroom across the hall from the drop-off desk. I went in thinking it'd be like in the movies where you get a room full of porn. Nope. Just a thin walled bathroom. So there I am, with not even so much as a smartphone in this tiny bathroom. I can hear everything going on outside, including the techs making plans for lunch. I'm fully aware at this point that they can hear everything I'm doing in there. So I'm sitting there on this uncomfortable toilet, half chub just wanting to get this over with. After what seems like an eternity of pulling my pud, I emerge with my meager sample and do my walk of shame to the counter. Can't even look the tech in the eyes as I fill out the paperwork and try to get out of there. To add to my embarrassment, the tech comments on how my sample might not be enough. After bringing another tech over to look, they decide my sample will suffice and let me go. All I wanted to do at that point is go home and forget this day ever happened, but the fates weren't done with me. I still had my wife to contend with. Being the curious woman that she is, she asked if I was thinking of her during my shameful fap session. I inform her that I didn't think of anything sexual, just concentrated on staying quiet and letting loose said juice. This did not sit well with her and she proceeded to get mad at me the whole way home. I figured that was enough for one day, but I had one more kick in the dick I needed to endure that day. The lab called and said my sperm count and motility were low. That messed with my head for a long time, until I decided it was best to chalk it up to the circumstances. Three years later, we moved bases and had to start over with new doctors, so I was told I had to test again. I showed up armed to the teeth with my smartphone loaded with dirty pics of my wife, and made sure I abstained longer than the 4-5 days necessary. This time I was in a private medical room with a slot like a bank deposit, so there was no awkward drop off. I put my headphones on, went to work and knocked it out the park. Before making my drop, I took a picture of my sample and sent it to my wife with "thinking of you" as the caption. Walked out with my head held high, nurses swooned, and when I got my results, everything was good to go. My little swimmers were fine in count and motility. I'd finally managed to get over that awful experience and got the best gift a man could ask for. That day I got my sperm back.
TL;DR- BYOP. Had an awful, embarrassing experience, but redeemed myself years later. | Best of luck OP! Hope your experience is better than mine. Story time! Since my wife and I hadn't been able to have kids after four years of trying, we decided to get tested. Turns out the base I was stationed at didn't have the facilities for testing, so we drove an hour and a half to the next AF base in our state. Turns out what qualifies for facilities in the military is a bathroom across the hall from the drop-off desk. I went in thinking it'd be like in the movies where you get a room full of porn. Nope. Just a thin walled bathroom. So there I am, with not even so much as a smartphone in this tiny bathroom. I can hear everything going on outside, including the techs making plans for lunch. I'm fully aware at this point that they can hear everything I'm doing in there. So I'm sitting there on this uncomfortable toilet, half chub just wanting to get this over with. After what seems like an eternity of pulling my pud, I emerge with my meager sample and do my walk of shame to the counter. Can't even look the tech in the eyes as I fill out the paperwork and try to get out of there. To add to my embarrassment, the tech comments on how my sample might not be enough. After bringing another tech over to look, they decide my sample will suffice and let me go. All I wanted to do at that point is go home and forget this day ever happened, but the fates weren't done with me. I still had my wife to contend with. Being the curious woman that she is, she asked if I was thinking of her during my shameful fap session. I inform her that I didn't think of anything sexual, just concentrated on staying quiet and letting loose said juice. This did not sit well with her and she proceeded to get mad at me the whole way home. I figured that was enough for one day, but I had one more kick in the dick I needed to endure that day. The lab called and said my sperm count and motility were low. That messed with my head for a long time, until I decided it was best to chalk it up to the circumstances. Three years later, we moved bases and had to start over with new doctors, so I was told I had to test again. I showed up armed to the teeth with my smartphone loaded with dirty pics of my wife, and made sure I abstained longer than the 4-5 days necessary. This time I was in a private medical room with a slot like a bank deposit, so there was no awkward drop off. I put my headphones on, went to work and knocked it out the park. Before making my drop, I took a picture of my sample and sent it to my wife with "thinking of you" as the caption. Walked out with my head held high, nurses swooned, and when I got my results, everything was good to go. My little swimmers were fine in count and motility. I'd finally managed to get over that awful experience and got the best gift a man could ask for. That day I got my sperm back.
TL;DR- BYOP. Had an awful, embarrassing experience, but redeemed myself years later.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cf0la1e | Best of luck OP! Hope your experience is better than mine. Story time! Since my wife and I hadn't been able to have kids after four years of trying, we decided to get tested. Turns out the base I was stationed at didn't have the facilities for testing, so we drove an hour and a half to the next AF base in our state. Turns out what qualifies for facilities in the military is a bathroom across the hall from the drop-off desk. I went in thinking it'd be like in the movies where you get a room full of porn. Nope. Just a thin walled bathroom. So there I am, with not even so much as a smartphone in this tiny bathroom. I can hear everything going on outside, including the techs making plans for lunch. I'm fully aware at this point that they can hear everything I'm doing in there. So I'm sitting there on this uncomfortable toilet, half chub just wanting to get this over with. After what seems like an eternity of pulling my pud, I emerge with my meager sample and do my walk of shame to the counter. Can't even look the tech in the eyes as I fill out the paperwork and try to get out of there. To add to my embarrassment, the tech comments on how my sample might not be enough. After bringing another tech over to look, they decide my sample will suffice and let me go. All I wanted to do at that point is go home and forget this day ever happened, but the fates weren't done with me. I still had my wife to contend with. Being the curious woman that she is, she asked if I was thinking of her during my shameful fap session. I inform her that I didn't think of anything sexual, just concentrated on staying quiet and letting loose said juice. This did not sit well with her and she proceeded to get mad at me the whole way home. I figured that was enough for one day, but I had one more kick in the dick I needed to endure that day. The lab called and said my sperm count and motility were low. That messed with my head for a long time, until I decided it was best to chalk it up to the circumstances. Three years later, we moved bases and had to start over with new doctors, so I was told I had to test again. I showed up armed to the teeth with my smartphone loaded with dirty pics of my wife, and made sure I abstained longer than the 4-5 days necessary. This time I was in a private medical room with a slot like a bank deposit, so there was no awkward drop off. I put my headphones on, went to work and knocked it out the park. Before making my drop, I took a picture of my sample and sent it to my wife with "thinking of you" as the caption. Walked out with my head held high, nurses swooned, and when I got my results, everything was good to go. My little swimmers were fine in count and motility. I'd finally managed to get over that awful experience and got the best gift a man could ask for. That day I got my sperm back. | BYOP. Had an awful, embarrassing experience, but redeemed myself years later. |
TululaDaydream | I found out just the other day why the Simpsons are yellow!
Matt Groening was asked to pitch an animated short series to the producers of The Tracey Ullman Show based on a cartoon comic he made. But while he was in the waiting room, he realised that he would have to sign over all his production rights for that comic strip (or something? I don't remember all the logistics), so he sketched out a completely new collection of characters on a yellow Post-It note, and went in with his new pitch.
That new pitch ended up becoming the very early version of The Simpsons.
TL;DR: The Simpsons are yellow because they were drawn on a Post-It. | I found out just the other day why the Simpsons are yellow!
Matt Groening was asked to pitch an animated short series to the producers of The Tracey Ullman Show based on a cartoon comic he made. But while he was in the waiting room, he realised that he would have to sign over all his production rights for that comic strip (or something? I don't remember all the logistics), so he sketched out a completely new collection of characters on a yellow Post-It note, and went in with his new pitch.
That new pitch ended up becoming the very early version of The Simpsons.
TL;DR: The Simpsons are yellow because they were drawn on a Post-It.
| cringe | t5_2r6rj | cfhzebp | I found out just the other day why the Simpsons are yellow!
Matt Groening was asked to pitch an animated short series to the producers of The Tracey Ullman Show based on a cartoon comic he made. But while he was in the waiting room, he realised that he would have to sign over all his production rights for that comic strip (or something? I don't remember all the logistics), so he sketched out a completely new collection of characters on a yellow Post-It note, and went in with his new pitch.
That new pitch ended up becoming the very early version of The Simpsons. | The Simpsons are yellow because they were drawn on a Post-It. |
SheLivesInAFairyTell | **1: Why is everyone yellow?**
*Answer*: Brand recognition, if you flip through the channels and saw the skin only, you know what it is*
**2: Why does no one age**
*Answer*: This one I do not know for sure, My thought for a while was this is still all within 1 year but the technology keeps getting better in some episodes so who knows.
**3: Why do some characters have hair and others just have head extensions**
*Answer*: Honestly, I don't think its extensions, its more or less blonde hair, in some episodes, Lisa and Bart have their hair "messed up" and you can see it actually has strands like real hair.
**4: How does Marge's hairnet not come off during the night?**
*Answer*: Have you seen the length of her hair? How does a condom not come off of a penis that is the same shape?
**5: Why does Homer only have three hairs**
*Answer*: You're and idiot, its called balding.
**6: Why are two of them vertical and one Horizontal?**
*Answer*: His main balding is "Monk" style but has some left he does a comb over with, its happened IRL.
**7. Why do only female characters have eyelashes?**
*Answer*: To create a bigger gap between masculine and feminine.
**8. Why is Millhouse the only character with eyebrows?**
*Answer*: have you seen Millhouse... his eyebrows ARE his personality.
**9. How tall are they?**
*Answer*: If we can agree that height is based off of IRL standards, I am 6'3 / 6"4 and my eyeline is just above the bottom of the wall cupboards, so knowing this we can safely say Homer is around 6'1 to 6'3, Marge is about 6'0 without hair, with hair most likely closer to 7'6"; Bart is probably your average 10 year old, so most likely 4' and lisa just a bit shorter, Maggie is toddler size.
**10. Why does no one ever change their clothes?**
*Answer*: IIRC, there is a few episodes that show ALL of their closets, they DO change clothes, they just have closet full of the SAME outfit.
**11. How does Homer never die?**
*Answer*: This one is purely just comedic cartoon logic, if you cant watch this with out questioning it then how can you watch any cartoon?
**12. Why does everyone have only four fingers?**
*Answer*: In The Simpsons, God has 5 fingers, the rest might just follow most cartoons; It may be something with making characters less human and more "character".
**13. How is Lisa allowed to wear such a chunky necklace to school?**
*Answer*: This show was aired in 1989, schools and parents were not such scared pussies about this things. I grew up in the 90s and we had all kinds of shit. In 3rd grade I brought a small hatchet to school and chased a kid trying to hit him with it... I only got 2 days of punishment from the school.
**14. Why does Maggie never cry?**
*Answer*: This you have to watch a lot of episodes to understand why Maggie is the way she is. TL;DR: Maggie is a fucking bad ass.
**15. Who fixes stuff after Homer makes it explode?**
*Answer*: Construction companies... pfft.
**16. How is Bart’s blackboard handwriting so neat?**
*Answer*: IF you had to do it as much as that little shit head does wouldn't yours become neat too?
**17. How does Maggie’s bow remain attached to her head?**
*Answer*: I am starting to believe this is a troll.... That is what hair bows do, they clamp on and stay in place... I am a 29 year old male and I know this....
**18. WHY IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE WHOLE WORLD BOTHERED BY ALL OF THIS NONSENSE? WHY DON’T I GET IT? AM I NORMAL?**
*Answer*: because you're trying to rationalize a fucking 25 year old cartoon that has a movie and will still be getting new episodes well into its 30th year most likely...
OP please make the poster aware of my response, I am too lazy.
| 1: Why is everyone yellow?
Answer : Brand recognition, if you flip through the channels and saw the skin only, you know what it is*
2: Why does no one age
Answer : This one I do not know for sure, My thought for a while was this is still all within 1 year but the technology keeps getting better in some episodes so who knows.
3: Why do some characters have hair and others just have head extensions
Answer : Honestly, I don't think its extensions, its more or less blonde hair, in some episodes, Lisa and Bart have their hair "messed up" and you can see it actually has strands like real hair.
4: How does Marge's hairnet not come off during the night?
Answer : Have you seen the length of her hair? How does a condom not come off of a penis that is the same shape?
5: Why does Homer only have three hairs
Answer : You're and idiot, its called balding.
6: Why are two of them vertical and one Horizontal?
Answer : His main balding is "Monk" style but has some left he does a comb over with, its happened IRL.
7. Why do only female characters have eyelashes?
Answer : To create a bigger gap between masculine and feminine.
8. Why is Millhouse the only character with eyebrows?
Answer : have you seen Millhouse... his eyebrows ARE his personality.
9. How tall are they?
Answer : If we can agree that height is based off of IRL standards, I am 6'3 / 6"4 and my eyeline is just above the bottom of the wall cupboards, so knowing this we can safely say Homer is around 6'1 to 6'3, Marge is about 6'0 without hair, with hair most likely closer to 7'6"; Bart is probably your average 10 year old, so most likely 4' and lisa just a bit shorter, Maggie is toddler size.
10. Why does no one ever change their clothes?
Answer : IIRC, there is a few episodes that show ALL of their closets, they DO change clothes, they just have closet full of the SAME outfit.
11. How does Homer never die?
Answer : This one is purely just comedic cartoon logic, if you cant watch this with out questioning it then how can you watch any cartoon?
12. Why does everyone have only four fingers?
Answer : In The Simpsons, God has 5 fingers, the rest might just follow most cartoons; It may be something with making characters less human and more "character".
13. How is Lisa allowed to wear such a chunky necklace to school?
Answer : This show was aired in 1989, schools and parents were not such scared pussies about this things. I grew up in the 90s and we had all kinds of shit. In 3rd grade I brought a small hatchet to school and chased a kid trying to hit him with it... I only got 2 days of punishment from the school.
14. Why does Maggie never cry?
Answer : This you have to watch a lot of episodes to understand why Maggie is the way she is. TL;DR: Maggie is a fucking bad ass.
15. Who fixes stuff after Homer makes it explode?
Answer : Construction companies... pfft.
16. How is Bart’s blackboard handwriting so neat?
Answer : IF you had to do it as much as that little shit head does wouldn't yours become neat too?
17. How does Maggie’s bow remain attached to her head?
Answer : I am starting to believe this is a troll.... That is what hair bows do, they clamp on and stay in place... I am a 29 year old male and I know this....
18. WHY IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE WHOLE WORLD BOTHERED BY ALL OF THIS NONSENSE? WHY DON’T I GET IT? AM I NORMAL?
Answer : because you're trying to rationalize a fucking 25 year old cartoon that has a movie and will still be getting new episodes well into its 30th year most likely...
OP please make the poster aware of my response, I am too lazy.
| cringe | t5_2r6rj | cf0g7s1 | 1: Why is everyone yellow?
Answer : Brand recognition, if you flip through the channels and saw the skin only, you know what it is*
2: Why does no one age
Answer : This one I do not know for sure, My thought for a while was this is still all within 1 year but the technology keeps getting better in some episodes so who knows.
3: Why do some characters have hair and others just have head extensions
Answer : Honestly, I don't think its extensions, its more or less blonde hair, in some episodes, Lisa and Bart have their hair "messed up" and you can see it actually has strands like real hair.
4: How does Marge's hairnet not come off during the night?
Answer : Have you seen the length of her hair? How does a condom not come off of a penis that is the same shape?
5: Why does Homer only have three hairs
Answer : You're and idiot, its called balding.
6: Why are two of them vertical and one Horizontal?
Answer : His main balding is "Monk" style but has some left he does a comb over with, its happened IRL.
7. Why do only female characters have eyelashes?
Answer : To create a bigger gap between masculine and feminine.
8. Why is Millhouse the only character with eyebrows?
Answer : have you seen Millhouse... his eyebrows ARE his personality.
9. How tall are they?
Answer : If we can agree that height is based off of IRL standards, I am 6'3 / 6"4 and my eyeline is just above the bottom of the wall cupboards, so knowing this we can safely say Homer is around 6'1 to 6'3, Marge is about 6'0 without hair, with hair most likely closer to 7'6"; Bart is probably your average 10 year old, so most likely 4' and lisa just a bit shorter, Maggie is toddler size.
10. Why does no one ever change their clothes?
Answer : IIRC, there is a few episodes that show ALL of their closets, they DO change clothes, they just have closet full of the SAME outfit.
11. How does Homer never die?
Answer : This one is purely just comedic cartoon logic, if you cant watch this with out questioning it then how can you watch any cartoon?
12. Why does everyone have only four fingers?
Answer : In The Simpsons, God has 5 fingers, the rest might just follow most cartoons; It may be something with making characters less human and more "character".
13. How is Lisa allowed to wear such a chunky necklace to school?
Answer : This show was aired in 1989, schools and parents were not such scared pussies about this things. I grew up in the 90s and we had all kinds of shit. In 3rd grade I brought a small hatchet to school and chased a kid trying to hit him with it... I only got 2 days of punishment from the school.
14. Why does Maggie never cry?
Answer : This you have to watch a lot of episodes to understand why Maggie is the way she is. | Maggie is a fucking bad ass.
15. Who fixes stuff after Homer makes it explode?
Answer : Construction companies... pfft.
16. How is Bart’s blackboard handwriting so neat?
Answer : IF you had to do it as much as that little shit head does wouldn't yours become neat too?
17. How does Maggie’s bow remain attached to her head?
Answer : I am starting to believe this is a troll.... That is what hair bows do, they clamp on and stay in place... I am a 29 year old male and I know this....
18. WHY IS NO ONE ELSE IN THE WHOLE WORLD BOTHERED BY ALL OF THIS NONSENSE? WHY DON’T I GET IT? AM I NORMAL?
Answer : because you're trying to rationalize a fucking 25 year old cartoon that has a movie and will still be getting new episodes well into its 30th year most likely...
OP please make the poster aware of my response, I am too lazy. |
demented737 | In a conflict, Reapers clean house, however, Reapers are active, therefore a galaxy cleanse is in progress. The Reapers simply could not wipe out the Wraith. Why? The method of their travel. This comes up a lot in battles with the Mass Effect universe. The Wraith have far superior travel techniques, and could simply leave the galaxy entirely.
tl;dr Wraith lose in a fight, Wraith win with survivability. | In a conflict, Reapers clean house, however, Reapers are active, therefore a galaxy cleanse is in progress. The Reapers simply could not wipe out the Wraith. Why? The method of their travel. This comes up a lot in battles with the Mass Effect universe. The Wraith have far superior travel techniques, and could simply leave the galaxy entirely.
tl;dr Wraith lose in a fight, Wraith win with survivability.
| whowouldwin | t5_2s599 | cf08xof | In a conflict, Reapers clean house, however, Reapers are active, therefore a galaxy cleanse is in progress. The Reapers simply could not wipe out the Wraith. Why? The method of their travel. This comes up a lot in battles with the Mass Effect universe. The Wraith have far superior travel techniques, and could simply leave the galaxy entirely. | Wraith lose in a fight, Wraith win with survivability. |
NedSnark | I think the problem comes in the way you phrased it. "Septon Meribald’s speech was, for me, in the top five passages in all of literature." To use the claim that it is in the top five of all literature, and then at the same time to use the qualifying phrase, "To me," causes a bit of confusion and invites an attack. If you had said "This is one of my five favorite passages" then no one could argue about it, but to compare it to all literature is where you're kind of entering territory where you'll have a hard time defending it.
To make a claim for something to be the greatest in all of literature, you're inherently comparing it to the greatest authors in the history of mankind. You're essentially saying that this passage is better than anything Shakespeare, Homer, Virgil, Milton, Dante, Tolstoy, Faulkner, Woolf, Joyce, Spenser, etc. ever wrote. As someone who has spent a lot of time studying those people and their particular impacts on literature, I'm inclined to throw down the gauntlet and tell you you're wrong. But this is a friendly thread, and I really do find your rationale interesting.
>I feel this is about more than a bunch of imaginary Westerosi peasants who were duped with fantasies of glory, adventure, and justice and left utterly broken. No, this is about the hundreds of thousands of Russian peasants in World War I, used as fodder against a much more formidable enemy. It’s about the Japanese peasants in World War II, reduced to cannibalism and other, more unspeakable acts of desperation. It’s about our own kids in the United States who fought and lost themselves in Germany, France, Vietnam, and Iraq, just to name the major battlefronts in this century.
What this tells me is that you're a person with a pretty firm familiarity with the wartime conflicts of the 21st century. Because of your personal connections and emotions about those issues, you found this passage to be especially impactful and meaningful. This is where the "to me" portion of your claim is coming through. To say that this passage captures the trauma of warfare better than just about anything you've ever read would have been a much more accurate claim than to say that this passage is one of the five best things ever written, from your perspective.
tl;dr. Your claim wasn't really as specific or as accurate as it could have been. But you're totally entitled to the opinion. | I think the problem comes in the way you phrased it. "Septon Meribald’s speech was, for me, in the top five passages in all of literature." To use the claim that it is in the top five of all literature, and then at the same time to use the qualifying phrase, "To me," causes a bit of confusion and invites an attack. If you had said "This is one of my five favorite passages" then no one could argue about it, but to compare it to all literature is where you're kind of entering territory where you'll have a hard time defending it.
To make a claim for something to be the greatest in all of literature, you're inherently comparing it to the greatest authors in the history of mankind. You're essentially saying that this passage is better than anything Shakespeare, Homer, Virgil, Milton, Dante, Tolstoy, Faulkner, Woolf, Joyce, Spenser, etc. ever wrote. As someone who has spent a lot of time studying those people and their particular impacts on literature, I'm inclined to throw down the gauntlet and tell you you're wrong. But this is a friendly thread, and I really do find your rationale interesting.
>I feel this is about more than a bunch of imaginary Westerosi peasants who were duped with fantasies of glory, adventure, and justice and left utterly broken. No, this is about the hundreds of thousands of Russian peasants in World War I, used as fodder against a much more formidable enemy. It’s about the Japanese peasants in World War II, reduced to cannibalism and other, more unspeakable acts of desperation. It’s about our own kids in the United States who fought and lost themselves in Germany, France, Vietnam, and Iraq, just to name the major battlefronts in this century.
What this tells me is that you're a person with a pretty firm familiarity with the wartime conflicts of the 21st century. Because of your personal connections and emotions about those issues, you found this passage to be especially impactful and meaningful. This is where the "to me" portion of your claim is coming through. To say that this passage captures the trauma of warfare better than just about anything you've ever read would have been a much more accurate claim than to say that this passage is one of the five best things ever written, from your perspective.
tl;dr. Your claim wasn't really as specific or as accurate as it could have been. But you're totally entitled to the opinion.
| asoiaf | t5_2r2o9 | cf0btji | I think the problem comes in the way you phrased it. "Septon Meribald’s speech was, for me, in the top five passages in all of literature." To use the claim that it is in the top five of all literature, and then at the same time to use the qualifying phrase, "To me," causes a bit of confusion and invites an attack. If you had said "This is one of my five favorite passages" then no one could argue about it, but to compare it to all literature is where you're kind of entering territory where you'll have a hard time defending it.
To make a claim for something to be the greatest in all of literature, you're inherently comparing it to the greatest authors in the history of mankind. You're essentially saying that this passage is better than anything Shakespeare, Homer, Virgil, Milton, Dante, Tolstoy, Faulkner, Woolf, Joyce, Spenser, etc. ever wrote. As someone who has spent a lot of time studying those people and their particular impacts on literature, I'm inclined to throw down the gauntlet and tell you you're wrong. But this is a friendly thread, and I really do find your rationale interesting.
>I feel this is about more than a bunch of imaginary Westerosi peasants who were duped with fantasies of glory, adventure, and justice and left utterly broken. No, this is about the hundreds of thousands of Russian peasants in World War I, used as fodder against a much more formidable enemy. It’s about the Japanese peasants in World War II, reduced to cannibalism and other, more unspeakable acts of desperation. It’s about our own kids in the United States who fought and lost themselves in Germany, France, Vietnam, and Iraq, just to name the major battlefronts in this century.
What this tells me is that you're a person with a pretty firm familiarity with the wartime conflicts of the 21st century. Because of your personal connections and emotions about those issues, you found this passage to be especially impactful and meaningful. This is where the "to me" portion of your claim is coming through. To say that this passage captures the trauma of warfare better than just about anything you've ever read would have been a much more accurate claim than to say that this passage is one of the five best things ever written, from your perspective. | Your claim wasn't really as specific or as accurate as it could have been. But you're totally entitled to the opinion. |
Adfero | This could be an amazing idea. But it could be used against the average internet user.
A while ago a friend an I where chatting about internet accountability. And how that when you are browsing you can be as anonomus as you allow yourself to be. A device such as this would identify the user at the keyboard at any one point. Meaning that that users interactions could be tracked and logged.
I know how conspiracy theory like that sounds. But when you think about it, it could easily happen. A person being tracked at all times regardless of which device you use. However it would force people to be a bit more responsible in their online interactions. Its a double edged sword.
Tl:DR spooky NSA watches you. | This could be an amazing idea. But it could be used against the average internet user.
A while ago a friend an I where chatting about internet accountability. And how that when you are browsing you can be as anonomus as you allow yourself to be. A device such as this would identify the user at the keyboard at any one point. Meaning that that users interactions could be tracked and logged.
I know how conspiracy theory like that sounds. But when you think about it, it could easily happen. A person being tracked at all times regardless of which device you use. However it would force people to be a bit more responsible in their online interactions. Its a double edged sword.
Tl:DR spooky NSA watches you.
| technology | t5_2qh16 | cf0byks | This could be an amazing idea. But it could be used against the average internet user.
A while ago a friend an I where chatting about internet accountability. And how that when you are browsing you can be as anonomus as you allow yourself to be. A device such as this would identify the user at the keyboard at any one point. Meaning that that users interactions could be tracked and logged.
I know how conspiracy theory like that sounds. But when you think about it, it could easily happen. A person being tracked at all times regardless of which device you use. However it would force people to be a bit more responsible in their online interactions. Its a double edged sword. | spooky NSA watches you. |
pinittowinit | I haven't cruised for anything close to a decade but someone mentioned that a IFBB guy at his gym said he uses dawn dish soap while showering. It is a degreaser and dries out the skin. Haven't tried it yet but I will if my acne gets bad. Other than that I shower at least twice a day and use acne control body wash and then a acne control body spray. I also use one of those really tough sea sponge deals. I also wipe my skin with alcohol in the acne areas to dry out the skin. This stuff may not cure you but it will do something. I suggest doing everything that people suggest everyday and see if it helps. I probably do 8 different thing to keep my skin clear
TLDR: IFBB guy said he uses dawn dish soap. Antibacterial soap and body spray, alcohol to dry skin out, shower alot especially right after gym. | I haven't cruised for anything close to a decade but someone mentioned that a IFBB guy at his gym said he uses dawn dish soap while showering. It is a degreaser and dries out the skin. Haven't tried it yet but I will if my acne gets bad. Other than that I shower at least twice a day and use acne control body wash and then a acne control body spray. I also use one of those really tough sea sponge deals. I also wipe my skin with alcohol in the acne areas to dry out the skin. This stuff may not cure you but it will do something. I suggest doing everything that people suggest everyday and see if it helps. I probably do 8 different thing to keep my skin clear
TLDR: IFBB guy said he uses dawn dish soap. Antibacterial soap and body spray, alcohol to dry skin out, shower alot especially right after gym.
| steroids | t5_2rifm | cf0lhay | I haven't cruised for anything close to a decade but someone mentioned that a IFBB guy at his gym said he uses dawn dish soap while showering. It is a degreaser and dries out the skin. Haven't tried it yet but I will if my acne gets bad. Other than that I shower at least twice a day and use acne control body wash and then a acne control body spray. I also use one of those really tough sea sponge deals. I also wipe my skin with alcohol in the acne areas to dry out the skin. This stuff may not cure you but it will do something. I suggest doing everything that people suggest everyday and see if it helps. I probably do 8 different thing to keep my skin clear | IFBB guy said he uses dawn dish soap. Antibacterial soap and body spray, alcohol to dry skin out, shower alot especially right after gym. |
mlsherrod | Years of experience in the field and production quality will help to tell you how much you can charge. It also depends on the line of work to be done. Architecture does not support nor can it maintain the level these other guys are talking about. You also get to charge more for your knowledge on the subject. For instance, if you don't know the difference between a 2x4 and a CMU block, I'm not going to pay much for any work to be done.
TL/DR, you need to know all about what you're going to draw, before you can be hired to draw it, IMHO | Years of experience in the field and production quality will help to tell you how much you can charge. It also depends on the line of work to be done. Architecture does not support nor can it maintain the level these other guys are talking about. You also get to charge more for your knowledge on the subject. For instance, if you don't know the difference between a 2x4 and a CMU block, I'm not going to pay much for any work to be done.
TL/DR, you need to know all about what you're going to draw, before you can be hired to draw it, IMHO
| cad | t5_2qwha | cf0ly94 | Years of experience in the field and production quality will help to tell you how much you can charge. It also depends on the line of work to be done. Architecture does not support nor can it maintain the level these other guys are talking about. You also get to charge more for your knowledge on the subject. For instance, if you don't know the difference between a 2x4 and a CMU block, I'm not going to pay much for any work to be done. | you need to know all about what you're going to draw, before you can be hired to draw it, IMHO |
gnur | I had almost the same situation last friday:
I get an email saying: "Is the server down? I cannot access our CRM software and cannot login to our <main product> website". (note, CRM software runs on a server in the office, website runs on several loadbalanced VMs in a datacentre far far away.
My response: "did you check your internet?"
Got an e-mail 2 minutes later: "so you fixed it?"
tl;dr Our entire company is run from single supercomputer. | I had almost the same situation last friday:
I get an email saying: "Is the server down? I cannot access our CRM software and cannot login to our <main product> website". (note, CRM software runs on a server in the office, website runs on several loadbalanced VMs in a datacentre far far away.
My response: "did you check your internet?"
Got an e-mail 2 minutes later: "so you fixed it?"
tl;dr Our entire company is run from single supercomputer.
| talesfromtechsupport | t5_2sfg5 | cf0u0yg | I had almost the same situation last friday:
I get an email saying: "Is the server down? I cannot access our CRM software and cannot login to our <main product> website". (note, CRM software runs on a server in the office, website runs on several loadbalanced VMs in a datacentre far far away.
My response: "did you check your internet?"
Got an e-mail 2 minutes later: "so you fixed it?" | Our entire company is run from single supercomputer. |
donasay | Let the cat back outside. He probably has a home and his family is probably worried about him. Feral cats do not let you pick them up or bring them inside. If he is friendly, he obviously has or had a family at some point.
TLDR. I think you stole someone's cat. | Let the cat back outside. He probably has a home and his family is probably worried about him. Feral cats do not let you pick them up or bring them inside. If he is friendly, he obviously has or had a family at some point.
TLDR. I think you stole someone's cat.
| batonrouge | t5_2s5z1 | cf0lktn | Let the cat back outside. He probably has a home and his family is probably worried about him. Feral cats do not let you pick them up or bring them inside. If he is friendly, he obviously has or had a family at some point. | I think you stole someone's cat. |
youreabuttface | I just say I have diarrhea anytime I want to get out of work or school or an event. Works like a charm.
Edit: Also story time. You won't feel guilty after this. Before I met my boyfriend, I was dating this super sweet guy, lets call him T, he was paraplegic and had severe ptsd from the car crash that damaged his spinal cord so he smoked a lot of weed I guess to dull it. We weren't exclusive or anything yet, just going on dates. T was like super into me for some reason and I had no idea how I would cut ties with him when/if the time came. Fast forward two weeks or so and I run into my now boyfriend, Robert, when I made a plenty of fish account so I could view a hilarious profile my friend wanted me to see. I messaged him just sending him my number and he texted me, fast forward another week and we meet up at Disneyland. I was still seeing T, everything was great with him, but I fell for Robert like immediately. The day after I met up with Robert, I decided I had to end things with T. I had no idea how I was going to do it without hurting his feelings, so naturally I blamed it on my mom. I told him she smelled weed in my car and knew it was him so I couldn't see him for like a week. I started to slowly not respond to his texts, until I stopped completely and deleted him from facebook by the end of the week. I still feel guilty about it, I should have just told him the truth, but I knew he would have been like IT'S CAUSE I'M PARALYZED HUH or something and I couldn't handle that and oh god.
tl;dr I broke things off with my paraplegic kinda bf by blaming my mom | I just say I have diarrhea anytime I want to get out of work or school or an event. Works like a charm.
Edit: Also story time. You won't feel guilty after this. Before I met my boyfriend, I was dating this super sweet guy, lets call him T, he was paraplegic and had severe ptsd from the car crash that damaged his spinal cord so he smoked a lot of weed I guess to dull it. We weren't exclusive or anything yet, just going on dates. T was like super into me for some reason and I had no idea how I would cut ties with him when/if the time came. Fast forward two weeks or so and I run into my now boyfriend, Robert, when I made a plenty of fish account so I could view a hilarious profile my friend wanted me to see. I messaged him just sending him my number and he texted me, fast forward another week and we meet up at Disneyland. I was still seeing T, everything was great with him, but I fell for Robert like immediately. The day after I met up with Robert, I decided I had to end things with T. I had no idea how I was going to do it without hurting his feelings, so naturally I blamed it on my mom. I told him she smelled weed in my car and knew it was him so I couldn't see him for like a week. I started to slowly not respond to his texts, until I stopped completely and deleted him from facebook by the end of the week. I still feel guilty about it, I should have just told him the truth, but I knew he would have been like IT'S CAUSE I'M PARALYZED HUH or something and I couldn't handle that and oh god.
tl;dr I broke things off with my paraplegic kinda bf by blaming my mom
| Random_Acts_Of_Amazon | t5_2tx47 | cf0qjgt | I just say I have diarrhea anytime I want to get out of work or school or an event. Works like a charm.
Edit: Also story time. You won't feel guilty after this. Before I met my boyfriend, I was dating this super sweet guy, lets call him T, he was paraplegic and had severe ptsd from the car crash that damaged his spinal cord so he smoked a lot of weed I guess to dull it. We weren't exclusive or anything yet, just going on dates. T was like super into me for some reason and I had no idea how I would cut ties with him when/if the time came. Fast forward two weeks or so and I run into my now boyfriend, Robert, when I made a plenty of fish account so I could view a hilarious profile my friend wanted me to see. I messaged him just sending him my number and he texted me, fast forward another week and we meet up at Disneyland. I was still seeing T, everything was great with him, but I fell for Robert like immediately. The day after I met up with Robert, I decided I had to end things with T. I had no idea how I was going to do it without hurting his feelings, so naturally I blamed it on my mom. I told him she smelled weed in my car and knew it was him so I couldn't see him for like a week. I started to slowly not respond to his texts, until I stopped completely and deleted him from facebook by the end of the week. I still feel guilty about it, I should have just told him the truth, but I knew he would have been like IT'S CAUSE I'M PARALYZED HUH or something and I couldn't handle that and oh god. | I broke things off with my paraplegic kinda bf by blaming my mom |
ann_nonymous | I hope you can see your hubby real soon. I know how it feels to sometimes not want to go into work or do anything. I did it last week because my workload has been nonexistent for the entire month. At first I was all excited to learn some new coding languages and relax. Now I'm bored of being bored. But the best get out of work story is something that didn't happen to me. (let me preface this that I've already won a contest of best get out of work excuse so this is just a story not an entry) My coworker sent a email saying he couldn't come to work because he had no stairs. He lived in an apartment building and they were replacing the outside stairs. Of course there were many questions to him and he did in fact send proof that his stairs were gone. And one smart boss said, don't you live on the first floor. No one has topped this excuse, ever.
TL:DR Coworker couldn't come because no stairs. | I hope you can see your hubby real soon. I know how it feels to sometimes not want to go into work or do anything. I did it last week because my workload has been nonexistent for the entire month. At first I was all excited to learn some new coding languages and relax. Now I'm bored of being bored. But the best get out of work story is something that didn't happen to me. (let me preface this that I've already won a contest of best get out of work excuse so this is just a story not an entry) My coworker sent a email saying he couldn't come to work because he had no stairs. He lived in an apartment building and they were replacing the outside stairs. Of course there were many questions to him and he did in fact send proof that his stairs were gone. And one smart boss said, don't you live on the first floor. No one has topped this excuse, ever.
TL:DR Coworker couldn't come because no stairs.
| Random_Acts_Of_Amazon | t5_2tx47 | cf0qxxy | I hope you can see your hubby real soon. I know how it feels to sometimes not want to go into work or do anything. I did it last week because my workload has been nonexistent for the entire month. At first I was all excited to learn some new coding languages and relax. Now I'm bored of being bored. But the best get out of work story is something that didn't happen to me. (let me preface this that I've already won a contest of best get out of work excuse so this is just a story not an entry) My coworker sent a email saying he couldn't come to work because he had no stairs. He lived in an apartment building and they were replacing the outside stairs. Of course there were many questions to him and he did in fact send proof that his stairs were gone. And one smart boss said, don't you live on the first floor. No one has topped this excuse, ever. | Coworker couldn't come because no stairs. |
ChasTt | Don't worry about it - only one fap in 28 days is an awesome acheivement. There are three steps now that you have to follow:
Don't binge,
Don't binge!!
DON'T BINGE!!!!!
It gets harder from here, and the old urges start to come back more strongly now that your body has been reminded of what it used to feel like, but trust me (I relapsed, and then binged like crazy, when I hit 90 days), you'll tell yourself all kinds of things like "well I've already done it once - I may as well enjoy it a few more times before I jump back on NoFap", but with each fap you do from here it gets harder and harder to resist the urges.
You need to get over the intial hump - it only takes a few days - and you'll be back to where you were in no time. Binge, and you'll be right back to where you started.
TL;DR: One fap in 28 days really doesn't set you back too much, but a full-blown binge will put you right back to where you started.
Stay strong! | Don't worry about it - only one fap in 28 days is an awesome acheivement. There are three steps now that you have to follow:
Don't binge,
Don't binge!!
DON'T BINGE!!!!!
It gets harder from here, and the old urges start to come back more strongly now that your body has been reminded of what it used to feel like, but trust me (I relapsed, and then binged like crazy, when I hit 90 days), you'll tell yourself all kinds of things like "well I've already done it once - I may as well enjoy it a few more times before I jump back on NoFap", but with each fap you do from here it gets harder and harder to resist the urges.
You need to get over the intial hump - it only takes a few days - and you'll be back to where you were in no time. Binge, and you'll be right back to where you started.
TL;DR: One fap in 28 days really doesn't set you back too much, but a full-blown binge will put you right back to where you started.
Stay strong!
| NoFap | t5_2skrn | cf0l4ov | Don't worry about it - only one fap in 28 days is an awesome acheivement. There are three steps now that you have to follow:
Don't binge,
Don't binge!!
DON'T BINGE!!!!!
It gets harder from here, and the old urges start to come back more strongly now that your body has been reminded of what it used to feel like, but trust me (I relapsed, and then binged like crazy, when I hit 90 days), you'll tell yourself all kinds of things like "well I've already done it once - I may as well enjoy it a few more times before I jump back on NoFap", but with each fap you do from here it gets harder and harder to resist the urges.
You need to get over the intial hump - it only takes a few days - and you'll be back to where you were in no time. Binge, and you'll be right back to where you started. | One fap in 28 days really doesn't set you back too much, but a full-blown binge will put you right back to where you started.
Stay strong! |
kpxm | Relevant book, [*The New Jim Crow* by Michelle Alexander](
>In the book Alexander deals primarily with the issue of the current mass levels of incarceration in the United States (with 5% of the world's population, the U.S. incarcerates 25% of the world's prisoners)[8] and what she perceives as societal repression of African-American men and, to a lesser degree, Latino men. She discusses the social consequences of various policies for people of color, as well as for the US population as a whole.[9] According to Alexander, the majority of young black men in large American cities are "warehoused in prisons," their labor no longer needed in the globalized economy. Alexander maintains that many young black men, once they are labeled as "felons," become trapped in a second-class status that they find difficult to escape. The conventional point of view holds that discrimination has mostly ended with the Civil rights movement reforms of the 1960s. However, Alexander claims the U.S. criminal justice system uses the “War on Drugs” as a primary tool for enforcing traditional, as well as new, modes of discrimination and repression.[9]
>In an article addressing the status of contemporary African Americans, Alexander said, "The clock has been turned back on racial progress in America, though scarcely anyone seems to notice. All eyes are fixed on people like Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey who have defied the odds and achieved great power, wealth and fame".[10] Alexander sees the masses of ordinary African Americans as being relegated to the status of a "racial caste," even though the official approach to dealing with minorities has been redesigned to avoid explicit use of racial attributes. According to Alexander, forms of "racial control" in the United States evolve as required by changing political circumstances and contemporary standards, with the policies of the current criminal justice system replacing Jim Crow laws, which in turn had replaced slavery. Alexander aims to mobilize the civil rights community to move the incarceration issue to the forefront of its agenda and to provide factual information, data, arguments and a point of reference for those interested in pursuing the issue. Her broader goal is the revamping of the prevailing mentality regarding human rights, equality and equal opportunities in America, to prevent future cyclical recurrence of what she sees as "racial control under changing disguise."[9]
tl;dr: minorities are unfairly incarcerated for drugs, and for profit prisons capitalize on this racist system. | Relevant book, [ The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander](
>In the book Alexander deals primarily with the issue of the current mass levels of incarceration in the United States (with 5% of the world's population, the U.S. incarcerates 25% of the world's prisoners)[8] and what she perceives as societal repression of African-American men and, to a lesser degree, Latino men. She discusses the social consequences of various policies for people of color, as well as for the US population as a whole.[9] According to Alexander, the majority of young black men in large American cities are "warehoused in prisons," their labor no longer needed in the globalized economy. Alexander maintains that many young black men, once they are labeled as "felons," become trapped in a second-class status that they find difficult to escape. The conventional point of view holds that discrimination has mostly ended with the Civil rights movement reforms of the 1960s. However, Alexander claims the U.S. criminal justice system uses the “War on Drugs” as a primary tool for enforcing traditional, as well as new, modes of discrimination and repression.[9]
>In an article addressing the status of contemporary African Americans, Alexander said, "The clock has been turned back on racial progress in America, though scarcely anyone seems to notice. All eyes are fixed on people like Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey who have defied the odds and achieved great power, wealth and fame".[10] Alexander sees the masses of ordinary African Americans as being relegated to the status of a "racial caste," even though the official approach to dealing with minorities has been redesigned to avoid explicit use of racial attributes. According to Alexander, forms of "racial control" in the United States evolve as required by changing political circumstances and contemporary standards, with the policies of the current criminal justice system replacing Jim Crow laws, which in turn had replaced slavery. Alexander aims to mobilize the civil rights community to move the incarceration issue to the forefront of its agenda and to provide factual information, data, arguments and a point of reference for those interested in pursuing the issue. Her broader goal is the revamping of the prevailing mentality regarding human rights, equality and equal opportunities in America, to prevent future cyclical recurrence of what she sees as "racial control under changing disguise."[9]
tl;dr: minorities are unfairly incarcerated for drugs, and for profit prisons capitalize on this racist system.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf0q4py | Relevant book, [ The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander](
>In the book Alexander deals primarily with the issue of the current mass levels of incarceration in the United States (with 5% of the world's population, the U.S. incarcerates 25% of the world's prisoners)[8] and what she perceives as societal repression of African-American men and, to a lesser degree, Latino men. She discusses the social consequences of various policies for people of color, as well as for the US population as a whole.[9] According to Alexander, the majority of young black men in large American cities are "warehoused in prisons," their labor no longer needed in the globalized economy. Alexander maintains that many young black men, once they are labeled as "felons," become trapped in a second-class status that they find difficult to escape. The conventional point of view holds that discrimination has mostly ended with the Civil rights movement reforms of the 1960s. However, Alexander claims the U.S. criminal justice system uses the “War on Drugs” as a primary tool for enforcing traditional, as well as new, modes of discrimination and repression.[9]
>In an article addressing the status of contemporary African Americans, Alexander said, "The clock has been turned back on racial progress in America, though scarcely anyone seems to notice. All eyes are fixed on people like Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey who have defied the odds and achieved great power, wealth and fame".[10] Alexander sees the masses of ordinary African Americans as being relegated to the status of a "racial caste," even though the official approach to dealing with minorities has been redesigned to avoid explicit use of racial attributes. According to Alexander, forms of "racial control" in the United States evolve as required by changing political circumstances and contemporary standards, with the policies of the current criminal justice system replacing Jim Crow laws, which in turn had replaced slavery. Alexander aims to mobilize the civil rights community to move the incarceration issue to the forefront of its agenda and to provide factual information, data, arguments and a point of reference for those interested in pursuing the issue. Her broader goal is the revamping of the prevailing mentality regarding human rights, equality and equal opportunities in America, to prevent future cyclical recurrence of what she sees as "racial control under changing disguise."[9] | minorities are unfairly incarcerated for drugs, and for profit prisons capitalize on this racist system. |
Arcex | I think if you stop taking this for what you want it to be and learn from what it is then you'll all be better off.
This is why art is art, you don't have to make something to please other people as if it doesn't go along with your style. Perhaps this is just the way he likes to do things.
TLDR; Bitch less, learn more. | I think if you stop taking this for what you want it to be and learn from what it is then you'll all be better off.
This is why art is art, you don't have to make something to please other people as if it doesn't go along with your style. Perhaps this is just the way he likes to do things.
TLDR; Bitch less, learn more.
| photography | t5_2qh2a | cf2lp72 | I think if you stop taking this for what you want it to be and learn from what it is then you'll all be better off.
This is why art is art, you don't have to make something to please other people as if it doesn't go along with your style. Perhaps this is just the way he likes to do things. | Bitch less, learn more. |
AC1711 | I love almost all of the content, especially after the reboot now that the plays videos are funny again. I didn't like the 3fgf videos and I am glad that they are gone. The Alpha detective and 101 videos vary, sometimes they are good sometimes they aren't, not really much that can be done about this, just my personal OPINION. My favourites are definitely Little and Cubed and would like to see more collaborations. Also I want to reiterate the point of many other posters here, I wouldn't care if videos weren't daily if that was better for Dan.
TL;DR: Keep up the good work, more collaborations | I love almost all of the content, especially after the reboot now that the plays videos are funny again. I didn't like the 3fgf videos and I am glad that they are gone. The Alpha detective and 101 videos vary, sometimes they are good sometimes they aren't, not really much that can be done about this, just my personal OPINION. My favourites are definitely Little and Cubed and would like to see more collaborations. Also I want to reiterate the point of many other posters here, I wouldn't care if videos weren't daily if that was better for Dan.
TL;DR: Keep up the good work, more collaborations
| nerdcubed | t5_2thfq | cf21iyn | I love almost all of the content, especially after the reboot now that the plays videos are funny again. I didn't like the 3fgf videos and I am glad that they are gone. The Alpha detective and 101 videos vary, sometimes they are good sometimes they aren't, not really much that can be done about this, just my personal OPINION. My favourites are definitely Little and Cubed and would like to see more collaborations. Also I want to reiterate the point of many other posters here, I wouldn't care if videos weren't daily if that was better for Dan. | Keep up the good work, more collaborations |
TheKingK | WARNING: OPINIONS BELOW!
Praise: Dan, you are truly my favourite Youtuber. You were the first Youtuber I seriously got into; the natural flow of comedy felt so unique with the first videos I watched (Spore, Flight Simulators, hell, even Battlefield 3). The only reason why I stayed on Youtube was because of the explosion of content and humour that seeped from your channel. It felt so amazing that your skill to make so many people laugh managed to be transferred from your webcomics to Youtube.
Complaints: Now don't get me wrong, I still love your channel more than any other. I just feel that the series like 101 or Alpha Detective sort of annoy me. I don't think being a reviewer suits you. Trying to charge blindly into a game where any first impression can make you hate it (E.g. Micro-transactions) seems to put me off. Although, don't think that I like Micro-transactions. It's just that being a reviewer means that you have to give the game a chance before making a decision. My other slightly less important (and long) gripe is the fact that sometimes 101's aren't even first impressions.
Overall, Dan you are still great. I understand the comedy-focused videos take a long time to edit, but you don't have to edit them to be funny. Was Spore edited much? No. Was it the funniest thing I've seen? Heck yes! Ultimately, your Youtube channel is in fact, yours to change. Just do what you do best ;)
EXTRA: I do like the fact that you show off Alphas and the like, but just hate the review-y part.
TL;DR - Dan is awesome, just kill off the reviews and 'first impressions' :D
Once again, my opinions. Feel free to disagree with me :D | WARNING: OPINIONS BELOW!
Praise: Dan, you are truly my favourite Youtuber. You were the first Youtuber I seriously got into; the natural flow of comedy felt so unique with the first videos I watched (Spore, Flight Simulators, hell, even Battlefield 3). The only reason why I stayed on Youtube was because of the explosion of content and humour that seeped from your channel. It felt so amazing that your skill to make so many people laugh managed to be transferred from your webcomics to Youtube.
Complaints: Now don't get me wrong, I still love your channel more than any other. I just feel that the series like 101 or Alpha Detective sort of annoy me. I don't think being a reviewer suits you. Trying to charge blindly into a game where any first impression can make you hate it (E.g. Micro-transactions) seems to put me off. Although, don't think that I like Micro-transactions. It's just that being a reviewer means that you have to give the game a chance before making a decision. My other slightly less important (and long) gripe is the fact that sometimes 101's aren't even first impressions.
Overall, Dan you are still great. I understand the comedy-focused videos take a long time to edit, but you don't have to edit them to be funny. Was Spore edited much? No. Was it the funniest thing I've seen? Heck yes! Ultimately, your Youtube channel is in fact, yours to change. Just do what you do best ;)
EXTRA: I do like the fact that you show off Alphas and the like, but just hate the review-y part.
TL;DR - Dan is awesome, just kill off the reviews and 'first impressions' :D
Once again, my opinions. Feel free to disagree with me :D
| nerdcubed | t5_2thfq | cfpktjb | WARNING: OPINIONS BELOW!
Praise: Dan, you are truly my favourite Youtuber. You were the first Youtuber I seriously got into; the natural flow of comedy felt so unique with the first videos I watched (Spore, Flight Simulators, hell, even Battlefield 3). The only reason why I stayed on Youtube was because of the explosion of content and humour that seeped from your channel. It felt so amazing that your skill to make so many people laugh managed to be transferred from your webcomics to Youtube.
Complaints: Now don't get me wrong, I still love your channel more than any other. I just feel that the series like 101 or Alpha Detective sort of annoy me. I don't think being a reviewer suits you. Trying to charge blindly into a game where any first impression can make you hate it (E.g. Micro-transactions) seems to put me off. Although, don't think that I like Micro-transactions. It's just that being a reviewer means that you have to give the game a chance before making a decision. My other slightly less important (and long) gripe is the fact that sometimes 101's aren't even first impressions.
Overall, Dan you are still great. I understand the comedy-focused videos take a long time to edit, but you don't have to edit them to be funny. Was Spore edited much? No. Was it the funniest thing I've seen? Heck yes! Ultimately, your Youtube channel is in fact, yours to change. Just do what you do best ;)
EXTRA: I do like the fact that you show off Alphas and the like, but just hate the review-y part. | Dan is awesome, just kill off the reviews and 'first impressions' :D
Once again, my opinions. Feel free to disagree with me :D |
sono21 | The darts are space capable as mentioned earlier...we know that escape velocity is around 11,000 m/s or Mach 32. F-35s and F-22s carry AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for air to air combat which have a top speed of Mach 2.5. I'm going to assume that if a F-22 managed to lock on and fire the dart would simply accelerate to evade the missile. They could launch the jets if they wanted to distract the darts but I doubt they could have made any impact other than a distraction.
Tl;dr Darts are far more advanced than any fighter jet we have and it would be a horribly lopsided battle. | The darts are space capable as mentioned earlier...we know that escape velocity is around 11,000 m/s or Mach 32. F-35s and F-22s carry AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for air to air combat which have a top speed of Mach 2.5. I'm going to assume that if a F-22 managed to lock on and fire the dart would simply accelerate to evade the missile. They could launch the jets if they wanted to distract the darts but I doubt they could have made any impact other than a distraction.
Tl;dr Darts are far more advanced than any fighter jet we have and it would be a horribly lopsided battle.
| Stargate | t5_2qhar | cf2dfpx | The darts are space capable as mentioned earlier...we know that escape velocity is around 11,000 m/s or Mach 32. F-35s and F-22s carry AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles for air to air combat which have a top speed of Mach 2.5. I'm going to assume that if a F-22 managed to lock on and fire the dart would simply accelerate to evade the missile. They could launch the jets if they wanted to distract the darts but I doubt they could have made any impact other than a distraction. | Darts are far more advanced than any fighter jet we have and it would be a horribly lopsided battle. |
annihilus813 | Your landlord cannot prevent a recognized 'common carrier' from entering the building to provide telephone/internet/cable services.
Your landlord can, however, make it so difficult and annoying that the common carrier doesn't care to be bothered.
That question may depend on the number of units in the building and whether they are receiving a lot of demand from those units.
Finally, RCN is only available in a relatively limited part of Astoria (typically by Ditmars). You should check whether RCN is even available at your address before you make waves.
TL;DR: You're probably stuck with TWC. | Your landlord cannot prevent a recognized 'common carrier' from entering the building to provide telephone/internet/cable services.
Your landlord can, however, make it so difficult and annoying that the common carrier doesn't care to be bothered.
That question may depend on the number of units in the building and whether they are receiving a lot of demand from those units.
Finally, RCN is only available in a relatively limited part of Astoria (typically by Ditmars). You should check whether RCN is even available at your address before you make waves.
TL;DR: You're probably stuck with TWC.
| astoria | t5_2rbi1 | cf23t1l | Your landlord cannot prevent a recognized 'common carrier' from entering the building to provide telephone/internet/cable services.
Your landlord can, however, make it so difficult and annoying that the common carrier doesn't care to be bothered.
That question may depend on the number of units in the building and whether they are receiving a lot of demand from those units.
Finally, RCN is only available in a relatively limited part of Astoria (typically by Ditmars). You should check whether RCN is even available at your address before you make waves. | You're probably stuck with TWC. |
UnBoundRedditor | To all the guys/girls saying, "Just Ask" , "You have nothing to lose"
Bullshit. I've made things incredibly awkward with some girls that I wanted to be more than friends with. Because of me "Just asking" she slowed communication down to once a week from every hour. She behaves differently and that also changed who she is around me. Its not fair.
I'm an extremely confident guy. I will talk to someone new and take chances but when it is someone I know (like best friend) fuck that.
Real Life Example: I asked this girl to military ball, we weren't really good friends but since then we became really really good friends. She said she enjoys talking to me and what not. She had a blast at military ball and and a couple nights later she asks if I want to go and see the new Hunger games. I said hell yeah. All her friends said they thought we were cute and that it really really seemed like she liked me. Fast forward to after the movie she didn't make any moves and neither did I because I truly didn't know how she felt. I can't stand not knowing if I messed up so I "Just ask" and she says that she doesn't plan on dating anytime soon and that she rather be friends. Fast forward again 1 week later and we hardly talk and slightly awkward.
It was a relief to find out yes, but in the long run I great friendship that both of us enjoyed got majorily downgraded.
**TL:DR** Sometimes the risk is not worth ruining something that makes you happy. Just asking doesn't make things better and there is something lost. | To all the guys/girls saying, "Just Ask" , "You have nothing to lose"
Bullshit. I've made things incredibly awkward with some girls that I wanted to be more than friends with. Because of me "Just asking" she slowed communication down to once a week from every hour. She behaves differently and that also changed who she is around me. Its not fair.
I'm an extremely confident guy. I will talk to someone new and take chances but when it is someone I know (like best friend) fuck that.
Real Life Example: I asked this girl to military ball, we weren't really good friends but since then we became really really good friends. She said she enjoys talking to me and what not. She had a blast at military ball and and a couple nights later she asks if I want to go and see the new Hunger games. I said hell yeah. All her friends said they thought we were cute and that it really really seemed like she liked me. Fast forward to after the movie she didn't make any moves and neither did I because I truly didn't know how she felt. I can't stand not knowing if I messed up so I "Just ask" and she says that she doesn't plan on dating anytime soon and that she rather be friends. Fast forward again 1 week later and we hardly talk and slightly awkward.
It was a relief to find out yes, but in the long run I great friendship that both of us enjoyed got majorily downgraded.
TL:DR Sometimes the risk is not worth ruining something that makes you happy. Just asking doesn't make things better and there is something lost.
| AskMen | t5_2s30g | cf2ozf4 | To all the guys/girls saying, "Just Ask" , "You have nothing to lose"
Bullshit. I've made things incredibly awkward with some girls that I wanted to be more than friends with. Because of me "Just asking" she slowed communication down to once a week from every hour. She behaves differently and that also changed who she is around me. Its not fair.
I'm an extremely confident guy. I will talk to someone new and take chances but when it is someone I know (like best friend) fuck that.
Real Life Example: I asked this girl to military ball, we weren't really good friends but since then we became really really good friends. She said she enjoys talking to me and what not. She had a blast at military ball and and a couple nights later she asks if I want to go and see the new Hunger games. I said hell yeah. All her friends said they thought we were cute and that it really really seemed like she liked me. Fast forward to after the movie she didn't make any moves and neither did I because I truly didn't know how she felt. I can't stand not knowing if I messed up so I "Just ask" and she says that she doesn't plan on dating anytime soon and that she rather be friends. Fast forward again 1 week later and we hardly talk and slightly awkward.
It was a relief to find out yes, but in the long run I great friendship that both of us enjoyed got majorily downgraded. | Sometimes the risk is not worth ruining something that makes you happy. Just asking doesn't make things better and there is something lost. |
mudra311 | >Sometimes the risk is not worth ruining something that makes you happy.
Honestly, I disagree. Having her as just a friend when you want more is like torturing yourself. You might be *content* with the friendship, but I doubt you'll be truly happy. Hell, over time, that might change - but if you have feelings for her I would avoid being friends.
You made a decent move. I would have just gone in for the kiss after the movie. You have nothing to lose really. There are plenty of women out there and you'll get over her pretty quick if she rejects you. In my experience, women who ask you out and are willing to spend one on one time with you are testing you out for date material. Each women has a different test with different answers. Sometimes you just have to go for it and hope for the best.
tl;dr - If she rejects you, cut your losses and call it a day. No sense in pretending to be only interested in a friendship when you want more. | >Sometimes the risk is not worth ruining something that makes you happy.
Honestly, I disagree. Having her as just a friend when you want more is like torturing yourself. You might be content with the friendship, but I doubt you'll be truly happy. Hell, over time, that might change - but if you have feelings for her I would avoid being friends.
You made a decent move. I would have just gone in for the kiss after the movie. You have nothing to lose really. There are plenty of women out there and you'll get over her pretty quick if she rejects you. In my experience, women who ask you out and are willing to spend one on one time with you are testing you out for date material. Each women has a different test with different answers. Sometimes you just have to go for it and hope for the best.
tl;dr - If she rejects you, cut your losses and call it a day. No sense in pretending to be only interested in a friendship when you want more.
| AskMen | t5_2s30g | cf2xvzh | Sometimes the risk is not worth ruining something that makes you happy.
Honestly, I disagree. Having her as just a friend when you want more is like torturing yourself. You might be content with the friendship, but I doubt you'll be truly happy. Hell, over time, that might change - but if you have feelings for her I would avoid being friends.
You made a decent move. I would have just gone in for the kiss after the movie. You have nothing to lose really. There are plenty of women out there and you'll get over her pretty quick if she rejects you. In my experience, women who ask you out and are willing to spend one on one time with you are testing you out for date material. Each women has a different test with different answers. Sometimes you just have to go for it and hope for the best. | If she rejects you, cut your losses and call it a day. No sense in pretending to be only interested in a friendship when you want more. |
bsrk7 | Yeah, I had a good thing going with a guy from Grindr too. I'm on his way to his house, stop at a drugstore, and text him that I'm picking up condoms and ask what kind he has (I'm avoiding latex).
After 5 minutes of no response I'm like, "Hello?"
He finally answers, "I don't use condoms. I'm disease free as you should be." At which point I fucking lose it (I guess he planned on us taking eachother's word for it). I tell him that I won't be doing any anal then because I refuse to bareback and he gives me this lame lie about how he can't keep it up with a condom on.
Nothing like, "okay, well we can do things other than anal," or anything. Some guys are all anal bareback or nothing and they won't breathe a word of it until you're alone at their house in Pontiac or until you force their hand.
So I said, "Sorry to hear that," and never spoke to him again.
I put "condoms only" on my profile after that, and he put "no drama or bullshit" on his. Just an fyi on what these creeps think is "drama and bullshit".
The quality of matches I've gotten has improved since changing my profile.
Tl;dr: If they're avoiding the subject, force their hand. Ask what kind of condoms they use. There's no backing out of that question. Also, put "condoms only" on your profile. Saves everyone a lot of time and "drama". | Yeah, I had a good thing going with a guy from Grindr too. I'm on his way to his house, stop at a drugstore, and text him that I'm picking up condoms and ask what kind he has (I'm avoiding latex).
After 5 minutes of no response I'm like, "Hello?"
He finally answers, "I don't use condoms. I'm disease free as you should be." At which point I fucking lose it (I guess he planned on us taking eachother's word for it). I tell him that I won't be doing any anal then because I refuse to bareback and he gives me this lame lie about how he can't keep it up with a condom on.
Nothing like, "okay, well we can do things other than anal," or anything. Some guys are all anal bareback or nothing and they won't breathe a word of it until you're alone at their house in Pontiac or until you force their hand.
So I said, "Sorry to hear that," and never spoke to him again.
I put "condoms only" on my profile after that, and he put "no drama or bullshit" on his. Just an fyi on what these creeps think is "drama and bullshit".
The quality of matches I've gotten has improved since changing my profile.
Tl;dr: If they're avoiding the subject, force their hand. Ask what kind of condoms they use. There's no backing out of that question. Also, put "condoms only" on your profile. Saves everyone a lot of time and "drama".
| askgaybros | t5_2vgfw | cf2quwz | Yeah, I had a good thing going with a guy from Grindr too. I'm on his way to his house, stop at a drugstore, and text him that I'm picking up condoms and ask what kind he has (I'm avoiding latex).
After 5 minutes of no response I'm like, "Hello?"
He finally answers, "I don't use condoms. I'm disease free as you should be." At which point I fucking lose it (I guess he planned on us taking eachother's word for it). I tell him that I won't be doing any anal then because I refuse to bareback and he gives me this lame lie about how he can't keep it up with a condom on.
Nothing like, "okay, well we can do things other than anal," or anything. Some guys are all anal bareback or nothing and they won't breathe a word of it until you're alone at their house in Pontiac or until you force their hand.
So I said, "Sorry to hear that," and never spoke to him again.
I put "condoms only" on my profile after that, and he put "no drama or bullshit" on his. Just an fyi on what these creeps think is "drama and bullshit".
The quality of matches I've gotten has improved since changing my profile. | If they're avoiding the subject, force their hand. Ask what kind of condoms they use. There's no backing out of that question. Also, put "condoms only" on your profile. Saves everyone a lot of time and "drama". |
SUCK_MY_VOMIT | Anti-theism is mainly about expressing the idea that religion is harmful in many ways, and focuses on simply being against theism. For example, I feel that religion is harmful towards the lives of people when gay marriage is forbidden by many fundamentalists, which would make me an anti-theist. Do I hate religious people? Absolutely not, unless they are assholes. Do I disagree with religion being a virtue free of criticism? Absolutely, but it doesn't mean that I will attack religious people or their beliefs unwarranted. I understand that many good, non-bigoted people really enjoy religion, and I am not someone to take that away from them or act superior to them. Just like everything that has a community, there are assholes. Please don't automatically assume every anti-theist is an asshole just because of some outspoken brats.
TL;DR: Lots of anti-theists are jerks but not all of us | Anti-theism is mainly about expressing the idea that religion is harmful in many ways, and focuses on simply being against theism. For example, I feel that religion is harmful towards the lives of people when gay marriage is forbidden by many fundamentalists, which would make me an anti-theist. Do I hate religious people? Absolutely not, unless they are assholes. Do I disagree with religion being a virtue free of criticism? Absolutely, but it doesn't mean that I will attack religious people or their beliefs unwarranted. I understand that many good, non-bigoted people really enjoy religion, and I am not someone to take that away from them or act superior to them. Just like everything that has a community, there are assholes. Please don't automatically assume every anti-theist is an asshole just because of some outspoken brats.
TL;DR: Lots of anti-theists are jerks but not all of us
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf37q3j | Anti-theism is mainly about expressing the idea that religion is harmful in many ways, and focuses on simply being against theism. For example, I feel that religion is harmful towards the lives of people when gay marriage is forbidden by many fundamentalists, which would make me an anti-theist. Do I hate religious people? Absolutely not, unless they are assholes. Do I disagree with religion being a virtue free of criticism? Absolutely, but it doesn't mean that I will attack religious people or their beliefs unwarranted. I understand that many good, non-bigoted people really enjoy religion, and I am not someone to take that away from them or act superior to them. Just like everything that has a community, there are assholes. Please don't automatically assume every anti-theist is an asshole just because of some outspoken brats. | Lots of anti-theists are jerks but not all of us |
shArkh | I would render each & every human being on this planet unable to physically act on any notion of selfishness, hatred or cruelty, unto the point whereby the prevention is no longer needed & ceases, because they simply stopped thinking about it.
Think about it. You go to cut someone up? You just can't do it, your *conscience* won't let you. You go to cut someone? Same. Man, I hate that gay/muslim/xtian, I'll sure give him a piece of my mind- and nothing comes out of your mouth. I'll take that huge bonus this year and fire a bunch of workers... well you know, that'd be shitty, nah. Raises for everyone! Well, we could start a war over here for X reasons, but... you know what? I hear that stem cell research could use more funding. Oh, and melt those tanks down for materiel, we've got some renewable power systems to build!
Every single problem solved within a few years or less, tyvm, I'll be signing autographs over here~
tl;dr - I'd give everyone a conscience they were physically incapable of ignoring. | I would render each & every human being on this planet unable to physically act on any notion of selfishness, hatred or cruelty, unto the point whereby the prevention is no longer needed & ceases, because they simply stopped thinking about it.
Think about it. You go to cut someone up? You just can't do it, your conscience won't let you. You go to cut someone? Same. Man, I hate that gay/muslim/xtian, I'll sure give him a piece of my mind- and nothing comes out of your mouth. I'll take that huge bonus this year and fire a bunch of workers... well you know, that'd be shitty, nah. Raises for everyone! Well, we could start a war over here for X reasons, but... you know what? I hear that stem cell research could use more funding. Oh, and melt those tanks down for materiel, we've got some renewable power systems to build!
Every single problem solved within a few years or less, tyvm, I'll be signing autographs over here~
tl;dr - I'd give everyone a conscience they were physically incapable of ignoring.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf2qlas | I would render each & every human being on this planet unable to physically act on any notion of selfishness, hatred or cruelty, unto the point whereby the prevention is no longer needed & ceases, because they simply stopped thinking about it.
Think about it. You go to cut someone up? You just can't do it, your conscience won't let you. You go to cut someone? Same. Man, I hate that gay/muslim/xtian, I'll sure give him a piece of my mind- and nothing comes out of your mouth. I'll take that huge bonus this year and fire a bunch of workers... well you know, that'd be shitty, nah. Raises for everyone! Well, we could start a war over here for X reasons, but... you know what? I hear that stem cell research could use more funding. Oh, and melt those tanks down for materiel, we've got some renewable power systems to build!
Every single problem solved within a few years or less, tyvm, I'll be signing autographs over here~ | I'd give everyone a conscience they were physically incapable of ignoring. |
Samp98518 | Make Pokemon real, and everybody gets a starter. I would then wait atop a mountain, sitting upon Arceus, and battle the strongest of trainers, for the right to take my place as God. If somebody manages to defeat me, I shall be reborn in a 10 year old beginning his journey, and the process would repeat.
TL:DR - Pokemanz | Make Pokemon real, and everybody gets a starter. I would then wait atop a mountain, sitting upon Arceus, and battle the strongest of trainers, for the right to take my place as God. If somebody manages to defeat me, I shall be reborn in a 10 year old beginning his journey, and the process would repeat.
TL:DR - Pokemanz
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf331qp | Make Pokemon real, and everybody gets a starter. I would then wait atop a mountain, sitting upon Arceus, and battle the strongest of trainers, for the right to take my place as God. If somebody manages to defeat me, I shall be reborn in a 10 year old beginning his journey, and the process would repeat. | Pokemanz |
Nomad426 | I would create mystic portals that would transport people to alternate realities based off various movies tv shows and video games. To enter you had to sing praise to the hypno toad for a fortnight.
TL;DR want to go super saiyan praise hypno toad. | I would create mystic portals that would transport people to alternate realities based off various movies tv shows and video games. To enter you had to sing praise to the hypno toad for a fortnight.
TL;DR want to go super saiyan praise hypno toad.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf36jh1 | I would create mystic portals that would transport people to alternate realities based off various movies tv shows and video games. To enter you had to sing praise to the hypno toad for a fortnight. | want to go super saiyan praise hypno toad. |
portugalthephilosoph | "Mr. Obama" is considered an adequate way to refer to the President.
>The 1787 Constitution of the United States did not specify the manner of address for the chief executive. When George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States in 1789, he initially used the style, "His High Mightiness, the President of the United States and Protector of their Liberties," a title elaborated by the Joint Congressional Committee on titles over the course of a month. Critics charged that it smacked of monarchy. Washington consented to the demands of James Madison and the United States House of Representatives that the title be altered to "Mr. President." The first Vice President of the United States and the second President, John Adams, felt the title showed too little deference and lacked prestige, but he was unsuccessful in replacing it
Also, "Chief of State" is not a title held by the President. The President of the United States has 7 official titles (referred to as the "hats he wears"):
* Chief Executive
* Head of State
* Commander in Chief
* Director of Foreign Policy
* Party Chief
* Economic Guardian
* Legislative Leader
None of these is Chief of State.
TL;DR: You're right. Titles matter. So get them straight and stop ostracizing people that do. | "Mr. Obama" is considered an adequate way to refer to the President.
>The 1787 Constitution of the United States did not specify the manner of address for the chief executive. When George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States in 1789, he initially used the style, "His High Mightiness, the President of the United States and Protector of their Liberties," a title elaborated by the Joint Congressional Committee on titles over the course of a month. Critics charged that it smacked of monarchy. Washington consented to the demands of James Madison and the United States House of Representatives that the title be altered to "Mr. President." The first Vice President of the United States and the second President, John Adams, felt the title showed too little deference and lacked prestige, but he was unsuccessful in replacing it
Also, "Chief of State" is not a title held by the President. The President of the United States has 7 official titles (referred to as the "hats he wears"):
Chief Executive
Head of State
Commander in Chief
Director of Foreign Policy
Party Chief
Economic Guardian
Legislative Leader
None of these is Chief of State.
TL;DR: You're right. Titles matter. So get them straight and stop ostracizing people that do.
| politics | t5_2cneq | cf3xfy2 | Mr. Obama" is considered an adequate way to refer to the President.
>The 1787 Constitution of the United States did not specify the manner of address for the chief executive. When George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States in 1789, he initially used the style, "His High Mightiness, the President of the United States and Protector of their Liberties," a title elaborated by the Joint Congressional Committee on titles over the course of a month. Critics charged that it smacked of monarchy. Washington consented to the demands of James Madison and the United States House of Representatives that the title be altered to "Mr. President." The first Vice President of the United States and the second President, John Adams, felt the title showed too little deference and lacked prestige, but he was unsuccessful in replacing it
Also, "Chief of State" is not a title held by the President. The President of the United States has 7 official titles (referred to as the "hats he wears"):
Chief Executive
Head of State
Commander in Chief
Director of Foreign Policy
Party Chief
Economic Guardian
Legislative Leader
None of these is Chief of State. | You're right. Titles matter. So get them straight and stop ostracizing people that do. |
shinypenny01 | If you do not plan to open any more cards I would not cancel any of them, just downgrade all of them to free. One card each with three difference issuing banks is not a lot when it comes to your credit score. Building a credit score with three long lived cards is a good way to go, then if you open a new credit card down the line it will impact your average age of accounts less.
The only reason you should consider leaving them as CCs with annual fees is if you can do the math and work out that you will get enough extra miles/perks to make up the difference. I think the CSP is $95 a year, do you make that much a year off the card *more* than the basic Chase Freedom would provide you? If you are splitting your spending between three cards it seems unlikely. If you want help you need to tell us a little more about your spending patterns. How much do you spend per month on each card, how many points are you earning, how many of the card perks are you using?
**TLDR:** Why pay for something you can get for free. | If you do not plan to open any more cards I would not cancel any of them, just downgrade all of them to free. One card each with three difference issuing banks is not a lot when it comes to your credit score. Building a credit score with three long lived cards is a good way to go, then if you open a new credit card down the line it will impact your average age of accounts less.
The only reason you should consider leaving them as CCs with annual fees is if you can do the math and work out that you will get enough extra miles/perks to make up the difference. I think the CSP is $95 a year, do you make that much a year off the card more than the basic Chase Freedom would provide you? If you are splitting your spending between three cards it seems unlikely. If you want help you need to tell us a little more about your spending patterns. How much do you spend per month on each card, how many points are you earning, how many of the card perks are you using?
TLDR: Why pay for something you can get for free.
| churning | t5_2vrf0 | cf2s9xb | If you do not plan to open any more cards I would not cancel any of them, just downgrade all of them to free. One card each with three difference issuing banks is not a lot when it comes to your credit score. Building a credit score with three long lived cards is a good way to go, then if you open a new credit card down the line it will impact your average age of accounts less.
The only reason you should consider leaving them as CCs with annual fees is if you can do the math and work out that you will get enough extra miles/perks to make up the difference. I think the CSP is $95 a year, do you make that much a year off the card more than the basic Chase Freedom would provide you? If you are splitting your spending between three cards it seems unlikely. If you want help you need to tell us a little more about your spending patterns. How much do you spend per month on each card, how many points are you earning, how many of the card perks are you using? | Why pay for something you can get for free. |
mex_loco | Free forever on the DS that you download it on..
its not like steam/psn/xbox where you download to your account and can re-download wherever you sign in...
Nintendo is locked by Hardware and not account.
hope it makes sense..
TL:DR - you download, you own and play forever | Free forever on the DS that you download it on..
its not like steam/psn/xbox where you download to your account and can re-download wherever you sign in...
Nintendo is locked by Hardware and not account.
hope it makes sense..
TL:DR - you download, you own and play forever
| zelda | t5_2r61g | cf2v7cs | Free forever on the DS that you download it on..
its not like steam/psn/xbox where you download to your account and can re-download wherever you sign in...
Nintendo is locked by Hardware and not account.
hope it makes sense.. | you download, you own and play forever |
CrackheadHamster | >What of Art and Literature and Religion and Conversation and Saving the World?
I think TRP ideas, are in a large part compensation for feeling like you don't have a lot going on. They substitute actual real world accomplishments with artificial evolutionary accomplishments (sleeping with a lot of women) because theoretically this means they are capable of passing on their genetics which to them is the only greatest and most measurable accomplishment. They don't seem to realize that as humans we have developed so much in society and medicine that almost everyone is capable of having a few kids, while it's still an honor and privilege to be able to contribute to society in a great way. But they also take up the achievements of mankind as proof that men are responsible for everything and therefore any individual man is better than any individual woman, and simply feeling inherently better than women is enough for personal satisfaction.
TLDR: I know, right? | >What of Art and Literature and Religion and Conversation and Saving the World?
I think TRP ideas, are in a large part compensation for feeling like you don't have a lot going on. They substitute actual real world accomplishments with artificial evolutionary accomplishments (sleeping with a lot of women) because theoretically this means they are capable of passing on their genetics which to them is the only greatest and most measurable accomplishment. They don't seem to realize that as humans we have developed so much in society and medicine that almost everyone is capable of having a few kids, while it's still an honor and privilege to be able to contribute to society in a great way. But they also take up the achievements of mankind as proof that men are responsible for everything and therefore any individual man is better than any individual woman, and simply feeling inherently better than women is enough for personal satisfaction.
TLDR: I know, right?
| TheBluePill | t5_2vzvv | cf34j1i | What of Art and Literature and Religion and Conversation and Saving the World?
I think TRP ideas, are in a large part compensation for feeling like you don't have a lot going on. They substitute actual real world accomplishments with artificial evolutionary accomplishments (sleeping with a lot of women) because theoretically this means they are capable of passing on their genetics which to them is the only greatest and most measurable accomplishment. They don't seem to realize that as humans we have developed so much in society and medicine that almost everyone is capable of having a few kids, while it's still an honor and privilege to be able to contribute to society in a great way. But they also take up the achievements of mankind as proof that men are responsible for everything and therefore any individual man is better than any individual woman, and simply feeling inherently better than women is enough for personal satisfaction. | I know, right? |
Mazetron | I don't know about Titanium, but I use ObjC and Xcode. There is no "resolution" setting for projects. From the programmer's side, the screen is measured in *points*, not *pixels*. Apple does this to make it easier to support both retina and non-retina devices. On a retina device, one point is two pixels, but on a non retina device, one point is one pixel. That way, the same coordinates will correspond to the same physical distance on any device but the retina device will show more pixels. You use the same code for both retina and non-retina devices, measurements for distances, so in that sense there is no such thing as "developing for retina". When people say that, they mean their artwork is retina sized.
**tl/dr** If you are making images based on retina sizes, each of your pixels is half of a programmer's point. That means when you give the programmers measurements based on your retina sized images, you have to divide by two. | I don't know about Titanium, but I use ObjC and Xcode. There is no "resolution" setting for projects. From the programmer's side, the screen is measured in points , not pixels . Apple does this to make it easier to support both retina and non-retina devices. On a retina device, one point is two pixels, but on a non retina device, one point is one pixel. That way, the same coordinates will correspond to the same physical distance on any device but the retina device will show more pixels. You use the same code for both retina and non-retina devices, measurements for distances, so in that sense there is no such thing as "developing for retina". When people say that, they mean their artwork is retina sized.
tl/dr If you are making images based on retina sizes, each of your pixels is half of a programmer's point. That means when you give the programmers measurements based on your retina sized images, you have to divide by two.
| iOSProgramming | t5_2s61a | cf34nlk | I don't know about Titanium, but I use ObjC and Xcode. There is no "resolution" setting for projects. From the programmer's side, the screen is measured in points , not pixels . Apple does this to make it easier to support both retina and non-retina devices. On a retina device, one point is two pixels, but on a non retina device, one point is one pixel. That way, the same coordinates will correspond to the same physical distance on any device but the retina device will show more pixels. You use the same code for both retina and non-retina devices, measurements for distances, so in that sense there is no such thing as "developing for retina". When people say that, they mean their artwork is retina sized. | If you are making images based on retina sizes, each of your pixels is half of a programmer's point. That means when you give the programmers measurements based on your retina sized images, you have to divide by two. |
AndreTheGiENT | Well, you completely lost me at "What are you doing that pandora cant do". Pandora has no idea what is happening at any given party, room, situation and has no personal connection with the people there. A DJ can read a room and effect the mood based on what is going on. I would think that someone who (apparently) likes music as much as you would know that a physical person choosing music has a MUCH better chance at playing better music for each specific party than some stupid app. Thats the problem with people today, they turn on Pandora and look up "EDM BIGGEST DROPS" and its like they are completely blown away by the bass wobbles. People need to smarten up.
tl;dr Dj's are ALWAYS better than an app. | Well, you completely lost me at "What are you doing that pandora cant do". Pandora has no idea what is happening at any given party, room, situation and has no personal connection with the people there. A DJ can read a room and effect the mood based on what is going on. I would think that someone who (apparently) likes music as much as you would know that a physical person choosing music has a MUCH better chance at playing better music for each specific party than some stupid app. Thats the problem with people today, they turn on Pandora and look up "EDM BIGGEST DROPS" and its like they are completely blown away by the bass wobbles. People need to smarten up.
tl;dr Dj's are ALWAYS better than an app.
| vinyl | t5_2qh7i | cf37i2x | Well, you completely lost me at "What are you doing that pandora cant do". Pandora has no idea what is happening at any given party, room, situation and has no personal connection with the people there. A DJ can read a room and effect the mood based on what is going on. I would think that someone who (apparently) likes music as much as you would know that a physical person choosing music has a MUCH better chance at playing better music for each specific party than some stupid app. Thats the problem with people today, they turn on Pandora and look up "EDM BIGGEST DROPS" and its like they are completely blown away by the bass wobbles. People need to smarten up. | Dj's are ALWAYS better than an app. |
nadapadawan1 | Power Zeri + Unity on that Zeri = Kindra does nothing :D
Real talk though, Kindra isn't too op, she just operates off of ANYONE on her team getting kills, so you have to play to that type of gameplay and not do stuff that gives her resets. She has pretty simple counters and such. It reminds me of the old "voluc is stupid op" talk earlier in the beta. She has counters, you just have to use them. Stasis, Bastion, Blink, Wither, Deflect, Unity, Zeri, Viyana, Moya, etc.
TL;DR- No, she isn't op, you just have to play right. | Power Zeri + Unity on that Zeri = Kindra does nothing :D
Real talk though, Kindra isn't too op, she just operates off of ANYONE on her team getting kills, so you have to play to that type of gameplay and not do stuff that gives her resets. She has pretty simple counters and such. It reminds me of the old "voluc is stupid op" talk earlier in the beta. She has counters, you just have to use them. Stasis, Bastion, Blink, Wither, Deflect, Unity, Zeri, Viyana, Moya, etc.
TL;DR- No, she isn't op, you just have to play right.
| dawngate | t5_2x9kd | cf3b8gg | Power Zeri + Unity on that Zeri = Kindra does nothing :D
Real talk though, Kindra isn't too op, she just operates off of ANYONE on her team getting kills, so you have to play to that type of gameplay and not do stuff that gives her resets. She has pretty simple counters and such. It reminds me of the old "voluc is stupid op" talk earlier in the beta. She has counters, you just have to use them. Stasis, Bastion, Blink, Wither, Deflect, Unity, Zeri, Viyana, Moya, etc. | No, she isn't op, you just have to play right. |
wineandcatlady | I cry a lot. I cry when I'm sad, happy, mad, it's windy out. I cry when somebody tries taking my order too fast and I feel rushed. I cry when I see cute animals or when I'm eating spicy food.
TL;DR I am an emotional wreck 24/7. | I cry a lot. I cry when I'm sad, happy, mad, it's windy out. I cry when somebody tries taking my order too fast and I feel rushed. I cry when I see cute animals or when I'm eating spicy food.
TL;DR I am an emotional wreck 24/7.
| AskWomen | t5_2rxrw | cf44rit | I cry a lot. I cry when I'm sad, happy, mad, it's windy out. I cry when somebody tries taking my order too fast and I feel rushed. I cry when I see cute animals or when I'm eating spicy food. | I am an emotional wreck 24/7. |
Riquun | its all very subjective and server based. To really get going and dirty with it, there are other factors that contribute to "profitable"
wowprospecter.com will show you if its poriftable to shuffle, but it doesnt take into account other gold makers, people that just play the AH all day every day (or close to it). im on a med pop server, for now, and each market has people that more or less dominate their markets, if someone decides one day, im gonna start this shuffle and sell some stuff and make some gold. while its possible, its unlikey if you are steppingon the toes of an established gold marker. they simple wont let you make money and force you out.
This is the biggest thing i try to teach people when they ask, numbers on a spread sheet are a very good source of information, but thats all it is information, not answers.
the shuffle is a good way to set your selfup to make some gold, but may not be the best method of doing so. just all depends on your server and the players on it.
easy way to check this, TUJ. type in item and see how many are for sell, if there is a ton being sold by 1 person for several days in a row, most likley this person is doing what you're thinking about doing.
TL;DR - do some research to see if the shuffle will actually make you money and the items are sellable. you're not the only people doing the shuffle after all :) | its all very subjective and server based. To really get going and dirty with it, there are other factors that contribute to "profitable"
wowprospecter.com will show you if its poriftable to shuffle, but it doesnt take into account other gold makers, people that just play the AH all day every day (or close to it). im on a med pop server, for now, and each market has people that more or less dominate their markets, if someone decides one day, im gonna start this shuffle and sell some stuff and make some gold. while its possible, its unlikey if you are steppingon the toes of an established gold marker. they simple wont let you make money and force you out.
This is the biggest thing i try to teach people when they ask, numbers on a spread sheet are a very good source of information, but thats all it is information, not answers.
the shuffle is a good way to set your selfup to make some gold, but may not be the best method of doing so. just all depends on your server and the players on it.
easy way to check this, TUJ. type in item and see how many are for sell, if there is a ton being sold by 1 person for several days in a row, most likley this person is doing what you're thinking about doing.
TL;DR - do some research to see if the shuffle will actually make you money and the items are sellable. you're not the only people doing the shuffle after all :)
| woweconomy | t5_2v9u2 | cf5z3j2 | its all very subjective and server based. To really get going and dirty with it, there are other factors that contribute to "profitable"
wowprospecter.com will show you if its poriftable to shuffle, but it doesnt take into account other gold makers, people that just play the AH all day every day (or close to it). im on a med pop server, for now, and each market has people that more or less dominate their markets, if someone decides one day, im gonna start this shuffle and sell some stuff and make some gold. while its possible, its unlikey if you are steppingon the toes of an established gold marker. they simple wont let you make money and force you out.
This is the biggest thing i try to teach people when they ask, numbers on a spread sheet are a very good source of information, but thats all it is information, not answers.
the shuffle is a good way to set your selfup to make some gold, but may not be the best method of doing so. just all depends on your server and the players on it.
easy way to check this, TUJ. type in item and see how many are for sell, if there is a ton being sold by 1 person for several days in a row, most likley this person is doing what you're thinking about doing. | do some research to see if the shuffle will actually make you money and the items are sellable. you're not the only people doing the shuffle after all :) |
Gus-Man | There is a lot more than just sight reading going on here.
1)This dude is a ragtime pianist. He knows the ins and outs and the characteristics of ragtime music instinctively the same way you and I know how to brush our teeth.
2) This song was heavily inspired from the ragtime style. (I just woke up but here's a source from a midi website: so while initially, the thought of getting a ragtime pianist to play video game music sounds far fetched. It's not much different from getting a car mechanic to service your motorcycle.
3) Music from this 8bit chip tune era had to be very cleverly written to be deceptively complex. the original sound chips in consoles couldn't handle playing more than a few notes at a time. So composers had to work around that and create songs where not a whole lot was going on at once. That's why the ragtime style worked so well for this. While there's a lot happening horizontally (over time) there's never more than three or four notes played at any one time.
I don't mean to discredit this guy because he is really awesome and he does indeed sight read like a fucking boss. I just want to point out that a lot more goes into music mastery than just being able to identify what notes are on the page. That said, sight reading is really an important skill if you have anything to do with sheet music in a regular basis. It's one of the few skills that is entirely 100% learnable. In an industry where most people claim you need to have been born with some kind of talent, no one seems to argue that some people just can't learn to read music.
Okay. Rant over. Sorry for the WAT
Tl;Dr: this dude is awesome but it's not just sought reading. | There is a lot more than just sight reading going on here.
1)This dude is a ragtime pianist. He knows the ins and outs and the characteristics of ragtime music instinctively the same way you and I know how to brush our teeth.
2) This song was heavily inspired from the ragtime style. (I just woke up but here's a source from a midi website: so while initially, the thought of getting a ragtime pianist to play video game music sounds far fetched. It's not much different from getting a car mechanic to service your motorcycle.
3) Music from this 8bit chip tune era had to be very cleverly written to be deceptively complex. the original sound chips in consoles couldn't handle playing more than a few notes at a time. So composers had to work around that and create songs where not a whole lot was going on at once. That's why the ragtime style worked so well for this. While there's a lot happening horizontally (over time) there's never more than three or four notes played at any one time.
I don't mean to discredit this guy because he is really awesome and he does indeed sight read like a fucking boss. I just want to point out that a lot more goes into music mastery than just being able to identify what notes are on the page. That said, sight reading is really an important skill if you have anything to do with sheet music in a regular basis. It's one of the few skills that is entirely 100% learnable. In an industry where most people claim you need to have been born with some kind of talent, no one seems to argue that some people just can't learn to read music.
Okay. Rant over. Sorry for the WAT
Tl;Dr: this dude is awesome but it's not just sought reading.
| WeAreTheMusicMakers | t5_2qmah | cf41wv0 | There is a lot more than just sight reading going on here.
1)This dude is a ragtime pianist. He knows the ins and outs and the characteristics of ragtime music instinctively the same way you and I know how to brush our teeth.
2) This song was heavily inspired from the ragtime style. (I just woke up but here's a source from a midi website: so while initially, the thought of getting a ragtime pianist to play video game music sounds far fetched. It's not much different from getting a car mechanic to service your motorcycle.
3) Music from this 8bit chip tune era had to be very cleverly written to be deceptively complex. the original sound chips in consoles couldn't handle playing more than a few notes at a time. So composers had to work around that and create songs where not a whole lot was going on at once. That's why the ragtime style worked so well for this. While there's a lot happening horizontally (over time) there's never more than three or four notes played at any one time.
I don't mean to discredit this guy because he is really awesome and he does indeed sight read like a fucking boss. I just want to point out that a lot more goes into music mastery than just being able to identify what notes are on the page. That said, sight reading is really an important skill if you have anything to do with sheet music in a regular basis. It's one of the few skills that is entirely 100% learnable. In an industry where most people claim you need to have been born with some kind of talent, no one seems to argue that some people just can't learn to read music.
Okay. Rant over. Sorry for the WAT | this dude is awesome but it's not just sought reading. |
SuedeAsian | Recently I was chosen as one of the student to lead a tour group for an open house for parents that are interested in having their kids go to my school. Basically, the tour leaders were decided based off of 6 people from the higher grades (3 male and 3 female) and even though I was happy to have been chosen, I remembered that some of my friends are in higher classes and could probably be eligible as well! The lady who invited me to go told me that two of the people that run the school recommended that I be pushed up the list. That could be due to the fact that one of them believes that I'm a person of "true character." I remember one time I had a problem and asked him about it and he thought that the way I handled was mature and that he believed that I was a man of character and dignity.
TL;DR- I think it's due to the fact that INFJs tend to ooze a sort of aura that makes others think of us as being genuine, kind hearted, and of true character and dignity. Even though I don't think of myself to be nearly as great as they do. Maybe that's why it happens to you. | Recently I was chosen as one of the student to lead a tour group for an open house for parents that are interested in having their kids go to my school. Basically, the tour leaders were decided based off of 6 people from the higher grades (3 male and 3 female) and even though I was happy to have been chosen, I remembered that some of my friends are in higher classes and could probably be eligible as well! The lady who invited me to go told me that two of the people that run the school recommended that I be pushed up the list. That could be due to the fact that one of them believes that I'm a person of "true character." I remember one time I had a problem and asked him about it and he thought that the way I handled was mature and that he believed that I was a man of character and dignity.
TL;DR- I think it's due to the fact that INFJs tend to ooze a sort of aura that makes others think of us as being genuine, kind hearted, and of true character and dignity. Even though I don't think of myself to be nearly as great as they do. Maybe that's why it happens to you.
| infj | t5_2r39a | cf41upk | Recently I was chosen as one of the student to lead a tour group for an open house for parents that are interested in having their kids go to my school. Basically, the tour leaders were decided based off of 6 people from the higher grades (3 male and 3 female) and even though I was happy to have been chosen, I remembered that some of my friends are in higher classes and could probably be eligible as well! The lady who invited me to go told me that two of the people that run the school recommended that I be pushed up the list. That could be due to the fact that one of them believes that I'm a person of "true character." I remember one time I had a problem and asked him about it and he thought that the way I handled was mature and that he believed that I was a man of character and dignity. | I think it's due to the fact that INFJs tend to ooze a sort of aura that makes others think of us as being genuine, kind hearted, and of true character and dignity. Even though I don't think of myself to be nearly as great as they do. Maybe that's why it happens to you. |
wavyblade | I'd pass on that man. May cheap protein powders are made with cheap, low-quality ingredients and sometimes the actual amount of protein in them is *much* lower than listed on the container. Their is a spreadsheet floating around reddit where some guy did some lab work comparing a bunch of different brands and the TL;DR on that was most of the cheap brands suck. check back in a few minutes i'll see if i can dig up that post, and link it in an edit.
edit: [here ya go]( | I'd pass on that man. May cheap protein powders are made with cheap, low-quality ingredients and sometimes the actual amount of protein in them is much lower than listed on the container. Their is a spreadsheet floating around reddit where some guy did some lab work comparing a bunch of different brands and the TL;DR on that was most of the cheap brands suck. check back in a few minutes i'll see if i can dig up that post, and link it in an edit.
edit: [here ya go](
| bodybuilding | t5_2ql8s | cf41in8 | I'd pass on that man. May cheap protein powders are made with cheap, low-quality ingredients and sometimes the actual amount of protein in them is much lower than listed on the container. Their is a spreadsheet floating around reddit where some guy did some lab work comparing a bunch of different brands and the | on that was most of the cheap brands suck. check back in a few minutes i'll see if i can dig up that post, and link it in an edit.
edit: [here ya go]( |
Slamslice | This is a comment tailored for karma... I call bs... People with that kind of money don't feel the compulsion to legitimize it or showboat their humility to the unwashed masses of the interwebz.
TL;DR: real rich people don't care what you think if they spend their money because it's none of your business, as in the inverse | This is a comment tailored for karma... I call bs... People with that kind of money don't feel the compulsion to legitimize it or showboat their humility to the unwashed masses of the interwebz.
TL;DR: real rich people don't care what you think if they spend their money because it's none of your business, as in the inverse
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cf494rp | This is a comment tailored for karma... I call bs... People with that kind of money don't feel the compulsion to legitimize it or showboat their humility to the unwashed masses of the interwebz. | real rich people don't care what you think if they spend their money because it's none of your business, as in the inverse |
erehgafsua | This reminds me of several years ago I was fortunate enough to stay on my Fathers girlfriends island for a couple of weeks. It is in the Hauraki gulf New Zealand, the island is called [Pakihi]( . No one lives on it anymore, her brother runs some cattle there, grows pines and I believe there may be a small mining operation on the southern tip of the island.
It has been in her family for several generations, I recall it was purchased from the Maori along time ago. What was to be a trip for 4 days quickly ended up being 2 weeks. By the end my girlfriend and I had turned... let just say, a bit... feral. Bad weather, plus a fairly nonchalant father with a "She'll be right attitude" were the main contributing factors to the extended stay, he knew we only had minimal food with us.
During the period we ran out of food as my father promised to pick us up by boat in under a week. I rationed what we had left, it consisted of 2 packs of noodles and some biscuits, which I made my girlfriend eat. I lived off what I could get on the island, fortunately for me there were two types of oysters (I fucking love oysters), mussels to be dug and plenty of fish. I would use some of the fish I caught for bait the next day, this worked well for several days.
By then the ice we bought with us had melted and there was no way to keep the bait fresh overnight, the fish wouldn't touch it then and I subsisted on just the oysters as the mussels consumed a lot of energy to get.
I had bought my spear gun plus snorkeling gear, unfortunately earlier in the trip something big and I mean like 4 foot tail big, created a swell around my bait then tail slapped the water. I decided it was almost definitely a shark and was not keen to head in. Turns out I was right, my father had neglected to inform me there was a Hammer head breeding ground off the south sand spit, he knew I had taken my gear to spear fish as well.
I contemplated slaughtering one of the cattle on the island, but chose not to as I only had a largish knife and really did not want to see one of them struggle. If I had a gun I would have knocked one off in a heartbeat. I was hungry at this point, I wouldn't call it starving but my up till now, my well fed stomach was aching all day and night.
During the day we would patrol the exterior of the island, following the Maori tiering they had created as fortifications around the perimeter. We could view far off into the distant Pacific ocean, every difference was noted and be a cause for conversation. The island was a Maori outpost, tribes from the south would try to invade the mainland, but this island was a last resort, once a fleet of canoes was spotted in the distance they would return to the mainland for re-enforcements.
By night we would listen, not like here in the Suburbs of Sydney Australia, where an unusual noise is no cause for alarm, we would listen like our lives depended on it. Why? I don't really know, I guess I felt I had to be extra cautious and make sure my girlfriend (her first time overseas) got home safe.
Has anyone every heard a peacock cry at night with a howling wind behind it? I shit you not, clear as day... "HHHhhheeelllpppPPP MMMmmmeeeEEE!!!". 3 o'clock in the morning, she wakes me almost crying, "There is a girl outside yelling help me... Listen..." I wait with baited breath, it comes again.... Oh fuck me...
Took us about the third identical call to realise it was a bird.
I guess it stems from the fact that the only one to protect you, is you. No police, no one to call to save you, it's just you and them. People stop at the island from time to time, normally seeking shelter from big storms. Though you spend a couple of weeks in a place of solitude and you start believing it yours, not to have, but to protect.
Anyway... point of this story was that by the end of the two weeks, we pretty much thought we ran that island. On day ten a couple kayaked around the island, instead of waving them in and requesting help, I decided it would be a good idea to grab a big stick running down the sand spit to ward them off. I began making loud grunts and screaming obscenities, not English swears, but that of some tongue I had created.
Instead of coming ashore they turned and headed back to the mainland. I can't really blame them as I was naked by this point in the stay.
If only they knew who I was, **the king of this mutha fucking island!**
**TLDR: I was the king of that mutha fucking island!**
There isn't really any pictures of this island on the net, I can try and find my album if anyone is interested to see where we stayed. | This reminds me of several years ago I was fortunate enough to stay on my Fathers girlfriends island for a couple of weeks. It is in the Hauraki gulf New Zealand, the island is called [Pakihi]( . No one lives on it anymore, her brother runs some cattle there, grows pines and I believe there may be a small mining operation on the southern tip of the island.
It has been in her family for several generations, I recall it was purchased from the Maori along time ago. What was to be a trip for 4 days quickly ended up being 2 weeks. By the end my girlfriend and I had turned... let just say, a bit... feral. Bad weather, plus a fairly nonchalant father with a "She'll be right attitude" were the main contributing factors to the extended stay, he knew we only had minimal food with us.
During the period we ran out of food as my father promised to pick us up by boat in under a week. I rationed what we had left, it consisted of 2 packs of noodles and some biscuits, which I made my girlfriend eat. I lived off what I could get on the island, fortunately for me there were two types of oysters (I fucking love oysters), mussels to be dug and plenty of fish. I would use some of the fish I caught for bait the next day, this worked well for several days.
By then the ice we bought with us had melted and there was no way to keep the bait fresh overnight, the fish wouldn't touch it then and I subsisted on just the oysters as the mussels consumed a lot of energy to get.
I had bought my spear gun plus snorkeling gear, unfortunately earlier in the trip something big and I mean like 4 foot tail big, created a swell around my bait then tail slapped the water. I decided it was almost definitely a shark and was not keen to head in. Turns out I was right, my father had neglected to inform me there was a Hammer head breeding ground off the south sand spit, he knew I had taken my gear to spear fish as well.
I contemplated slaughtering one of the cattle on the island, but chose not to as I only had a largish knife and really did not want to see one of them struggle. If I had a gun I would have knocked one off in a heartbeat. I was hungry at this point, I wouldn't call it starving but my up till now, my well fed stomach was aching all day and night.
During the day we would patrol the exterior of the island, following the Maori tiering they had created as fortifications around the perimeter. We could view far off into the distant Pacific ocean, every difference was noted and be a cause for conversation. The island was a Maori outpost, tribes from the south would try to invade the mainland, but this island was a last resort, once a fleet of canoes was spotted in the distance they would return to the mainland for re-enforcements.
By night we would listen, not like here in the Suburbs of Sydney Australia, where an unusual noise is no cause for alarm, we would listen like our lives depended on it. Why? I don't really know, I guess I felt I had to be extra cautious and make sure my girlfriend (her first time overseas) got home safe.
Has anyone every heard a peacock cry at night with a howling wind behind it? I shit you not, clear as day... "HHHhhheeelllpppPPP MMMmmmeeeEEE!!!". 3 o'clock in the morning, she wakes me almost crying, "There is a girl outside yelling help me... Listen..." I wait with baited breath, it comes again.... Oh fuck me...
Took us about the third identical call to realise it was a bird.
I guess it stems from the fact that the only one to protect you, is you. No police, no one to call to save you, it's just you and them. People stop at the island from time to time, normally seeking shelter from big storms. Though you spend a couple of weeks in a place of solitude and you start believing it yours, not to have, but to protect.
Anyway... point of this story was that by the end of the two weeks, we pretty much thought we ran that island. On day ten a couple kayaked around the island, instead of waving them in and requesting help, I decided it would be a good idea to grab a big stick running down the sand spit to ward them off. I began making loud grunts and screaming obscenities, not English swears, but that of some tongue I had created.
Instead of coming ashore they turned and headed back to the mainland. I can't really blame them as I was naked by this point in the stay.
If only they knew who I was, the king of this mutha fucking island!
TLDR: I was the king of that mutha fucking island!
There isn't really any pictures of this island on the net, I can try and find my album if anyone is interested to see where we stayed.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cf4akuj | This reminds me of several years ago I was fortunate enough to stay on my Fathers girlfriends island for a couple of weeks. It is in the Hauraki gulf New Zealand, the island is called [Pakihi]( . No one lives on it anymore, her brother runs some cattle there, grows pines and I believe there may be a small mining operation on the southern tip of the island.
It has been in her family for several generations, I recall it was purchased from the Maori along time ago. What was to be a trip for 4 days quickly ended up being 2 weeks. By the end my girlfriend and I had turned... let just say, a bit... feral. Bad weather, plus a fairly nonchalant father with a "She'll be right attitude" were the main contributing factors to the extended stay, he knew we only had minimal food with us.
During the period we ran out of food as my father promised to pick us up by boat in under a week. I rationed what we had left, it consisted of 2 packs of noodles and some biscuits, which I made my girlfriend eat. I lived off what I could get on the island, fortunately for me there were two types of oysters (I fucking love oysters), mussels to be dug and plenty of fish. I would use some of the fish I caught for bait the next day, this worked well for several days.
By then the ice we bought with us had melted and there was no way to keep the bait fresh overnight, the fish wouldn't touch it then and I subsisted on just the oysters as the mussels consumed a lot of energy to get.
I had bought my spear gun plus snorkeling gear, unfortunately earlier in the trip something big and I mean like 4 foot tail big, created a swell around my bait then tail slapped the water. I decided it was almost definitely a shark and was not keen to head in. Turns out I was right, my father had neglected to inform me there was a Hammer head breeding ground off the south sand spit, he knew I had taken my gear to spear fish as well.
I contemplated slaughtering one of the cattle on the island, but chose not to as I only had a largish knife and really did not want to see one of them struggle. If I had a gun I would have knocked one off in a heartbeat. I was hungry at this point, I wouldn't call it starving but my up till now, my well fed stomach was aching all day and night.
During the day we would patrol the exterior of the island, following the Maori tiering they had created as fortifications around the perimeter. We could view far off into the distant Pacific ocean, every difference was noted and be a cause for conversation. The island was a Maori outpost, tribes from the south would try to invade the mainland, but this island was a last resort, once a fleet of canoes was spotted in the distance they would return to the mainland for re-enforcements.
By night we would listen, not like here in the Suburbs of Sydney Australia, where an unusual noise is no cause for alarm, we would listen like our lives depended on it. Why? I don't really know, I guess I felt I had to be extra cautious and make sure my girlfriend (her first time overseas) got home safe.
Has anyone every heard a peacock cry at night with a howling wind behind it? I shit you not, clear as day... "HHHhhheeelllpppPPP MMMmmmeeeEEE!!!". 3 o'clock in the morning, she wakes me almost crying, "There is a girl outside yelling help me... Listen..." I wait with baited breath, it comes again.... Oh fuck me...
Took us about the third identical call to realise it was a bird.
I guess it stems from the fact that the only one to protect you, is you. No police, no one to call to save you, it's just you and them. People stop at the island from time to time, normally seeking shelter from big storms. Though you spend a couple of weeks in a place of solitude and you start believing it yours, not to have, but to protect.
Anyway... point of this story was that by the end of the two weeks, we pretty much thought we ran that island. On day ten a couple kayaked around the island, instead of waving them in and requesting help, I decided it would be a good idea to grab a big stick running down the sand spit to ward them off. I began making loud grunts and screaming obscenities, not English swears, but that of some tongue I had created.
Instead of coming ashore they turned and headed back to the mainland. I can't really blame them as I was naked by this point in the stay.
If only they knew who I was, the king of this mutha fucking island! | I was the king of that mutha fucking island!
There isn't really any pictures of this island on the net, I can try and find my album if anyone is interested to see where we stayed. |
Tacdeho | It was like a wet dream.
I have never in my entire life seen such a playoff run that I would call "destiny", but last years Ravens were.
We had EVERYTHING. A year where our QB was under scrutiny at every turn from every fan and reporter out there. Then at the end, Ray Lewis, who will go down as the most important Baltimore Raven of all time, hung up the boots. We had a team that was fucking READY, and we TORE through competition.
Then we went to the playoffs and played Indy, who many Ravens fans would say was a battle with our kindred brothers, and then we had what many would consider to be a top 10 best game every played at Denver last season. And then the REVENGE we got absolutely DESTROYING Brady at home, and meeting our head coach's brother in the Super Bowl?
At every step, in every moment, from about week 4, I knew THIS was our year. When Ray decided to call it quits, destiny launched themselves in our faces. When we had to go back to back to back with a handful of legendary champions and a handful of rising pantheons. We played two of the best offenses lead by two GODS of Football, and two incredibly complete teams in Indy and SF.
I remember feeling insanely nervous, but never once doubting that we could win it. I have one chair in my living room, with a busted leg. I sat EVERY game of the playoffs in that chair, wearing my hat and my Ray Lewis shirt, and when we beat Denver, I sat shellshocked. I drank a shitton of soda and went outside at midnight and walked around. I came back in, shivering from the cold (Upstate NY and I went out in shorts), and I came in with the blankest expression on my face. I looked my Mom straight in the face when she asked what was wrong, and I said to her "This is it. We're going to win the Super Bowl this year. Nothing can stop us".
I sat there during Denver, I sat there during NE, and I sat there during the Super Bowl. I remember despite my Mom making a bunch of snacks and foods and stuff and I ate virtually nothing. I just sat there. Even when we were up at half by like 20, I said nothing. I just studied and focused.
I remember freaking out and losing my mind during the comeback. I remember shivering in fear when we were at the 1st and 10 and they were in our red zone, and we stopped them! I don't know how but we STOPPED THEM.
However, I felt all the color drain out of my face on one play: The safety. I didn't realize it, but it was one of THE best made plays I've ever seen. Let Flacco get sacked to let the Niners get a kick return? THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. BRILLIANT. GIVE HARBAUGH THE RING ITS OVER.
The 2012-2013 series will forever be MY series. I have the t-shirt, the hat (Two in fact but ones my brothers), and a Ray Rice jersey with the Super Bowl patch on it. I will never forget the fear I felt going to Denver, the gut drop when Jacoby made the catch to take it to OT, the sheer smugness I felt when my brother went to school after the AFCCG game wearing my Ravens stuff (His gym teacher is a Patriots fan and she's a MAJOR bitch. She tried giving him detention claiming he was mocking her), the excitment and anticipation of knowing we went to a Super Bowl, and the tears that streamed down my face when we won. All my faith was repaid. My heroes rose to the occasion for me.
I will never forget that season, and personally, I hope that if the Broncos win the Super Bowl this year, it means as much to you as much as 2012-2013 did to me. Peyton breaking all those records and winning the Super Bowl is like Ray Lewis retiring after being the best player on the team for 17 years and us winning. It's the season of magic capped off by nothing but pure joy. And I hope you have that as much as we did.
**tl;dr: The ambitions and fondest memories of a fan whos been here from the start, a tale told of fear, happiness, tears and triumph** | It was like a wet dream.
I have never in my entire life seen such a playoff run that I would call "destiny", but last years Ravens were.
We had EVERYTHING. A year where our QB was under scrutiny at every turn from every fan and reporter out there. Then at the end, Ray Lewis, who will go down as the most important Baltimore Raven of all time, hung up the boots. We had a team that was fucking READY, and we TORE through competition.
Then we went to the playoffs and played Indy, who many Ravens fans would say was a battle with our kindred brothers, and then we had what many would consider to be a top 10 best game every played at Denver last season. And then the REVENGE we got absolutely DESTROYING Brady at home, and meeting our head coach's brother in the Super Bowl?
At every step, in every moment, from about week 4, I knew THIS was our year. When Ray decided to call it quits, destiny launched themselves in our faces. When we had to go back to back to back with a handful of legendary champions and a handful of rising pantheons. We played two of the best offenses lead by two GODS of Football, and two incredibly complete teams in Indy and SF.
I remember feeling insanely nervous, but never once doubting that we could win it. I have one chair in my living room, with a busted leg. I sat EVERY game of the playoffs in that chair, wearing my hat and my Ray Lewis shirt, and when we beat Denver, I sat shellshocked. I drank a shitton of soda and went outside at midnight and walked around. I came back in, shivering from the cold (Upstate NY and I went out in shorts), and I came in with the blankest expression on my face. I looked my Mom straight in the face when she asked what was wrong, and I said to her "This is it. We're going to win the Super Bowl this year. Nothing can stop us".
I sat there during Denver, I sat there during NE, and I sat there during the Super Bowl. I remember despite my Mom making a bunch of snacks and foods and stuff and I ate virtually nothing. I just sat there. Even when we were up at half by like 20, I said nothing. I just studied and focused.
I remember freaking out and losing my mind during the comeback. I remember shivering in fear when we were at the 1st and 10 and they were in our red zone, and we stopped them! I don't know how but we STOPPED THEM.
However, I felt all the color drain out of my face on one play: The safety. I didn't realize it, but it was one of THE best made plays I've ever seen. Let Flacco get sacked to let the Niners get a kick return? THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. BRILLIANT. GIVE HARBAUGH THE RING ITS OVER.
The 2012-2013 series will forever be MY series. I have the t-shirt, the hat (Two in fact but ones my brothers), and a Ray Rice jersey with the Super Bowl patch on it. I will never forget the fear I felt going to Denver, the gut drop when Jacoby made the catch to take it to OT, the sheer smugness I felt when my brother went to school after the AFCCG game wearing my Ravens stuff (His gym teacher is a Patriots fan and she's a MAJOR bitch. She tried giving him detention claiming he was mocking her), the excitment and anticipation of knowing we went to a Super Bowl, and the tears that streamed down my face when we won. All my faith was repaid. My heroes rose to the occasion for me.
I will never forget that season, and personally, I hope that if the Broncos win the Super Bowl this year, it means as much to you as much as 2012-2013 did to me. Peyton breaking all those records and winning the Super Bowl is like Ray Lewis retiring after being the best player on the team for 17 years and us winning. It's the season of magic capped off by nothing but pure joy. And I hope you have that as much as we did.
tl;dr: The ambitions and fondest memories of a fan whos been here from the start, a tale told of fear, happiness, tears and triumph
| ravens | t5_2s1w8 | cf46x9s | It was like a wet dream.
I have never in my entire life seen such a playoff run that I would call "destiny", but last years Ravens were.
We had EVERYTHING. A year where our QB was under scrutiny at every turn from every fan and reporter out there. Then at the end, Ray Lewis, who will go down as the most important Baltimore Raven of all time, hung up the boots. We had a team that was fucking READY, and we TORE through competition.
Then we went to the playoffs and played Indy, who many Ravens fans would say was a battle with our kindred brothers, and then we had what many would consider to be a top 10 best game every played at Denver last season. And then the REVENGE we got absolutely DESTROYING Brady at home, and meeting our head coach's brother in the Super Bowl?
At every step, in every moment, from about week 4, I knew THIS was our year. When Ray decided to call it quits, destiny launched themselves in our faces. When we had to go back to back to back with a handful of legendary champions and a handful of rising pantheons. We played two of the best offenses lead by two GODS of Football, and two incredibly complete teams in Indy and SF.
I remember feeling insanely nervous, but never once doubting that we could win it. I have one chair in my living room, with a busted leg. I sat EVERY game of the playoffs in that chair, wearing my hat and my Ray Lewis shirt, and when we beat Denver, I sat shellshocked. I drank a shitton of soda and went outside at midnight and walked around. I came back in, shivering from the cold (Upstate NY and I went out in shorts), and I came in with the blankest expression on my face. I looked my Mom straight in the face when she asked what was wrong, and I said to her "This is it. We're going to win the Super Bowl this year. Nothing can stop us".
I sat there during Denver, I sat there during NE, and I sat there during the Super Bowl. I remember despite my Mom making a bunch of snacks and foods and stuff and I ate virtually nothing. I just sat there. Even when we were up at half by like 20, I said nothing. I just studied and focused.
I remember freaking out and losing my mind during the comeback. I remember shivering in fear when we were at the 1st and 10 and they were in our red zone, and we stopped them! I don't know how but we STOPPED THEM.
However, I felt all the color drain out of my face on one play: The safety. I didn't realize it, but it was one of THE best made plays I've ever seen. Let Flacco get sacked to let the Niners get a kick return? THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. BRILLIANT. GIVE HARBAUGH THE RING ITS OVER.
The 2012-2013 series will forever be MY series. I have the t-shirt, the hat (Two in fact but ones my brothers), and a Ray Rice jersey with the Super Bowl patch on it. I will never forget the fear I felt going to Denver, the gut drop when Jacoby made the catch to take it to OT, the sheer smugness I felt when my brother went to school after the AFCCG game wearing my Ravens stuff (His gym teacher is a Patriots fan and she's a MAJOR bitch. She tried giving him detention claiming he was mocking her), the excitment and anticipation of knowing we went to a Super Bowl, and the tears that streamed down my face when we won. All my faith was repaid. My heroes rose to the occasion for me.
I will never forget that season, and personally, I hope that if the Broncos win the Super Bowl this year, it means as much to you as much as 2012-2013 did to me. Peyton breaking all those records and winning the Super Bowl is like Ray Lewis retiring after being the best player on the team for 17 years and us winning. It's the season of magic capped off by nothing but pure joy. And I hope you have that as much as we did. | The ambitions and fondest memories of a fan whos been here from the start, a tale told of fear, happiness, tears and triumph |
_______2 | The Pi and 4chan. I had always dual booted ubuntu, but I had little to no knowledge of Linux. Navigating the pi got me familiar with Linux and using arch on it was mind blowing. I finally caved into the 4chan ">install gentoo" meme, and decided to go for it. I messed up partitioning and my windows was gone forever. I messed up the install process many times, but at long last I had a desktop. I've installed it 4 or 5 more times since and now I feel less comfortable with windows than a command line. It also made programming 100000000000000 times better.
tl;dr install gentoo | The Pi and 4chan. I had always dual booted ubuntu, but I had little to no knowledge of Linux. Navigating the pi got me familiar with Linux and using arch on it was mind blowing. I finally caved into the 4chan ">install gentoo" meme, and decided to go for it. I messed up partitioning and my windows was gone forever. I messed up the install process many times, but at long last I had a desktop. I've installed it 4 or 5 more times since and now I feel less comfortable with windows than a command line. It also made programming 100000000000000 times better.
tl;dr install gentoo
| linux | t5_2qh1a | cf4f7e9 | The Pi and 4chan. I had always dual booted ubuntu, but I had little to no knowledge of Linux. Navigating the pi got me familiar with Linux and using arch on it was mind blowing. I finally caved into the 4chan ">install gentoo" meme, and decided to go for it. I messed up partitioning and my windows was gone forever. I messed up the install process many times, but at long last I had a desktop. I've installed it 4 or 5 more times since and now I feel less comfortable with windows than a command line. It also made programming 100000000000000 times better. | install gentoo |
DethRaid | I first tried Ubuntu a couple years ago because I wanted to see what else was out there. I burned myself an Ubuntu 11.10 disk, ran it in demo mode a few times, but just didn't see any reason to switch over.
Last August, I built a gaming desktop and decided to make an Ubuntu partition. I felt all techy, but still didn't have any rost of a reason to use it and didn't particularly like Unity.
My second semester of college started last Monday. My programming course requires me to submit all my files to a server running Ubuntu 12.04, so I decided that I should use my Ubuntu partition more. I still didn't like Unity, and I had heard about Gnome at some point in the past, so I installed that and found that I really liked Gnome 3. Then I discovered how customizable everything was, so now I boot into Ubuntu unless I'm going to do some gaming.
TL;DR: A few days ago because a class requires all my programs to run on a Unix-like system. | I first tried Ubuntu a couple years ago because I wanted to see what else was out there. I burned myself an Ubuntu 11.10 disk, ran it in demo mode a few times, but just didn't see any reason to switch over.
Last August, I built a gaming desktop and decided to make an Ubuntu partition. I felt all techy, but still didn't have any rost of a reason to use it and didn't particularly like Unity.
My second semester of college started last Monday. My programming course requires me to submit all my files to a server running Ubuntu 12.04, so I decided that I should use my Ubuntu partition more. I still didn't like Unity, and I had heard about Gnome at some point in the past, so I installed that and found that I really liked Gnome 3. Then I discovered how customizable everything was, so now I boot into Ubuntu unless I'm going to do some gaming.
TL;DR: A few days ago because a class requires all my programs to run on a Unix-like system.
| linux | t5_2qh1a | cf4n1xm | I first tried Ubuntu a couple years ago because I wanted to see what else was out there. I burned myself an Ubuntu 11.10 disk, ran it in demo mode a few times, but just didn't see any reason to switch over.
Last August, I built a gaming desktop and decided to make an Ubuntu partition. I felt all techy, but still didn't have any rost of a reason to use it and didn't particularly like Unity.
My second semester of college started last Monday. My programming course requires me to submit all my files to a server running Ubuntu 12.04, so I decided that I should use my Ubuntu partition more. I still didn't like Unity, and I had heard about Gnome at some point in the past, so I installed that and found that I really liked Gnome 3. Then I discovered how customizable everything was, so now I boot into Ubuntu unless I'm going to do some gaming. | A few days ago because a class requires all my programs to run on a Unix-like system. |
goatman93 | After a life long Windows user, I switched to the latest Ubuntu (6.06 or 6.10, can't remember) in 8th grade, due to messing up a Windows 2000 install on my computer, and not wanting to reinstall Windows. I wanted to check it out since I had read an article on it on digg. Used that for about a year, mostly for web browsing and school work, until I upgraded from that machine to my first computer that I had paid for with my own money: an Intel Macbook Pro.
Used OS X for the remainder of that laptop's lifespan, which lasted all through high school for me. After that, I got a netbook for Christmas my senior year of HS, to last me through the mean time, until I could afford another laptop. Quickly threw Ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition on there since I did not want to use Windows 7, and actually tried to learn GNU/Linux, which opened my eyes as to what can be done on a computer.
Since using Ubuntu and actually learning HOW TO use it, I've set up a home server, distro hopped around until I settled on Fedora for my main machine, successfully installed Arch on a computer, flashed coreboot/SeaBIOS onto that same computer running Arch, moved from Arch to Parabola for the novelty of having entirely free software from the BIOS up on said computer, set up OpenWRT on my router, and acquired a VT220 to sit next to my monitor. Oh, and somewhere in there, I graduated with an Associate's degree from my community college and transfered into a 4 year school. But that's not as important as all the other fun accomplishments, obviously.
TL;DR: Windows->Ubuntu->OS X->Ubuntu->various distros->Fedora | After a life long Windows user, I switched to the latest Ubuntu (6.06 or 6.10, can't remember) in 8th grade, due to messing up a Windows 2000 install on my computer, and not wanting to reinstall Windows. I wanted to check it out since I had read an article on it on digg. Used that for about a year, mostly for web browsing and school work, until I upgraded from that machine to my first computer that I had paid for with my own money: an Intel Macbook Pro.
Used OS X for the remainder of that laptop's lifespan, which lasted all through high school for me. After that, I got a netbook for Christmas my senior year of HS, to last me through the mean time, until I could afford another laptop. Quickly threw Ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition on there since I did not want to use Windows 7, and actually tried to learn GNU/Linux, which opened my eyes as to what can be done on a computer.
Since using Ubuntu and actually learning HOW TO use it, I've set up a home server, distro hopped around until I settled on Fedora for my main machine, successfully installed Arch on a computer, flashed coreboot/SeaBIOS onto that same computer running Arch, moved from Arch to Parabola for the novelty of having entirely free software from the BIOS up on said computer, set up OpenWRT on my router, and acquired a VT220 to sit next to my monitor. Oh, and somewhere in there, I graduated with an Associate's degree from my community college and transfered into a 4 year school. But that's not as important as all the other fun accomplishments, obviously.
TL;DR: Windows->Ubuntu->OS X->Ubuntu->various distros->Fedora
| linux | t5_2qh1a | cf5jmgn | After a life long Windows user, I switched to the latest Ubuntu (6.06 or 6.10, can't remember) in 8th grade, due to messing up a Windows 2000 install on my computer, and not wanting to reinstall Windows. I wanted to check it out since I had read an article on it on digg. Used that for about a year, mostly for web browsing and school work, until I upgraded from that machine to my first computer that I had paid for with my own money: an Intel Macbook Pro.
Used OS X for the remainder of that laptop's lifespan, which lasted all through high school for me. After that, I got a netbook for Christmas my senior year of HS, to last me through the mean time, until I could afford another laptop. Quickly threw Ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition on there since I did not want to use Windows 7, and actually tried to learn GNU/Linux, which opened my eyes as to what can be done on a computer.
Since using Ubuntu and actually learning HOW TO use it, I've set up a home server, distro hopped around until I settled on Fedora for my main machine, successfully installed Arch on a computer, flashed coreboot/SeaBIOS onto that same computer running Arch, moved from Arch to Parabola for the novelty of having entirely free software from the BIOS up on said computer, set up OpenWRT on my router, and acquired a VT220 to sit next to my monitor. Oh, and somewhere in there, I graduated with an Associate's degree from my community college and transfered into a 4 year school. But that's not as important as all the other fun accomplishments, obviously. | Windows->Ubuntu->OS X->Ubuntu->various distros->Fedora |
TheD1zzler | Nah, brah, I for one have never ever seen anyone pointed and laughed at, mocked, or what have you. But, for sure, if you are a perceptive person like I am, you will definitely see looks and silent judging.
For example, many young Bros take any opportunity they can get to scope out any attractive female they see wandering around. Many dudes in better shape will give less in shape dudes the "stare down" over equipment. And as you get beefier, of course, you begin to catch other people mirin', which is still somewhat uncomfortable for most people.
I am not saying that you see people just straight out calling people out for being fat/fit/skinny fat/swole (except for the women, apparently, if the comments ring true you women folk are vicious), but to say that you never catch anyone giving you a look is ridiculous. Either you don't spend a lot of time at the Gym, or you've never been overweight, if you don't think that happens.
tl;dr - People watch people, people judge people silently, it's our nature. If you don't think it's happening, it's probably because you are more secure or just oblivious. | Nah, brah, I for one have never ever seen anyone pointed and laughed at, mocked, or what have you. But, for sure, if you are a perceptive person like I am, you will definitely see looks and silent judging.
For example, many young Bros take any opportunity they can get to scope out any attractive female they see wandering around. Many dudes in better shape will give less in shape dudes the "stare down" over equipment. And as you get beefier, of course, you begin to catch other people mirin', which is still somewhat uncomfortable for most people.
I am not saying that you see people just straight out calling people out for being fat/fit/skinny fat/swole (except for the women, apparently, if the comments ring true you women folk are vicious), but to say that you never catch anyone giving you a look is ridiculous. Either you don't spend a lot of time at the Gym, or you've never been overweight, if you don't think that happens.
tl;dr - People watch people, people judge people silently, it's our nature. If you don't think it's happening, it's probably because you are more secure or just oblivious.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cf5bagv | Nah, brah, I for one have never ever seen anyone pointed and laughed at, mocked, or what have you. But, for sure, if you are a perceptive person like I am, you will definitely see looks and silent judging.
For example, many young Bros take any opportunity they can get to scope out any attractive female they see wandering around. Many dudes in better shape will give less in shape dudes the "stare down" over equipment. And as you get beefier, of course, you begin to catch other people mirin', which is still somewhat uncomfortable for most people.
I am not saying that you see people just straight out calling people out for being fat/fit/skinny fat/swole (except for the women, apparently, if the comments ring true you women folk are vicious), but to say that you never catch anyone giving you a look is ridiculous. Either you don't spend a lot of time at the Gym, or you've never been overweight, if you don't think that happens. | People watch people, people judge people silently, it's our nature. If you don't think it's happening, it's probably because you are more secure or just oblivious. |
clue1001 | I really like the design of the barn, but prepare your self for a LOTR fanboy correction.
If you don't listen to LOTR lore, skip this comment, it will be kinda ranty, but if you do, feel free to correct me on my lore.
One does not simply house Shadowfax in a barn, he is a free horse, one that not just anyone can ride on. Shadow fax desires where he goes, what he does, and how long someone rides him. He is the High King of Rohan's steed most of the time with exceptions of Gandalf and Pippin, but you can be an exception :).
TL;DR if your just here for the build, ignore this comment, you did nothing wrong OP, but I am getting my inner fanboy out. | I really like the design of the barn, but prepare your self for a LOTR fanboy correction.
If you don't listen to LOTR lore, skip this comment, it will be kinda ranty, but if you do, feel free to correct me on my lore.
One does not simply house Shadowfax in a barn, he is a free horse, one that not just anyone can ride on. Shadow fax desires where he goes, what he does, and how long someone rides him. He is the High King of Rohan's steed most of the time with exceptions of Gandalf and Pippin, but you can be an exception :).
TL;DR if your just here for the build, ignore this comment, you did nothing wrong OP, but I am getting my inner fanboy out.
| Minecraft | t5_2r05i | cf4xrxe | I really like the design of the barn, but prepare your self for a LOTR fanboy correction.
If you don't listen to LOTR lore, skip this comment, it will be kinda ranty, but if you do, feel free to correct me on my lore.
One does not simply house Shadowfax in a barn, he is a free horse, one that not just anyone can ride on. Shadow fax desires where he goes, what he does, and how long someone rides him. He is the High King of Rohan's steed most of the time with exceptions of Gandalf and Pippin, but you can be an exception :). | if your just here for the build, ignore this comment, you did nothing wrong OP, but I am getting my inner fanboy out. |
fdf06 | I think for general hockey discussion it cannot be beat. I do like HF boards for GDT better though. It just seems to flow better when your fellow fans are all commenting on the same play one after another.
The TBL ~ MTL drama is out of control on HF boards today glad to see it semi in-control on reddit. | I think for general hockey discussion it cannot be beat. I do like HF boards for GDT better though. It just seems to flow better when your fellow fans are all commenting on the same play one after another.
The TBL ~ MTL drama is out of control on HF boards today glad to see it semi in-control on reddit.
| hockey | t5_2qiel | cf4wmuh | I think for general hockey discussion it cannot be beat. I do like HF boards for GDT better though. It just seems to flow better when your fellow fans are all commenting on the same play one after another.
The TBL ~ M | ama is out of control on HF boards today glad to see it semi in-control on reddit. |
Lemmss | I'll be honest, the normal arena is probably the most boring-feeling due to the pale-sandy feel. Nothing wrong there, I suppose. Also, the game looks much better with a custom .ini, though it's a grey area. That's another thread for another time, however.
I'm glad to see another person enjoying the eye-candy of the game, so I am happy to welcome you to this awesome game. The game has lost a good bit of colour-vibrance during its lifespan from early closed-beta to now. Protip: darker gamma fixes this ***SORT OF***.
> "/gamma [0-5]"
Use that to control gamma, or use the sliding bar from the video settings. The command is far more precise, though.
Edit: [Some fun single-player commands]( if you'd like. Do ***NOT*** use these outside of single-player. Also, if you use any of these, be sure to reboot your client after using. If you don't, you get stuck at the card-loading screen for infinity. All these commands are reverted after rebooting Smite.
tl;dr Hi, enjoy your stay! | I'll be honest, the normal arena is probably the most boring-feeling due to the pale-sandy feel. Nothing wrong there, I suppose. Also, the game looks much better with a custom .ini, though it's a grey area. That's another thread for another time, however.
I'm glad to see another person enjoying the eye-candy of the game, so I am happy to welcome you to this awesome game. The game has lost a good bit of colour-vibrance during its lifespan from early closed-beta to now. Protip: darker gamma fixes this SORT OF .
> "/gamma [0-5]"
Use that to control gamma, or use the sliding bar from the video settings. The command is far more precise, though.
Edit: [Some fun single-player commands]( if you'd like. Do NOT use these outside of single-player. Also, if you use any of these, be sure to reboot your client after using. If you don't, you get stuck at the card-loading screen for infinity. All these commands are reverted after rebooting Smite.
tl;dr Hi, enjoy your stay!
| Smite | t5_2stl8 | cf52wew | I'll be honest, the normal arena is probably the most boring-feeling due to the pale-sandy feel. Nothing wrong there, I suppose. Also, the game looks much better with a custom .ini, though it's a grey area. That's another thread for another time, however.
I'm glad to see another person enjoying the eye-candy of the game, so I am happy to welcome you to this awesome game. The game has lost a good bit of colour-vibrance during its lifespan from early closed-beta to now. Protip: darker gamma fixes this SORT OF .
> "/gamma [0-5]"
Use that to control gamma, or use the sliding bar from the video settings. The command is far more precise, though.
Edit: [Some fun single-player commands]( if you'd like. Do NOT use these outside of single-player. Also, if you use any of these, be sure to reboot your client after using. If you don't, you get stuck at the card-loading screen for infinity. All these commands are reverted after rebooting Smite. | Hi, enjoy your stay! |
sandsofthyme | I don't know, I just skinned those subs and they both take an overly sarcastic and hard-line view on fat. Lots of noise and no substance if you know what I mean.
I'm 6' and around 210-220, I like the little extra fat (I have no belly but you can pinch the fat) as it really useful for my hobbies of sparring, hunting, hiking, and other similar things. I stay in shape, exercise often, and can run farther and faster than most skinnier people I know (I sprint well, marathons are bit iffy).
To allay medical concerns, I get my physical every year and the one I did a month ago says I'm remarkably healthy.
My point is that for me to get under 180 would mean that I would have to get rid of all my shock-absorbing fat and even a bit of muscle. I would not be anywhere as fast or strong as I am now, and frankly even my doctor isn't recommending me lose that much weight.
TL;DR I really don't know, I might just be the healthiest fat guy, or maybe BMI is made as a general model not an exact one. I just don't know. | I don't know, I just skinned those subs and they both take an overly sarcastic and hard-line view on fat. Lots of noise and no substance if you know what I mean.
I'm 6' and around 210-220, I like the little extra fat (I have no belly but you can pinch the fat) as it really useful for my hobbies of sparring, hunting, hiking, and other similar things. I stay in shape, exercise often, and can run farther and faster than most skinnier people I know (I sprint well, marathons are bit iffy).
To allay medical concerns, I get my physical every year and the one I did a month ago says I'm remarkably healthy.
My point is that for me to get under 180 would mean that I would have to get rid of all my shock-absorbing fat and even a bit of muscle. I would not be anywhere as fast or strong as I am now, and frankly even my doctor isn't recommending me lose that much weight.
TL;DR I really don't know, I might just be the healthiest fat guy, or maybe BMI is made as a general model not an exact one. I just don't know.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cf559mb | I don't know, I just skinned those subs and they both take an overly sarcastic and hard-line view on fat. Lots of noise and no substance if you know what I mean.
I'm 6' and around 210-220, I like the little extra fat (I have no belly but you can pinch the fat) as it really useful for my hobbies of sparring, hunting, hiking, and other similar things. I stay in shape, exercise often, and can run farther and faster than most skinnier people I know (I sprint well, marathons are bit iffy).
To allay medical concerns, I get my physical every year and the one I did a month ago says I'm remarkably healthy.
My point is that for me to get under 180 would mean that I would have to get rid of all my shock-absorbing fat and even a bit of muscle. I would not be anywhere as fast or strong as I am now, and frankly even my doctor isn't recommending me lose that much weight. | I really don't know, I might just be the healthiest fat guy, or maybe BMI is made as a general model not an exact one. I just don't know. |
wicked2night | Too many words; font too small. Needs TL;DR: summary. | Too many words; font too small. Needs TL;DR: summary.
| cringepics | t5_2va9w | cf5kqfh | Too many words; font too small. Needs | summary. |
StasisNation | >secure-runescape
I boner everytime. Send a reply back asking for the following:
- A jar of mayonaise.
- A latex glove.
- A towel.
- A picture of the email sender.
- Some tape.
Once they've mailed it to you, repackage it and send it back as a convenient go-fuck-yourself kit. Flawless victory.
Tl;dr it's a phishing scam, no need to worry about it. It's sent out in mass emails. | >secure-runescape
I boner everytime. Send a reply back asking for the following:
A jar of mayonaise.
A latex glove.
A towel.
A picture of the email sender.
Some tape.
Once they've mailed it to you, repackage it and send it back as a convenient go-fuck-yourself kit. Flawless victory.
Tl;dr it's a phishing scam, no need to worry about it. It's sent out in mass emails.
| runescape | t5_2qwxl | cf5juif | secure-runescape
I boner everytime. Send a reply back asking for the following:
A jar of mayonaise.
A latex glove.
A towel.
A picture of the email sender.
Some tape.
Once they've mailed it to you, repackage it and send it back as a convenient go-fuck-yourself kit. Flawless victory. | it's a phishing scam, no need to worry about it. It's sent out in mass emails. |
MyCleanRedditAccount | I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
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Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
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People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
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**TL;DR:** People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts.
| I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
TL;DR: People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf5pkqv | I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
| People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts. |
MyCleanRedditAccount | I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
&nbsp;
Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
&nbsp;
People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
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**TL;DR:** People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts. | I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
TL;DR: People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf5plu8 | I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
| People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts. |
MyCleanRedditAccount | I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
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Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
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People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
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**TL;DR:** People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts. | I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
TL;DR: People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf5pn18 | I'm going through the #SpeakAmerican tag on twitter right now. There are maybe only a handful of actually people meaning to say "Speak American" in a negative way, the vast majority of the tweets are there to condemn those few individuals. I'm seeing about 98%-99% of the tweets condemning the handful of tweets that were outraged at the commercial. People are seriously blowing it out of proportion.
Let me tell you how this works because I see this all the damn time, people do it here on Reddit, on Facebook, you name it. A person will say something like "ITT: Racists" but they will be the first person to comment. On Facebook there was an ad done recently by Axe where an Indian Sikh was kissing a white woman. Not a single racist comment was made yet before I saw about a dozen people saying I can't believe the racist comments. I kept refreshing the page looking at the comments. There would be dozens of people saying I can't believe the racist comments in here before the first actual racist comment gets posted.
People like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. If you were to actually analyze the data by taking samples you would see that the outrage is on several orders of magnitude larger than the actual incident. In a country with over 310 million people living in it, having just a handful of tweets say something stupid makes a massive outrage look idiotic by comparison. Those hateful tweets are statistically insignificant. On the other-hand people in Syria, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and other places are struggling to get by and these very same people that like to pretend to be morally superior to others stay silent on their struggles. Many of them won't donate money to help those people struggling but will gladly buy a new iPhone or another Starbucks coffee, while people like I make regular monthly donations of $250 per month to the UN refugee efforts by forgoing small luxuries.
| People are idiots and like to blow shit out of proportion all the time to feel morally superior. Quit acting like those idiots by pretending to be morally superior and donate to the UN refugee efforts. |
Raerf | Heres the issue:
The first 5 seconds of the video, in English, sets the template, according to Coca-Cola, of American-ness. The character displayed is a white male suggesting that the normal, standard American person is white, implying that anyone that's not a white cowboy is less American.
TL:DR Can't get much more racist/ethnocentric | Heres the issue:
The first 5 seconds of the video, in English, sets the template, according to Coca-Cola, of American-ness. The character displayed is a white male suggesting that the normal, standard American person is white, implying that anyone that's not a white cowboy is less American.
TL:DR Can't get much more racist/ethnocentric
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf5mq10 | Heres the issue:
The first 5 seconds of the video, in English, sets the template, according to Coca-Cola, of American-ness. The character displayed is a white male suggesting that the normal, standard American person is white, implying that anyone that's not a white cowboy is less American. | Can't get much more racist/ethnocentric |
godpug | Funny little anecdote from this incident:
So last night I was playing some Starcraft in the 4th quarter of the game and my girlfriend was browsing her facebook feed. All of the sudden she let's out a huge sigh and asks if I had seen the Coca-Cola commercial.
I had no idea what she was talking about so she tells me that her facebook feed is exploding with rage. Without any context I assume it'd be on the new page of reddit but I find nothing. Then she gives me the details that it was something "un-American" that infuriated many of her facebook friends. I took a look and almost every single post was full of vehement rage at Coca-Cola and vows to never drink their product again. Guess where we live, California? New York? Oregon? OH I think you already know we is in duh South!
TLDR: Southern conservatives were extremely mad; surreal experience witnessing it in close proximity. | Funny little anecdote from this incident:
So last night I was playing some Starcraft in the 4th quarter of the game and my girlfriend was browsing her facebook feed. All of the sudden she let's out a huge sigh and asks if I had seen the Coca-Cola commercial.
I had no idea what she was talking about so she tells me that her facebook feed is exploding with rage. Without any context I assume it'd be on the new page of reddit but I find nothing. Then she gives me the details that it was something "un-American" that infuriated many of her facebook friends. I took a look and almost every single post was full of vehement rage at Coca-Cola and vows to never drink their product again. Guess where we live, California? New York? Oregon? OH I think you already know we is in duh South!
TLDR: Southern conservatives were extremely mad; surreal experience witnessing it in close proximity.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf5zjp9 | Funny little anecdote from this incident:
So last night I was playing some Starcraft in the 4th quarter of the game and my girlfriend was browsing her facebook feed. All of the sudden she let's out a huge sigh and asks if I had seen the Coca-Cola commercial.
I had no idea what she was talking about so she tells me that her facebook feed is exploding with rage. Without any context I assume it'd be on the new page of reddit but I find nothing. Then she gives me the details that it was something "un-American" that infuriated many of her facebook friends. I took a look and almost every single post was full of vehement rage at Coca-Cola and vows to never drink their product again. Guess where we live, California? New York? Oregon? OH I think you already know we is in duh South! | Southern conservatives were extremely mad; surreal experience witnessing it in close proximity. |
someonessomebody | Americas [multiculturalism] ( policy is like a melting pot - people are expected to blend in with the American culture and become an American. This means that America is much less open to helping other cultures celebrate their own culture and traditions, and more into celebrating what they have in common. Canada is more of a mosaic, where different cultures and traditions are more widely accepted and integrated into general society. For example, in more culturally diverse areas public schools will celebrate and learn about Diwali and Chinese New Year as well as the standard western/Christian traditions. It is not uncommon to see, in the Greater Vancouver area for example, many pockets of a high concentration of a specific culture where many stores in there area have signage in various languages and businesses directed at that specific culture's needs and wants.
TL;DR: If you think America is multicultural, go to Canada. | Americas [multiculturalism] ( policy is like a melting pot - people are expected to blend in with the American culture and become an American. This means that America is much less open to helping other cultures celebrate their own culture and traditions, and more into celebrating what they have in common. Canada is more of a mosaic, where different cultures and traditions are more widely accepted and integrated into general society. For example, in more culturally diverse areas public schools will celebrate and learn about Diwali and Chinese New Year as well as the standard western/Christian traditions. It is not uncommon to see, in the Greater Vancouver area for example, many pockets of a high concentration of a specific culture where many stores in there area have signage in various languages and businesses directed at that specific culture's needs and wants.
TL;DR: If you think America is multicultural, go to Canada.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf5zoxj | Americas [multiculturalism] ( policy is like a melting pot - people are expected to blend in with the American culture and become an American. This means that America is much less open to helping other cultures celebrate their own culture and traditions, and more into celebrating what they have in common. Canada is more of a mosaic, where different cultures and traditions are more widely accepted and integrated into general society. For example, in more culturally diverse areas public schools will celebrate and learn about Diwali and Chinese New Year as well as the standard western/Christian traditions. It is not uncommon to see, in the Greater Vancouver area for example, many pockets of a high concentration of a specific culture where many stores in there area have signage in various languages and businesses directed at that specific culture's needs and wants. | If you think America is multicultural, go to Canada. |
utterable | Are you talking about www.unhcr.org or what? How about some information/link to this effort since you're posting self-righteously about it anyways? You don't see exactly where every one of your donated dollars gets used. For all you know you could be funding human/drug trafficking - a corrupted system or government - etc.
Did you give yourself gold? Because, obviously you have $250/mo of disposable cash to do so with and it's obvious by your post that you agree with yourself 150%.
**TL;DR** : You simply sleep better at night knowing you purchased yourself something to feel Morally Superior about. And, you have some awkward hatred towards the first comment posted on some random Axe Body Spray commercial clip on Facebook. | Are you talking about www.unhcr.org or what? How about some information/link to this effort since you're posting self-righteously about it anyways? You don't see exactly where every one of your donated dollars gets used. For all you know you could be funding human/drug trafficking - a corrupted system or government - etc.
Did you give yourself gold? Because, obviously you have $250/mo of disposable cash to do so with and it's obvious by your post that you agree with yourself 150%.
TL;DR : You simply sleep better at night knowing you purchased yourself something to feel Morally Superior about. And, you have some awkward hatred towards the first comment posted on some random Axe Body Spray commercial clip on Facebook.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf60wpr | Are you talking about www.unhcr.org or what? How about some information/link to this effort since you're posting self-righteously about it anyways? You don't see exactly where every one of your donated dollars gets used. For all you know you could be funding human/drug trafficking - a corrupted system or government - etc.
Did you give yourself gold? Because, obviously you have $250/mo of disposable cash to do so with and it's obvious by your post that you agree with yourself 150%. | You simply sleep better at night knowing you purchased yourself something to feel Morally Superior about. And, you have some awkward hatred towards the first comment posted on some random Axe Body Spray commercial clip on Facebook. |
allthebetter | I think this was a great commercial, and while a majority of the twitter comments that are talking about the #SpeakAmerican are standing up against haters and xenophobia...what should be remembered is that much of the racist people that believe in the 'murican way to me tend to be the type of people that do not have a need for things like twitter. Unfortunately these are the folks that look at themselves as the "heart" of America. They love fishing, and country music, and hunting, guns, jesus, cornbread, church on sundays...
They remember how everything was a much simpler time 20 years ago and that technology is doing nothing but taking good American jobs. They also believe that every time the President is named, they feel a need to emphasize his middle name as if it were the only proof necessary that he is a terrorist sympathizer. And if they don't do that, they need to feel the need then to refer to him as "Obummer" or some other variation.
These are the people that will proudly wear an eagle soaring over a beautiful mountain on their t-shirts, or even a picture of Mount Rushmore with ghost-like Sillouhettes of great Native American Chiefs in the sky, thinking that it is way to show how noble the people were. It is almost a reverence for what the Native Americans stood for, but they feel that all Native Americans today are lazy bums getting rich off of the government and wasting all their money on booze.
These are the people who will sit there and scream about the Mexicans "taking their jobs" when they were jobs that they themselves most likely would not have worked. Of course they aren't racist, they have a Mexican friend, or a Black friend, or Asian, and besides they "let" Obama in office, so that proves it.
This same group also believes they aren't homophobic, but will sit there and sneer and jab at gays and their lifestyle. They feel they need to preface statements with "I don't mind gays but,..." and then proceed to rattle off their canned reasons for why the gay lifestyle is the devil's work and that it should not be tolerated.
TL;DR: "Mericans are not really a great example of Americans. | I think this was a great commercial, and while a majority of the twitter comments that are talking about the #SpeakAmerican are standing up against haters and xenophobia...what should be remembered is that much of the racist people that believe in the 'murican way to me tend to be the type of people that do not have a need for things like twitter. Unfortunately these are the folks that look at themselves as the "heart" of America. They love fishing, and country music, and hunting, guns, jesus, cornbread, church on sundays...
They remember how everything was a much simpler time 20 years ago and that technology is doing nothing but taking good American jobs. They also believe that every time the President is named, they feel a need to emphasize his middle name as if it were the only proof necessary that he is a terrorist sympathizer. And if they don't do that, they need to feel the need then to refer to him as "Obummer" or some other variation.
These are the people that will proudly wear an eagle soaring over a beautiful mountain on their t-shirts, or even a picture of Mount Rushmore with ghost-like Sillouhettes of great Native American Chiefs in the sky, thinking that it is way to show how noble the people were. It is almost a reverence for what the Native Americans stood for, but they feel that all Native Americans today are lazy bums getting rich off of the government and wasting all their money on booze.
These are the people who will sit there and scream about the Mexicans "taking their jobs" when they were jobs that they themselves most likely would not have worked. Of course they aren't racist, they have a Mexican friend, or a Black friend, or Asian, and besides they "let" Obama in office, so that proves it.
This same group also believes they aren't homophobic, but will sit there and sneer and jab at gays and their lifestyle. They feel they need to preface statements with "I don't mind gays but,..." and then proceed to rattle off their canned reasons for why the gay lifestyle is the devil's work and that it should not be tolerated.
TL;DR: "Mericans are not really a great example of Americans.
| videos | t5_2qh1e | cf64rt0 | I think this was a great commercial, and while a majority of the twitter comments that are talking about the #SpeakAmerican are standing up against haters and xenophobia...what should be remembered is that much of the racist people that believe in the 'murican way to me tend to be the type of people that do not have a need for things like twitter. Unfortunately these are the folks that look at themselves as the "heart" of America. They love fishing, and country music, and hunting, guns, jesus, cornbread, church on sundays...
They remember how everything was a much simpler time 20 years ago and that technology is doing nothing but taking good American jobs. They also believe that every time the President is named, they feel a need to emphasize his middle name as if it were the only proof necessary that he is a terrorist sympathizer. And if they don't do that, they need to feel the need then to refer to him as "Obummer" or some other variation.
These are the people that will proudly wear an eagle soaring over a beautiful mountain on their t-shirts, or even a picture of Mount Rushmore with ghost-like Sillouhettes of great Native American Chiefs in the sky, thinking that it is way to show how noble the people were. It is almost a reverence for what the Native Americans stood for, but they feel that all Native Americans today are lazy bums getting rich off of the government and wasting all their money on booze.
These are the people who will sit there and scream about the Mexicans "taking their jobs" when they were jobs that they themselves most likely would not have worked. Of course they aren't racist, they have a Mexican friend, or a Black friend, or Asian, and besides they "let" Obama in office, so that proves it.
This same group also believes they aren't homophobic, but will sit there and sneer and jab at gays and their lifestyle. They feel they need to preface statements with "I don't mind gays but,..." and then proceed to rattle off their canned reasons for why the gay lifestyle is the devil's work and that it should not be tolerated. | Mericans are not really a great example of Americans. |
Robert_A_Bouie | The IRS doesn't charge the penalty, Congress does via Section 72(t) of the tax code. The IRS just collects it.
When enacting tax law changes, Congress sometimes provides us with "committee reports" which tell us what the current law is and why it needs to be changed. These committee reports provide us with good insight into what Congressional intent was behind a law.
In 1982, Congress passed the first penalty provision in Section 72 which applied to early withdrawals from annuity contracts. Their reasoning was as follows:
"The committee believes that the use of deferred annuity contracts to meet long-term investment goals, such as income security, is still a worthy ideal. However, the committee believes that their use for short-term investment and income tax deferral should be discouraged."
In 1986, Congress expanded the penalty provisions of Section 72 and applied them to early withdrawals from all retirement plans. Here is what the committee reports say:
"Although the committee recognizes the importance of encouraging taxpayers to save for retirement, the committee also believes that tax incentives for retirement savings are inappropriate unless the savings generally are not diverted to nonretirement uses. One way to prevent such diversion is to impose an additional income tax on early withdrawals from tax-favored retirement savings arrangements in order to discourage withdrawals and to recapture a measure of the tax benefits that have been provided. Accordingly, the committee believes it appropriate to apply an early withdrawal tax to all tax-favored retirement arrangements.
Moreover, the committee is concerned that the present-law level of the additional income tax appears in many instances to be an insufficient deterrent to the use of retirement funds for nonretirement purposes, because for taxpayers whose income is taxed at a higher marginal rate, the sanction may be neutralized by the tax-free compounding of interest after a relatively short period of time, particularly with respect to amounts contributed to a retirement arrangement on a before-tax basis."
**TL, DR:** Congress doesn't want people using retirement accounts to save for non-retirement uses, and therefore they impose a penalty on early withdrawals from retirement plans. | The IRS doesn't charge the penalty, Congress does via Section 72(t) of the tax code. The IRS just collects it.
When enacting tax law changes, Congress sometimes provides us with "committee reports" which tell us what the current law is and why it needs to be changed. These committee reports provide us with good insight into what Congressional intent was behind a law.
In 1982, Congress passed the first penalty provision in Section 72 which applied to early withdrawals from annuity contracts. Their reasoning was as follows:
"The committee believes that the use of deferred annuity contracts to meet long-term investment goals, such as income security, is still a worthy ideal. However, the committee believes that their use for short-term investment and income tax deferral should be discouraged."
In 1986, Congress expanded the penalty provisions of Section 72 and applied them to early withdrawals from all retirement plans. Here is what the committee reports say:
"Although the committee recognizes the importance of encouraging taxpayers to save for retirement, the committee also believes that tax incentives for retirement savings are inappropriate unless the savings generally are not diverted to nonretirement uses. One way to prevent such diversion is to impose an additional income tax on early withdrawals from tax-favored retirement savings arrangements in order to discourage withdrawals and to recapture a measure of the tax benefits that have been provided. Accordingly, the committee believes it appropriate to apply an early withdrawal tax to all tax-favored retirement arrangements.
Moreover, the committee is concerned that the present-law level of the additional income tax appears in many instances to be an insufficient deterrent to the use of retirement funds for nonretirement purposes, because for taxpayers whose income is taxed at a higher marginal rate, the sanction may be neutralized by the tax-free compounding of interest after a relatively short period of time, particularly with respect to amounts contributed to a retirement arrangement on a before-tax basis."
TL, DR: Congress doesn't want people using retirement accounts to save for non-retirement uses, and therefore they impose a penalty on early withdrawals from retirement plans.
| tax | t5_2quww | cf60ahz | The IRS doesn't charge the penalty, Congress does via Section 72(t) of the tax code. The IRS just collects it.
When enacting tax law changes, Congress sometimes provides us with "committee reports" which tell us what the current law is and why it needs to be changed. These committee reports provide us with good insight into what Congressional intent was behind a law.
In 1982, Congress passed the first penalty provision in Section 72 which applied to early withdrawals from annuity contracts. Their reasoning was as follows:
"The committee believes that the use of deferred annuity contracts to meet long-term investment goals, such as income security, is still a worthy ideal. However, the committee believes that their use for short-term investment and income tax deferral should be discouraged."
In 1986, Congress expanded the penalty provisions of Section 72 and applied them to early withdrawals from all retirement plans. Here is what the committee reports say:
"Although the committee recognizes the importance of encouraging taxpayers to save for retirement, the committee also believes that tax incentives for retirement savings are inappropriate unless the savings generally are not diverted to nonretirement uses. One way to prevent such diversion is to impose an additional income tax on early withdrawals from tax-favored retirement savings arrangements in order to discourage withdrawals and to recapture a measure of the tax benefits that have been provided. Accordingly, the committee believes it appropriate to apply an early withdrawal tax to all tax-favored retirement arrangements.
Moreover, the committee is concerned that the present-law level of the additional income tax appears in many instances to be an insufficient deterrent to the use of retirement funds for nonretirement purposes, because for taxpayers whose income is taxed at a higher marginal rate, the sanction may be neutralized by the tax-free compounding of interest after a relatively short period of time, particularly with respect to amounts contributed to a retirement arrangement on a before-tax basis." | Congress doesn't want people using retirement accounts to save for non-retirement uses, and therefore they impose a penalty on early withdrawals from retirement plans. |
Bored_Boring | Isn't the point of karma to make the cream rise to the top? If nobody like it, less people see it. Besides we have all been beginners one time or another, if you can't ask a question on reddit, what's the point. Have you seen the questions that people get legit answers to in an AMA?
TL/DR: are we better than Bill Murray?
No! | Isn't the point of karma to make the cream rise to the top? If nobody like it, less people see it. Besides we have all been beginners one time or another, if you can't ask a question on reddit, what's the point. Have you seen the questions that people get legit answers to in an AMA?
TL/DR: are we better than Bill Murray?
No!
| editors | t5_2qpkc | cf6o1xt | Isn't the point of karma to make the cream rise to the top? If nobody like it, less people see it. Besides we have all been beginners one time or another, if you can't ask a question on reddit, what's the point. Have you seen the questions that people get legit answers to in an AMA? | are we better than Bill Murray?
No! |
dryskinassassin | I love hearing stories like this! I have my own from my experience with Stephen Curry.
During the NBA lockout of 2011, players hosted charity games, and Matt Barnes, along with Jason Richardson, were two of those players. They arranged a "We Believe vs. Dubs" game where players from the '06-'07 Warriors as well as select past Warriors would play against the upcoming Dubs squad. Player appearances included Steph Curry, David Lee, and a Pre-Linsanity Jeremy.
The day prior to the game, I just happened to be on the campus where it would be held. I was there due to some scheduling confusion, so I hit up my friend since I wasn't supposed to be there in the first place, and he asked me to try to look for some NBA players. We looked around the campus first, and we even ran into two people trying to do the same. We looked for around 30 minutes to no avail. I decided to check my twitter feed. I see that Stephen Curry just landed in the city, and he is holding a contest to see who can find him first by looking at photographic clues of city landmarks. Winners get floor seats to the game. After a couple minutes of investigating the pictures Curry tweeted, my friend says, *"Oh shit, he's at P.F. Chang's!!!"*
We run five blocks from campus to the nearest P.F. Changs. Upon entrance, the Baby-Faced Assassin is nowhere to be seen. So we approach the hostess with, "So uhh... we hear you have some Curry today..." She says, "Why yes, but you're late for the contest. They're over there with him right now." I look to my right, and there he is! My favorite player ever with the two people my friend and I ran into earlier on campus while we were looking for players. I was disappointed, frightened even, because it seemed like my chance to meet Stephen Curry is dwindling. As the winners run past my friend and I screaming in joy, my friend asks the hostess if we can just meet him. The hostess walks over to the Curry table where Threesus and Mrs. Threesus were having lunch with a friend. She talks to them for about a minute, and I'm standing in the waiting area nervous while looking at the table with the corner of my eye. The hostess comes back, and she says, "Okay, he'll be happy to meet you guys after he is finished eating."
My friend and I are sitting in the waiting area of a P.F. Chang's. I'm about to meet my favorite player, but I have no idea what I'm going to say. I look at my twitter feed, and I see that Steph posted a video of himself and the contest winners. *"Damn, I wish that was me in that tweet," goes through my head, but my moment will come soon enough. After about 45 minutes of sitting on a lobby bench with sweaty hands and apprehensive thoughts, Stephen Curry walks up to me and candidly greets us, "Hi, how's it going!" His wife walks over to the hostess and says, "I'll just be over here!" My conversation with Curry is brief, but long enough to show that he cares. My friend compliments his Cool Grey XI's, he signs a couple of the charity game posters we had, and I tell him a corny, awkward joke that got luckily got a genuine laugh (after a slight pause). The moment passes quickly, and he and his wife are gone. I walk back to campus with the biggest smile a 17 year old kid can have.
The charity game was an adventure in itself. I saw Gilbert Arenas trade threes with Jeremy Lin, Baron Davis come late in his street clothes, and Stephen Curry show off his skills. After the game, the crowd mobbed the court to meet the players. I happened to bump into his wife who was sitting on the sideline by herself. I greeted her, and she remembered me and my ridiculously corny joke! She laughed, and I told her that it was nice meeting her. Then everybody realized who she was and started mobbing towards her, so I let her handle the crowd and left. The whole night was crazy fun.
**TL;DR:**I MET MY FAVORITE PLAYER WHO WAS REALLY NICE AT A PF CHANGS AND HIS WIFE REMEMBERED MY JOKE. SHIT WAS DOPE. | I love hearing stories like this! I have my own from my experience with Stephen Curry.
During the NBA lockout of 2011, players hosted charity games, and Matt Barnes, along with Jason Richardson, were two of those players. They arranged a "We Believe vs. Dubs" game where players from the '06-'07 Warriors as well as select past Warriors would play against the upcoming Dubs squad. Player appearances included Steph Curry, David Lee, and a Pre-Linsanity Jeremy.
The day prior to the game, I just happened to be on the campus where it would be held. I was there due to some scheduling confusion, so I hit up my friend since I wasn't supposed to be there in the first place, and he asked me to try to look for some NBA players. We looked around the campus first, and we even ran into two people trying to do the same. We looked for around 30 minutes to no avail. I decided to check my twitter feed. I see that Stephen Curry just landed in the city, and he is holding a contest to see who can find him first by looking at photographic clues of city landmarks. Winners get floor seats to the game. After a couple minutes of investigating the pictures Curry tweeted, my friend says, "Oh shit, he's at P.F. Chang's!!!"
We run five blocks from campus to the nearest P.F. Changs. Upon entrance, the Baby-Faced Assassin is nowhere to be seen. So we approach the hostess with, "So uhh... we hear you have some Curry today..." She says, "Why yes, but you're late for the contest. They're over there with him right now." I look to my right, and there he is! My favorite player ever with the two people my friend and I ran into earlier on campus while we were looking for players. I was disappointed, frightened even, because it seemed like my chance to meet Stephen Curry is dwindling. As the winners run past my friend and I screaming in joy, my friend asks the hostess if we can just meet him. The hostess walks over to the Curry table where Threesus and Mrs. Threesus were having lunch with a friend. She talks to them for about a minute, and I'm standing in the waiting area nervous while looking at the table with the corner of my eye. The hostess comes back, and she says, "Okay, he'll be happy to meet you guys after he is finished eating."
My friend and I are sitting in the waiting area of a P.F. Chang's. I'm about to meet my favorite player, but I have no idea what I'm going to say. I look at my twitter feed, and I see that Steph posted a video of himself and the contest winners. *"Damn, I wish that was me in that tweet," goes through my head, but my moment will come soon enough. After about 45 minutes of sitting on a lobby bench with sweaty hands and apprehensive thoughts, Stephen Curry walks up to me and candidly greets us, "Hi, how's it going!" His wife walks over to the hostess and says, "I'll just be over here!" My conversation with Curry is brief, but long enough to show that he cares. My friend compliments his Cool Grey XI's, he signs a couple of the charity game posters we had, and I tell him a corny, awkward joke that got luckily got a genuine laugh (after a slight pause). The moment passes quickly, and he and his wife are gone. I walk back to campus with the biggest smile a 17 year old kid can have.
The charity game was an adventure in itself. I saw Gilbert Arenas trade threes with Jeremy Lin, Baron Davis come late in his street clothes, and Stephen Curry show off his skills. After the game, the crowd mobbed the court to meet the players. I happened to bump into his wife who was sitting on the sideline by herself. I greeted her, and she remembered me and my ridiculously corny joke! She laughed, and I told her that it was nice meeting her. Then everybody realized who she was and started mobbing towards her, so I let her handle the crowd and left. The whole night was crazy fun.
TL;DR: I MET MY FAVORITE PLAYER WHO WAS REALLY NICE AT A PF CHANGS AND HIS WIFE REMEMBERED MY JOKE. SHIT WAS DOPE.
| nba | t5_2qo4s | cf6mgmr | I love hearing stories like this! I have my own from my experience with Stephen Curry.
During the NBA lockout of 2011, players hosted charity games, and Matt Barnes, along with Jason Richardson, were two of those players. They arranged a "We Believe vs. Dubs" game where players from the '06-'07 Warriors as well as select past Warriors would play against the upcoming Dubs squad. Player appearances included Steph Curry, David Lee, and a Pre-Linsanity Jeremy.
The day prior to the game, I just happened to be on the campus where it would be held. I was there due to some scheduling confusion, so I hit up my friend since I wasn't supposed to be there in the first place, and he asked me to try to look for some NBA players. We looked around the campus first, and we even ran into two people trying to do the same. We looked for around 30 minutes to no avail. I decided to check my twitter feed. I see that Stephen Curry just landed in the city, and he is holding a contest to see who can find him first by looking at photographic clues of city landmarks. Winners get floor seats to the game. After a couple minutes of investigating the pictures Curry tweeted, my friend says, "Oh shit, he's at P.F. Chang's!!!"
We run five blocks from campus to the nearest P.F. Changs. Upon entrance, the Baby-Faced Assassin is nowhere to be seen. So we approach the hostess with, "So uhh... we hear you have some Curry today..." She says, "Why yes, but you're late for the contest. They're over there with him right now." I look to my right, and there he is! My favorite player ever with the two people my friend and I ran into earlier on campus while we were looking for players. I was disappointed, frightened even, because it seemed like my chance to meet Stephen Curry is dwindling. As the winners run past my friend and I screaming in joy, my friend asks the hostess if we can just meet him. The hostess walks over to the Curry table where Threesus and Mrs. Threesus were having lunch with a friend. She talks to them for about a minute, and I'm standing in the waiting area nervous while looking at the table with the corner of my eye. The hostess comes back, and she says, "Okay, he'll be happy to meet you guys after he is finished eating."
My friend and I are sitting in the waiting area of a P.F. Chang's. I'm about to meet my favorite player, but I have no idea what I'm going to say. I look at my twitter feed, and I see that Steph posted a video of himself and the contest winners. *"Damn, I wish that was me in that tweet," goes through my head, but my moment will come soon enough. After about 45 minutes of sitting on a lobby bench with sweaty hands and apprehensive thoughts, Stephen Curry walks up to me and candidly greets us, "Hi, how's it going!" His wife walks over to the hostess and says, "I'll just be over here!" My conversation with Curry is brief, but long enough to show that he cares. My friend compliments his Cool Grey XI's, he signs a couple of the charity game posters we had, and I tell him a corny, awkward joke that got luckily got a genuine laugh (after a slight pause). The moment passes quickly, and he and his wife are gone. I walk back to campus with the biggest smile a 17 year old kid can have.
The charity game was an adventure in itself. I saw Gilbert Arenas trade threes with Jeremy Lin, Baron Davis come late in his street clothes, and Stephen Curry show off his skills. After the game, the crowd mobbed the court to meet the players. I happened to bump into his wife who was sitting on the sideline by herself. I greeted her, and she remembered me and my ridiculously corny joke! She laughed, and I told her that it was nice meeting her. Then everybody realized who she was and started mobbing towards her, so I let her handle the crowd and left. The whole night was crazy fun. | I MET MY FAVORITE PLAYER WHO WAS REALLY NICE AT A PF CHANGS AND HIS WIFE REMEMBERED MY JOKE. SHIT WAS DOPE. |
kr613 | My brother has a very similar story to this. During the summer months the entire Raptors squad would practise at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, which happens to be where my brother went for school. Anyway, at the gym one time, a tall black dude asks my brother if he’s using the bench, and my brother promptly says “yeah, but you can use it as well”. He replies and asks my brother if it is ok if he can spot him, and my brother not seeing any problem with this agrees. Any way they end up spotting one another during the whole chest work out, flat bench, incline, decline, flies, just whatever. However, my brother is not an NBA fan and has no idea who this guy is, but if he was to guess, he would assume he’s just a guy on the Carleton Basketball squad. In any case, after they finish the work out he’s thanked and asked if he usually comes around this time to work out with one another, and my brother says yeah he usually passes by after work. On his way out one of his buddies is like “Do you know who that was?” and my brother actually had no idea. Later that evening he comes up to me and asks if I know a guy by the name of Chris Bosh, because he worked out with him and he is probably going to be doing another work out with him the next day. So just like that, my brother treated an NBA allstar and an arguable future hall of famer as just another guy, and in turn Chris appreciated it, and was absolutely a nice guy.
TL;DR: My brother worked out with Chris Bosh, and had no idea who he is. | My brother has a very similar story to this. During the summer months the entire Raptors squad would practise at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, which happens to be where my brother went for school. Anyway, at the gym one time, a tall black dude asks my brother if he’s using the bench, and my brother promptly says “yeah, but you can use it as well”. He replies and asks my brother if it is ok if he can spot him, and my brother not seeing any problem with this agrees. Any way they end up spotting one another during the whole chest work out, flat bench, incline, decline, flies, just whatever. However, my brother is not an NBA fan and has no idea who this guy is, but if he was to guess, he would assume he’s just a guy on the Carleton Basketball squad. In any case, after they finish the work out he’s thanked and asked if he usually comes around this time to work out with one another, and my brother says yeah he usually passes by after work. On his way out one of his buddies is like “Do you know who that was?” and my brother actually had no idea. Later that evening he comes up to me and asks if I know a guy by the name of Chris Bosh, because he worked out with him and he is probably going to be doing another work out with him the next day. So just like that, my brother treated an NBA allstar and an arguable future hall of famer as just another guy, and in turn Chris appreciated it, and was absolutely a nice guy.
TL;DR: My brother worked out with Chris Bosh, and had no idea who he is.
| nba | t5_2qo4s | cf67i2s | My brother has a very similar story to this. During the summer months the entire Raptors squad would practise at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, which happens to be where my brother went for school. Anyway, at the gym one time, a tall black dude asks my brother if he’s using the bench, and my brother promptly says “yeah, but you can use it as well”. He replies and asks my brother if it is ok if he can spot him, and my brother not seeing any problem with this agrees. Any way they end up spotting one another during the whole chest work out, flat bench, incline, decline, flies, just whatever. However, my brother is not an NBA fan and has no idea who this guy is, but if he was to guess, he would assume he’s just a guy on the Carleton Basketball squad. In any case, after they finish the work out he’s thanked and asked if he usually comes around this time to work out with one another, and my brother says yeah he usually passes by after work. On his way out one of his buddies is like “Do you know who that was?” and my brother actually had no idea. Later that evening he comes up to me and asks if I know a guy by the name of Chris Bosh, because he worked out with him and he is probably going to be doing another work out with him the next day. So just like that, my brother treated an NBA allstar and an arguable future hall of famer as just another guy, and in turn Chris appreciated it, and was absolutely a nice guy. | My brother worked out with Chris Bosh, and had no idea who he is. |
CheesyPoofs1 | In a few fits of desperation, I've done some stupid crap to try and objectively pin down my numerical rating, because I'm apparently a 12 year old boy in the body of a woman in her late 20s (and because, as mentioned before, I like to quantify things.) I figure that it's better going into life informed and aware of my own shortcomings, right?
I've asked 3 male friends I trust over a few years what they'd rate me as...the consensus was around a 6. I honestly think they're highballing it because they don't want to hurt my feelings-it's what I'd do if I was a typical young heterosexual dude talking to an insecure female friend. I even looked at one of those picture aggregates that gives examples of women of each number (found through a red pill-esque site, so *clearly* a reliable source, right?); as lame as this is, that was an incredibly exciting find, because it proved me right and appeared to rank me much lower than my friends had. As much as I'm aware of how pathetic this is, somehow it makes me feel better to have "confirmation" I'm uglier than my friends tell me I am.
Tl;dr: You're right, I'm probably not a 0. More like a 1.5.
Edit: Hopefully the sarcasm in there is detectable... | In a few fits of desperation, I've done some stupid crap to try and objectively pin down my numerical rating, because I'm apparently a 12 year old boy in the body of a woman in her late 20s (and because, as mentioned before, I like to quantify things.) I figure that it's better going into life informed and aware of my own shortcomings, right?
I've asked 3 male friends I trust over a few years what they'd rate me as...the consensus was around a 6. I honestly think they're highballing it because they don't want to hurt my feelings-it's what I'd do if I was a typical young heterosexual dude talking to an insecure female friend. I even looked at one of those picture aggregates that gives examples of women of each number (found through a red pill-esque site, so clearly a reliable source, right?); as lame as this is, that was an incredibly exciting find, because it proved me right and appeared to rank me much lower than my friends had. As much as I'm aware of how pathetic this is, somehow it makes me feel better to have "confirmation" I'm uglier than my friends tell me I am.
Tl;dr: You're right, I'm probably not a 0. More like a 1.5.
Edit: Hopefully the sarcasm in there is detectable...
| fatpeoplestories | t5_2vzax | cf741he | In a few fits of desperation, I've done some stupid crap to try and objectively pin down my numerical rating, because I'm apparently a 12 year old boy in the body of a woman in her late 20s (and because, as mentioned before, I like to quantify things.) I figure that it's better going into life informed and aware of my own shortcomings, right?
I've asked 3 male friends I trust over a few years what they'd rate me as...the consensus was around a 6. I honestly think they're highballing it because they don't want to hurt my feelings-it's what I'd do if I was a typical young heterosexual dude talking to an insecure female friend. I even looked at one of those picture aggregates that gives examples of women of each number (found through a red pill-esque site, so clearly a reliable source, right?); as lame as this is, that was an incredibly exciting find, because it proved me right and appeared to rank me much lower than my friends had. As much as I'm aware of how pathetic this is, somehow it makes me feel better to have "confirmation" I'm uglier than my friends tell me I am. | You're right, I'm probably not a 0. More like a 1.5.
Edit: Hopefully the sarcasm in there is detectable... |
UncleTobys | I've now had the 105/20 on 3 separate occasions. The first time was very disappointing! Gave it 75/100. Second time was a bit better, 85/100.
Last night, my friend was busy with something so I was drinking with his fiancée. Poured her a small dram and asked what she thought. She said it tasted really bitter and got some sulphur in the nose. My friend finished whatever he was doing and I poured him some (the regular 105 is one of his favourites). "This is fantastic! But not much better than the 10yo." Asked him if he smelled burning matches and rubber bands, he agreed. He also said the finish was bitter but not too bad.
I think it's too woody and the cask was shit. It's not too bad, but I expected to be amazed. I'm just going to let it breathe a bit before I review it properly.
TL;DR: woody, sulphury and bitter. | I've now had the 105/20 on 3 separate occasions. The first time was very disappointing! Gave it 75/100. Second time was a bit better, 85/100.
Last night, my friend was busy with something so I was drinking with his fiancée. Poured her a small dram and asked what she thought. She said it tasted really bitter and got some sulphur in the nose. My friend finished whatever he was doing and I poured him some (the regular 105 is one of his favourites). "This is fantastic! But not much better than the 10yo." Asked him if he smelled burning matches and rubber bands, he agreed. He also said the finish was bitter but not too bad.
I think it's too woody and the cask was shit. It's not too bad, but I expected to be amazed. I'm just going to let it breathe a bit before I review it properly.
TL;DR: woody, sulphury and bitter.
| Whiskyporn | t5_2vn5g | cf78oky | I've now had the 105/20 on 3 separate occasions. The first time was very disappointing! Gave it 75/100. Second time was a bit better, 85/100.
Last night, my friend was busy with something so I was drinking with his fiancée. Poured her a small dram and asked what she thought. She said it tasted really bitter and got some sulphur in the nose. My friend finished whatever he was doing and I poured him some (the regular 105 is one of his favourites). "This is fantastic! But not much better than the 10yo." Asked him if he smelled burning matches and rubber bands, he agreed. He also said the finish was bitter but not too bad.
I think it's too woody and the cask was shit. It's not too bad, but I expected to be amazed. I'm just going to let it breathe a bit before I review it properly. | woody, sulphury and bitter. |
Magica_do_Mar | Not bad. Video and sound quality were good, no complaints there. Overall, the clips you chose matched the mood/lyrical content of the song, however, there is a lot of room for fine-tuning.
For example, let's just consider the first 25 seconds (intros are important). As I said before, I like the scene selection here; the low rumblings of the music and its tone are fitting for Simon's lonely digging task. But, right at the start, there's a big THUD. One thing to strive for is to match what is going on in the music to what is going on in the video. A small change in this vein would have been to start with all black, and then time thud with the appearance of the footage.
Next, you might notice that the music fades up until around 0:07. In this case, having a fade in from black might have worked nicely. Continuing the theme of matching the music, right at 0:07 the music kicks in, in contrast to what came before. This would've been the right spot synch up with Simon's drill getting stuck as that was in contrast with his smooth progress before. I think you sensed this, but as it played out, it was off by about two seconds (which is a non-trivial discrepancy in editing). Some guitar kicks up the music again at 0:13, but this time the reveal of the core drill happens about a second too late.
After that, you did some quick reveals for Kamina and Yoko. A good idea at this early stage in the song, however, I think those could have waited until after 0:25. Instead, I would have focused on Simon and used the clips of him discovering the spiral power from 0:25-0:35, culminating with Lagann's big power-up at 0:25.
For comparison, here's my first AMV: It's flawed in that I couldn't decide if I was strictly mathcing the lyrics or doing a season summary of the show (which is the great Yu Yu Hakusho), so I split the difference, with okay results. Some characters are mixed up (in the context of the song), but generally, what's happening on-screen matches the lyrics and the cuts are on-beat.
TL;DR pretty good first AMV, just focus on matching your cuts with the music (e.g., drum beats, fading in/out of volume, addition of new musical elements). | Not bad. Video and sound quality were good, no complaints there. Overall, the clips you chose matched the mood/lyrical content of the song, however, there is a lot of room for fine-tuning.
For example, let's just consider the first 25 seconds (intros are important). As I said before, I like the scene selection here; the low rumblings of the music and its tone are fitting for Simon's lonely digging task. But, right at the start, there's a big THUD. One thing to strive for is to match what is going on in the music to what is going on in the video. A small change in this vein would have been to start with all black, and then time thud with the appearance of the footage.
Next, you might notice that the music fades up until around 0:07. In this case, having a fade in from black might have worked nicely. Continuing the theme of matching the music, right at 0:07 the music kicks in, in contrast to what came before. This would've been the right spot synch up with Simon's drill getting stuck as that was in contrast with his smooth progress before. I think you sensed this, but as it played out, it was off by about two seconds (which is a non-trivial discrepancy in editing). Some guitar kicks up the music again at 0:13, but this time the reveal of the core drill happens about a second too late.
After that, you did some quick reveals for Kamina and Yoko. A good idea at this early stage in the song, however, I think those could have waited until after 0:25. Instead, I would have focused on Simon and used the clips of him discovering the spiral power from 0:25-0:35, culminating with Lagann's big power-up at 0:25.
For comparison, here's my first AMV: It's flawed in that I couldn't decide if I was strictly mathcing the lyrics or doing a season summary of the show (which is the great Yu Yu Hakusho), so I split the difference, with okay results. Some characters are mixed up (in the context of the song), but generally, what's happening on-screen matches the lyrics and the cuts are on-beat.
TL;DR pretty good first AMV, just focus on matching your cuts with the music (e.g., drum beats, fading in/out of volume, addition of new musical elements).
| amv | t5_2qpg3 | cfbe6o2 | Not bad. Video and sound quality were good, no complaints there. Overall, the clips you chose matched the mood/lyrical content of the song, however, there is a lot of room for fine-tuning.
For example, let's just consider the first 25 seconds (intros are important). As I said before, I like the scene selection here; the low rumblings of the music and its tone are fitting for Simon's lonely digging task. But, right at the start, there's a big THUD. One thing to strive for is to match what is going on in the music to what is going on in the video. A small change in this vein would have been to start with all black, and then time thud with the appearance of the footage.
Next, you might notice that the music fades up until around 0:07. In this case, having a fade in from black might have worked nicely. Continuing the theme of matching the music, right at 0:07 the music kicks in, in contrast to what came before. This would've been the right spot synch up with Simon's drill getting stuck as that was in contrast with his smooth progress before. I think you sensed this, but as it played out, it was off by about two seconds (which is a non-trivial discrepancy in editing). Some guitar kicks up the music again at 0:13, but this time the reveal of the core drill happens about a second too late.
After that, you did some quick reveals for Kamina and Yoko. A good idea at this early stage in the song, however, I think those could have waited until after 0:25. Instead, I would have focused on Simon and used the clips of him discovering the spiral power from 0:25-0:35, culminating with Lagann's big power-up at 0:25.
For comparison, here's my first AMV: It's flawed in that I couldn't decide if I was strictly mathcing the lyrics or doing a season summary of the show (which is the great Yu Yu Hakusho), so I split the difference, with okay results. Some characters are mixed up (in the context of the song), but generally, what's happening on-screen matches the lyrics and the cuts are on-beat. | pretty good first AMV, just focus on matching your cuts with the music (e.g., drum beats, fading in/out of volume, addition of new musical elements). |
calu1986 | As far as I understand, the law does not make domestic abuse LEGAL. It prevents family members from being questioned about the abuse (family members would be the only witnesses in cases of domestic abuse for the most part), thus making it a whole lot more difficult for the abusers to face consequences.
TL/DR: The law does not make domestic abuse legal, it makes the investigation incredibly difficult. | As far as I understand, the law does not make domestic abuse LEGAL. It prevents family members from being questioned about the abuse (family members would be the only witnesses in cases of domestic abuse for the most part), thus making it a whole lot more difficult for the abusers to face consequences.
TL/DR: The law does not make domestic abuse legal, it makes the investigation incredibly difficult.
| worldnews | t5_2qh13 | cf7pto9 | As far as I understand, the law does not make domestic abuse LEGAL. It prevents family members from being questioned about the abuse (family members would be the only witnesses in cases of domestic abuse for the most part), thus making it a whole lot more difficult for the abusers to face consequences. | The law does not make domestic abuse legal, it makes the investigation incredibly difficult. |
CloneWhore | Anytime. OOooooOo someones cloning your [joose](
And looky there half the price too!
TL:DR Snake oil salesmen can suck a fat one.
| Anytime. OOooooOo someones cloning your [joose](
And looky there half the price too!
TL:DR Snake oil salesmen can suck a fat one.
| electronic_cigarette | t5_2qmlu | cf8m9yd | Anytime. OOooooOo someones cloning your [joose](
And looky there half the price too! | Snake oil salesmen can suck a fat one. |
Dudewitbow | if you want my opinion, its actually pretty beneficial to be on the losing end of the stick. It sets a goal for you to think about potential strategies you can use during certain character picks. I've sort of had a similar feeling back before brawl as my step brother recently used falco(at the wake of falco's start of becoming a popular character due to a certain list) and I kept on getting decimated at the time. Note that I didn't own the game, but my cousin and my stepbrother does, so most of my gaming practice was with my cousin. When I play with my cousin, I'm generally on the winning half(maybe like 70/30 ratio), a few of them due to me trying to try something new and overextending into a SD.
Fast forward several years(during july of last year to be more precise). Went to my step brothers house, finding out that his friend gave him all of his gc games(he sold his gc games ages ago) and my cousin(who I play with) told me that he was being wiped on the floor by my step brother. I personally took it as a challenge, It turns out, I wiped him out so hard everyone was in awe(in 4 stock games, Won 10 straight matches in a row before I got hungry for breakfast). Although my cousin was beaten heavily, I learned something new that day, which was that my metagame vs other people I don't play with as much was much better than both my stepbrother's and cousin. At that point my cousin basically mentions that he does okay against me because he knows how I play and my mind games, but couldn't react well to newer challengers.
TL;DR: its actually beneficial to be on the losing side, gives you more of a reason to learn the ins and outs of your character and change your fighting style. someone who used to beat me easily was single handedly decimated by my hand after some time, the amount of success you feel after mastering the game is much better than if you were good at the start.
Just got to say, good luck on your endeavor. Learn from your plays, change it up a little and experiment. Who knows what potential you may have | if you want my opinion, its actually pretty beneficial to be on the losing end of the stick. It sets a goal for you to think about potential strategies you can use during certain character picks. I've sort of had a similar feeling back before brawl as my step brother recently used falco(at the wake of falco's start of becoming a popular character due to a certain list) and I kept on getting decimated at the time. Note that I didn't own the game, but my cousin and my stepbrother does, so most of my gaming practice was with my cousin. When I play with my cousin, I'm generally on the winning half(maybe like 70/30 ratio), a few of them due to me trying to try something new and overextending into a SD.
Fast forward several years(during july of last year to be more precise). Went to my step brothers house, finding out that his friend gave him all of his gc games(he sold his gc games ages ago) and my cousin(who I play with) told me that he was being wiped on the floor by my step brother. I personally took it as a challenge, It turns out, I wiped him out so hard everyone was in awe(in 4 stock games, Won 10 straight matches in a row before I got hungry for breakfast). Although my cousin was beaten heavily, I learned something new that day, which was that my metagame vs other people I don't play with as much was much better than both my stepbrother's and cousin. At that point my cousin basically mentions that he does okay against me because he knows how I play and my mind games, but couldn't react well to newer challengers.
TL;DR: its actually beneficial to be on the losing side, gives you more of a reason to learn the ins and outs of your character and change your fighting style. someone who used to beat me easily was single handedly decimated by my hand after some time, the amount of success you feel after mastering the game is much better than if you were good at the start.
Just got to say, good luck on your endeavor. Learn from your plays, change it up a little and experiment. Who knows what potential you may have
| SSBPM | t5_2u3tn | cf7dwxu | if you want my opinion, its actually pretty beneficial to be on the losing end of the stick. It sets a goal for you to think about potential strategies you can use during certain character picks. I've sort of had a similar feeling back before brawl as my step brother recently used falco(at the wake of falco's start of becoming a popular character due to a certain list) and I kept on getting decimated at the time. Note that I didn't own the game, but my cousin and my stepbrother does, so most of my gaming practice was with my cousin. When I play with my cousin, I'm generally on the winning half(maybe like 70/30 ratio), a few of them due to me trying to try something new and overextending into a SD.
Fast forward several years(during july of last year to be more precise). Went to my step brothers house, finding out that his friend gave him all of his gc games(he sold his gc games ages ago) and my cousin(who I play with) told me that he was being wiped on the floor by my step brother. I personally took it as a challenge, It turns out, I wiped him out so hard everyone was in awe(in 4 stock games, Won 10 straight matches in a row before I got hungry for breakfast). Although my cousin was beaten heavily, I learned something new that day, which was that my metagame vs other people I don't play with as much was much better than both my stepbrother's and cousin. At that point my cousin basically mentions that he does okay against me because he knows how I play and my mind games, but couldn't react well to newer challengers. | its actually beneficial to be on the losing side, gives you more of a reason to learn the ins and outs of your character and change your fighting style. someone who used to beat me easily was single handedly decimated by my hand after some time, the amount of success you feel after mastering the game is much better than if you were good at the start.
Just got to say, good luck on your endeavor. Learn from your plays, change it up a little and experiment. Who knows what potential you may have |
thefreightrain | You have a rivalry with your brother (probably, anyways, since there's a degree of closeness you two have), so you're always going to have to deal with that when playing him in close matches. That said, having seen similar behavior while I was winning in a Brawl streak to the point it was status quo, I chose to try and avoid that when I got put on a losing streak in PM. To what degree did I succeed?
Yesterday when I was playing a friend of my best friend/friendly PM rival, I was having some of the most fun I'd had while playing smash, including all the years I played Brawl. And I was losing almost every match! I think watching aMSa had something to do with it too, but still, I can't be happier with the results. It was really only then that I realized what had happened.
My goal isn't any longer just to "win" in any game or set, it's to make it the "best" game I can. The most competitive, the highest level I can, a strong match where you can't just be outright certain who's going to win. I don't know how to phrase it exactly, but if you change your expectation from winning outright, to including having the best matches possible, it will alleviate some of the frustration of your brotherly rivalry.
TL;DR: It's fun to win, it's an honor to lose. | You have a rivalry with your brother (probably, anyways, since there's a degree of closeness you two have), so you're always going to have to deal with that when playing him in close matches. That said, having seen similar behavior while I was winning in a Brawl streak to the point it was status quo, I chose to try and avoid that when I got put on a losing streak in PM. To what degree did I succeed?
Yesterday when I was playing a friend of my best friend/friendly PM rival, I was having some of the most fun I'd had while playing smash, including all the years I played Brawl. And I was losing almost every match! I think watching aMSa had something to do with it too, but still, I can't be happier with the results. It was really only then that I realized what had happened.
My goal isn't any longer just to "win" in any game or set, it's to make it the "best" game I can. The most competitive, the highest level I can, a strong match where you can't just be outright certain who's going to win. I don't know how to phrase it exactly, but if you change your expectation from winning outright, to including having the best matches possible, it will alleviate some of the frustration of your brotherly rivalry.
TL;DR: It's fun to win, it's an honor to lose.
| SSBPM | t5_2u3tn | cf7vcb0 | You have a rivalry with your brother (probably, anyways, since there's a degree of closeness you two have), so you're always going to have to deal with that when playing him in close matches. That said, having seen similar behavior while I was winning in a Brawl streak to the point it was status quo, I chose to try and avoid that when I got put on a losing streak in PM. To what degree did I succeed?
Yesterday when I was playing a friend of my best friend/friendly PM rival, I was having some of the most fun I'd had while playing smash, including all the years I played Brawl. And I was losing almost every match! I think watching aMSa had something to do with it too, but still, I can't be happier with the results. It was really only then that I realized what had happened.
My goal isn't any longer just to "win" in any game or set, it's to make it the "best" game I can. The most competitive, the highest level I can, a strong match where you can't just be outright certain who's going to win. I don't know how to phrase it exactly, but if you change your expectation from winning outright, to including having the best matches possible, it will alleviate some of the frustration of your brotherly rivalry. | It's fun to win, it's an honor to lose. |
sensory_overlord | It would be more than annoying. We wouldn't be able to tolerate constant exposure to 125 db with the way our ears currently work and would go completely deaf. So would other animals. Never fear - evolution is here! Animals with mutations that allowed them to hear approaching danger and mating calls but with the simultaneous ability to screen out the frequency range of the sun would survive and thrive. Therefore only animals that communicate and perceive in frequencies outside the sun's range would populate the earth.
Other thoughts:
* since water would dampen the sound considerably, it's possible that earth's population would be primarily aquatic.
* since there is some evidence to suggest that sound waves enhance plant growth, abundant foliage would have made it even more difficult for our ancestors to hear over longer distances, necessitating another evolutionary response: even better hearing at non-sun frequencies and louder voices to make mating calls and warn of danger.
Tl; dr: if animals could hear the sun, we'd evolve to be really loud, good listeners with a big gap in our sensory apparatus to avoid the sun's frequencies. Aliens would think we were the biggest assholes. Them: "Jeez, humans! Isn't that noise bothering you?!!" Us: shhhh...can you keep it down, please? You're very loud." | It would be more than annoying. We wouldn't be able to tolerate constant exposure to 125 db with the way our ears currently work and would go completely deaf. So would other animals. Never fear - evolution is here! Animals with mutations that allowed them to hear approaching danger and mating calls but with the simultaneous ability to screen out the frequency range of the sun would survive and thrive. Therefore only animals that communicate and perceive in frequencies outside the sun's range would populate the earth.
Other thoughts:
since water would dampen the sound considerably, it's possible that earth's population would be primarily aquatic.
since there is some evidence to suggest that sound waves enhance plant growth, abundant foliage would have made it even more difficult for our ancestors to hear over longer distances, necessitating another evolutionary response: even better hearing at non-sun frequencies and louder voices to make mating calls and warn of danger.
Tl; dr: if animals could hear the sun, we'd evolve to be really loud, good listeners with a big gap in our sensory apparatus to avoid the sun's frequencies. Aliens would think we were the biggest assholes. Them: "Jeez, humans! Isn't that noise bothering you?!!" Us: shhhh...can you keep it down, please? You're very loud."
| todayilearned | t5_2qqjc | cf7v2zn | It would be more than annoying. We wouldn't be able to tolerate constant exposure to 125 db with the way our ears currently work and would go completely deaf. So would other animals. Never fear - evolution is here! Animals with mutations that allowed them to hear approaching danger and mating calls but with the simultaneous ability to screen out the frequency range of the sun would survive and thrive. Therefore only animals that communicate and perceive in frequencies outside the sun's range would populate the earth.
Other thoughts:
since water would dampen the sound considerably, it's possible that earth's population would be primarily aquatic.
since there is some evidence to suggest that sound waves enhance plant growth, abundant foliage would have made it even more difficult for our ancestors to hear over longer distances, necessitating another evolutionary response: even better hearing at non-sun frequencies and louder voices to make mating calls and warn of danger. | if animals could hear the sun, we'd evolve to be really loud, good listeners with a big gap in our sensory apparatus to avoid the sun's frequencies. Aliens would think we were the biggest assholes. Them: "Jeez, humans! Isn't that noise bothering you?!!" Us: shhhh...can you keep it down, please? You're very loud." |
reallybloodylongname | I would suggest that a high consumption of video games might be an indicator that the subject lacks the maturity and interpersonal skills required to have an active social life.
TL;DR this report may be putting the cart before the horse | I would suggest that a high consumption of video games might be an indicator that the subject lacks the maturity and interpersonal skills required to have an active social life.
TL;DR this report may be putting the cart before the horse
| science | t5_mouw | cf7ktn4 | I would suggest that a high consumption of video games might be an indicator that the subject lacks the maturity and interpersonal skills required to have an active social life. | this report may be putting the cart before the horse |
Eaglehooves | You need a PSU with sockets for all the GPUs.
The PCI-e specification allows the motherboard to supply 75w to an x16 lane (25w to an x1), far less than a R9 270 needs. The BTC Pro comes into play because a lot of normal boards were not built assuming that you would have maximum load on every single slot, and don't deliver steady power when you do.
The 6-pin and 8-pin allow cards to draw an additional 75 or 150 watts straight from the PSU. This plus the motherboard gets you to the total a 270 needs.
Or tl:dr, power through the lane/riser does not replace the 6/8-pin connectors. | You need a PSU with sockets for all the GPUs.
The PCI-e specification allows the motherboard to supply 75w to an x16 lane (25w to an x1), far less than a R9 270 needs. The BTC Pro comes into play because a lot of normal boards were not built assuming that you would have maximum load on every single slot, and don't deliver steady power when you do.
The 6-pin and 8-pin allow cards to draw an additional 75 or 150 watts straight from the PSU. This plus the motherboard gets you to the total a 270 needs.
Or tl:dr, power through the lane/riser does not replace the 6/8-pin connectors.
| dogemining | t5_2zgq3 | cf7mdby | You need a PSU with sockets for all the GPUs.
The PCI-e specification allows the motherboard to supply 75w to an x16 lane (25w to an x1), far less than a R9 270 needs. The BTC Pro comes into play because a lot of normal boards were not built assuming that you would have maximum load on every single slot, and don't deliver steady power when you do.
The 6-pin and 8-pin allow cards to draw an additional 75 or 150 watts straight from the PSU. This plus the motherboard gets you to the total a 270 needs.
Or | power through the lane/riser does not replace the 6/8-pin connectors. |
bishifter | F2p is truly a trial version of the game. There are only a hand full of quests, skills, mini games, and places to explore. Resources and training methods are limited. F2p is a tool to reel in potential players.
Returning players will be able to jump right into the game rather than coming here to make a post titled, "thinking about coming back. Is it worth the $8?" They will get the chance to get invested into the game. In time, they will desire to access members benefits. F2p will throw the population into overdrive.
The claim that special clue scroll rewards were not worth anything at the time is pretty invalid. Today if someone gets a saradomin plate from a clue, it's no better than a rune plate. People would rather get a fighter torso. Back in the day, "HOLY SHIT SARA PLATE! I CAN SELL IT FOR LIKE 450K"
God armor was the "full bandos" of f2p. Rune armor and weapons increase in value.
The bs claim that we have f2p pking available and its dead is some bull shit too. Me and my friends (all members) loved to go to f2p worlds to pk with cheap low level gear. There were no special attacks, poison, special buffed items. Everyone was equal. It came down to stats, luck, and skill. The only reason f2p worlds are dead now is because there is no f2p. No member wants to pay a trial of the game.
Tl;dr
F2p is nothing but good. Take out yew logs and rune ores. | F2p is truly a trial version of the game. There are only a hand full of quests, skills, mini games, and places to explore. Resources and training methods are limited. F2p is a tool to reel in potential players.
Returning players will be able to jump right into the game rather than coming here to make a post titled, "thinking about coming back. Is it worth the $8?" They will get the chance to get invested into the game. In time, they will desire to access members benefits. F2p will throw the population into overdrive.
The claim that special clue scroll rewards were not worth anything at the time is pretty invalid. Today if someone gets a saradomin plate from a clue, it's no better than a rune plate. People would rather get a fighter torso. Back in the day, "HOLY SHIT SARA PLATE! I CAN SELL IT FOR LIKE 450K"
God armor was the "full bandos" of f2p. Rune armor and weapons increase in value.
The bs claim that we have f2p pking available and its dead is some bull shit too. Me and my friends (all members) loved to go to f2p worlds to pk with cheap low level gear. There were no special attacks, poison, special buffed items. Everyone was equal. It came down to stats, luck, and skill. The only reason f2p worlds are dead now is because there is no f2p. No member wants to pay a trial of the game.
Tl;dr
F2p is nothing but good. Take out yew logs and rune ores.
| 2007scape | t5_2wbww | cf7zhdp | F2p is truly a trial version of the game. There are only a hand full of quests, skills, mini games, and places to explore. Resources and training methods are limited. F2p is a tool to reel in potential players.
Returning players will be able to jump right into the game rather than coming here to make a post titled, "thinking about coming back. Is it worth the $8?" They will get the chance to get invested into the game. In time, they will desire to access members benefits. F2p will throw the population into overdrive.
The claim that special clue scroll rewards were not worth anything at the time is pretty invalid. Today if someone gets a saradomin plate from a clue, it's no better than a rune plate. People would rather get a fighter torso. Back in the day, "HOLY SHIT SARA PLATE! I CAN SELL IT FOR LIKE 450K"
God armor was the "full bandos" of f2p. Rune armor and weapons increase in value.
The bs claim that we have f2p pking available and its dead is some bull shit too. Me and my friends (all members) loved to go to f2p worlds to pk with cheap low level gear. There were no special attacks, poison, special buffed items. Everyone was equal. It came down to stats, luck, and skill. The only reason f2p worlds are dead now is because there is no f2p. No member wants to pay a trial of the game. | F2p is nothing but good. Take out yew logs and rune ores. |
AusChamp88 | It all depends on the role your playing. M4 is a great all rounder for close/mid range combat assault roles just about anywhere. Mosin (especially with a long range scope) for the support role providing overwatch for incoming players when the rest of the team is looting and taking out hostiles the assault riflemen cant see/get a shot on. Havent had much time to experiment with the SKS yet but from what I have seen it seems like it should be a middle ground between the mosin and m4. Perfectly suited for close range sniping in cities as mid/long range fire support. The 10 round mag and PU scope would definitely be great for those situations when close range sniping or ranged covering fire will help. Non-sawn off shotgun, great when you need to make a bloody mess of anyone camping in a room.
TLDR: Each gun is not better or worse than eachother but suited for different roles and situations. | It all depends on the role your playing. M4 is a great all rounder for close/mid range combat assault roles just about anywhere. Mosin (especially with a long range scope) for the support role providing overwatch for incoming players when the rest of the team is looting and taking out hostiles the assault riflemen cant see/get a shot on. Havent had much time to experiment with the SKS yet but from what I have seen it seems like it should be a middle ground between the mosin and m4. Perfectly suited for close range sniping in cities as mid/long range fire support. The 10 round mag and PU scope would definitely be great for those situations when close range sniping or ranged covering fire will help. Non-sawn off shotgun, great when you need to make a bloody mess of anyone camping in a room.
TLDR: Each gun is not better or worse than eachother but suited for different roles and situations.
| dayz | t5_2ty3s | cf8f2n6 | It all depends on the role your playing. M4 is a great all rounder for close/mid range combat assault roles just about anywhere. Mosin (especially with a long range scope) for the support role providing overwatch for incoming players when the rest of the team is looting and taking out hostiles the assault riflemen cant see/get a shot on. Havent had much time to experiment with the SKS yet but from what I have seen it seems like it should be a middle ground between the mosin and m4. Perfectly suited for close range sniping in cities as mid/long range fire support. The 10 round mag and PU scope would definitely be great for those situations when close range sniping or ranged covering fire will help. Non-sawn off shotgun, great when you need to make a bloody mess of anyone camping in a room. | Each gun is not better or worse than eachother but suited for different roles and situations. |
synergyschnitzel | Take it from the koreans. you will never just see them sit back and mass ravens all game long. Even though Ravens are way too strong (pdd in specifically vs zerg) Agressive mech is the way to go. Avilo sure can beat some of the bad zergs in North America, but when you see him play against an established pro, he loses HARD. Mainly the reason for this is korean zergs will kill you if you try to just get by massing ravens and a few tanks all game. Mech is supposed to be a game of positioning and attacking. Very few foreign terrans have mastered this. Strelok and qxc come to mind instantly when I think of foreign terrans who play mech the correct way that has the potential to win against the best zergs in the world consistently.
TL,DR My point though mainly is that mech is starting to become more popular in top korean tvz. The mech tvz that weve seen from Innovation, Maru, Flash etc have not been passive at all. Learn from the Koreans, the power of correct mech. | Take it from the koreans. you will never just see them sit back and mass ravens all game long. Even though Ravens are way too strong (pdd in specifically vs zerg) Agressive mech is the way to go. Avilo sure can beat some of the bad zergs in North America, but when you see him play against an established pro, he loses HARD. Mainly the reason for this is korean zergs will kill you if you try to just get by massing ravens and a few tanks all game. Mech is supposed to be a game of positioning and attacking. Very few foreign terrans have mastered this. Strelok and qxc come to mind instantly when I think of foreign terrans who play mech the correct way that has the potential to win against the best zergs in the world consistently.
TL,DR My point though mainly is that mech is starting to become more popular in top korean tvz. The mech tvz that weve seen from Innovation, Maru, Flash etc have not been passive at all. Learn from the Koreans, the power of correct mech.
| AllThingsTerran | t5_2tfht | cf8r5u6 | Take it from the koreans. you will never just see them sit back and mass ravens all game long. Even though Ravens are way too strong (pdd in specifically vs zerg) Agressive mech is the way to go. Avilo sure can beat some of the bad zergs in North America, but when you see him play against an established pro, he loses HARD. Mainly the reason for this is korean zergs will kill you if you try to just get by massing ravens and a few tanks all game. Mech is supposed to be a game of positioning and attacking. Very few foreign terrans have mastered this. Strelok and qxc come to mind instantly when I think of foreign terrans who play mech the correct way that has the potential to win against the best zergs in the world consistently. | My point though mainly is that mech is starting to become more popular in top korean tvz. The mech tvz that weve seen from Innovation, Maru, Flash etc have not been passive at all. Learn from the Koreans, the power of correct mech. |
Orray | The gas that contributes the most to the smell is the hydrogen-sulfide. When bacteria or microbes that naturally live in your gut break down the sulfur rich compounds it releases odorous gases. Therefore, if you eat a diet rich in sulfurous foods such as meat, beans, cabbage and eggs, your farts will have a more intense smell.
Hydrogen-sulfide is immediately fatal when concentrations are over 500-1000 parts per million (ppm) but exposure to lower concentrations, such as 10-500 ppm, can cause various respiratory symptoms that range from rhinitis to acute respiratory failure.
TL;DR Farts consist of many gasses, including hydrogen-sulfide which is poisonous to humans. | The gas that contributes the most to the smell is the hydrogen-sulfide. When bacteria or microbes that naturally live in your gut break down the sulfur rich compounds it releases odorous gases. Therefore, if you eat a diet rich in sulfurous foods such as meat, beans, cabbage and eggs, your farts will have a more intense smell.
Hydrogen-sulfide is immediately fatal when concentrations are over 500-1000 parts per million (ppm) but exposure to lower concentrations, such as 10-500 ppm, can cause various respiratory symptoms that range from rhinitis to acute respiratory failure.
TL;DR Farts consist of many gasses, including hydrogen-sulfide which is poisonous to humans.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cf8g79y | The gas that contributes the most to the smell is the hydrogen-sulfide. When bacteria or microbes that naturally live in your gut break down the sulfur rich compounds it releases odorous gases. Therefore, if you eat a diet rich in sulfurous foods such as meat, beans, cabbage and eggs, your farts will have a more intense smell.
Hydrogen-sulfide is immediately fatal when concentrations are over 500-1000 parts per million (ppm) but exposure to lower concentrations, such as 10-500 ppm, can cause various respiratory symptoms that range from rhinitis to acute respiratory failure. | Farts consist of many gasses, including hydrogen-sulfide which is poisonous to humans. |
Alkaven5 | In the books, Shae is an eighteen-year-old whore who, as we learn, does not truly love Tyrion. She's more a child than an adult, she likes pretty things, she's interested in court affairs. She is not jealous of Sansa's relationship with Tyrion, saying that Shae will keep having sex with Tyrion after he's married and very little will change. She also shows very little interest in Sansa herself. Since Sansa barely seems to know her, they probably haven't spent much time together, especially since Shae is only Sansa's maid for a short period of time.
In the show, Shae's roughly the same age as Tyrion (probably mid thirties). She does seem to dearly love Tyrion, having turned down a ridiculous amount of money to stay with him despite risk to herself. She becomes Sansa's maid soon after her arrival to King's Landing, meaning that they spend a lot of time together. She grows to dearly love Sansa, as shown through both words and actions; to me, she seems to have maternal feelings for her, which is why I mentioned age. She tries to help Sansa after her first period and tries to protect her from Littlefinger. However, when Tyrion is betrothed to Sansa, she's jealous, angry, upset. It's not until she realizes that Tyrion did not have sex with Sansa that she feels better.
So,**TL;DR,** book-Shae has very little interest in Sansa and only cares about Tyrion's coin; show-Shae loves Sansa and loves Tyrion.
Given the apparent major differences, it's unlikely that any of show-Shae's "I love Sansa," "Don't you dare hurt Sansa," moments are really "implied book scenes," since they would contrast sharply with everything else Shae does in the books. | In the books, Shae is an eighteen-year-old whore who, as we learn, does not truly love Tyrion. She's more a child than an adult, she likes pretty things, she's interested in court affairs. She is not jealous of Sansa's relationship with Tyrion, saying that Shae will keep having sex with Tyrion after he's married and very little will change. She also shows very little interest in Sansa herself. Since Sansa barely seems to know her, they probably haven't spent much time together, especially since Shae is only Sansa's maid for a short period of time.
In the show, Shae's roughly the same age as Tyrion (probably mid thirties). She does seem to dearly love Tyrion, having turned down a ridiculous amount of money to stay with him despite risk to herself. She becomes Sansa's maid soon after her arrival to King's Landing, meaning that they spend a lot of time together. She grows to dearly love Sansa, as shown through both words and actions; to me, she seems to have maternal feelings for her, which is why I mentioned age. She tries to help Sansa after her first period and tries to protect her from Littlefinger. However, when Tyrion is betrothed to Sansa, she's jealous, angry, upset. It's not until she realizes that Tyrion did not have sex with Sansa that she feels better.
So, TL;DR, book-Shae has very little interest in Sansa and only cares about Tyrion's coin; show-Shae loves Sansa and loves Tyrion.
Given the apparent major differences, it's unlikely that any of show-Shae's "I love Sansa," "Don't you dare hurt Sansa," moments are really "implied book scenes," since they would contrast sharply with everything else Shae does in the books.
| asoiaf | t5_2r2o9 | cf8zzxe | In the books, Shae is an eighteen-year-old whore who, as we learn, does not truly love Tyrion. She's more a child than an adult, she likes pretty things, she's interested in court affairs. She is not jealous of Sansa's relationship with Tyrion, saying that Shae will keep having sex with Tyrion after he's married and very little will change. She also shows very little interest in Sansa herself. Since Sansa barely seems to know her, they probably haven't spent much time together, especially since Shae is only Sansa's maid for a short period of time.
In the show, Shae's roughly the same age as Tyrion (probably mid thirties). She does seem to dearly love Tyrion, having turned down a ridiculous amount of money to stay with him despite risk to herself. She becomes Sansa's maid soon after her arrival to King's Landing, meaning that they spend a lot of time together. She grows to dearly love Sansa, as shown through both words and actions; to me, she seems to have maternal feelings for her, which is why I mentioned age. She tries to help Sansa after her first period and tries to protect her from Littlefinger. However, when Tyrion is betrothed to Sansa, she's jealous, angry, upset. It's not until she realizes that Tyrion did not have sex with Sansa that she feels better.
So, | book-Shae has very little interest in Sansa and only cares about Tyrion's coin; show-Shae loves Sansa and loves Tyrion.
Given the apparent major differences, it's unlikely that any of show-Shae's "I love Sansa," "Don't you dare hurt Sansa," moments are really "implied book scenes," since they would contrast sharply with everything else Shae does in the books. |
aqibc10 | Idk how the UK is, but therapy is free for students in the US. There might be a counselor in your college you can speak to, and I think that could help with your social anxiety.
Also, post this on r/anxiety, lots of great chaps/gals over there who have experience with anxiety.
As for the girl, it's tricky. You knew her for 2 months, and you decided you loved her. Okay, you're not going to like what I'm about to say, most people won't (which is probably a *sign* of something), but that's why I have to say it.
You're 19, you've never been in a relationship. You got sort of close to this one girl, who has similar issues such as you (you mentioned she had depression), she was nice to you, and you fell for her.
I'd just be careful on putting her on the pedestal. Should you express your feelings for her? Yes. But don't put all your marbles in one pot. I think that's an expression. If she's not interested in a relationship, I just don't want your world to crumble down. You're young, there will be lots of girls you will fall for. If you make up this girl to be your "one and only" chance at love, this will end *horribly.* I'm saying this because that's the kind of vibe I'm getting from your post. I've met guys who have done this, I've sort of half-fallen into the trap once, and I have to warn you in advance - it does not go prettily and will likely involve more alcohol.
This sounds like a bad time to tell her though since she is getting back together with the guy. I'd say wait a couple of weeks, maybe a month, see how things go and then tell her. If you lose the friendship, so be it. It's better than suffering and having never told her.
You're not selfish for being attracted to someone. Don't say that. You can't stop the feelings from coming.
Tl;Dr: See if your school offers therapy. Stop obsessing over this one girl. Wait a month or so, see how things are between her and the guy, and then if you're tired of this and want to start moving on with your life, tell the girl how you feel. Then move on, regardless of what she says. | Idk how the UK is, but therapy is free for students in the US. There might be a counselor in your college you can speak to, and I think that could help with your social anxiety.
Also, post this on r/anxiety, lots of great chaps/gals over there who have experience with anxiety.
As for the girl, it's tricky. You knew her for 2 months, and you decided you loved her. Okay, you're not going to like what I'm about to say, most people won't (which is probably a sign of something), but that's why I have to say it.
You're 19, you've never been in a relationship. You got sort of close to this one girl, who has similar issues such as you (you mentioned she had depression), she was nice to you, and you fell for her.
I'd just be careful on putting her on the pedestal. Should you express your feelings for her? Yes. But don't put all your marbles in one pot. I think that's an expression. If she's not interested in a relationship, I just don't want your world to crumble down. You're young, there will be lots of girls you will fall for. If you make up this girl to be your "one and only" chance at love, this will end horribly. I'm saying this because that's the kind of vibe I'm getting from your post. I've met guys who have done this, I've sort of half-fallen into the trap once, and I have to warn you in advance - it does not go prettily and will likely involve more alcohol.
This sounds like a bad time to tell her though since she is getting back together with the guy. I'd say wait a couple of weeks, maybe a month, see how things go and then tell her. If you lose the friendship, so be it. It's better than suffering and having never told her.
You're not selfish for being attracted to someone. Don't say that. You can't stop the feelings from coming.
Tl;Dr: See if your school offers therapy. Stop obsessing over this one girl. Wait a month or so, see how things are between her and the guy, and then if you're tired of this and want to start moving on with your life, tell the girl how you feel. Then move on, regardless of what she says.
| ForeverAlone | t5_2s3yz | cf92vp5 | Idk how the UK is, but therapy is free for students in the US. There might be a counselor in your college you can speak to, and I think that could help with your social anxiety.
Also, post this on r/anxiety, lots of great chaps/gals over there who have experience with anxiety.
As for the girl, it's tricky. You knew her for 2 months, and you decided you loved her. Okay, you're not going to like what I'm about to say, most people won't (which is probably a sign of something), but that's why I have to say it.
You're 19, you've never been in a relationship. You got sort of close to this one girl, who has similar issues such as you (you mentioned she had depression), she was nice to you, and you fell for her.
I'd just be careful on putting her on the pedestal. Should you express your feelings for her? Yes. But don't put all your marbles in one pot. I think that's an expression. If she's not interested in a relationship, I just don't want your world to crumble down. You're young, there will be lots of girls you will fall for. If you make up this girl to be your "one and only" chance at love, this will end horribly. I'm saying this because that's the kind of vibe I'm getting from your post. I've met guys who have done this, I've sort of half-fallen into the trap once, and I have to warn you in advance - it does not go prettily and will likely involve more alcohol.
This sounds like a bad time to tell her though since she is getting back together with the guy. I'd say wait a couple of weeks, maybe a month, see how things go and then tell her. If you lose the friendship, so be it. It's better than suffering and having never told her.
You're not selfish for being attracted to someone. Don't say that. You can't stop the feelings from coming. | See if your school offers therapy. Stop obsessing over this one girl. Wait a month or so, see how things are between her and the guy, and then if you're tired of this and want to start moving on with your life, tell the girl how you feel. Then move on, regardless of what she says. |
Scaremeplease | I guess I can start. About a year ago, my friend was having terrible encounters at night, combined with sleep paralysis. This went on for weeks. Most nights, a grotesque, grey, humanoid creature would kneel on my friends chest, and say horrific things to him. Now, he is a very rational thinker, and a psychology major at that, so needless to say we were both skeptical of the supernatural. But, something had to be done, as most nights he was losing tons of sleep, which does not bode well for a university student. So, online my friend found out about something called the three kings ritual, which consists of sleep deprivation and mirrors (look it up if you are interested). Now to reiterate, we were both skeptical of anything supernatural, and thought this little mind experiment could work on a psychological level, or if he really was being haunted, it might help. We made all the preparations, including rosaries, blessed candles, and even salt circles. During the Three Kings experiment, my friend encountered many strange things, but my experience is the one I am telling. My friend and his girlfriend went upstairs to sleep until three AM (when you were supposed to do the Three Kings). I was left to crash on the couch on the main floor, while everything was set up downstairs. I was beginning to feel very uneasy about this whole ordeal. As I tried to sleep I was convinced I heard whisperings coming from the direction of the basement, but I told myself is was nothing but auditory hallucinations. Then, I suddenly heard a loud hissing sound. Needless to say I was shaken, but held my ground. I was convinced it was nothing. Another hissing sound minutes later. I was sweating. A few more and I was out the door, hands trembling as I tried to light a cigarette. Three o'clock came and went, and again my friends story is not mine. Later I learned that the hissing I heard was from an air freshener, and we all had a good laugh. That is until my friend mentioned that it was motion activated...
TL;DR Something was tripping the air freshener in a quiet, nearly empty house. | I guess I can start. About a year ago, my friend was having terrible encounters at night, combined with sleep paralysis. This went on for weeks. Most nights, a grotesque, grey, humanoid creature would kneel on my friends chest, and say horrific things to him. Now, he is a very rational thinker, and a psychology major at that, so needless to say we were both skeptical of the supernatural. But, something had to be done, as most nights he was losing tons of sleep, which does not bode well for a university student. So, online my friend found out about something called the three kings ritual, which consists of sleep deprivation and mirrors (look it up if you are interested). Now to reiterate, we were both skeptical of anything supernatural, and thought this little mind experiment could work on a psychological level, or if he really was being haunted, it might help. We made all the preparations, including rosaries, blessed candles, and even salt circles. During the Three Kings experiment, my friend encountered many strange things, but my experience is the one I am telling. My friend and his girlfriend went upstairs to sleep until three AM (when you were supposed to do the Three Kings). I was left to crash on the couch on the main floor, while everything was set up downstairs. I was beginning to feel very uneasy about this whole ordeal. As I tried to sleep I was convinced I heard whisperings coming from the direction of the basement, but I told myself is was nothing but auditory hallucinations. Then, I suddenly heard a loud hissing sound. Needless to say I was shaken, but held my ground. I was convinced it was nothing. Another hissing sound minutes later. I was sweating. A few more and I was out the door, hands trembling as I tried to light a cigarette. Three o'clock came and went, and again my friends story is not mine. Later I learned that the hissing I heard was from an air freshener, and we all had a good laugh. That is until my friend mentioned that it was motion activated...
TL;DR Something was tripping the air freshener in a quiet, nearly empty house.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cf94xwr | I guess I can start. About a year ago, my friend was having terrible encounters at night, combined with sleep paralysis. This went on for weeks. Most nights, a grotesque, grey, humanoid creature would kneel on my friends chest, and say horrific things to him. Now, he is a very rational thinker, and a psychology major at that, so needless to say we were both skeptical of the supernatural. But, something had to be done, as most nights he was losing tons of sleep, which does not bode well for a university student. So, online my friend found out about something called the three kings ritual, which consists of sleep deprivation and mirrors (look it up if you are interested). Now to reiterate, we were both skeptical of anything supernatural, and thought this little mind experiment could work on a psychological level, or if he really was being haunted, it might help. We made all the preparations, including rosaries, blessed candles, and even salt circles. During the Three Kings experiment, my friend encountered many strange things, but my experience is the one I am telling. My friend and his girlfriend went upstairs to sleep until three AM (when you were supposed to do the Three Kings). I was left to crash on the couch on the main floor, while everything was set up downstairs. I was beginning to feel very uneasy about this whole ordeal. As I tried to sleep I was convinced I heard whisperings coming from the direction of the basement, but I told myself is was nothing but auditory hallucinations. Then, I suddenly heard a loud hissing sound. Needless to say I was shaken, but held my ground. I was convinced it was nothing. Another hissing sound minutes later. I was sweating. A few more and I was out the door, hands trembling as I tried to light a cigarette. Three o'clock came and went, and again my friends story is not mine. Later I learned that the hissing I heard was from an air freshener, and we all had a good laugh. That is until my friend mentioned that it was motion activated... | Something was tripping the air freshener in a quiet, nearly empty house. |
IsaiasArr | Then don't use the mouse as the controller. The whole point using a mouse is to be able to control something at whatever speed you (this case, the player) want. You don't see FPSs locking the max speed at which you can aim. If you must have a max speed at which the paddle can move then use the keyboard as the controller. People don't expect to control the speed of anything just simply pressing a button.
tl;dr Don't use the mouse as a controller unless you give it full control. | Then don't use the mouse as the controller. The whole point using a mouse is to be able to control something at whatever speed you (this case, the player) want. You don't see FPSs locking the max speed at which you can aim. If you must have a max speed at which the paddle can move then use the keyboard as the controller. People don't expect to control the speed of anything just simply pressing a button.
tl;dr Don't use the mouse as a controller unless you give it full control.
| gamemaker | t5_2qw2g | cf9pm3i | Then don't use the mouse as the controller. The whole point using a mouse is to be able to control something at whatever speed you (this case, the player) want. You don't see FPSs locking the max speed at which you can aim. If you must have a max speed at which the paddle can move then use the keyboard as the controller. People don't expect to control the speed of anything just simply pressing a button. | Don't use the mouse as a controller unless you give it full control. |
TheLeperKing | Yeah, I can count through the entire piece in 4. I guess if I was going to write a score of the piece I wouldn't write it in 4 as to make it as followable as possible. But this is getting quite quite semantical.
tl;dr imo I don't think this would be notated in 4 but it is certainly possible to count in 4. | Yeah, I can count through the entire piece in 4. I guess if I was going to write a score of the piece I wouldn't write it in 4 as to make it as followable as possible. But this is getting quite quite semantical.
tl;dr imo I don't think this would be notated in 4 but it is certainly possible to count in 4.
| radiohead | t5_2r3p6 | cfabe2v | Yeah, I can count through the entire piece in 4. I guess if I was going to write a score of the piece I wouldn't write it in 4 as to make it as followable as possible. But this is getting quite quite semantical. | imo I don't think this would be notated in 4 but it is certainly possible to count in 4. |
BrainBurrito | Auto Pro: Easy to learn on. I'd recommend learning on an auto for safety reasons because it's less distracting than a manual.
Auto Con: Not as fun to drive. You have less control on grades. In my opinion, auto can be unsafe in that you have less control of your speed overall. I've driven auto economy cars and they were dangerous in that I couldn't merge with freeway traffic safely. (due to what I call "too little too late" downshifting) I've also driven nicer new cars which downshifted when I didn't want it to, even *after* I let go of the gas. (Ford Edge)
Manual Pro: Maximum control when accelerating, decelerating, going up and down grades, engine braking. Very fun and satisfying to drive. Manual, IMHO caused me to be a better driver because it forces me to be aware of my speed and causes me to look farther down the road to predict what's happening. Not everyone can drive one, so there could be a theft-prevention aspect to that. Autos are getting pretty good but if you're like me and can only afford older cars usually, manuals tend to be more reliable and cheaper to fix.
Manual Con: Learning it can challenging at first. Manuals are sometimes hard to find in the US. More difficult to eat and drink while driving. If you don't know what you're doing or don't care about the fun of a manual, it's more annoying than an auto.
TL;DR Automatic is for the children. | Auto Pro: Easy to learn on. I'd recommend learning on an auto for safety reasons because it's less distracting than a manual.
Auto Con: Not as fun to drive. You have less control on grades. In my opinion, auto can be unsafe in that you have less control of your speed overall. I've driven auto economy cars and they were dangerous in that I couldn't merge with freeway traffic safely. (due to what I call "too little too late" downshifting) I've also driven nicer new cars which downshifted when I didn't want it to, even after I let go of the gas. (Ford Edge)
Manual Pro: Maximum control when accelerating, decelerating, going up and down grades, engine braking. Very fun and satisfying to drive. Manual, IMHO caused me to be a better driver because it forces me to be aware of my speed and causes me to look farther down the road to predict what's happening. Not everyone can drive one, so there could be a theft-prevention aspect to that. Autos are getting pretty good but if you're like me and can only afford older cars usually, manuals tend to be more reliable and cheaper to fix.
Manual Con: Learning it can challenging at first. Manuals are sometimes hard to find in the US. More difficult to eat and drink while driving. If you don't know what you're doing or don't care about the fun of a manual, it's more annoying than an auto.
TL;DR Automatic is for the children.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cf9p9nu | Auto Pro: Easy to learn on. I'd recommend learning on an auto for safety reasons because it's less distracting than a manual.
Auto Con: Not as fun to drive. You have less control on grades. In my opinion, auto can be unsafe in that you have less control of your speed overall. I've driven auto economy cars and they were dangerous in that I couldn't merge with freeway traffic safely. (due to what I call "too little too late" downshifting) I've also driven nicer new cars which downshifted when I didn't want it to, even after I let go of the gas. (Ford Edge)
Manual Pro: Maximum control when accelerating, decelerating, going up and down grades, engine braking. Very fun and satisfying to drive. Manual, IMHO caused me to be a better driver because it forces me to be aware of my speed and causes me to look farther down the road to predict what's happening. Not everyone can drive one, so there could be a theft-prevention aspect to that. Autos are getting pretty good but if you're like me and can only afford older cars usually, manuals tend to be more reliable and cheaper to fix.
Manual Con: Learning it can challenging at first. Manuals are sometimes hard to find in the US. More difficult to eat and drink while driving. If you don't know what you're doing or don't care about the fun of a manual, it's more annoying than an auto. | Automatic is for the children. |
incogito_ergo | Do you have renter's insurance? If so, call and start the claims process. I would also talk to a lawyer and/or start proceedings in small claims court to recover your deductible and/or any losses you incur. TL;DR: Lawyer up.
Edit: This is assuming you have already verified that you landlord didn't move them to a storage unit for the duration of the repairs. I guess that's probably a dangerous assumption. | Do you have renter's insurance? If so, call and start the claims process. I would also talk to a lawyer and/or start proceedings in small claims court to recover your deductible and/or any losses you incur. TL;DR: Lawyer up.
Edit: This is assuming you have already verified that you landlord didn't move them to a storage unit for the duration of the repairs. I guess that's probably a dangerous assumption.
| RealEstate | t5_2qipl | cf9mk2r | Do you have renter's insurance? If so, call and start the claims process. I would also talk to a lawyer and/or start proceedings in small claims court to recover your deductible and/or any losses you incur. | Lawyer up.
Edit: This is assuming you have already verified that you landlord didn't move them to a storage unit for the duration of the repairs. I guess that's probably a dangerous assumption. |