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ATomatoAmI | That's a stigma against fat, though, not just an idealization of being small and petite.
The way I see it, there's sort of three main attributes or directions for bodies -- being muscular, slender, or fat. Most everyone has degrees of all of these (even in very muscular guys there's a healthy degree of body fat over the muscles; less gives that sort of stereotypical overdone lean muscle look).
Personally I'm fine with slender *or* muscular in either gender (I'm not bi, I just have a set standard of what I consider attractive, which is generally a fairly androgynous approach).
I mean, anyone can hit an appreciable degree of fitness (healthy BMI of fat and muscle). It's not about being underweight, petite, or perfect. I mean, being sold an image of ultra-petite women with huge racks or huge hunks who pump iron between takes is one thing, but the generalities of finding someone attractive are much more broad even when obesity is a huge turn-off (probably for a lot of people).
TL;DR: Obesity and anorexia are not a sliding one-dimensional scale, and Hollywood aside most people probably realize this on some level, even if the ultra-photoshopped and airbrushed ideal plastered around by Hollywood and porn doesn't always reflect that. | That's a stigma against fat, though, not just an idealization of being small and petite.
The way I see it, there's sort of three main attributes or directions for bodies -- being muscular, slender, or fat. Most everyone has degrees of all of these (even in very muscular guys there's a healthy degree of body fat over the muscles; less gives that sort of stereotypical overdone lean muscle look).
Personally I'm fine with slender or muscular in either gender (I'm not bi, I just have a set standard of what I consider attractive, which is generally a fairly androgynous approach).
I mean, anyone can hit an appreciable degree of fitness (healthy BMI of fat and muscle). It's not about being underweight, petite, or perfect. I mean, being sold an image of ultra-petite women with huge racks or huge hunks who pump iron between takes is one thing, but the generalities of finding someone attractive are much more broad even when obesity is a huge turn-off (probably for a lot of people).
TL;DR: Obesity and anorexia are not a sliding one-dimensional scale, and Hollywood aside most people probably realize this on some level, even if the ultra-photoshopped and airbrushed ideal plastered around by Hollywood and porn doesn't always reflect that.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh77nf | That's a stigma against fat, though, not just an idealization of being small and petite.
The way I see it, there's sort of three main attributes or directions for bodies -- being muscular, slender, or fat. Most everyone has degrees of all of these (even in very muscular guys there's a healthy degree of body fat over the muscles; less gives that sort of stereotypical overdone lean muscle look).
Personally I'm fine with slender or muscular in either gender (I'm not bi, I just have a set standard of what I consider attractive, which is generally a fairly androgynous approach).
I mean, anyone can hit an appreciable degree of fitness (healthy BMI of fat and muscle). It's not about being underweight, petite, or perfect. I mean, being sold an image of ultra-petite women with huge racks or huge hunks who pump iron between takes is one thing, but the generalities of finding someone attractive are much more broad even when obesity is a huge turn-off (probably for a lot of people). | Obesity and anorexia are not a sliding one-dimensional scale, and Hollywood aside most people probably realize this on some level, even if the ultra-photoshopped and airbrushed ideal plastered around by Hollywood and porn doesn't always reflect that. |
DavidTigerFan | I tend to hide my feelings alot around my wife. She suffers from depression and anxiety so we routinely have flare ups where she ends up in a full on raging cry with pleas for divorce and other nasty things. I've learned over the years that it's not her talking, but her depression, so I don't take any of the talk seriously. However, I now have to keep my feelings about how she acts and other minor things that bother me to myself. If I start in on her on something that's annoying me or making me angry, she'll often end up in one of these crying fits.
tl;dr version: I hide my feelings to my wife because she can't handle arguing about things. | I tend to hide my feelings alot around my wife. She suffers from depression and anxiety so we routinely have flare ups where she ends up in a full on raging cry with pleas for divorce and other nasty things. I've learned over the years that it's not her talking, but her depression, so I don't take any of the talk seriously. However, I now have to keep my feelings about how she acts and other minor things that bother me to myself. If I start in on her on something that's annoying me or making me angry, she'll often end up in one of these crying fits.
tl;dr version: I hide my feelings to my wife because she can't handle arguing about things.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh799z | I tend to hide my feelings alot around my wife. She suffers from depression and anxiety so we routinely have flare ups where she ends up in a full on raging cry with pleas for divorce and other nasty things. I've learned over the years that it's not her talking, but her depression, so I don't take any of the talk seriously. However, I now have to keep my feelings about how she acts and other minor things that bother me to myself. If I start in on her on something that's annoying me or making me angry, she'll often end up in one of these crying fits. | version: I hide my feelings to my wife because she can't handle arguing about things. |
not-a-ginger | I've been in a relationship for 3 years... About 2 years ago, I got drunk with a couple of friends and we all decided to buy ipads. My bf thinks that's a waste of money, so I hid it from him. Eventually, he found it, and I lied saying I just "borrowed" it from my mom, but she wasn't going to make me give it back.
This lasted for about 18 months, until we (bf + my drunken friends) were hanging out and one of them started recounting the story ("Hey! Remember that time when we were drinking and we decided to go buy ipads?"). My bf was confused, and authoritatively stated that "not-a-ginger is just borrowing his mom's ipad." Needless to say, the beans got spilled.
tl;dr: I try to hide reckless financial decisions, but generally fail at it. | I've been in a relationship for 3 years... About 2 years ago, I got drunk with a couple of friends and we all decided to buy ipads. My bf thinks that's a waste of money, so I hid it from him. Eventually, he found it, and I lied saying I just "borrowed" it from my mom, but she wasn't going to make me give it back.
This lasted for about 18 months, until we (bf + my drunken friends) were hanging out and one of them started recounting the story ("Hey! Remember that time when we were drinking and we decided to go buy ipads?"). My bf was confused, and authoritatively stated that "not-a-ginger is just borrowing his mom's ipad." Needless to say, the beans got spilled.
tl;dr: I try to hide reckless financial decisions, but generally fail at it.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh7l46 | I've been in a relationship for 3 years... About 2 years ago, I got drunk with a couple of friends and we all decided to buy ipads. My bf thinks that's a waste of money, so I hid it from him. Eventually, he found it, and I lied saying I just "borrowed" it from my mom, but she wasn't going to make me give it back.
This lasted for about 18 months, until we (bf + my drunken friends) were hanging out and one of them started recounting the story ("Hey! Remember that time when we were drinking and we decided to go buy ipads?"). My bf was confused, and authoritatively stated that "not-a-ginger is just borrowing his mom's ipad." Needless to say, the beans got spilled. | I try to hide reckless financial decisions, but generally fail at it. |
AkemiDawn | If you want to understand the difference between male and female beauty expectations look at the very successful. When a man achieves a certain amount of success, his looks cease to be a factor at all. That is not the case with women. Women are still expected to be attractive and are still judged and criticized for not being attractive, regardless of their achievements. You see this every time a woman runs for office. Her haircuts and clothing are analyzed as if they were somehow politically relevant. That does not happen with male politicians.
You know the old trope about the ugly guy who learns to play the guitar so he can get girls? Or the fat guy who works at being funny to win women over with his sense of humor? There are no such tropes for women because, in general, a woman's options for becoming more desirable consist of 1. be more physically attractive or 2. be more physically attractive.
tl;dr: Yes, there are beauty standards for both genders, but men can escape them and women, for the most part, cannot. | If you want to understand the difference between male and female beauty expectations look at the very successful. When a man achieves a certain amount of success, his looks cease to be a factor at all. That is not the case with women. Women are still expected to be attractive and are still judged and criticized for not being attractive, regardless of their achievements. You see this every time a woman runs for office. Her haircuts and clothing are analyzed as if they were somehow politically relevant. That does not happen with male politicians.
You know the old trope about the ugly guy who learns to play the guitar so he can get girls? Or the fat guy who works at being funny to win women over with his sense of humor? There are no such tropes for women because, in general, a woman's options for becoming more desirable consist of 1. be more physically attractive or 2. be more physically attractive.
tl;dr: Yes, there are beauty standards for both genders, but men can escape them and women, for the most part, cannot.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh7rmr | If you want to understand the difference between male and female beauty expectations look at the very successful. When a man achieves a certain amount of success, his looks cease to be a factor at all. That is not the case with women. Women are still expected to be attractive and are still judged and criticized for not being attractive, regardless of their achievements. You see this every time a woman runs for office. Her haircuts and clothing are analyzed as if they were somehow politically relevant. That does not happen with male politicians.
You know the old trope about the ugly guy who learns to play the guitar so he can get girls? Or the fat guy who works at being funny to win women over with his sense of humor? There are no such tropes for women because, in general, a woman's options for becoming more desirable consist of 1. be more physically attractive or 2. be more physically attractive. | Yes, there are beauty standards for both genders, but men can escape them and women, for the most part, cannot. |
Snivellious | There's one thing worth noting here that might help (from a guy's perspective). Part of the reason that guys do more looking at "perfect" women is that media works far harder to create them. The overall sexualization of women in media means that a picture of Scarlett Johansson might have 6 hours of airbrushing and photoshop behind it, while a picture of Channing Tatum rarely will.
Those images certainly get a guy's attention, but they're so extreme that for (most) guys they don't compete with real people. No woman alive has ever looked like the cover of Cosmo, not even the model who posed for that picture. I know that's not news, but what's sometimes less clear is that while it might have all of the "ideal" traits, that picture on a magazine is less memorable than the kinda-cute girl standing in the checkout next to the magazines. Ultimately, real people feel far more attractive than stereotyped beauty because you can actually feel a human relationship to them.
tl;dr Images of "perfect" women are eye-catching to guys, but they're so overproduced that they don't trigger the same emotions real people do. | There's one thing worth noting here that might help (from a guy's perspective). Part of the reason that guys do more looking at "perfect" women is that media works far harder to create them. The overall sexualization of women in media means that a picture of Scarlett Johansson might have 6 hours of airbrushing and photoshop behind it, while a picture of Channing Tatum rarely will.
Those images certainly get a guy's attention, but they're so extreme that for (most) guys they don't compete with real people. No woman alive has ever looked like the cover of Cosmo, not even the model who posed for that picture. I know that's not news, but what's sometimes less clear is that while it might have all of the "ideal" traits, that picture on a magazine is less memorable than the kinda-cute girl standing in the checkout next to the magazines. Ultimately, real people feel far more attractive than stereotyped beauty because you can actually feel a human relationship to them.
tl;dr Images of "perfect" women are eye-catching to guys, but they're so overproduced that they don't trigger the same emotions real people do.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh7voy | There's one thing worth noting here that might help (from a guy's perspective). Part of the reason that guys do more looking at "perfect" women is that media works far harder to create them. The overall sexualization of women in media means that a picture of Scarlett Johansson might have 6 hours of airbrushing and photoshop behind it, while a picture of Channing Tatum rarely will.
Those images certainly get a guy's attention, but they're so extreme that for (most) guys they don't compete with real people. No woman alive has ever looked like the cover of Cosmo, not even the model who posed for that picture. I know that's not news, but what's sometimes less clear is that while it might have all of the "ideal" traits, that picture on a magazine is less memorable than the kinda-cute girl standing in the checkout next to the magazines. Ultimately, real people feel far more attractive than stereotyped beauty because you can actually feel a human relationship to them. | Images of "perfect" women are eye-catching to guys, but they're so overproduced that they don't trigger the same emotions real people do. |
poopybuttfart | My husband and I both have this problem. If there's even the slightest frown noticed we're trying to figure out what the problem is while the other doesn't want to talk about it. It's really frustrating whichever side of the battle you're on.
If you actually succeed in being left alone about it then there's this weird vibe for the day until it's brought up again. I hate those days.
Also when I eventually end up telling him the ridiculous thing that's bothering me that he shouldn't be worried over at all he's full of apologies and looks so sad to disappoint me at all. It just makes me feel worse.
tldr; I feel your pain. | My husband and I both have this problem. If there's even the slightest frown noticed we're trying to figure out what the problem is while the other doesn't want to talk about it. It's really frustrating whichever side of the battle you're on.
If you actually succeed in being left alone about it then there's this weird vibe for the day until it's brought up again. I hate those days.
Also when I eventually end up telling him the ridiculous thing that's bothering me that he shouldn't be worried over at all he's full of apologies and looks so sad to disappoint me at all. It just makes me feel worse.
tldr; I feel your pain.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh83i7 | My husband and I both have this problem. If there's even the slightest frown noticed we're trying to figure out what the problem is while the other doesn't want to talk about it. It's really frustrating whichever side of the battle you're on.
If you actually succeed in being left alone about it then there's this weird vibe for the day until it's brought up again. I hate those days.
Also when I eventually end up telling him the ridiculous thing that's bothering me that he shouldn't be worried over at all he's full of apologies and looks so sad to disappoint me at all. It just makes me feel worse. | I feel your pain. |
XNDFtake2 | My girlfriend and I are ling distance and I was planning to drive up to surprise her on veterans day weekend. I told her I couldn't because I had to stay home and watch the dog. But she kept pressing that I could take the dog with me so eventually I could tell she was getting upset because she thought I didn't want to spend time with her so I was making excuses. After I came clean about my plan she felt horrible about ruining it. But little does she know I'm taking a few days off work to surprise her Thursday...
TL;DR: Girlfriend ruined my surprise by asking questions. | My girlfriend and I are ling distance and I was planning to drive up to surprise her on veterans day weekend. I told her I couldn't because I had to stay home and watch the dog. But she kept pressing that I could take the dog with me so eventually I could tell she was getting upset because she thought I didn't want to spend time with her so I was making excuses. After I came clean about my plan she felt horrible about ruining it. But little does she know I'm taking a few days off work to surprise her Thursday...
TL;DR: Girlfriend ruined my surprise by asking questions.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh87qw | My girlfriend and I are ling distance and I was planning to drive up to surprise her on veterans day weekend. I told her I couldn't because I had to stay home and watch the dog. But she kept pressing that I could take the dog with me so eventually I could tell she was getting upset because she thought I didn't want to spend time with her so I was making excuses. After I came clean about my plan she felt horrible about ruining it. But little does she know I'm taking a few days off work to surprise her Thursday... | Girlfriend ruined my surprise by asking questions. |
myth0maniac | I think it has to do more with their own perceived deficiencies. When you are around a couple that is picturesque, some people tend to find elaborate ways to minimize what it is that the couple have. It has relatively nothing to do with the actual couple though. It's more about guys wanting to fit in and retain the fact that they are not doing anything wrong within their own relationship. You see, that grandpa is not the norm. He's actually a defiance of the norm that most men have agreed upon. I see it all the time. Do something overly romantic, it's branded as "he's a bit metro". Help with the dishes, it's branded as "he's whipped". Dress overly nice or match with your SO, it's branded as "are you sure he's straight", etc. Some of it has to do with men not have enough confidence in themselves and their ability to defend their action in life. They don't want to be branded as "metro", "whipped", "gay". Some of it has to do with the fact that they just don't want to put in that type of effort into a relationship. At the end of the day though, I tip my hat to that grandpa. He doesn't give a shit about what anyone else thinks. He just wants a happy marriage and it looks like he would do anything to make that happen. There should be more men like that in the world. Women wouldn't be as bitchy and men would probably get laid a lot more.
TL;DR - Help with the dishes, get laid more bitches | I think it has to do more with their own perceived deficiencies. When you are around a couple that is picturesque, some people tend to find elaborate ways to minimize what it is that the couple have. It has relatively nothing to do with the actual couple though. It's more about guys wanting to fit in and retain the fact that they are not doing anything wrong within their own relationship. You see, that grandpa is not the norm. He's actually a defiance of the norm that most men have agreed upon. I see it all the time. Do something overly romantic, it's branded as "he's a bit metro". Help with the dishes, it's branded as "he's whipped". Dress overly nice or match with your SO, it's branded as "are you sure he's straight", etc. Some of it has to do with men not have enough confidence in themselves and their ability to defend their action in life. They don't want to be branded as "metro", "whipped", "gay". Some of it has to do with the fact that they just don't want to put in that type of effort into a relationship. At the end of the day though, I tip my hat to that grandpa. He doesn't give a shit about what anyone else thinks. He just wants a happy marriage and it looks like he would do anything to make that happen. There should be more men like that in the world. Women wouldn't be as bitchy and men would probably get laid a lot more.
TL;DR - Help with the dishes, get laid more bitches
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh8j82 | I think it has to do more with their own perceived deficiencies. When you are around a couple that is picturesque, some people tend to find elaborate ways to minimize what it is that the couple have. It has relatively nothing to do with the actual couple though. It's more about guys wanting to fit in and retain the fact that they are not doing anything wrong within their own relationship. You see, that grandpa is not the norm. He's actually a defiance of the norm that most men have agreed upon. I see it all the time. Do something overly romantic, it's branded as "he's a bit metro". Help with the dishes, it's branded as "he's whipped". Dress overly nice or match with your SO, it's branded as "are you sure he's straight", etc. Some of it has to do with men not have enough confidence in themselves and their ability to defend their action in life. They don't want to be branded as "metro", "whipped", "gay". Some of it has to do with the fact that they just don't want to put in that type of effort into a relationship. At the end of the day though, I tip my hat to that grandpa. He doesn't give a shit about what anyone else thinks. He just wants a happy marriage and it looks like he would do anything to make that happen. There should be more men like that in the world. Women wouldn't be as bitchy and men would probably get laid a lot more. | Help with the dishes, get laid more bitches |
Jagerkush | When my brother was born, he was diagnosed with a fatal liver disease and only given a year to live. They performed an experimental surgery on him that had never been done before and managed to change the way his organs functioned enough to buy him time for medicine to catch up and solve the disease. 20 years later (this summer), his liver finally failed, but luckily modern medicine has progressed to the point where his surgeons were able to circumvent all of the other health issues that prevented him from receiving a transplant before, and he received a healthy new liver as well as a new life.
tl;dr Modern medicine is amazing, don't give up hope. | When my brother was born, he was diagnosed with a fatal liver disease and only given a year to live. They performed an experimental surgery on him that had never been done before and managed to change the way his organs functioned enough to buy him time for medicine to catch up and solve the disease. 20 years later (this summer), his liver finally failed, but luckily modern medicine has progressed to the point where his surgeons were able to circumvent all of the other health issues that prevented him from receiving a transplant before, and he received a healthy new liver as well as a new life.
tl;dr Modern medicine is amazing, don't give up hope.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh8qga | When my brother was born, he was diagnosed with a fatal liver disease and only given a year to live. They performed an experimental surgery on him that had never been done before and managed to change the way his organs functioned enough to buy him time for medicine to catch up and solve the disease. 20 years later (this summer), his liver finally failed, but luckily modern medicine has progressed to the point where his surgeons were able to circumvent all of the other health issues that prevented him from receiving a transplant before, and he received a healthy new liver as well as a new life. | Modern medicine is amazing, don't give up hope. |
paxboson | I used to tell white lies to my wife all the time, because I felt bad about those things. "I just sold that for $100, honey," when really it was $80. Or "No, I haven't eaten yet," when i stopped at McDonalds. I was a very sad person, because I didn't let my best friend see who I was.
TL;DR Please don't lie to your SO. Even white lies hurt. | I used to tell white lies to my wife all the time, because I felt bad about those things. "I just sold that for $100, honey," when really it was $80. Or "No, I haven't eaten yet," when i stopped at McDonalds. I was a very sad person, because I didn't let my best friend see who I was.
TL;DR Please don't lie to your SO. Even white lies hurt.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh9402 | I used to tell white lies to my wife all the time, because I felt bad about those things. "I just sold that for $100, honey," when really it was $80. Or "No, I haven't eaten yet," when i stopped at McDonalds. I was a very sad person, because I didn't let my best friend see who I was. | Please don't lie to your SO. Even white lies hurt. |
BuffetOfCheeks | Me and my LD girlfriend have been together for almost 3 years and she loves me a lot...like a whole lot...to the point that she worries daily about our future. We're only a 5 hour drive away from each other but the distance effects her WAY more than it effects me. She cries when she has to go home and asked me the other day how I can stay so calm about the whole thing, I just admit I'm just as upset as her. I try to cater to whatever she needs to help her deal until one of us moves (video chats, late night calls, consistent texts all day long, etc.) but in her eyes, the world will end next week and our lives will be over...However, in truth, from what I consider to be a more practical viewpoint, I turn 23 in 6 days, and have more time left in this lifetime than I know what to do with. There's so much more to life than moving in, getting married, and having kids..which is 80% of all she ever talks about....stop RUSHING me. Of course tomorrow isn't guaranteed, but when you obsess about tomorrow, you forget about today....sometimes I feel like she's wasting it looking too far ahead...
TL;DR: LD Girlfriend needs to learn that life is about the journey, not the destination. | Me and my LD girlfriend have been together for almost 3 years and she loves me a lot...like a whole lot...to the point that she worries daily about our future. We're only a 5 hour drive away from each other but the distance effects her WAY more than it effects me. She cries when she has to go home and asked me the other day how I can stay so calm about the whole thing, I just admit I'm just as upset as her. I try to cater to whatever she needs to help her deal until one of us moves (video chats, late night calls, consistent texts all day long, etc.) but in her eyes, the world will end next week and our lives will be over...However, in truth, from what I consider to be a more practical viewpoint, I turn 23 in 6 days, and have more time left in this lifetime than I know what to do with. There's so much more to life than moving in, getting married, and having kids..which is 80% of all she ever talks about....stop RUSHING me. Of course tomorrow isn't guaranteed, but when you obsess about tomorrow, you forget about today....sometimes I feel like she's wasting it looking too far ahead...
TL;DR: LD Girlfriend needs to learn that life is about the journey, not the destination.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh9sax | Me and my LD girlfriend have been together for almost 3 years and she loves me a lot...like a whole lot...to the point that she worries daily about our future. We're only a 5 hour drive away from each other but the distance effects her WAY more than it effects me. She cries when she has to go home and asked me the other day how I can stay so calm about the whole thing, I just admit I'm just as upset as her. I try to cater to whatever she needs to help her deal until one of us moves (video chats, late night calls, consistent texts all day long, etc.) but in her eyes, the world will end next week and our lives will be over...However, in truth, from what I consider to be a more practical viewpoint, I turn 23 in 6 days, and have more time left in this lifetime than I know what to do with. There's so much more to life than moving in, getting married, and having kids..which is 80% of all she ever talks about....stop RUSHING me. Of course tomorrow isn't guaranteed, but when you obsess about tomorrow, you forget about today....sometimes I feel like she's wasting it looking too far ahead... | LD Girlfriend needs to learn that life is about the journey, not the destination. |
ltlgrmln | I'm sorry to say, but your dad sounds kind of like an asshole. I've seen this type of behavior from quite a few guys (that don't say stuff like this around me anymore because I don't like it), so I'm not going to say that it's completely off the mark. I like headstrong older women like what you are saying men aren't attracted to (I'm 25). I also like "hot" women too, but more so because I like looking at them because they're pretty. I'm more attracted to a specific type of personality in women though; that drives my sexuality.
I will say that the media is responsible for most of this stereotyping. I've never met a person that had sexual preferences exactly in line with what the media says that they should have, *ever*. The media is like the "cool kid" in school that can just make shit up because more people listen to their opinion. They don't do any studies, they don't do any research, they just get paid by beauty companies (and any other company ever) to do "stories" that are really actually more advertisements. I'm also convinced that the magazines that say "7 Ways to Please Your Man" are not only propagating the idea that all men can be pleased in those ways (because everyone is reading nationally published magazines, right?), propagating the idea that you need a man to please, propagating the idea that you have to be worried about your man's pleasure if you have one, but also many more I can't think of now. It's not even anti-feminist, it's like a "diseased meme" bomb designed to literally grind the gears of someone's psyche that reads the statement to a halt.
**TL;DR** Most of those articles that the media puts out like "7 Ways to Please Your Man" are like a subtext bomb, and most people don't realize all the hidden messages. I personally think that they are the culprit for both lines of opposing thinking here in this thread, or that people would generalize at all about these types of things. | I'm sorry to say, but your dad sounds kind of like an asshole. I've seen this type of behavior from quite a few guys (that don't say stuff like this around me anymore because I don't like it), so I'm not going to say that it's completely off the mark. I like headstrong older women like what you are saying men aren't attracted to (I'm 25). I also like "hot" women too, but more so because I like looking at them because they're pretty. I'm more attracted to a specific type of personality in women though; that drives my sexuality.
I will say that the media is responsible for most of this stereotyping. I've never met a person that had sexual preferences exactly in line with what the media says that they should have, ever . The media is like the "cool kid" in school that can just make shit up because more people listen to their opinion. They don't do any studies, they don't do any research, they just get paid by beauty companies (and any other company ever) to do "stories" that are really actually more advertisements. I'm also convinced that the magazines that say "7 Ways to Please Your Man" are not only propagating the idea that all men can be pleased in those ways (because everyone is reading nationally published magazines, right?), propagating the idea that you need a man to please, propagating the idea that you have to be worried about your man's pleasure if you have one, but also many more I can't think of now. It's not even anti-feminist, it's like a "diseased meme" bomb designed to literally grind the gears of someone's psyche that reads the statement to a halt.
TL;DR Most of those articles that the media puts out like "7 Ways to Please Your Man" are like a subtext bomb, and most people don't realize all the hidden messages. I personally think that they are the culprit for both lines of opposing thinking here in this thread, or that people would generalize at all about these types of things.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdha37v | I'm sorry to say, but your dad sounds kind of like an asshole. I've seen this type of behavior from quite a few guys (that don't say stuff like this around me anymore because I don't like it), so I'm not going to say that it's completely off the mark. I like headstrong older women like what you are saying men aren't attracted to (I'm 25). I also like "hot" women too, but more so because I like looking at them because they're pretty. I'm more attracted to a specific type of personality in women though; that drives my sexuality.
I will say that the media is responsible for most of this stereotyping. I've never met a person that had sexual preferences exactly in line with what the media says that they should have, ever . The media is like the "cool kid" in school that can just make shit up because more people listen to their opinion. They don't do any studies, they don't do any research, they just get paid by beauty companies (and any other company ever) to do "stories" that are really actually more advertisements. I'm also convinced that the magazines that say "7 Ways to Please Your Man" are not only propagating the idea that all men can be pleased in those ways (because everyone is reading nationally published magazines, right?), propagating the idea that you need a man to please, propagating the idea that you have to be worried about your man's pleasure if you have one, but also many more I can't think of now. It's not even anti-feminist, it's like a "diseased meme" bomb designed to literally grind the gears of someone's psyche that reads the statement to a halt. | Most of those articles that the media puts out like "7 Ways to Please Your Man" are like a subtext bomb, and most people don't realize all the hidden messages. I personally think that they are the culprit for both lines of opposing thinking here in this thread, or that people would generalize at all about these types of things. |
TangentialFUCK | I think the problem here is you don't like working out aka going to the globo-gym. What you may need is another more positive outlet that is also active and healthy. Why don't you try something new? Take a risk, get yourself out the house and squash that ego. You will get addicted to the feeling after the activity, and will obtain that much needed motivation.
TL;DR : Don't be a pussy and get active | I think the problem here is you don't like working out aka going to the globo-gym. What you may need is another more positive outlet that is also active and healthy. Why don't you try something new? Take a risk, get yourself out the house and squash that ego. You will get addicted to the feeling after the activity, and will obtain that much needed motivation.
TL;DR : Don't be a pussy and get active
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdha763 | I think the problem here is you don't like working out aka going to the globo-gym. What you may need is another more positive outlet that is also active and healthy. Why don't you try something new? Take a risk, get yourself out the house and squash that ego. You will get addicted to the feeling after the activity, and will obtain that much needed motivation. | Don't be a pussy and get active |
AlceoSirice | You sound just like me. I feel the need to fake optimism with my SO, because she relies on me and needs to be supported when she's sad or stressed. But at the same time I feel like she should grow stronger and be able to face problems herself. I want to be there for her, but I don't want her to be dependent on me. I think I'm afraid that her being happy could not coexist with me being completely honest with her. Sometimes I believe she would be better off without me, and I know that thought is kind of fucked up. But I do love her, and the little bit of sincere hope I still have about future is there because somehow I feel that if stay together, we can face more than if we were alone. Maybe even this is a stupid cheesy lie, but I need it to be true.
**TL; DR same situation as OP** | You sound just like me. I feel the need to fake optimism with my SO, because she relies on me and needs to be supported when she's sad or stressed. But at the same time I feel like she should grow stronger and be able to face problems herself. I want to be there for her, but I don't want her to be dependent on me. I think I'm afraid that her being happy could not coexist with me being completely honest with her. Sometimes I believe she would be better off without me, and I know that thought is kind of fucked up. But I do love her, and the little bit of sincere hope I still have about future is there because somehow I feel that if stay together, we can face more than if we were alone. Maybe even this is a stupid cheesy lie, but I need it to be true.
TL; DR same situation as OP
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdha8i4 | You sound just like me. I feel the need to fake optimism with my SO, because she relies on me and needs to be supported when she's sad or stressed. But at the same time I feel like she should grow stronger and be able to face problems herself. I want to be there for her, but I don't want her to be dependent on me. I think I'm afraid that her being happy could not coexist with me being completely honest with her. Sometimes I believe she would be better off without me, and I know that thought is kind of fucked up. But I do love her, and the little bit of sincere hope I still have about future is there because somehow I feel that if stay together, we can face more than if we were alone. Maybe even this is a stupid cheesy lie, but I need it to be true. | same situation as OP |
purewhispers | My ex used to pull this one with me, except I *have* a Steam account and he knew full well that I did.
The thing is, by virtue of being a gamer, I think it's safe to expect me to be understanding of such things. My current boyfriend just straight up tells me "hey I'm gonna go play [game] now" and I appreciate the honesty so much.
tl;dr - You shouldn't *need* to lie about it. | My ex used to pull this one with me, except I have a Steam account and he knew full well that I did.
The thing is, by virtue of being a gamer, I think it's safe to expect me to be understanding of such things. My current boyfriend just straight up tells me "hey I'm gonna go play [game] now" and I appreciate the honesty so much.
tl;dr - You shouldn't need to lie about it.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdham39 | My ex used to pull this one with me, except I have a Steam account and he knew full well that I did.
The thing is, by virtue of being a gamer, I think it's safe to expect me to be understanding of such things. My current boyfriend just straight up tells me "hey I'm gonna go play [game] now" and I appreciate the honesty so much. | You shouldn't need to lie about it. |
Felcleave | Both of these activities have their benefits. It all depends on how much a person puts into the hobby. A person can get the same intellectual stimulation from watching a TV show that engages them as a video game that engages them. In the same vein, a person just surfing channels and a person playing a random game that doesn't challenge them won't get anything from the activity.
Anything that can engage you and make you think is beneficial. Though some activities do have their stigmas, which is unfortunate, but it's just something gamers have to deal with sadly.
**TL:DR - If you love doing it and it makes you think, it's beneficial. If you don't care about it and your brain shuts off while you do it, it's neither beneficial or harmful, just a way to kill time.** | Both of these activities have their benefits. It all depends on how much a person puts into the hobby. A person can get the same intellectual stimulation from watching a TV show that engages them as a video game that engages them. In the same vein, a person just surfing channels and a person playing a random game that doesn't challenge them won't get anything from the activity.
Anything that can engage you and make you think is beneficial. Though some activities do have their stigmas, which is unfortunate, but it's just something gamers have to deal with sadly.
TL:DR - If you love doing it and it makes you think, it's beneficial. If you don't care about it and your brain shuts off while you do it, it's neither beneficial or harmful, just a way to kill time.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhbaej | Both of these activities have their benefits. It all depends on how much a person puts into the hobby. A person can get the same intellectual stimulation from watching a TV show that engages them as a video game that engages them. In the same vein, a person just surfing channels and a person playing a random game that doesn't challenge them won't get anything from the activity.
Anything that can engage you and make you think is beneficial. Though some activities do have their stigmas, which is unfortunate, but it's just something gamers have to deal with sadly. | If you love doing it and it makes you think, it's beneficial. If you don't care about it and your brain shuts off while you do it, it's neither beneficial or harmful, just a way to kill time. |
soberdude | Just be careful. I HATE my birthday.
The last 5 times someone did something special for me went like this.
30th: huge fight with my fiance, she broke up with me ON my birthday.
25th: two friends stopped talking to me forever, three more didn't talk to me for months. No one will tell me why.
21st: strippers stole my money at the bar.
18th: first time ever arrested, I was innocent, and luckily the guilty party came forward.
10th: Nothing. And when I say nothing, I mean my entire family forgot. It was the same day as Easter that year. We all got together, as a family, and being 10, I looked for the cake first. Didn't see it. Thought, maybe it'll be a surprise after the Easter Egg hunt. Nope. Finally realized that no one at all was going to wish me a Happy Birthday, sat down and cried a little. It really sucked because everyone was talking about how I was going into "double digits" like it was a huge deal. A month later, my dad looks at the calendar, and says "I can't remember what I got him for his birthday" he was talking to my step mom. I just said "An Easter Card" and went back to bed.
I love my family, and they're generally great, but that day soured my birthdays for the rest of my life.
TL;DR: He may have good reasons to really not want anything done. | Just be careful. I HATE my birthday.
The last 5 times someone did something special for me went like this.
30th: huge fight with my fiance, she broke up with me ON my birthday.
25th: two friends stopped talking to me forever, three more didn't talk to me for months. No one will tell me why.
21st: strippers stole my money at the bar.
18th: first time ever arrested, I was innocent, and luckily the guilty party came forward.
10th: Nothing. And when I say nothing, I mean my entire family forgot. It was the same day as Easter that year. We all got together, as a family, and being 10, I looked for the cake first. Didn't see it. Thought, maybe it'll be a surprise after the Easter Egg hunt. Nope. Finally realized that no one at all was going to wish me a Happy Birthday, sat down and cried a little. It really sucked because everyone was talking about how I was going into "double digits" like it was a huge deal. A month later, my dad looks at the calendar, and says "I can't remember what I got him for his birthday" he was talking to my step mom. I just said "An Easter Card" and went back to bed.
I love my family, and they're generally great, but that day soured my birthdays for the rest of my life.
TL;DR: He may have good reasons to really not want anything done.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhbi7w | Just be careful. I HATE my birthday.
The last 5 times someone did something special for me went like this.
30th: huge fight with my fiance, she broke up with me ON my birthday.
25th: two friends stopped talking to me forever, three more didn't talk to me for months. No one will tell me why.
21st: strippers stole my money at the bar.
18th: first time ever arrested, I was innocent, and luckily the guilty party came forward.
10th: Nothing. And when I say nothing, I mean my entire family forgot. It was the same day as Easter that year. We all got together, as a family, and being 10, I looked for the cake first. Didn't see it. Thought, maybe it'll be a surprise after the Easter Egg hunt. Nope. Finally realized that no one at all was going to wish me a Happy Birthday, sat down and cried a little. It really sucked because everyone was talking about how I was going into "double digits" like it was a huge deal. A month later, my dad looks at the calendar, and says "I can't remember what I got him for his birthday" he was talking to my step mom. I just said "An Easter Card" and went back to bed.
I love my family, and they're generally great, but that day soured my birthdays for the rest of my life. | He may have good reasons to really not want anything done. |
chicklette | I think i died a little inside, reading that. Because it is exactly what my husband does, every time we try to go out to eat.
tl;dr - whatever you want is fine, as long as it's exactly what I want. Now guess what that is. | I think i died a little inside, reading that. Because it is exactly what my husband does, every time we try to go out to eat.
tl;dr - whatever you want is fine, as long as it's exactly what I want. Now guess what that is.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhbk5s | I think i died a little inside, reading that. Because it is exactly what my husband does, every time we try to go out to eat. | whatever you want is fine, as long as it's exactly what I want. Now guess what that is. |
Vidjagames | I used to lie a lot. I got the habit from my mom, and went 20 years before I realized it was a problem. It was just how I raised, and I thought it's how you kept people at arm's length. Turns out you can do that without lying, you can be direct and respectful without hurting their feelings - it just takes more work. So I've been working for the past decade to stop it from being a habit. Now I don't lie to my SO, not even white lies, because it's too complicated in the long run. The only lies I tell are the small white lies to people who aren't as important to me, and that's for a lot of reasons - I don't have time, I don't want reveal, etc...
That said, it's not a rule that has saved me. My last SO broke up with me because I told a white lie to someone else. Granted, she only found out she took my phone without permission and read through all my emails, texts, phone logs, etc..
I recognize that she would've left regardless, with that type of attitude she went in looking for something. But man does it hurt - keeping your word all that time only to be crushed for something outside your control.
tl;dr - Stopped lying, it didn't change anything. Still gonna keep being honest, if only to impress myself. | I used to lie a lot. I got the habit from my mom, and went 20 years before I realized it was a problem. It was just how I raised, and I thought it's how you kept people at arm's length. Turns out you can do that without lying, you can be direct and respectful without hurting their feelings - it just takes more work. So I've been working for the past decade to stop it from being a habit. Now I don't lie to my SO, not even white lies, because it's too complicated in the long run. The only lies I tell are the small white lies to people who aren't as important to me, and that's for a lot of reasons - I don't have time, I don't want reveal, etc...
That said, it's not a rule that has saved me. My last SO broke up with me because I told a white lie to someone else. Granted, she only found out she took my phone without permission and read through all my emails, texts, phone logs, etc..
I recognize that she would've left regardless, with that type of attitude she went in looking for something. But man does it hurt - keeping your word all that time only to be crushed for something outside your control.
tl;dr - Stopped lying, it didn't change anything. Still gonna keep being honest, if only to impress myself.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhc7a0 | I used to lie a lot. I got the habit from my mom, and went 20 years before I realized it was a problem. It was just how I raised, and I thought it's how you kept people at arm's length. Turns out you can do that without lying, you can be direct and respectful without hurting their feelings - it just takes more work. So I've been working for the past decade to stop it from being a habit. Now I don't lie to my SO, not even white lies, because it's too complicated in the long run. The only lies I tell are the small white lies to people who aren't as important to me, and that's for a lot of reasons - I don't have time, I don't want reveal, etc...
That said, it's not a rule that has saved me. My last SO broke up with me because I told a white lie to someone else. Granted, she only found out she took my phone without permission and read through all my emails, texts, phone logs, etc..
I recognize that she would've left regardless, with that type of attitude she went in looking for something. But man does it hurt - keeping your word all that time only to be crushed for something outside your control. | Stopped lying, it didn't change anything. Still gonna keep being honest, if only to impress myself. |
Lurking_Still | Ex fat kid here: can confirm. I broke a lot of bones throughout high school, causing me to remain fairly inactive and put on some weight. (I'd like to stop a moment and explain that while I did break both my arms, I never had them both broken at the same time. Plenty of ambi-fapping to be had).
I have never once changed the way I approached women, aside from refining techniques, from when I was a fat kid. It doesn't work as a fat kid. It definitely works when you drop the weight. Some of my friends were actually surprised when the same jokes that caused sneers of derision ended up with a phone number and an ass grab a few years and weight loss later.
TL;DR: Haven't changed the way I approach women, get my nether bits touched far more often after dropping some weight. | Ex fat kid here: can confirm. I broke a lot of bones throughout high school, causing me to remain fairly inactive and put on some weight. (I'd like to stop a moment and explain that while I did break both my arms, I never had them both broken at the same time. Plenty of ambi-fapping to be had).
I have never once changed the way I approached women, aside from refining techniques, from when I was a fat kid. It doesn't work as a fat kid. It definitely works when you drop the weight. Some of my friends were actually surprised when the same jokes that caused sneers of derision ended up with a phone number and an ass grab a few years and weight loss later.
TL;DR: Haven't changed the way I approach women, get my nether bits touched far more often after dropping some weight.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhd7z3 | Ex fat kid here: can confirm. I broke a lot of bones throughout high school, causing me to remain fairly inactive and put on some weight. (I'd like to stop a moment and explain that while I did break both my arms, I never had them both broken at the same time. Plenty of ambi-fapping to be had).
I have never once changed the way I approached women, aside from refining techniques, from when I was a fat kid. It doesn't work as a fat kid. It definitely works when you drop the weight. Some of my friends were actually surprised when the same jokes that caused sneers of derision ended up with a phone number and an ass grab a few years and weight loss later. | Haven't changed the way I approach women, get my nether bits touched far more often after dropping some weight. |
hauntedhistoryguide | Obviously constant nagging would annoy anyone but If someone constantly evades innocuous questions it can also be extremely unattractive. Your not James Bond, for fuck's sake; why all the secrecy? I'm trying to make small talk in a silent house and all you respond with is, it's none of your business? That's a clear sign to me that a person thinks he's too self important to be in a relationship. Conversations should happen out of mutual respect, not because I NEED to know the answer to a question. Do you only communicate with your significant other when it is absolutely required? Wanting to know what your spending your time doing is one way people connect and start a conversation.
Tl;dr when someone is just trying to make small talk, don't be a jerk. You're not that important. | Obviously constant nagging would annoy anyone but If someone constantly evades innocuous questions it can also be extremely unattractive. Your not James Bond, for fuck's sake; why all the secrecy? I'm trying to make small talk in a silent house and all you respond with is, it's none of your business? That's a clear sign to me that a person thinks he's too self important to be in a relationship. Conversations should happen out of mutual respect, not because I NEED to know the answer to a question. Do you only communicate with your significant other when it is absolutely required? Wanting to know what your spending your time doing is one way people connect and start a conversation.
Tl;dr when someone is just trying to make small talk, don't be a jerk. You're not that important.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhehec | Obviously constant nagging would annoy anyone but If someone constantly evades innocuous questions it can also be extremely unattractive. Your not James Bond, for fuck's sake; why all the secrecy? I'm trying to make small talk in a silent house and all you respond with is, it's none of your business? That's a clear sign to me that a person thinks he's too self important to be in a relationship. Conversations should happen out of mutual respect, not because I NEED to know the answer to a question. Do you only communicate with your significant other when it is absolutely required? Wanting to know what your spending your time doing is one way people connect and start a conversation. | when someone is just trying to make small talk, don't be a jerk. You're not that important. |
the-bowtie | I'm so sorry about your condition- I, personally, (female), can not understand the obsession with being unhealthily skinny.
(Actually, in an after note, I do. But I wish I didn't.) Genetics, goddamn the rotten things, determine a great deal of our life this way. My genetics, contrary to yours, determine that I have curves and put on weight ridiculously easy. I don't know how I'd be in weight terms if I don't constantly battle my weight, but I know (I hope) that I battle my weight so I can play my sport. I love riding horses and competing with them, and for that I have to be fit.
I think that so many people have these ridiculous conceptions about so many stereotypes and obsessions, and I feel sad when I watch all of the 'popular' group walk around, giggling at this and that, so obviously conforming. What makes me even sadder is when I see the girls that aren't popular, and I'm pretty sure don't have much of an interest in these things, who I like, talking like this as well.
I, for intance, am typing this in my schools' locker room, munching on candy that some amazing kid brought in while all the 'popular' group give disapproving glares to all the girls crowed around her.
Being such intelligent, social creatures brought us this far in evolution, with world domination under humanity's belt, our ingrained behaviours have mutated into these ridiculous social standards, rules and ideas. I know this is ridiculously alike to all the *'peace, be happy with who you are, you are beautiful'* shit, but it's kinda true. We all struggle with individual barriers, may it me physiological or mental, and so many of them are exactly opposite. More weight, less weight, taller, shorter, more boob, less boob, the list is endless.
Being the creatures we are, we will always have some sort of goal in physical beauty the *none of us will ever reach.* this must be understood; our ideas simply aren't realistic. So, I propose a new standard: *healthy*. It will still cause problems, and many people will struggle to achieve, but I'd say its the best we can do. And to you, OP, all the best in trying to regain normal weight. I understand from friends it will be a hard battle to put it back on, but I hope as hard as hell you'll get there.
TL;DR- GENETICS ARE BASTARDS | I'm so sorry about your condition- I, personally, (female), can not understand the obsession with being unhealthily skinny.
(Actually, in an after note, I do. But I wish I didn't.) Genetics, goddamn the rotten things, determine a great deal of our life this way. My genetics, contrary to yours, determine that I have curves and put on weight ridiculously easy. I don't know how I'd be in weight terms if I don't constantly battle my weight, but I know (I hope) that I battle my weight so I can play my sport. I love riding horses and competing with them, and for that I have to be fit.
I think that so many people have these ridiculous conceptions about so many stereotypes and obsessions, and I feel sad when I watch all of the 'popular' group walk around, giggling at this and that, so obviously conforming. What makes me even sadder is when I see the girls that aren't popular, and I'm pretty sure don't have much of an interest in these things, who I like, talking like this as well.
I, for intance, am typing this in my schools' locker room, munching on candy that some amazing kid brought in while all the 'popular' group give disapproving glares to all the girls crowed around her.
Being such intelligent, social creatures brought us this far in evolution, with world domination under humanity's belt, our ingrained behaviours have mutated into these ridiculous social standards, rules and ideas. I know this is ridiculously alike to all the 'peace, be happy with who you are, you are beautiful' shit, but it's kinda true. We all struggle with individual barriers, may it me physiological or mental, and so many of them are exactly opposite. More weight, less weight, taller, shorter, more boob, less boob, the list is endless.
Being the creatures we are, we will always have some sort of goal in physical beauty the none of us will ever reach. this must be understood; our ideas simply aren't realistic. So, I propose a new standard: healthy . It will still cause problems, and many people will struggle to achieve, but I'd say its the best we can do. And to you, OP, all the best in trying to regain normal weight. I understand from friends it will be a hard battle to put it back on, but I hope as hard as hell you'll get there.
TL;DR- GENETICS ARE BASTARDS
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhfby9 | I'm so sorry about your condition- I, personally, (female), can not understand the obsession with being unhealthily skinny.
(Actually, in an after note, I do. But I wish I didn't.) Genetics, goddamn the rotten things, determine a great deal of our life this way. My genetics, contrary to yours, determine that I have curves and put on weight ridiculously easy. I don't know how I'd be in weight terms if I don't constantly battle my weight, but I know (I hope) that I battle my weight so I can play my sport. I love riding horses and competing with them, and for that I have to be fit.
I think that so many people have these ridiculous conceptions about so many stereotypes and obsessions, and I feel sad when I watch all of the 'popular' group walk around, giggling at this and that, so obviously conforming. What makes me even sadder is when I see the girls that aren't popular, and I'm pretty sure don't have much of an interest in these things, who I like, talking like this as well.
I, for intance, am typing this in my schools' locker room, munching on candy that some amazing kid brought in while all the 'popular' group give disapproving glares to all the girls crowed around her.
Being such intelligent, social creatures brought us this far in evolution, with world domination under humanity's belt, our ingrained behaviours have mutated into these ridiculous social standards, rules and ideas. I know this is ridiculously alike to all the 'peace, be happy with who you are, you are beautiful' shit, but it's kinda true. We all struggle with individual barriers, may it me physiological or mental, and so many of them are exactly opposite. More weight, less weight, taller, shorter, more boob, less boob, the list is endless.
Being the creatures we are, we will always have some sort of goal in physical beauty the none of us will ever reach. this must be understood; our ideas simply aren't realistic. So, I propose a new standard: healthy . It will still cause problems, and many people will struggle to achieve, but I'd say its the best we can do. And to you, OP, all the best in trying to regain normal weight. I understand from friends it will be a hard battle to put it back on, but I hope as hard as hell you'll get there. | GENETICS ARE BASTARDS |
noniplod | Once I had a dream where I told my ex I still loved him. I don't (in a romantic way, he's one of my besties now though, so platonic love all the way), and I just woke up like WTF.
TL;DR Dreams =/= Actual thoughts | Once I had a dream where I told my ex I still loved him. I don't (in a romantic way, he's one of my besties now though, so platonic love all the way), and I just woke up like WTF.
TL;DR Dreams =/= Actual thoughts
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhhfuk | Once I had a dream where I told my ex I still loved him. I don't (in a romantic way, he's one of my besties now though, so platonic love all the way), and I just woke up like WTF. | Dreams =/= Actual thoughts |
jhuskindle | Just tell her! I had to give my man that talk. Look I just don't feel you re putting in what you are receiving, can you try, for me? But don't ever leave your girl cause you think someone else out there likes sex more, you will eventually have no ability to have sex and you will be left with an empty shell and no intellect if you base it on that. Seriously sit her down and talk about oral. She may not like your oral to her, because you are doing it wrong. I used to let my fiance go down on me every now and then but mostly didn't like it, but finally he learned how to do it very well and I want it every day. I also want to give him everything in return.
TL;DR: Bear Grylls drinks his own piss, he doesn't have cancer, it's not going to kill you to lick clean area where pee comes out sometimes. | Just tell her! I had to give my man that talk. Look I just don't feel you re putting in what you are receiving, can you try, for me? But don't ever leave your girl cause you think someone else out there likes sex more, you will eventually have no ability to have sex and you will be left with an empty shell and no intellect if you base it on that. Seriously sit her down and talk about oral. She may not like your oral to her, because you are doing it wrong. I used to let my fiance go down on me every now and then but mostly didn't like it, but finally he learned how to do it very well and I want it every day. I also want to give him everything in return.
TL;DR: Bear Grylls drinks his own piss, he doesn't have cancer, it's not going to kill you to lick clean area where pee comes out sometimes.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhkxsz | Just tell her! I had to give my man that talk. Look I just don't feel you re putting in what you are receiving, can you try, for me? But don't ever leave your girl cause you think someone else out there likes sex more, you will eventually have no ability to have sex and you will be left with an empty shell and no intellect if you base it on that. Seriously sit her down and talk about oral. She may not like your oral to her, because you are doing it wrong. I used to let my fiance go down on me every now and then but mostly didn't like it, but finally he learned how to do it very well and I want it every day. I also want to give him everything in return. | Bear Grylls drinks his own piss, he doesn't have cancer, it's not going to kill you to lick clean area where pee comes out sometimes. |
NotAwakeYet | I'm just one woman but here's what it seems like to me. There is a fine line that separates having fat and being fat. Everyone has to have fat on their body to be healthy. This adds to an already budding insecurity that she is fat (as all the ads, diet commercials, and jokes claim she is). When she looks at her body or is wearing clothes that fit her, she notices all the fat she has which after a while makes it seem like she is fat. Pointing out something someone is already insecure with that is such a taboo topic puts them on edge. And, yelling at you for feeding the insecurity rather than breaking down into tears and going for a 10 mile jog is easier and makes her feel better about herself.
TL;DR: It's easier for a woman to say that you're an asshole rather than say she's fat. | I'm just one woman but here's what it seems like to me. There is a fine line that separates having fat and being fat. Everyone has to have fat on their body to be healthy. This adds to an already budding insecurity that she is fat (as all the ads, diet commercials, and jokes claim she is). When she looks at her body or is wearing clothes that fit her, she notices all the fat she has which after a while makes it seem like she is fat. Pointing out something someone is already insecure with that is such a taboo topic puts them on edge. And, yelling at you for feeding the insecurity rather than breaking down into tears and going for a 10 mile jog is easier and makes her feel better about herself.
TL;DR: It's easier for a woman to say that you're an asshole rather than say she's fat.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhm5mg | I'm just one woman but here's what it seems like to me. There is a fine line that separates having fat and being fat. Everyone has to have fat on their body to be healthy. This adds to an already budding insecurity that she is fat (as all the ads, diet commercials, and jokes claim she is). When she looks at her body or is wearing clothes that fit her, she notices all the fat she has which after a while makes it seem like she is fat. Pointing out something someone is already insecure with that is such a taboo topic puts them on edge. And, yelling at you for feeding the insecurity rather than breaking down into tears and going for a 10 mile jog is easier and makes her feel better about herself. | It's easier for a woman to say that you're an asshole rather than say she's fat. |
ittookover | If he cools steak in a broiler, that poor cow died in vain!! Broilers let all the juice drip out without providing that delicious charcoal taste.
But hey, I like my steaks still mooing. So to each his own, right?
Tldr broiled steak = :-( | If he cools steak in a broiler, that poor cow died in vain!! Broilers let all the juice drip out without providing that delicious charcoal taste.
But hey, I like my steaks still mooing. So to each his own, right?
Tldr broiled steak = :-(
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdho6uf | If he cools steak in a broiler, that poor cow died in vain!! Broilers let all the juice drip out without providing that delicious charcoal taste.
But hey, I like my steaks still mooing. So to each his own, right? | broiled steak = :-( |
whale_kisses | I am a girl who gets criticized for being skinny. I am not sickly skinny, I'm very lean and decently tall and I get the "I hate you, you have it easy" from women and the "it wouldn't hurt you to put on a few pounds" from men.
Women have such a hard time with the weight jokes because it digs at the painful reality that, to a certain degree, our core value is still based on beauty, no matter how much we strive to change that. I am an intelligent, educated, talented and charming woman, but when I try to present an idea or work that I've done that uses skills and has zero to do with my exterior, I still get comments like, "You'll be fine in this industry [music], you're easy on the eyes" or "you've got it easy, all you have to do is put on something sexy and people will pay money to see you play your guitar." I don't want to put on something sexy to attract an audience. I want to write a song to attract an audience. I want to play my guitar to attract an audience. I want the sound of my voice to attract an audience. I hate that no matter what my accomplishments are, there are always a bunch of douchebags waiting with compliments that have nothing to do with my hard work and do more to belittle me in the face of my accomplishments than actually uplift me and praise me for being a worthy human.
It may seem like I've digressed, but let me tie it all in. With the constant reminder to women that no matter what they do in this world, they will always be analyzed for their beauty first and contributions second, every little comment about weight or looks can be tied into success or failure. We feel we have to be on top of our game physically before anything else we do will actually be recognized, so any slippage in the beauty category can have detrimental effects on our evaluated value as a whole. Your gut reaction may be to strongly disagree with me at this point, but if you stop and think about it honestly, you might find that many of the examples you come up with to the contrary are more the exception than the rule. How many ugly actresses are there compared to ugly actors? How many ugly female musicians or singer/songwriters are there compared to ugly male musicians? How many ugly females in any profession find success compared to ugly males in the same profession? As a woman, any hint that you're losing beauty insinuates that society's appreciation for the rest of your accomplishments and skills are being diminished by the same amount.
TL;DR: Women are evaluated on beauty first and everything else is measured accordingly. | I am a girl who gets criticized for being skinny. I am not sickly skinny, I'm very lean and decently tall and I get the "I hate you, you have it easy" from women and the "it wouldn't hurt you to put on a few pounds" from men.
Women have such a hard time with the weight jokes because it digs at the painful reality that, to a certain degree, our core value is still based on beauty, no matter how much we strive to change that. I am an intelligent, educated, talented and charming woman, but when I try to present an idea or work that I've done that uses skills and has zero to do with my exterior, I still get comments like, "You'll be fine in this industry [music], you're easy on the eyes" or "you've got it easy, all you have to do is put on something sexy and people will pay money to see you play your guitar." I don't want to put on something sexy to attract an audience. I want to write a song to attract an audience. I want to play my guitar to attract an audience. I want the sound of my voice to attract an audience. I hate that no matter what my accomplishments are, there are always a bunch of douchebags waiting with compliments that have nothing to do with my hard work and do more to belittle me in the face of my accomplishments than actually uplift me and praise me for being a worthy human.
It may seem like I've digressed, but let me tie it all in. With the constant reminder to women that no matter what they do in this world, they will always be analyzed for their beauty first and contributions second, every little comment about weight or looks can be tied into success or failure. We feel we have to be on top of our game physically before anything else we do will actually be recognized, so any slippage in the beauty category can have detrimental effects on our evaluated value as a whole. Your gut reaction may be to strongly disagree with me at this point, but if you stop and think about it honestly, you might find that many of the examples you come up with to the contrary are more the exception than the rule. How many ugly actresses are there compared to ugly actors? How many ugly female musicians or singer/songwriters are there compared to ugly male musicians? How many ugly females in any profession find success compared to ugly males in the same profession? As a woman, any hint that you're losing beauty insinuates that society's appreciation for the rest of your accomplishments and skills are being diminished by the same amount.
TL;DR: Women are evaluated on beauty first and everything else is measured accordingly.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdhxrsd | I am a girl who gets criticized for being skinny. I am not sickly skinny, I'm very lean and decently tall and I get the "I hate you, you have it easy" from women and the "it wouldn't hurt you to put on a few pounds" from men.
Women have such a hard time with the weight jokes because it digs at the painful reality that, to a certain degree, our core value is still based on beauty, no matter how much we strive to change that. I am an intelligent, educated, talented and charming woman, but when I try to present an idea or work that I've done that uses skills and has zero to do with my exterior, I still get comments like, "You'll be fine in this industry [music], you're easy on the eyes" or "you've got it easy, all you have to do is put on something sexy and people will pay money to see you play your guitar." I don't want to put on something sexy to attract an audience. I want to write a song to attract an audience. I want to play my guitar to attract an audience. I want the sound of my voice to attract an audience. I hate that no matter what my accomplishments are, there are always a bunch of douchebags waiting with compliments that have nothing to do with my hard work and do more to belittle me in the face of my accomplishments than actually uplift me and praise me for being a worthy human.
It may seem like I've digressed, but let me tie it all in. With the constant reminder to women that no matter what they do in this world, they will always be analyzed for their beauty first and contributions second, every little comment about weight or looks can be tied into success or failure. We feel we have to be on top of our game physically before anything else we do will actually be recognized, so any slippage in the beauty category can have detrimental effects on our evaluated value as a whole. Your gut reaction may be to strongly disagree with me at this point, but if you stop and think about it honestly, you might find that many of the examples you come up with to the contrary are more the exception than the rule. How many ugly actresses are there compared to ugly actors? How many ugly female musicians or singer/songwriters are there compared to ugly male musicians? How many ugly females in any profession find success compared to ugly males in the same profession? As a woman, any hint that you're losing beauty insinuates that society's appreciation for the rest of your accomplishments and skills are being diminished by the same amount. | Women are evaluated on beauty first and everything else is measured accordingly. |
bit_shift | I don't know, honestly. I have been with her since the summer of 2010 and I am very intent on staying together. I would say we have a better than average relationship where we talk a lot, hang out a lot, and do really cool things together. We are always trying to new things and we are an awesome team in so many ways. I don't know many couples who are like a single mind when cooking together in the kitchen.
I'm trying to be pretty logical about this whole thing. Yeah, she doesn't really like wiener in the mouth... but am I perfect? Definitely not. I am probably guilty of being too sexual a lot of the time and she honestly gets more turned on when we do innocent things together. We were playing a board game the other day and suddenly amazing sex happened afterwards.
If I look at my parents, they basically hate each other. I don't even know why they are together after all this time. I have always made a point to try and be different because I want to honestly believe in love. And not some true love fairy tale thing. But the real love of people who decide to make things work. I believe all relationships will have problems and it's very important to both have a common goal of wanting it to work.
So I am bothered by some things that I wish were a little different. But I am still more than happy when I look at the big picture. I honestly feel blessed every day when I see her. My main goal is to love her for the rest of my life. I never want to grow apart and be like two people just living in the same home (my parents and her parents also).
I know she doesn't like doing that one thing. But she does many other things for me, just to show me she loves me (like cooking amazing things because she gets done work before me, baking, handling a lot of responsibilities, trying to make our home awesome, etc).
I don't really have an answer but I do know one thing about myself. I am the kind of person who believes in realistic love. I am extremely passionate about her and I think everything she does is beautiful and amazing. Part of that is just my personality (I've loved all my past relationships very strongly) but it's also because of her. She is a very impressive person and I think I would have to be a blind fool to not appreciate who she is.
Have you been together for a while? Do you already feel a very deep bond? I knew because a lot of her traits, that she would be an amazing person to make my life with. In many ways I'm attracted to her because I think she is better than me. I almost look up to her in some ways. I know she would be a great person to invest my life with.
But if I didn't like her so much and she wasn't so impressive, then maybe I wouldn't want to compromise as much. I really don't know how to give too much advice here. So I'm basically just trying to blab and explain my feelings/thoughts.
I'm sure it couldn't hurt to talk sooner than later. But it probably depends on a lot of factors. Are you pretty invested in her already? It's always easier to break things off sooner than later. So if you talk about the issue and she suddenly wants to break up...maybe it isn't a bad idea. But you also probably don't want to make it like an ultimatum. It can be hard because a talk like this can come off as very confrontational. Maybe you jsut want to talk, but she may end up feeling like she will never make you happy.
I think part of me is very robotic. I think I somewhat know that I'll never ever be 100% satisfied with anyone. It just isn't possible to find any human that isn't going to bug me in some way. So I've accepted that and I try to go for the greater overall good. I think my SO is worth it for the long run. Even if there are some things that might bug me.
I would rather be with someone who doesn't like oral, than be with someone who isn't into the hard sciences. And I'm kind of an asshole that way. I hated almost every other math girl that I met, because they seemed to think they were super geniuses when they weren't. I also don't really respect any other sciences except physics, chemistry, math, and computer science.
My SO is a math whiz and I'm a computer science whiz. I think it's sexy that my science is built so heavily on hers. So...hahha, now try and understand me. I know I just wrote a crap ton of retarded stuff. But I hope the big picture kind of helps me explain things. I'm now done university, so what are the odds I will ever meet another amazing math genius with awesome morals, who is humble, beautiful, strong, passionate, amazing cook, crazy hard worker, AND who loves giving oral? I'd say the odds are basically non-existent. So I would realistically be stupid to break up with her in order to try and find another her who happens to like that one extra thing.
Can I change her in that one way? It's way more likely than the other option mentioned above. She may even change one day on her own. Studies do say that many women reach a sexual peak later in their life.
**tl;dr** Thank you for commenting, fellow Internet Stranger. I don't really know how to help you, but maybe you need to write things out like I just did. Because I think I just made myself feel better by going through all of that. How do things measure up for you? Relationships are always a risk and our brains aren't always helpful. Sometimes you have to listen to what you feel/what is natural to you. | I don't know, honestly. I have been with her since the summer of 2010 and I am very intent on staying together. I would say we have a better than average relationship where we talk a lot, hang out a lot, and do really cool things together. We are always trying to new things and we are an awesome team in so many ways. I don't know many couples who are like a single mind when cooking together in the kitchen.
I'm trying to be pretty logical about this whole thing. Yeah, she doesn't really like wiener in the mouth... but am I perfect? Definitely not. I am probably guilty of being too sexual a lot of the time and she honestly gets more turned on when we do innocent things together. We were playing a board game the other day and suddenly amazing sex happened afterwards.
If I look at my parents, they basically hate each other. I don't even know why they are together after all this time. I have always made a point to try and be different because I want to honestly believe in love. And not some true love fairy tale thing. But the real love of people who decide to make things work. I believe all relationships will have problems and it's very important to both have a common goal of wanting it to work.
So I am bothered by some things that I wish were a little different. But I am still more than happy when I look at the big picture. I honestly feel blessed every day when I see her. My main goal is to love her for the rest of my life. I never want to grow apart and be like two people just living in the same home (my parents and her parents also).
I know she doesn't like doing that one thing. But she does many other things for me, just to show me she loves me (like cooking amazing things because she gets done work before me, baking, handling a lot of responsibilities, trying to make our home awesome, etc).
I don't really have an answer but I do know one thing about myself. I am the kind of person who believes in realistic love. I am extremely passionate about her and I think everything she does is beautiful and amazing. Part of that is just my personality (I've loved all my past relationships very strongly) but it's also because of her. She is a very impressive person and I think I would have to be a blind fool to not appreciate who she is.
Have you been together for a while? Do you already feel a very deep bond? I knew because a lot of her traits, that she would be an amazing person to make my life with. In many ways I'm attracted to her because I think she is better than me. I almost look up to her in some ways. I know she would be a great person to invest my life with.
But if I didn't like her so much and she wasn't so impressive, then maybe I wouldn't want to compromise as much. I really don't know how to give too much advice here. So I'm basically just trying to blab and explain my feelings/thoughts.
I'm sure it couldn't hurt to talk sooner than later. But it probably depends on a lot of factors. Are you pretty invested in her already? It's always easier to break things off sooner than later. So if you talk about the issue and she suddenly wants to break up...maybe it isn't a bad idea. But you also probably don't want to make it like an ultimatum. It can be hard because a talk like this can come off as very confrontational. Maybe you jsut want to talk, but she may end up feeling like she will never make you happy.
I think part of me is very robotic. I think I somewhat know that I'll never ever be 100% satisfied with anyone. It just isn't possible to find any human that isn't going to bug me in some way. So I've accepted that and I try to go for the greater overall good. I think my SO is worth it for the long run. Even if there are some things that might bug me.
I would rather be with someone who doesn't like oral, than be with someone who isn't into the hard sciences. And I'm kind of an asshole that way. I hated almost every other math girl that I met, because they seemed to think they were super geniuses when they weren't. I also don't really respect any other sciences except physics, chemistry, math, and computer science.
My SO is a math whiz and I'm a computer science whiz. I think it's sexy that my science is built so heavily on hers. So...hahha, now try and understand me. I know I just wrote a crap ton of retarded stuff. But I hope the big picture kind of helps me explain things. I'm now done university, so what are the odds I will ever meet another amazing math genius with awesome morals, who is humble, beautiful, strong, passionate, amazing cook, crazy hard worker, AND who loves giving oral? I'd say the odds are basically non-existent. So I would realistically be stupid to break up with her in order to try and find another her who happens to like that one extra thing.
Can I change her in that one way? It's way more likely than the other option mentioned above. She may even change one day on her own. Studies do say that many women reach a sexual peak later in their life.
tl;dr Thank you for commenting, fellow Internet Stranger. I don't really know how to help you, but maybe you need to write things out like I just did. Because I think I just made myself feel better by going through all of that. How do things measure up for you? Relationships are always a risk and our brains aren't always helpful. Sometimes you have to listen to what you feel/what is natural to you.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdi77f3 | I don't know, honestly. I have been with her since the summer of 2010 and I am very intent on staying together. I would say we have a better than average relationship where we talk a lot, hang out a lot, and do really cool things together. We are always trying to new things and we are an awesome team in so many ways. I don't know many couples who are like a single mind when cooking together in the kitchen.
I'm trying to be pretty logical about this whole thing. Yeah, she doesn't really like wiener in the mouth... but am I perfect? Definitely not. I am probably guilty of being too sexual a lot of the time and she honestly gets more turned on when we do innocent things together. We were playing a board game the other day and suddenly amazing sex happened afterwards.
If I look at my parents, they basically hate each other. I don't even know why they are together after all this time. I have always made a point to try and be different because I want to honestly believe in love. And not some true love fairy tale thing. But the real love of people who decide to make things work. I believe all relationships will have problems and it's very important to both have a common goal of wanting it to work.
So I am bothered by some things that I wish were a little different. But I am still more than happy when I look at the big picture. I honestly feel blessed every day when I see her. My main goal is to love her for the rest of my life. I never want to grow apart and be like two people just living in the same home (my parents and her parents also).
I know she doesn't like doing that one thing. But she does many other things for me, just to show me she loves me (like cooking amazing things because she gets done work before me, baking, handling a lot of responsibilities, trying to make our home awesome, etc).
I don't really have an answer but I do know one thing about myself. I am the kind of person who believes in realistic love. I am extremely passionate about her and I think everything she does is beautiful and amazing. Part of that is just my personality (I've loved all my past relationships very strongly) but it's also because of her. She is a very impressive person and I think I would have to be a blind fool to not appreciate who she is.
Have you been together for a while? Do you already feel a very deep bond? I knew because a lot of her traits, that she would be an amazing person to make my life with. In many ways I'm attracted to her because I think she is better than me. I almost look up to her in some ways. I know she would be a great person to invest my life with.
But if I didn't like her so much and she wasn't so impressive, then maybe I wouldn't want to compromise as much. I really don't know how to give too much advice here. So I'm basically just trying to blab and explain my feelings/thoughts.
I'm sure it couldn't hurt to talk sooner than later. But it probably depends on a lot of factors. Are you pretty invested in her already? It's always easier to break things off sooner than later. So if you talk about the issue and she suddenly wants to break up...maybe it isn't a bad idea. But you also probably don't want to make it like an ultimatum. It can be hard because a talk like this can come off as very confrontational. Maybe you jsut want to talk, but she may end up feeling like she will never make you happy.
I think part of me is very robotic. I think I somewhat know that I'll never ever be 100% satisfied with anyone. It just isn't possible to find any human that isn't going to bug me in some way. So I've accepted that and I try to go for the greater overall good. I think my SO is worth it for the long run. Even if there are some things that might bug me.
I would rather be with someone who doesn't like oral, than be with someone who isn't into the hard sciences. And I'm kind of an asshole that way. I hated almost every other math girl that I met, because they seemed to think they were super geniuses when they weren't. I also don't really respect any other sciences except physics, chemistry, math, and computer science.
My SO is a math whiz and I'm a computer science whiz. I think it's sexy that my science is built so heavily on hers. So...hahha, now try and understand me. I know I just wrote a crap ton of retarded stuff. But I hope the big picture kind of helps me explain things. I'm now done university, so what are the odds I will ever meet another amazing math genius with awesome morals, who is humble, beautiful, strong, passionate, amazing cook, crazy hard worker, AND who loves giving oral? I'd say the odds are basically non-existent. So I would realistically be stupid to break up with her in order to try and find another her who happens to like that one extra thing.
Can I change her in that one way? It's way more likely than the other option mentioned above. She may even change one day on her own. Studies do say that many women reach a sexual peak later in their life. | Thank you for commenting, fellow Internet Stranger. I don't really know how to help you, but maybe you need to write things out like I just did. Because I think I just made myself feel better by going through all of that. How do things measure up for you? Relationships are always a risk and our brains aren't always helpful. Sometimes you have to listen to what you feel/what is natural to you. |
TacoBellFourthMeal | I'll chime in, because this is me to a T. I can't speak for every woman, but here is my opinion. I'm not perfect, I'm no Emma Watson, but I'm not fat either, yet I still always hold a bit of a self esteem issue with weight. I grew up in a group of guys friends, never had any girl friends. They would poke fun at me all the time about this or that, lots of "harmless" body-image related jokes. But it sticks with me. Why? This is my personal reason:
Everyone stresses the whole body image thing, about how everyone is beautiful in their own way. Even our boyfriends/husbands/girlfriends say they love us exactly how we are and all that mushy stuff, yet we catch them gawking at the stereotypical "hot girls". It's true that there is an ideal body image for women, men, not so much. Sure some girls are really into Channing Tatum look alikes, but myself, I don't get all hot and bothered by a six pack. I don't care much for them or insanely fit male models. But I find my boyfriend attracted to women like that, physically fit, perfect bodies, long beautiful thick hair, tan, all the so-called perfect features. Like I said, this is me personally. So I don't know how it is for other women. But what gets me is that I am told I'm fine the way I am, yet all of his celebrity crushes, or internet women crushes and ideas of the perfect women look nothing like me.
I guess, TL;DR... Boys are meanies and girls think too much about everything.
Thank you for the gold!!
| I'll chime in, because this is me to a T. I can't speak for every woman, but here is my opinion. I'm not perfect, I'm no Emma Watson, but I'm not fat either, yet I still always hold a bit of a self esteem issue with weight. I grew up in a group of guys friends, never had any girl friends. They would poke fun at me all the time about this or that, lots of "harmless" body-image related jokes. But it sticks with me. Why? This is my personal reason:
Everyone stresses the whole body image thing, about how everyone is beautiful in their own way. Even our boyfriends/husbands/girlfriends say they love us exactly how we are and all that mushy stuff, yet we catch them gawking at the stereotypical "hot girls". It's true that there is an ideal body image for women, men, not so much. Sure some girls are really into Channing Tatum look alikes, but myself, I don't get all hot and bothered by a six pack. I don't care much for them or insanely fit male models. But I find my boyfriend attracted to women like that, physically fit, perfect bodies, long beautiful thick hair, tan, all the so-called perfect features. Like I said, this is me personally. So I don't know how it is for other women. But what gets me is that I am told I'm fine the way I am, yet all of his celebrity crushes, or internet women crushes and ideas of the perfect women look nothing like me.
I guess, TL;DR... Boys are meanies and girls think too much about everything.
Thank you for the gold!!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh5avm | I'll chime in, because this is me to a T. I can't speak for every woman, but here is my opinion. I'm not perfect, I'm no Emma Watson, but I'm not fat either, yet I still always hold a bit of a self esteem issue with weight. I grew up in a group of guys friends, never had any girl friends. They would poke fun at me all the time about this or that, lots of "harmless" body-image related jokes. But it sticks with me. Why? This is my personal reason:
Everyone stresses the whole body image thing, about how everyone is beautiful in their own way. Even our boyfriends/husbands/girlfriends say they love us exactly how we are and all that mushy stuff, yet we catch them gawking at the stereotypical "hot girls". It's true that there is an ideal body image for women, men, not so much. Sure some girls are really into Channing Tatum look alikes, but myself, I don't get all hot and bothered by a six pack. I don't care much for them or insanely fit male models. But I find my boyfriend attracted to women like that, physically fit, perfect bodies, long beautiful thick hair, tan, all the so-called perfect features. Like I said, this is me personally. So I don't know how it is for other women. But what gets me is that I am told I'm fine the way I am, yet all of his celebrity crushes, or internet women crushes and ideas of the perfect women look nothing like me.
I guess, | Boys are meanies and girls think too much about everything.
Thank you for the gold!! |
Apaethalypta | As an individual, (not speaking for the rest of men/boys/he-peoples) I believe that your TL;DR can be completely reversible. girls can be meanies about the exact same thing. | As an individual, (not speaking for the rest of men/boys/he-peoples) I believe that your TL;DR can be completely reversible. girls can be meanies about the exact same thing.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdh7div | As an individual, (not speaking for the rest of men/boys/he-peoples) I believe that your | can be completely reversible. girls can be meanies about the exact same thing. |
i_drah_zua | Put yourself in his shoes.
Suddenly, your own son does not visit you anymore, and for no apparent reason. You wonder if something is wrong, or if it is something you did, and you start to worry. He doesn't come over anymore, and always finds excuses. Maybe he's in trouble and doesn't want me to find out? Is he ashamed of me?
OP, if you let a stupid dream control your life, you are a fucking idiot.
If not visiting becomes a habit, you will regret it sooner than you think, you know your and your dad's time is limited, and if it's too late, you get no second chance.
OP, I don't know if you are lying or not, but call your dad *now*, and tell him you visit him soon, and then you fucking do it.
Life's too short for stupid games.
**TL;DR: Go visit him, you dolt.** | Put yourself in his shoes.
Suddenly, your own son does not visit you anymore, and for no apparent reason. You wonder if something is wrong, or if it is something you did, and you start to worry. He doesn't come over anymore, and always finds excuses. Maybe he's in trouble and doesn't want me to find out? Is he ashamed of me?
OP, if you let a stupid dream control your life, you are a fucking idiot.
If not visiting becomes a habit, you will regret it sooner than you think, you know your and your dad's time is limited, and if it's too late, you get no second chance.
OP, I don't know if you are lying or not, but call your dad now , and tell him you visit him soon, and then you fucking do it.
Life's too short for stupid games.
TL;DR: Go visit him, you dolt.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdh7hix | Put yourself in his shoes.
Suddenly, your own son does not visit you anymore, and for no apparent reason. You wonder if something is wrong, or if it is something you did, and you start to worry. He doesn't come over anymore, and always finds excuses. Maybe he's in trouble and doesn't want me to find out? Is he ashamed of me?
OP, if you let a stupid dream control your life, you are a fucking idiot.
If not visiting becomes a habit, you will regret it sooner than you think, you know your and your dad's time is limited, and if it's too late, you get no second chance.
OP, I don't know if you are lying or not, but call your dad now , and tell him you visit him soon, and then you fucking do it.
Life's too short for stupid games. | Go visit him, you dolt. |
memeship | I think it's just the end of the beginning, which happened a long time ago.
Most of the content everywhere on the internet is just people reposting content from other places. It works because not everyone sees the content the first, second, third, or even fourth time, etc.
People shouldn't be against reposts and re-tellings, those are what make the content sphere go round. People should just be against other people claiming unoriginal content as their own, i.e. not crediting where credit is due.
**TL;DR** I don't have a problem with reposts, only with people claiming their repost is their own original content. | I think it's just the end of the beginning, which happened a long time ago.
Most of the content everywhere on the internet is just people reposting content from other places. It works because not everyone sees the content the first, second, third, or even fourth time, etc.
People shouldn't be against reposts and re-tellings, those are what make the content sphere go round. People should just be against other people claiming unoriginal content as their own, i.e. not crediting where credit is due.
TL;DR I don't have a problem with reposts, only with people claiming their repost is their own original content.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cdhq4gm | I think it's just the end of the beginning, which happened a long time ago.
Most of the content everywhere on the internet is just people reposting content from other places. It works because not everyone sees the content the first, second, third, or even fourth time, etc.
People shouldn't be against reposts and re-tellings, those are what make the content sphere go round. People should just be against other people claiming unoriginal content as their own, i.e. not crediting where credit is due. | I don't have a problem with reposts, only with people claiming their repost is their own original content. |
EventideHQ | When I notice, that since I live as a lesbian woman, I look more like a teenage boy, than when I actually lived as a teenage boy.
Just recently I bought a black-cap, and since then I feel like I'm really cool, eventhough I just look like a hipster teenage boy xD
**TL;DR - the longer I transition, the less remotely feminine cloths I have in my closet.** | When I notice, that since I live as a lesbian woman, I look more like a teenage boy, than when I actually lived as a teenage boy.
Just recently I bought a black-cap, and since then I feel like I'm really cool, eventhough I just look like a hipster teenage boy xD
TL;DR - the longer I transition, the less remotely feminine cloths I have in my closet.
| actuallesbians | t5_2rch0 | cdj3e9y | When I notice, that since I live as a lesbian woman, I look more like a teenage boy, than when I actually lived as a teenage boy.
Just recently I bought a black-cap, and since then I feel like I'm really cool, eventhough I just look like a hipster teenage boy xD | the longer I transition, the less remotely feminine cloths I have in my closet. |
nessgreen | Tailoring & Enchanting are both costly to level when you consider how much faster your character's level will outpace your profession's level. You'll need a lot of cloth/dust/essence to level the professions but you'll quickly out-level the content that yields the right materials needed.
You can certainly level those professions without spending gold in the auction house on the materials but it will require you to stay in certain level zones longer than necessary.
I'd recommend dual gathering professions while you level because it will serve the dual purpose of getting you gold and extra xp (you get xp from gathering now).
TLDR: gather until youre level 90 and happy with your gold stash, then consider droppping one or both gathering professions for something that might benefit your class better. | Tailoring & Enchanting are both costly to level when you consider how much faster your character's level will outpace your profession's level. You'll need a lot of cloth/dust/essence to level the professions but you'll quickly out-level the content that yields the right materials needed.
You can certainly level those professions without spending gold in the auction house on the materials but it will require you to stay in certain level zones longer than necessary.
I'd recommend dual gathering professions while you level because it will serve the dual purpose of getting you gold and extra xp (you get xp from gathering now).
TLDR: gather until youre level 90 and happy with your gold stash, then consider droppping one or both gathering professions for something that might benefit your class better.
| wow | t5_2qio8 | cdhfjcw | Tailoring & Enchanting are both costly to level when you consider how much faster your character's level will outpace your profession's level. You'll need a lot of cloth/dust/essence to level the professions but you'll quickly out-level the content that yields the right materials needed.
You can certainly level those professions without spending gold in the auction house on the materials but it will require you to stay in certain level zones longer than necessary.
I'd recommend dual gathering professions while you level because it will serve the dual purpose of getting you gold and extra xp (you get xp from gathering now). | gather until youre level 90 and happy with your gold stash, then consider droppping one or both gathering professions for something that might benefit your class better. |
yegon | I'm from the UK, ordered a 128gb cellular on the first day. Originally due Nov 26-Dec 3. Was stuck at processing till Sat Nov 16, when it sprung into action - was in China Saturday morning, delivered by UPS at my door on Monday at 1409. Couldn't believe it!
Unfortunately, I've barely had the chance to play with it beyond opening the box and having a brief fiddle. Life got in the way last night. I could have brought it to work today instead of my old Mini, but I've not had time to sync it so didn't bother. Out tonight too, bah!
Off work tomorrow though, yay, looking forward to it. First impressions were "this is the iPad I've always dreamed of". Use a rmbp mostly at home, the Mini goes everywhere with me, so the Air/Mini conundrum was pretty easy for me in the end.
tldr; it's entirely possible your iPad will arrive much earlier than expected. | I'm from the UK, ordered a 128gb cellular on the first day. Originally due Nov 26-Dec 3. Was stuck at processing till Sat Nov 16, when it sprung into action - was in China Saturday morning, delivered by UPS at my door on Monday at 1409. Couldn't believe it!
Unfortunately, I've barely had the chance to play with it beyond opening the box and having a brief fiddle. Life got in the way last night. I could have brought it to work today instead of my old Mini, but I've not had time to sync it so didn't bother. Out tonight too, bah!
Off work tomorrow though, yay, looking forward to it. First impressions were "this is the iPad I've always dreamed of". Use a rmbp mostly at home, the Mini goes everywhere with me, so the Air/Mini conundrum was pretty easy for me in the end.
tldr; it's entirely possible your iPad will arrive much earlier than expected.
| ipad | t5_2rgny | cdhxam9 | I'm from the UK, ordered a 128gb cellular on the first day. Originally due Nov 26-Dec 3. Was stuck at processing till Sat Nov 16, when it sprung into action - was in China Saturday morning, delivered by UPS at my door on Monday at 1409. Couldn't believe it!
Unfortunately, I've barely had the chance to play with it beyond opening the box and having a brief fiddle. Life got in the way last night. I could have brought it to work today instead of my old Mini, but I've not had time to sync it so didn't bother. Out tonight too, bah!
Off work tomorrow though, yay, looking forward to it. First impressions were "this is the iPad I've always dreamed of". Use a rmbp mostly at home, the Mini goes everywhere with me, so the Air/Mini conundrum was pretty easy for me in the end. | it's entirely possible your iPad will arrive much earlier than expected. |
CurryMustard | Yup, that's why being a Christian is one of the smarter moves you can make. If it turns out JW's are the correct religion and you are not a JW, you just cease to exist, which is what most atheists believe anyway so you really don't lose anything. If it turns out Mormons are the correct religion, you go to the second level of heaven. Not too shabby. If it's a religion that reincarnates, you have basically unlimited lives to get it right, so you're not damning yourself for all eternity by not following it. If you're Jewish, then hell is basically a cleansing process, not eternal damnation. You'll get into heaven once they burn the evil out of your soul. It's painful, but it's not forever. Now, if the Christians or the Muslims are the winning religion, and you find yourself on the wrong side of that, you'll spend eternity in hell. But being a Muslim is extremely time consuming. Being a Christian is easy, you just have to "repent" from your sins and believe in Jesus. That's it. I mean, you can do literally anything you want, and still be Christian.
TL;DR Religion is bullshit, mmk? | Yup, that's why being a Christian is one of the smarter moves you can make. If it turns out JW's are the correct religion and you are not a JW, you just cease to exist, which is what most atheists believe anyway so you really don't lose anything. If it turns out Mormons are the correct religion, you go to the second level of heaven. Not too shabby. If it's a religion that reincarnates, you have basically unlimited lives to get it right, so you're not damning yourself for all eternity by not following it. If you're Jewish, then hell is basically a cleansing process, not eternal damnation. You'll get into heaven once they burn the evil out of your soul. It's painful, but it's not forever. Now, if the Christians or the Muslims are the winning religion, and you find yourself on the wrong side of that, you'll spend eternity in hell. But being a Muslim is extremely time consuming. Being a Christian is easy, you just have to "repent" from your sins and believe in Jesus. That's it. I mean, you can do literally anything you want, and still be Christian.
TL;DR Religion is bullshit, mmk?
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cdi43ow | Yup, that's why being a Christian is one of the smarter moves you can make. If it turns out JW's are the correct religion and you are not a JW, you just cease to exist, which is what most atheists believe anyway so you really don't lose anything. If it turns out Mormons are the correct religion, you go to the second level of heaven. Not too shabby. If it's a religion that reincarnates, you have basically unlimited lives to get it right, so you're not damning yourself for all eternity by not following it. If you're Jewish, then hell is basically a cleansing process, not eternal damnation. You'll get into heaven once they burn the evil out of your soul. It's painful, but it's not forever. Now, if the Christians or the Muslims are the winning religion, and you find yourself on the wrong side of that, you'll spend eternity in hell. But being a Muslim is extremely time consuming. Being a Christian is easy, you just have to "repent" from your sins and believe in Jesus. That's it. I mean, you can do literally anything you want, and still be Christian. | Religion is bullshit, mmk? |
boxergirl02 | The basket idea is pretty cool and that 3rd book posted above looks pretty damn detailed in a way that she can understand now AND keep referring to as she matures.
When you let her know that masturbation is completely normal also tell her that her friends may act like they think it's gross/weird or they don't do it. My cousin told me that masturbation was disgusting at a young age so I had a weird thing about it for awhile....also, her friends are totally lying and so was my cousin!!
Also, SHAVING!!! ARGGH! Someone may have already posted about it but I'll share my 2 cents. No one ever taught me how to shave, not my legs, underarms or down there! Don't let her learn from cosmo the way I did cause that really sucked. Of course let her know that she is not supposed to look like a porn star and boys know that! If she decides she wants to shave downstairs maybe find a close female friend, show her this reddit or find a great spa that will go through the process with her for the 1st few times, and don't get cheap on the razors! I personally love the Gillette Venus brand, shave gel bar on the top and bottom makes for a super quick shave and it helps me personally with the reduction of ingrown hairs and razor bumps, also, no shaving cream. Exfoliating before shaving helps with razor bumps too. One con thing about the razors I use is that I don't get a super close shave and I have to shave more often, but it's such a quick process it's worth it. Oh and use new razors on your (her) bikini area every time or at least every other time! Yep, shaving is gonna be expensive!
Maybe another mom can jump in here and help me out with this one, I didn't start shaving downstairs till I was almost in college, my skin was and still is very sensitive to shaving. It seems like I have a few friends that have been landscaping the land down under since they started with their leg/underarms and they don't seem to have nearly the problems I do with razor bumps ect....so moms, is it better to shave earlier or just wait? Or do I just have really sensitive skin?
Ok, I'm done rambling about things not really related to porn but things I know I thought about at that age and it would probably help you to get this out of the way with all the other stuff too. This shaving thing was just my experience, somebody else may come along and say I'm crazy but I do hope I helped you in someway. Good luck and you're gonna do great because you care enough to ask!
EDIT: TL;DR I talked about shaving instead of porn. :) | The basket idea is pretty cool and that 3rd book posted above looks pretty damn detailed in a way that she can understand now AND keep referring to as she matures.
When you let her know that masturbation is completely normal also tell her that her friends may act like they think it's gross/weird or they don't do it. My cousin told me that masturbation was disgusting at a young age so I had a weird thing about it for awhile....also, her friends are totally lying and so was my cousin!!
Also, SHAVING!!! ARGGH! Someone may have already posted about it but I'll share my 2 cents. No one ever taught me how to shave, not my legs, underarms or down there! Don't let her learn from cosmo the way I did cause that really sucked. Of course let her know that she is not supposed to look like a porn star and boys know that! If she decides she wants to shave downstairs maybe find a close female friend, show her this reddit or find a great spa that will go through the process with her for the 1st few times, and don't get cheap on the razors! I personally love the Gillette Venus brand, shave gel bar on the top and bottom makes for a super quick shave and it helps me personally with the reduction of ingrown hairs and razor bumps, also, no shaving cream. Exfoliating before shaving helps with razor bumps too. One con thing about the razors I use is that I don't get a super close shave and I have to shave more often, but it's such a quick process it's worth it. Oh and use new razors on your (her) bikini area every time or at least every other time! Yep, shaving is gonna be expensive!
Maybe another mom can jump in here and help me out with this one, I didn't start shaving downstairs till I was almost in college, my skin was and still is very sensitive to shaving. It seems like I have a few friends that have been landscaping the land down under since they started with their leg/underarms and they don't seem to have nearly the problems I do with razor bumps ect....so moms, is it better to shave earlier or just wait? Or do I just have really sensitive skin?
Ok, I'm done rambling about things not really related to porn but things I know I thought about at that age and it would probably help you to get this out of the way with all the other stuff too. This shaving thing was just my experience, somebody else may come along and say I'm crazy but I do hope I helped you in someway. Good luck and you're gonna do great because you care enough to ask!
EDIT: TL;DR I talked about shaving instead of porn. :)
| Mommit | t5_2s3i3 | cdhy0jc | The basket idea is pretty cool and that 3rd book posted above looks pretty damn detailed in a way that she can understand now AND keep referring to as she matures.
When you let her know that masturbation is completely normal also tell her that her friends may act like they think it's gross/weird or they don't do it. My cousin told me that masturbation was disgusting at a young age so I had a weird thing about it for awhile....also, her friends are totally lying and so was my cousin!!
Also, SHAVING!!! ARGGH! Someone may have already posted about it but I'll share my 2 cents. No one ever taught me how to shave, not my legs, underarms or down there! Don't let her learn from cosmo the way I did cause that really sucked. Of course let her know that she is not supposed to look like a porn star and boys know that! If she decides she wants to shave downstairs maybe find a close female friend, show her this reddit or find a great spa that will go through the process with her for the 1st few times, and don't get cheap on the razors! I personally love the Gillette Venus brand, shave gel bar on the top and bottom makes for a super quick shave and it helps me personally with the reduction of ingrown hairs and razor bumps, also, no shaving cream. Exfoliating before shaving helps with razor bumps too. One con thing about the razors I use is that I don't get a super close shave and I have to shave more often, but it's such a quick process it's worth it. Oh and use new razors on your (her) bikini area every time or at least every other time! Yep, shaving is gonna be expensive!
Maybe another mom can jump in here and help me out with this one, I didn't start shaving downstairs till I was almost in college, my skin was and still is very sensitive to shaving. It seems like I have a few friends that have been landscaping the land down under since they started with their leg/underarms and they don't seem to have nearly the problems I do with razor bumps ect....so moms, is it better to shave earlier or just wait? Or do I just have really sensitive skin?
Ok, I'm done rambling about things not really related to porn but things I know I thought about at that age and it would probably help you to get this out of the way with all the other stuff too. This shaving thing was just my experience, somebody else may come along and say I'm crazy but I do hope I helped you in someway. Good luck and you're gonna do great because you care enough to ask!
EDIT: | I talked about shaving instead of porn. :) |
scotlandspie | Poorfag here- I've always had consoles with me as long as I can remember, probably dating back to snes. I had a best friend who owned a PC though, and I would go over to his house occasionally to play games on his Xbox.
His PC broke down and he can't afford a new one yet, neither can I.
Tldr why did you even read this | Poorfag here- I've always had consoles with me as long as I can remember, probably dating back to snes. I had a best friend who owned a PC though, and I would go over to his house occasionally to play games on his Xbox.
His PC broke down and he can't afford a new one yet, neither can I.
Tldr why did you even read this
| gloriouspcmasterrace | t5_2yxz1 | cdicacz | Poorfag here- I've always had consoles with me as long as I can remember, probably dating back to snes. I had a best friend who owned a PC though, and I would go over to his house occasionally to play games on his Xbox.
His PC broke down and he can't afford a new one yet, neither can I. | why did you even read this |
bloodyvalentine | @Sane: his title kinda suggests that he's looking for a gaming laptop.
@OP: First one you linked will offer far better performances. While I do understand that an i7 might sound more interesting than an i5, you need to remember that the one thing that really matters when you buy a gaming laptop is it's GPU. Sure, An athlon 2400+ might not handle games, but anything past a certain treshold (A newer i3 or 3rd gen i5 should be more than enough) is plain overkill and will be bottleneck'd by the GPU anyways.
tl;dr: Go for something that has a dedicated gpu. the 640 you linked is fine, otherwise try to find a 740M/8750M. | @Sane: his title kinda suggests that he's looking for a gaming laptop.
@OP: First one you linked will offer far better performances. While I do understand that an i7 might sound more interesting than an i5, you need to remember that the one thing that really matters when you buy a gaming laptop is it's GPU. Sure, An athlon 2400+ might not handle games, but anything past a certain treshold (A newer i3 or 3rd gen i5 should be more than enough) is plain overkill and will be bottleneck'd by the GPU anyways.
tl;dr: Go for something that has a dedicated gpu. the 640 you linked is fine, otherwise try to find a 740M/8750M.
| SuggestALaptop | t5_2s4k5 | cdi9da1 | Sane: his title kinda suggests that he's looking for a gaming laptop.
@OP: First one you linked will offer far better performances. While I do understand that an i7 might sound more interesting than an i5, you need to remember that the one thing that really matters when you buy a gaming laptop is it's GPU. Sure, An athlon 2400+ might not handle games, but anything past a certain treshold (A newer i3 or 3rd gen i5 should be more than enough) is plain overkill and will be bottleneck'd by the GPU anyways. | Go for something that has a dedicated gpu. the 640 you linked is fine, otherwise try to find a 740M/8750M. |
nowyouregonnadie | Or by their reaction. The only way you would worry if you saw that is if you were high as fuck and paranoid!
Edit: the paranoia comment is from personal experience. Maybe just me or my surroundings amplify it but I couldn't walk down the street without thinking everyone was undercover police out to get me or that old ladies were trying to kill me. Funny looking back but at the time it's crippling. That and the short term memory loss and I'm glad I stopped.
TLDR: Weed is bad for me. | Or by their reaction. The only way you would worry if you saw that is if you were high as fuck and paranoid!
Edit: the paranoia comment is from personal experience. Maybe just me or my surroundings amplify it but I couldn't walk down the street without thinking everyone was undercover police out to get me or that old ladies were trying to kill me. Funny looking back but at the time it's crippling. That and the short term memory loss and I'm glad I stopped.
TLDR: Weed is bad for me.
| funny | t5_2qh33 | cdiqfz3 | Or by their reaction. The only way you would worry if you saw that is if you were high as fuck and paranoid!
Edit: the paranoia comment is from personal experience. Maybe just me or my surroundings amplify it but I couldn't walk down the street without thinking everyone was undercover police out to get me or that old ladies were trying to kill me. Funny looking back but at the time it's crippling. That and the short term memory loss and I'm glad I stopped. | Weed is bad for me. |
pixis-4950 | Intortoise wrote:
Yeah I realize there's a chasm of difference between regular porn and child porn. Whether there's a profit motive or not though demand will drive the supply. Pedophiles get off on the destruction of kids, some of them likely get off on sharing it with the world. Give them attention and they'll keep doing it.
and this doesn't even touch on the effects of normalizing it, or the further degradation of the victims etc
Whether or not you think standard fare porn is good or bad or whatever, nobody can argue that it hasn't had an effect on society. "normal" porn is so normalized you can bring up consuming porn in a conversation with a stranger and it wouldn't even be weird.
The normalization of porn has an effect on the people who are in it too I'd imagine. People are growing up with ever present porn right now, which is I'd guess increases the amount of people going into porn. One of the issues with legal porn though is these adults can easily be exploited. With legal child porn, you'd have these issues x bajillion because the children would be exploited by default, and children don't necessarily make the best decisions for themselves, so now you've got the normalization of child porn presenting a horrible "option" for them, with the pressure of every disgusting pedo on the planet grooming them in every format possible.
I mean even on reddit with the whole jailbait thing, people were constantly saying how it's okay to appreciate the human body and it doesn't always have to be sexual and they're sexually develloped so it's okay and blahblahblahblarfbaaaaaaaaaaarf textbook grooming things so goddamn much that other people would pick up that Standard thinking it was a Good and Noble thing and wave it like mad too. There was (and def still is) literal actual child abusing pedophiles on reddit, using reddit to further exploit children, and they'd weave these intricate tales of why it was okay. Then under the SoBrave banner, thousands of manchildren upvote the shit out of it and start spreading the poop across the land without thinking about the motives of their new idol or whatever, but it doesn't matter this is what all the super logicdudebros are saying and we can't all be wrong! Meanwhile actual pedophiles are just trying make it seem okay to fuck kids.
sorry i wrote so many words
tl;dr fuck everything
| Intortoise wrote:
Yeah I realize there's a chasm of difference between regular porn and child porn. Whether there's a profit motive or not though demand will drive the supply. Pedophiles get off on the destruction of kids, some of them likely get off on sharing it with the world. Give them attention and they'll keep doing it.
and this doesn't even touch on the effects of normalizing it, or the further degradation of the victims etc
Whether or not you think standard fare porn is good or bad or whatever, nobody can argue that it hasn't had an effect on society. "normal" porn is so normalized you can bring up consuming porn in a conversation with a stranger and it wouldn't even be weird.
The normalization of porn has an effect on the people who are in it too I'd imagine. People are growing up with ever present porn right now, which is I'd guess increases the amount of people going into porn. One of the issues with legal porn though is these adults can easily be exploited. With legal child porn, you'd have these issues x bajillion because the children would be exploited by default, and children don't necessarily make the best decisions for themselves, so now you've got the normalization of child porn presenting a horrible "option" for them, with the pressure of every disgusting pedo on the planet grooming them in every format possible.
I mean even on reddit with the whole jailbait thing, people were constantly saying how it's okay to appreciate the human body and it doesn't always have to be sexual and they're sexually develloped so it's okay and blahblahblahblarfbaaaaaaaaaaarf textbook grooming things so goddamn much that other people would pick up that Standard thinking it was a Good and Noble thing and wave it like mad too. There was (and def still is) literal actual child abusing pedophiles on reddit, using reddit to further exploit children, and they'd weave these intricate tales of why it was okay. Then under the SoBrave banner, thousands of manchildren upvote the shit out of it and start spreading the poop across the land without thinking about the motives of their new idol or whatever, but it doesn't matter this is what all the super logicdudebros are saying and we can't all be wrong! Meanwhile actual pedophiles are just trying make it seem okay to fuck kids.
sorry i wrote so many words
tl;dr fuck everything
| doublespeaklockstep | t5_2xi91 | cdjias6 | Intortoise wrote:
Yeah I realize there's a chasm of difference between regular porn and child porn. Whether there's a profit motive or not though demand will drive the supply. Pedophiles get off on the destruction of kids, some of them likely get off on sharing it with the world. Give them attention and they'll keep doing it.
and this doesn't even touch on the effects of normalizing it, or the further degradation of the victims etc
Whether or not you think standard fare porn is good or bad or whatever, nobody can argue that it hasn't had an effect on society. "normal" porn is so normalized you can bring up consuming porn in a conversation with a stranger and it wouldn't even be weird.
The normalization of porn has an effect on the people who are in it too I'd imagine. People are growing up with ever present porn right now, which is I'd guess increases the amount of people going into porn. One of the issues with legal porn though is these adults can easily be exploited. With legal child porn, you'd have these issues x bajillion because the children would be exploited by default, and children don't necessarily make the best decisions for themselves, so now you've got the normalization of child porn presenting a horrible "option" for them, with the pressure of every disgusting pedo on the planet grooming them in every format possible.
I mean even on reddit with the whole jailbait thing, people were constantly saying how it's okay to appreciate the human body and it doesn't always have to be sexual and they're sexually develloped so it's okay and blahblahblahblarfbaaaaaaaaaaarf textbook grooming things so goddamn much that other people would pick up that Standard thinking it was a Good and Noble thing and wave it like mad too. There was (and def still is) literal actual child abusing pedophiles on reddit, using reddit to further exploit children, and they'd weave these intricate tales of why it was okay. Then under the SoBrave banner, thousands of manchildren upvote the shit out of it and start spreading the poop across the land without thinking about the motives of their new idol or whatever, but it doesn't matter this is what all the super logicdudebros are saying and we can't all be wrong! Meanwhile actual pedophiles are just trying make it seem okay to fuck kids.
sorry i wrote so many words | fuck everything |
roxieh | Mm, yes, you're right I guess. I think I only classed TRP as worse because it's a whole philosophy that undermines healthy relationships in real life and strives to make women feel like shit, whereas I tend to hope for the most part that, SRS are over the top Internet trolls but pretty normal in real life.
Tldr; they are both as bad as each other. | Mm, yes, you're right I guess. I think I only classed TRP as worse because it's a whole philosophy that undermines healthy relationships in real life and strives to make women feel like shit, whereas I tend to hope for the most part that, SRS are over the top Internet trolls but pretty normal in real life.
Tldr; they are both as bad as each other.
| ShitCosmoSays | t5_2w1fs | cdj5lxf | Mm, yes, you're right I guess. I think I only classed TRP as worse because it's a whole philosophy that undermines healthy relationships in real life and strives to make women feel like shit, whereas I tend to hope for the most part that, SRS are over the top Internet trolls but pretty normal in real life. | they are both as bad as each other. |
jamfish | A combat shotgun is indeed more "versatile" than an AR-15, but requires a significant amount of training to reach proficiency to take advantage of the different ammunition types while under stress.
The way I see it, for any given time investment, your average Joe will be more proficient with the AR than the combat shotgun. At the end of the day training is FAR more important than the weapon platform, and the AR is easier to train someone on.
tl;dr Scattergun is harder to operate, AR is an easier point and click interface. SG is a specialist item. | A combat shotgun is indeed more "versatile" than an AR-15, but requires a significant amount of training to reach proficiency to take advantage of the different ammunition types while under stress.
The way I see it, for any given time investment, your average Joe will be more proficient with the AR than the combat shotgun. At the end of the day training is FAR more important than the weapon platform, and the AR is easier to train someone on.
tl;dr Scattergun is harder to operate, AR is an easier point and click interface. SG is a specialist item.
| guns | t5_2qhc8 | cdjkhqv | A combat shotgun is indeed more "versatile" than an AR-15, but requires a significant amount of training to reach proficiency to take advantage of the different ammunition types while under stress.
The way I see it, for any given time investment, your average Joe will be more proficient with the AR than the combat shotgun. At the end of the day training is FAR more important than the weapon platform, and the AR is easier to train someone on. | Scattergun is harder to operate, AR is an easier point and click interface. SG is a specialist item. |
Sit-Rep | Dude, Blackwater got a bad name because the DoS and DoD needed a scapegoat. [Check this interview](
The CIA sold him down the fucking river. Now his family is in danger at all times. All those crazy RoE's they had? Guess who fucking dictated those. Dept of State.
Blackwater ran THOUSANDS of missions without incident from BIAP to Baghdad and inbetween. The issues that happened were like less than 3% of missions they ran. They also NEVER lost a principle.
TL;DR, E. Prince made a company that filled a needed gap, the DoS and CIA hung him out to dry. | Dude, Blackwater got a bad name because the DoS and DoD needed a scapegoat. [Check this interview](
The CIA sold him down the fucking river. Now his family is in danger at all times. All those crazy RoE's they had? Guess who fucking dictated those. Dept of State.
Blackwater ran THOUSANDS of missions without incident from BIAP to Baghdad and inbetween. The issues that happened were like less than 3% of missions they ran. They also NEVER lost a principle.
TL;DR, E. Prince made a company that filled a needed gap, the DoS and CIA hung him out to dry.
| guns | t5_2qhc8 | cdjps8z | Dude, Blackwater got a bad name because the DoS and DoD needed a scapegoat. [Check this interview](
The CIA sold him down the fucking river. Now his family is in danger at all times. All those crazy RoE's they had? Guess who fucking dictated those. Dept of State.
Blackwater ran THOUSANDS of missions without incident from BIAP to Baghdad and inbetween. The issues that happened were like less than 3% of missions they ran. They also NEVER lost a principle. | E. Prince made a company that filled a needed gap, the DoS and CIA hung him out to dry. |
aut0nomy | Just to douse all of your wounds in a healthy heap of salt...
I was just lucky. I was questing in the area on a warlock (without epic flight at that point, also on the free gryphon from the town just beneath the frozen waterfall..) and noticed this rare flying awfully high up in the sky.. I, of course, couldn't tail it so well. As he flew much faster. So I called in a good friend of mine to help me hunt it down. We had no idea what we were in store for. We were chasing for nothing much more than the thrill of downing a large off-colored proto-drake. And BOOM! There it is. A mount. HOLY FLIP. We talked it over and decided on a fair and square roll via the in-game system. I won! Trouble was, was that I didn't have cold-weather flight nor epic flight... My friend was so kind as to allow me to take up a debt with her in order for us to both see what it was that I had just received. AND IT WAS GLORIOUS!
I still use it to this day. And while the debt was repaid, and she no longer plays.. I ride that damn thing on every toon capable of flight. Not so much because it's rare.. Or flashy.. But because it is definitively a gift from quite easily the kindest and most sincere person I have ever managed to come across in this game.
TL;DR Good friends and adventures with them are the TLPD. | Just to douse all of your wounds in a healthy heap of salt...
I was just lucky. I was questing in the area on a warlock (without epic flight at that point, also on the free gryphon from the town just beneath the frozen waterfall..) and noticed this rare flying awfully high up in the sky.. I, of course, couldn't tail it so well. As he flew much faster. So I called in a good friend of mine to help me hunt it down. We had no idea what we were in store for. We were chasing for nothing much more than the thrill of downing a large off-colored proto-drake. And BOOM! There it is. A mount. HOLY FLIP. We talked it over and decided on a fair and square roll via the in-game system. I won! Trouble was, was that I didn't have cold-weather flight nor epic flight... My friend was so kind as to allow me to take up a debt with her in order for us to both see what it was that I had just received. AND IT WAS GLORIOUS!
I still use it to this day. And while the debt was repaid, and she no longer plays.. I ride that damn thing on every toon capable of flight. Not so much because it's rare.. Or flashy.. But because it is definitively a gift from quite easily the kindest and most sincere person I have ever managed to come across in this game.
TL;DR Good friends and adventures with them are the TLPD.
| wow | t5_2qio8 | cdjxhj0 | Just to douse all of your wounds in a healthy heap of salt...
I was just lucky. I was questing in the area on a warlock (without epic flight at that point, also on the free gryphon from the town just beneath the frozen waterfall..) and noticed this rare flying awfully high up in the sky.. I, of course, couldn't tail it so well. As he flew much faster. So I called in a good friend of mine to help me hunt it down. We had no idea what we were in store for. We were chasing for nothing much more than the thrill of downing a large off-colored proto-drake. And BOOM! There it is. A mount. HOLY FLIP. We talked it over and decided on a fair and square roll via the in-game system. I won! Trouble was, was that I didn't have cold-weather flight nor epic flight... My friend was so kind as to allow me to take up a debt with her in order for us to both see what it was that I had just received. AND IT WAS GLORIOUS!
I still use it to this day. And while the debt was repaid, and she no longer plays.. I ride that damn thing on every toon capable of flight. Not so much because it's rare.. Or flashy.. But because it is definitively a gift from quite easily the kindest and most sincere person I have ever managed to come across in this game. | Good friends and adventures with them are the TLPD. |
BinaryRockStar | What it boils down to is your flexibility with ACID compliance. Something like a blog is static and can be served at lightning speed so there's no need for a NoSQL solution in this case, even if the blog gets thousands of hits per second. A simple load balanced memcache setup could handle that.
Where NoSQL databases really shine is where you have a workload that's really write heavy- say something like Reddit, where people are commenting probably millions of times per minute. You have to be able to store these comments, while still serving up pages to readers. With an RDBMS system writes will generally lock the table, the page or the row. This delays reading from the table until the write operation is complete. Now imagine you have a hundred clustered database servers- the write operation now needs to propagate to all of them before allowing reads from the table. This scaling up is what RDBMSes are terrible at and what NoSQL solutions are built for. They may not always be able to serve up the very latest data, but they'll serve you something recent and in a lot of cases that's good enough.
TL;DR: Unless you have a site that is Twitter or Reddit size, don't bother with NoSQL. | What it boils down to is your flexibility with ACID compliance. Something like a blog is static and can be served at lightning speed so there's no need for a NoSQL solution in this case, even if the blog gets thousands of hits per second. A simple load balanced memcache setup could handle that.
Where NoSQL databases really shine is where you have a workload that's really write heavy- say something like Reddit, where people are commenting probably millions of times per minute. You have to be able to store these comments, while still serving up pages to readers. With an RDBMS system writes will generally lock the table, the page or the row. This delays reading from the table until the write operation is complete. Now imagine you have a hundred clustered database servers- the write operation now needs to propagate to all of them before allowing reads from the table. This scaling up is what RDBMSes are terrible at and what NoSQL solutions are built for. They may not always be able to serve up the very latest data, but they'll serve you something recent and in a lot of cases that's good enough.
TL;DR: Unless you have a site that is Twitter or Reddit size, don't bother with NoSQL.
| Database | t5_2qian | cdker63 | What it boils down to is your flexibility with ACID compliance. Something like a blog is static and can be served at lightning speed so there's no need for a NoSQL solution in this case, even if the blog gets thousands of hits per second. A simple load balanced memcache setup could handle that.
Where NoSQL databases really shine is where you have a workload that's really write heavy- say something like Reddit, where people are commenting probably millions of times per minute. You have to be able to store these comments, while still serving up pages to readers. With an RDBMS system writes will generally lock the table, the page or the row. This delays reading from the table until the write operation is complete. Now imagine you have a hundred clustered database servers- the write operation now needs to propagate to all of them before allowing reads from the table. This scaling up is what RDBMSes are terrible at and what NoSQL solutions are built for. They may not always be able to serve up the very latest data, but they'll serve you something recent and in a lot of cases that's good enough. | Unless you have a site that is Twitter or Reddit size, don't bother with NoSQL. |
Guy_with_big_truck | It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. TL;DR don't listen to peoples shit cause the one that does the work is the only one that matters | It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. TL;DR don't listen to peoples shit cause the one that does the work is the only one that matters
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdjpihp | It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. | don't listen to peoples shit cause the one that does the work is the only one that matters |
khondrych | As someone with well above average intelligence who struggled hard with ADHD and depression in high school:
It's not that you can't grasp the material. It's that the material simply isn't interesting enough that it is worthy of putting any sort of mental effort towards doing or paying attention to. Or if it is, you may be smart enough to understand it, and so you test well, but you get a shitty grade because you got home and did zero homework because video games seemed like a far better use of your free time than doing homework for a subject you already have a decent grasp on.
Or you actually sit down to get something done, and 5 hours later you realize you've let every available distraction get to you and maybe you've written about 4 sentences of that essay you were supposed to do.
Or you sit down to get something done, but you can't get it done because the piece of paper the assignment's on isn't in the huge mess of loose paper in your backpack. Must've lost it! Then you COULD call someone to get it but it's past 11pm and because you're socially awkward and depressed you don't have friends in that class you feel comfortable hitting up that time of night. So you go "fuck it" and it doesn't get done.
I graduated highschool with a 2.7, only because I got my shit together at the end of Junior year and started applying myself and knocking out A's and B's.
These days I'm rocking over a 3.5 in my neuroscience undergrad degree. Taking classes I find interesting that challenge me is fucking awesome. Having classes hard enough where I HAVE to study outside of class to test well isn't fucking awesome, but it gets me to do the work cause I can't fuck around and pull a 90 on tests like in highschool. I no longer struggle with depression, and I'm also on meds for my ADHD, so those things help a lot also.
Tl,dr: It's not about being smart enough to grasp material, it's about trying, and having the mental health required to succeed. I know plenty of really smart people that didn't or couldn't apply themselves and fucked up out of college, I refuse to be one of those. | As someone with well above average intelligence who struggled hard with ADHD and depression in high school:
It's not that you can't grasp the material. It's that the material simply isn't interesting enough that it is worthy of putting any sort of mental effort towards doing or paying attention to. Or if it is, you may be smart enough to understand it, and so you test well, but you get a shitty grade because you got home and did zero homework because video games seemed like a far better use of your free time than doing homework for a subject you already have a decent grasp on.
Or you actually sit down to get something done, and 5 hours later you realize you've let every available distraction get to you and maybe you've written about 4 sentences of that essay you were supposed to do.
Or you sit down to get something done, but you can't get it done because the piece of paper the assignment's on isn't in the huge mess of loose paper in your backpack. Must've lost it! Then you COULD call someone to get it but it's past 11pm and because you're socially awkward and depressed you don't have friends in that class you feel comfortable hitting up that time of night. So you go "fuck it" and it doesn't get done.
I graduated highschool with a 2.7, only because I got my shit together at the end of Junior year and started applying myself and knocking out A's and B's.
These days I'm rocking over a 3.5 in my neuroscience undergrad degree. Taking classes I find interesting that challenge me is fucking awesome. Having classes hard enough where I HAVE to study outside of class to test well isn't fucking awesome, but it gets me to do the work cause I can't fuck around and pull a 90 on tests like in highschool. I no longer struggle with depression, and I'm also on meds for my ADHD, so those things help a lot also.
Tl,dr: It's not about being smart enough to grasp material, it's about trying, and having the mental health required to succeed. I know plenty of really smart people that didn't or couldn't apply themselves and fucked up out of college, I refuse to be one of those.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdjufvq | As someone with well above average intelligence who struggled hard with ADHD and depression in high school:
It's not that you can't grasp the material. It's that the material simply isn't interesting enough that it is worthy of putting any sort of mental effort towards doing or paying attention to. Or if it is, you may be smart enough to understand it, and so you test well, but you get a shitty grade because you got home and did zero homework because video games seemed like a far better use of your free time than doing homework for a subject you already have a decent grasp on.
Or you actually sit down to get something done, and 5 hours later you realize you've let every available distraction get to you and maybe you've written about 4 sentences of that essay you were supposed to do.
Or you sit down to get something done, but you can't get it done because the piece of paper the assignment's on isn't in the huge mess of loose paper in your backpack. Must've lost it! Then you COULD call someone to get it but it's past 11pm and because you're socially awkward and depressed you don't have friends in that class you feel comfortable hitting up that time of night. So you go "fuck it" and it doesn't get done.
I graduated highschool with a 2.7, only because I got my shit together at the end of Junior year and started applying myself and knocking out A's and B's.
These days I'm rocking over a 3.5 in my neuroscience undergrad degree. Taking classes I find interesting that challenge me is fucking awesome. Having classes hard enough where I HAVE to study outside of class to test well isn't fucking awesome, but it gets me to do the work cause I can't fuck around and pull a 90 on tests like in highschool. I no longer struggle with depression, and I'm also on meds for my ADHD, so those things help a lot also. | It's not about being smart enough to grasp material, it's about trying, and having the mental health required to succeed. I know plenty of really smart people that didn't or couldn't apply themselves and fucked up out of college, I refuse to be one of those. |
MemorableCactus | My good sir, the beauty of written language is that it belongs to no one person and no one time. The quote as said by FourthsCharter's grandfather was indeed about his undying love for his wife, but the quote as a whole can be construed in a great many ways. Tom191 can indeed use this to describe his current singleness, because his interpretation of that quote could be that love is not a single relationship, but a continuum over the course of one's life.
In this interpretation, love has peaks and valleys and crashes and rises and silences and dissonance and melody and harmony and rhythm and no defined genre. A person may live his or her life entirely in silence, and that silence is no less a masterpiece or a tragedy than an opera or a symphony. It is simply theirs, as yours is yours.
TL;DR: Quit being a dick and open your mind to possibilities.
| My good sir, the beauty of written language is that it belongs to no one person and no one time. The quote as said by FourthsCharter's grandfather was indeed about his undying love for his wife, but the quote as a whole can be construed in a great many ways. Tom191 can indeed use this to describe his current singleness, because his interpretation of that quote could be that love is not a single relationship, but a continuum over the course of one's life.
In this interpretation, love has peaks and valleys and crashes and rises and silences and dissonance and melody and harmony and rhythm and no defined genre. A person may live his or her life entirely in silence, and that silence is no less a masterpiece or a tragedy than an opera or a symphony. It is simply theirs, as yours is yours.
TL;DR: Quit being a dick and open your mind to possibilities.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdjukrp | My good sir, the beauty of written language is that it belongs to no one person and no one time. The quote as said by FourthsCharter's grandfather was indeed about his undying love for his wife, but the quote as a whole can be construed in a great many ways. Tom191 can indeed use this to describe his current singleness, because his interpretation of that quote could be that love is not a single relationship, but a continuum over the course of one's life.
In this interpretation, love has peaks and valleys and crashes and rises and silences and dissonance and melody and harmony and rhythm and no defined genre. A person may live his or her life entirely in silence, and that silence is no less a masterpiece or a tragedy than an opera or a symphony. It is simply theirs, as yours is yours. | Quit being a dick and open your mind to possibilities. |
PrettyWhooped | My grandpa once told me while I was working for him on the family farm, "Your dad and I used to have a saying, 'fixing heavy machinery is a lot like taking care of a fine woman. If it ain't working you gotta call her all sorts of sexy names. If that don't do the trick, beat on her bit. Above all else make sure to use plenty of lube.'"
Now that I've got my own job working in a steel shop, I've come to appreciate his methods more and more.
TL;DR:
My grandpa is sexist. | My grandpa once told me while I was working for him on the family farm, "Your dad and I used to have a saying, 'fixing heavy machinery is a lot like taking care of a fine woman. If it ain't working you gotta call her all sorts of sexy names. If that don't do the trick, beat on her bit. Above all else make sure to use plenty of lube.'"
Now that I've got my own job working in a steel shop, I've come to appreciate his methods more and more.
TL;DR:
My grandpa is sexist.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdjyzvj | My grandpa once told me while I was working for him on the family farm, "Your dad and I used to have a saying, 'fixing heavy machinery is a lot like taking care of a fine woman. If it ain't working you gotta call her all sorts of sexy names. If that don't do the trick, beat on her bit. Above all else make sure to use plenty of lube.'"
Now that I've got my own job working in a steel shop, I've come to appreciate his methods more and more. | My grandpa is sexist. |
bacteriadude | that's because they aren't. the responsibility lies within whoever pushed them in the first place, like the guy yodeling, or the team shooting mortars at the mountain so the chutes can be skied safely. or in the case of a natural avalanche, it's the fault of the very last snowflake that pushed the cornice over capacity. that little fucker should have landed somewhere else. If there are too many people in a lifeboat and it sinks, it's not the fault of the people for wanting to survive. it's the fault of the asshole who got there last and forced his way inside, even though the boat was over capacity.
tl;dr there's usually someone to blame, and sometimes its you.
| that's because they aren't. the responsibility lies within whoever pushed them in the first place, like the guy yodeling, or the team shooting mortars at the mountain so the chutes can be skied safely. or in the case of a natural avalanche, it's the fault of the very last snowflake that pushed the cornice over capacity. that little fucker should have landed somewhere else. If there are too many people in a lifeboat and it sinks, it's not the fault of the people for wanting to survive. it's the fault of the asshole who got there last and forced his way inside, even though the boat was over capacity.
tl;dr there's usually someone to blame, and sometimes its you.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdk1l8o | that's because they aren't. the responsibility lies within whoever pushed them in the first place, like the guy yodeling, or the team shooting mortars at the mountain so the chutes can be skied safely. or in the case of a natural avalanche, it's the fault of the very last snowflake that pushed the cornice over capacity. that little fucker should have landed somewhere else. If there are too many people in a lifeboat and it sinks, it's not the fault of the people for wanting to survive. it's the fault of the asshole who got there last and forced his way inside, even though the boat was over capacity. | there's usually someone to blame, and sometimes its you. |
Scarim | >
Marcus Aurelius never even said that.
I am sorry but Wikiquote is wrong on this one.
This quote is many things, misrepresented, misinterpreted, perhaps even mistranslated, depending on how high you set your academic standards.
But.... It is not however misattributed, Marcus Aurelius is indeed its source of origin. More specifically the quote seems to be a bit of an amalgamation of several linked sections of "Meditations".
The core of the quote is actually a variation of Meditations Book II,11. [Here it is in the original ancient Greek from Project Perseus.](
But since most of us don't read Ancient Greek, we usually have to rely on translations. Translating Ancient Greek into English is far from a straight forward process and it requires much hard learning, hard labour and hard liquor.
Depending who has translated the text and what they translated it for, you will get very different results. Here is a couple examples of translations of this specific section.
(If you are not in the mood for old boring translations, you can just skip to end here)
*"Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but if indeed they do not exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But in truth they do exist, and they do care for human things, and they have put all the means in man's power to enable him not to fall into real evils. And as to the rest, if there was anything evil, they would have provided for this also, that it should be altogether in a man's power not to fall into it. Now that which does not make a man worse, how can it make a man's life worse? But neither through ignorance, nor having the knowledge, but not the power to guard against or correct these things, is it possible that the nature of the universe has overlooked them; nor is it possible that it has made so great a mistake, either through want of power or want of skill, that good and evil should happen indiscriminately to the good and the bad. But death certainly, and life, honour and dishonour, pain and pleasure, all these things equally happen to good men and bad, being things which make us neither better nor worse. Therefore they are neither good nor evil."*
Translation George Long, [Link](
*"Undertake each action as one aware he may next moment depart out of life. To depart from men, if there be really Gods, can have nothing terrible in it. The Gods will involve you in no evil. If there are no Gods, or, if they have no regard to human affairs, why should I desire to live in a world without Gods, and without providence? But Gods there are, undoubtedly, and they regard human affairs; and have put it wholly in our power, that we should not fall into what is * truly evil. Were there any real evil in other things, they would have also put it in the power of man to have avoided them altogether. But how can that which makes not one a worse man, be said to make a man’s life worse? And it could neither be from any ignorance, or want of power, to prevent or rectify them, when it knew them, that the nature presiding in the whole has overlooked such things. We cannot ascribe such gross misconduct to it, either from want of power, or want of skill, as that good and evil should happen confusedly and promiscuously, both to good and bad men. Now, death and life, glory and reproach, pain and pleasure, riches and poverty, all these happen promiscuously to the good and bad. But as they are neither honourable nor shameful, they are therefore neither good nor evil."*
Translation Francis Hutcheson and James Moor, [Link](
Now both of these translations are of the same section of the text and working from the same Ancient Greek source (more or less, that is a subject for different day), but still reached different results. And both of these are relatively academically minded translations, had they been aimed at the general public they would have looked different as well.
So my point it is, the quote is quite clearly an attempt at a modern English version of what Marcus Aurelius "said", thus it is not misattributed.
It is a bit like one of those modern day molestation of Shakespeare. It is still Shakespeare, just a shitty version of it.
Now it is late (about 3 a clock at night here in Europe), and i am tired and out of single malt. So I will go to bed and probably won't respond if you comment.
**TL;DR:** Marcus Aurelius did say something along those lines, but it is hardly a word for word translation.
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Marcus Aurelius never even said that.
I am sorry but Wikiquote is wrong on this one.
This quote is many things, misrepresented, misinterpreted, perhaps even mistranslated, depending on how high you set your academic standards.
But.... It is not however misattributed, Marcus Aurelius is indeed its source of origin. More specifically the quote seems to be a bit of an amalgamation of several linked sections of "Meditations".
The core of the quote is actually a variation of Meditations Book II,11. [Here it is in the original ancient Greek from Project Perseus.](
But since most of us don't read Ancient Greek, we usually have to rely on translations. Translating Ancient Greek into English is far from a straight forward process and it requires much hard learning, hard labour and hard liquor.
Depending who has translated the text and what they translated it for, you will get very different results. Here is a couple examples of translations of this specific section.
(If you are not in the mood for old boring translations, you can just skip to end here)
"Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but if indeed they do not exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But in truth they do exist, and they do care for human things, and they have put all the means in man's power to enable him not to fall into real evils. And as to the rest, if there was anything evil, they would have provided for this also, that it should be altogether in a man's power not to fall into it. Now that which does not make a man worse, how can it make a man's life worse? But neither through ignorance, nor having the knowledge, but not the power to guard against or correct these things, is it possible that the nature of the universe has overlooked them; nor is it possible that it has made so great a mistake, either through want of power or want of skill, that good and evil should happen indiscriminately to the good and the bad. But death certainly, and life, honour and dishonour, pain and pleasure, all these things equally happen to good men and bad, being things which make us neither better nor worse. Therefore they are neither good nor evil."
Translation George Long, [Link](
"Undertake each action as one aware he may next moment depart out of life. To depart from men, if there be really Gods, can have nothing terrible in it. The Gods will involve you in no evil. If there are no Gods, or, if they have no regard to human affairs, why should I desire to live in a world without Gods, and without providence? But Gods there are, undoubtedly, and they regard human affairs; and have put it wholly in our power, that we should not fall into what is truly evil. Were there any real evil in other things, they would have also put it in the power of man to have avoided them altogether. But how can that which makes not one a worse man, be said to make a man’s life worse? And it could neither be from any ignorance, or want of power, to prevent or rectify them, when it knew them, that the nature presiding in the whole has overlooked such things. We cannot ascribe such gross misconduct to it, either from want of power, or want of skill, as that good and evil should happen confusedly and promiscuously, both to good and bad men. Now, death and life, glory and reproach, pain and pleasure, riches and poverty, all these happen promiscuously to the good and bad. But as they are neither honourable nor shameful, they are therefore neither good nor evil."*
Translation Francis Hutcheson and James Moor, [Link](
Now both of these translations are of the same section of the text and working from the same Ancient Greek source (more or less, that is a subject for different day), but still reached different results. And both of these are relatively academically minded translations, had they been aimed at the general public they would have looked different as well.
So my point it is, the quote is quite clearly an attempt at a modern English version of what Marcus Aurelius "said", thus it is not misattributed.
It is a bit like one of those modern day molestation of Shakespeare. It is still Shakespeare, just a shitty version of it.
Now it is late (about 3 a clock at night here in Europe), and i am tired and out of single malt. So I will go to bed and probably won't respond if you comment.
TL;DR: Marcus Aurelius did say something along those lines, but it is hardly a word for word translation.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdk4s37 | Marcus Aurelius never even said that.
I am sorry but Wikiquote is wrong on this one.
This quote is many things, misrepresented, misinterpreted, perhaps even mistranslated, depending on how high you set your academic standards.
But.... It is not however misattributed, Marcus Aurelius is indeed its source of origin. More specifically the quote seems to be a bit of an amalgamation of several linked sections of "Meditations".
The core of the quote is actually a variation of Meditations Book II,11. [Here it is in the original ancient Greek from Project Perseus.](
But since most of us don't read Ancient Greek, we usually have to rely on translations. Translating Ancient Greek into English is far from a straight forward process and it requires much hard learning, hard labour and hard liquor.
Depending who has translated the text and what they translated it for, you will get very different results. Here is a couple examples of translations of this specific section.
(If you are not in the mood for old boring translations, you can just skip to end here)
"Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go away from among men, if there are gods, is not a thing to be afraid of, for the gods will not involve thee in evil; but if indeed they do not exist, or if they have no concern about human affairs, what is it to me to live in a universe devoid of gods or devoid of Providence? But in truth they do exist, and they do care for human things, and they have put all the means in man's power to enable him not to fall into real evils. And as to the rest, if there was anything evil, they would have provided for this also, that it should be altogether in a man's power not to fall into it. Now that which does not make a man worse, how can it make a man's life worse? But neither through ignorance, nor having the knowledge, but not the power to guard against or correct these things, is it possible that the nature of the universe has overlooked them; nor is it possible that it has made so great a mistake, either through want of power or want of skill, that good and evil should happen indiscriminately to the good and the bad. But death certainly, and life, honour and dishonour, pain and pleasure, all these things equally happen to good men and bad, being things which make us neither better nor worse. Therefore they are neither good nor evil."
Translation George Long, [Link](
"Undertake each action as one aware he may next moment depart out of life. To depart from men, if there be really Gods, can have nothing terrible in it. The Gods will involve you in no evil. If there are no Gods, or, if they have no regard to human affairs, why should I desire to live in a world without Gods, and without providence? But Gods there are, undoubtedly, and they regard human affairs; and have put it wholly in our power, that we should not fall into what is truly evil. Were there any real evil in other things, they would have also put it in the power of man to have avoided them altogether. But how can that which makes not one a worse man, be said to make a man’s life worse? And it could neither be from any ignorance, or want of power, to prevent or rectify them, when it knew them, that the nature presiding in the whole has overlooked such things. We cannot ascribe such gross misconduct to it, either from want of power, or want of skill, as that good and evil should happen confusedly and promiscuously, both to good and bad men. Now, death and life, glory and reproach, pain and pleasure, riches and poverty, all these happen promiscuously to the good and bad. But as they are neither honourable nor shameful, they are therefore neither good nor evil."*
Translation Francis Hutcheson and James Moor, [Link](
Now both of these translations are of the same section of the text and working from the same Ancient Greek source (more or less, that is a subject for different day), but still reached different results. And both of these are relatively academically minded translations, had they been aimed at the general public they would have looked different as well.
So my point it is, the quote is quite clearly an attempt at a modern English version of what Marcus Aurelius "said", thus it is not misattributed.
It is a bit like one of those modern day molestation of Shakespeare. It is still Shakespeare, just a shitty version of it.
Now it is late (about 3 a clock at night here in Europe), and i am tired and out of single malt. So I will go to bed and probably won't respond if you comment. | Marcus Aurelius did say something along those lines, but it is hardly a word for word translation. |
-o0_0o- | "Commitment to an experimentation capable of freeing the question of nature from its habitual formulations associated with our specialized branches of knowledge...presupposes a trust that needs neither guarantee nor foundation. On the contrary, it conveys a difference between two modes of 'trusting': the implicit one presupposed by our certainties and habits, and the riskier one, which exposes the thinker to adventure." ~ Isabelle Stengers
TL;DR: Think outside of the box, even though all you know is the box!
| "Commitment to an experimentation capable of freeing the question of nature from its habitual formulations associated with our specialized branches of knowledge...presupposes a trust that needs neither guarantee nor foundation. On the contrary, it conveys a difference between two modes of 'trusting': the implicit one presupposed by our certainties and habits, and the riskier one, which exposes the thinker to adventure." ~ Isabelle Stengers
TL;DR: Think outside of the box, even though all you know is the box!
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdjx7mc | Commitment to an experimentation capable of freeing the question of nature from its habitual formulations associated with our specialized branches of knowledge...presupposes a trust that needs neither guarantee nor foundation. On the contrary, it conveys a difference between two modes of 'trusting': the implicit one presupposed by our certainties and habits, and the riskier one, which exposes the thinker to adventure." ~ Isabelle Stengers | Think outside of the box, even though all you know is the box! |
BesottedScot | Master of TL;DRs | Master of TL;DRs
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdjxbm1 | Master of | s |
evylllint | Somehow I misread "edit" as "tl;dr" and was not comprehending. | Somehow I misread "edit" as "tl;dr" and was not comprehending.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdk1dng | Somehow I misread "edit" as " | and was not comprehending. |
frsp | He didn't actually say this, though it is a kind of tl;dr of one section of the Nichomachean Ethics. | He didn't actually say this, though it is a kind of tl;dr of one section of the Nichomachean Ethics.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdk45zb | He didn't actually say this, though it is a kind of | of one section of the Nichomachean Ethics. |
TooManyInLitter | > How do you resolve the problem of induction without begging the question?
**Embrace it.**
The problem of induction is acknowledged in a wholly physicalistic universe, as it is also acknowledged that some properties of the physicalistic universe can asymptotically approach the level of certainty. The problem of induction is acknowledged, for example, by the methodology of science, with the principle that all facts in science are provisional and are subject to challenge and change - this is the strength of the methodology of science (which many theists see as a weakness - that there is no absolute certainty, no "Truth" with a capital "T"). Many theists then follow up with a claim that only with "God" can anything be 100% certain or only with "God" can there be "Truth".
When induction is used to gain knowledge, there exists the potential of a circumstance when this knowledge is invalid. For example, the mass-equivalent attractive force, aka, gravity, has never been directly or indirectly observed to fail. Gravity is claimed to be one of the four fundamental interactions of nature. So is gravity "certain" in the physicalistic universe? Gravity is not "certain" though all evidence supports that the value of reliability/confidence/likelihood in regard to gravity asymptotically approaches 100% certainty and can be assumed to be certain (until a case is found where gravity fails - then "Hello Nobel Prize!").
Since this the /r/DebateReligion subreddit, let's look at the same problem against a theistic construct, an intervening supernatural Deity/God.
However, with a theistic construct of an intervenue God(s) or supernatural Deity(ies) the problem of induction is aggrandized, or magnified, as all past observation is rendered moot when the physicalistic relationships/underlying properties/constants can be changed on a whim/will of the Deity. For example, the Bible (Joshua 10) has the God Yahweh stopping the rotation of the earth (and cancelling out all momentum/inertia effects) and suspending the orbit of the moon without any decay of orbit, for a day to allow genocide as a response to some prayer of petition, and then starting everything back up. From this singular Bible documented event, the reliability of many physics fields are made less certain and subject to a much greater uncertainty - to the point where some random prayer made tomorrow could be positively granted by a Deity and some effect/event/interaction/causation produced that renders 6,500 to 10,000 years (for the YEC'ers), or 13.8 billion years (for those that are saner), of potentially observable data worthless for the purpose of induction of future events. And this is the Truth of a theistic belief in intervening Deities - instead of 100% certainty, or Truth, in anything; with an intervening Deity, there is support for no certainty, no reliability, no confidence in future effects/events/interactions/causations based upon the temporal past.
TL;DR Above the casual lay-person level, the problem of induction is considered and embraced in a physicalistic universe. However, for those that adhere to a belief in some intervening God, and/or a God that positively answers prayers of intercession/petition/supplication, the Problem of Induction renders all future effects/events/interactions/causations completely uncertain; for the intervening Deity theist, there can be no confidence in the future based upon the past. **Hence an intervening Deity theist can never use experience to prove the inductive principle without begging the question.** | > How do you resolve the problem of induction without begging the question?
Embrace it.
The problem of induction is acknowledged in a wholly physicalistic universe, as it is also acknowledged that some properties of the physicalistic universe can asymptotically approach the level of certainty. The problem of induction is acknowledged, for example, by the methodology of science, with the principle that all facts in science are provisional and are subject to challenge and change - this is the strength of the methodology of science (which many theists see as a weakness - that there is no absolute certainty, no "Truth" with a capital "T"). Many theists then follow up with a claim that only with "God" can anything be 100% certain or only with "God" can there be "Truth".
When induction is used to gain knowledge, there exists the potential of a circumstance when this knowledge is invalid. For example, the mass-equivalent attractive force, aka, gravity, has never been directly or indirectly observed to fail. Gravity is claimed to be one of the four fundamental interactions of nature. So is gravity "certain" in the physicalistic universe? Gravity is not "certain" though all evidence supports that the value of reliability/confidence/likelihood in regard to gravity asymptotically approaches 100% certainty and can be assumed to be certain (until a case is found where gravity fails - then "Hello Nobel Prize!").
Since this the /r/DebateReligion subreddit, let's look at the same problem against a theistic construct, an intervening supernatural Deity/God.
However, with a theistic construct of an intervenue God(s) or supernatural Deity(ies) the problem of induction is aggrandized, or magnified, as all past observation is rendered moot when the physicalistic relationships/underlying properties/constants can be changed on a whim/will of the Deity. For example, the Bible (Joshua 10) has the God Yahweh stopping the rotation of the earth (and cancelling out all momentum/inertia effects) and suspending the orbit of the moon without any decay of orbit, for a day to allow genocide as a response to some prayer of petition, and then starting everything back up. From this singular Bible documented event, the reliability of many physics fields are made less certain and subject to a much greater uncertainty - to the point where some random prayer made tomorrow could be positively granted by a Deity and some effect/event/interaction/causation produced that renders 6,500 to 10,000 years (for the YEC'ers), or 13.8 billion years (for those that are saner), of potentially observable data worthless for the purpose of induction of future events. And this is the Truth of a theistic belief in intervening Deities - instead of 100% certainty, or Truth, in anything; with an intervening Deity, there is support for no certainty, no reliability, no confidence in future effects/events/interactions/causations based upon the temporal past.
TL;DR Above the casual lay-person level, the problem of induction is considered and embraced in a physicalistic universe. However, for those that adhere to a belief in some intervening God, and/or a God that positively answers prayers of intercession/petition/supplication, the Problem of Induction renders all future effects/events/interactions/causations completely uncertain; for the intervening Deity theist, there can be no confidence in the future based upon the past. Hence an intervening Deity theist can never use experience to prove the inductive principle without begging the question.
| DebateReligion | t5_2snuc | cdjwcnt | How do you resolve the problem of induction without begging the question?
Embrace it.
The problem of induction is acknowledged in a wholly physicalistic universe, as it is also acknowledged that some properties of the physicalistic universe can asymptotically approach the level of certainty. The problem of induction is acknowledged, for example, by the methodology of science, with the principle that all facts in science are provisional and are subject to challenge and change - this is the strength of the methodology of science (which many theists see as a weakness - that there is no absolute certainty, no "Truth" with a capital "T"). Many theists then follow up with a claim that only with "God" can anything be 100% certain or only with "God" can there be "Truth".
When induction is used to gain knowledge, there exists the potential of a circumstance when this knowledge is invalid. For example, the mass-equivalent attractive force, aka, gravity, has never been directly or indirectly observed to fail. Gravity is claimed to be one of the four fundamental interactions of nature. So is gravity "certain" in the physicalistic universe? Gravity is not "certain" though all evidence supports that the value of reliability/confidence/likelihood in regard to gravity asymptotically approaches 100% certainty and can be assumed to be certain (until a case is found where gravity fails - then "Hello Nobel Prize!").
Since this the /r/DebateReligion subreddit, let's look at the same problem against a theistic construct, an intervening supernatural Deity/God.
However, with a theistic construct of an intervenue God(s) or supernatural Deity(ies) the problem of induction is aggrandized, or magnified, as all past observation is rendered moot when the physicalistic relationships/underlying properties/constants can be changed on a whim/will of the Deity. For example, the Bible (Joshua 10) has the God Yahweh stopping the rotation of the earth (and cancelling out all momentum/inertia effects) and suspending the orbit of the moon without any decay of orbit, for a day to allow genocide as a response to some prayer of petition, and then starting everything back up. From this singular Bible documented event, the reliability of many physics fields are made less certain and subject to a much greater uncertainty - to the point where some random prayer made tomorrow could be positively granted by a Deity and some effect/event/interaction/causation produced that renders 6,500 to 10,000 years (for the YEC'ers), or 13.8 billion years (for those that are saner), of potentially observable data worthless for the purpose of induction of future events. And this is the Truth of a theistic belief in intervening Deities - instead of 100% certainty, or Truth, in anything; with an intervening Deity, there is support for no certainty, no reliability, no confidence in future effects/events/interactions/causations based upon the temporal past. | Above the casual lay-person level, the problem of induction is considered and embraced in a physicalistic universe. However, for those that adhere to a belief in some intervening God, and/or a God that positively answers prayers of intercession/petition/supplication, the Problem of Induction renders all future effects/events/interactions/causations completely uncertain; for the intervening Deity theist, there can be no confidence in the future based upon the past. Hence an intervening Deity theist can never use experience to prove the inductive principle without begging the question. |
zetas2k | Is there any way you could break it up into multiple "modules". It's asking a lot for someone to read a 10k character walloftext. It will be more useful if you make your post in some format that's easily traversable like multiple blog posts about specific topics. Then you can have one wrap-up post that brings all the more detailed things you talked about together in a high-level discussion. This way newbies may get more use out of it.
Alternatively you could post your content to the STOWiki and link to it here.
TL;DR Giant walls of text are unlikely to see any use. The nuggets of wisdom are usually too hard to find for the casual reader. | Is there any way you could break it up into multiple "modules". It's asking a lot for someone to read a 10k character walloftext. It will be more useful if you make your post in some format that's easily traversable like multiple blog posts about specific topics. Then you can have one wrap-up post that brings all the more detailed things you talked about together in a high-level discussion. This way newbies may get more use out of it.
Alternatively you could post your content to the STOWiki and link to it here.
TL;DR Giant walls of text are unlikely to see any use. The nuggets of wisdom are usually too hard to find for the casual reader.
| sto | t5_2rfq3 | cdk4qjv | Is there any way you could break it up into multiple "modules". It's asking a lot for someone to read a 10k character walloftext. It will be more useful if you make your post in some format that's easily traversable like multiple blog posts about specific topics. Then you can have one wrap-up post that brings all the more detailed things you talked about together in a high-level discussion. This way newbies may get more use out of it.
Alternatively you could post your content to the STOWiki and link to it here. | Giant walls of text are unlikely to see any use. The nuggets of wisdom are usually too hard to find for the casual reader. |
Toma_the_Wondercat | Oh Em Gee, this totally happened to me.
My monthly visitor went 'missing' despite the pill and condoms, confirmed not to be a dreaded pregnancy immediately, further investigation revealed severe PCOS.
The specialist said (in a very sensitive tone) "Do you want your ovaries to... wake up?" and looked massively relieved when I replied "Hell naw!" so I guess she was bracing herself to give me the 'bad' news that I'll never have kids, when really it was the best possible news and I remain happily as a one way system!
TL;DR - Yes. | Oh Em Gee, this totally happened to me.
My monthly visitor went 'missing' despite the pill and condoms, confirmed not to be a dreaded pregnancy immediately, further investigation revealed severe PCOS.
The specialist said (in a very sensitive tone) "Do you want your ovaries to... wake up?" and looked massively relieved when I replied "Hell naw!" so I guess she was bracing herself to give me the 'bad' news that I'll never have kids, when really it was the best possible news and I remain happily as a one way system!
TL;DR - Yes.
| childfree | t5_2qtwb | cdoskjl | Oh Em Gee, this totally happened to me.
My monthly visitor went 'missing' despite the pill and condoms, confirmed not to be a dreaded pregnancy immediately, further investigation revealed severe PCOS.
The specialist said (in a very sensitive tone) "Do you want your ovaries to... wake up?" and looked massively relieved when I replied "Hell naw!" so I guess she was bracing herself to give me the 'bad' news that I'll never have kids, when really it was the best possible news and I remain happily as a one way system! | Yes. |
ForeverPregnant | Sorry it took me so long to reply! I was at work. In Japan they use slightly modified qwerty keyboards with good 'ol a-z letters in them. You type them out phonetically and it "guesses" whether hiragana, katakana, or Kanye is most appropriate. When you click a phrase, it'll drop-down and show other interpretations of that phrase if the "guess" was incorrect.
My OS and keyboard are set to English (US), so I just installed the Microsoft Japanese IME (input method editor) for when I need to communicate in Japanese. It's free!
TL;DR - Japanese is typed phonetically in English and it pops into Japanese characters automatically, allowing you to edit it's interpretation freely.
I'll happily answer in more detail if you like. | Sorry it took me so long to reply! I was at work. In Japan they use slightly modified qwerty keyboards with good 'ol a-z letters in them. You type them out phonetically and it "guesses" whether hiragana, katakana, or Kanye is most appropriate. When you click a phrase, it'll drop-down and show other interpretations of that phrase if the "guess" was incorrect.
My OS and keyboard are set to English (US), so I just installed the Microsoft Japanese IME (input method editor) for when I need to communicate in Japanese. It's free!
TL;DR - Japanese is typed phonetically in English and it pops into Japanese characters automatically, allowing you to edit it's interpretation freely.
I'll happily answer in more detail if you like.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdkzqzj | Sorry it took me so long to reply! I was at work. In Japan they use slightly modified qwerty keyboards with good 'ol a-z letters in them. You type them out phonetically and it "guesses" whether hiragana, katakana, or Kanye is most appropriate. When you click a phrase, it'll drop-down and show other interpretations of that phrase if the "guess" was incorrect.
My OS and keyboard are set to English (US), so I just installed the Microsoft Japanese IME (input method editor) for when I need to communicate in Japanese. It's free! | Japanese is typed phonetically in English and it pops into Japanese characters automatically, allowing you to edit it's interpretation freely.
I'll happily answer in more detail if you like. |
daniell61 | would that be better then a 32 inch tv? and also...how is the quality on it? im using a 1360x768 screen right now as my primary and a 1280x768 side monitor....
TLDR: is that better then a good big tv and how is it? | would that be better then a 32 inch tv? and also...how is the quality on it? im using a 1360x768 screen right now as my primary and a 1280x768 side monitor....
TLDR: is that better then a good big tv and how is it?
| battlestations | t5_2rdbn | cdlfut2 | would that be better then a 32 inch tv? and also...how is the quality on it? im using a 1360x768 screen right now as my primary and a 1280x768 side monitor.... | is that better then a good big tv and how is it? |
jediforhire | I'd have to disagree slightly here. The notion that someone isn't qualified to present a tutorial for a game about rockets because they're not a NASA engineer is like saying someone can't give a tutorial on Splinter Cell because they're not a full fledged CIA spy.
Explaining to newbies that they should stay vertical until 10k meters, then turn to 45 degree at the 90 degree mark does not require an understanding or lecture on atmospheric pressure or a degree in aeronautics.
Also, just saying "watch Scott Manley's videos on YouTube" does nothing for the discussion or the sub either. It just promotes what is now Google+ Video.
As much as a beast Scott Manley is, and as nice as it is to know the "real" science going on, it's also refreshing seeing someone's creative and simplified method for conveying the information to a broader audience.
Tl;dr - I like "Rockets for Dummies". | I'd have to disagree slightly here. The notion that someone isn't qualified to present a tutorial for a game about rockets because they're not a NASA engineer is like saying someone can't give a tutorial on Splinter Cell because they're not a full fledged CIA spy.
Explaining to newbies that they should stay vertical until 10k meters, then turn to 45 degree at the 90 degree mark does not require an understanding or lecture on atmospheric pressure or a degree in aeronautics.
Also, just saying "watch Scott Manley's videos on YouTube" does nothing for the discussion or the sub either. It just promotes what is now Google+ Video.
As much as a beast Scott Manley is, and as nice as it is to know the "real" science going on, it's also refreshing seeing someone's creative and simplified method for conveying the information to a broader audience.
Tl;dr - I like "Rockets for Dummies".
| KerbalSpaceProgram | t5_2smr1 | cdmezle | I'd have to disagree slightly here. The notion that someone isn't qualified to present a tutorial for a game about rockets because they're not a NASA engineer is like saying someone can't give a tutorial on Splinter Cell because they're not a full fledged CIA spy.
Explaining to newbies that they should stay vertical until 10k meters, then turn to 45 degree at the 90 degree mark does not require an understanding or lecture on atmospheric pressure or a degree in aeronautics.
Also, just saying "watch Scott Manley's videos on YouTube" does nothing for the discussion or the sub either. It just promotes what is now Google+ Video.
As much as a beast Scott Manley is, and as nice as it is to know the "real" science going on, it's also refreshing seeing someone's creative and simplified method for conveying the information to a broader audience. | I like "Rockets for Dummies". |
tontyboy | Cutting and a your lifts go down. Then eat more and they miraculously return to where they were? This has nothing to do with your calorie intake. This is your mindset. Sort that out and you'll be fine.
For what it's worth your my height and weigh 20lbs less. I'm cutting, I'm not a beginner and all my lifts are going up. It can be done.
Tl/Dr - get this stupid recomp diet break shit out of your head, sort out your intensity while lifting. | Cutting and a your lifts go down. Then eat more and they miraculously return to where they were? This has nothing to do with your calorie intake. This is your mindset. Sort that out and you'll be fine.
For what it's worth your my height and weigh 20lbs less. I'm cutting, I'm not a beginner and all my lifts are going up. It can be done.
Tl/Dr - get this stupid recomp diet break shit out of your head, sort out your intensity while lifting.
| leangains | t5_2saqe | cdks5zx | Cutting and a your lifts go down. Then eat more and they miraculously return to where they were? This has nothing to do with your calorie intake. This is your mindset. Sort that out and you'll be fine.
For what it's worth your my height and weigh 20lbs less. I'm cutting, I'm not a beginner and all my lifts are going up. It can be done. | get this stupid recomp diet break shit out of your head, sort out your intensity while lifting. |
jb0nez95 | T-mobile happily sold me the $8 a month insurance on my Google Play bought Nexus 5 when I went in to get the SIM.
My paperwork for the insurance just came. Phone is not listed under the deductible list. Called Assurance (the company they use). They told me the device type is "unknown" and to call Tmobile back.
Called Tmobile and they said they will not cover phones bought from other places (despite that when I bought it I was VERY clear that it was from Google Play, the sales rep even checked with the manager)
Anyway they are going to refund me all we've spent on the insurance and cancel it.
TL;DR: NO THEY WON'T COVER IT BUT THEY'LL HAPPILY CHARGE YOU FOR IT | T-mobile happily sold me the $8 a month insurance on my Google Play bought Nexus 5 when I went in to get the SIM.
My paperwork for the insurance just came. Phone is not listed under the deductible list. Called Assurance (the company they use). They told me the device type is "unknown" and to call Tmobile back.
Called Tmobile and they said they will not cover phones bought from other places (despite that when I bought it I was VERY clear that it was from Google Play, the sales rep even checked with the manager)
Anyway they are going to refund me all we've spent on the insurance and cancel it.
TL;DR: NO THEY WON'T COVER IT BUT THEY'LL HAPPILY CHARGE YOU FOR IT
| tmobile | t5_2shyc | cedwb5u | T-mobile happily sold me the $8 a month insurance on my Google Play bought Nexus 5 when I went in to get the SIM.
My paperwork for the insurance just came. Phone is not listed under the deductible list. Called Assurance (the company they use). They told me the device type is "unknown" and to call Tmobile back.
Called Tmobile and they said they will not cover phones bought from other places (despite that when I bought it I was VERY clear that it was from Google Play, the sales rep even checked with the manager)
Anyway they are going to refund me all we've spent on the insurance and cancel it. | NO THEY WON'T COVER IT BUT THEY'LL HAPPILY CHARGE YOU FOR IT |
siniminstx | I traveled to St. George, UT with one of my friends. He's super in to outdoorsy stuff, but I'm not so much. He wanted to go hiking but I made him do other stuff and we didn't have time to hike until night. We showed up and it was dusk, but we could tell that the trail we wanted to hike to find these caves was closed. We didn't want to go back because we drove all the way out, so against my scaredy-cat-better-judgement, we went. I think I was trying to be more adventurous or something.
So we're hiking through this pitch dark desert and all I can hear are the sounds of sinister animals, bugs were attracted to our headlamps so they kept hitting me in the face (making me gasp and freaking him out). All I'm thinking is how there are surely bandits living in the bushes waiting to jump out and kidnap me. So we're already tense.
Eventually, we have to climb down into this forest/oasis type area where we're surrounded by trees. We go for a while, but eventually lose sight of the trailmarkers. We decide to climb up a little hill and look around (which was dumb, because it was so so so dark and our lights were not powerful).
*Somehow* we got turned around and ended up with our faces to the ground, trying not to panic, and trying to track our footprints amid the myriad of others to find out where we came from.
We had a single bottle of water and two cheap headlights, and nothing in sight but the stars and the moon.
We eventually made it back, but we must have gone in circles a million times, and never made it to the caves.
EDIT: **TL;DR**: Got lost in the desert of Utah in the middle of the night, saw beautiful stars, minimal panic. | I traveled to St. George, UT with one of my friends. He's super in to outdoorsy stuff, but I'm not so much. He wanted to go hiking but I made him do other stuff and we didn't have time to hike until night. We showed up and it was dusk, but we could tell that the trail we wanted to hike to find these caves was closed. We didn't want to go back because we drove all the way out, so against my scaredy-cat-better-judgement, we went. I think I was trying to be more adventurous or something.
So we're hiking through this pitch dark desert and all I can hear are the sounds of sinister animals, bugs were attracted to our headlamps so they kept hitting me in the face (making me gasp and freaking him out). All I'm thinking is how there are surely bandits living in the bushes waiting to jump out and kidnap me. So we're already tense.
Eventually, we have to climb down into this forest/oasis type area where we're surrounded by trees. We go for a while, but eventually lose sight of the trailmarkers. We decide to climb up a little hill and look around (which was dumb, because it was so so so dark and our lights were not powerful).
Somehow we got turned around and ended up with our faces to the ground, trying not to panic, and trying to track our footprints amid the myriad of others to find out where we came from.
We had a single bottle of water and two cheap headlights, and nothing in sight but the stars and the moon.
We eventually made it back, but we must have gone in circles a million times, and never made it to the caves.
EDIT: TL;DR : Got lost in the desert of Utah in the middle of the night, saw beautiful stars, minimal panic.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdkt7z3 | I traveled to St. George, UT with one of my friends. He's super in to outdoorsy stuff, but I'm not so much. He wanted to go hiking but I made him do other stuff and we didn't have time to hike until night. We showed up and it was dusk, but we could tell that the trail we wanted to hike to find these caves was closed. We didn't want to go back because we drove all the way out, so against my scaredy-cat-better-judgement, we went. I think I was trying to be more adventurous or something.
So we're hiking through this pitch dark desert and all I can hear are the sounds of sinister animals, bugs were attracted to our headlamps so they kept hitting me in the face (making me gasp and freaking him out). All I'm thinking is how there are surely bandits living in the bushes waiting to jump out and kidnap me. So we're already tense.
Eventually, we have to climb down into this forest/oasis type area where we're surrounded by trees. We go for a while, but eventually lose sight of the trailmarkers. We decide to climb up a little hill and look around (which was dumb, because it was so so so dark and our lights were not powerful).
Somehow we got turned around and ended up with our faces to the ground, trying not to panic, and trying to track our footprints amid the myriad of others to find out where we came from.
We had a single bottle of water and two cheap headlights, and nothing in sight but the stars and the moon.
We eventually made it back, but we must have gone in circles a million times, and never made it to the caves.
EDIT: | Got lost in the desert of Utah in the middle of the night, saw beautiful stars, minimal panic. |
dieselmode | Summary:I'm a retard and almost got my dog killed by some big ass cat.
Hiking in Mt Charleston outside Vegas April Last year or something like that- Roommate and I (plus my one year old Golden Retreiver, Angel) decided to attempt the North Loop (something like 20 mile round trip) with no idea of what we're geting into.
We start the trail early afternoon and the roommate was having some issues adjusting to the elevation and we were reduced to a crawl. Gets near 6pm and the sun is setting, realize we are like 8 miles out with NO OVERNIGHT gear (flashlight,tent,warm clothes, notta). Sun sets as we near about 4 miles out from the trailhead. My dumbass takes us for a wrong turn at what seems to be the only split and we lose another mile or so as it becomes darkness.
That gentle feeling of fear and uncertainty of how this night is going to go starts to settle in.
We backtrack to the split and come across this couple who seem to be setting camp (we dug up a triple A convenient flashlight in the backpack and this was our guiding light). Small world, the couple works Search and Rescue for Red Rock Canyon nearby and our co-worker helps them on weekends, they were kind enough to lend us a headlamp and send us the correct direction.
3 miles to go.
All that's left is this endless downhill of switchbacks which is pretty much the worst case scenario for my roommate who has rolled his ankle and is now limping or walking with my assistance.
We get about 30 minutes into this and the pup has taken lead doing whatever it is a 35lb Golden Retreiver does. She stays about 8-10ft ahead of us and starts picking up on the wildlife around us, which is amazing cuz it's complete darkness and us humans can't see shit...
Deer, more deer, even more deer, and then she froze. Personally, I can't remember the last time I have seen a large cat in person. Had to have been at some zoo when I was a kid, but regardless of how far back that memory is, something about seeing those big ass eyes reflecting from your headlamp makes the recollection almost effortless. The damn thing was about 25-30ft out and staring right at me.
An underwhelming feeling of panic set in and I stopped my roommate and started digging through his pack for that obnoxiously huge knife he carries for whatever machismo satisfaction it brings him. He can't see a thing and has yet to notice the cat, even after informing him and directing his vision towards the animal. Angel is still 10ft ahead, motionless and watching over the uninivited guest. After a few seconds of ruffling through, I cannot find the rambo blade for the life of me and notice Angel take a step, our visitor did as well. The cat got low and started flanking the dog, this is where panic set in. To this point, I wasn't scared for myself as this cat didnt seem like the harbringer of our demise, more of a passing traveler unsure of our intentions. After noticing the pup though, I became terrified my shithead was about to get torn to shreds. Roommate and I call the dog over as the cat made it's move and the dog (like the careless fool she is) just trots over like it's nobodies business, while im over here scared for it's life.
Cat stares at us like a bunch of retards and wanders off into the darkness.
I wish I could have recorded the rest of this trip. Was so worried of this damn cat returning for the pup, I walked the rest of the trail waving my head around trying to find this thing with the rambo knife. Roommate commented later about how he couldnt see shit with the AAA light but the random flash of my headlamp spins guided the way home. We came across another cat near the trailhead but it was 50 some ft out and just curious.
After 12 hours, we got back to the car and went home.
Went back up there around the sametime this year and owned that mountain. Now it's a personal goal to best my previous time, aiming for six hours.
TL; DR: I'm a dumbass, almost got my dog killed, almost had to trip my roommate and leave him to die to some cat, and spent hours waving a knife around in the woods. | Summary:I'm a retard and almost got my dog killed by some big ass cat.
Hiking in Mt Charleston outside Vegas April Last year or something like that- Roommate and I (plus my one year old Golden Retreiver, Angel) decided to attempt the North Loop (something like 20 mile round trip) with no idea of what we're geting into.
We start the trail early afternoon and the roommate was having some issues adjusting to the elevation and we were reduced to a crawl. Gets near 6pm and the sun is setting, realize we are like 8 miles out with NO OVERNIGHT gear (flashlight,tent,warm clothes, notta). Sun sets as we near about 4 miles out from the trailhead. My dumbass takes us for a wrong turn at what seems to be the only split and we lose another mile or so as it becomes darkness.
That gentle feeling of fear and uncertainty of how this night is going to go starts to settle in.
We backtrack to the split and come across this couple who seem to be setting camp (we dug up a triple A convenient flashlight in the backpack and this was our guiding light). Small world, the couple works Search and Rescue for Red Rock Canyon nearby and our co-worker helps them on weekends, they were kind enough to lend us a headlamp and send us the correct direction.
3 miles to go.
All that's left is this endless downhill of switchbacks which is pretty much the worst case scenario for my roommate who has rolled his ankle and is now limping or walking with my assistance.
We get about 30 minutes into this and the pup has taken lead doing whatever it is a 35lb Golden Retreiver does. She stays about 8-10ft ahead of us and starts picking up on the wildlife around us, which is amazing cuz it's complete darkness and us humans can't see shit...
Deer, more deer, even more deer, and then she froze. Personally, I can't remember the last time I have seen a large cat in person. Had to have been at some zoo when I was a kid, but regardless of how far back that memory is, something about seeing those big ass eyes reflecting from your headlamp makes the recollection almost effortless. The damn thing was about 25-30ft out and staring right at me.
An underwhelming feeling of panic set in and I stopped my roommate and started digging through his pack for that obnoxiously huge knife he carries for whatever machismo satisfaction it brings him. He can't see a thing and has yet to notice the cat, even after informing him and directing his vision towards the animal. Angel is still 10ft ahead, motionless and watching over the uninivited guest. After a few seconds of ruffling through, I cannot find the rambo blade for the life of me and notice Angel take a step, our visitor did as well. The cat got low and started flanking the dog, this is where panic set in. To this point, I wasn't scared for myself as this cat didnt seem like the harbringer of our demise, more of a passing traveler unsure of our intentions. After noticing the pup though, I became terrified my shithead was about to get torn to shreds. Roommate and I call the dog over as the cat made it's move and the dog (like the careless fool she is) just trots over like it's nobodies business, while im over here scared for it's life.
Cat stares at us like a bunch of retards and wanders off into the darkness.
I wish I could have recorded the rest of this trip. Was so worried of this damn cat returning for the pup, I walked the rest of the trail waving my head around trying to find this thing with the rambo knife. Roommate commented later about how he couldnt see shit with the AAA light but the random flash of my headlamp spins guided the way home. We came across another cat near the trailhead but it was 50 some ft out and just curious.
After 12 hours, we got back to the car and went home.
Went back up there around the sametime this year and owned that mountain. Now it's a personal goal to best my previous time, aiming for six hours.
TL; DR: I'm a dumbass, almost got my dog killed, almost had to trip my roommate and leave him to die to some cat, and spent hours waving a knife around in the woods.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdkwtnx | Summary:I'm a retard and almost got my dog killed by some big ass cat.
Hiking in Mt Charleston outside Vegas April Last year or something like that- Roommate and I (plus my one year old Golden Retreiver, Angel) decided to attempt the North Loop (something like 20 mile round trip) with no idea of what we're geting into.
We start the trail early afternoon and the roommate was having some issues adjusting to the elevation and we were reduced to a crawl. Gets near 6pm and the sun is setting, realize we are like 8 miles out with NO OVERNIGHT gear (flashlight,tent,warm clothes, notta). Sun sets as we near about 4 miles out from the trailhead. My dumbass takes us for a wrong turn at what seems to be the only split and we lose another mile or so as it becomes darkness.
That gentle feeling of fear and uncertainty of how this night is going to go starts to settle in.
We backtrack to the split and come across this couple who seem to be setting camp (we dug up a triple A convenient flashlight in the backpack and this was our guiding light). Small world, the couple works Search and Rescue for Red Rock Canyon nearby and our co-worker helps them on weekends, they were kind enough to lend us a headlamp and send us the correct direction.
3 miles to go.
All that's left is this endless downhill of switchbacks which is pretty much the worst case scenario for my roommate who has rolled his ankle and is now limping or walking with my assistance.
We get about 30 minutes into this and the pup has taken lead doing whatever it is a 35lb Golden Retreiver does. She stays about 8-10ft ahead of us and starts picking up on the wildlife around us, which is amazing cuz it's complete darkness and us humans can't see shit...
Deer, more deer, even more deer, and then she froze. Personally, I can't remember the last time I have seen a large cat in person. Had to have been at some zoo when I was a kid, but regardless of how far back that memory is, something about seeing those big ass eyes reflecting from your headlamp makes the recollection almost effortless. The damn thing was about 25-30ft out and staring right at me.
An underwhelming feeling of panic set in and I stopped my roommate and started digging through his pack for that obnoxiously huge knife he carries for whatever machismo satisfaction it brings him. He can't see a thing and has yet to notice the cat, even after informing him and directing his vision towards the animal. Angel is still 10ft ahead, motionless and watching over the uninivited guest. After a few seconds of ruffling through, I cannot find the rambo blade for the life of me and notice Angel take a step, our visitor did as well. The cat got low and started flanking the dog, this is where panic set in. To this point, I wasn't scared for myself as this cat didnt seem like the harbringer of our demise, more of a passing traveler unsure of our intentions. After noticing the pup though, I became terrified my shithead was about to get torn to shreds. Roommate and I call the dog over as the cat made it's move and the dog (like the careless fool she is) just trots over like it's nobodies business, while im over here scared for it's life.
Cat stares at us like a bunch of retards and wanders off into the darkness.
I wish I could have recorded the rest of this trip. Was so worried of this damn cat returning for the pup, I walked the rest of the trail waving my head around trying to find this thing with the rambo knife. Roommate commented later about how he couldnt see shit with the AAA light but the random flash of my headlamp spins guided the way home. We came across another cat near the trailhead but it was 50 some ft out and just curious.
After 12 hours, we got back to the car and went home.
Went back up there around the sametime this year and owned that mountain. Now it's a personal goal to best my previous time, aiming for six hours. | I'm a dumbass, almost got my dog killed, almost had to trip my roommate and leave him to die to some cat, and spent hours waving a knife around in the woods. |
Loeder | 9/10, for caption and delivery.
Tldr: LOL. | 9/10, for caption and delivery.
Tldr: LOL.
| battlefield_4 | t5_2uie9 | cdl5bqk | 9/10, for caption and delivery. | LOL. |
JoeAnyman | Carl Sagan, found cheap, second hand on Ebay, Amazon or one of my favs, Thriftbooks. A kinder, gentler, reasonable examination of the origins and sociological outcomes of myths and religions.
TL;DR Sagan TDHW = if you look at it, it is what it is, but he's not a dick about it. | Carl Sagan, found cheap, second hand on Ebay, Amazon or one of my favs, Thriftbooks. A kinder, gentler, reasonable examination of the origins and sociological outcomes of myths and religions.
TL;DR Sagan TDHW = if you look at it, it is what it is, but he's not a dick about it.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdlam9a | Carl Sagan, found cheap, second hand on Ebay, Amazon or one of my favs, Thriftbooks. A kinder, gentler, reasonable examination of the origins and sociological outcomes of myths and religions. | Sagan TDHW = if you look at it, it is what it is, but he's not a dick about it. |
Babbinated | Seriously. Get 4 new snow tires. You can get some winterforces for around $300 installed from tire rack.com, and they'll last you a few seasons. Until then, realize that the all wheel drive will not help you stop, nor can it compensate for a lack of common sense.
Remember that even a Subie must follow the laws of physics.
Tldr: Don't drive like a moron. Even in a subaru.
Edit: forgot to add that having differently sized tires will mess up your all wheel drive system. It will be cheaper to just put 4 new snow tires on. | Seriously. Get 4 new snow tires. You can get some winterforces for around $300 installed from tire rack.com, and they'll last you a few seasons. Until then, realize that the all wheel drive will not help you stop, nor can it compensate for a lack of common sense.
Remember that even a Subie must follow the laws of physics.
Tldr: Don't drive like a moron. Even in a subaru.
Edit: forgot to add that having differently sized tires will mess up your all wheel drive system. It will be cheaper to just put 4 new snow tires on.
| subaru | t5_2rdhg | cdlq2pc | Seriously. Get 4 new snow tires. You can get some winterforces for around $300 installed from tire rack.com, and they'll last you a few seasons. Until then, realize that the all wheel drive will not help you stop, nor can it compensate for a lack of common sense.
Remember that even a Subie must follow the laws of physics. | Don't drive like a moron. Even in a subaru.
Edit: forgot to add that having differently sized tires will mess up your all wheel drive system. It will be cheaper to just put 4 new snow tires on. |
lamarrotems | I wonder if Google voice is causing an issue. Cause I've saved a friends Google Voice number (the number my GV calls for them) along with their real number. Perhaps he deleted your number and then assumed the other one was right (not realizing it was actually still leading to the same person).
That probably didn't make any sense.
Tl;dr:
Google Voice can cause really confusing things to happen for unobservant or forgetful people (or used to years ago) | I wonder if Google voice is causing an issue. Cause I've saved a friends Google Voice number (the number my GV calls for them) along with their real number. Perhaps he deleted your number and then assumed the other one was right (not realizing it was actually still leading to the same person).
That probably didn't make any sense.
Tl;dr:
Google Voice can cause really confusing things to happen for unobservant or forgetful people (or used to years ago)
| cringepics | t5_2va9w | cdlkii3 | I wonder if Google voice is causing an issue. Cause I've saved a friends Google Voice number (the number my GV calls for them) along with their real number. Perhaps he deleted your number and then assumed the other one was right (not realizing it was actually still leading to the same person).
That probably didn't make any sense. | Google Voice can cause really confusing things to happen for unobservant or forgetful people (or used to years ago) |
polydorr | I haven't watched many of your games since the beginning of the season but I believe what you are experiencing is called 'normalitis', 'middle-of-the-road rash,' or 'average disease,' which for a historically elite program might as well be laughing stock status.
It can all be attributed to coaching. As stated elsewhere, Hoke is a good coach, but not great. Rich Rod was mediocre. That's how it goes sometimes, not every coach you hire will be Bear Bryant.
Chin up though. You've got Shane Morris as your next in line at QB, and he has talent. You have a 240 lb. freak of a running back in Derrick Green still in his freshman year. Your offensive and defensive lines are as big is anyone else's.
Al Borges is not some idiot Hoke randomly picked up, he's actually a really good OC, or at least has been in the past. So it's not just him, though that doesn't mean he should keep his job. There has to be a disconnect somewhere in the coaching staff's expectations and the reality of your personnel.
Tl;dr Michigan has talent, but I'd recommend new coordinators on both sides of the ball. You barely lost to a very good SCAR team in last year's bowl game. All is not lost. | I haven't watched many of your games since the beginning of the season but I believe what you are experiencing is called 'normalitis', 'middle-of-the-road rash,' or 'average disease,' which for a historically elite program might as well be laughing stock status.
It can all be attributed to coaching. As stated elsewhere, Hoke is a good coach, but not great. Rich Rod was mediocre. That's how it goes sometimes, not every coach you hire will be Bear Bryant.
Chin up though. You've got Shane Morris as your next in line at QB, and he has talent. You have a 240 lb. freak of a running back in Derrick Green still in his freshman year. Your offensive and defensive lines are as big is anyone else's.
Al Borges is not some idiot Hoke randomly picked up, he's actually a really good OC, or at least has been in the past. So it's not just him, though that doesn't mean he should keep his job. There has to be a disconnect somewhere in the coaching staff's expectations and the reality of your personnel.
Tl;dr Michigan has talent, but I'd recommend new coordinators on both sides of the ball. You barely lost to a very good SCAR team in last year's bowl game. All is not lost.
| CFB | t5_2qm9d | cdlf9tf | I haven't watched many of your games since the beginning of the season but I believe what you are experiencing is called 'normalitis', 'middle-of-the-road rash,' or 'average disease,' which for a historically elite program might as well be laughing stock status.
It can all be attributed to coaching. As stated elsewhere, Hoke is a good coach, but not great. Rich Rod was mediocre. That's how it goes sometimes, not every coach you hire will be Bear Bryant.
Chin up though. You've got Shane Morris as your next in line at QB, and he has talent. You have a 240 lb. freak of a running back in Derrick Green still in his freshman year. Your offensive and defensive lines are as big is anyone else's.
Al Borges is not some idiot Hoke randomly picked up, he's actually a really good OC, or at least has been in the past. So it's not just him, though that doesn't mean he should keep his job. There has to be a disconnect somewhere in the coaching staff's expectations and the reality of your personnel. | Michigan has talent, but I'd recommend new coordinators on both sides of the ball. You barely lost to a very good SCAR team in last year's bowl game. All is not lost. |
OutOfApplesauce | Umm fucking no? For one, that isn't enough for the whole fucking world. End poverty? Are you stupid? Maybe for a few years, yes, but for a decade? No, you need infrastructure, soil, centralization, and while we could use the money to *try* and build those I highly doubt you were thinking that far ahead. Third, people could take off work? I'm not even going to even fucking explain that one, just read it a few times and let that sink in. Next we have wills and offspring, that money won't trickle down at *all*. Which leads us to our last point, fucking killing people? Holy hell you're crazy if you think killing is a viable solution, especially when these people haven't necessarily done anything wrong.
Tl;dr: Youre delusional. | Umm fucking no? For one, that isn't enough for the whole fucking world. End poverty? Are you stupid? Maybe for a few years, yes, but for a decade? No, you need infrastructure, soil, centralization, and while we could use the money to try and build those I highly doubt you were thinking that far ahead. Third, people could take off work? I'm not even going to even fucking explain that one, just read it a few times and let that sink in. Next we have wills and offspring, that money won't trickle down at all . Which leads us to our last point, fucking killing people? Holy hell you're crazy if you think killing is a viable solution, especially when these people haven't necessarily done anything wrong.
Tl;dr: Youre delusional.
| conspiracy | t5_2qh4r | cdlo4a3 | Umm fucking no? For one, that isn't enough for the whole fucking world. End poverty? Are you stupid? Maybe for a few years, yes, but for a decade? No, you need infrastructure, soil, centralization, and while we could use the money to try and build those I highly doubt you were thinking that far ahead. Third, people could take off work? I'm not even going to even fucking explain that one, just read it a few times and let that sink in. Next we have wills and offspring, that money won't trickle down at all . Which leads us to our last point, fucking killing people? Holy hell you're crazy if you think killing is a viable solution, especially when these people haven't necessarily done anything wrong. | Youre delusional. |
ScreamingVegetable | I'm in my first semester of college, the first few months were fantastic like I honestly couldn't believe how wonderful things were. Had a gorgeous girlfriend, the best friend a guy could ask for, and a circle of friends that were non-stop fun. I was always told that college is going to be the best years of my life and I was starting to believe it. Just a month ago I went back to my hometown to meet up with some high school friends for the weekend and my girlfriend got bored and slept with that best friend also ruining his relationship. She never apologized, just wanted to act like things were normal. Took a while to find out and because my friends here didn't want to piss off my best friend no one told me or tried to comfort me afterwards. I grew up in a smaller town in the South and am off at a big city for college. I was so confused and upset I just didn't know what to do so I skyped my home town friends who I had just met up with. All of them are off at different colleges in different states. They did the best thing in the world for me; they organized together and drove all the way out to the city to see me for the weekend (which for some of them was two states away). It made me really realize how simple high school was, how those were the best years I've had with the best people I've known. I'm only a semester into college and stuck in just an awfully shitty situation, but what my hometown friends did for me was a beautiful thing and I love them so much for it. I hate the big city, there is just something in the water with these people. The little things just get me here; like your girlfriend cheats on you and you can't see stars. I could see stars every night in my hometown. I miss seeing the stars. **Tl;dr** College freshmen has girlfriend cheat on him with best friend/roommate. College friends don't want to piss off best friend so they tell me it is my fault for not keeping a closer eye on her. High school friends band together to visit and comfort me states away. | I'm in my first semester of college, the first few months were fantastic like I honestly couldn't believe how wonderful things were. Had a gorgeous girlfriend, the best friend a guy could ask for, and a circle of friends that were non-stop fun. I was always told that college is going to be the best years of my life and I was starting to believe it. Just a month ago I went back to my hometown to meet up with some high school friends for the weekend and my girlfriend got bored and slept with that best friend also ruining his relationship. She never apologized, just wanted to act like things were normal. Took a while to find out and because my friends here didn't want to piss off my best friend no one told me or tried to comfort me afterwards. I grew up in a smaller town in the South and am off at a big city for college. I was so confused and upset I just didn't know what to do so I skyped my home town friends who I had just met up with. All of them are off at different colleges in different states. They did the best thing in the world for me; they organized together and drove all the way out to the city to see me for the weekend (which for some of them was two states away). It made me really realize how simple high school was, how those were the best years I've had with the best people I've known. I'm only a semester into college and stuck in just an awfully shitty situation, but what my hometown friends did for me was a beautiful thing and I love them so much for it. I hate the big city, there is just something in the water with these people. The little things just get me here; like your girlfriend cheats on you and you can't see stars. I could see stars every night in my hometown. I miss seeing the stars. Tl;dr College freshmen has girlfriend cheat on him with best friend/roommate. College friends don't want to piss off best friend so they tell me it is my fault for not keeping a closer eye on her. High school friends band together to visit and comfort me states away.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdlliyq | I'm in my first semester of college, the first few months were fantastic like I honestly couldn't believe how wonderful things were. Had a gorgeous girlfriend, the best friend a guy could ask for, and a circle of friends that were non-stop fun. I was always told that college is going to be the best years of my life and I was starting to believe it. Just a month ago I went back to my hometown to meet up with some high school friends for the weekend and my girlfriend got bored and slept with that best friend also ruining his relationship. She never apologized, just wanted to act like things were normal. Took a while to find out and because my friends here didn't want to piss off my best friend no one told me or tried to comfort me afterwards. I grew up in a smaller town in the South and am off at a big city for college. I was so confused and upset I just didn't know what to do so I skyped my home town friends who I had just met up with. All of them are off at different colleges in different states. They did the best thing in the world for me; they organized together and drove all the way out to the city to see me for the weekend (which for some of them was two states away). It made me really realize how simple high school was, how those were the best years I've had with the best people I've known. I'm only a semester into college and stuck in just an awfully shitty situation, but what my hometown friends did for me was a beautiful thing and I love them so much for it. I hate the big city, there is just something in the water with these people. The little things just get me here; like your girlfriend cheats on you and you can't see stars. I could see stars every night in my hometown. I miss seeing the stars. | College freshmen has girlfriend cheat on him with best friend/roommate. College friends don't want to piss off best friend so they tell me it is my fault for not keeping a closer eye on her. High school friends band together to visit and comfort me states away. |
littlesoubrette | So the entire source of my depression was the fact that I was unable to continue in my dream major and was forced by the department to switch majors. I had no idea what I wanted to do, was very depressed, developing an eating disorder, and my parents were in the middle of selling my childhood home and moving across the state. It was a very hard decision, but I actually didn't have a choice since I didn't have a major and didn't have enough money to spend a semester fucking around aimlessly, since my school is extremely expensive. So I took the semester off, helped my parents move, and spent a lot of time at their new house alone while they finished stuff up at the old house.
I spent 5 days a week alone with my dog and cat, in a small hick town with not a person that I knew, unemployed, and having to deal with now being in a long distance relationship with my boyfriend (my parents live in a different state than the one I go to school in). The very moment I secured a job and an apartment back near school, I moved back up. I spent the summer up there and then re-enrolled for the following fall. I total spent 3 months living at home. I was extremely bored, lonely, and because of my lack of any social support from family, friends, and my boyfriend, I think my depression worsened.
Here's the thing. At the point that I took time off, I wasn't nearly as depressed as I would become when I returned to school. I do not regret taking the time off, and I definitely needed it, at least from a financial perspective. Also during that time I was able to research and pick a new major. But honestly, I had a really rough time coming back. My friends group had all had a semester together without me and I was a total outsider. I basically had no friends left when I returned and was in a completely new major with people I didn't know. (My previous major had a total of 11 people in my year, whereas my new major has like 50-60 in my year.) It was rough and that semester I returned ended up being very hard for me.
So if you can take a semester off to *heal*, meaning like have a generally good time, stay busy, and surround yourself with social support, that would be best. I looked into spending my time volunteering but I was in an area that had nothing for me to do, because it was so rural. Also, you need to stay as connected as possible to your school and school life. That way your transition back to academic life following your time off will be easier. But I think if you can do that, then I'd say go for it!
But as one last thing, if you or anyone else are getting bad enough grades that your money and effort are literally a waste, then please take time off. There's no point in continuing on if your GPA is getting screwed over and your classes won't count towards your degree. That is a case in which, please, take time off!
**TL;DR- Only take time off if you have a plan to stay busy and can stay somewhat connected to your school. But definitely take time off if you're actually failing all of your classes.** | So the entire source of my depression was the fact that I was unable to continue in my dream major and was forced by the department to switch majors. I had no idea what I wanted to do, was very depressed, developing an eating disorder, and my parents were in the middle of selling my childhood home and moving across the state. It was a very hard decision, but I actually didn't have a choice since I didn't have a major and didn't have enough money to spend a semester fucking around aimlessly, since my school is extremely expensive. So I took the semester off, helped my parents move, and spent a lot of time at their new house alone while they finished stuff up at the old house.
I spent 5 days a week alone with my dog and cat, in a small hick town with not a person that I knew, unemployed, and having to deal with now being in a long distance relationship with my boyfriend (my parents live in a different state than the one I go to school in). The very moment I secured a job and an apartment back near school, I moved back up. I spent the summer up there and then re-enrolled for the following fall. I total spent 3 months living at home. I was extremely bored, lonely, and because of my lack of any social support from family, friends, and my boyfriend, I think my depression worsened.
Here's the thing. At the point that I took time off, I wasn't nearly as depressed as I would become when I returned to school. I do not regret taking the time off, and I definitely needed it, at least from a financial perspective. Also during that time I was able to research and pick a new major. But honestly, I had a really rough time coming back. My friends group had all had a semester together without me and I was a total outsider. I basically had no friends left when I returned and was in a completely new major with people I didn't know. (My previous major had a total of 11 people in my year, whereas my new major has like 50-60 in my year.) It was rough and that semester I returned ended up being very hard for me.
So if you can take a semester off to heal , meaning like have a generally good time, stay busy, and surround yourself with social support, that would be best. I looked into spending my time volunteering but I was in an area that had nothing for me to do, because it was so rural. Also, you need to stay as connected as possible to your school and school life. That way your transition back to academic life following your time off will be easier. But I think if you can do that, then I'd say go for it!
But as one last thing, if you or anyone else are getting bad enough grades that your money and effort are literally a waste, then please take time off. There's no point in continuing on if your GPA is getting screwed over and your classes won't count towards your degree. That is a case in which, please, take time off!
TL;DR- Only take time off if you have a plan to stay busy and can stay somewhat connected to your school. But definitely take time off if you're actually failing all of your classes.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdlppr5 | So the entire source of my depression was the fact that I was unable to continue in my dream major and was forced by the department to switch majors. I had no idea what I wanted to do, was very depressed, developing an eating disorder, and my parents were in the middle of selling my childhood home and moving across the state. It was a very hard decision, but I actually didn't have a choice since I didn't have a major and didn't have enough money to spend a semester fucking around aimlessly, since my school is extremely expensive. So I took the semester off, helped my parents move, and spent a lot of time at their new house alone while they finished stuff up at the old house.
I spent 5 days a week alone with my dog and cat, in a small hick town with not a person that I knew, unemployed, and having to deal with now being in a long distance relationship with my boyfriend (my parents live in a different state than the one I go to school in). The very moment I secured a job and an apartment back near school, I moved back up. I spent the summer up there and then re-enrolled for the following fall. I total spent 3 months living at home. I was extremely bored, lonely, and because of my lack of any social support from family, friends, and my boyfriend, I think my depression worsened.
Here's the thing. At the point that I took time off, I wasn't nearly as depressed as I would become when I returned to school. I do not regret taking the time off, and I definitely needed it, at least from a financial perspective. Also during that time I was able to research and pick a new major. But honestly, I had a really rough time coming back. My friends group had all had a semester together without me and I was a total outsider. I basically had no friends left when I returned and was in a completely new major with people I didn't know. (My previous major had a total of 11 people in my year, whereas my new major has like 50-60 in my year.) It was rough and that semester I returned ended up being very hard for me.
So if you can take a semester off to heal , meaning like have a generally good time, stay busy, and surround yourself with social support, that would be best. I looked into spending my time volunteering but I was in an area that had nothing for me to do, because it was so rural. Also, you need to stay as connected as possible to your school and school life. That way your transition back to academic life following your time off will be easier. But I think if you can do that, then I'd say go for it!
But as one last thing, if you or anyone else are getting bad enough grades that your money and effort are literally a waste, then please take time off. There's no point in continuing on if your GPA is getting screwed over and your classes won't count towards your degree. That is a case in which, please, take time off! | Only take time off if you have a plan to stay busy and can stay somewhat connected to your school. But definitely take time off if you're actually failing all of your classes. |
bvdz | Here's why people say college is the best time of your life: You're a student, generally speaking you're at an all time low of responsibility. You get a lot of freedom & free time with only one big goal, getting your diploma. How you spend your time is up to you, but overall you should have plenty to get enough studying done while also having the chance to try a lot of other things. Since you're surrounded by people in the same situation, there are probably a whole lot of organisations, fraternities, sports teams on and around campus that allow you to expand your horizons much easier than before (when you were still living with your parents) or after (when you're bound to a job and will probably need your sleep or have to take care of a family).
All you have to do is get your ass outside and be open minded, if you spend your college years in a dark room behind a PC, then yeah, I can imagine better times.
tl;dr: if you waste the possibilities college life throws at you, you might indeed not have a good time. Otherwise, all the ingredients are there. | Here's why people say college is the best time of your life: You're a student, generally speaking you're at an all time low of responsibility. You get a lot of freedom & free time with only one big goal, getting your diploma. How you spend your time is up to you, but overall you should have plenty to get enough studying done while also having the chance to try a lot of other things. Since you're surrounded by people in the same situation, there are probably a whole lot of organisations, fraternities, sports teams on and around campus that allow you to expand your horizons much easier than before (when you were still living with your parents) or after (when you're bound to a job and will probably need your sleep or have to take care of a family).
All you have to do is get your ass outside and be open minded, if you spend your college years in a dark room behind a PC, then yeah, I can imagine better times.
tl;dr: if you waste the possibilities college life throws at you, you might indeed not have a good time. Otherwise, all the ingredients are there.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdlsjnt | Here's why people say college is the best time of your life: You're a student, generally speaking you're at an all time low of responsibility. You get a lot of freedom & free time with only one big goal, getting your diploma. How you spend your time is up to you, but overall you should have plenty to get enough studying done while also having the chance to try a lot of other things. Since you're surrounded by people in the same situation, there are probably a whole lot of organisations, fraternities, sports teams on and around campus that allow you to expand your horizons much easier than before (when you were still living with your parents) or after (when you're bound to a job and will probably need your sleep or have to take care of a family).
All you have to do is get your ass outside and be open minded, if you spend your college years in a dark room behind a PC, then yeah, I can imagine better times. | if you waste the possibilities college life throws at you, you might indeed not have a good time. Otherwise, all the ingredients are there. |
DasShutter | Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Milk seems back on track, just different than it was before. When she tried to pump a bottle Sunday night and couldn't get a drop out we freaked out. She's always had a huge supply, around the clock. He just started sleeping through the night though, and forgoing his midafternoon on-the-boob nap, so things were changing. A neighbor came over and pumped a bottle for us (she's a saint) and when he didn't go after it too heavily we decided he was probably ok, had had enough at bedtime...
tldr: New parents freaked out about a new thing that happened, internet was supportive, all seems well now. Thanks folks. | Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Milk seems back on track, just different than it was before. When she tried to pump a bottle Sunday night and couldn't get a drop out we freaked out. She's always had a huge supply, around the clock. He just started sleeping through the night though, and forgoing his midafternoon on-the-boob nap, so things were changing. A neighbor came over and pumped a bottle for us (she's a saint) and when he didn't go after it too heavily we decided he was probably ok, had had enough at bedtime...
tldr: New parents freaked out about a new thing that happened, internet was supportive, all seems well now. Thanks folks.
| breastfeeding | t5_2rdj4 | cdmmcgr | Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Milk seems back on track, just different than it was before. When she tried to pump a bottle Sunday night and couldn't get a drop out we freaked out. She's always had a huge supply, around the clock. He just started sleeping through the night though, and forgoing his midafternoon on-the-boob nap, so things were changing. A neighbor came over and pumped a bottle for us (she's a saint) and when he didn't go after it too heavily we decided he was probably ok, had had enough at bedtime... | New parents freaked out about a new thing that happened, internet was supportive, all seems well now. Thanks folks. |
savish | I'll try to be objective about this - because I _really_ like movie music. I truly believe that music score composers are the classical composers of our day, mostly because they go out of their way to experiment with all the available modern instruments while retaining all the good old ones; music in movies is probably their last saving grace after all the plots have been dumbed down to allow our brainzzz the room to process the CGI and _extremely necessary_ lens flare... (you _recall_? I _totally_ do)
If I may do some categorisation: we have movie _scores_ and we have movie _songs_. The former are usually instrumental + choral arrangements made specifically for the movie, whereas the latter are individual songs that are chosen to add to the atmosphere (in most cases, by bands/musicians unrelated to the movie).
In both cases, however, I try to establish what makes the music in a movie good - it's essentially a toss up between:
- Do I like the actual _sound_ of the song/score?
- Does the song/score _improve_ the movie (add to it in a strongly significant manner)?
The first point is pretty simple, and in most cases it applies to the **songs** (from external musicians) used in movies. Most cases, not all. This category is where I would lob movies such as:
- Sucker Punch (like, really, the songs ... so, so clutch)
- Warm Bodies (the National, M83, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver ... just o.o)
The second point is significantly difficult for me to rate, mostly because I feel that the rating I use favours bad movies. Essentially (this is a generalisation, but it's where my thought process starts), I ask myself what the movie would be like _without_ the **score**. Other factors, such as whether or not the main tune stays after the movie (_Man of Steel - that fifth on the reverb-y piano_), whether it was invasive in a _good_ way (_Book of Eli_) or just f*ckin invasive (_Resident Evil_) or subliminal (_Let Me In_) throughout the movie, and so on, also contribute. This choice is strongly influenced by my favourite score composers though - and my severely limited exposure to movies :) This is where I would put movies such as:
- Lady in the Water (James _frakkin_ Newton _frakkin_ Howard, man)
- Hannibal (yeah, the Zimmer)
- August Rush (Mancina ftw)
Naturally, the above lists are hardly conclusive. But this question wasn't about how _I decide_ which movie I think has the best music...
**TL;DR** Based on the number of times I've listened to this album, T R O N : L E G A C Y _by a f*ckin mile_.
| I'll try to be objective about this - because I really like movie music. I truly believe that music score composers are the classical composers of our day, mostly because they go out of their way to experiment with all the available modern instruments while retaining all the good old ones; music in movies is probably their last saving grace after all the plots have been dumbed down to allow our brainzzz the room to process the CGI and extremely necessary lens flare... (you recall ? I totally do)
If I may do some categorisation: we have movie scores and we have movie songs . The former are usually instrumental + choral arrangements made specifically for the movie, whereas the latter are individual songs that are chosen to add to the atmosphere (in most cases, by bands/musicians unrelated to the movie).
In both cases, however, I try to establish what makes the music in a movie good - it's essentially a toss up between:
Do I like the actual sound of the song/score?
Does the song/score improve the movie (add to it in a strongly significant manner)?
The first point is pretty simple, and in most cases it applies to the songs (from external musicians) used in movies. Most cases, not all. This category is where I would lob movies such as:
Sucker Punch (like, really, the songs ... so, so clutch)
Warm Bodies (the National, M83, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver ... just o.o)
The second point is significantly difficult for me to rate, mostly because I feel that the rating I use favours bad movies. Essentially (this is a generalisation, but it's where my thought process starts), I ask myself what the movie would be like without the score . Other factors, such as whether or not the main tune stays after the movie ( Man of Steel - that fifth on the reverb-y piano ), whether it was invasive in a good way ( Book of Eli ) or just f*ckin invasive ( Resident Evil ) or subliminal ( Let Me In ) throughout the movie, and so on, also contribute. This choice is strongly influenced by my favourite score composers though - and my severely limited exposure to movies :) This is where I would put movies such as:
Lady in the Water (James frakkin Newton frakkin Howard, man)
Hannibal (yeah, the Zimmer)
August Rush (Mancina ftw)
Naturally, the above lists are hardly conclusive. But this question wasn't about how I decide which movie I think has the best music...
TL;DR Based on the number of times I've listened to this album, T R O N : L E G A C Y by a f*ckin mile .
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdm20ci | I'll try to be objective about this - because I really like movie music. I truly believe that music score composers are the classical composers of our day, mostly because they go out of their way to experiment with all the available modern instruments while retaining all the good old ones; music in movies is probably their last saving grace after all the plots have been dumbed down to allow our brainzzz the room to process the CGI and extremely necessary lens flare... (you recall ? I totally do)
If I may do some categorisation: we have movie scores and we have movie songs . The former are usually instrumental + choral arrangements made specifically for the movie, whereas the latter are individual songs that are chosen to add to the atmosphere (in most cases, by bands/musicians unrelated to the movie).
In both cases, however, I try to establish what makes the music in a movie good - it's essentially a toss up between:
Do I like the actual sound of the song/score?
Does the song/score improve the movie (add to it in a strongly significant manner)?
The first point is pretty simple, and in most cases it applies to the songs (from external musicians) used in movies. Most cases, not all. This category is where I would lob movies such as:
Sucker Punch (like, really, the songs ... so, so clutch)
Warm Bodies (the National, M83, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver ... just o.o)
The second point is significantly difficult for me to rate, mostly because I feel that the rating I use favours bad movies. Essentially (this is a generalisation, but it's where my thought process starts), I ask myself what the movie would be like without the score . Other factors, such as whether or not the main tune stays after the movie ( Man of Steel - that fifth on the reverb-y piano ), whether it was invasive in a good way ( Book of Eli ) or just f*ckin invasive ( Resident Evil ) or subliminal ( Let Me In ) throughout the movie, and so on, also contribute. This choice is strongly influenced by my favourite score composers though - and my severely limited exposure to movies :) This is where I would put movies such as:
Lady in the Water (James frakkin Newton frakkin Howard, man)
Hannibal (yeah, the Zimmer)
August Rush (Mancina ftw)
Naturally, the above lists are hardly conclusive. But this question wasn't about how I decide which movie I think has the best music... | Based on the number of times I've listened to this album, T R O N : L E G A C Y by a f*ckin mile . |
69shitlord420 | Maybe its the FoV that's hurting your head. I get headaches on some games on PC where the FoV is locked to a console-like vision.
This video explains a lot about FoV and why it's bad to have a low FoV and play on PC.
You have to take into account how far you're sitting, how big your monitor is and what the FoV is to really relax and enjoy PC games. Most console games have low FoV and are designed to be seen at a few feet away.
TL;DR : If your FoV Is low then your brain gets confused if you're sitting close. [this picture]( sums it up really.
| Maybe its the FoV that's hurting your head. I get headaches on some games on PC where the FoV is locked to a console-like vision.
This video explains a lot about FoV and why it's bad to have a low FoV and play on PC.
You have to take into account how far you're sitting, how big your monitor is and what the FoV is to really relax and enjoy PC games. Most console games have low FoV and are designed to be seen at a few feet away.
TL;DR : If your FoV Is low then your brain gets confused if you're sitting close. [this picture]( sums it up really.
| Games | t5_2qhwp | cdlzy8b | Maybe its the FoV that's hurting your head. I get headaches on some games on PC where the FoV is locked to a console-like vision.
This video explains a lot about FoV and why it's bad to have a low FoV and play on PC.
You have to take into account how far you're sitting, how big your monitor is and what the FoV is to really relax and enjoy PC games. Most console games have low FoV and are designed to be seen at a few feet away. | If your FoV Is low then your brain gets confused if you're sitting close. [this picture]( sums it up really. |
TheSilkyNerd | I am fascinated by how many people in this thread seem to have found their own voice already. I don't think it is a good idea to try to ghost write for Hemingway or Faulkner, but it isn't even possible anyway. However, the greats always learned from the greats.
For instance, the famous story of Hunter S. Thompson copying The Great Gatsby word for word so he would know what it is like to write a great novel. Or as Neil Gaiman said, "Most of us find our own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people." If you look at Gaiman's short stories, you'll see tributes in style and content to all the writers he loves. And in the end it all sounds like Gaiman.
[Bradbury points out two things]( about trying to sound like another author. That writing without trying to sound like someone else is inevitable and that succeeding in sounding like someone else is impossible. He says it was doing it wrong but that is what got him to doing it right.
George Saunders, too, learned from imitation. [In the article from New York Magazine about his book "The Tenth of December",]( he says, "If I got tired of [Hemingway], I did a Carver imitation, then a Babel imitation. Sometimes I did Babel, if Babel lived in Texas. Sometimes I did Carver, if Carver had worked (as I had) in the oil fields of Sumatra. Sometimes I did Hemingway, if Hemingway had lived in Syracuse, which, to me, sounded like Carver."
Raymond Chandler said about writing schools "will teach you nothing that you cannot find out by studying and analyzing the published work of other writers. Analyze and imitate; no other school is necessary" (I read this in a collection of his letters and writing called "Raymond Chandler Speaking," 92. The letter is to H.R. Harwood on July 2nd, 1951). There is a longer quote about how he used to imitate the structure of other mystery writers and how the stories ho wrote from them were so good but so close to the original that he couldn't publish them. But, still, he learned from them.
Finally, I don't think O.P. was asking if we sound like Hemingway or Faulkner in the literal sense. Rather, are the writers in this subreddit more prone to flowery language or straightforward? This, in the end, is why writers must read and read widely. Drink from the fountain of other writers to learn what we do and don't like. And for what it's worth, I'd love to sound like Papa.
TL;DR Go ahead. Imitate who you love. You won't succeed and that's the point. | I am fascinated by how many people in this thread seem to have found their own voice already. I don't think it is a good idea to try to ghost write for Hemingway or Faulkner, but it isn't even possible anyway. However, the greats always learned from the greats.
For instance, the famous story of Hunter S. Thompson copying The Great Gatsby word for word so he would know what it is like to write a great novel. Or as Neil Gaiman said, "Most of us find our own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people." If you look at Gaiman's short stories, you'll see tributes in style and content to all the writers he loves. And in the end it all sounds like Gaiman.
[Bradbury points out two things]( about trying to sound like another author. That writing without trying to sound like someone else is inevitable and that succeeding in sounding like someone else is impossible. He says it was doing it wrong but that is what got him to doing it right.
George Saunders, too, learned from imitation. In the article from New York Magazine about his book "The Tenth of December", in the oil fields of Sumatra. Sometimes I did Hemingway, if Hemingway had lived in Syracuse, which, to me, sounded like Carver."
Raymond Chandler said about writing schools "will teach you nothing that you cannot find out by studying and analyzing the published work of other writers. Analyze and imitate; no other school is necessary" (I read this in a collection of his letters and writing called "Raymond Chandler Speaking," 92. The letter is to H.R. Harwood on July 2nd, 1951). There is a longer quote about how he used to imitate the structure of other mystery writers and how the stories ho wrote from them were so good but so close to the original that he couldn't publish them. But, still, he learned from them.
Finally, I don't think O.P. was asking if we sound like Hemingway or Faulkner in the literal sense. Rather, are the writers in this subreddit more prone to flowery language or straightforward? This, in the end, is why writers must read and read widely. Drink from the fountain of other writers to learn what we do and don't like. And for what it's worth, I'd love to sound like Papa.
TL;DR Go ahead. Imitate who you love. You won't succeed and that's the point.
| writing | t5_2qh2n | cdm3eza | I am fascinated by how many people in this thread seem to have found their own voice already. I don't think it is a good idea to try to ghost write for Hemingway or Faulkner, but it isn't even possible anyway. However, the greats always learned from the greats.
For instance, the famous story of Hunter S. Thompson copying The Great Gatsby word for word so he would know what it is like to write a great novel. Or as Neil Gaiman said, "Most of us find our own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people." If you look at Gaiman's short stories, you'll see tributes in style and content to all the writers he loves. And in the end it all sounds like Gaiman.
[Bradbury points out two things]( about trying to sound like another author. That writing without trying to sound like someone else is inevitable and that succeeding in sounding like someone else is impossible. He says it was doing it wrong but that is what got him to doing it right.
George Saunders, too, learned from imitation. In the article from New York Magazine about his book "The Tenth of December", in the oil fields of Sumatra. Sometimes I did Hemingway, if Hemingway had lived in Syracuse, which, to me, sounded like Carver."
Raymond Chandler said about writing schools "will teach you nothing that you cannot find out by studying and analyzing the published work of other writers. Analyze and imitate; no other school is necessary" (I read this in a collection of his letters and writing called "Raymond Chandler Speaking," 92. The letter is to H.R. Harwood on July 2nd, 1951). There is a longer quote about how he used to imitate the structure of other mystery writers and how the stories ho wrote from them were so good but so close to the original that he couldn't publish them. But, still, he learned from them.
Finally, I don't think O.P. was asking if we sound like Hemingway or Faulkner in the literal sense. Rather, are the writers in this subreddit more prone to flowery language or straightforward? This, in the end, is why writers must read and read widely. Drink from the fountain of other writers to learn what we do and don't like. And for what it's worth, I'd love to sound like Papa. | Go ahead. Imitate who you love. You won't succeed and that's the point. |
bridgebum826 | I was on a local high school quiz show in my senior year. We didn't have any practice using the buzzers so we were super slow for the first round and didn't buzz in in time. We ended up losing because of that.
Years later I was on *Millionaire* when Regis was still there. The entire experience was fantastic. We were flown in to New York the morning of the day before the taping and flown back the evening of the day after the taping just so we could spend some time there. Everything was paid for and we were given a $50 per diem.
I didn't make it to the Hot Seat even though I had four opportunities.
Even though I never appeared on the show, trying out for *Jeopardy!* gave me the opposite "vibe." I qualified by taking the 50-question test at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. About 40 people tried out but only nine qualified at that session. They read off our names and basically told the other 31 people to get lost. They also told them that they could tell their friends and family that they only missed by one question of qualifying (scores aren't revealed).
The nine of us had a mock game and were later asked questions about ourselves. People who didn't give witty enough answers were treated derisively. The other eight people had qualified multiple times (it was the 11th time for one guy) but still couldn't seem to be who the show wanted.
TL;DR The staff at *Millionaire* was professional, respectful, and courteous. The *Jeopardy!* staff was condescending and smug. | I was on a local high school quiz show in my senior year. We didn't have any practice using the buzzers so we were super slow for the first round and didn't buzz in in time. We ended up losing because of that.
Years later I was on Millionaire when Regis was still there. The entire experience was fantastic. We were flown in to New York the morning of the day before the taping and flown back the evening of the day after the taping just so we could spend some time there. Everything was paid for and we were given a $50 per diem.
I didn't make it to the Hot Seat even though I had four opportunities.
Even though I never appeared on the show, trying out for Jeopardy! gave me the opposite "vibe." I qualified by taking the 50-question test at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. About 40 people tried out but only nine qualified at that session. They read off our names and basically told the other 31 people to get lost. They also told them that they could tell their friends and family that they only missed by one question of qualifying (scores aren't revealed).
The nine of us had a mock game and were later asked questions about ourselves. People who didn't give witty enough answers were treated derisively. The other eight people had qualified multiple times (it was the 11th time for one guy) but still couldn't seem to be who the show wanted.
TL;DR The staff at Millionaire was professional, respectful, and courteous. The Jeopardy! staff was condescending and smug.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdm84cv | I was on a local high school quiz show in my senior year. We didn't have any practice using the buzzers so we were super slow for the first round and didn't buzz in in time. We ended up losing because of that.
Years later I was on Millionaire when Regis was still there. The entire experience was fantastic. We were flown in to New York the morning of the day before the taping and flown back the evening of the day after the taping just so we could spend some time there. Everything was paid for and we were given a $50 per diem.
I didn't make it to the Hot Seat even though I had four opportunities.
Even though I never appeared on the show, trying out for Jeopardy! gave me the opposite "vibe." I qualified by taking the 50-question test at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. About 40 people tried out but only nine qualified at that session. They read off our names and basically told the other 31 people to get lost. They also told them that they could tell their friends and family that they only missed by one question of qualifying (scores aren't revealed).
The nine of us had a mock game and were later asked questions about ourselves. People who didn't give witty enough answers were treated derisively. The other eight people had qualified multiple times (it was the 11th time for one guy) but still couldn't seem to be who the show wanted. | The staff at Millionaire was professional, respectful, and courteous. The Jeopardy! staff was condescending and smug. |
Princess3ply | I got accused of kidnapping for doing this. A baby of about 15 months was screaming its head off in the car next to me. Baby was very red and sweaty so it had been there for a while. I sent my kid into Countdown to get them to announce that the baby needed help. No reply, car was open so I took the baby out and gave it some water. Next minute this revolting filthy looking creature emerges and starts screaming at me that I had kidnapped her baby. Thankfully I had asked other people to stay with me and she was put in her place.
TL:DR Took red sweaty baby from a car and got accused of kidnapping. | I got accused of kidnapping for doing this. A baby of about 15 months was screaming its head off in the car next to me. Baby was very red and sweaty so it had been there for a while. I sent my kid into Countdown to get them to announce that the baby needed help. No reply, car was open so I took the baby out and gave it some water. Next minute this revolting filthy looking creature emerges and starts screaming at me that I had kidnapped her baby. Thankfully I had asked other people to stay with me and she was put in her place.
TL:DR Took red sweaty baby from a car and got accused of kidnapping.
| newzealand | t5_2qhma | cdmhphz | I got accused of kidnapping for doing this. A baby of about 15 months was screaming its head off in the car next to me. Baby was very red and sweaty so it had been there for a while. I sent my kid into Countdown to get them to announce that the baby needed help. No reply, car was open so I took the baby out and gave it some water. Next minute this revolting filthy looking creature emerges and starts screaming at me that I had kidnapped her baby. Thankfully I had asked other people to stay with me and she was put in her place. | Took red sweaty baby from a car and got accused of kidnapping. |
Delda | The thing is that Warcraft Universe is so small compared to the Warhammer Universe. The combined population of Horde and alliance is in the low millions(3 million would be a huge overestimation). In Warhammer there isnt a good estimation since the sources vary a lot. But Brettonian Empire is at the smallest estimate 3.5 million people and they are not a big force on the grand scale of things.
When you then have the Empire which are probably 2-3 times bigger than the Brettonian and one bloodline from Nagash's Vampire managed to almost seize one of their biggest cities its speaks about the power of Nagash's army. There is 11 Bloodlines of vampires. 7 of them are at almost the same power, but have different powersets. The 4 others are unknown atm, but are rumored to be even stronger that Von Carstein(the one that drove the Empire back).
I havnt included the army of the Tomb Kings which is equal to the 7 Bloodlines in power and is the second half of Nagash's Army.
TLDR: No matter how big Arthas's army is, its pretty small compared to a Warhammer army due to the sheer population size of Warhammer. | The thing is that Warcraft Universe is so small compared to the Warhammer Universe. The combined population of Horde and alliance is in the low millions(3 million would be a huge overestimation). In Warhammer there isnt a good estimation since the sources vary a lot. But Brettonian Empire is at the smallest estimate 3.5 million people and they are not a big force on the grand scale of things.
When you then have the Empire which are probably 2-3 times bigger than the Brettonian and one bloodline from Nagash's Vampire managed to almost seize one of their biggest cities its speaks about the power of Nagash's army. There is 11 Bloodlines of vampires. 7 of them are at almost the same power, but have different powersets. The 4 others are unknown atm, but are rumored to be even stronger that Von Carstein(the one that drove the Empire back).
I havnt included the army of the Tomb Kings which is equal to the 7 Bloodlines in power and is the second half of Nagash's Army.
TLDR: No matter how big Arthas's army is, its pretty small compared to a Warhammer army due to the sheer population size of Warhammer.
| whowouldwin | t5_2s599 | cdnbw67 | The thing is that Warcraft Universe is so small compared to the Warhammer Universe. The combined population of Horde and alliance is in the low millions(3 million would be a huge overestimation). In Warhammer there isnt a good estimation since the sources vary a lot. But Brettonian Empire is at the smallest estimate 3.5 million people and they are not a big force on the grand scale of things.
When you then have the Empire which are probably 2-3 times bigger than the Brettonian and one bloodline from Nagash's Vampire managed to almost seize one of their biggest cities its speaks about the power of Nagash's army. There is 11 Bloodlines of vampires. 7 of them are at almost the same power, but have different powersets. The 4 others are unknown atm, but are rumored to be even stronger that Von Carstein(the one that drove the Empire back).
I havnt included the army of the Tomb Kings which is equal to the 7 Bloodlines in power and is the second half of Nagash's Army. | No matter how big Arthas's army is, its pretty small compared to a Warhammer army due to the sheer population size of Warhammer. |
Magnus77 | Lets say you're standing in between two railroad tracks that are parallel, you're looking north, which we'll call 0, the tracks to you're right are at 90 and -90 in your frame of vision. as you trace the tracks forward those numbers will start to narrow in your perception. at 5 feet in front of you its -45 and 45, 10 ft -40 and 40, etc. Eventually in your perception the two will meet, somewhere on the horizon. Generally, this narrowing will happen before the curvature of the earth blocks your view, but you could certainly have a super wide set of parallel lines that sould not meet before disappearing over the horizon, think of a road going over a hill.
tl;dr its all about perception and will change depending on how wide th lines are and the angle at which they're viewd. | Lets say you're standing in between two railroad tracks that are parallel, you're looking north, which we'll call 0, the tracks to you're right are at 90 and -90 in your frame of vision. as you trace the tracks forward those numbers will start to narrow in your perception. at 5 feet in front of you its -45 and 45, 10 ft -40 and 40, etc. Eventually in your perception the two will meet, somewhere on the horizon. Generally, this narrowing will happen before the curvature of the earth blocks your view, but you could certainly have a super wide set of parallel lines that sould not meet before disappearing over the horizon, think of a road going over a hill.
tl;dr its all about perception and will change depending on how wide th lines are and the angle at which they're viewd.
| explainlikeimfive | t5_2sokd | cdmmezj | Lets say you're standing in between two railroad tracks that are parallel, you're looking north, which we'll call 0, the tracks to you're right are at 90 and -90 in your frame of vision. as you trace the tracks forward those numbers will start to narrow in your perception. at 5 feet in front of you its -45 and 45, 10 ft -40 and 40, etc. Eventually in your perception the two will meet, somewhere on the horizon. Generally, this narrowing will happen before the curvature of the earth blocks your view, but you could certainly have a super wide set of parallel lines that sould not meet before disappearing over the horizon, think of a road going over a hill. | its all about perception and will change depending on how wide th lines are and the angle at which they're viewd. |
Salsadips | Its not specific to the Incisor. All weapons get it when you go to gold. Which is why AP is so important on the higher difficulties. You really cannot determine a weapons effectiveness on silver/bronze because everything is so weak and certain mechanics like shield gate and Armor reduction are really dumbed down there.
I mean, taking down a gold Atlas would require dealing almost 60,000 points of damage. Half of which is affected by armor reduction (50 points of damage per shot on G/P). Considering a Incisor X has a 367 base damage, you would need to shoot it almost 200 times if you didn't have AP. Oh and your weapon only has capacity for 150 rounds. Oh and if you aren't ADS, you are now doing 60 damage per shot.
TLDR: Incisor sucks. | Its not specific to the Incisor. All weapons get it when you go to gold. Which is why AP is so important on the higher difficulties. You really cannot determine a weapons effectiveness on silver/bronze because everything is so weak and certain mechanics like shield gate and Armor reduction are really dumbed down there.
I mean, taking down a gold Atlas would require dealing almost 60,000 points of damage. Half of which is affected by armor reduction (50 points of damage per shot on G/P). Considering a Incisor X has a 367 base damage, you would need to shoot it almost 200 times if you didn't have AP. Oh and your weapon only has capacity for 150 rounds. Oh and if you aren't ADS, you are now doing 60 damage per shot.
TLDR: Incisor sucks.
| MECoOp | t5_2tkk1 | cdmsmn0 | Its not specific to the Incisor. All weapons get it when you go to gold. Which is why AP is so important on the higher difficulties. You really cannot determine a weapons effectiveness on silver/bronze because everything is so weak and certain mechanics like shield gate and Armor reduction are really dumbed down there.
I mean, taking down a gold Atlas would require dealing almost 60,000 points of damage. Half of which is affected by armor reduction (50 points of damage per shot on G/P). Considering a Incisor X has a 367 base damage, you would need to shoot it almost 200 times if you didn't have AP. Oh and your weapon only has capacity for 150 rounds. Oh and if you aren't ADS, you are now doing 60 damage per shot. | Incisor sucks. |
unitedhen | >The driver had no time react or hit the brakes, hence her bike flying 30 feet down the road. The car was severely damaged by the accident.
I'm a bit confused and slightly appalled that people are actually burying this post by downvoting it. I don't know the victims of the accident and I just happened to see this and wanted to comment because I have personally been ticketed for failure to yield to pedestrians at the crosswalk at that VERY intersection (6th and Ferst). The ticket was like $200 and they took that offense very seriously. The lady cop that pulled me over kept stressing the fact that people cross there so often all the cars need to fully stop if there are any people close to the crosswalk and to generally be careful and to pay attention more when driving around the CRC. At the time I thought it was absurd, but she does have a point. I just don't see how the driver was not at fault if they were going so fast they were not able to yield to someone in the crosswalk. I'm assuming the cyclist wouldn't just run out in front of an oncoming car if they could avoid it...was it at night?
I realize that she was riding a bike so she isn't exactly a pedestrian but I find it hard to believe that a car was going fast enough to hit a cyclist and cause them to fly 30+ feet down the road...AND damage the *CAR* severely? I'm no physics major but something about how fast that car must have been going does not add up...I'm usually driving maybe 20mph or less going through the CRC area because the chance that you're going to have to stop for someone crossing is pretty high.
Also, nothing you mentioned mitigates the fact that this could have happened to any cyclist or even a pedestrian on a bad day riding/walking back from getting shitty test grade or a tiresome lab when we weren't paying attention or something...and it's unfortunate that she has to pay for all that herself. I definitely don't think this post deserves to be buried by downvotes simply because she was "at fault" for the accident. She at least deserves to have the chance for people to see this and donate if they so choose.
TL;DR -It maybe have technically been her "fault" but motorists driving around campus should not be going more than 25 mph near the CRC anyway. Also, why bury the post in downvotes if she is only trying to collect donations for her medical costs? | >The driver had no time react or hit the brakes, hence her bike flying 30 feet down the road. The car was severely damaged by the accident.
I'm a bit confused and slightly appalled that people are actually burying this post by downvoting it. I don't know the victims of the accident and I just happened to see this and wanted to comment because I have personally been ticketed for failure to yield to pedestrians at the crosswalk at that VERY intersection (6th and Ferst). The ticket was like $200 and they took that offense very seriously. The lady cop that pulled me over kept stressing the fact that people cross there so often all the cars need to fully stop if there are any people close to the crosswalk and to generally be careful and to pay attention more when driving around the CRC. At the time I thought it was absurd, but she does have a point. I just don't see how the driver was not at fault if they were going so fast they were not able to yield to someone in the crosswalk. I'm assuming the cyclist wouldn't just run out in front of an oncoming car if they could avoid it...was it at night?
I realize that she was riding a bike so she isn't exactly a pedestrian but I find it hard to believe that a car was going fast enough to hit a cyclist and cause them to fly 30+ feet down the road...AND damage the CAR severely? I'm no physics major but something about how fast that car must have been going does not add up...I'm usually driving maybe 20mph or less going through the CRC area because the chance that you're going to have to stop for someone crossing is pretty high.
Also, nothing you mentioned mitigates the fact that this could have happened to any cyclist or even a pedestrian on a bad day riding/walking back from getting shitty test grade or a tiresome lab when we weren't paying attention or something...and it's unfortunate that she has to pay for all that herself. I definitely don't think this post deserves to be buried by downvotes simply because she was "at fault" for the accident. She at least deserves to have the chance for people to see this and donate if they so choose.
TL;DR -It maybe have technically been her "fault" but motorists driving around campus should not be going more than 25 mph near the CRC anyway. Also, why bury the post in downvotes if she is only trying to collect donations for her medical costs?
| gatech | t5_2r8t2 | cdnh4od | The driver had no time react or hit the brakes, hence her bike flying 30 feet down the road. The car was severely damaged by the accident.
I'm a bit confused and slightly appalled that people are actually burying this post by downvoting it. I don't know the victims of the accident and I just happened to see this and wanted to comment because I have personally been ticketed for failure to yield to pedestrians at the crosswalk at that VERY intersection (6th and Ferst). The ticket was like $200 and they took that offense very seriously. The lady cop that pulled me over kept stressing the fact that people cross there so often all the cars need to fully stop if there are any people close to the crosswalk and to generally be careful and to pay attention more when driving around the CRC. At the time I thought it was absurd, but she does have a point. I just don't see how the driver was not at fault if they were going so fast they were not able to yield to someone in the crosswalk. I'm assuming the cyclist wouldn't just run out in front of an oncoming car if they could avoid it...was it at night?
I realize that she was riding a bike so she isn't exactly a pedestrian but I find it hard to believe that a car was going fast enough to hit a cyclist and cause them to fly 30+ feet down the road...AND damage the CAR severely? I'm no physics major but something about how fast that car must have been going does not add up...I'm usually driving maybe 20mph or less going through the CRC area because the chance that you're going to have to stop for someone crossing is pretty high.
Also, nothing you mentioned mitigates the fact that this could have happened to any cyclist or even a pedestrian on a bad day riding/walking back from getting shitty test grade or a tiresome lab when we weren't paying attention or something...and it's unfortunate that she has to pay for all that herself. I definitely don't think this post deserves to be buried by downvotes simply because she was "at fault" for the accident. She at least deserves to have the chance for people to see this and donate if they so choose. | It maybe have technically been her "fault" but motorists driving around campus should not be going more than 25 mph near the CRC anyway. Also, why bury the post in downvotes if she is only trying to collect donations for her medical costs? |
president2038 | After the fiasco where my Woody was delayed the day he came out (with no prior warning), I refuse to pre-order online with Walmart again. Barely got Rapunzel this time. I called and the guy said "Yeah, we got em they're on the shelf." Asked him if they were selling fast and if I needed to rush down there and he said no. Went there as fast as possible (10 minute drive) and there was only one.
tl;dr DONT TRUST WALMART. EVER. | After the fiasco where my Woody was delayed the day he came out (with no prior warning), I refuse to pre-order online with Walmart again. Barely got Rapunzel this time. I called and the guy said "Yeah, we got em they're on the shelf." Asked him if they were selling fast and if I needed to rush down there and he said no. Went there as fast as possible (10 minute drive) and there was only one.
tl;dr DONT TRUST WALMART. EVER.
| Disney_Infinity | t5_2w2eu | cdng551 | After the fiasco where my Woody was delayed the day he came out (with no prior warning), I refuse to pre-order online with Walmart again. Barely got Rapunzel this time. I called and the guy said "Yeah, we got em they're on the shelf." Asked him if they were selling fast and if I needed to rush down there and he said no. Went there as fast as possible (10 minute drive) and there was only one. | DONT TRUST WALMART. EVER. |
banaltram | I was sitting around a friends house one morning, and we decided that we should go to the cafe for chai lattes...when we were half way there, we said "fuck it, lets go to the city for starbucks". We were planning on going to the Wild Life Park that day anyway because she wanted to see the moose before she moved back to Scotland, and we figured an extra 30 minutes for chai lattes was worth it.
We went to the Wild Life Park, but the moose was hiding, and sadly we could not see/find him. So naturally we decided the logical thing to do was hop back in the car and head for Cape Breton...CB has lots of moose, surely we would see one there, and it's a beautiful drive and we had nothing better to do. Once again, we were disappointed and saw no moose. By that time it was kind of late, so we decided to just stay on the island for the night, so we let their dad and my mum know we were in CB and would return the next day.
The next morning we discussed our disappointment about not seeing a moose...which brought us to the logical conclusion that the only obvious thing to do was go to Newfoundland. Once again, the 3 of us hop in the car and head for the ferry...once again it had gotten late, and there was no way in hell we were going home that night, so we called home again to let people know that we would not be home that night as planned, but would probably be home the next day or the day after.
Happy ending: we finally saw a moose.
TL;DR went out for coffee in Halifax, ended up in Newfoundland. | I was sitting around a friends house one morning, and we decided that we should go to the cafe for chai lattes...when we were half way there, we said "fuck it, lets go to the city for starbucks". We were planning on going to the Wild Life Park that day anyway because she wanted to see the moose before she moved back to Scotland, and we figured an extra 30 minutes for chai lattes was worth it.
We went to the Wild Life Park, but the moose was hiding, and sadly we could not see/find him. So naturally we decided the logical thing to do was hop back in the car and head for Cape Breton...CB has lots of moose, surely we would see one there, and it's a beautiful drive and we had nothing better to do. Once again, we were disappointed and saw no moose. By that time it was kind of late, so we decided to just stay on the island for the night, so we let their dad and my mum know we were in CB and would return the next day.
The next morning we discussed our disappointment about not seeing a moose...which brought us to the logical conclusion that the only obvious thing to do was go to Newfoundland. Once again, the 3 of us hop in the car and head for the ferry...once again it had gotten late, and there was no way in hell we were going home that night, so we called home again to let people know that we would not be home that night as planned, but would probably be home the next day or the day after.
Happy ending: we finally saw a moose.
TL;DR went out for coffee in Halifax, ended up in Newfoundland.
| AskReddit | t5_2qh1i | cdnkk10 | I was sitting around a friends house one morning, and we decided that we should go to the cafe for chai lattes...when we were half way there, we said "fuck it, lets go to the city for starbucks". We were planning on going to the Wild Life Park that day anyway because she wanted to see the moose before she moved back to Scotland, and we figured an extra 30 minutes for chai lattes was worth it.
We went to the Wild Life Park, but the moose was hiding, and sadly we could not see/find him. So naturally we decided the logical thing to do was hop back in the car and head for Cape Breton...CB has lots of moose, surely we would see one there, and it's a beautiful drive and we had nothing better to do. Once again, we were disappointed and saw no moose. By that time it was kind of late, so we decided to just stay on the island for the night, so we let their dad and my mum know we were in CB and would return the next day.
The next morning we discussed our disappointment about not seeing a moose...which brought us to the logical conclusion that the only obvious thing to do was go to Newfoundland. Once again, the 3 of us hop in the car and head for the ferry...once again it had gotten late, and there was no way in hell we were going home that night, so we called home again to let people know that we would not be home that night as planned, but would probably be home the next day or the day after.
Happy ending: we finally saw a moose. | went out for coffee in Halifax, ended up in Newfoundland. |
amnesiajune | Funny thing is that if this guy had been scientifically literate, he would've known that paper needs oxygen to burn, which makes paper towel rolls terrible fuel for fire.
TL;DR: Light the clothes on fire, not the paper towel rolls | Funny thing is that if this guy had been scientifically literate, he would've known that paper needs oxygen to burn, which makes paper towel rolls terrible fuel for fire.
TL;DR: Light the clothes on fire, not the paper towel rolls
| WTF | t5_2qh61 | cdo5vm6 | Funny thing is that if this guy had been scientifically literate, he would've known that paper needs oxygen to burn, which makes paper towel rolls terrible fuel for fire. | Light the clothes on fire, not the paper towel rolls |
magare808 | Time-stretching algorithms tend to noticeably mess up an audio signal, especially when you try to change the key more than 2% (equivalent to changing the tempo >2% while keeping the same key). In order to keep the "punch" effect of the kicks and snares, a good time-stretching algorithm will rely on a beatgrid, so it can know which parts of the signal not to process too much, because keeping the timbre is more important than adjusting the key there.
In most cases, PCs have more processing power and RAM at their disposal, so they can analyse whole songs before playing them, prepare a more precise beat grid, and employ more sophisticated time-stretching algorithms. Combined with a proper sound card and good DJ software (which Traktor and Serato both are), you should get better results than when using an 800's built-in keylock function.
**TL;DR** Yes, Traktor's and Serato's keylock will sound better.
edit: pleonasm | Time-stretching algorithms tend to noticeably mess up an audio signal, especially when you try to change the key more than 2% (equivalent to changing the tempo >2% while keeping the same key). In order to keep the "punch" effect of the kicks and snares, a good time-stretching algorithm will rely on a beatgrid, so it can know which parts of the signal not to process too much, because keeping the timbre is more important than adjusting the key there.
In most cases, PCs have more processing power and RAM at their disposal, so they can analyse whole songs before playing them, prepare a more precise beat grid, and employ more sophisticated time-stretching algorithms. Combined with a proper sound card and good DJ software (which Traktor and Serato both are), you should get better results than when using an 800's built-in keylock function.
TL;DR Yes, Traktor's and Serato's keylock will sound better.
edit: pleonasm
| DJs | t5_2rddy | cdo2ycv | Time-stretching algorithms tend to noticeably mess up an audio signal, especially when you try to change the key more than 2% (equivalent to changing the tempo >2% while keeping the same key). In order to keep the "punch" effect of the kicks and snares, a good time-stretching algorithm will rely on a beatgrid, so it can know which parts of the signal not to process too much, because keeping the timbre is more important than adjusting the key there.
In most cases, PCs have more processing power and RAM at their disposal, so they can analyse whole songs before playing them, prepare a more precise beat grid, and employ more sophisticated time-stretching algorithms. Combined with a proper sound card and good DJ software (which Traktor and Serato both are), you should get better results than when using an 800's built-in keylock function. | Yes, Traktor's and Serato's keylock will sound better.
edit: pleonasm |
kerzane | A lot of people believe that this is a viable play in markets. Personally I think the idea that this kind of manipulation is viable in the long term is just wrong. In order for a market to be manipulable like this, I think there needs to be a lot of uncertainty about the underlying asset, a lot of capacity for fear that it will not be so valuable in the future for whatever reason. If a manipulator follows this strategy and the market later recovers, that shows that over time the confidence in the asset increased, and the need for fear was not so great. If the manipulator then tries to do this again, I think he'll find that the market won't be so easily scared. I would compare to the fable of the boy who cried wolf. You might say you can see this now with bitcoin, these days there are sometimes huge sell orders dragging the order book down on some exchanges, but there is little or no resulting capitulation in the market confidence. Slowly but surely the market recovers.
tl;dr I don't think manipulating the market by causing crashes is a viable strategy in the long term.
edit: it would be a very interesting exercise to devote a few thousand to deploying a manipulative strategy like this on one of the cheap altcoins, and see if you follow a consistent strategy of buying and dumping can you keep profiting off the crashes. I think your luck will run out pretty soon. This might piss some people off, but hey it's a free market, and it would be really valuable information. | A lot of people believe that this is a viable play in markets. Personally I think the idea that this kind of manipulation is viable in the long term is just wrong. In order for a market to be manipulable like this, I think there needs to be a lot of uncertainty about the underlying asset, a lot of capacity for fear that it will not be so valuable in the future for whatever reason. If a manipulator follows this strategy and the market later recovers, that shows that over time the confidence in the asset increased, and the need for fear was not so great. If the manipulator then tries to do this again, I think he'll find that the market won't be so easily scared. I would compare to the fable of the boy who cried wolf. You might say you can see this now with bitcoin, these days there are sometimes huge sell orders dragging the order book down on some exchanges, but there is little or no resulting capitulation in the market confidence. Slowly but surely the market recovers.
tl;dr I don't think manipulating the market by causing crashes is a viable strategy in the long term.
edit: it would be a very interesting exercise to devote a few thousand to deploying a manipulative strategy like this on one of the cheap altcoins, and see if you follow a consistent strategy of buying and dumping can you keep profiting off the crashes. I think your luck will run out pretty soon. This might piss some people off, but hey it's a free market, and it would be really valuable information.
| Bitcoin | t5_2s3qj | cdo3p7n | A lot of people believe that this is a viable play in markets. Personally I think the idea that this kind of manipulation is viable in the long term is just wrong. In order for a market to be manipulable like this, I think there needs to be a lot of uncertainty about the underlying asset, a lot of capacity for fear that it will not be so valuable in the future for whatever reason. If a manipulator follows this strategy and the market later recovers, that shows that over time the confidence in the asset increased, and the need for fear was not so great. If the manipulator then tries to do this again, I think he'll find that the market won't be so easily scared. I would compare to the fable of the boy who cried wolf. You might say you can see this now with bitcoin, these days there are sometimes huge sell orders dragging the order book down on some exchanges, but there is little or no resulting capitulation in the market confidence. Slowly but surely the market recovers. | I don't think manipulating the market by causing crashes is a viable strategy in the long term.
edit: it would be a very interesting exercise to devote a few thousand to deploying a manipulative strategy like this on one of the cheap altcoins, and see if you follow a consistent strategy of buying and dumping can you keep profiting off the crashes. I think your luck will run out pretty soon. This might piss some people off, but hey it's a free market, and it would be really valuable information. |
WaraM94 | I have to admit my below-plat experience is a year old now, so things have obviously changed. I didnt want to be rude or anything, im just tired of seing these whines post. Playing someone better is always hard, and holding a plat all in when you are gold is surely a problem. I know a lot of low master players who gets cheesed every single game new season by player demoted to diamond, it's not something that happens just in gold, same shit goes for everyone. Just ignore these games, as i said before if you really macro/scout better than the people in your league you will reach plat/dia/master at some point. Something that can help is watching streams, not streams from top world player but rather mid/high master who explains their builds and answer chat questions (these people usually have 10 top 50 viewers so they will be able to answer np), try to adapt your playstyle with theirs, identify what are the common mistakes you do and try to correct them.
TL;DR : I know loosing games hurts but if you focus on yourself and improvement you'll go up fast dont worry :)
EDIT @bald its okay i dont give a damn about karma :D | I have to admit my below-plat experience is a year old now, so things have obviously changed. I didnt want to be rude or anything, im just tired of seing these whines post. Playing someone better is always hard, and holding a plat all in when you are gold is surely a problem. I know a lot of low master players who gets cheesed every single game new season by player demoted to diamond, it's not something that happens just in gold, same shit goes for everyone. Just ignore these games, as i said before if you really macro/scout better than the people in your league you will reach plat/dia/master at some point. Something that can help is watching streams, not streams from top world player but rather mid/high master who explains their builds and answer chat questions (these people usually have 10 top 50 viewers so they will be able to answer np), try to adapt your playstyle with theirs, identify what are the common mistakes you do and try to correct them.
TL;DR : I know loosing games hurts but if you focus on yourself and improvement you'll go up fast dont worry :)
EDIT @bald its okay i dont give a damn about karma :D
| starcraft | t5_2qpp6 | cdocc6r | I have to admit my below-plat experience is a year old now, so things have obviously changed. I didnt want to be rude or anything, im just tired of seing these whines post. Playing someone better is always hard, and holding a plat all in when you are gold is surely a problem. I know a lot of low master players who gets cheesed every single game new season by player demoted to diamond, it's not something that happens just in gold, same shit goes for everyone. Just ignore these games, as i said before if you really macro/scout better than the people in your league you will reach plat/dia/master at some point. Something that can help is watching streams, not streams from top world player but rather mid/high master who explains their builds and answer chat questions (these people usually have 10 top 50 viewers so they will be able to answer np), try to adapt your playstyle with theirs, identify what are the common mistakes you do and try to correct them. | I know loosing games hurts but if you focus on yourself and improvement you'll go up fast dont worry :)
EDIT @bald its okay i dont give a damn about karma :D |
Too-Far-Frame | Ok this post is awesome. Well, no it sucks but you are SO going through the samr remote play hell I am going through.
No matter what, I can't get my vita and ps4 to work over wifi. They'll both connect on their own, but when i try RP it fails. Works awesome if im in the same room as my ps4, but the further away I get, it craps out. I definitely have tried both connect directly and not directly, but either way the vita wants to connect to the ps4. It's a distance issue. same room, perfect. 30 feet away, no go.
So, how the hell do I tell my vita to not try to connect to the ps4, but connect over wifi? The ps4 puts out a signal that even my phone will find when scanning. I'll be sitting right next to my router with full signal onbmy vita, but the moment I try remote play, fail.
TL;DR vita wants to connect to ps4 directly even when connect directly is turned off, and it will never connect via wifi. What gives? | Ok this post is awesome. Well, no it sucks but you are SO going through the samr remote play hell I am going through.
No matter what, I can't get my vita and ps4 to work over wifi. They'll both connect on their own, but when i try RP it fails. Works awesome if im in the same room as my ps4, but the further away I get, it craps out. I definitely have tried both connect directly and not directly, but either way the vita wants to connect to the ps4. It's a distance issue. same room, perfect. 30 feet away, no go.
So, how the hell do I tell my vita to not try to connect to the ps4, but connect over wifi? The ps4 puts out a signal that even my phone will find when scanning. I'll be sitting right next to my router with full signal onbmy vita, but the moment I try remote play, fail.
TL;DR vita wants to connect to ps4 directly even when connect directly is turned off, and it will never connect via wifi. What gives?
| PS4 | t5_2rrlp | cdotisi | Ok this post is awesome. Well, no it sucks but you are SO going through the samr remote play hell I am going through.
No matter what, I can't get my vita and ps4 to work over wifi. They'll both connect on their own, but when i try RP it fails. Works awesome if im in the same room as my ps4, but the further away I get, it craps out. I definitely have tried both connect directly and not directly, but either way the vita wants to connect to the ps4. It's a distance issue. same room, perfect. 30 feet away, no go.
So, how the hell do I tell my vita to not try to connect to the ps4, but connect over wifi? The ps4 puts out a signal that even my phone will find when scanning. I'll be sitting right next to my router with full signal onbmy vita, but the moment I try remote play, fail. | vita wants to connect to ps4 directly even when connect directly is turned off, and it will never connect via wifi. What gives? |
apieceoffruit | The reason I don't believe this is not because of OP.
It is because having given reddit the information that the account was on the front page of gone wild about three-five hours ago and the account age is approximately a week
Enough people would check the age of the front page accounts and make a short list,
****
TL;DR
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Just as the sheer existence of camera-phones has dis-proven the existence of the loch ness monster and bigfoot,
The details in this post have dis-proven itself. | The reason I don't believe this is not because of OP.
It is because having given reddit the information that the account was on the front page of gone wild about three-five hours ago and the account age is approximately a week
Enough people would check the age of the front page accounts and make a short list,
TL;DR
Just as the sheer existence of camera-phones has dis-proven the existence of the loch ness monster and bigfoot,
The details in this post have dis-proven itself.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdoj6gr | The reason I don't believe this is not because of OP.
It is because having given reddit the information that the account was on the front page of gone wild about three-five hours ago and the account age is approximately a week
Enough people would check the age of the front page accounts and make a short list, | Just as the sheer existence of camera-phones has dis-proven the existence of the loch ness monster and bigfoot,
The details in this post have dis-proven itself. |
eldaveo | Using my amateur detective skills, I have concluded that this user has a high possibility of being OP's Sister.
Throwaway account with obvious no verification meaning that she is new to the GW scene (explains the week being on reddit). Both links were created approximately 5-6 hours ago (most top posts happen within an hour of being created.)
TLDR: I believe this is OP's naked sister NSFW obviously | Using my amateur detective skills, I have concluded that this user has a high possibility of being OP's Sister.
Throwaway account with obvious no verification meaning that she is new to the GW scene (explains the week being on reddit). Both links were created approximately 5-6 hours ago (most top posts happen within an hour of being created.)
TLDR: I believe this is OP's naked sister NSFW obviously
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdolmq0 | Using my amateur detective skills, I have concluded that this user has a high possibility of being OP's Sister.
Throwaway account with obvious no verification meaning that she is new to the GW scene (explains the week being on reddit). Both links were created approximately 5-6 hours ago (most top posts happen within an hour of being created.) | I believe this is OP's naked sister NSFW obviously |
gkx | So the picture might contain metadata (or imgur might strip it from what it serves), but otherwise I don't think it's possible in this context. The server could have figured out the IP address when the user signed on, and it likely keeps track of it somewhere (I've never heard of anyone getting an IP ban on Reddit, but I'm sure the proper infrastructure exists). However, we're just served the stuff that we deserve.
TL;DR: Almost definitely not. | So the picture might contain metadata (or imgur might strip it from what it serves), but otherwise I don't think it's possible in this context. The server could have figured out the IP address when the user signed on, and it likely keeps track of it somewhere (I've never heard of anyone getting an IP ban on Reddit, but I'm sure the proper infrastructure exists). However, we're just served the stuff that we deserve.
TL;DR: Almost definitely not.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdoowod | So the picture might contain metadata (or imgur might strip it from what it serves), but otherwise I don't think it's possible in this context. The server could have figured out the IP address when the user signed on, and it likely keeps track of it somewhere (I've never heard of anyone getting an IP ban on Reddit, but I'm sure the proper infrastructure exists). However, we're just served the stuff that we deserve. | Almost definitely not. |
Cael87 | People down-vote him because it's likely a lie to get Karma.
That or else his sister is /u/throwawaytitsss
with a slight possibility of her being /u/VioletlyIll
And frankly, it's like this:
If his sister litterally posted naked photos of herself on a site she KNOWS FOR A FACT he visits, she is trying to bone him. No one, I mean NO ONE is dumb enough to do such a thing "Innocently".
The reason he's not giving up his sisters account? Because he's faking, you think a post like this hits the front page of Reddit, and NONE of the possible girls who have been looked at in this time have deleted their accounts, or done any damage control whatsoever, and judging by post history of the other girls reddit detectives have pulled up that match time frame have shown either past reddit experience or had other evidence showing they were not new.
Also, downvoting in Comment history doesn't work, the talies there are ignored.
TL;DR - He's obviously lying, his sister is not on the site...heck, he may not have a sister...And you can't downvote on people's comment history since reddit doesn't count those. | People down-vote him because it's likely a lie to get Karma.
That or else his sister is /u/throwawaytitsss
with a slight possibility of her being /u/VioletlyIll
And frankly, it's like this:
If his sister litterally posted naked photos of herself on a site she KNOWS FOR A FACT he visits, she is trying to bone him. No one, I mean NO ONE is dumb enough to do such a thing "Innocently".
The reason he's not giving up his sisters account? Because he's faking, you think a post like this hits the front page of Reddit, and NONE of the possible girls who have been looked at in this time have deleted their accounts, or done any damage control whatsoever, and judging by post history of the other girls reddit detectives have pulled up that match time frame have shown either past reddit experience or had other evidence showing they were not new.
Also, downvoting in Comment history doesn't work, the talies there are ignored.
TL;DR - He's obviously lying, his sister is not on the site...heck, he may not have a sister...And you can't downvote on people's comment history since reddit doesn't count those.
| AdviceAnimals | t5_2s7tt | cdot97a | People down-vote him because it's likely a lie to get Karma.
That or else his sister is /u/throwawaytitsss
with a slight possibility of her being /u/VioletlyIll
And frankly, it's like this:
If his sister litterally posted naked photos of herself on a site she KNOWS FOR A FACT he visits, she is trying to bone him. No one, I mean NO ONE is dumb enough to do such a thing "Innocently".
The reason he's not giving up his sisters account? Because he's faking, you think a post like this hits the front page of Reddit, and NONE of the possible girls who have been looked at in this time have deleted their accounts, or done any damage control whatsoever, and judging by post history of the other girls reddit detectives have pulled up that match time frame have shown either past reddit experience or had other evidence showing they were not new.
Also, downvoting in Comment history doesn't work, the talies there are ignored. | He's obviously lying, his sister is not on the site...heck, he may not have a sister...And you can't downvote on people's comment history since reddit doesn't count those. |
igetdownvotedalot | I've been playing on this server for the better part of a month and I absolutely love it! iSheader, the admin is a terrific admin who goes out of his way to implement things the community wants and is always there to help out. The plugins are awesome, my favourite is the Clans plugin. It really builds the community and is just generally fun to play with as you get to live and (if it's consensual) fight with your friends against your friends.
TL;DR: Coke smells great. | I've been playing on this server for the better part of a month and I absolutely love it! iSheader, the admin is a terrific admin who goes out of his way to implement things the community wants and is always there to help out. The plugins are awesome, my favourite is the Clans plugin. It really builds the community and is just generally fun to play with as you get to live and (if it's consensual) fight with your friends against your friends.
TL;DR: Coke smells great.
| mcservers | t5_2s3kg | cdoial2 | I've been playing on this server for the better part of a month and I absolutely love it! iSheader, the admin is a terrific admin who goes out of his way to implement things the community wants and is always there to help out. The plugins are awesome, my favourite is the Clans plugin. It really builds the community and is just generally fun to play with as you get to live and (if it's consensual) fight with your friends against your friends. | Coke smells great. |
ProofOfHell | I don't mean to offend, but this is Reddit.
You are supposed to repent and accept God before you are baptized. Babies cannot make this decision. Therefore, it's pointless to baptize babies.
Scriptural baptism consists of the immersion of penitent believers. This act is the culmination of a process of salvation begun with faith in Jesus Christ and followed by faithful service to him in the setting of a congregation of fellow believers—the church... yadda yadda yadda
Mind you, it has been years since I studied various theologies, so I might not hit this right on the head. (I am not religious, I have just studied Christianity AND ahem READ THE BIBLE.)
TLDR: Christians need to read (actually read) their Bibles instead of doing what they are told by man. | I don't mean to offend, but this is Reddit.
You are supposed to repent and accept God before you are baptized. Babies cannot make this decision. Therefore, it's pointless to baptize babies.
Scriptural baptism consists of the immersion of penitent believers. This act is the culmination of a process of salvation begun with faith in Jesus Christ and followed by faithful service to him in the setting of a congregation of fellow believers—the church... yadda yadda yadda
Mind you, it has been years since I studied various theologies, so I might not hit this right on the head. (I am not religious, I have just studied Christianity AND ahem READ THE BIBLE.)
TLDR: Christians need to read (actually read) their Bibles instead of doing what they are told by man.
| atheism | t5_2qh2p | cdowu47 | I don't mean to offend, but this is Reddit.
You are supposed to repent and accept God before you are baptized. Babies cannot make this decision. Therefore, it's pointless to baptize babies.
Scriptural baptism consists of the immersion of penitent believers. This act is the culmination of a process of salvation begun with faith in Jesus Christ and followed by faithful service to him in the setting of a congregation of fellow believers—the church... yadda yadda yadda
Mind you, it has been years since I studied various theologies, so I might not hit this right on the head. (I am not religious, I have just studied Christianity AND ahem READ THE BIBLE.) | Christians need to read (actually read) their Bibles instead of doing what they are told by man. |
StJohnsFog | A thoughtful an intelligent reply to the OP's well-written and realistic post about why people feel the way they do about the Cons.
You don't really help the argument. There are a lot of real issues with the CPC right now that REAL conservatives should be taking issue with. Dup-Swap-Drop posted in a non-confrontational manner explaining it, and instead of addressing it, the response is "NO NO LOOK OVER HERE AT WHAT THE LIBS DID."
AdScam happened, but the current problems were the CPC are HAPPENING, and it is the current issues that people want addressed.
I would happily vote Conservative in the future, but I will never, ever, ever vote for a party run by Mr. Harper after what I have witnessed since his party formed a majority. I lean right on many issues, from economic management to government size to unions (I hates them). However, Harper's Conservatives are not true conservatives, their style of governing is incredibly adversarial, and the followers shouting "ADSCAM!" do nothing to convince me that CPC followers understand the issues at hand. Until that is fixed, the CPC will not win an election, and people will continue to hate on them for very real reasons.
TL;DR: Learn to engage in a discussion. | A thoughtful an intelligent reply to the OP's well-written and realistic post about why people feel the way they do about the Cons.
You don't really help the argument. There are a lot of real issues with the CPC right now that REAL conservatives should be taking issue with. Dup-Swap-Drop posted in a non-confrontational manner explaining it, and instead of addressing it, the response is "NO NO LOOK OVER HERE AT WHAT THE LIBS DID."
AdScam happened, but the current problems were the CPC are HAPPENING, and it is the current issues that people want addressed.
I would happily vote Conservative in the future, but I will never, ever, ever vote for a party run by Mr. Harper after what I have witnessed since his party formed a majority. I lean right on many issues, from economic management to government size to unions (I hates them). However, Harper's Conservatives are not true conservatives, their style of governing is incredibly adversarial, and the followers shouting "ADSCAM!" do nothing to convince me that CPC followers understand the issues at hand. Until that is fixed, the CPC will not win an election, and people will continue to hate on them for very real reasons.
TL;DR: Learn to engage in a discussion.
| canada | t5_2qh68 | cdoyitn | A thoughtful an intelligent reply to the OP's well-written and realistic post about why people feel the way they do about the Cons.
You don't really help the argument. There are a lot of real issues with the CPC right now that REAL conservatives should be taking issue with. Dup-Swap-Drop posted in a non-confrontational manner explaining it, and instead of addressing it, the response is "NO NO LOOK OVER HERE AT WHAT THE LIBS DID."
AdScam happened, but the current problems were the CPC are HAPPENING, and it is the current issues that people want addressed.
I would happily vote Conservative in the future, but I will never, ever, ever vote for a party run by Mr. Harper after what I have witnessed since his party formed a majority. I lean right on many issues, from economic management to government size to unions (I hates them). However, Harper's Conservatives are not true conservatives, their style of governing is incredibly adversarial, and the followers shouting "ADSCAM!" do nothing to convince me that CPC followers understand the issues at hand. Until that is fixed, the CPC will not win an election, and people will continue to hate on them for very real reasons. | Learn to engage in a discussion. |
inflated_waffles | I spent around $1500 on my build, but there were some parts I would not compromise on. My mobo for example, I love ITX form factor. You can get a good z87 ITX board for around $100, but there is only 1 board on the market that has a DAC in ITX form factor. I chose to pay a premium to get a feature I considered important.
I also chose to go with a 4gb 680 + backplate. Most instances having a back plate is a feature you pay a little extra for. Same with Gold rated PSU's over Bronze. The gold rated PSU's are quieter, run cooler and are higher overall quality. Case choice also playing to effect, some people prefer a more expensive case to a $30 Nzxt 210.
Then there is overclocking. Which you need an aftermarket heat sink for. You can pick up a cheap one for $20 and get decent temps from it. Or you can pick up a CLC and pay $60-$100 because they are more quiet and perform slightly better than air coolers. There's also high quality air coolers that people prefer on their builds.
Then there's multiple hard drives, SSD's, amount/speed of RAM, aftermarket fans, custom water cooling, processor choice. Often times processor choice comes down to AMD being the best bang for your buck, and Intel being top performer that you pay a higher price for. Same with GPU choice, AMD is typically best bang for your buck in terms of performance, and nVidia has similarly performing product, but IMO they are a more polished company. Their drivers (again IMO) are better than AMD drivers.
In my case I was going for as much power/features I could pack into an ITX case, while controlling the heat as best as possible. This is what I wound up with.
[PCPartPicker part list]( / [Price breakdown by merchant]( / [Benchmarks](
Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor]( | $219.98 @ SuperBiiz
**CPU Cooler** | [Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler]( | $49.99 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** | [Asus MAXIMUS VI IMPACT Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard]( | $223.97 @ OutletPC
**Memory** | [G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory]( | $52.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** | [Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk]( | $132.67 @ OutletPC
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive]( | $73.00 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive]( | $61.04 @ Amazon
**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB Video Card]( | $553.99 @ SuperBiiz
**Case** | [Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case]( | $54.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply]( | $84.99 @ Amazon
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $1507.61
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-28 12:49 EST-0500 |
* I chose the i5 for best gaming performance.
* h60 for quietness/space saving (over the h80 which barely fits in the case).
* ITX board for power deliver, overclockability (4.4ghz on a 4670k ), and sound card.
* Memory is actually priced decently.
* SSD for boot drive/BF4. 7200 rpm HDD for Steam library, 5400 rpm HDD for music/movies.
* 4gb 680 to push a 144hz monitor, play games that are heavily modded without an impact in performance, maintain 60+fps in AAA titles, gives me a decent run at 1440p should I choose to upgrade, back plate, slightly OC'ed (got more out of it with Afterburner), stays cool (75 in BF4).
* ITX cases are typically a bit more expensive because they cater to a smaller audience of PC builders, I wanted something that was "console sized" (it's about the size of 2 xbones on top of each other).
* Solid gold rated PSU, semi-modular, Seasonic is a top notch company.
TL;DR Some people will be willing to pay extra for quality, features, performance, longevity or the ability to meet certain standards above and beyond what is the current standard.
Edit: I also didn't take into account mouse choice, keyboards or monitors.
| I spent around $1500 on my build, but there were some parts I would not compromise on. My mobo for example, I love ITX form factor. You can get a good z87 ITX board for around $100, but there is only 1 board on the market that has a DAC in ITX form factor. I chose to pay a premium to get a feature I considered important.
I also chose to go with a 4gb 680 + backplate. Most instances having a back plate is a feature you pay a little extra for. Same with Gold rated PSU's over Bronze. The gold rated PSU's are quieter, run cooler and are higher overall quality. Case choice also playing to effect, some people prefer a more expensive case to a $30 Nzxt 210.
Then there is overclocking. Which you need an aftermarket heat sink for. You can pick up a cheap one for $20 and get decent temps from it. Or you can pick up a CLC and pay $60-$100 because they are more quiet and perform slightly better than air coolers. There's also high quality air coolers that people prefer on their builds.
Then there's multiple hard drives, SSD's, amount/speed of RAM, aftermarket fans, custom water cooling, processor choice. Often times processor choice comes down to AMD being the best bang for your buck, and Intel being top performer that you pay a higher price for. Same with GPU choice, AMD is typically best bang for your buck in terms of performance, and nVidia has similarly performing product, but IMO they are a more polished company. Their drivers (again IMO) are better than AMD drivers.
In my case I was going for as much power/features I could pack into an ITX case, while controlling the heat as best as possible. This is what I wound up with.
[PCPartPicker part list]( / [Price breakdown by merchant]( / [Benchmarks](
Type
Item
Price
CPU
[Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor](
$219.98 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler
[Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](
$49.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard
[Asus MAXIMUS VI IMPACT Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard](
$223.97 @ OutletPC
Memory
[G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory](
$52.99 @ Newegg
Storage
[Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](
$132.67 @ OutletPC
Storage
[Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive](
$73.00 @ Amazon
Storage
[Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](
$61.04 @ Amazon
Video Card
[EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB Video Card](
$553.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case
[Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case](
$54.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply
[SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](
$84.99 @ Amazon
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.
$1507.61
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-28 12:49 EST-0500
I chose the i5 for best gaming performance.
h60 for quietness/space saving (over the h80 which barely fits in the case).
ITX board for power deliver, overclockability (4.4ghz on a 4670k ), and sound card.
Memory is actually priced decently.
SSD for boot drive/BF4. 7200 rpm HDD for Steam library, 5400 rpm HDD for music/movies.
4gb 680 to push a 144hz monitor, play games that are heavily modded without an impact in performance, maintain 60+fps in AAA titles, gives me a decent run at 1440p should I choose to upgrade, back plate, slightly OC'ed (got more out of it with Afterburner), stays cool (75 in BF4).
ITX cases are typically a bit more expensive because they cater to a smaller audience of PC builders, I wanted something that was "console sized" (it's about the size of 2 xbones on top of each other).
Solid gold rated PSU, semi-modular, Seasonic is a top notch company.
TL;DR Some people will be willing to pay extra for quality, features, performance, longevity or the ability to meet certain standards above and beyond what is the current standard.
Edit: I also didn't take into account mouse choice, keyboards or monitors.
| pcmasterrace | t5_2sgp1 | cdp13nx | I spent around $1500 on my build, but there were some parts I would not compromise on. My mobo for example, I love ITX form factor. You can get a good z87 ITX board for around $100, but there is only 1 board on the market that has a DAC in ITX form factor. I chose to pay a premium to get a feature I considered important.
I also chose to go with a 4gb 680 + backplate. Most instances having a back plate is a feature you pay a little extra for. Same with Gold rated PSU's over Bronze. The gold rated PSU's are quieter, run cooler and are higher overall quality. Case choice also playing to effect, some people prefer a more expensive case to a $30 Nzxt 210.
Then there is overclocking. Which you need an aftermarket heat sink for. You can pick up a cheap one for $20 and get decent temps from it. Or you can pick up a CLC and pay $60-$100 because they are more quiet and perform slightly better than air coolers. There's also high quality air coolers that people prefer on their builds.
Then there's multiple hard drives, SSD's, amount/speed of RAM, aftermarket fans, custom water cooling, processor choice. Often times processor choice comes down to AMD being the best bang for your buck, and Intel being top performer that you pay a higher price for. Same with GPU choice, AMD is typically best bang for your buck in terms of performance, and nVidia has similarly performing product, but IMO they are a more polished company. Their drivers (again IMO) are better than AMD drivers.
In my case I was going for as much power/features I could pack into an ITX case, while controlling the heat as best as possible. This is what I wound up with.
[PCPartPicker part list]( / [Price breakdown by merchant]( / [Benchmarks](
Type
Item
Price
CPU
[Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor](
$219.98 @ SuperBiiz
CPU Cooler
[Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler](
$49.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard
[Asus MAXIMUS VI IMPACT Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard](
$223.97 @ OutletPC
Memory
[G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory](
$52.99 @ Newegg
Storage
[Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](
$132.67 @ OutletPC
Storage
[Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive](
$73.00 @ Amazon
Storage
[Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](
$61.04 @ Amazon
Video Card
[EVGA GeForce GTX 680 4GB Video Card](
$553.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case
[Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Tower Case](
$54.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply
[SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](
$84.99 @ Amazon
Total
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.
$1507.61
Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-28 12:49 EST-0500
I chose the i5 for best gaming performance.
h60 for quietness/space saving (over the h80 which barely fits in the case).
ITX board for power deliver, overclockability (4.4ghz on a 4670k ), and sound card.
Memory is actually priced decently.
SSD for boot drive/BF4. 7200 rpm HDD for Steam library, 5400 rpm HDD for music/movies.
4gb 680 to push a 144hz monitor, play games that are heavily modded without an impact in performance, maintain 60+fps in AAA titles, gives me a decent run at 1440p should I choose to upgrade, back plate, slightly OC'ed (got more out of it with Afterburner), stays cool (75 in BF4).
ITX cases are typically a bit more expensive because they cater to a smaller audience of PC builders, I wanted something that was "console sized" (it's about the size of 2 xbones on top of each other).
Solid gold rated PSU, semi-modular, Seasonic is a top notch company. | Some people will be willing to pay extra for quality, features, performance, longevity or the ability to meet certain standards above and beyond what is the current standard.
Edit: I also didn't take into account mouse choice, keyboards or monitors. |
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