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Programmer here. Technically speaking it is not a leak. A memory leak is when you don't have any reference to the allocated memory or in other words you can't free it *even if you wanted to*.
It is not considered a leak to create a dynamically allocated variable and retain it throughout the lifetime of the program or the system without deleting it.
For example, consider this snippet of C code:
int *p = malloc(sizeof(int)); /* Allocate memory for an integer */
p = NULL; /* Overwrite the pointer, thereby leaking an integer sized memory chunk */
Unless you execute the second line, it is not considered a leak because you still have a *handle* on the allocated memory.
In your case the equivalent would be falling in love and then forgetting who it was you loved but still having the emotions of love in you. Then you would not have any way of breaking up with that person (assuming that person has removed himself/herself from your life already). | 41975a1160184ea08319b82a96d67d98 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-04-11 23:28:57 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 200 |
Years ago I woke up from a nap at home to hear the landline phone ringing. I promptly answered, 'Hello, Brighton Towers Hotel?'. Only, we did not live in this hotel, which to my knowledge does not exist. We just lived in our house. On the other end of the phone, my mother's new boyfriend, who I'd never met, seemed baffled; as was I, as soon as the words had escaped from my mouth. Presumably I'd been dreaming I was a bellhop? No idea. But I certainly sounded like a lunatic, trying to backtrack after. | ae294597b4cb4cb08142f47bd17dd22d | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-12-24 14:09:02 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 201 |
I have EDS and you have to be so careful going to a rheum thinking you have EDS. That's a good way to get "anxiety" written in your chart and then never having a doctor take you seriously again. The vast majority of doctors are also not familiar with EDS and will refuse to diagnose you even if you meet the criteria and will send you instead to a geneticist to the tune of thousands of dollars and negative genetic results since 90% of cases have no known genetic cause. Most geneticists will refuse to see you or do any genetic testing at all too if the hypermobile subtype is the one they think you have. Then you are left to just bounce around between different specialists that are not very knowledgeable about EDS with all of them finally concluding that it's genetic and they can't really do anything to help besides maybe physical therapy. | 0a3d82d0060f491284bc51bde76bd58e | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2022-10-07 12:50:37 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 202 |
Reddit what exactly is poor in your opinion?
So after seeing all this talk the past couple of weeks about the "99%", "1%", poor, rich, working class blah blah blah. But what really is poor to some people? I see people saying they live in a nice 2 story house in a good neighborhood, but they call themselves the "poor" because they're not in the top % of income?
My parents are immigrants to this country, they both work jobs that some people just do because they want a job to "make a quick buck" or "summer job" It's their job that they NEED to live and provide for our family. But i never thought of us as poor. I honestly don't ever ask them how much they make. But combined it has to be about 70K a year (maybe less or a little more) They raised both me and my brother. Just because you or your parents don't make more than a million a year doesn't make you poor.You just have to learn how to spend you money.
TL;DR: So what makes a person poor reddit? | l48zh | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2011-10-07 16:20:55 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 203 |
A bit of backstory. Our company uses an as/400 server. We have a outside company that supports it when we need help with it. 2 weeks ago the battery back-up failed so the server went down so we got a new one. They sent us a 1 page sheet that has about 10 instructions to test the new one and should take 5 minutes to complete.
Last Thursday I run the test but couldn't make past step 4 since I ran into a screen that the instructions didn't cover. Got some new instructions and ran it on Tuesday and ran into the same issue. They figure out there's a cord we need and we get that on Thursday but there's multiple cords in the box.
I run the test for the third time while I'm on the phone with the server guys. We go over everything from which cord to use and go over each step. We get further this time but the test fails. He has me put on the old cord and the new battery back up shuts off which shuts down the server. 90 minutes later we give up.
I get a phone call from another server guy and apparently we have been using the wrong cord the whole time. Have another session on Sunday Morning to hopefully get this resolved. All for a 5 minute test. | 147b2719a9d04d0dbf79c59ba88d017c | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2014-05-30 21:11:15 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 204 |
What are some things I should be doing (or not doing) to be an awesome roommate?
We're three working schlubs in our late-20s--two guys and one girl--in one small apartment in Brooklyn. Perfect strangers. Been here two months. Love it. I get along great with them. Our schedules, personalities and habits seem to jibe well together. I have zero complaints. But I want to step up my game and make sure I'm doing it right. Kind of new at this.
Please share with me your great knowledge, reddit hivemind. | 18vre0 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-02-20 11:59:53 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 205 |
Yep. Wouldn't surprise me if this person was bipolar. One of my exes had me convinced that essentially every person in their life from childhood to present had either cheated on her or abused her or took advantage of her in some way. Everyone from her past partners "abuse" to her parents "kicking her out for no reason" to a rotating cast of shallow friends that often had to be "cut off" for some minor excuse or another...When I finally broke up with her after she cheated on me, guess who suddenly became another one of the abusers in her story?
Needless to say, people who seem to go their whole life with incessant bad luck are usually the makers of their own misery, and for the most part, they just can't be helped. | 6600affd2f7849c583a86f20a1b96410 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2021-09-01 05:42:22 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 206 |
I keep seeing posts asking about the worst customers you've had, but not the other way around. What's the worst service you've ever received?
I went to dinner with my dad (a rare occasion for us) to Black Angus on a Wednesday night. It wasn't crowded at all, maybe around 7 tables occupied. A waitress, who is on her break, tells us to sit anywhere we want as long as it's within viewing of the bar. This should have been our warning sign, but we didn't really realise it until later.
We sit at one of the tables by the bar like she asked, even showing her where we were going to be... For around 20 minutes. Nobody, not even the waitress that told us she'd be there in 5 minutes came to bring us a menu. My dad ended up asking the bartender. Now I know when you go to a steakhouse, you shouldn't expect your steak for 30 minutes, but we waited an hour and a half for them to get to our table. We saw other people walk into the restaurant after us and get their meals before us. We made some small-talk with the bartender, who suggested the order got lost, and played the trivia game on the tv to pass the time.
I had ordered my steak medium-rare (I'd get it rare if my dad would let me). It was charred on the outside, with no sign that it was once pink on the inside let alone a living animal. I decided to not eat my jerky steak and focused on the cheesy broccoli that I normally love. Way over salted. My dad had some issues with his own meal, as made clear by the fact he didn't eat most of his meal too, but we don't send it back because it's nearly closing and we don't want to bother the cook who's probably cleaning now.
We ask for the check, another 30 minutes, workers are beginning to go home at this point. He requests to see a manager to complain about the terrible service. He's not there. We end up paying for the meal we didn't eat and leaving no tip to the waitress. I gave a few bucks to the bartender for keeping my cup full.
TL;DR Waitress forgets about us, orders get lost and food is charred. No comp. | 10h5tq | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2012-09-25 23:05:03 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 207 |
I'm now on the "can't drink" side, but actually used to be on the other side. For both I consider it appropriate that having something (alcoholic) to drink with dinner is no problem. Getting drunk however, is rude - especially if the dry person is open about actually wanting a drink. Of course, it doesn't have to be any of the drinking party's concern. But -especially on a date- if you can't stay mostly sober to make the other person feel better, maybe you should reconsider why you are drinking. | 03cbc571bc294946ab39f0ce56f21634 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2017-02-14 13:12:30 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 208 |
When I played highschool football we had an equipment manager who had been doing the job for decades and was absolutely adored by the community. Guy was in his 70s-80s.
One day, I'm ready for a game early, so I head out to the bus that's taking us. I see him loading stuff up, so I offer to help him load a few things.
Once we're all loaded on the bus, he walks to me in the back (cuz I was a cool kid) and hands me a Hostess cupcake in front of everyone as a thank you.
He handed me the cupcake, looked me in the eye, and this sense of dread just falls on me. I have no idea why, and everyone's looking at me so I act normal.
That summer he was arrested for sexually assaulting some 15 year old girl. I'm pretty sure they thought he did more, but couldn't prove it or something. | 7dc131a939c24d09b818a5fa9fa575fc | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2017-03-04 14:58:16 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 209 |
Yeah, but when Reddit gold users (plus a handful of others) were the only ones who could post, there was no new content for most of the day.
But also, my only friends who like pokemon and cosplaying and the like (ok, there's only one friend who cosplays, that junk weirds me out) are the ones who have disposable income to spend on those kinds of things. I have about the least spare money of my friends, but am also the one who is most like a cranky old man who doesn't like all these newfangled entertainment industry doodads. | aff9b2a09e4b4c7d873d835d13e5e49b | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2011-04-24 22:19:14 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 210 |
Reddit, after my post yesterday and reading your 1000+ comments... I give you the ultimate Reddit Obscure Movie List!
IP MAN was the one that came up most which I am yet to see. Thanks to all those that posted... Sorry I couldn't link them all... it took 2 hours to go through half the list. I've only put on movies I have not seen and that IMDB users rate at avg of 7.0 or more although most are at around 8.0.
Thanks and hope you find some gems that you haven't seen too!
**EDIT** Sorry to all those that think it is not "Obscure" enough...these are movies I either have not seen or have not heard of...just thought I'd share as I doubt you've heard of all of them or seen all of them...
**EDIT** so all my links were not names but IMDB links, Curien has sorted it out so i've deleted my list to save scrolling....enjoy and upvote him! | ezsu6 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2011-01-10 22:05:37 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 211 |
Reddit, what are some hobbies or skills I should pick up?
So with the holidays coming up, I will be having three weeks with no school, no work and plenty of spare time. I thought I should pick up something new and exciting, or useful and challenging during this time, to keep myself busy.
I have been thinking about some basic programming, which I have no background in, to start playing some cheap musical instrument or try out a new sport (that my bad knees can handle).
What are some things you or someone you know have picked up and benefited from in any way?
edit: Cheap. I am a student! I don't have loads of money to spend on gear or model airplanes! | 14p2ll | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2012-12-12 00:36:03 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 212 |
I've been given a year to live, what would you do?
I've been sitting on the news for a week now, not sure how to think. I've nothing lose anymore, it's a strange feeling. I don't know what to do with my time, I just want to carry on as normal.
What's set is set I can change it, but what would you do? I've actually thought about it before, and the cliche of travelling the world was my response. But now, it's the last thing I want to do.
I've not told anyone yet, I don't know how to. | 3l7r1o | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-09-16 20:19:01 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 213 |
Men of Reddit, What happened when a girl approached you, instead of the other way around? How did it turn out? [serious]
Edit: Reason of asking this quesion:
I met this guy at work and we could talk very good. Everytime we had to work together it was nice.
Yesterday we had a party from work. ( sideline job at a restaurant) We talked like a big part of the night. Sometimes we grabbed each other hands. ( if you can say it like this) It was nice.
I saw that his friend was telling him to make a move, but he didn't. He left without saying goodbye. I really like him and I want to send him a whatsapp or something like that. But I don't know what he wants. He was so weird in the end and I just don't know.
We were both under the influence of alcohol.
TL;DR : I don't know what he wants. So I don't know if I should text him. | 28taue | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2014-06-22 19:39:08 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 214 |
Worked at a 4 star and had a mother and daughter ask for me to tuck them into bed and turn out the lights because there were Jewish. No idea how that's relevant.
Also a bigwig who worked for a defense contractor got his jollies dressing from the waist down as a woman and wandering into the public areas. Picture a suit from the waist up and skirt, stockings and heels from the waist down. Had a bodybuilder order room service and once I got there asked if I wanted to spitroast his gf.
As for catching people it's tend to be drunk stuff. My old manager told me a story that they had a wedding in the hotel and that night he caught the groom down in the staff only basement level banging one of the women who attended lol
So many bizarre and funny situations though I feel like I could write a book of short stories about them. | e4526e2ccbe7425c85ea0ccfb7309144 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2019-05-16 10:45:31 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 215 |
Being nice to someone doesn't obligate them to anything. The sooner you realize this the better. You're supposed to be nice to people. You think because you're decent to a girl she has to in turn show interest in you? In what delusional world do you live in? And way to judge all those guys btw just by looking at them. You definitely sound like such a nice guy, how on earth could any girl pass on you?
Here's a hint dipshit. And even if you were, so what? | 20e32972fe1c4c38a3554b4df6b75b0c | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-10-26 08:54:24 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 216 |
Spontaneous pneumothorax (collapsed lung). Had 5 of them in my 20's. Feels like someone pushing a samurai sword in your back everytime you take a breath. I thought that was bad enough but on the last one they injected some kind of solution into my chest cavity (described to me as a talcolm powder type solution) to cause the lining to become inflammed and form scar tissue so that my lung would stick to it. It was excrutiating. They gave me all the pain meds they could and I was still begging for more. Literally thought I was going to pass out from the pain. | 2068f68a66c345b9bd30d83aaab74123 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2017-11-07 14:21:36 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 217 |
>If she never actually assaulted someone and just created a bad work environment they wouldn't kick her out. Just move her around for a bit. After awhile they will kick her out as failure to adapt more likely.
Sexual harassment is against the UCMJ and is grounds for administrative separation, although only since 2019 or so. Prior to that you had to go with sexual assault or just general harassment, the latter would not warrant mandatory separation.
To answer u/salientsaltine, the fact that sexual harassment wasn't able to be charged under the UCMJ until recently along with rapidly changing attitudes toward sexual harassment and assault in the last decade can explain it. The post history of the OP indicates that this would have occurred in the early-mid 00s before several significant policy changes were made. | 0a48dfd91d694012974591fd814988e2 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2021-11-21 15:04:58 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 218 |
When I was young I owned a small catapult. I lived in a residential area so there weren't many places to fire it, but one day my friend and I had the bright idea of going around the back of the house and testing it out. Now, I have absolutely no idea why, but for some reason he took the catapult and shot a large pebble directly into the air. I must have momentarily forgotten about the concept of gravity, because then I grabbed it and started firing a volley of stones high into the sky too.
He strode towards us and said that someone had been throwing stones at his greenhouse and smashed the windows. Well, you can probably guess where the stones came from. He asked us to keep an eye out and said if he saw who did it, he'd "kill them".
Somehow my friend had the foresight to hide the catapult in his back pocket, how we never got caught I'll never know. I would have been responsible for thousands of pounds worth of damage if anyone found out, if I'd even live to tell the tale to begin with. Probably one of the luckiest escapes of my life. | c82d238561aa4004965329fc3c977890 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2017-04-08 08:57:22 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 219 |
>Its a tense situation and unfortunately someone is bound to eventually get hurt or killed.
Only because it's in the USA.
In countries where police forces are trained and competent, as opposed to killing people whenever they feel like it, this sort of stuff just does not happen. Even after hundreds of risky situations.
I mean this wasn't "just an unfortunate accident", this was yet another instance of US police being untrained, unprofessional, and killing an innocent person. That doesn't mean the person who made the false report is absolved of responsibility, but it's absurd to have standards that low for the police of a developed country. | 28be112ba6184ae788921d78a08de707 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2019-06-18 09:18:31 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 220 |
There's a specific smell in a comic book/tabletop gaming store - and I don't mean the rancid BO and cheeto sharts.
Imagine you walk in on a Tuesday morning, before the neckbeard herd arrives with their toxic cloud:
The first thing you smell is the soft aroma of paper, cardboard, and ink - the subdued memory of that crisp puff you get when you first crack open a booster of MTG cards, or flip through a brand new comic. Years of that has built up in the store, and now there's a permanent hint of it in the air at all times.
Then you notice the undertones of plastic, glue, and acrylic paints - a unique smell you only get from years of lovingly crafted models being fielded on tables with meticulously crafted terrain pieces. Entire little worlds with grass, trees, streets, and buildings all constructed from modeling plastic, green flock, superglue, and endless layers paint.
All of this sort of blends together in the large, open space of tables scattered within the gaming area.
Places like old bookstores come close, but nowhere else besides your friendly local gamestore has this particularly smell, and there's nothing that beats it in terms of comfort and nostalgia.
Just leave before the Smash Bros tournament. Don't question me. Don't risk it. Just leave. Trust me. | 9a1eff477e8b43e6970cc28d4f60ff6d | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2022-09-19 16:32:37 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 221 |
That sounds so sweet. Mature experienced adults but still that first time for her. My girl had boy friends in HS. She admired a nice set of tits but didn’t consider being attracted to women. Then a female friend she worked with, when they were alone cleaning up, started stroking her thighs and telling how much she had been attracted to her. My girl just froze. The other girl seduced her proper. She didn’t resist and they had a great time. They were together for two years. | b873a6831156425eb70794e9533aace2 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2021-09-06 04:08:44 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 222 |
The best thing for veggies is roasting them. Slice them into into reasonable pieces, coat with a little olive oil, season lightly with salt/pepper/whatever spice you like, and put on a baking sheet in a 400 degree oven until golden brown. Line the sheet with foil for easy cleanup.
Times vary, okra takes about 15-20 min, Brussels sprouts and mushrooms take 30min or so. The Internet is full of time suggestions for roasted veggies is you look. The great thing is once your done, you can eat them by themselves or mix them into pasta, or whatever else catches your fancy. | 800b874df5e5490392f0bf1d339df8a2 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-04-23 13:15:53 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 223 |
The first 3 games could translate well into near direct adaptations, just throw in some better dialog, and maybe combine 2 and 3. But beyond those games, Resident Evil gets real weird with it.
I’m fine with the direction the movies ended up taking, and plus because of their success we’re getting a whole new rebooted series. Alice serves as a decent neutral character to follow, and gives us some fun action and humor. They’re visually interesting films that are made with love and effort. But yeah, I’m looking forward to the new series. My only hesitation is they’ll probably make it more action/adventure than tens/horror.
Also imagine if they did the new series well, and we got spinoffs like Zero and Code Veronica. That would be awesome! | 80d10a612c3c491996a399981bcb2456 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2018-10-06 16:06:13 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 224 |
I buy nice paper plates, bowls, and silverware. Like, the expensive sturdy kind and I keep us fully stocked at all times. That way, we never have to do dishes.
My roommate will use my regular dishes (that I keep for nice occasions) for every single thing he eats, even if it's just some chips. It wouldn't be that bad if he did the dishes, but they pile up in the sink and it stinks. I haven't used a dish in months. (I don't have many nice occasions.)
Yes, I have told him directly that he can and needs to use the paper dishes. | a97c8818d3d74c71a3572ed1cd0a8e98 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-01-24 23:35:37 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 225 |
One of the reasons it's almost pointless to explain anything to people on reddit. Can't even read written sentences. But last time: the purpose was to justify slavery for the *tribe in power*. It had to have a moral justification, so they could simultaneously thump their chest as "civilised culture" while also committing barbaric acts.
The "superior/inferior" tribe/clan narrative has been around for longer than European colonisation, from literally the other slave societies I just mentioned. Caste system was strongly defined around "superior/inferior" hierarchy. It might have started out as a guild thing, but gradually became about generational discrimination. The Arabic slave trade specifically targeted central African tribes. Chinese emperors believed themselves to have the "heavenly mandate" and had defined a tribute system with south East Asian cultures. That discriminatory mindset exist to this day, even if they try to pretend otherwise. | 69cf9b6543bd46dea7f37c58f5748eda | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2022-07-10 16:38:56 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 226 |
Help.
I love my mom. She's the kindest person in the world and if you love your mom, you know what I mean. Sweet to the core, gives of herself and her time to help anyone. Older generation, small town mindset, etc.
This is the situation: My dad has Alzheimer's disease. My mom cared for him at home for over 4 years basically by herself. His condition spiraled 2 months ago when he quit sleeping and was constantly trying to get out of the house. We sent him to a psych facility to have his medication adjusted but it didn't help much. His neurologist and doctor both recommended full time care in a facility so my mom and I saw to it that he was placed in the best facility in the area and one close by so my mom could be there every day to help care for him and keep him company (which she has done every single day).
My sister (who never lifted a finger to help mom care for him) got worked up when she found he was being placed and refused to be a part of anything. I rose above and let it slide. After a month of being MIA, she started to visit dad in the evenings. And god knows what she is telling him.
WHAT? My mom is a saint. She stood by my dad for FIFTY YEARS (they've been married) and cared for him to the detriment of her own health. My mom cried all day after reading this and it broke my heart.
I want to get back at my sister but in a way that is legal, hurtful and final. I refuse to let her speak to my mom like that (even via email) and I refuse to have her near my father in his current state as she could jeopardize his treatment and progress potentially.
Mom has durable power of attorney which means she can make decisions on behalf of my dad. I don't know if she can block my sister from seeing dad at the facility or if she would have to go to court to get guardianship of him (a lengthy, expensive process). It varies by state law and we're in WV.
But reddit has always been there to help and I know you give sound advice...that's what I need. I wont' do anything illegal. I just need a way for my sister to feel the same pain she has inflicted on my sweet mom. Think of your moms! What would you do in this situation?
I don't think she would read an email from me and probably wouldn't answer a phone call. She knows better and she knows I'd be pissed off about this.
Sorry if I'm leaving out pertinent information or sounding scattered. I just don't know where else to turn to for some help and sage advice.
*EDIT: Honestly, I realize now after posting it, this isn't really the true spirit of reddit. I want to say thanks for all of the replies but maybe this would be better: if you could write a note of encouragement to my mom, that would be awesome.
If your mom has made your life enriched because of things she did for you as a child (or as an adult) that would be cool too. I just want her to know that she did raise at least one child who appreciates her and the things she has done.* | f9we8 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2011-01-27 07:22:48 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 227 |
I went travelling all around the US in the 90s. by the time we got to California we were very broke.
So we found the cheapest motel in the world. In a place we'd never heard of called Compton.
We arrived about 10pm. Then I put on my blue top and my friend his red top, and we went out with our very expensive camera to take some photos.
Well, about 100 meters in we came to a macdonalds that had thick glass over the counter and 'bank style' drawes to pass the food through. Everyone (not working there) was dressed in black with red armbands / headgear.
We're both white, British, stacked with cash and tech, and totally clueless about the situation..
So, perhaps inevitably, 4 members of a gang approached us. When we spoke they were so incredulous about what was going on we just ended up laughing the night through with them and smoking enough of their dope (for free) to kill a small horse.
They showed us all around in their cars, it was awesome. They were great. Except they had daft names, like 'Hammer' and 'Roefish'. When we told them how silly they sound, they said how if we were anyone else they'd shoot us in the face .. whilst half-smiling! We loved it! | 1dfb8609d054471f9d545309b26ae140 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-08-26 13:22:36 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 228 |
I really want to be able to forgive the movie for it's flaws because the film making aspects are so good; but the plot points in the movie are top to bottom asinine. You can't do that in a sci-fi, fiction still needs to be logical.
Especially in a movie with a tone as serious as this - I understand hand waving some plot points and saying it's just a fun movie for like, machete, but not for a revered body of work like this. Also, the characters in machete acted more logically than in prometheus. | 8fdeadb12c604b96b68a81080892619e | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2018-09-20 13:09:16 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 229 |
My girlfriend pranked me by telling me she was pregnant...
After about 10 minutes she starts laughing about it and tells me she's joking. A few days later I'm still a little traumatized. I think that "joke" is crossing the line. What do you think? Should I seek vengeance? | c6jus | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2010-05-21 03:14:16 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 230 |
Our newspapers sexualise children and our courts promote the idea that victims can be to blame for sexual violence. Children are taught that sex is something that's embarrassing to talk about. Consent isn't addressed in schools.
I was also sexually abused by a white friend of my brother. My sister, also a victim of child sexual abuse, now works to help rehabilitate paedophiles after they come out of prison, and they are majority white. Sexual abuse, rape and paedophilia are incredibly widespread and have so many contributing factors.
| 58f2cd2870f340a5a346cf3178521de2 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2018-04-13 10:57:13 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 231 |
> it is effectively free,
What a strange world you live in. Shortly nbnco will have to raise tens of billions more in private funding. The only way this will happen is if they can sell 100% of their equity for it. The public will have to write off our "investment" and will never be repaid. Nothing is free. We will have paid at least $2000 per house by then. We will pay more than that again in extra usage charges to repay the new private investors. In the end, the full cost of the network will be borne by the public. Would you rather pay 4-5000 for fttp, of should we have regulated and encouraged iinet, internode, tpg etc with some well place lending?
Noticed how the innovative smaller ISPs are getting swallowed up now? That does not spell better value. Wake up. | 02e82a9d87ab460cacd1b609d95a506c | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-09-14 21:51:42 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 232 |
High functioning Asperger female here; my least favorite comments are “You don’t look autistic”, “I thought only boys got that” (never men, as if those boys don’t grow up??), and the all time favorite “I think they diagnosed you wrong, or maybe you grew out of it”.
But yeah, I’ve been in a relationship with an NT for a while and *holy hell* does it require a *lot* of communication.
Also, the physical effort I have to put into making sure my face doesn’t portray a desire to murder someone is insane. Eyebrows raised just a little, mouth slightly upturned, and don’t let go of either of those until you’re out of public sight lol | 767d3788193e42729b122925267eadbe | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2020-06-12 18:02:18 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 233 |
What country and city do you live in? I'm from Seattle, Washington. It's a mid size city tucked up in the Northwest corner of the United States.
If you're game, I think it would be interesting to compare the variety and number of ethnic restaurants between where you live and where I live. I done so with a friend in Lyon, France and it was interesting. Here's just a quick example - my 3 favorite Korean (or Korean Fusion) restaurants:
* [Revel](http://www.revelseattle.com/)
* [Old Village Korean Barbecue](http://www.oldvillagekoreanbbq.com/)
* [Marination Station](http://marinationmobile.com/station)
And by no means is that all the Korean restaurants around here. I wouldn't be surprised if there were [over 50 in the Seattle Metro area](http://www.urbanspoon.com/f/1/36/Seattle/Korean-Restaurants).
That's kind of besides the point though. The point was that American food is every food, not just deep fried cheese sticks and hot dogs. I've been eating Chinese food, Mexican, Indian, etc. since I was a little kid (which was a long time ago). I'm sure there are parts of the United States where that isn't as common, but they're probably not the places you, as a tourist, would want to visit. When people claim the United States is only deep fried food with melted cheese, they're kind of missing the point. We are a nation of immigrants and our food reflects that. | 1ac54040afb940ac8761f6e76ba47f93 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2012-06-14 02:54:16 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 234 |
Anyone who currently or has lived on a polyphasic sleep cycle, what is it like and did/do you prefer it?
Specifically the Uberman Sleep Cycle.
**More Info**: I'm a 19 year old male, home from college over the summer and want to try it as a little experiment. But I've been told for the first couple weeks you shouldn't do anything physically or mentally exhausting. Well I exercise everyday and will be starting online courses next week, so that part really isn't optional.
Any tips from those with experience? | 1eaz4f | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-05-14 08:56:22 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 235 |
America likes to pretend it's a classless society but it isn't. You aren't born into your class, you're hired by it. It shapes how people view you, how smart people think you are, how hard-working they assume you to be, and can even affect who you can date/marry to a fair extent. Why would a doctor's daughter want to marry a Wal-Mart shelf stocker? Her family would have a heart attack if she brought him home, much like the family of an aristocrat would be shocked by their daughter bringing home a pig farmer.
There's some freedom to move to a higher employment class but there will always be people trapped in the lower ones. Someone has to make the food and serve the customers and everyone who doesn't have to do those jobs happily look down on them, despite how much _they_ rely on those people to make their lives easier.
We basically cut society into chunks, say some chunks are worthy of respect, and others aren't, despite the fact that society _has to be cut into chunks_ in order to work.
And the chunks that aren't worthy of respect aren't worthy of health care, vacation, sick leave, or basic human consideration. Why should a shelf stocker get time off? He's just a shelf stocker. He doesn't have a life worth living. | d457c2c46bc94666969cea39cabbfe7b | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2014-03-06 05:52:17 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 236 |
I truly believe most people aren't monogamous. I myself have been monogamous in every relationship I've been in, but I've learned from it and have pretty much sworn off serious relationships and definitely marriage. We aren't wired to be with one person forever. We have extremely passionate beginnings due to attraction and getting something we don't have. People content with only cuddling for 40 years after the thrill of sex dies out after a couple years are either genetic abnormalities or so insecure they can't fathom the idea of being alone. We want to feel wanted and (for Christ sake don't get my started on the attention span or need for instant gratification that we all have now thanks to the Internet) after farting in front of your partner a million times or crawling into bed smelling like B.O. And dirt with an unkempt pubic area for the thousandth time, you're no longer the sexy mysterious partner they fell in love with. Why wouldn't you look for someone that doesn't know the real you and try to feel alive again? | a3aaa8f36a334c46aded08c737bff591 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2016-08-30 08:37:35 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 237 |
I'm studying to become a teacher. Reddit, tell me about the most awesome thing your teacher did for you.
My plan is to get accredited and start teaching in elementary school while I work on getting high school teaching credentials. I'm most interested in teaching English and science. I've already started teaching lessons through the Junior Achievement program (starting off in a 3rd grade class) and I really love it! I want to be the best teacher I can be, so I'm here looking for stories and advice. :) | r5bwo | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2012-03-20 17:29:16 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 238 |
Preference wise, it's up to the transgender people, of course. I'll leave it to them to voice their opinions.
Technology wise, I'm a bit more qualified to speak. I would strongly suspect that modifying the body will turn out to be a more tractable problem. We already have a pretty good handle on the kind of procedures that are needed and there's a lot of research going on into the necessary areas. Growing new organs and precisely regulating hormone release is challenging, but it's plausible that it'll be relatively simple in a few decades' time. If we also assume a greater level of societal acceptance and concomitant earlier intervention, outcomes will be improved even more.
Conversely, we have very little idea of what's "wrong" with the brains of transgender people, i.e. why there's a mismatch between their brain and body. A few studies have been done but there aren't yet any strong conclusions and reversing it would likely require technology that isn't even close to being developed.
Source: I'm a neuroscience doctoral student (albeit not working in this field directly) | e5786797bbd94f35a93adea5548e8369 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-05-15 17:29:44 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 239 |
Ex CO in a medium security prison in Oklahoma. We had some real weirdos. The day to day grind felt like any other job. Most of the time it was pretty boring and i thought about quitting a lot. I got to know a couple of the inmates which I regret very much looking back on all of it. There was a guy, let's call him Lewis who caught his wife cheating and killed her and the other guy. He didn't seem like the murderer type and I always wrote him off as a guy who made one really bad mistake.
So anyways, It's about three in the morning and I'm walking down the hall doing a head count. These are always eerily quiet and the smallest sound in the old, decrepit prison sent shivers down my spine. I heard the usual noises, coughing, ventilation fans running, the odd toilet flush. Yes, mattresses squeaking from people fapping. I heard some pretty heavy mattress squeaking as I turned the corner into another hallway. As I approach, I realize it's coming from Lewis's cell. He just got a new celly and I expected to see this new guy wanking away in there while poor old Lewis slept.
That's definitely not what I saw. The new guy looked mortified, crying, slobbering, slime coming out of his nose, all of it. Lewis was doing butt stuff to the new guy, big time. I took a mental note that both of them were indeed in their cell and went on with my night, trying to erase the mental picture. As I walked away, I heard Lewis whisper, "You like that, don't you bitch?" A second or two of silence followed and then I heard him speak again, "If you didn't you should've used a serious tag."
Edit- To you who granted me the gold medal of prison guard stories, I applaud you.
Second Edit- The amount of people who think I witnessed a rape and ignored it is starting to get annoying. No one got raped. Everything is ok. No butts were hurt while doing the stuff. | baee387557544dd9ba0fbee6c5f840cd | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-03-16 03:28:47 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 240 |
I took my car into VW service to get the brakes fixed. Somehow or another, the technician took off and lost/stole my stubby antenna.
The service manager told me to just buy another one and send them the invoice. So I did. Also, I charged them $75 for installation ($75 a hour, minimum 1 hour work, just like their shop).
They cut me a check for $115 three months later. I *couldn't* believe it. On a whim, just to see what I could get away with, I sent them a $30 invoice for late paying me three months late ($10 fee, just like the late fees on my car note). They cut me a check for that, too.
It was the only time in my life where I felt like I beat the establishment. | d43d3aa37fd646c59f669093ff4213f1 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2011-08-16 00:13:56 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 241 |
In the mid 80s when I was 4, my dad rented a car with windows that were voice controlled. I questioned how it knew which window I was referring to and he said that it was a very smart car. So while my dad drove I sat in the back yelling "Open!" "Close!" "Open!" "OPEN MORE!" while giggling when the window did just want I asked it to do. After a while he told me that the car must be getting tired and to give it a break so I agreed and left the window alone for a little. Some unknown time later, I told it to open again, but nothing happened. I informed my dad that the window was broken and he said that I must not have been loud enough and to try again. So I yelled at the top of my lungs for the window to open and to my delight, it did!
It was only after my mom burst into laugher at the terrible miscalculation my dad made in his attempt to mess with me that I learned about power windows. Trolldad got backtrolled. | d32a95cbd82c4936938d9ac718e7a6ac | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2011-03-11 19:35:56 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 242 |
I totally agree and I've taken to this myself, though I personally am not a pessimist. Even then, I still have some negativity left in me (honestly, who doesn't hold some sort of contempt for some people/things) but I vent that by judging/insulting people and their posts/comments on the internet...verbally while alone in my room. No one hears it, though, so I never made a sound ;)
It's like a cleansing, and I haven't caught myself being grumpy or overly judgemental in real life or when actually posting on the internet myself. It's just like punching a pillow or a folded towel when you really feel frustrated/angry/violent towards someone. It harms no one, feels pretty good just being able to do it since it becomes so rare that you allow yourself to do it (hopefully), and gets a lot of negative emotions and vibes out of your system. | 6bc43e653be24e2899315a75f0b100b5 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-05-13 09:25:34 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 243 |
It tastes like passing out tongue first in a Chicago alley, which is exactly what happens after drinking it.
It tastes like punching your dad.
I bought a bottle to get people to drink as a joke. But I always told them what it was, I never give people things without their consent. But it's one of those things where I've started liking it. It reminds me of purposely watching bad movies and enjoying how bad it is. The flavor is so many complex layers of bad that I'm almost impressed. | 8c0b09db92124d5987f9b06910e89206 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2021-09-07 12:41:11 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 244 |
People honestly weren't aware of it as a racist symbol. It was a symbol you saw in Dukes of Hazzard or Smokey and the Bandit. It was a symbol you saw on biker jackets, etc. People did likely know it was the flag of the southern states and that there had been a civil war that the south lost, but since it was still used in mainstream American pop culture and many state flags, the assumption was that it was not inappropriate to fly it.
I think many Americans would have also had the same impression of it at least up to the 1990s, and the rest of the world is going to lag behind in understanding national symbolism like that.
Another example of something similar is the [Japanese battle flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_Flag). After about a decade of disuse, Japan itself resumed using it, and it's widely seen in pop culture all over the world. But in countries that were victims of Japanese militarism, it's seen as equivalent to the Nazi flag. If this view of it were to spread and it became taboo in Japan (except among nationalists), there'd still be all sort of people including random Western weebs who were clueless about the context. | b7322d2fc5d8460fb32cc0192f5979cc | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2019-06-16 09:42:00 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 245 |
I would think when possible it's best to avoid bringing such a young child to events like funerals/weddings/etc.
If it can't be helped, I'd suggest to have plenty of quiet toys that when banged around won't make a lot of noise and to sit close to an exit near the back if you need to get out quick with them.
If someone has a trustworthy teenager there, you may be able to let them care for and entertain the child in another room from the actual funeral. Depending on their relation to the deceased, they may be fine or even prefer not sitting in on the service itself. | d7501cdcad77485b86c5f9e05973828e | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2016-09-24 14:03:09 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 246 |
Both times were in summer and both involved the weather.
The first time, it was an absolutely deluge. The sky was "tornado green". My clothes hit their saturation point so the water just beaded up and rolled off. I finally made it to work, then on the walk back, the rain turned ice cold. I invented a mantra to keep me going until I got back home. No joke, 2" of water in my boots. I was shivering uncontrollably the whole time.
Next, I thought I had time to walk to the store. I was wrong. Middle of summer, 80-plus degrees out, then the deluge hit. The rain was ice. Again, absolutely drenched. The wind was phenomenal, also ice cold.
I managed to get to some shelter, but that's the second time I really thought I might die.
| 4f9b6d8d41d9427390693b826e02927d | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2022-10-16 20:33:18 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 247 |
Same! Pets are like little bundles of sunshine on a cloudy day. I live in a townhouse. By the time I've parked my car and start walking to the door, my one cat is in the window and I can tell she's meowing at me through the closed window. I open the door, she leaps up towards my chest hoping I catch her (which I do) and she crawls onto my shoulder and chest while purring and rubbing her face all over my face, head, and neck for a good 10 minutes every single day. Out comes the baby talk and the cooing over her and the brightening of my mood. | 368e13fc9cd34a03a569d75cff900a5b | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2017-08-07 19:10:22 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 248 |
[Serious] What are your thoughts on the Bali Nine death penalty that is current about to take place in Indonesia? What is the media coverage like in your respective countries?
To give a quick overview to redditors that may not understand what is going on. 9 Australian's attempted to smuggle drugs out of Indonesia into Australia, got caught and the two ring leaders are being executed via firing squad without all legal action been followed through properly.
To add to that there have been accusations of the judges asking for a HUGE bribe (100,000 AUD ea was the figure) in order to make this go away. The lesser sentence was obviously life. They are due to be executed at midnight in local Indonesian time on the 29/4. | 3469g3 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-04-28 17:10:57 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 249 |
Just get through it. It's gonna be tough. I'm still there and I can't wait to get out of here. It's not really a lot of fun but just get good grades and be nice to people. If you show respect to others they'll do the same to you. I literally hate everyone at my school who says they have swag or anything like it. Don't try to be "that guy", just be yourself, stay out of trouble and join some clubs. Colleges love good grades, sports and clubs. I did yearbook for a while and I'm doing volunteer work as much as possible. It'll pay off in the end. | ac0d78556d224cd3a1cb3a7ee9cb2214 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-05-18 23:05:31 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 250 |
We've been together 2+ years now and have a small daughter together. This combined with other things add to frequent stresses and the necessity to "push" certain things. I want the best for her and us. She's very knowledgeable and experienced in terms of physchology and childhood development and has worked with special needs and children for years. This makes it better/worse to talk about and deal with. She was on meds and in talk therapy for a while trying all types of things. Since we've been together she's gone off meds and therapy and we've had our wonderful daughter. She's very strong and doing well in so many areas but unfortunately the sheer amount of stress and lack of sleep are making many other issues resurface or simple tasks like keeping the house in order have gotten bad.
We're working on it but she does unfortunately shut down, lash out, and has a difficult time dealing with things in the moment. Afterwards, when we both apologize and I rephrase things we can talk a little bit. I know there is an incredibly capable, amazing person in there because I see it all the time but try to plan things, help her, request something, or spend time with new people/family and forget it.
I will have some questions that I may shoot your way with no real pressure for answers. But I do appreciate the extension and thoughts. | 5be2c875be6941f58bcbca8b8a9ae51a | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-11-04 14:42:34 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 251 |
The mayor declared homelessness a public danger and vowed to work with the local police department to round up homeless and place them on trains leaving the city.
Oh, and in the same week, all three city-funded homeless shelters in the town suddenly closed down due to "lack of funding" and the one private shelter closed its doors after receiving "multiple alarming and credible threats" to the premises.
The homeless in town now live in fear of the city and the police and won't even go to hospitals or report crimes for fear that they will be removed from the city and sent to a place they've never been. | 7f03ca0d8a90449db317b52601946c8c | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2021-10-12 06:53:40 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 252 |
I've found a way around it. Whenever the wife and I invite people for a game night or waffle night or whatever, we (well, by my insistence) only have enough food for the people who RSVP that they're coming.
People have started to respond more after a time or two of not getting delicious home made belgian waffles.
I wanted to do something similar at our wedding, but it was catered with a crepe bar, so I thought screw it, less people showing up = more crepes for me. | 8cdb8ebb608b45dbb29743c2f3fefbb1 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-04-09 21:54:05 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 253 |
I just watched the documentary "Weiner" about the former congressman who posted his "name" on his social media page by accident while he was married and sexting different women. The dude seemed to be passionate about his job and seemed like he fought hard but the past came back to haunt him again while he was running for Mayor of New York. Such a shame because people seemed to have forgiven him for the first time and he looked like he had a real shot of being one of the top candidates for Mayor but when the next women came forward (who just wanted the attention and fame), seemed like everyone just couldnt take him seriously and most felt like they were lied to and unfortunately his personal life/carreer were now overshadowed by his past. Great documentary. Really entertaining to watch. | 0b8654564e824896a45b65dfc807316e | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2016-09-19 16:55:00 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 254 |
Reminds me of a party we had where a friends wife was hitting on another friend of ours. She even cornered him in our (only) bathroom. Friend was so uncomfortable he called her a slut and jumped out our window.
Wife collapses on the bathroom floor and starts wailing. We try and get her husband to take her home and he tries to talk to her. She won’t go. So husband *leaves her there* even after we tell him if he leaves without her he isn’t welcome back.
Three hours later I get fed up and tell her to leave. At her refusal, I offer to call the police and have her cited for trespassing. Seeing that I’m serious, my husband calls her husband to tell him she’s going to have cops soon.
No cops got called. Her husband came and got her. Their relationship is.... weird. | baec6b3026b1422a9f8413748da75f01 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2019-04-14 16:22:58 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 255 |
Okay so, I used to know a guy who was basically a modern day pirate. He didn't pillage anything, but he did used to work as a charter fisherman and had more prosthetic body parts than most people, and they were in places that were very pirate-like.
So one night we were hanging out and I started asking him how he got each one of them. He said the peg leg was actually a birth defect, he was born missing one of his legs below the knee. Fair enough, I never knew that.
He said the hook hand was from when he hooked a Wahoo and, thinking it was already dead, posed for a photo only to have it come back to life for long enough to latch onto his hand. By the time they made it back to shore, the hand was beyond saving. He said they could have given him one of those pincer things, but he thought the hook looked cooler.
So finally, I get to the eye. He tells me that one day, he looked up at the sky for no apparent reason, and a bird crapped right in his eye. So, naturally, I say, "Holy shit! You lost your eye because of bird crap?!" and he says, calmly, "Not exactly, it's just that it was my first day with a new hook."
^^Disclaimer: ^^None ^^of ^^this ^^actually ^^happened, ^^I ^^just ^^recycled ^^a ^^pirate ^^joke. | 4ef6129cab694050b7ee3c62b3055fd7 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-09-23 20:01:23 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 256 |
Single guys of Reddit: why does it seem like the majority of you are "anti-relationship?"
Disclosure: this isn't coming from any bitter feelings due to recent breakup, etc. I've been single awhile and I just had a bunch of girls at work tonight all giving this perspective... I've (25F) had experience on a few dating sites, dating friends of friends, real world interaction, etc., I've had older single women in my family and several good friends experience the same but it seems like the trend for many single men tends to be anti-relationship. Is this a result of the economy? Popular culture's influence on the idea of intimacy? Are we reading Cosmo too much? (I promise I'm not.) Truly looking for the perspective from the guys here. Late night brain picking. | 3ahek9 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-06-20 05:06:28 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 257 |
Speaking from my cube here. So long as the bottom line is maintained.
* The penny pinching is not so bad as it is insulting. No one is allowed a raise because of the economy, but we have tonnes of money to waste on useless consultants 'you guys gotta get on twitter, that'll turn things around'.
Job security, promotions and experience are the upsides. But there's lots of downsides. | 293b1f5b928d44618aef7a0d289ebc77 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2009-12-29 18:30:27 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 258 |
Trackable items - some kind of a small item with a metal tag that has a code on it, and often some kind of destination it wants to go to (some just want to travel as far as possible, some want to get to all the continents and back for example). You find it in a cache, take it, enter the code on geocaching.com, mark it as "retrieved at cache xxx" and later put it in a cache that's closer to its destination (and again, log it on the website). Anyone can then see all the caches it has been in, how many kilometers it has travelled in total, which people moved it etc. | b98bb68d8fe2444481c20e9b5908b3fe | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-02-14 09:50:03 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 259 |
Police Officers of Reddit, how often are you ACTUALLY running radar on people?
Came to mind while I was driving home yesterday. I saw two cops sitting in the median of the interstate, and everyone began hitting their brakes as they approached. It's been asked before, "What are you really talking about while parked next to each other?" The question then came to mind, do you radar when parked in the median with another officer? Do you ever just sit and finish paperwork, make calls, etc? Do you purposely sit in certain places to make people slow down without running radar? | 18tmsb | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-02-19 16:02:41 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 260 |
Lots of controlling people don't realize they are controlling.
>I had an ex that I was trying to help get in shape be encouraging eating right, but if the relationship ended on poor terms I'm sure he'd describe me as "controlling" or "not happy with who he is as a person"
You can have good intentions but the way you handle it and motivate him determines if you are controlling. I'm not accusing you of anything since I don't exactly know the details of your situation, but the quote could've easily been from a controlling person in denial. | 6649b2d1abde4e93aa05747888028db9 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2022-04-05 20:17:31 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 261 |
I'm an Arab guy studying in Japan. And I personally try to be nice to everyone I meet, but I've met with around 5 or 6 Indian guys and all of whom think because they had a good education they're above everyone except for white and Japanese people and try to kiss their asses.
Whenever I meet one of those guys I try to be friendly but they always talk shit about me or where I come from and that's why I dislike these guys.
Every country has it's own shitty people and I believe some of you think the same about Arabs as I think about Indians.
Of course most Indians are very nice, but the ones here are total dicks. | c8323f429c5b49c89621e373e61ab96c | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2017-09-25 02:05:18 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 262 |
Dad's ex gf. The whole relationship was toxic and did the break up, make up routine way too often. Eventually she wrote this long letter to him about how she loves him and wants to be his gf again. They dated for a month when she suddenly decided she doesn't want to be with him but I suspect she was trying to get back with her ex. Instead of breaking up with my dad, she tells him that she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and the tumour was about the size of a golf ball. Funny, that is literally how my mom was diagnosed 6 years before she passed away. Dad was too heartbroken and worried to see it for what it was and would try to take her to doctor's appointments and call to see how she was feeling. She told him that she's cancelling her phone and wants to handle it herself.
He bumped into her at work a couple weeks later and asked how the treatments are going. "What treatments?" The cancer treatments. "Oh. I don't know. The doctor hasn't told me anything." She still had her hair and seemed perfectly fine and he finally realized.
After he caught her lie, she actively tried to get him fired by claiming he was harassing her at work and wouldn't stop trying to contact her, despite him not wanting anything to do with her at this point. She tried to claim he was stalking her even though he was on vacation in China at the time and had the police coming over to talk to him about harassment even though she could provide no evidence of it. The managers finally realized she was lying but all that happened was they were told they wouldn't be put on the same crew and they shouldn't even so much as look at each other anymore. It still infuriates me that she got away with all of it.
**TL;DR Dad's ex got caught using my mom's cancer diagnosis story, tries to get him fired at work for harassment.** | 8ab25be95d454719af4f6eb8ba4cf675 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-04-18 01:43:48 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 263 |
I am a slightly-upper-middle-class suburban over privileged white kid. How am I supposed to pay for college?
I have an 'above average' GPA (I think it is ~3.5, I'm expecting it to go up after finals this week), 10th percentile ACT/SAT scores, and a job but no money. Is there a scholarship awarded for excellence in self-pity?
Seriously though, do merit scholarships only go to the kids with 4.0s? I am very good at computer science and am currently finishing an independent study that I made an Xbox indie game for, does having a big independent project like that do anything for me?
Thanks, I have not been able to find very much help.
EDIT: Thanks everyone, it is good to know where I can start | cbtxm | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2010-06-05 19:37:07 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 264 |
When I was in eighth grade I was kind of awkward. There was a girl naked Michelle who lived not far from me. I was waiting for the city bus to go up the street to my high school and I saw her cutting through the park towards school. I thought "oh if she's heading now I can probably make it in time if I walk!" So I start walking. At one point she starts jogging and I think "shit, we must be late" so I start running too. She then cut through an abandoned lot and I took the regular route. I wasn't late. At lunch she told people I was chasing her
I wasn't very savvy. I didn't have a lot of friends.
There's a maintenance man who works in my office building whom I see EVERYWHERE. He may be stalking me. Or he may be just like I was at 13.
Edit: fixed "loved" to "lived". | ed99ef688ec841eabf73e304cd5a9269 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-10-11 03:51:12 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 265 |
I wished that it wasn't necessary to kick him out. That things went different. But they didn't.
If I knew of his state of mind I of course wouldn't have cut contact. In reality, I did everything I could and heard from my mother that he seems happy living with his friend and later on, alone.
Since he sent threats on a regular basis I was just glad that I could start a new life with my boyfriend without the fear of him harming me.
And I don't think he commited suicide because I cut contact. He commited suicide because, I think, he felt his life fall apart. He also had a lot of problems before we moved together. I just hoped it would help him to get away from our mother. And for a while, it did.
He was 18 when he died. Barely grown up. I miss him. | 0ed7e0e5eb1a40728d77dbf6e9e80098 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2020-02-26 15:21:39 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 266 |
Years back in a Stats class our professor would make us print books for chapter notes which we actually used during class. I paid over $100 in technology fees per credit hour, you bet I was going to the PC lab and printed ALL my notes at school--community college where I live had no restrictions on how much you can print, nor charges you for printing, only copies at the copier machine are extra $$$. So one day, teacher says that for next semester he's going to make the notes into a bundle and have students pay for it along with the required textbook and TI-84 calculator to make it easier on everryone. The whole class erupted in a "OH HELL NO!" We told him how much our technology fee was per credit hour and after learning that, he was like "Wow. Ok, not gonna do that. He released all the notes for the semester at once rather than week by week. And since I got by with a D in the class but needed a C or better for my program, I had to retake the damn class the following semester. Needless to say, I killed too many trees, college got their money, I got my notes and finally passed with a B. | 643503f3e15644ca843e465238b62793 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2020-08-17 16:40:25 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 267 |
While sitting at a red light in a storm with my mom and cousin, I saw a large orb of bright light appear in the sky, across the street near a old house, a little higher than a standard 2 story house and about 3 standard front doors wide. It pulsated maybe 3 or 4 times as it lowered down slowly, hit a tree and that thing exploded into fire and sparks and the fell into the house next to it. It was absolutely amazing.
Everytime I tell the story I make a "wuub wuub wuub wuub" noise for the pulsating, but I don't actually remember if I heard that or I added it for effect.
Since that incident I've learned of the term ball lightning but have never actually looked up any videos to see if that's what it is that I saw or not. | 7ffd0f7ef5c64eaeb5d31fd181fc0815 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2017-06-04 19:56:39 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 268 |
I forgot about this untill I read this post, but it's something I still don't understand.
It was summer, and my grandfather, grandmother, mom and I were working in the garden. It's pretty big and there is a lot of grass to be mowed and stuff like that.
After all the work my mom would always ask me to get some soda, because everyone was thirsty from working. It was in the evening, but still pretty warm.
After everyone had their soda, my mom asked me to put it back in the fridge which was in the "basement" (used as a living area, only a small part is storage). So I go to the basement, and please note: the room with the fridge is like 20 - 30 sec from the exit, and you have to pass two doors with those flappy anti-fly curtains.
I put the soda in the fridge, close the fridge and walk out. Seems normal right?
..... except I had to do this three times.
The soda kept reappearing whenever I put it in the fridge and turned my back on it. Everyone was outside, and there was only one bottle of soda in the room. To this day, I am still confused over what happened. There have probably been more moments like this, but this is the one I remember the most.
Edit: tl;dr: my soda kept reappearing after I kept putting it in the fridge three times. | b89cba3395c14021b704fc78e6fca436 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2018-03-01 00:00:26 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 269 |
I met Melissa Joan Hart at a Joan Jett concert. It was a strange show -- Joan Jett and LL Cool J on the 4th of July, 2002. I was 25, and it was two days before I would have to check in to the hospital to have a (benign and operable, but sadly invasive) brain tumor removed, but boyfriend and I drove a few hours to see the show anyway. We're huge Joan Jett fans.
Anyway, I wound up connecting with a girl who was there to see only the opening act; she had no interest in either Joan or LL. We danced around to the band she liked, and afterwards she left to replenish her alcohol. She came back and said, "Clarissa is here! Come meet her!" After confirming that she meant "as in, Explains it All?" I went with her and introduced myself, which must have been pretty awkward, but I was well intoxicated.
And that's why I have a ticket to a Joan Jett/LL Cool J double headliner autographed by Melissa Joan Hart. | 4d6ec721810648f5afa8cc7b15bf0c89 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-12-04 01:32:05 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 270 |
He got melted alive in an LVS when we got hit by an IED on our way to Fallujah and the armored door melted shut. The LVS can only hold 2 people. 1 driver and 1 passenger or 1 driver and 1 gunner. This LVS did not have a turret and the center was packed with coms equipment and the AC unit. I couldn't get to him and we couldn't get him out.
If I'm being honest, me and him didn't get along. We didn't like each other personally which is why we were in the same truck. To quit our bickering our Platoon SGT said. Yet in the moment he screamed for me and I held his left hand for a bit through the equipment while trying to destroy the coms equipment before being ripped out of the drivers side.
Amazing that I went through situations like this over and over for four tours, yet, I'm still fighting for benefits from the V.A. because they think that sleeping for 4 hours every 3 days or so means I'm fine. | 090fa546700d418da2a6ed4e964d9b9c | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2020-07-11 18:03:21 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 271 |
I played intramural sports in college for a semester. My brother was on this Filipino club flag football team. I just wanted to get maybe 1 or 2 plays in since the team was so large and their coach was just letting his team members play. Showed up to 2 games, I didn't play a single minute. Next semester, I made my own team with my brother. He's very athletic so some of the kids followed him to join our team. His team is now left with whoever stayed. Everyone gets to play a good amount of minutes and since I am the older brother, I really didn't care if we won or lost and just made sure everyone got playing time. Later on our teams met each other during that season, and we pummeled their team. It was so bad, we saw their 'coach' throw his clipboard against the wall because we were mercilessly beating them so bad. Pretty much everyone was friends and cool with the results except the coach. If you don't want to get destroyed or embarrassed, next time just rotate your players out and run the team fairly. Otherwise, I'll embarrass and destroy you with your own former teammates, and laugh and smile during the whole process. | cacd0c4a4e6c41b186c7f1a71ec44e38 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2017-09-15 19:12:40 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 272 |
This is WAY late and will probably never be seen. For that matter, it may have been posted before but I'm on mobile & too lazy to sort through every comment to see, but...
In one of the Direct TV commercial with Peyton Manning (Peyton on Sunday Morning) he is sitting on the couch in his robe, calls his brother Eli & invites him over to watch football. Eli declines, reminding Peyton that he (Eli) has to play. Scene switches back to Peyton, who has a datebook sitting next to him (to his left) . He's holding the phone in his right hand and licks one of the fingers on his left hand, as if he's about to turn a page. He then immediately switches the phone to his left hand (that he just licked) and reaches over with his right hand to turn a page in the datebook & write in Eli's name!
On the recent showings of the commercial, it looks like they've edited it down a bit to be less obvious, but it's still there. Here's a link to the old version: https://youtu.be/qYORfy-qC1U | 41beac5f47c04aaca6c5ab55d5006948 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2016-10-14 17:33:17 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 273 |
I have tried. I work out what I’m going to say, but whenever I say anything my mum turns it round on me
She says stuff like “when have I ever asked you to do anything” or “when have I ever stopped you from going out with friends” “your brothers are only bad because you shout at them”
I tell my grandma everything. But I have to make her promise not to say anything in fear that my mum finds out that I’ve been telling my grandma things as my mums says “anything that happens in this house, stays in this house” | 0fcf421291d146bd969781c0569af3b3 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2019-11-12 19:16:33 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 274 |
How does one get into owning rental properties?
First, is owning rental property a good way to earn extra money? Obviously you have to get good tenants, and fix things here and there, but overall I see it as very profitable.
How do you get into the business? I know several young people around my age (21) that own some property. I overheard someone mentioning selling a 20 unit building for cheap and it made me think (not about buying that unit, but getting into rental property).
Is it just like buying a home? With a little business on the side? If so how is anyone ever supposed to afford a 200,000+ dollar building?
Can any landlords give me some more information, stories, and advice? Thanks so much! | 1m25n2 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-09-09 21:15:56 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 275 |
I've been polyamorous for close to a decade and I would say, being non-monogamous is something that needs to be discussed early on. It's akin to asking "do you want children?".
If someone is on the "fence" consider them non-monogamous. Same way if someone says they don't want kids (and you do) believe them, they won't "turn around" after some time. Do NOT waste your time if they don't check these boxes.
When I met my first partner I was very honest from the get go, second date was a discussion about non-monogamy and they were happy I started that talk because they felt the same way. We've been together happily for 10yrs now and we both have lovers in our polycule. | 5ee3f5af69424188b52f30aef61f8f51 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2022-05-02 14:25:01 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 276 |
Oh well, if you have one unsourced counter-example then it couldn't possibly be true!
[Oh](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/05/teacher-sex-30-days-candy_n_7006672.html)
[wait](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Lafave)
[no](http://www.oregonlive.com/sherwood/index.ssf/2014/04/denise_keesee_gets_30_days_the.html)
[that's](http://fox4kc.com/2012/06/01/ex-smw-high-teacher-to-be-sentenced-in-sex-with-minors-case/)
[retarded](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2738560/Female-teacher-sex-students-sentenced-six-months-jail.html),
[you](http://www.ksal.com/former-solomon-teacher-sentenced-for-sex-crime/)
[don't](http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2016/08/30/ottawa-teachers-aide-jailed-for-14-months-after-sexually-exploiting-student)
[know](http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/teachers-wanted-matter-kept-quiet-says-mother-of-victim-20110324-1c8lu.html)
[what](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-teacher-shelley-dufresne-pleads-guilty-in-student-sex-case-avoids-jail/)
[you're](http://archive.jsonline.com/news/education/32592544.html)
[talking](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/prosecutors-drop-sexual-abuse-charge-against-former-dc-substitute-teacher/2015/07/09/d2b32e8e-266e-11e5-aae2-6c4f59b050aa_story.html)
[about](https://repository.asu.edu/attachments/97779/content/tmp/package-bzXXXU/Simmon_asu_0010N_12405.pdf). | 36567b42b2e24de8be26307cbbf7ea57 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2016-09-01 15:22:35 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 277 |
Reddit what is your definition of success, what do you want to accomplish before you die?
My definition is probably way different from other perspectives, I don't wish to get old but this is what I want when I am. This is my personal definition of success:
I dream of the day that I've grown so old and only have one thing left to do...reminisce, to think back on my life and to see everything I've accomplished. I have had some crazy memories already, and I am only 17. I dream of the days yet to come and the memories I will make. I want to be the man who has affected everyone around him and has made an impact on their lives. I want to be the man that people remember for the good things I have done. I want to gain the greatest respect from my friends and the greatest love from my family for the things I've done. I want to be the older brother who comes back from college to see his younger brother all grown up, and be mature enough so that I can make some of the best memories of my life; teaching him some of the tricks I learned as a teenager, seeing who he hangs out with, directing him on the right path. I want to make the memories so meaningful but indirect so he will learn from them as he ages. At this same time I also want to be one of the men that has served are great country. I want to feel the honor that it brings. I want to have a family, amazing wife, couple of boys, great job, with that who needs money? I will then proceed to get old making memories after memories. I want to teach all I have learned to my kids, and be there for them through everything. I want to be the man they love and respect, I want to know that I have done everything I could to make their lives great. I want to be the father other kids wish was their own. I can not plan out my future moment by moment; I will be put under extreme situations and will have the strength to overcome them. I impatiently wait for the time that I become old and feel my life a success. This is my definition of success; to be able to become old and look back on life with nothing but a smile, no regrets, this is true happiness. I want to become this man, I am this man. | xmbyq | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2012-08-03 14:15:50 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 278 |
9/11. At this point it's stopped being an event to rally behind and unify the nation, and has just become something to squeeze and milk to fuel anti-Islamic rhetoric and hate speech. Like I lived in New York during the attacks, my dad and aunt both worked in the towers (they both lived thank god), and i have numerous friends who lost people or nearly lost people in the attacks. All of us are tired about hearing "9/11 this" and "9/11 that". WE GET IT. Enough is enough. | 0db6109eb2df4daba4bd3fbd0dc2ec44 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2016-09-03 01:43:24 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 279 |
This is a ridiculously flimsy excuse for your reaction. The headline post also said 'conservative' - so do we think of the most conservstive forms of slavery, and go back to antiquity? Of course we don't.
It's not how writing works as you well know. If you mention a noun in a conversation, there is not an automatic assumption that you are referring to a narrow subset of that noun, identified by what somebody said else said. In your world, how would I specify what everybody else obviously knew he was saying - "sounds like certain forms of slavery, but specfically not that which was practiced in the USA in the 18th and 19th century"? That does not quite roll off the tongue.
You are wrong. Move on, stop pretending everybody else can't interpret text when in reality, it's just you who is pretending to not be able to. | b063c8021ce24ea9a4f7ef150d0f5d6e | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2022-03-16 03:58:26 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 280 |
Had a shitty best friend from 7th-10th grade. He absolutely was hilarious, so clever and intelligent. Like in class and at lunch, and whenever we hung out with people outside of school. I couldn’t see through the humor, and it affected me. It made me a lesser person when interacting with my family and people I cared about. I wish I would’ve realized that earlier because I’d like to have those 4 years of my life back. Not a fond memory. | e8cf8fd40b61458ba5a35a07472a0099 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2021-01-24 16:01:01 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 281 |
I just want a guy that will love me for me and never do shitty stuff like cheating. All I ask in a guy is someone who will accept my flaws and do fun things with me like go to concerts and go on adventures. Like I want to visit beautiful tropical beaches but I don't want to go with my parents or alone. Long term I would want someone who is both relaxed and thrill seeking. And that's all I want in a guy, but one more thing is that he needs to be able to embrace my freaky side if you know what I mean | 668d6a6c6faf4dcab4ded544b99fca8f | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2019-06-18 09:02:02 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 282 |
Yeah, we tried to convince her that Alley the ghost was an imaginary friend, but she INSISTED she was real she was just a ghost and we couldn't see her. We did mention it to her pediatrician and she was all "yeah, children have imaginary friends the best thing to do is not encourage or discourage the behavior." To this day (she is 5 now) she refuses to say anything Alley was anything but a ghost. She is a very smart girl, way beyond her years, and can describe to you in detail what she looked like as if she were a real person. | a67a1f9b871c403f876441ac50d3bcc4 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2013-08-13 19:12:48 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 283 |
>If you rely on your family for money, beware. The funds may dry up sooner than you think.
You think I don't know this? Reach out. Open up. Show interest. It's unlikely you'll regret it. But you may regret it later on if you do not. Your family may not seem interesting to you now, but now never lasts. You may find you actually like your family - and they, you.
You're acting like I never tried before. I have, and I regret most of it. I regret ever revealing myself to my family, because they don't like me and never will. It went from hating me, to making fun of me, to fearing me. They will never understand me. Just like what happened in middle school. I was hated, dejected, feared, and ridiculed for being different. As for my friends, I am content with our relationships. I will always be there for them, and I won't need them to be here for me. Because talking about Naruto, basketball, hip-hop, and working out with me is enough to make me feel somewhat loved. And I don't need to burden them with my problems because I am the only one who can solve them, and I know they go through their own problems in their lives. As for my mentors, I found them few and far and between, and it is not their camaraderie but their knowledge and skills that they need. And as for love, I don't need it. Because even if i may never go pro, I'm married to this game. And being married to this game allows me to love life beyond basketball: it allows me to manage my responsibilities, nurture other interests, and continuously take punches and blows. | 29f95eb2a7e34bfb974c73b3a0853632 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2020-10-29 02:03:18 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 284 |
Because my questions are likely questions other people have and there are groups of experts on this app condensed into a single area that are more to the point than scrolling through endless articles.
Recipes, situations, how to's can be directly answered by actual people that could have been in more similar situations to you than a chef on a blog. Reddit has a wide array of people and opinions which helps with decision making, problem solving, etc.
Google just looks for things it thinks you want to see. | 61780545a2064ad584c1aa04a822f91a | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2020-05-31 19:22:41 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 285 |
I believe that the disadvantages spoken of here in this context are derived from the parents standing in the world as the child is raised, not any predetermined disadvantages because of the color of their skin.
Nor do I believe that middle class white kids have it any easier than middle class black kids.
I do believe that poorer kids don't do as well as richer kids. But that gets into more of a nutritional and school preparedness issue. | 1773425f86374995b8c9a4d00f56e08f | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2016-08-03 19:20:23 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 286 |
Back then, when analog TV was a normal thing - it was possible to build your own broadcasting station, and, ignoring the country's radiation standards - it was quite easy to locally replace the original channel with your own.
And what's funnier - it was impossible to correct that. The only way would be to locate the competition signal and send law enforcement there. Even if the original broadcaster changed its frequency - you would still be seeing the hacker's programme, because your TV was still on the old frequency.
The funny things happened in Poland. There was one completely unlicensed channel that would illegally broadcast pirated movies for several months until the police took it down.
And there was that forged weather forecast that showed a nuke detonation overlayed on top of the satellite image of a highly touristic region, and extreme weathers for that particular region (including tornadoes and earthquakes). It had something to do with local politics concerning the tourism, and it was supposed to scare tourists away. | c023d35e8c3f4cc58efad1aa44c8c243 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2019-12-27 15:12:18 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 287 |
It's nice that you folks are in a trajectory to reach your retirement goals. I love my programming work and it's very minimal effort / labor so I don't have a retirement plan. I want to work until I drop dead.
That might not sound appealing to some, but that has given me a pretty great budget for my whimsical and reckless spending - and I get to do that for my entire life instead of rationing savings at the end of life.
I may live to regret that decision. I'll do an ama when I'm really old and things start to backfire. | 9e4e5f9af6454544810dc45172174a7a | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2022-12-15 06:40:55 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 288 |
Oh, hoh hoh! I have a story for you guys!
It started in my home in Hawaii. It's really common for the locals to have a Tinder so they can hook up with the tourists and never have to see them again. I just turned 18, and I was extremely excited and met this girl that super liked me cause she was going to the same college that I was going to attend as a freshman later that year.
As I was texting this girl, things turned south fast, she was sending CONSTANT unsolicited nudes and lead me on saying that she wanted to see me. Being young and dumb, I was sooooo into this girl because I thought this was a no effort hook up, boy was I wrong.
She continued to send CONSTANT unsolicited nudes to the point where I would be around my friends or family and be afraid to open up a Snapchat from her cause it had 99% chance that it was going to be a pair of titties right in your phone screen. Coming from a strict family, that was too much of a risk so I ignored her.
She later stopped texting me and moved on until I moved to Colorado and she texted me about a video of my move in. I thought that this is college!!! It’ll be legendary to get action on the first week.
When we first met, she was scared to see me, so she brought her roommate. Her roommate was pretty, quiet, and I learned that she was homeschooled her entire life. Her roommate (gonna call her roomie from this point forward) was also a pretty big pushover. Later this girl kept pushing me to be in a relationship with her, she said that I was the nicest guy she met and she didn’t want roomie taking me away from her. Roomie and I had a lot in common so this was obviously a tactic to separate us. As time went on, there will still more unsolicited nudes, except there was abuse sprinkled on top, this girl was was 4’11” and really small, but she hit like a truck. If I did something wrong in her eyes like not show up to her place, sleep in, not talk to her, not bring her around to my friends, I was going to get beat. I was in that relationship for 2 weeks and I left. I kept in contact with roomie because we had a lot in common, and became best friends. Roomie started to open up, and we connected on a lot things, and the girl hated that. She wanted us separated. This lead to her throwing things at roomie if roomie talked to me, and freaking out at roomie. We are both bi so she would always say homophobic remarks to roomie, and about me. The tinder girl just kept getting worse and worse and even though I was long gone from that situation, roomie didn’t make a room change. Roomie didn’t want to hurt the girls feelings, and she stuck it out until she couldn’t take it anymore. This prob going to be buried but there is a lot more to this story. There is a lot more abuse, but I really don’t care, I completely moved on from her and it made me grow. Im no longer a push over and now I stand up for myself and not sit back and take the beatings. As of today me and roomie are in a relationship of two years and we always talk about this tinder girl and the shit show we went through to be together. I really can’t seem myself with any other girl in the world and I can’t thank the tinder girl for that. | c2dd8bcd41fc484cb054e5c60aedba64 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2020-04-04 22:58:11 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 289 |
Howdy Reddit! I'm starting the "INSANITY" workout today. Any health or workout tips?
I'm 6'0, about 160lbs, and 19 y/o. I've always wanted to be in better shape. I've always been marginally athletic but have never spent a day of my life in the weight room. Although I'm not going to have one of the "Look reddit! I lost 350lbs" stories, I'd still like some pointers on how to be fit and overall healthier.
I'm always tired. I sleep for like 12 hours sometimes and still wake up tired. Feel sluggish but I'm not fat. I just want to feel better and be healthier.
I know that diet is just as important as the workout itself so I've already started. I've cut sodas and alcohol from my diet completely and was wondering if there was anything else. Also, I've always found that eating healthy is significantly more expensive than going to taco bell 4 days a week. Any advice on how to eat healthy without breaking the bank as well?
EDIT 1: So I just attempted to take the Fit Test to "benchmark" myself. I could only make it through the first 3 exercises with sub-par results. Then I went outside and threw up. Any more suggestions?
tl;dr Any tips on how to be healthy and get in shape? | cgtpc | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2010-06-19 19:45:34 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 290 |
Lol..."Sitting still"... What is that? My kid is hyper active to a level beyond comprehension until you witness it. Sometimes it's not just the parents, people are born the way they are. I can't force him to sit still, its impossible. He's only 4 and he listens, does as he's told, and we are pretty dang consistent and fair with him. I never let down once I've said something. He fidgets his legs or fingers, even his tongue... If I say don't run, that lasts for 2 minutes. He's back running again. I've done every single kind of discipline imaginable. Even praise him for walking... He just can't contain his legs. He feels compelled to move at speed. You can see it In his body that he feels like he's bursting at the seems. As if, if he didn't jump up RIGHT THIS SECOND every second he will explode.
We're seeing doctors and specialist currently to help him and us deal with his hyperactivity. My point is. It really gets my goat when I can detect a smug parent. Someone that thinks they got it all figured out. Sometimes there is more too it than just parenting.
Edit: couple things I can feel smug about I guess. My kids physical fitness level is super human. He can run for hours and hours and never get tired. Also He's huge, like people mistake him for a derpy 6 year old, He's 4. Good looking kid, with good body proportions, bone structure, and muscle tone.
Just sit still and stay focused darn it! /s cant win em all. | a547ff90d2844b70848495ad62b7e176 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2015-09-11 05:14:43 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 291 |
(As several other people in this thread have already stated.) You don't enter the medical field unless you intend on helping people. Any doctor who does such should have their license to practice medicine pulled, end of discussion. | 5ecb7b99a0dd4e4682084afed3640a40 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2021-03-29 18:35:01 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 292 |
How do I get people of the female variety to like me?
Um, hi reddit.
This is a sort of embarrassing first post, but damnit, I sold my life for you all, so here it is.
Being a High School student, I see close personal friends of mine with their girlfriends all the time; holding hands, making out, generally enjoying each other's company. It seems at times I'm the only guy there who hasn't had the experience of a real first kiss or a girlfriend. I'm at least the only one of my friends.
I'll admit I'm not very handsome. I have braces (getting them off Oct 1, thank you!), I'm a bit overweight (though I lost a bit of weight over the summer; in a Large!), I spend too much time on my computer, I cosplay for conventions, I like animes like Panty and Stocking and Soul Eater and Death Note waaaaay too much...
Well, you know, that kid.
I will say that I have a really nice voice (parents and teachers both say so) and can be very clever and funny, so I have that going.
So, TL;DR, any tips for a struggling sophomore who wants a girlfriend?
EDIT: I'm kind of shocked at the number of people who responded. Apparently this is a common post, ehehe... But yeah, thanks for all the feedback guys. | zjhu1 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2012-09-08 03:36:29 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 293 |
Serious response is it really just depends where you grow up. I lived in Cleveland and Pittsburgh for a good portion of my life and a lot of the violence was usually concentrated in specific neighborhoods, so much so that you knew to avoid them unless you want to be caught in the crossfire at worst, otherwise you were probably victimized. One thing people told me in Cleveland was to run the stop signs at night otherwise you would be robbed. I felt safer in Afghanistan when I was in the military than I did in the east side of Cleveland for sure. When I moved to the countryside it was a huge culture shock and took a lot of time to get used to. Once you personally get victimized it’s very difficult to feel safe again. | fa1dc86468344b3fb298db6423b85367 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2023-02-03 15:56:04 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 294 |
I may get destroyed for this, but: Kyoto.
I've lived in Tokyo for years and visited Kyoto many times. Each time it has been even more unbearably touristy and Disneylike. In every major district, 50% of the people are white couples, and all the shops and restaurants are oriented towards them. The limit was that goddamn Starbucks that opened up in the style of a traditional Japanese building. Great Reddit fodder, but it's a Starbucks, ffs.
The temples are still beautiful, but my god, I'm never going back. | a678b2ab442f4e429e2a70318e9e07b8 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2019-07-23 13:01:18 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 295 |
Line Cook reporting in:
* I don't care if you split a plate with someone...but when you ask for a cheeseburger, with cheese and bacon on one half only, you're pushing buttons.
* If you don't like pink, don't order medium. Once a day a medium burger/steak comes back for being too pink.
* Do send your food back if it's not right. Most of us take pride in what we do (*most* of us). We want you to enjoy what you're eating.
* Just a heads up. When your food doesn't come out promptly and it wasn't that complicated, many times the waitress may have forget to send it back to us. They'll blame us and we're fine with it. We get paid by the hour, they rely on tips. Be mad at us. | 3da13aa2e1e44b1a80511f030f078509 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2014-01-21 13:37:45 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 296 |
Everything about Australia. Taz the devil is nothing like a Tasmanian Devil, throwing a shrimp on the barbie is something we don't do, kangaroos & koalas are not cuddly animals with kangaroos being able to kill a person easily & koalas often peeing on you when held, we don't wear corks hanging from wide brimmed hats to keep off flies, we don't pronounce the the city of Melbourne a Mel-born but as Mel-burn, & people can't say Woolloomooloo, just to mention a couple of errors about the country made by Hollywood. | ae8fe265f7d24f3cbb7804089b9a2751 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2020-07-25 23:13:57 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 297 |
siblings, abused me physically as their younger sister. we're 3 girls i was the youngest. the oldest couldnt find her phone that time, she was insisting it was my fault when it clearly wasnt. tried to abuse me outside where our the neighbors watch me being dragged and punch, they did nothing. when i had the chance to run, i ran back inside the house and get a knife. i told them i was gonna stab them if they come closer to me. the two siblings team up and that time i just really wanted to k!ll them. I stab the one on her nape that up to now i can see the scars, the one had it on her arms, up to now we havent been communicating and i dont want to even we're still in the same house. id never talk to them and when someone asks if im their sibling, i tell them i am not. i hate them to death. | 18c09f53a83b4ccbbfd4bf639f2719ca | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2023-01-05 15:49:13 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | comment | 298 |
Got ripped off by a mechanic, can't decide how to proceed.
So I went to a mechanic because my car (2001 Toyota Celica) was stalling/dying randomly when my car was in idle after driving a period of time. After two weeks, he said over the phone that the problem was solved etc etc and I could come pick up my car ($700 or so in fees). When I picked it up, he conveniently "pointed out" a few other problems with the car that might "also" cause the problem...even though I was charged $700 to fix the problem. Two hours later, the car stalled again. I went back the next day and told him it was not fixed. Almost another two weeks goes by and the car is "fixed" again (no fee the second time). Only its not. It stalled out again last night with the same symptoms. I am not going into specifics right now on purpose, because this isn't a car junkie thread and I don't need you to diagnose my car over the internet. I'm asking for advice on which tactic I should use going forward in this process. Basically, I do not want this guy to continue to work on my car because he either a) doesn't know what he is doing or b) is trying to scam me out of money.
I value every penny I have to my name and I basically want my money refunded. At the very least I would like to have "labor" charges removed because the "labor" performed did not fix the problem. Also, the initial service included an inflated price for a part. Furthermore, I've spent over $200 on taxis, etc. while this has been going on, and I believe if I had been using my car, I wouldn't have spent more than around $120 in gas.
I'm sure people have experienced this before. What tactics work, and what don't? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Thanks for taking the time to respond guys! | jky95 | 2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00 | 2011-08-16 22:29:59 | Dolma_Reddit | {} | submission | 299 |
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