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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The one thing I will add is that the soul searching isn’t always visible, which was what made it so hard for my family/friends to understand when I came out. To them, it seemed like a very sudden and “snap” decision, when the reality was that I had spent years at that point reflecting and doing soul searching, but was so terrified about what it meant and how they might see me, I never told anyone about it.

  I definitely think that this dad did a solid job overall, and even as an adult transitioning in their late 20s, I would have loved this response vs how my parents handled it…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do so many UK electrical sockets have an on/off switch next to them?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And Japan, and Canada, and Mexico, and the majority of South America, and a handful of countries in Africa and the Middle East.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The ADL is already fucking apologizing on his behalf and saying he was just being “Enthusiastic” and then went on to say “In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead,”

  Absolutely spineless fucking cowards, the lot of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to my lair⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, seriously? I figured they used a much more power hungry bulb! I’ve wanted to get one for a while but I’m always so concerned about energy efficiency I’ve held off buying one because I figured it was like 150W

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yet they know what dishware I'm looking for...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The story of the filmmaker is probably one of the funniest true crime stories I’ve ever heard. Obviously, the murder itself is incredibly tragic, because that shitstain literally just catfished some random guy and murdered him in cold blood purely to stroke his ego, but the story literally feels like a dark comedy.

  However, the dude thought he was basically Dexter and far more intelligent than he actually was. He wrote a fucking screenplay describing himself as this super genius sex machine, while documenting his crime in great detail and claiming it was just a coincidence the murder lined up almost identically. Then the way he tried to cover his tracks were so comically inept, it only made his guilt even more obvious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A landlord special.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, these actually might not show if the GFI is working, and might give a false negative.

  If there is no equipment ground, the outlet must be labeled as such, but it is allowed by code so long as protected by GFI. However, since all these testers do is shunt hot to ground, if there’s no ground connected, it won’t work and appear if the GFI is not working. However, assuming it’s working, it will still do its job, since it they protect against ALL current leakage, and not just ones through the outlet’s ground path (otherwise they’d be pretty useless).

  I had a “landlord special” where they extended an old 2 wire box with no ground, and my PC case shocked the fuck out of me after I had the carpet cleaned and was walking on the damp floor. A ground would likely have dissapated that bit of current leakage, but also a GFI would have probably tripped when I touched it. They weren’t willing to run a new wire with a ground because, unsurprisingly they were cheap fucks, but I convinced them to install a GFI for safety at the very minimum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Like Elon Musk, 1 in 3 bosses admit they are pushing RTO because they're so upset about wasting money on all those empty desks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But you can only sell if someone is buying, and the moment you list that huge skyscraper on the market and find out that the only offers you’re getting are 1/10 the asking price, suddenly the other massive commercial buildings you have on your balance sheets (and those of all your rich buddies) suddenly drop 90% in value, and it’s revealed the emperor has no clothes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meal prep⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I guess I meant that you’re getting 2 of the 3 phases, which is 208V phase-to-phase, or 120V phase to neutral.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meal prep⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Residential service is a single split 240v phase off of a 480V 3-phase line, while something like an apartment is 2 phase 208Y, with a single phase is 120V.