5too
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- Comment on cherry pickers 2 weeks ago:
This sounds like sarcasm, but the joke legitimately didn’t click for me until I scanned the title again.
- Comment on Lightning bugs!! 3 weeks ago:
Remember when you needed a bug shield to drive on the highway?
- Comment on Billionaires shouldn't exist 3 weeks ago:
They do have something special that the rest of us don’t have. They have money.
That’s what I mean when I say they have room to try again. They don’t go broke when their business fails, so they can try more than once. Most of us don’t have the time or resources to have another go without some serious recovery time.
- Comment on Billionaires shouldn't exist 3 weeks ago:
Goddamn, victim blame much? Most of them are trying to survive!
- Comment on Billionaires shouldn't exist 3 weeks ago:
Great! Most new businesses fail, which makes sense given the people starting them are new at this. Billionaires often have had several failed attempts. The difference is, they have room to fail and try again.
How do we give others that chance, if not by keeping billionaires from hoovering up all the resources?
- Comment on Billionaires shouldn't exist 3 weeks ago:
What billionaire didn’t start out with a healthy infusion of cash? Sure, some turned millions into billions, but I don’t know of any that didn’t start with a line on several millions of investment available.
- Comment on fireflies 4 weeks ago:
See some still in Kansas. My grandparents in Wichita used to have tons of them about 35 years ago; not as many now.
- Comment on I'll care when I work for a co-op that is equally owned by all the workers. 4 weeks ago:
I generally sympathize with OP, but someone in your position is the exception.
I’m sorry your job sucks (especially now); and thank you for putting in so much effort!
- Comment on Gottem. :) 1 month ago:
The moon is just a few light-seconds away from earth; that’s why they could have conversations with ground control during the moon landings. Moon will go dark a few seconds after the sun.
- Comment on Gottem. :) 1 month ago:
And even if you’re not connected at the moment, the moon will go dark.
- Comment on listen 1 month ago:
I prefer to think of Chase as what a cop should be. As a strong contrast to the cops the kids will later become familiar with; so they can understand that we could do better.
At least, that’s how I felt before he got all the spy gear…
- Comment on On Wednesdays we wear pink. 3 months ago:
Man, that’s bizarre enough I was pretty confident you were just carrying the meme along - but I’m seeing it referenced all over the place!
- Comment on Just a little guy 4 months ago:
You might want to Google the blue-ringed octopus…
- Comment on Just a little guy 4 months ago:
Wouldn’t any joke from that account be an effing joke?
- Comment on Venom vs Poison 6 months ago:
Nah, if I remember right, those arrows use the poison from a tree frog, not something like a snake’s venom. So still poison!
- Comment on I'm just a kid and life is nightmare... I know its not fair 6 months ago:
I don’t think it’s bullying, because bullying involves tormenting them - finding what they react negatively to, and pushing on that. Here, you’re letting them know that there’s something you need them to do before you’re comfortable playing with them. You might think of it as modelling how to protect your own bodily autonomy!
For me, when my kids were going through that, I’d say something like “Ack! Don’t touch me with poo hands! Go wash first, then you can climb on me!” It’d generally get a giggle, then they’d go finish washing up. You’ll want to pay attention to their reaction whatever you do, but if you make it clear they’re still welcome to play, I don’t see how it could be bullying.
- Comment on Stained Glass 6 months ago:
…I would be very interested in seeing how you describe your hummingbirds!
- Comment on Oh, the humanity! 7 months ago:
As they burned, it hurt because
- Comment on Basically a van 7 months ago:
so many fuckin Worfs
…so it’s a party van!
- Comment on I will not be taking questions. 8 months ago:
And my toddlers both just turned it back around!
- Comment on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond – Announcement Trailer 9 months ago:
I’m actually still trying to get one to work… might need to step back and make sure I can get base Dolphin to run it first!
- Comment on Employees Who Stay In Companies Longer Than Two Years Get Paid 50% Less 9 months ago:
Then you realize, since your raises no longer even keep up with inflation, your current job is now underpaying you - making it more difficult to hold on to what you do have.
- Comment on Is there another way to do it...? 10 months ago:
Is that a situation where you can write up your analysis, report the number as correct… and start getting cited in place of the paper with broken attributions?
- Comment on But I eat when I'm sad 1 year ago:
As the parent of a preschooler, he would absolutely say this. He didn’t have the patience to sit through such a long movie at that age, but he’d play while shows are on, and he’d definitely catch any intense emotional or musical moments.
And he could certainly plot, if a bit hamfistedly! At a little before three, he’d come up with some excuse for me to leave the room whenever he wanted to do something he wasn’t supposed to (“Mommy wants you!”). If that kid realized she’d been upset by the scene, I could totally see her taking that one step further to make others upset at an opportune moment!
- Comment on Does anyone feel like an actual adult? 1 year ago:
As a 41 year old, when I call someone in their early-mid 20s a kid, there’s no derision intended. Think about how you relate to someone who’s 12 or 16 when you’re 20 or so - they might be quite capable, even fun to hang out with; but their life experiences also give them a clearly different outlook. And, like as not, you feel a little more interest in making sure they’re getting along all right (at least I do!)
As you age, that doesn’t really change - but the “target age” where that comes into play follows you up! So at 26, you feel that way about people just coming into high school; at 30-35, about people getting out of college and starting their careers. My oldest kid is 6; and I feel this way now about most of the parents of my kids’ classmates!
It can turn into something condescending, depending on the person; but I think it’s usually more of a statement that “I remember being where you were.”
- Comment on Voyager and Paramount Plus 1 year ago:
I’ve got the cheaper commercial driven one, but I only see commercials on my Roku - if I browse to the Web site, it’s still commercial free!
- Comment on The Starfleet Insignia Explained 1 year ago:
This was exactly where my mind went! I’m still trying to remember which novel it was.