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[ { "body": "Get him to be manly about it.\n\nMy man fishes, catches dinner, cleans it, and grills it.\n\nThat may not be up his alley, but what man doesn't like to grill?", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Does he ever bother to help you clean after cooking? Or do household chores in general? Honestly, he doesn't sound like he is functioning at an adult level.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "If he's not a cook and hates doing it, there is little you can do. I live in a place with a bunch of guys and I think we all average to only cook about one third of our meals. The other meals are all take out / restaurant / frozen meals. I dunno if this is a guy thing, but we're all students and it saves a lot of time. \n\nI don't think this is a feminist/masculinist thing. The guy just never learned to cook and doesn't like doing it. I don't know if there is much you can do. Some people prefer to eat out every night or to save time and have readymade meals. I think the easiest way to make him want to cook is to highlight the health benefits or preparing your own meals and choosing what goes in it. Thats what made me start cooking. \n\nedit: Also, pasta is really easy, quick, and good. You can make a good, healthy, cheap, and quick pasta and meatballs or pasta and shrimp, or mac and cheese in 10-15 minutes depending on how long it takes you to get some boiling water. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Cook only for yourself and let him eat his frozen meals. When he dies in a few years from heart disease or cancer, you will be free to move on to a more mature man.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I have nothing bad to say about Timmy's. I simply love it, and their heroin they call coffee. What's the worst thing you've seen happen behind the scenes? ", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Basically, everyone hates at least one map (for me, it's ctf\\_sawmill. Love the koth version, hate the ctf version with a passion), and everyone loves at least one map.\n\nThere are very few areas of agreement for most people on which is great and which is awful. I'd say the best way to keep the most people happy is err on the side of having more maps than less.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "They're incredibly spammy and basically cater to the Normandy Beach style game of, \"Throw enough explosives and bodies through the doorways until someone stands on the point finally.\" \n\nIt's been great with them gone.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I hear a lot of complaints about hoodoo and I guess people are tired of goldrush. I like Goldrush though.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "They are really for different things. Bacon drippings are very flavorful -- bacon is usually cured and smoked, so the drippings can be salty, sweet and smoky. The flavor will overpower many things, so if you use it as a cooking fat, use only a small amount mixed into another more neutral-tasting fat or oil. Butter is also about 20% water, so its interaction with other foods is a little bit different.\r\n\r\nOne place where I like to use bacon drippings is in baked goods where shortening would be called for, such as pie crust or biscuits.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "both! well, neonnoodle has a better answer, but we made corn chowder today which required me to fry bacon, reserve the drippings, then add 4tbsp to the hot drippings. I can't tell you how excited I was when I figured out I was frying nearly a half stick of butter in bacon grease.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "That's like asking me to pick between deliciousness, and deliciousness! I just don't think I can do it. =(", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I love them both, but if I had to choose one for the rest of my life it would be butter. It's so much more versatile than bacon fat.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I bought bacon for the first time ever this week, and I was amazed by all the leftover fat in the pan! So, I made soup. First one was chicken & squash, second is lentils & rice. The bacon taste was really awesome. Much better than butter. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Depends on what I'm cooking and what temperature I'm cooking at. Personally I usually go for a 50/50 mix of olive oil and butter. That works pretty well, especially for Mediterranean recipes. I also use beef dripping sometimes- again depending on what I'm cooking- it works particularly well (unsurprisingly) with beef.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As some have said before bacon fat is not as dangerous to the body as say beef fat or other meat oils. it adds much more flavour to the food to. i always go with bacon when i like a flavoured sauce of any sort to go with say pasta ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I just got into Breaking Bad a while back. It's literally my favorite show of all time. Probably the only show that has effectively gotten me to talk/yell at the TV.\r\n\r\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "As someone who also finished The Wire, check out Breaking Bad and Dexter. I can't recommend either enough. Breaking Bad is about a highschool teacher diagonosed with terminal cancer who starts cooking meth to support his pregnant wife and his son who suffers from cerebral palsy after he's gone, while Dexter is about a serial killer working for the Miami police department as a blood spatter analyst who lives his life against a moral code his father taught him. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "yeah, buy a shit load of IBM, Shell, and Haliburton. Maybe pull the fire alarms in the WTC about 7:00am on 9/11/2001. ", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "Take ANY opportunity to travel you can - and if that opportunity will land you at UC Berkeley (incredible school) or UCLA (some of the finest and loosest co-eds on the planet) all the more reason. The American college experience depends on what you make it - anything from a booze-soaked 24-hour party to a fulfilling academic endeavor. If I was in your position, I wouldn't hesitate a moment. The only choice is which campus. \n\nBerkeley is probably the campus you want, seeing your major. They have the big guns in terms of faculty/resources/reputation (more Nobel laureates per capita than anywhere in the world, etc.). If you're a stoner/hippie, check out UC Santa Cruz. If you want the experience of a big American city and beaches, UCLA or UC San Diego. Do NOT go to UCs Riverside or Merced. UC Irvine is lauded for their science departments, but the city and nightlife BLOWS so I wouldn't recommend it. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Jealousy is basically insecurity. I can understand your wariness with someone new after what happened with your last relationship. However if you don't trust her it's not going to last anyway. Maybe you're not ready to date again. Also if she has established friends that she has been doing stuff with for a while you can't just come in and expect her to go along with your decision of which of her friends you want her to see or not see. ", "score": 19 }, { "body": "Jealousy is simple. It's a useless emotion. Discard it. And don't tolerate it in others.\n\nMeh... lemme actually address one part of your post.\n\n>Don't get me wrong, I think it's healthy to hang out with the opposite sex, but what is too much?\n\nEasy, too much is when your girlfriend acquiesces or initiates anything sexual with ANYONE, whether they be male or female, without your consent.\n\nSeriously, if your girlfriend is going to cheat on you, she'll cheat on you. How strict or liberal you are about who she hangs out with will matter very little in that category. If she wants to, she'll do it.\n\nBut one thing I can tell you... If you are going to hang on the strict side, it shows distrust in her. And in most cases, it will cause problems.\n\nLike I said, simple.", "score": 19 }, { "body": "I would say that you probably have some issues that you need to work out before you can have a successful relationship.\n\nIt's healthy and normal for people in a relationship to have friends of the opposite sex as well as friends of the same sex. If you're trying to tell your girlfriend that she shouldn't have friends of the opposite sex, her friends are right, you are being controlling.\n\nI understand that you're wary after having been cheated on, but it's not up to you to be wary or even suspicious, since if she were going to cheat on you, she would do it anyway regardless of your mindset.\n\nA good relationship is built on trust. Do you trust her? If so, you know that she would never act on anything, so it doesn't matter how many guys hit on her as nothing will ever happen. Work on trusting her more.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "If it is damaging your relationship, then yes, you are being too jealous. You can either work on not being jealous (setting nice ground rules you both can live with will help), or find someone else to date that agrees with your not really having opposite sex friends stance.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "> My last relationship was pretty hard on me, the girl cheated on me so I do have some prejudice about the whole thing.\n\nYou are taking out lingering resentment concerning a previous relationship with a different person on your new lady. This spells DOOM. If you trust the girl, then trust her. If you don't, then be honest about it -- most importantly, be honest with yourself. If you're letting feelings concerning a past relationship affect your judgment of an *entirely different* person, then are you even really ready to be back in the dating game?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Women will get hit on. But this is the behavior of other people, not your girlfriend. Why punish her for other people's behavior?\n\nAs far as her going swimming with a male friend of hers, were you invited to go along? If yes, did you accept, or did you decide to be a stick in the mud by not going and try to prevent her from having fun too?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "If you can't hang out with women when you have a girlfriend, then you must not value your friendships with these women and view them solely as romantic prospects. If I was your girlfriend, I would find that alarming rather than comforting.\r\n\r\nJealousy can easily kill a relationship, especially one in its infancy. If you force her to choose between you and her friends (especially if she's known those friends for a long time) you can expect to lose.\r\n\r\nIf she's going swimming tonight, be worried. Not because she's going with a guy, but because she might get hypothermia!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I had this same issue in the beginning but I found a solution (and it's boyfriend approved). Use your hand as an extension of your mouth by keeping your hand touching your mouth the whole time. This creates the pressure your teeth were creating without biting the insides of your lips - OUCH", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm a long-time business owner who has hired and fired dozens of people. In the early days, I made the same mistake with some of my first employees. \r\n\r\nIMO you can never get back to the necessary employer/employee footing. You can try talking to him, laying down the law, pointing out what should be obvious and so on. But your authority is forever gone in his eyes. Once you put yourself on his level, he lost the necessary respect for your authority. It's just how it goes. \r\n\r\nIf you try giving him another chance, it may work for a while but he'll resent you for \"changing the rules\" or \"pulling rank\" on him and you'll see the attitude, excuses and passive-agressiveness come back. It could escalate into sabotage/theft if he has any opportunities for those. \r\n\r\nI would terminate him without cause, or whatever the version of that is where you are. Here in Ontario it just means you can fire them without giving them an official reason. When you terminate someone without cause, they are entitled to sufficient (based on length of employment) notice or termination pay in lieu of notice. I'd go with the termination pay - giving a resentful employee notice gives them the chance to fuck with stuff before they leave. You can't retrieve the situation, he will no longer be a good employee so both of you may as well move on.\r\n\r\nThen, just chalk it up to experience and don't make the same mistake with future employees. That's all you can do IMO. ", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I had a similar experience with a boss years ago. We became fairly good friends, and while I noticed that I was slipping a little, I just let it go and relied on her good humor.\n\nShe chose to force the authority, and while I got the hint fairly quickly, it damaged the personal relationship. What I wish had happened (other than that I had never taken advantage of the friendship in the first place) is that she had set me down in her office and had a frank discussion about it with me.\n\nIt would have been the wake up notice required, while still leaving us both in a position to respect each other and continue the friendship (after a temporary awkward period, no doubt).\n\nI don't know if this story will be of any help, but it can't hurt to tell it anyway.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "You gotta be straight with him. Tell him that you need to see his performance improve or else you may have to take disciplinary action. If he's such a great person, he'll shape up - if not, then get rid of him. Yeah, it could suck loosing a new friend, but you are the boss. \n\nAlso, don't be friends with the people who work under you. Just don't ever do it because this happens every single time. Oh, and don't sleep with people who work under you either because she will manipulate the shit out of you, manage to arrange her schedule so that she barely ever has to work so she can spend more time having sex with her \"best guy friend\" ...\n\nI've said too much. Again.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Big mistake. You can't be friends with underlings, plain & simple. A barrier has been crossed and it can not be mended. I know it sucks and can be a bitch to deal with. But alas, it is the way it has to be. I have yet to meet anyone that has been able to rectify a situation of this nature. \n\nI had it happen to me when I befriended some workers while being the foreman of the crew. Very soon after they thought I would overlook every mistake and fuckup they did. \"Well we are friends and friends always understand, right\"? ( paraphrasing what was said to me ) Well the owner came down hard on me cause the job is taking longer than planned. I came down on the workers and was considered an asshole cause I was making them actually work for their pay. I resigned myself from that point on to never let that line be crossed again.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "A good first step might be telling him that you feel your friendship has caused him to lose respect for your authority as his employer, and that his work seems to have deteriorated because of that. \n\nNo...that would never, ever work.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\"Bob. We're friends, right? We've eaten together, I've met your family.\"\n\n\"Yeah John, you know it.\"\n\n\"Then stop fucking shit up for me. We've got families. You're being a jackoff. You fuck up twice more, I get fired. That means if you fuck up once more, you get fired. Janie don't wanna see you come home early with nothing but dick in your hand. Capice?\"", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Wait for the next release! There will be lots of caves to explore and a plethora of underground creatures.\n\nAlso a lot of things are redone and there are many new additions.\n\nA good synopsis here: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AT8EQVUjrv96ZGc5cnBwOHZfMjgyY3FzZHFtanA&hl=en", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Agnosticism and atheism are describing two different things.\r\n\r\nTheism and atheism describe whether you believe in any deities. \r\nGnosticism and agnosticism describe whether you can know the answer to a question, or whether a question is answerable.\r\n\r\nDo I believe in a deity? No. Therefore, atheist. \r\nDo I think it's possible to know if a deity exists? Not really, especially if it's omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Of course, logically I think those things are impossible...but I don't think I can know for sure. Therefore, agnostic.\r\n\r\nSo, I'm an agnostic atheist.\r\n\r\nI typically just drop the \"agnostic\" part because most people don't understand the distinction.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I would suggest forgetting about what to call yourself, and just go out and live life. Trying to come up with a label to describe your beliefs is pointless, since no one label accurately depicts how you feel. If someone cares enough to ask you what your thoughts on god or the Universe are, spend the time to explain to them exactly what you think. I am sure they would be much more intereted in yor ur thoughts, then just a single word, I know I would. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "A very good topic... Here is my take:\n\nYou think that critical thinking and scientific thought should be the basis for conclusions. Logic would be one of these acceptable fields, would it not be?\n\nBurden of proof lies on the person claiming the diety exists, not on the skeptic. \n\nTake [Russell's Teapot](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/RusselGhoori.png) for example:\n\n>If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Quit three years ago cold turkey and I've never lit up another one since. It wasn't too hard, but take caution when going to a party or drinking alcohol.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "From a teacher with 13 years experience, it's not student complaints that matter, it's parents. If you want anything done then parents must go to the principal, in person, and complain. It must be parents.", "score": 214 }, { "body": "Ask him privately for the opportunity to be excused from his antics and be scored entirely on merit. Type it out and ask him to sign it. If he refuses, nail him to the fucking wall.", "score": 87 }, { "body": "That is very dumb. If he really failed everyone on the test, you have every right to take it up with the principal. I would suggest writing a letter and having your classmates sign on. Mention that parents are willing to get involved and I bet you'll find those test scores changed.", "score": 53 }, { "body": "I think you will have to beat him at his own game. Set up a game of trivial pursuit and the winner stays. The loser on the other hand walks away, a broken man who will spend his days roaming and playing pickup games of wits & wagers to buy bottles of gin to drink the pain away.", "score": 20 }, { "body": "I am a teacher. I think it is effective to talk to your principal. I think it is good for students to report when these things go on. Principals hear a lot of parent complaints and much from other teachers but if students inform that's a different story. Maybe nothing gets done now...but enough people voice complaints and perhaps something gets done. It's also very possible this goofball is already on the principal's radar and anything you can do to confirm stuff the better.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "Be a man. Tell him you don't like his games and you don't believe it's fair, explain you're point of view. Tell him the actions you're willing to do if he doesn't change. If he doesn't change take your actions. The teacher is a person as well, treat him as one. He most likely doesn't even know he has offended anyone. Don't go running to the principle until you have talked to him first.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "If this teacher is playing mind games and deliberately stressing out students to the point where it interferes with learning, then this should be reported to the principal. The trick is to have your parents do it, preferrably in concert with the parents of other students who are having the same problem. You probably won't get him fired, but unless he's a tenured professor he probably has a 1-year employment contract with the school district, and if he's racked up enough complaints they might just decide not to renew his contract next year. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "You just learned one of the most important lessons in life. The people in charge can be idiots. You can take time & effort and try and teach the moron how not to be a moron... or you can take the time & effort to pursue what's important on your own. Personally I've never been able to teach a duck not to quack, so I'd go with learning on your own. Even if he does give anyone less than a B grade, grades are over rated. (The bucket of spit has a lot to recommend it too). Do Not Waste Your Time.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I'm a student who has spent most of my life manipulating teachers so I can get a decent education and not be bored out of my mind. \n\nMy advice is to tell your teacher that these games bore you and you would prefer not to be forced to wager your grade, but graded fairly based on how you did on the test itself. During such games, you'd like to be given a pass to the library so you can read.\n\nIf he insists you remain part of the games, calls it \"class participation\" or some BS, be as disruptive and argumentative as possible (for example, a classic reddit response to the teacher's \"saliva\" answer would have been \"citation needed\"). Make sure that no one is having any fun, and if you can, sabotage your entire class to lose as many points as possible, demoralizing the class and making them depressed about gambling away their test points in the future. \n\nIf the teacher hasn't decided to go with your original request by now, you may get detention for this. Ignore it until he's forced to elevate it to the school administrator or principal, then tell THEM that the reason you're acting out in class is because you're so depressed about the teacher forcing you to gamble away your good grades. If you can fake some tears believably, do it now.\n\nCan't say what will happen to the teacher or the rest of the class, but you should be transferred to another class or at the very least exempted from the gambling and given a pass out of class during the games.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Sounds to me like a fabulous college application essay: \"How I learned that learning is my own personal responsibility, and not my educators.\" \n\n", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I run the risk of appearing ignorant by asking this. Since I *am*, in fact, ignorant, I will ask:\n\nHow is he defining a \"meal\", and how does saliva fit that definition? \n\nIt's nice that he's trying to liven up his classes with his silly gameshow ideas. I admire his enthusiasm, but he shouldn't be killing the spirit with bullshit. An adult can be wrong, as long as he admits to his mistakes and tries to make up for it. This guy doesn't really seem interested in setting an example for young people.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "It's one thing to play games in a classroom -- I had a teacher in the 8th grade who had us play a \"game\" or running mock businesses and households. We learned double entry accounting, income tax, checking, interest, and just about everything a person would need to know to handle money in life. It was fun, and we learned a lot. \n\nBut \"double or nothing?\". That's not education, that's gambling. He doesn't sound like an altogether bad teacher, he sounds enthusiastic, and wanting to get his students to become engaged in the material. \n\nHe sounds like he's just a carrying it a bit too far, rather than an outright incompetent, or a tyrant. \n\nDefinitely, he needs to have a little chat with the principal when your grade becomes a matter of \"double or nothing\" on stupid questions like that. \n\nBTW, the most important things you learn in school are not necessarily the things you get graded for. How to handle stuff like this is a very important lesson. This won't be the first time you have to work with someone who doesn't get it.\n\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I would approach him first so that you aren't completely blindsiding him. This might not be the easiest option, but if you got some classmates or parents behind you it might work. Then, if it doesn't go to the principal.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Talk to your teacher about it, not the god damn principle. From the comments you've posted, it seems like he thinks he being funny and the \"cool\" teacher. If you talk to him about it and he blows you off, go to the principle. But for christ's sake, grow a pair and confront him. Don't humiliate him in front of his coworkers just because he has a bad sense of humor.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Bring it up immediately. I had a health teacher in high school was not only uninformed on the facts, but presented false information as fact, some of which could have been dangerous, but most of which was just hilariously inaccurate. After a certain point she got the point of harassing students. After several months of reporting to our superintendent, she was finally let go, to the relief of the the rest of the students and staff. Do something before his wrongful grading system and lack of information harms somebodies academic life.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Can you feel a stutter coming? I recognized this feeling as a kid and realized I could change the word. Sometimes I sound a little silly... but I don't stutter. It's a trick that works for my particular brain, at least.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Are you that kid who sits in class and tries not to hold up his hand because he stutters and the teacher decides to choose you for whatever random question and watches you stutter staring around embarrassed as hell and take a minute to answer something that could take you 5 seconds saying it fluently?\r\n\r\nLet me just say. That teacher is a dick.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "I have a big shirt that says 'Atheist'. I kind of want someone to start something with me, because I am an angry, impotent little human being who has no power over the world. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "If I want to be nice, I'll not volunteer that information until asked.\nUpon being challenged, I like to let it rip, the way Christopher Hitchens does.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "* Because your sense of smell helps you taste.\n* Yes.\n* No, everyone likes their own brand.\n* If you look like a tool wearing them, I swear it's not the jeans.\n* [T-rex continent](http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/africa-south-america-t-rex.JPG)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I've wondered about 2 myself. I've even argued with other people about the pointlessness of sports. I find them neither fun nor engaging and am put off whenever anyone starts talking about them. My personal conclusion is that I am weird but I like to believe I am better than everyone else because of it.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Big Muff Pi w/Tone Wicker. It has the classic US Muff tone, plus the filter and tone bypass. And, it has a smaller diecast box which is a huge selling point for me (I have the full size Muff which is huge, and the sheetmetal box is super flimsy).\n\nDon't get too hung up on having tubes in your pedal. Solid state is much better suited to stompbox use, anyway.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Hey, don't forget about the Russian Big Muff Pi. It sounds great (much smoother with more sustain than the other Big Muffs) I have one, and it sounds amazing, and I picked it up for only $50, too!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "In N Out Burger.\n\nI live in Ohio but spent New Years in Vegas. I flew back yesterday. My first and third meals of 2010 were In N Out. It was fucking glorious and I already miss it.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Logitech Harmony 900 universal remote, Nivea for men products, American Crew Fiber, Smartfoods' White Cheddar Popcorn & Cholula Sauce. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Smartwool socks, Honda automobiles, Sonicare toothbrushes, PG Tips tea (for everyday use), Peet's coffee (beans or preground). ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "**P90x**, but kinda expensive new. I got mine free off my older brother who didn't do it. Currently he's a member of crosstraining center near our house for a couple hundred a month.\n\nLost some pound because I follow the diet guide, but I use to run and workout outside and that shit was cold as hell come fall season.\n\nNow I get to work out inside the house and just go by the pace of the DVD. I'm guessing that I'd get as much as workout as doing some generic funky chicken workout DVD, but this one doesn't make me feel so ashamed of doing it.\n\nIf I weren't doing p90x I'd probably just do some weight training though.\n\nFunny thing is, ask almost any college guy if he has p90x on his hard drive. High probability that he does. No one *ever* does the workouts. I know I never did them after downloading. Just started because my older brother already bought the DVD set with chinup bars and elastic bands. My younger brother and I already started doing dumbell freeweights exercises, 45lb adjustables for each of us so we were set for the required equipment. Younger brother asked if we should do it and I was up for testing it out. \n\nAsk around your dorms, you will find the DVD set. Reqs: Pull up bar, dumbells, and dietary self-control.\n\n(I know that diet is all I need for weight loss, but damnit I want the advertised six-pack abs)\n\nAMA", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I will back you up on the SriRacha sauce (known as 'Cock Sauce' in my house due to the picture on the bottle). I would also endorse [Marmite](http://www.marmite.com/) and [Meat](http://www.lisburncity.gov.uk/filestore/images/Raw-Meat-1.jpg). ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Nice try, Mr. Market Analyzer.\n\nEDIT: Seriously though, K-Swiss shoes. They are so fucking comfortable.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Lululemon work out pants. Yes, I know they're like $100, but they never fade, shrink, or lose theirs shape and if they get wet from sweat or rain or whatever, they dry in two minutes. I have gotten a ridiculous amount of use from them. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Lenovo ThinkPads, Pelican Cases, Fluke Meters, CamelBak water bottles, Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird, Wiha tools", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "If a product's functionality differs by region, then reviews made by customers in one region may not properly reflect the functionality in your own region. I think that this is not very common though.\n\nYour idea of the flag is a good one, but it may be better to simply use country names, since they are more recognisable than flags.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Indoctrinating the children is one of the ways religion perpetuates itsself. It's a miracle I didn't end up a devout Roman Catholic because I grew up that way... \n\nMy mother is a Roman Catholic, my father is a Sunni Muslim, and my stepfather is a non-practicing Jew (probably his affinity for ham). Luckily, from a very young age I was able to look and say \"hey... all three of these people think that they are right, but why\". \n\nI'm still trying to figure out how I ended up as an Atheist (although I prefer Secular Humanist).", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Just be careful though. Atheist parents can still indoctrinate their children into believing there is no god. Best way to go about things is to tell your child \"Believe what you want, but be sure you have evidence and can defend your beliefs.\" That's what my dad did.\n\nIn other words, indoctrinate your kids in ways that prevent them from being indoctrinated. Hehe.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I always ask my boy why he believes or doesn't believe things. He's only 6 so he can't quite spit it out yet. I do think he is off to a good start with critical thinking though.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Yes, thanks to all parents who do not impose their beliefs onto their children. Indoctrinating kids is the most vile thing a parent can do. However, being an atheist doesn't automatically make a rational parent, one can still influence their children in a detrimental way by introducing bias. Albeit that happens perhaps more rarely with atheistic parents, it is still possible in every way.\n\nAnyway, good luck to all parents who are giving their best shot at raising bright minds.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Here, I made a [script](http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65668) that adds a link. It works in Firefox with Greasemonkey, Opera, and probably Chrome too.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I just want to be able to view the entire tree my comment is in. My comment, all the comments on it, and all the direct parent comments of my comment. ", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "I would go back to meet my Grandfather. I was too young to remember him when he passed away. I would say, \"Hi, I'm your Grandson. I'm told that we're very much alike. I wish I'd had the chance to get to know you\".", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Well, you should write this where you posted the gift (at RedditGifts.com). There's a better chance that she will see it there. Hopefully, she is scanning/tracking the gallery to see when her gift is posted.\n\nAlso, obligatory:\n\n> You nailed me 100%\n\nThat's what she said.", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "Fun fact, you're going to have more people search for you on facebook than send you letters.\n\nMore fun fact, we are common friends with Jay Williams. He single-handedly was the reason I passed Calculus 4 (aside from me). Maybe I'll write you that story in a letter...", "score": 18 }, { "body": "My father was a king of a major country. However, due to his passing, he is unable to run the country. As a Nigerian prince, I have been trying to obtain his wealth. Please send a SASE envelop with 50 dollars, and I can return th favor. I am about to inherit 50 quadrillion dollars.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "You should have sent out your address through PM instead of posting it above to cut down on spam / stalkers.\n\nI might send a letter but what should I say? What are your hobbies / life story?", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Not sure if it's what you're looking for, but I made a very similar request of a friend in college, and he said \"What you want is Tangerine Dream.\" He was absolutely correct. I recommend Rubycon to start. It's more space (and perhaps even \"new age\") than rock, but I love it.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Guy here.\n\nI'll suggest the sex-related ideas first, because.. well, it's a guy. A coupon for a nude backrub rarely goes amiss, for example.\n\nIf you are not at that point, or want to stick with the winter theme, here are some other ideas. Most involve you doing something rather than paying for something, so bear with me:\n\n * Reverse the winter - hold a private \"beach party\" or tropical getaway. Have a luau or clambake, for example.\n\n* If one of you has a halfway decent camera, spend a day taking pictures of each other all over the city or house, wearing different outfits, etc. Nothing necessarily naughty, just a good excuse to be (literally) focusing on each other for a whole day. Bonus: you get to keep the memories!\n\n* Rent a a movie you know he'd like, make/order in his favorite meal, and have a night in.\n\n* Write a romantic poem or letter to him. Yeah, we like that if there is a legitimate reason for it (like a birthday). This can fail for some men, so it's up to you to know if it's a good idea. Don't pour your heart out if he's likely to get embarrassed or look at it then nod and ask what's for dinner, for example.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Winter picnic with soup or stew in a Thermos and something warm to drink?\n\nMaybe plan a scavenger hunt where he finds you with all of them ready to go?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Cheap but strong booze plus sexy nurse/schoolgirl/whatever outfit. He's a guy. He will say its the best birthday of his life. Never fails. Ever.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The irony of posting a self.reddit to tell everyone about this... my head asplode.\n\nOn a serious note, Facebook is getting VERY ANNOYING with stupid decisions they've been making. No setting to turn off 'recenty activity', the really shitty compression of pictures, etc.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Well here's what you missed so far:\n\n*Dinyo is hatching a Surprise Egg in Happy Aquarium. Who knows what surprise fish will hatch soon! \n\n1 hour ago via Happy Aquarium - Comment - Like - Play Happy Aquarium", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I use facebook to keep in contact with people who fall into the exclusive group of \"People who've moved away and are smart enough to use facebook but not savvy enough to operate an instant messenger\"\n\nI have 6 facebook friends. \n\nI basically don't use it for anything other than that, but I still wouldn't call it a waste of time.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "The Hangover. I thought it was going to be just another cheesy comedy movie, but I seriously was surprised how much I liked it.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Sherlock Holmes, Robert Downey Jr. really pulled it off. And Guy Ritchie's character came through even though this was a much bigger film than his previous ventures.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "The Men Who Stare At Goats... i didn't know a thing about the film until a friend invited me to see the flick... laughed my ass off the entire time... definitely a must see", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I know quite a few people are going to say this, but I was pleasantly surprised by Avatar. I knew the story wasn't very original, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.\n\nAs a bonus, the last time I was *least* pleasantly surprised by a movie I saw in the theater was Wolverine: Origins. After watching it, I wanted to kick someone in the face for the travesty I had just witnessed.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I saw *Mamma Mia* with my family on vacation two summers ago. I loved seeing [James Bond singing.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeBVZExvB5k&feature=related)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "It's the FINAL COUNTDOWN! \r\n\r\nDo do do doo, \r\ndo do do do doo,\r\ndo do do doo, \r\ndo do do do do do doooo do do doooo do do do do do do do dooooo dooooooooooooooo!", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "When you buy your ticket and enter the plane you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of flight in your country/state/province. Its your choice to get on the plane. ", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "I also hate when people leave their brights on. Especially when they have the really fancy super fucking bright halogen ones. About half of this hate comes from the fact that my headlights suck so bad they give off the light equivalent of two iphones strapped to the front of my car. On medium brightness.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Headlights? Turn indicators? Traffic lights? To make you feel a bit better... [This is what](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM) I have to face everyday in my country. \n\nBut note: Not one accident.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Are we talking about at night or during morning/evening when there is ambient light to see the road? I only turn on my lights when I need it to see, otherwise the amber/red running lights on my crown vic are ample to identify where my car is from the perspective of another driver when its not quite day-bright.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "In a few states (CA, OH, and PA are a few) it's a law that when you have your wipers on, you must also have your headlights on. When people ignore this it annoys me as it can be very difficult to see in torrential downpours or heavy misting fog.\n\n\nKind of like the \"keep right, pass left\" law that 80% of road-worthy assholes ignore.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I despise people that don't use their headlights in the rain. They think just because it's still daylight, they don't need them. I can't see you 10 feet behind me when it's down-pouring, asshole! If I hit you when I merge, it's your damn fault.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Drowning. The idea of dying while being able to see the air above me and the burning feeling in my lungs is terrifying.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Being trapped, unable to move or call for help. That could mean physically trapped or trapped in my own mind in a \"coma\" where I am entirely aware.\n\nOne time I was at the Honey, I Shrunk The Kids playground in Walt Disney World and I claimed through a little cave between some rocks - it was incredibly dark. I got most of the way through and then realized I was stuck. My heart absolutely raced as I started to panic. As I frantically started to struggle, I popped my arm through and was able to get out. But in that moment, it was absolutely terrifying. \n\nIt was the exact same feeling I get every time I experience sleep paralysis.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My biggest fear is making a mess of my life, and screwing it up so bad I will lose everyone and everything that matters, and will eventually die alone with my own self pity and regret.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Death while scuba diving, specifically cave diving has scared the shit out of me ever since my mum recounted a story of one of her friends dying like that. The thought of getting lost in pitch blackness, not knowing which way is out, or even up or down and realising that eventually your oxygen will run out and you will suffocate alone in the dark would be truly terrifying. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Fucking nanobots.\n\nThey are cell-sized robots programmed to harvest resources from their environments to replicate. How could this possibly be a good idea? Think Terminator, but more small-scale and un-combattable. \n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "My sister also shoots weddings. Can you comment on the following?\n\n* Weird story?\n* Bride/groom walking out on each other?\n* How much do you charge and what do you get?\n* How many cameras do you use and what are they?\n* Worst thing that has happened to you/your equipment?\n* Most embarrassing moment- for anyone.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "This is a great AMA. Thanks for doing this. I've shot about five weddings for friends and family members who know I like taking good pictures, and I'm usually asked to do so just to get some angles and stuff that the pro (when there is one) won't get. I just use a D90 with a VR 18-200, and though I get some good pics, the professional photographers - as you say - never have the time to show me tricks.\n\nI end up taking some great shots and some not-so-great ones. No one has yet explained to me any basic principles of wedding photography that are anything more than basic photography principles. Are there special tricks? How many shots does one photographer usually take at a wedding? What proportion are good/usable, and how many pics do you usually sell to a couple? (Don't worry, I have a day job.) And thanks again for this AMA.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "How do you feel about family and friends taking their own photos at a wedding? Do you feel as though they're stealing your thunder?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I don't know if you'd like to answer this question... but I'll try:\n\n\n\nIf a couple is on a tight budget, and asks a friend to be their wedding photographer, what quick/easy tips would you give them? (Assuming he knows the basics of aperture, shutter speed, etc.)\n\n\n\nFor example, I have noticed that having a separated source of light (lamp) and not depending only of the in-camera flash makes a WORLD of difference between an excellent shot and a crappy one.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "How many photos do you take on average? How long does it take to sort through them and delete bad photos and such?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "have you ever photographed an offbeat wedding? like something outside the norm: a gay wedding, a wedding in which the couple dresses up in star trek uniforms, something like that. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "run until you feel like this, walk until you feel like you can breathe again then start running again. repeat.", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "Dear Codepoet,\n\nI work in a pretty nice BBQ place in California that features Chicken Fried Bacon as one of it's many pig-oriented indulgences. I often times recommend to my bar guests that they ignore the customary dipping sauces that come with the plate and instead try chocolate sauce (not offered on the menu). As far as I can recall, they've always favored the chocolate sauce. Perhaps that should be another step in your Chicken Fried Bacon Adventure!\n\n", "score": 11 }, { "body": "> I couldn't feel my left arm for several minutes\n\nDon't worry, that's just the bacon working!\n\nWhat sort of gravy did they pair it with?", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "It's important to remember that we're only talking in generalizations here: some women will, in their nature, not be this way, and that's perfectly appropriate.\n\nBut with that caveat, here's what I think usually goes on.\n\nFirst, abusers are irregular. They have \"bad moments\" but try to redeem themselves by being nice, so there's always a sense of a light at the end of a tunnel. Second, I think a thought process like this occurs: \"I approved of him, he approved of hitting me, I've already accepted this,\" such that violence becomes the status quo instead of breaking it. Third, we're programmed to want capable partners with resources, and hitting one's wife shows, on some level, an idiotic \"toughness\" that might even be called attractive, in a perverted way.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I suppose it has something to do with self-esteem. The physical abuse, which is probably backed up with subtle (or not-so subtle) emotional abuse must take a horrendous toll on a woman's self-worth. After long periods of time in an abusive relationship, they must feel so down on themselves that they think they can't do any better.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I was the top comment on that thread. \n\nFor me, it had a lot to do with age. At 16, I was pretty positive that I knew this guy better then anybody, and I could heal his poor, broken soul. You know; captain save-a-bro. \n\n\nOnce you mature a bit, she realizes that you can't change/save people, especially after they have crossed a certain threshold. My ex had some emotional/daddy issues, and would often get drunk, find me, and start crying his eyes out about how much he needed me and loved me. At that point I would think \"gosh, im getting through to him, I must be so special\". In reality, im pretty sure it was all a trick to get me not to leave him until he got sick of me. \n\n\nHere is my original post\nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/al6m6/whats_the_worst_thing_a_guy_has_ever_done_to_you/c0i5y1s\n\n\n\nI think it takes a bad egg or two to be really clearheaded about how much your willing to take before you tell a less than ideal guy to go fuck himself. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "A lot of them also are abused financially which makes it hard to leave- they aren't allowed to have jobs or bank accounts or credit cards- the guy might even take out cards in their name and mess up their credit. They may not have access to phones- or even shoes!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "It's incredibly easy to be an intimidating male and make a woman fear you. What's stopping the guy from killing/raping/abusing her if she tries to break up with him. She could go to the cops, but what if they don't do anything.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Call me heartless, but I didn't like either of those episodes, and didn't like River Song especially. At the \"Beginning of Time Pt. 1\" The Doctor mentions marriage and how it didn't work out all that well. I like to think that was her.\r\n\r\nSaddest moment that didn't involve death was \"The Family of Blood\". That little girl in the mirror bit gets me every time. Also when the Doctor watches the WWI memorial service with Martha. Tears fall out of my face every time I see that.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "don't wear pants unless you need to. First thing I do when I get home is get comfortable and no pants no socks is perfect.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "If you have foul tasting pills, place them in your mouth **under** the tongue and then wash them back with a swig of water. You can take pills without them touching your tastebuds at all.\r\n\r\nI know most adults don't really mind taking any pills but this is a great way to get kids to take pills without minding. I personally still use this technique.\r\n\r\nFile it under: pointless but potentially helpful. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "> You wanna know the secret to surviving air travel? After you get where you're going, take off your shoes and your socks then walk around on the rug bare foot and make fists with your toes.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Buy a rice cooker that has a timer. There's something wonderful about coming home during lunch or after work and having most of your meal already cooked for you.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Programmable coffee maker. Best investment EVER.\n\nI set out the cups and my husband's travel thermos. Makes the morning (not my fave time of day) more tolerable.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Pick up a book on etiquette, and learn it. Try to open doors for people and give aid whenever possible. A favourite book of mine is called How To Be A Gentleman, it's thin and gives very good advice.\n\nEDIT: Learn latin, and study ancient rome and greece. The similarities between people living two thousand years ago, and us today are amazing.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I would like to add doing mental puzzles during down time at work, in the car, or just whenever you're bored is a great way to pass the time, help mental acuity, and help with everyday life. Try the [Roman Room](http://www.wikihow.com/Remember-Lists-of-Words-With-the-Roman-Room-Trick)", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Delete, without reading, the politically fueled rage emails your grandfather bulk sends you first thing in the morning.", "score": 4 }, { "body": ">To save hot water if you live with other people, adjust the pressure to a lower level when your [sic] lathering up.\n\nI usually just turn the water off altogether. On top of saving a bit of water, it gives me way more room to move around and sud up since I have a shitty little apartment shower.\n\nAside from that, try to have a goal in mind ever day. It makes a big difference how the days feel if you feel you have something to do, and if you feel you've accomplished something. Maybe create little rewards for yourself. For example, if you rake those leaves by noon, you can reward yourself with a nice cup of tea, or something.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Wear good shoes. Or at least buy good inserts. I'm on my feet all day and if it weren't for having good shoes my life would suck.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Lather soap in your hands? Hell no. Lather up a wash cloth (or loofah, I suppose) and scrub yourself down. It gets you cleaner, but more importantly, it feels *good*.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Do something every day that needs to be done, but that you really don't want to do. You will reach the end of the day and feel awesome about how you had the discipline necessary to get off the couch and get shit accomplished.\n\nPraise/encourage/uplift/recognize a different person every day, and mean it. Every nice thing you say to someone about themselves will eventually make its way back to you; not because of karma, but because by improving the attitudes your circles of friends, family, and coworkers, you indirectly improve those entire circles (of which you are a member). Hard mode: do this with people you don't like very much.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "A bilateral body plan. Those organs that evolved before bilateralism are one of's, those after are in pairs.", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "Have a muffin tin? Slice of ham in each well, crack an egg in the ham basket, salt and pepper, slice of tomato, or a few slices of sauteed mushroom. Bake until yolks set (375 degrees 15. 20 mins). Serve with toast.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I like the IDEA of my boyfriend kissing another attractive guy very, very much. I have a strong inkling, however, that I would not like this to actually happen. I would feel threatened, uncomfortable and betrayed. The difference between fantasy and reality is that fantasy is controlable. In reality I would have absolutley no control over my boyfriend finding this hypothetical partner more exciting, having our intimacy and trust damaged, or any other problem occuring, absent from my fantasy. When it's in only my head it's just a show for my benifit and feelings and real consequenses are absent. I guess I value our exclusivity more that the opportunity to see something novel and titilating.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Considering we actually hunt for girls for threesomes...yes I do enjoy seeing this as it means we have a good prospect. \n\nWhat is annoying about girls kissing:\n\n\"Drunk Bi\" girls, Attention whores, and the ones who think I should be \"AMAZED\" that I just saw two girls kiss. Having to explain to them it isn't worth watching until she is bent over eating my girl out while I rail her from behind gets old.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "My girlfriend once made out with another girl at a party... I thought it was hot, but I remember feeling kind of jealous.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "While I was dating a girl in my college years, we had a rule. She could make out with whoever she wanted, as long as she was sitting on my lap at the time. \n\nThe other person being a guy never happened, but there were a couple girl instances, which were very hot. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I don't think I'd mind if he was only making-out with the other guy to entertain me and wasn't very attracted to the other guy, and the other guy was at least somewhat aesthetically pleasing. If his attraction to the other guy rivaled his attraction to me, then there's a problem. I also wouldn't mind a MMF threesome if I found the other guy attractive enough.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Keep track of your schedule. Carry as few books to class as possible. Don't forget to have fun and socialize. Keep track of your money and what you spend it on. I prefer to make foods that can be done in large batches, then reheated later. Learn how to cook a pot roast, for example. \n\nKeep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. I've had it save my ass before, I could have ended up setting fire to the cabinets - but with the extinguisher, all there was was a bunch of soot. Get tenant's insurance. Read the lease agreement and keep it in a safe place. When you move in, go through the place with the landlord and note any pre-existing damage. Pay your rent on time, live quietly and avoid unncessary complaints. Landlords love people who are quiet and pay on time. Be careful with your brother, I don't know what he's like but it's easy for family to want to kill each other in situations like that.\n\nTry to make friends with people in your program and study with them, make study a social thing. I found in university that your friends revolve around your timetable. Don't be afraid to ask a prof for advice on completing an assignment you don't understand - this can make the difference between getting 50% and getting 80%. As a rule of thumb, an A requires twice as much studying as a B, and a B requires twice as much studying as a C. Profs usually have office hours, use them! Pick brains! If the prof is slow leaving the lecture hall, don't be afraid to say hi. Profs are usually in it because they enjoy the topic, and if you show an interest you can get a priceless braindump out of them.\n\nDon't drink, don't do drugs. It's amazing how many people screw themselves with that stuff. Do the problems! Never hesitate to work through the problems. Oh, and take latin:)", "score": 10 }, { "body": "You realize, old man, that times have changed since you have been to school. We all now carry shanks, and must cut someone within minutes of matriculation to build up our campus cred.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I'm a grad student working on my PhD and it's all I've ever done. As for advice on the transition back from the real world, i cant help. But when it comes to advice about college life, well, I'm kind of an expert seeing as how I've been in college for about 9 years or so. Honestly dont worry too hard about it, chances are you have an advantage over most people because you have seen the real world and can appreciate the value of the education youre getting. If you stay on top of assignments and take them seriously youll do FINE. College really isnt that hard (and im not just saying this as one of the 'smart' kids, it's really about dedication and hard work, not raw brain power) If you know you want more money and more challenge in youre life, this is the way to do it. Just remember to take full advantage of everything university life has to offer. Join clubs, meet people, to go events, start projects, maybe work with a prof on some basic research at some point, whatever. This is a place for you to explore areas you havent had a chance yet. Dont forget to take courses outside your major if you can and keep an open mind. You might find that you like something else more than CS. If that's the case, go for it and never look back. It's going to be great.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Not as extreme, but I worked two years after high school before deciding to go to university. Here are some of the things I noticed when I went back:\n\nIt's weird as hell to come home from a day of school and have homework after years of coming home from work and having free time. \n\nThe other people in your classes, the ones fresh out of highschool... they are going to seem immature as fuck. They're going to screw around for at *least* the first semester and only getting a few Fs is going to make them get down to business. \n\nIf you can get student loans or a student line of credit then go for it and ditch the part-time job, your grades will only suffer. After the first year, depending on how you did, you can think about getting a part-time job.\n\nOn part-time jobs: If you simply must have one, try and get one with the university you're going to. They are a hell of a lot more understanding when it comes to wonky schedules (working around exams and whatnot) than a private business every will be. \n\nIf you honestly want to be there and enjoy what you're learning, you're going to have a blast. \n\nStay away from the people that aren't taking it seriously and are only in university to party. \n\nTake time to party, but save it for the weekends. \n\nLook through the blog [Study Hacks](http://www.calnewport.com/blog/), consider buying his books. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Don't worry dude. I was 26 when I went back to school as well. Just turned 29 today and have 4 semesters left. I'm in petroleum engineering and transferred to colorado last year. You will find you have more time that you think you will. If at all possible try to get a job at the school, in your department. They hire undergrads for all sorts of things like office work and what not. You can due homework here. You will meet lots of students and they won't care about your age. You will also do most of your work with other students on campus, this will help a lot and you'll meet some good friends. After your first semester talk to your department and try to T.A. some of the classes you just took. You will get payed for it, meet new people, learn more and have even more free time to do homework. You'll be good man. It's always WAY easier when your older. I hated school when I should have been going but it's a piece of cake now.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I didn't know people still went to google.com, figured that's what that little bar at the top of my browser was for.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I actually think its kind of a neat touch. Its not like they are going to have it daily, it's just for Newton's birthday.", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "I may be wrong, but I think games *on-rails* is something like House of the Dead or Time Crisis, not to be confused with other linear games.", "score": 81 }, { "body": "Definitely. Linear games are more of an interactive movie. I like to be guided along an adventure rather than try to create my own.\n\nMost \"sandbox\" games are actually still pretty linear with little changes here and there depending on what you do. The only games where I ever felt my actions made a difference in story were Mass Effect and Dragon Age. I remember the first time in Mass Effect where someone offered me a job and I declined. That person took off and I knew I'd never know of that piece of the story unless I replayed the game. \n\nWhen I play a game like GTAIV, if I don't do the \"run over the hookers\" side quest, it really doesn't matter.", "score": 35 }, { "body": "My biggest problem with open world games is that they are bigger than they need to be. Oblivion is the most obvious example. That entire game could be fit into a world map 50% of the size, and it would have been fine.\n\nThis seems to come from some weird misconception that players like exploring open worlds, which at first seems true. Then that player runs around Oblivion on foot and spends an hour staring at the same bright and highly saturated flowers and leaves, and after a while the novelty wears off and he realizes that exploring this world would be boring and tedious, and the loot he finds in the random non-quest related dungeons is mostly uninspiring vendor trash. At this point the player discovers the fast travel option and never looks back. At this point the entire open world is essentially gone, and replaced with discrete interest points. All the long walks to quest dungeons you haven't discovered are essentially part of the dungeon, another area you will see once and leave.\n\nThe worst part about these games is that there often is interesting content in these worlds that you might miss because it's so boring to run around in the open and find all of the generic dungeons. Just a small amount of personal care can really turn things around. For example I loved the vault in fallout 3 where everyone was named Gary and they would scream and charge at you with rudimentary clubs, and there were hallucinations and such as your ran around. But I also ran into 5-10 buildings that were just full of super mutants or raiders, hell some of the quests led me into those boring areas, but if I hadn't spent hours already exploring identical ruins then it would probably have been less annoying in the main quests.", "score": 29 }, { "body": ">Now, I don't think all games should be linear.\n\nEvery game ever made is linear. The only difference is how far apart the guide rails are.", "score": 17 }, { "body": "Personally I found Bioshock far too linear, the game give the impression of a vast environment to explore but you could never actually do any exploring as you were so constrained as to where you could go, and exactly what you had to do next.\n\nContrast this to Batman, though whilst still linear, has a fair bit of exploration to it, trying to find all the riddler trophies etc. I actually enjoyed exploring Arkham, I didn't enjoy exploring Rapture.", "score": 15 }, { "body": "Yeah, the recent fetish for open worldiness kind of bugs me. I much prefer a polished game like Half Life 2 to a game like Fallout 3, or Oblivion. Here's why:\n\nIn theory, open world games give the player more freedom. Unfortunately, due to the limitations on role playing, they also don't give them any real reason to exercise that freedom. And, as a general thing, their main story quests tend to be awful. Thus players wander around stealing things and killing people until they get bored.\n\nSecond: linear games tend to be much more polished than open world games. In HL2, everything is polished like mad. The animations are superb. The graphics are good. The voice acting is professional. The story is brilliant. The weapons are balanced. Every area is packed with realistic detail. In Oblivion, the facial animations are horrible, the characters move like llamas with parkinsons, the voice acting is bad and repetitive, the story is dull, and there are vast stretches of nothing but trees and rocks. The whole game world could have been shrunk by a factor of five without losing any interesting content. While the world is much bigger, it's far less polished and the content is diluted with cookie cutter dungeons and big empty forests.\n\nI'm not saying that all open world games suck, but for RPG's and shooters, I have yet to see it done really well. More often than not, the open world aspect winds up feeling completely tacked on and pointless.\n\n", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Nothing is wrong with preferring one over the other but it's silly to think they should just stop the one you don't like. There's plenty of both, just avoid the one you don't like.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I don't have huge amounts of time to play games and I like the game to entertain me from start to finish, not have me wandering around wondering what the fuck to do next.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "My problem with open world games is that I don't know what to do next. Give me a yellow brick road to follow and I'm happy.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I like to be told a story, and for that to work, there needs to be some degree of linearity. I'd pick, say, Far Cry over open-world Far Cry 2 any day of the week.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I play games for the story-telling and open world games tend to have little to no story. I also don't like most shooters or fighting games for this reason", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I think that the OP means \"between rails\".\n\nOpen world games will keep improving, I think, but their main issue is that they're constrained by the falsehood of their worlds. Only the small area around the player is actually simulated, everything else is either completely frozen or working off a very high-level simulation. \n\nNothing in open world games has the same agency as the player, and that starts to get creepy. Linear games can script away this problem.\n\nThese things will improve, if companies are willing to lay the groundwork of improving their simulation rather than building/scripting the world by hand. If a modern open-world game had an AI and simulation as complex as Dwarf Fort's, we would see the birth of a mind-blowing new genre.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Are you trying to argue that you prefer a game with a linear storyline, like say Half-Life, to GTA?\n\nIf we're talking about proper on-rails games like Time Crisis, I think there's a time (no pun intended) and a place, and that time and place is 1998, school holiday to France, two friends, four 10F coins and endless gallons of Coke. I totally associate games like that with arcades, I think they work great there. You don't need to be immersed in a storyline or given hundreds of options, you just want to go in with a friend, pick up and shoot.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Whenever I hear \"open world gameplay\", my brain automatically substitutes it with \"padding so can we claim X hours of gameplay\".", "score": 5 }, { "body": "There's a market for open linear games and a market for scripted linear ones. Both are good and have their own strengths and weaknesses. I wouldn't like for develepors to decide to push all their games in one of these directions or the other. Rather they should stick with what they do and simply improve upon it.\n\nI couldn't imagine the next Oblivion game being a structured linear narrative it just wouldn't be Oblivion. But I also couldn't imagine Half Life Episode 3 being an open world city 17 for you to explore. It wouldn't work either.\n\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I can definitely see where you're coming from. I've seen a lot of people complaining that a game was too linear despite it not even trying to be linear or saying things like Half Life 2 was a great game even though it was linear. I don't prefer one over the other and my decision to play a game changed based on my mood, but I've never understood why a game would be criticized for being too linear if it never tried to be open world in the first place.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Depends what I'm in the mood for. Sometimes I want to basically watch a movie that I get to be the lead in. Sometimes I just want to be able to escape into a completely different one where I can do anything I want. \n\nThis is why Bioshock and Oblivion are two of my favorite games in recent years. Bioshock was a great experience in storytelling and atmosphere, but was mostly on the rails. Oblivion was a huge world where they just dump you and let you go. Different games for different moods. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "So from the text I guess you just mean a linear game rather than an on rails game. Open world done right can be great, but it's *very difficult* to do it right. They're often bogged down with uninteresting worlds, boring/repetitive side missions, etc. Look at how the open world design dampened Prototype or Brutal Legend. It takes a hell of a team to make an open world game that works. Bethesda is great at it, Rockstar is good at it, but with a few other exceptions give me a linear game over a wonky open world game any day.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Definitely. I love crafted experiences like Half Life 2 or Uncharted 2. Running around for miles picking up missions, not so much.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I completed STALKER, I wished it was more linear. I basically ended up finishing the game believing that only doing the main quest would get me some sort of significant ending. While the ending was neat, it kinda sucks that I missed out on a bunch of the storyline.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I prefer games with some middle ground. Something like a final fantasy RPG. There is definitely a linear storyline going on, but at the same time you can go on sidequests at anytime. I'm still waiting for \"The World\"", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Until game developers have the resources (and budget) to fully flesh-out the environments, story, characters, etc of open world games, they will continue to lack what the \"on-rails\" games have. \n\nAnd as other people have said, too many open world games offer simply TOO many options, too much customization that ultimately does not translate to more fun. One can spend hours customizing and talking with people in Fallout 3 but I don't see how that translates to a better gaming experience you'd get with Bioshock, God of War, Half Life 2, etc. Sure, you get more hours of gameplay...but are those additional hours of gameplay as fun? Not in my experience. Endless customizations of weapons and dialog trees that go on forever? Yeah, not so much fun.\n\nHowever, not all open world games are lacking. Notable exception would be GTA3:San Andreas. That game was extremely open but also extremely fun. No gameplay elements in Oblivion or Fallout 3 were half as fun as taking a 4-wheeler offroad into the hills of San Andreas.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "He can throw you out of the store, but he can't search you without your permission. If he makes any attempt to keep you from leaving, you can file a kidnapping charge, and sue both the store and the manager personally.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "IMHO, just leave. Put the store's items down where you stand, walk out the door and deliver some pithy comment, such as \"I've seen better dressed bums begging for change.\" If someone tries to prevent you from leaving, call (or at least threaten to call) the police to report that you're being unlawfully detained - it's false imprisonment/kidnapping, as mentioned.\n\nAt the very least, don't buy anything after you get treated like that.\n\nEDIT: And **definitely** call to register a complaint - if his superiors hear that one of their agents has caused a loyal customer to stop patronizing their business for no good reason, they'll either fire him, or at the very least, share in the blame for losing business.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Tell him you refuse to allow a search, and if he attempts to, punch him out and charge him with assault.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I would not have bought anything. But if I had, I would have demanded the receipt. And demanded it again in front of the cops.\n\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Next time, pay for your shit and continue to leave, if he refuses to allow you to purchase it, leave it all on the counter, and walk out. Like SomGuy said, if attempts to block you from leaving, it's either kidnapping or false imprisonment(at least here in Florida) and you've done nothing wrong when the cops show up.. Your pockets will be empty. :)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Being a virgin is like a fine wine. While people may rush off to get the lambrini of sexual encounters, it often pays to wait and mature to get a better experience for both parties. Not being aroused by girls could be many things, nerves, not the right girl, the setting, and you know what? Not every girl turns me on either. Just because you are a man doesn't mean every girl should have your penis inside her like a fat persons finger at a pie factory! Give it time, it's one of these things. Soon you you will meet someone who will make it a wonderful experience to share. :)", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Consider that you may not like women? There's nothing wrong with that. \n\nThere's also nothing wrong with being a virgin at 20 years old. I'm a fairly good looking person that is just fine with the ladies and I lost my virginity drunkenly on my 19th birthday. I regret it. There's no rush my friend. Perhaps you just haven't found your type of lady. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Looks like [thrips](http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7429.html). Thrips are extremely small. *Almost* impossible to see with the unaided eye. They are **very** destructive if they get out of hand. Thrips eat your plants by scraping away the surface layers of plant tissue, then sucking up the sap that oozes out of the wounded cells. Caterpillars take big mouth shaped bites, so I doubt that it's caterpillars. If it is thrips, BT won't work for you. There are many different strains of BT, a.k.a. [Bacillus thuringiensis](http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/Insect/05556.html), but none that I know of that are recommended for thrips. The best way to control an insect is always with their natural predators. You will have the most success while taking the least risk to you and your plants health. If you decide that you absolutely must use a pesticide spray, I recommend Azatrol (or Azamax, they're identical). It doesn't kill them immediately and it's kinda spendy, but if you apply twice a week for a month, you'll probably never see a pest on your tomatoes again. Add to that the fact that it is *extremely* safe for people and pets as well as most beneficial insects. As someone with experience fighting thrips I say hit them hard and hit them fast or you will have a long struggle ahead of you.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Check out the [Tomato Problem Solver](http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/tomatoproblemsolver/) and click on \"Leaf\".", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Before you read this: Please don't judge me... I'm just sharing my story because people asked...\n\nWow... okay, I wasn't sure if I was ever going to tell anyone about this, but it's late and I'm sleep deprived so i guess I'll just write it now and regret it in the morning :/\n\nFirst of all, - just for some background: My mom died right when I was born, (she was actually really, really hot- but this isn't about her. I guess that's fucked up to say, but whatever.) I actually grew up with my dad's family, because my dad has all sorts of emotional issues and he bailed before I was born. So you can see, my childhood was really kind of messed up.\n\nAnyways, growing up I feel like there was always a lot of distance between me and my sister. When I was about 17 or 18 I first noticed that my sister was a hottie. \n\nI don't want to go into too many details about it, but basically what happened is that I accidentally found a video that she made of herself. I knew she didn't make it for me- but I thought she was so fucking beautiful that I watched it twice. I probably would have watched it a hell of a lot more, except that like right around the time I found the video, all this crazy shit went down and I had to leave home. (My dad's family who I was staying with got in bad trouble with the law. I never talk about it).\n\nSooo... I was totally lusting after my sister at that point. She was also having bad trouble with the law. She was actually in custody when I left home.\n\nMy friend and I went to go pick her up. When I saw her that day, after seeing the video, I have to be honest, I just wanted to fuck her brains out. Looking back on it now, it's pretty messed up- but I think she had feelings for me too. She actually kissed me right after we came to get her... and it wasn't a sisterly kiss, you know? I mean, it wasn't like ridiculously sexual or anything, but it definitely wasn't sisterly.\n\nAfter we left, we all went to crash with my Sister's friends. On the trip there, my friend sort of implied that he wanted to get with my Sister, and I got a little jealous. He's a good looking guy- and even though she was my sister- I just felt like he was competition. Not much else happened between us for a while except some maybe-sexy hugging.\n\nPretty much everyone in my life at that point was wanted by the government, so we all moved around a lot. I'm not saying that I'm proud of it or anything, but it was kind of an awesome time.\n\nMy friend and my sister never hooked up I don't think- but I thought there was some serious sexual tension going on between them. It was around that time that I got really badly hurt in an accident. It was fucked up. I almost died. But when I was in recovery my sister came to see me, and out of the clear blue sky she started gives me this awesome, slow, passionate kiss on the lips. \n\nSadly (although, I guess for the best) nothing ever came of it. We spent some time apart... and I started to get really religious, so I tried not to think of her that way. It was actually going well for a long time- like I was totally over her. But I have to say, like a year or so after all that stuff went down, we were out sailing (not like a date or anything romantic like that), and she was wearing like the hottest bikini I've ever fucking seen and it brought back all the old feelings. *Sigh*.\n\nA little while later she actually wound up with my friend from before (the sexual tension guy). I can't say I was surprised.\n\nBut even after she was shacking up with my friend, there was one time we were at a party... my friend was inside, and my sister and I were outside alone. It was a really intimate moment. I think something might have happened, except that I killed the mood when I told her that Darth Vader was our father and that I had to go face him.\n\n\n ", "score": 6197 }, { "body": "I'm of USSR decent. I haven't met a cousin of mine that I wouldn't fuck under any other circumstances under the age of 35 and over the age of 18.", "score": 97 }, { "body": "Yes, three of my cousins are lingerie-model hot. \n\nTry spending a summer at the beach with just them and an equally gorgeous, but 40 something aunt, and not losing your mind. \n\n", "score": 95 }, { "body": "Ok, I made this account only for this post.\nI have a cousin who is actually my aunt, she is my father's cousin, daughter to my father's cousin, but since she is closer to our (brothers and cousins') age group, she got bundled up in cousin and not aunt. She is like 10 years older than me. I was 20 at the time.\nShe lives far, so we don't visit very often. She has 2 kids, divorced. We really hit it off, we clicked and were always together, running errands, it was always her and me in the carpool, cause her kids rode in the kiddie car.. I had noticed her in a non-cousin way the moment I saw her, tall and beautiful with a big mess of hair and gorgeous breasts, and I remember her going \"hey cuz, you've grown, you're very handsome\", etc..\nSo, one day she turns around and says \"I bet you smoke\" and I says \"Hell yeah\", so we go on an \"errand\" and we smoke a joint. I was completely baked and lost all track of time. We were both sitting in a park bench somewhere, pretty isolated too, stoned and smiling, all of a sudden i rest my head on her lap and she starts caressing my hair, nothing weird, but I had gotten a boner, which she notices and then the caressing starts getting a bit heavier, and I start sighing, you know, groaning with pleasure i guess would be the right way. All of a sudden without either of us expecting it, I get up and kiss her, open mouth and I put my hand inside her bra, and she is fucking loving it, we start making out, after a while she pulls apart and looks at me like \"if your parents knew I've been getting you high, they would kill me\", to which I reply, \"you know, they would go fucking crazy if you gave me a blowjob\". Magic words, apparently, she unzips me and stats blowing me, and I swear to god, i don't know if it was the excitement or my chronic premature ejaculation syndrome, but i fucking blew a load all over her face, some even inside her mouth... This is when she fucking blew my mind. Never has any woman done this for me. She fucking wipes her face and *swallows it*\nAfter that, she cleans up with some baby whipes, we go home. \n\nLike 2 days after that she calls me apart and says we have to talk. Of course she assumes the 20 yr old can't keep his mouth shut, or whatever, we end up going to some shitty motel, and man, I gotta tell you, i did stuff to her that I hadn't done then, and I haven't done again several years later. I fucking ate her ass and everything, I licked evey inch of her body, she fucking swallowed my load *twice* that night, I was sucking on toes and titties and assholes, I gotta say, never licked an asshole before, I don't see myself doing it again in the foreseeable future, but I would lick her ass over and over and over again... It was awesome! I fucked her in the ass, fuck, she even begged me to fill her ass with cum... \n\nWhat else can I say? No sisters and my mom is definitely off-limits, but I would fuck each and every one of my cousins, well, provided they look good... I don't give a fuck! Would not marry one, but I would fuck her brains out. That is all, thank you for listening...", "score": 86 }, { "body": "This is a mental image straight out of a summer comedy:\r\n\r\nDelores DelMonte was Playboy Playmate #3. She actually sat for the photos before issue #1 was published, so she thought it was some random lad's mag and didn't think anything of it. Soon after the photo shoot she married and left the country, returning many years later. \r\n\r\nOne day she got a call from her son in college: \"Mom, you were a Playmate?\"\r\n\r\nShe was puzzled, said \"What? No I wasn't. Where did you hear that?\" \r\n\"I've got the Playboy Book here, and you're Playmate #3\" \r\nSlowly realization dawned \"Oh good lord - maybe I was.\" \r\n\r\nShe said that then she heard in the background \"DUDE! That's my mom! Don't be fucking *gross*!\"\r\n\r\n(She later talked to Hef and got a certificate verifying that yep, she was a Playmate)", "score": 42 }, { "body": "Everyone I know tells me my sister is super hot. She is a model, so I guess it must be true. Looks like a sister to me. In fact, I couldn't even imagine dating someone with the same name as her. Luckily, her name is not all that common.", "score": 41 }, { "body": "Yes. I have 3 cousins, all of whom are very attractive, especially the middle one (blond hair, blue eyes, just a gorgeous girl) who is about 19 or 20 now. Their mother was an absolute knock-out when she was younger (I believe she was a cheerleader in high school and may have done some modeling at some point), so I see where they got it from. Anyway, here's the kicker...\n\nI'm adopted. I am NOT biologically related to them or anyone else in my regular family (never met my biological parents), so they're only my cousins in a legal sense, I guess you could say, I'm not actually related to them by blood, not even the least little bit. So, yes, I could actually bang them and it wouldn't bring up any of the typical concerns and problems surrounding incest because it's not *actually* incest, really, since I'm not *actually* related to them :D\n\nI find this very amusing, personally, although it's totally impractical since I never see them because they live on the opposite side of the country and we never visit. I haven't seen them in probably 10 years or so, and they're all in their late teens and early 20's now, but my mom gets pictures every now and then from my aunt, one of which was of the middle cousin I mentioned above that I remember seeing a couple years ago and thinking \"Holy fucking shit that girl is fine...and I'm not \"technically\" related to her...ok, I would totally bang her like a Salvation Army drum.\" (I did not actually say this outloud, mind you--regardless of the technicalities, I don't think that would've gone over well with mom :D ).", "score": 41 }, { "body": "I really liked my cousin when we first met when I was 16. We became really great friends and started messing around a year or so later. Jacking each other off mostly but oral twice. We got really drunk one night and tried to have anal sex but it didn't work. \n\nI slowly realized my sexuality and said I loved him three years later. He said he wasn't gay. We had a falling out. Three years later we're actually ok friends. He's fine with the fact I'm gay. While we'll probably never be as close as we were, we're still ok. He gave me a kiss on the cheeks recently after I went out partying with him. He loves me as a brother but nothing more.\n\nTL:DR; my first love was my cousin and we messed around, we're both guys. \n\nBTW I'm Chinese.\n\n", "score": 38 }, { "body": "You know how hot people typically hang out with hot people? \n\nI have two older sisters. Growing up it was just fine.", "score": 36 }, { "body": "My sister is the most beautiful girl I know. She's the kind of girl that stops traffic. Literally, breath stuck in your throat beautiful. \r\n\r\nI am fiercely protective of her because for one, girls hate her because she's so much prettier. It's a sad truth; everyone hates the prettiest girl in the room. I would tear a bitch limb from limb if they call my sister \"too skinny\" or says she's only pretty with makeup. They have no idea how wonderful she can be and it's so much more than being a pretty face.\r\n\r\nGuys forget to be polite and come up to her and say lewd, disgusting things to her. One guy she went out with bought her a freaking bottle of lubricant after the first date. I had a few words with his punk ass on the meaning of respect. \r\n\r\nMy baby sister is not some hot piece of ass like people treat her. \r\n\r\nSo, that is your answer. I think for most people, you want to protect your siblings from jerks and creeps. You are, for the most part, not one of the creeps.\r\n\r\nI think anybody that has a little sister or daughter understands these feelings.", "score": 33 }, { "body": "Strangers used to assume my girlfriend was my sister (which was funny when we would start kissing in front of said strangers). This however got me thinking. Being an adopted child I question whether I should look for women who have no resemblance to me in the 1 in a million chance I meet a biological sister and end up fucking her.", "score": 28 }, { "body": "I avoid girls who look like my sisters. Not sure why, my sisters are beautiful. I just want them to accept whoever I choose. I feel that If I hit it off with someone to physically similar to them they would get offended. (we're really close, not just family but my brother, sisters and I are all best friends)\n\nI know I don't specifically go out chasing girls who's personalities remind me of my Mom. But for whatever reason they end up reminding me of her personality.\n\nNever ever could I get worked up to use my family as fap material.... talk about boner killer.\n\nAlso: Having hot sisters doesn't make you gay just to clear that up.", "score": 25 }, { "body": "I can't believe I'm actually writing this. \n\nI was just out of high school, and had fled my home town like a bat out of hell. Pretty much just randomly choosing a town and school to go to. I was working part time at a hospital, on the midnight shift. So there weren't many people around on average. Which made it all the better when after a lunch break I'd started heading back to my floor and wound up behind the most amazing female figure I'd ever seen. So I moved up my pace a bit to see if I could make some small talk. All the while stealing glances at that amazing ass. And then I get close enough to start with whatever lame line I was going to try. And as I speak she turns, and I see a beautiful but oddly familiar face. Even if I can't place it. She could mine though, and let out a yelp of a childhood nickname that I hadn't heard in years. And then the word before it sunk in, \"cousin\". It was a cousin I hadn't seen since I was a little kid, who by total coincidence had wound up in the same town and state I chose. Worse, it was a cousin I was especially close to as a kid. In a lot of ways I'd considered her more like a sister than a cousin. So the particular person it was made it all the worse. Then to make the slow simmer of lust and total horrorific disgust even more difficult, on hearing me verify who I was she gave me a huge hug. So awkward, so very very awkward. Made even worse by some bad family history that in a lot of ways I had also moved specifically to remove myself from. ", "score": 24 }, { "body": "All of my friends have told me how attractive my sister is. Having grown up with her I just can't see her in that way. I think the point of the family unit is that it's a completely non-sexual thing. Even if Scarlett Johanson was my sister I don't think I'd be able to view her with any sort of sexual pretense.", "score": 17 }, { "body": "My sister is so gorgeous, she caused a *car accident* in Greece. I always walk one or two steps behind her so I can watch the heads turn.", "score": 17 }, { "body": "I was born into a family that happens to have a lot of hot genes. Most of my female cousins are fucking hot. Even some of the ones that are just becoming women. Most people say that I'm lucky to be have hot cousins, but, in fact, I'm not lucky at all. The only thing that I'm allowed to do is look. I can't act upon my feelings. I would be totally cool with it if any of them ever want to hook up with me for a night, but they all told me that they are sickened at the thought of incest. I do have one cousin that I have had a crush on since I was like 12. Even though I have a girlfriend, I still think about my cousin constantly and I don't know why I can't stop. On the day that I die, I will tell my cousins whom I have developed feelings for that I love them with all of my penis.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I made this throwaway account to talk about this very topic yesterday. My sister is fucking HOT, and I am totally in love with her, I would tear that ass apart. Fucked up I know but god damn, I am obsessed with her. If I found a girl that looked just like her I would propose to her in an instant.\n\nEDIT: Oh and to add onto the sickness, my mom is also relatively young and attractive, and I've fantasized about her before. My cousins are all gorgeous and I have a couple of smokin' aunts too. Why did I have to be born to such an attractive family?\n", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I saw some photo's of my grandmother when she was in her 20's. She was Beautiful, looked like Ingrid Bergman or similar. My aunt almost started dating and almost ended up getting married to a man who's daughter I was dating.... that would have been awkward... ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "In high school, some of my friends were questioning a guy we knew because he had a really hot sister. They were asking him about her huge tits and had he ever seen them, etc etc. And he was embarassed. Find out a few years later that this guy is gay. So maybe having a hot sister made him gay. Probably not.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "One of my cousins is fucking gorgeous. She's blonde, tall and in great shape. She's a genius, in law school. I haven't seen her in probably 4 or 5 years, but damn. I'm not usually attracted to blondes like I am brunettes, but good lord she's hot. Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My family is pretty good looking, my Dad especially. He's very muscular with blonde hair/blue eyes, looks very young. A few weeks ago he took me out to lunch and girls MY AGE kept checking him out. It was so weird. I wanted to punch them. \n\nAnyway, I do tend to go after guys that have lighter hair and eyes with a more slender/muscular build now that I think about it. Weird.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I always thought an MMOFPS set in the WWZ universe would be awesome. \n\nAs one side you join the army whose job it is to clear out cities and certain portions of the country, move from West to East with expansions and such. The other side would be the people that got Redeker'd.\n\nAnd you just fight each other through urban, suburban, and rural sprawl. And of course, contend with countless hordes of zombies.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "At relativistic velocities, you can't simply add velocities together. (Technically speaking, you can't at any velocity, but the difference doesn't become significant unless you're doing extremely high-precision stuff). \n\nSo your ship (ship A) is traveling at .75c relative to Earth. It launches a ship (ship B) which is traveling at .25c relative to ship A. The velocity of B relative to Earth is not (.75c + .25c = 1c). Instead, it's traveling at ~.8c. You can see the relevant formulas [here](http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/velocity.html).", "score": 213 }, { "body": "The best explanation of time dilation I've ever heard is this:\n\nYou have a very wide (93,000+ miles!), transparent spaceship - wide enough that if you fire a laser on the port side at a mirror on the starboard side, it'll take exactly a second for the reflection to get back to you. You're sitting happily in your spaceship firing your laser beam: Each second, you fire a pulse, and the light reflecting back at you triggers another pulse. It's essentially a little clock. Well, a really, really big clock, actually. But a *simple* clock.\n\nIt's also a fast-moving clock, because you're travelling at half the speed of light.\n\nSo, to an outside observer, in the time it takes that pulse of light to cross your spaceship and return to you, the light has travelled quite a distance. How far? The hypotenuse of a right triangle that's 186,024 miles on one leg (how far the light moves vertically) and 93,012 miles on the other (how far your ship moves horizontally in a second). Just under 208,000 miles.\n\nSince the speed of light is constant at all velocities, that means that it took the pulse of light more than a second to travel that distance.\n\nBut wait. Inside your ship, it took *exactly* a second to travel that distance. \n\nThat's time dilation in a nutshell.", "score": 98 }, { "body": "Try this example:\n\nYou're in a ship moving 50% the speed of light (c). You switch on a torch inside the ship in the direction you're moving. The light from the torch hits the wall of the ship at EXACTLY the time it would take to reach the wall if the ship was absolutely still.\n\nYou may think that for this to be true then the light would have to move at 150% light speed. However this isn't the case due to \"time dilation\". Inside the ship the passage of time has slowed down. This means that to an outside observer that isn't moving the light would take longer to hit the wall because it has to travel further due to your ship moving. But inside the ship it's as if you're perfectly stationery.\n\nThe side effect of this is that if you move at the speed of light, the speed of time reaches zero. i.e. it freezes. So from the point of view of a photon (light) it always reaches its destination instantly no matter how far away it is because there was no passage of time during its journey.\n\nTime is weird stuff.", "score": 33 }, { "body": "This has been asked here a couple of times, you can probably find if if you search. I'd copypaste a good answer from one of the previous discussions, but my mouse is missing so here are a few poorly-explained points:\n\n- The mindfucking thing about the speed of light is that it is constant relative to any frame of reference. I'd try to explain this further but I'd probably do a horrible job.\n- As you approach the speed of light, the apparent mass of an object approaches infinity, and so the energy required to accelerate any object to the speed of light is infinite.\n- The apparent passage of time is affected by velocity, so it's possible for the second ship to see itself as moving away from you at 1/4 the speed of light without you seeing it as moving away from you at the same speed; because you're experiencing time at different speeds. Sort-of.\n\n**`edit:` The top reply to this post actually knows what it's talking about. Read it.**", "score": 19 }, { "body": "> but what I don't understand, is what light's speed is actually relative to?\r\n\r\nThe speed of light is an \"absolute\" quantity, which means all observers will measure it to be c relative to themselves, *no matter how fast they themselves are moving*. This sounds paradoxical, but it is literally true, and it is from this remarkable counter-intuitive fact that the special theory of relativity follows.", "score": 17 }, { "body": "The speed of light isn't relative to anything, but rather all other speeds are relative to the speed of light.", "score": 15 }, { "body": ">what I don't understand, is what light's speed is actually relative to?\n\nLight moves at 299 792 458 m/s relative to *everything*. That's what it means when we say the speed of light is constant in all reference frames. The other funky predictions of special relativity follow from this fact.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "**Without complicated clocks/light mirror examples.**\r\n\r\nThe reason your example doesn't equal light speed is that Ship2 moves at .25c *relative to Ship1*, but not relative to LaunchStation.\r\n\r\nWhy? Assume we're on LaunchStation, and the following descriptions are based on what we see.\r\n\r\n1) To LaunchStation, Ship1 (moving at .75c) is severely time dilated, i.e. it is moving slowly through time. Ping pong games are slow, people drawl.\r\n\r\nWhy is this? LaunchStation shines a flashlight at Ship1. The beam moves at c away from LaunchStation, and is catching up to Ship1 at .25c. From Ship1, the beam approaches not at .25c, but at c. **This is special relativity -- a postulate that physical laws are constant in all inertial (non-accelerating) reference frames, and the value of c is a physical law. If it weren't, nature would \"prefer\" particular reference frames or velocities, which it does not.**\r\n\r\n2) Therefore, in order to have a coherent universe where we all exist simultaneously, Ship1 must appear to be slogging through time from LaunchStation's perspective. That way, the approach speed of the light beam, while appearing to be only .25c from LaunchStation, is c from Ship1 because they are moving through time at 1/4 the speed.\r\n\r\n3) Ship2 moves .25c away from Ship1. But from LaunchStation, because Ship1 is slogging through time at 1/4 the normal pace, Ship2 is actually moving away from Ship1 at 1/4 of .25c. But to the slow people on Ship1, Ship2 *seems* 4x faster than it really is.\r\n\r\n4) **The problem is not that Ship2 is insufficiently fast relative to Ship1.** Think about it this way -- because Ship1 is moving through time at 1/4 the pace, if it launches Ship2 away from it at .9999xxxc, Ship2 appears to be moving away from Ship1 at .249999xxxxc (again, because Ship1 crew view the world as moving 4x faster than the LaunchStation crew). If Ship2 launched a really fast Ship3, say at .5c, it would appear to be moving away from Ship2 *very slowly*, because it's moving *so fast* from LaunchStation that they seem to be frozen in time. Everything to Ship2 seems fast.\r\n\r\n5) This sets up a paradox, because while Ship1 is moving away at .75c from LaunchStation, you can equally say LaunchStation is moving away from Ship1 at .75c. Therefore, LaunchStation appears to be slogging through time at 1/4 speed. Ship1 also appears to be slogging through time at 1/4 speed. Who is actually slowed down in time?\r\n\r\n**The answer is: the crew which actually changes direction and catches up with the other crew to check.** Relativity holds for inertial, non-accelerating reference frames. When an object undergoes acceleration, it \"locks in\" its time deficit. They way to think of it is that all mass moves through time at the speed of light, c. When it accelerates, it has to borrow some of that speed so that it can move through space. By borrowing that speed, it moves through time at less than c. Once it stops accelerating, it returns that energy and again moves through time at speed c.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Even more fun:\nThat's only the speed of light *in a vacuum*. The speed of light is different in other mediums. For instance, in nuclear reactors you can see something called [Cerenkov Radiation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cerenkov_radiation) which is caused by electrons exceeding the speed of light *within that medium*.\nFirst time I read that it totally blew my mind.\nI love physics. :)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Your example won't happen because, as velocity increases, space and time warp. So, a spaceship launched from point X can accellerate to 3/4 C then launch a spaceship that travels at 3/4 C faster than it, which in turn launches a spaceship travelling at 3/4 C faster than it, and space/time warp enough that none of them are travelling faster than C (as viewed by an observer at the original launch site X).\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\nyou would not be able to reach c because mass would approach infinity as velocity in an inertial frame of reference goes to c\n\np.s. you might find the [resolution to the twin paradox enlightening](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox#Resolution_of_the_paradox_in_special_relativity).\n\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Remember that there's nothing special about \"light\" as such; \"the speed of light\" is just a term that refers to the speed of all electromagnetic radiation, not just that in the visible range, so this includes x-rays, gamma rays, infra red, radio, etc.\n\nIt's a small point, but an important one\n\nSecondly, consider that velocity is distance over time. In everyday life, the elapsed time, as measured by two observers is the same, however when dealing with relativistic speeds, this is no longer the case (technically, it's never the case, but the differences are so minute for real-world speeds that they're not considered)\n\nOnce you realise that time is not necessarily observed the same way, the whole concept of a simple distance / time calculation becomes rather less useful\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The speed of light is an [axiom](http://www.fact-index.com/a/al/albert_einstein.html#Special%20relativity) of the theory of relativity:\n\n>explanation arose from two axioms: one was Galileo's old idea that\n>the laws of nature should be the same for all observers that move with\n>constant speed relative to each other; and the other was that the\n>speed of light is the same for every observer.\n\nSo time/space dilatation/contraction are introduced to satisfy this axioms\n\nedit:formatting", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Here's how I think of it, if I remember my Brian Greene...\n\nEverything's always going the same \"speed\", but that speed is constant in spacetime. If you accelerate in space you reduce your speed in time, and visa versa. It's not that you can't go faster than light, it's that you can't change your spacetime speed. In a sense, then, you're already going the same speed as light, just shifted into time.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Why do we need different communities? Share your girl perspective with everybody. I don't support segregation.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I would probably be much more likely to the post something in a girl targeted gaming subreddit / community than I would a main stream one. \r\n\r\nI would also be much more likely to post something here if I knew I had a group of other female gaming geeks to talk to / bitch to / compare gaming tricks with as well some where. \r\n\r\nWhy? Because of three attitudes I've dealt with:\r\n\r\n1. Tits or gtfo idiots\r\n2. Having any level of difficulty with a game is brushed off as me being a \"girl\" once my gender is found out. \r\n3. Similar to 2. Once my gender is found out any great successes I have or tricks I figure out first are clearly dumb luck. At the same time if a male counter part / me when the assumption is I am male does similiar he's cheered to be an excellent gamer. \r\n\r\nI'm not saying all guys in all gaming communities are like this. But it was a common enough experience that I gave up on talking online about games. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "It's sorta weird that this is still a problem, but I've definitely seen the manipulative femme fatal pseudo-geek around.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "In before the obligatory kitchen joke.\n\nBut seriously, I've been involved in a few gaming communities that had several female members and they were super cool and were treated the same as everyone else. If you're having problems finding a place to fit in maybe it's indicative of the maturity of the groups you're looking at. \n\nI only say that because you're going to be hard pressed to find a girl-power, no-boys-allowed, pillow-fight-in-our-underwear gaming community out there...and if you do then I expect you to promptly report back so I can infiltrate it.\n\nEither way, I wish you luck.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "When I play online games... COD specifically, very few people believe that I am a girl. Since, most of us, sound like prepubescent boys over the microphone.\n\nSo, I kind of feel your pain...", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I can direct you to several girls who are fun to play with. No girl clans, but I can't stand the vapid cam whores anymore than you can, so the handful of girl gamers on my list actually have some personality.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Dude, it was brave of you to come out in the open with that. \n\nHey, while we're at it, who hates Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, that asshole blogger from the St Louis Post, jocks, hipsters, Nickleback, Dane Cook, people who abuse cats, people who attend tea party protests, Kirk Cameron, the dude who changed Sci-Fi to SyFy, throttling downloads, Joe the Plumber, mom when she yells at us to clean up the basement for company, people who talk on blueteeth and you think they are talking to you but they aren't, mac fanbois, Garrison Keilor, Dick Cheney, digg and Bill O reilly?\n\n", "score": 941 }, { "body": "I believe that subtextual [explained this phenomenon best about a month ago](http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/a9i32/if_its_not_about_golf_tiger_woods_owes_us_no/c0ghfsd\"The link leads to the original comment.\"):\n\nGossip about celebrities exists for the same reason religion exists - because it is a very powerful meme. Humans evolved to fit about 150 people into their sphere-of-people-they-care-about (or monkeysphere if you're familiar with that article), and by gossiping about those people with others the people in a community are able to confirm their community's morals and standards. Most of us no longer live in small villages of about 150 people, so celebrities serve as a proxy - that is, while you and I probably don't know ANY of the same people, we both \"know\" a bunch of celebrities. By having a \"national dialogue\" (or gossipfest) about these celebrities, our society is working to preserve its \"values\" (e.g., adultery = bad). Similarly, when you and I talk about a celebrity, we are coming to a consensus that that type of behavior is bad (or good, or none of our business, or whatever we decide about it).\n\nPersonally, (perhaps like many on reddit), I'm an introvert and have room for about 8 people in my monkeysphere, so I don't spend much time thinking about or caring about celebrities. I also tend to be progressive, so it is not in my nature to work hard to preserve status quo traditions through methods such as expressing alarm at 'immoral' celebrity behavior. But condemning people who use gossip as a method for attempting to preserve the status quo as 'silly' or 'stupid' or 'sick' seems to be ignoring the larger social purpose of the human fascination with celebrities.\n\nIf you want to opt out of the meme, or even be agossipistic (if I may create an analogue to atheistic), great. But it might help to think about what you're opting out of, why it exists, and whether or not you are really opting out or just replacing the people you talk about with \"other\" people/things that fit better into your monkeysphere (e.g., can you think of one or two things that redditors essentially \"gossip\" about?).\n\nEDIT: Ah, it appears that [goingnorthwest](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/alar6/who_here_hates_celebrity_news_gossips_scandals/c0i6ker) recalled this rather faster than I did. Ah, well, reposted for convenience anyway.", "score": 320 }, { "body": "\"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.\"\n -- Eleanor Roosevelt ", "score": 51 }, { "body": "I remember seeing a /bestof comment about this particular thing, maybe me or someone else will find it.", "score": 37 }, { "body": "The downvotes are from people who sees through your obvious invitation for groupthink you fuckin' dimwit. Who the fuck is gonna disagree with you on reddit of all places?", "score": 25 }, { "body": "Black people are all \"Yo yo yo booty and 40oz, my nigga!\", and White people are all \"Durf durf durf country music and bagels, dude.\" \n \nWho's with me?!", "score": 23 }, { "body": "I cant stand it. How people like Paris Hilton, those idiots from the hills Spencer or whatever, the kardashians.. etc etc are so popular in the states absolutely boggles my mind. The only reason I hear of them is from US media, (I am Canadian) but I find it completely disturbing.", "score": 17 }, { "body": "Well, this is going to get lost in the comments, but oh well.\n\nGenerally I am inclined to agree. I don't put much stock in celebrity gossip. However there are cases that I do find it interesting. Usually it's when it has to do with actors and relates directly to whatever the actor is performing in.\n\nFor example, I found it really interesting that Dexter (Michael C. Hall) and Debra Morgan (Jennifer Carpenter), brother and sister on the show, are married in real life. I also thought the history between Jack White and Meg White of the White Stripes was rather interesting. Etc.\n\nSo yes, generally I couldn't care less, but there are some cases that I do find it interesting, and I don't think it is so bad. Granted I don't obsess over it, but I usually will give a slight, \"Huh..\" and then move on with my life. \n\nEdit: English is a curse. ", "score": 16 }, { "body": "Self confessed \"celebrityholic\" here.\n\nI love reading sites like The Superficial and D-Listed, for a number of reasons:\n\n1) It gives insight into what will be popular trends soon, and gives you the ability to be a trend setter, rather than a trend follower. My wife is the one who's good at this, who (honestly) manages to predict styles and popular music 6-12 months in advance.\n2) It's fun to laugh at other people's misfortune.\n3) It's fun to aspire to a rich and famous lifestyle.\n\nEach to their own though, I fully understand people who don't want to jump on the celebrity following bandwagon, and I don't judge you. Please don't judge me.\n\nI take issue with your \"I ... [don't] give a crap about almost anything\". Fucking seriously? This means you are an passionless shell of a human being. \"Avoid[ing] ... life problems\" is just code for \"being too scared to fail\". Live a little; fuck up, get into a heated argument with someone, have at least one fight.\n\nWithout passion, we are hardly human.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "I stopped watching TV because of the constant bombardment of shit I don't care about. I want to be entertained when I turn on a show, or listen to music. \n\nI guess part of the problem comes from the fact that some of these shows and stuff attempt to create characters that could quite possibly exist in real life. So when people watch them, they probably imagine themselves as being there (or not, they could be comparing themselves to the characters and feel superior, like some of those stupid \"my kids are fucking insane\" shows). So it's not that far of a stretch to feel connected to the actual person, or to attempt to imagine oneself on Dawson's creek or something (okay forgive me, it's been a while).\n\nI like Doctor Who and anime. I can't say that I give a crap about David Tennent when he isn't zipping around time and space. That's just not the fun part! ", "score": 14 }, { "body": "I want to drive a 9 iron through the media for everything they bitched about Tiger Woods. Who gives a fuck‽", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Celebrity gossip is just normal gossip about people everyone knows, or can find out about very quickly. It's as old as civilisation itself - people used to gossip about kings, queens, religious leaders and shit over the centuries, so the 20th/21st century 'explosion' isn't anything new. Basically, celeb gossip allows 'benign' gossip to flow through social groups, much like discussion of soap operas and reality TV. They're supplies of information for small social groups to process and judge and, as they're about people completely detached from the average social group, there's actually no direct harm that can come of it. Seems pretty cool to me. \n", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I hate it. And its even more annoying that people assume I know and care who the kardashians are just because I'm a woman. Until my brothers girlfriend turned the show on a few weeks ago I honestly thought it was something from another Star Trek spin off. I got seriously laughed at about it.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "The only aspect of celebrity gossip that I enjoy is [when they purposefully or accidentally get naked.](http://egotastic.com)", "score": 7 }, { "body": ">EDIT: I assume there will be downvotes from celebrityholics, so please explain to me what fascinates you so much about celebrity gossip??\n\n\nPersonally, I downvoted because there's an entire [subreddit](http://reddit.com/r/doesanybodyelse) (that also happens to be pretty popular) for questions like this. Also, [laberge](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/alar6/who_here_hates_celebrity_news_gossips_scandals/c0i6lgx) brings up a great point.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "You really ought to read Chuck Klosterman's new book *Eating the Dinosaur.* In it he argues that the millions upon millions of dollars that people like Britney Spears makes aren't really compensation for their talent, but for allowing us to make slaves out of them. There's one line, I forget exactly what it is, but it's something to the effect of: \"If Britney got a dollar every time someone spoke negatively about her to justify their own failures and make their normal, routine existence glamorous by comparison, she'd be richer than Warren Buffett in three months.\"", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I generally think most people who are interested in that crap have nothing going on in their own life so they have to pry into someone else' personal life (famous or not).", "score": 5 }, { "body": "So when do we hire a hitman to take out Perez Hilton and get this anti-celebrity party started?\n\nNext could be TMZ...", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Well, that fits, like so many tolerance/intolerance issues. You are tolerant of the behaviour of celebrities, thinking 'who cares'. But then you feel this anger and, obviously, intolerance, towards others who do not share that tolerance, i.e. those that follow those stories about the behaviour of celebrities. Morally, you are at an important crossroads: Continue with the downward spiral of hate 'So who honestly here hate's this shit?', or really master the skill of not caring about useless things, and push yourself to not care if other people find it interesting. Because, let's face it, whether you care or don't care about gossip, it's not really going to affect things that much. Unless you are actually creeping to the position of thinking all the problems of the world are actually the fault of those people who follow celebrity gossip? \n\nAs for my view, celebrity gossip is what turns a huge world into a small village. Imagine, there are all these faces and facts about people that many of us all know together, even if we've never met. That's some kind of new social cohesion, surely, and probably mostly a good thing.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "If someone is talking about celebrities I like to ask them why the celebrity they are talking about is famous. If they can't give me a reason, I punch them in the face. Their stupidity offends me.\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Celebrity culture is something wrong with out society. I mean, I can get it if you do it because you enjoy them as an actor or musician and it helps you appreciate the artist more... But most people I know just do it for gossip or for fun or whatever they do it for.\n\nAlso I don't care if Michael Jackson died. He made a few catchy songs, sure, maybe, but I didn't listen to him, so I don't really care. (Get ready to get downvoted...)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "not everything is marketed towards you man. There are many other demographics out there that enjoy that kinda crap.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I absolutely hate celebrity news. The other thing I can't stand are film snobs who tell me how stupid I am because I enjoy watching Dumb and Dumber over some crappy two hour longs drawl.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Don't tune in. Hating it is almost as bad as liking it. \nIf enough people stop paying attention they will go away.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I'm just going to leave [this here](http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/a9i32/if_its_not_about_golf_tiger_woods_owes_us_no/c0ghfsd). It's written by a neuropsychologist and I think it's very interesting. He made a IAmA [here](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ak9ne/i_am_a_neuropsychologist_ask_me_almost_anything/) ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I agree and it's one reason that I really quite like the new IBM adverts (in the UK not sure about the US) that have been on recently. \n\nThey're made to be a bit like adverts your typical celebs are in but have for example one of the designers of USB walking through the IBM offices in slo-mo and everyone looks on in awe. Finishing with a tag-line similar to, \"our idols aren't like yours\". I can't find any video links or the actual ad campaign.\n\nThe idea I guess is to promote the idea to people that they should aspire to be intelligent and effect the world in a positive way and not in the vacuous and empty way most celebrities seem to promote.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "E! is literally the worst telvision channel. Honestly, when I think about the productions on that channel, I feel actual disgust.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Definitely Tapestry, Chain of Command, and Inner Light. But, also The Perfect Mate and Sarek. They're kinda Picard-centric episodes. Good non-the-less.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Chain of Command will leave you applauding at your feet when you're done watching it. At least that's how I felt. \"Rascals\" isn't really all about Picard, but it's fun watching a young Picard. Inner Light was pretty good as well, the story was very touching. Another must see is \"Unification\"; a great episode.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "* The Bible\n* Letter to a Christian Nation (Sam Harris)\n* The End of Faith (Sam Harris)\n\nAlready mentioned:\n\n* The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins)\n* God is not Great - How religion poisons everything (Christopher Hitchens)\n", "score": 21 }, { "body": "I honestly think that for a person struggelling with faith *The God Delusion* is the best books available, but also...\n\nSam Harris - *Letter to a Christian Nation*\n\nDaniel Dennett - *Breaking the Spell*\n\nThomas Paine - *The Age of Reason*\n\n\nHitchens is always good too..", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Check out Christopher Hitchens god is not Great. Wonderful book. He really does a number on the Roman Catholic church, so I hope you have thick skin. \n\nAlso, check out his stuff on youtube. He is the most eloquent drunks in the history of drunks. Thunderf00t has good stuff, as does AronRa and Potholer54. For as much bullshit as youtube generally spews at the populace, the atheists and scientists more than make up for it. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Why-Became-Atheist-Preacher-Christianity/dp/1591025923/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262615578&sr=8-1", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Can you explain what types of western influences you saw died, and over what time line. That seems to be reverse of what's happening in rest of the world.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "How's the SID business? I heard stories from contractors about exploding stills, large-scale smuggling operations, bribed officials and all sorts of shenanigens. Does that still go on?", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The game really needs a versus tutorial where you could fight AI survivors. \nWhen you play for the first time as infected you really have no idea what to do and die in only few seconds. This is especially a problem when an inexperienced player gets the tank.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Buy the Lucasarts pack on Steam for $2.50, it has 4 great adventure games most of which are frustrating and illogical.\n\nOr you can get the Kings Quest and Space Quest packs for $5/ea which have something like 5-7 games in each. They're great, frustrating, illogical, you can die, and you can create situations within the game that make them impossible to beat.\n\nChoose your adventure poison!", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Professor Layton. Its pretty much the story of an adventure game but the gameplay is pretty much all puzzles.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I taught high school calculus, and a student in my class killed a spider before I could ask her to take it outside. I asked that she not kill animals in my classroom. \n\nShe responded, \"Spiders aren't animals!\" Wanting to get on with the lecture, I told her \"Go ask your biology teacher, see what he says.\"\n\nShe came back the next day and says, \"He said spiders AREN'T animals, they're INSECTS.\" Fail. On two counts.\n\nI stopped by the science department to ask him about this, and he said, \"well they aren't.\" But they are kingdom Animalia! When I asked, well, what kingdom do YOU put them in? He was like \"kingdom?\" It was depressing.", "score": 241 }, { "body": "I had an English teacher tell me that Huck Finn by Mark Twain was racist because it used the \"n-word\". I responded by telling her that Mark Twain was one of the greatest abolitionists in America and the use of the n-word was merely a product of the time. She then said \"What's an abolitionist?\"", "score": 189 }, { "body": "Third grade teacher said George Washington lived in the white house.\n\nI disagreed with her. Her response, \"Well where do you think he lived?\"\n\nI didnt have a good comeback at the time... I do now...\n\nNOT THE WHITE HOUSE, BITCH!", "score": 123 }, { "body": "I wrote a 4000 word essay on why one of the characters (this was 6 years ago i cant remember the name) in Othello was gay with another character. I had hundreds of quotes all backing my interpretation up. The teacher gave me a 0 because he didn't approve of homosexuality. I took it to the head of english who changed my mark and the teacher got an official warning about not bringing personal feelings into the classroom", "score": 115 }, { "body": "\"Bats are reptiles\" - 6th grade.\n\nI challenged her on it and she in turn called in my parents to discuss the fact that I was disrespectful to her.\n\n\"Excuse me, but I'm sure bats are basically flying mice - warm blooded. That makes them mammals.\" - Totally disrespectful.", "score": 110 }, { "body": "I had an English teacher in 10th grade who told me that a poem I found in a nationally published BOOK OF POETRY wasn't REALLY a poem because it didn't rhyme. I couldn't even come up with a rebuttal because I was so taken aback by her retardedness.", "score": 108 }, { "body": "I had a high school English teacher who formally accused me of plagiarism. Her proof? \"You don't write the way you speak.\" This was an honors class and I was on track to have her the next year for an AP class. I was also an editor and contributor of our school's literary magazine, for which we had been awarded gold medals from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.\n\nThe principal had to go through the hearing process to shut her up. I tortured her for the rest of that school year and the following one as well by constantly changing my writing style or picking topics I knew she hated.", "score": 103 }, { "body": "My middle school shop teacher ridiculed me in front of the class because I said that some day cars would have computers in them.", "score": 100 }, { "body": "My first grade teacher: \"In my 26 years of teaching, you're the stupidest kid I ever taught.\"\n\nSome 25 years later, I graduate with my PhD. :-P", "score": 87 }, { "body": "I told this story in an identical thread, and it's worth telling again:\n\nWe had a supply teacher in grade ten science who wanted to make an impression on us at the end of class. She had sugar in a beaker and some acid that she fetched from the supply room. Wishing to give us a preview of what we might see in chemistry next year, she poured the acid into the beaker. \n\nA big, black phallic shape made of carbon emerged from the smoke, and jutted in the air like a monument. Not realizing that it looked ***ONLY*** like a penis to a teenager, she asked slyly: \"Do you know what that is?\" \n\nWe laughed for hours. I love that woman.", "score": 84 }, { "body": "Geography teacher, in 8th grade: \n\n\"Well, the Bible's the oldest book in the world!\"\n\nFucking dammit.", "score": 71 }, { "body": "I had a biology teacher in middle school who said Kiwi birds were the only birds to not be able to fly. I asked what about penguins...he said they fly in water so they don't count.", "score": 66 }, { "body": "One of my teachers once said:\n\n\"atoms are really small - if I put one on the table I don't think you would be able to see it\"", "score": 62 }, { "body": "I don't know about teachers, but I was ridiculed by a whole class once for just asking what the plural form of Universe was.\n\nSay hello to M-theory, bitches.", "score": 61 }, { "body": "Reading from a textbook on the metric system, 6th grade, 1998: \n\n\"The United States will be switching to the metric system, too, in 1985.\"\nShe paused, flipped to the front, read the copyright date to herself, and closed the book. Lesson over.", "score": 51 }, { "body": "There are a lot of people that have posted that they were called stupid or even \"the stupidest kid I have ever taught\" by their teachers only to rebuke them by saying something to the effect of \" five years later and I have a Bachelors/Masters degree in Science\" as if it were proof of intelligence.\n\nJust remember: **All the teachers mentioned in this thread either had a Bachelor's or Master's degree.**\n\nNot saying you're stupid, though.", "score": 50 }, { "body": "not to me, but yelling at a confused person in one of my college classes:\n\n\"Why do you ask questions you don't know the answer to?!?\"\n\nPretty much sums up school, for me (except for the 10% of teachers who rocked.)", "score": 44 }, { "body": "\"Your son is a nice guy but he has no academic future\" said to me at a parent/teacher meeting, that was then, now he has a masters degree and a promising future, the teacher is still there saying god knows what BS to other parents.", "score": 41 }, { "body": "True story from when I was 8 or 9 (late 1970's). I was watching TV one morning before school and they were showing how peanuts were being harvested from underground. That day (or very soon afterwords) I mentioned it in class and the teacher had told the class that I was mistaken and that peanuts grow on a bush.\n\nOh yes, and in grade 9 my English teacher said I was a loser and that I'd never become a computer programmer because I was a (pot) smoker and smokers never amount to anything. Well, I'm almost 40 now and I've been working in the industry for almost 20 years. Take that you fat fucking bastard, Mr.Kennedy... fuck faced prick.", "score": 41 }, { "body": "Religion Teacher: \"There is a demon on your soul! Mark my words, girl- I will rid you of this before my time here is done.\"\n\nMe: \"Is this an exorcism?!\"\n\nReligion Teacher: \"It could be....\" \n\nThe psycho just stood there shaking her rosary in my face and waving her hand around me like some kind of fucking shaman. Ridiculous. ", "score": 40 }, { "body": "My fifth grade teacher insisted that \"an amoeba is a six-celled creature\".\n\nA lot of people tried to correct her and she got incredibly defensive and ended up giving three people \"indoor recess\" as punishment.\n\nShe never apologized, but I'm pretty sure I saw her reshelving the \"A\" volume of the World Book encyclopedia the next day when I came into class.", "score": 38 }, { "body": "4th grade teacher was telling us the 3 states of matter. From reading I knew of plasma and asked her. She said it was \"between liquid and solid-state like toothpaste.\"", "score": 37 }, { "body": "\"You can't prove evolution because you can't see it happening.\"\n\nFrom my physics teacher in year 9. & yes I'm in the UK. \n\n*I should add she made the whole class say this out loud.", "score": 35 }, { "body": "In third grade, 1996: If you ever want to get a job as something other than a janitor, you're going to have to learn proper cursive.\n\nStill don't know proper cursive, the only time I do anything cursivey is my signature which is basically like 5 random lines that look vaguely like my initials.\n\nClose Second, 7th Grade, year 2000: If you're ever going to use a computer for your job, you're going to need to learn to keyboard.\n\nI just did a typing test, I scored 62 WPM, which is more than enough for anyone who isn't a court reporter. Nothing I did was remotely Mavis Beacon. My poor Index fingers do like 90% of the work.", "score": 32 }, { "body": "Me, regarding my underperforming rubberband catapult: I can't seem to get enough torque.\n\nShop teacher substitute: \"Torque,\" now that's a big word, don't you think?", "score": 31 }, { "body": "\"Birds and snakes are not animals\"\n\nEugene Metcalf, 6th grade teacher.\n\n(my assignment was to list all of the animals that could be found locally.)", "score": 31 }, { "body": "I wrote a paper in 9th or 10th grade on Catcher in the Rye and my teacher made my parents, guidance counsellor, myself and our principal have a meeting to discuss it because it was 'anti-Semitic'. They reached the conclusion that writing about an author's ethnicity in a paper wasn't really anti-Semitism. \r\n\r\nSo then, my teacher says \"well it's obviously plagarized. There's no way a 15 year old girl can think of stuff like this. All she cares about is her hair and Britney Spears.\" So my mom and dad said, \"well find out where she plagarized it from.\" And the teacher said, \"I don't have to do that it's your job as parents to punish your kids for their mistakes.\" \r\n\r\nThat man still has a job. ", "score": 30 }, { "body": "I spent over eighty hours making a poster for one of my design classes back in university. I loved the final outcome and when I brought it to class, my colleagues and the professor thought it was awesome.\n\nA week later, the class receives marks back for the projects. I ended up getting a C+. Her response: \"You didn't do enough process work.\" This annoyed me. Process work was typically a bound book of sketches and print outs that accompany the final product. In a lot of cases, students pad their process book to be more in depth that it really warranted. I decided to keep mine concise and true to what exactly I was thinking when making the poster. \n\nSome professors believed that the final outcome should be rated much higher than the process. Makes sense considering that in the workplace, no one gives a shit as to what your process work looks like. It's about what you've actually done not how you do it.\n\nI took another course with her a year later, padded my process work, and lo and behold, got an A on the project. It left a sour taste in my mouth because the project was vastly inferior to my poster. \n\nIn any case, I ended up using the poster for my portfolio, which helped me get jobs for the next six years (and counting). ", "score": 28 }, { "body": "\"Why is your homework late?\"\n\n\"I'm really sorry, my printer had....\"\n\n\"I'm not interested in your excuses.\"\n\nWHAT.", "score": 26 }, { "body": "This isn't so much what he said, but it was still funny at the time:\n\nThis one time we had a relief teacher for my horrible 8th grade science class. After about 15 minutes of kids screaming, throwing stuff at each other and not getting any work done, the teacher at the front of the room finally had enough. He was a big guy, and with his face red from anger, he picked up one of the student's rulers, and the class went momentarily quiet as he lifted it above his head, ready to slam down..\n\nIt came down with what seemed like a lot of force, but only made this tiny, dull tap sound.\n\nThe class erupted with laughter and went back to screwing around.", "score": 25 }, { "body": "\"You won't get anywhere listening to music and reading star trek books all day.\"\nwhat really bothered me was that it was a star wars book, not star trek. i hate when they dont get it right.", "score": 22 }, { "body": "I was homeschooled by young earth creationists...too many stupid things. My father got kicked out of college for being an asshat to his math teacher and never pursued anymore education and my mother got a writing degree from a community college.\n\nNeedless to say their grasps on history, science, and pretty much every subject was...interesting. It's sad when you go to a Christian college and your professors are telling you that your parents taught you some crazy shit.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "That God is real and evolution is a half brained theory of someone trying to use science to explain God's magnificence.\n\nI laughed in this persons face, walked out and dropped that college class that same day.\n", "score": 19 }, { "body": "This thread reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Lisa hides all the teacher's editions of the textbooks...\n", "score": 19 }, { "body": "My Dutch teacher thought one of my sentences was too long on a test, so she broke it up. Then she further subtracted points for not starting the newly created sentence with a capital letter...", "score": 19 }, { "body": "Australian here. We had a competition in 4th grade where we tried to identify as many countries on a blank map as possible. In the Caribbean, I identified Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. These were disallowed by the teacher, because they're all part of the same country, \"The West Indies\".", "score": 18 }, { "body": "First year at university. We were solving a problem in C++ when the teacher came to my computer to check what I was doing. My program wouldn't compile and she insisted to have a look at it. She pointed out that I should always avoid the use of white-spaces because the compiler might think that they belong to the variable's name (e.g. write \"x=a+b+f(c);\" instead of \"x = a + b + f(c);\". So, she started deleting every single space in my code (plus some indentation tabs).\n\nSome weeks later, she gives us a simple problem to solve, something like removing the Nth element from a linked-list. Almost none of my class mates are able to solve it, so she takes one source file and tries to fix it. After about half an hour she gives up, claiming that it always gets a segfault because the computers from our lab **don't have enough memory**.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "He jumped on this kids desk, flapped his arms, and screamed at the top of his lungs. \"I'M A PTERODACTYL RAAAAWWHHHH!\" ", "score": 15 }, { "body": "Year 9 of school, in English were doing the whole \"looking at advertising, how does it draw you in\" sort of subject, we were looking at an advertisment of the Motorola Razr, she was quite stubborn but also quite dull. She points out to the class that the phone is an electric shaver (because it said razr in the title) so she was completely oblivious to the fact that Motorola was a phone company, we all start laughing and then consequently she has a massive lecture at us teaching about respect until she eventually realises that it's actually a phone. We all got a detention.", "score": 14 }, { "body": "this is from decades back but still stays with me: \"why cant you eat cows when you can drink their milk...\"", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Not really stupid, but funny. In organic chemistry, I had an Indian prof. Overall a decent teacher, but his accent was THICK and he was pretty excitable. When he got excited about something, his accent would get thicker and he wouldn't use the whiteboard. \n\nOne day, in class, he started talking about something called \"hashpless.\" he went on and on about it...how it was important in so many reactions, etc. The whole class started exchanging glances. After a few minutes, one brave soul asked, \"Professor....what is 'hashpless'?\"\n\nHe went off. Started raving about the low quality of American education. He couldn't imagine how you could get into any university without knowing what hashpless was. It's one of the most important concepts in chemistry, etc etc. \n\nWe were all utterly confused. After a few minutes of blank stares, he darted to the board. His back was to us as he wrote furiously and yelled \"Hashpless! Hashpless! How you not know hashpless????\" He moved away, and circled, rewritten over for emphasis and underlined was \"H+\"\n\nAnd on cue, the whole class, in unison goes \"ooohhhhhh.....\" and begins scribbling over notes. ", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Not really dumb, but funny.\r\n\r\nthere was two jacks in my history class, (only about 15 in the class) and due to the small numbers we often had a bit of friendly banter and a laugh with the teacher. And these two jacks always seemed to be at the centre of it.\r\n\r\nanyway one day we needed someone to read aloud out of a text book, and because she was a (very) sexist teacher she always made one of the guys do the pointless work, and for some reason both of the jacks wanted to read, so she said \"oh, its a jack-off!\" \r\n\r\nThe whole room went silent apart from a few of the boys silently smirking at each other, after a few awkward moments the teacher said nervously, \"...urm okay lets get back to work...\"\r\n\r\nDidn't help that she was hot.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Algebra 2/Trig Teacher in response to the question: \"Why do we need to learn this stuff?\"\n\n\"I don't know, I'm just supposed to teach it to you.\"\n", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I had to do a quiz where you match up the 6 objects on the left with 6 answers on the right. You would draw a line from each left object to the answer on the right. Got me so far?\n\nMy teacher said I got 1 wrong and told me to fix it. The problem with that is, if you get 1 wrong then there has to be another wrong. Each object on the left had an answer on the right. I tried explaining this to him but instead he just got mad and tried to make an example out of my test on \"what not to do\". It was about a minute into his rant that he realized he was being a jackass. Turns out nothing was wrong and I had a fucking 100% anyway. He said I could leave class early. hahahahaha", "score": 10 }, { "body": "idk about dumbest thing, but i had a teacher that would answer every question i had with 'the book is on the shelf in the back.' he is probably the only reason i didnt drop out.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Kind of pretentious but here goes, Senior of High School:\n\nI'm borrowing Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man. My English teacher is also covering as librarian at the moment.\n\nTeacher: \"James Joyce, I've never heard of him.\"\n\nMe, caught of guard at the apparent shittyness of her BA: \"No? He wrote some famous novels. Finnegan's Wake, Ulysses...\"\n\nTeacher: \"I thought that was Homer...\"\n\nಠ_ಠ ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Grade 8 teacher:\n\nMohawk is a racist term, even when referring to someones hair.\nCumquat's do not exist and were clearly made up to make a mockery of her and the class.\nI received 90% on my public speech about beavers. I cut and pasted the entire thing from Encyclopedia Britannica. Not modern day cut and paste, but I actually printed the entire encyclopedia article then cut out sentences and paragraphs and taped them into a single sheet. 90%", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Grade 1 - Asked how to spell catapult - \"That isn't a word\" - After describing a catapult - \"Those aren't real\" \r\n\r\nGrade 3 - \"I'm going to have to ask you to give up on cursive writing because I can't read your homework.\"\r\n\r\nGrade 6 - \"Well kids, we're starting the new curriculum this year but the school board can't afford the new textbooks.\"\r\n\r\nGrade 8 - Not something she said but the assignment of a teacher whose 5th language was English as an English teacher did not go over well. We would often end up correcting/ignoring her teaching. Also, she was our Canadian History teacher, having moved to the country the previous year.\r\n\r\nThe absolute worst teacher I had was my religion teacher(went to a catholic school) who would regularly promote communism as the way the disciples lived and the way Jesus would have wanted. After calling him a heretic several times throughout the year, I tore apart his exam(did not provide a proper answer for any question but provided points that proved that his question led towards un-Catholic answers, not a literal tearing up) and got assigned to his class the next year. He toned down a bit once I looked up the points in Canon law that could get him fired(the one good thing about Catholic schools is the need to follow Canon law, this can often be used to your advantage. Such as the Canonical definition of pornography being the depiction of sexual acts between two or more people. This rules out playboy etc. Look it up and back yourself up before entering the fray however.)", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Eight Grade Math Teacher : You're wrong, 11 x 1 = 12!\nClass: No, it's 11!\n\nThis goes on for about a good 15 minutes before the other math teacher tells our math teacher that 11 x 1 is indeed 11.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "It was Grade 5 science class, talking about food chains. The teacher challenged us to name a food we ate that didn't depend on photosynthesis. I said mushrooms. \nHe paused, and then his reply was \"Mushrooms have no nutritional value so they don't count.\" \nOf course, his reply should have been something along the lines of mushrooms growing in manure or decaying plant matter and thus still depending on photosynthesis in the long run. Instead, I spent years thinking mushrooms had no nutrition. I now know that mushrooms can be chock full of Vitamin D, as well as fibre and a bunch of other vitamins & minerals.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Not a teacher, but our D.A.R.E. program Police Officer told us that \"even taking one hit of marijuana can kill you.\"", "score": 7 }, { "body": "In second grade, our reading books had a story about Roald Amundsen, the first explorer to reach the South Pole. As she read the story, we read along in our books, and I noticed that she kept pronouncing \"Roald\" as \"*Ronald.*\" I asked her about it later, and she told me that since we wouldn't have heard the name \"Roald,\" she didn't want to confuse us. The worst part was the next day, when we took turns reading the story aloud, almost all the kids said \"Ronald.\" \n\nMy third grade teacher, at a completely different school, did something similar, calling Rudyard Kipling \"Richard.\"\n\nThere was a substitute teacher at my junior high who was a constant thorn in my side. She subbed for my music class for several weeks in 7th grade, and since she knew she'd be there for a while she did a unit on the history of rock music. But she kept spelling \"The Beatles\" as *\"The Beattles.*\" This time, I called her on it in class, and she kept insisting she was right, that \"it has two T's because it's named after Beat Music.\" \n\nThis was just a couple of years after John Lennon's murder, and I was a budding Beatlemaniac, so I just happened to have a book on the Beatles in my backpack. \n\nA few months later she subbed for a week in my lit class. Instead of any teaching, she showed us part of the animated *Lord Of The Rings* by Ralph Bakshi (again, early 80s), roughly corresponding to the first half of the first book. Afterwards, talking about the characters, she insisted that \"Strider\" was spelled as \"Stryder.\" Guess what I just happened to have a copy of in my backpack that day?", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I had a (female) teacher say that we should \"End women's suffrage!\"\n\nMy Broadcasting professor told us that the switch from analog to digital meant we all have HDTV now, and wouldn't believe us when corrected.\n\nAnother professor didn't know that Desert Storm had ever happened.\n\nMy high school principal encouraged us to watch movie adaptations instead of taking the time to read books and said, verbatim, \"Literature is books you read.\"\n\nA high school English teacher had us read Wide Sargasso Sea, at which point I asked him if we would be reading Jane Eyre (Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Jane Eyre, written in the 1950s). He asked me why, so I explained. He had no idea what I was talking about, pretty much proving to the class that he hadn't bothered to read the back of the book before assigning it.\n\nEdit:\n\nSchool counselor: You can't be in AP English.\n\nMe: *gets perfect score on SAT Verbal*\n\nAP English teacher: I want that girl in AP English.\n\nSchool counselor: No, you still can't be in AP English.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "My 9th grade math teacher told us that .999... is not equal to 1, and used this to show that .333... is not equal to 1/3. Oh yeah, and he swallowed a marker cap.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "In high school, I disliked Physics and was considering dropping it for something more interesting. I was generally a rather shy, quiet, wallflower.\n\nGuidance Counselor - \"Girls don't need to know Physics and besides....you'd never pass. You're a girl, you should take something easy.\"\n\n2 days later....I slapped my test (94% and the only A) on his desk and said something along the lines of \"Fuck you, you stupid fucking misogynist. Get me a real counselor.\"\n\nNeither he nor the other counselor or secretary or 2 students in the room said a word for a solid minute. The counselor and secretary then acted as if nothing had happened and helped me switch into Anatomy and Physiology. \n\n", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I don't recall the exact words, but I used to flatshare with a teacher (after I had left school, and not my teacher) and he used to ask me repeatedly to find files for him on his PC, because he only ever opened them via Recent Files in the Start menu. \nI suggested I teach him how file system hierarchies work, and how to find his files on his own. \nHe told me he wasn't interested in being taught. \nThat was the dumbest thing a teacher ever said to me.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Practically everything that ever left their lips. One exception, middle school science teacher. Bill Thackary, if you're out there somewhere, you kick ass.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Go figure I had this teacher for 3 of my classes back in grade 9 and 10. We had a mutual understanding that we had hated eachother.\nAnyways, I'm sitting at the table with my friends and one of them said something funny, cause I started laughing. The teacher turns to me and says, \"Stop your laughing, that's going to make you die faster.\"\nWhat the hell?\nI thought being happy and laughing made you live longer if anything?\nDouche.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "My 3rd grade teacher taught us about hyper-bowls. You know, when you're obviously exaggerating, you're using hyper-bowl.\n\nWhat a dumb lady.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I was arguing with my 6th grade teacher over an assignment ordering decimal numbers. She seemed to think that more digits = bigger number. So:\n\n0.12 > 0.4\n\nShe was also convinced the 'interior' angles of all shapes added up to 360 degrees. It upsets me she graduated college. :(", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I have a few.\n\n3rd grade I asked the teacher what \"culture\" meant as I read it in a book. I was then ridiculed in front of the class for not knowing the definition and I stopped asking questions for the rest of grade school for fear of asking a stupid question.\n\n6th grade I had a teacher tell me that Hannibal and his troops swam on elephants across the Mediterranean sea and took the Romans by surprise. I asked her if she was sure about it because I didn't believe that it was possible and she said that she was positive because no boat could hold an elephant.\n\n\nFreshman year in college I took a religious course and she was full of dumb comments.\n\n\"The father, son, and the holy spirit are bad images to represent God, they stress power and importance and not enough about love. Instead we should view the holy trinity as 'mother, lover, friend'.\" -I wrote a paper about that explaining how her solution doesn't solve the problem as it assumes that men can only be seen as power hungry and women can only be seen as expressing love and she gave me a fucking C- because she said that my argument was flawed without explaining why.\n\nShe also said \"It is now a proven fact that all scientists agree that global warming is man-made\" I told her that my dad was a scientist and that he told me personally that there isn't enough quantifiable data to establish if it is man made or not and she told me that my dad was ignorant or that I misunderstood him. \n\n\nThe final straw came at the end of the year when she said that \"Only white people in the US can be racist, as racism is when there is a group who has control economically, socially, and politically, therefore suppressing the minorities\". I argued that she was using circular logic and that if we accepted her answer as true, racial relations would diminish as instead of judging everyone by the content of their character we would be saying that black people can discriminate against white people because white people are in the majority. She called me a racist who was scared of losing my white privilege power. (Right now I'm in a deep committed relationship with my black girlfriend who will be making more money than me (6 digits), and I could care less about it) \n\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I had a creative writing teacher that had us bring in a poem that took it's roots or inspiration from a war.\n\nMine had to do with the ride of Paul Revere....\n\nHer reply after failing me \"The Revolutionary War was not a war.\"\n\nI came back with \"You passed people with songs reflecting Vietnam which was technically only a conflict.\"\n\nShe told me to leave, and I dropped the class that afternoon.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Kindergarten learning basic spelling.\n\nShe was trying to do phonetic spellings and had is learning that egg is spelled \"eg\". I wasn't paying attention, was asked to spell egg and wrote egg. Was reprimanded for not spelling it correctly.\n\nNot really a mistake in teaching but a somewhat odd story.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "High school *Advanced Placement* physics: 'So I'm really a chemistry teacher, I don't know anything about physics. Let's watch some Bill Nye.' And thus we really did commence a semester of watching Bill Nye, talking about blowing up the school with various compounds in the chemistry locker, and taking open-book multiple choice quizzes about bold vocabulary words in the physics book. In his defense, it wasn't *dumb* on his part, more like some secretary saying 'physics is like chemistry, right? I mean, they're both *science*'.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Kind of unrelated, but reminded me of this: \nI was one time taking a make up calc quiz in a pre-arithmetic class because that was the period I had some free time. They kids were talking about something and the teacher chimed in \"What are you a fashion connoisseur?\" \n \nTo which the girl speaking asked \"What is a connoisseur?\" \n \nI could not resist and chimed in with \"Its like a Dinosaur, a Connoisseurus-Rex.\" \n \nSince the girl understood my explanation, she went back to talking to her friends. The teacher and I exchanged a look and started cracking up.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I had a math teacher in high school. She turned out to be cool and one hell of a teacher. But it was her first day of teaching... ever and you could tell she was nervous. She would give us breaks all the time which was cool but the first day she said \"Go on a 10 minute break and be back when the big hand is on the 8.\" I said Ms. (teacher), I think we can tell time, just say 8:40.\" I didn't mean for it to be so mean, but I hate when teachers assume I'm dumb. She looked at me and burst into tears and hid in her office for the rest of class. I felt bad and talked to her later about it and she apologized. But it was hilarious when I said it before she freaked out.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "teacher:\"there are 9 planets in the galaxy\"\nme:\" don't you mean the solar system?\"\nteacher \"you don't know what your talking about the sun is the centre of the galaxy and their are nine planets around it\"\nthis brought me to the realisation that learning is too important to leave to teachers.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "not as doofy as other examples, but to me it was stunningly obtuse: in art school, Hans Haacke, who is considered some big intellectual, told me that \"no artist can ever make anything truly mysterious to himself\". At that moment I lost so much respect for him. to me being able to make something mysterious to yourself is the minimum standard for art, and I'm not surprised to see that his work is such dry stuffy crap, intellectual masturbation with no blood in it.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I had my high school science teacher tell me that he went skiing at 40,000 feet in hawaii during his honeymoon and that he drove there.\n\n\"Excuse me kind sir, but not only would you die from asphyxiation long before you reached that height, but you would also die of exposure, and your car would not run due to lack of oxygen, 40,000 foot tall mountains do not exist on earth, and if they did they wouldn't fit on hawaii; I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.\"\n\nHe laughed at me, then made fun of me in front of the whole class and said I was stupid because he was there and because Everest is 80,000 feet tall and lots of people climb it.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I had a Psychology professor who was telling us about himself turning down a service award because...\r\n\r\nQuote \"I am the most modest guy you will ever meet.\"\r\n\r\n...Most modest really? The fact that you even mention that you mention the award or your modest makes you not modest...", "score": 3 }, { "body": "0.01 = 1/10\n\nI argued with her for five minutes, with many of my classmates agreeing with me. Eventually I gave up.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My 8th grade English teacher insisted that Mark Twain was a horrible racist and that he was in the KKK. He was an abolitionist.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "10th grade english teacher failed me on a creative writing paper. When I challenged the grade with an assistant principle, her argument was \"The subject matter of his paper was innappropriate for 10th graders.\" ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\"Because the electrons spin around the nucleus so fast.\"\r\n\r\nBiology professor's response when asked why electrons don't have a definite position, in a 1000+ student class.\r\n\r\nI was a physics major taking my first semester of upper division quantum mechanics. I've never bitten my tongue that hard before or since.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My 11th grade Biology teacher: \"I guess I need to learn metrics because it still doesn't make sense to me\"", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I had a substitute in my 6th grade catholic grade school who came and told our class that god created AIDS to kill homosexuals. This was completely unrelated to anything we were covering that day, and he actually yelled this at us and underlined it in capital letters on the blackboard. To my very conservative grade school's credit they banned him from ever teaching again. He wasn't even a real teacher and didn't have any degree, he was an old retired guy from the church. I also should mention that 2 months previous to this my gay godfather died of AIDS. Luckily I was smart enough at the time to realize what a piece of shit this guy was and this incident marked my first step towards atheism.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Had a history teacher in my freshman yer of high school, Ms. Chang. Her lecture on agriculture:\n\n\"Agriculture was discovered long, long ago, way back in the cave times. One day a lazy caveman was eating an apple and threw it in the back of the cave. And then an apple tree grew!\"\n\nI wish I was lying. I really, really do.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\"Communism, it's kinda like fascism.\", in response to a question asking what communism was. She was an English teacher.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I argued with my English teacher for 25 min.s in front of the class about our home state (Mo.) being a confederate state in the civil war or not... \"It had slaves and that makes it a confederate state.\" She also thought I was stupid for the first 4 months of class...", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Really gross-looking 11th-grade history teacher lady, speaking on the topic of slave auctions, stood up on a chair and said \"Imagine me naked.\"\n\nOne of the guys in the class ran out of the room.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I have a LOT of stuff from my middle- and high-school days, but the one I remember the most was my French teacher (a crotchety old woman) stating that catalan wasn't a proper language, but rather a dialect of french (catalan is actually OLDER than french, and belongs to a different language group).", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Mr Edwards, Westgate school. He took one look at a page I'd spent ages working on for about designing woodwork project and said instantly \"The edges of your text columns are ragged\". \n\nThen he failed me for that assignment because my columns were left-justified. \n\nI gave up on the rest of that class and I got a final grade D, or maybe an Ungraded. I'm proud of that one. If you're reading this: Everyone laughed at the way your gut spilled out over your too-tight trousers, you supercilious slimerag...", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "[Wired has a good write up on the Nexus One](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/google-nexus-one-preview/) that you might find enlightening. You will have to switch to t-mobile or at&t to use the phone. Worse yet, since t-mobile and at&t have different frequencies for 3G, the phone will only be able to use EDGE if it isn't built for a specific carrier (much in the same way the iPhone can't use t-mobile's 3G). ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Get as much evidence showing her cheating & drug use, get a lawyer, get your daughter and get the **fuck** out whilst you can.", "score": 135 }, { "body": "> She's beautiful, smart and just an amazing woman.\n\nEvidently not anymore.\n\n> few weeks ago she cheated on me and had sex with him.\n\nThe decision is already made. Move on. Also, fight like hell for full custody of your daughter. A little girl shouldn't be anywhere near drugs.\n\nAlso, I hesitate to say this because I'm absolutely against the drug war, but if I were in your shoes I'd probably call the cops and give them a tip about the the drugs.", "score": 44 }, { "body": "Clearly you've had the confrontational conversation where she is supposed to show remorse and promise never to do it again, but she didn't.\n\nMy advice (3 marriages here), is to \n\n1. collect all the evidence of her cheating: online conversations, pictures, ticket stubs, credit card receipts, photos, etc. \n\n2. get her to leave. either evict her or force her out. or you leave.\n\n3. take your child with you. \n\n4. get a good lawyer", "score": 22 }, { "body": ">She said after that it wasn't a big deal and she didn't feel bad about it. Last week she started doing drugs with him \n\nThose two lines above make me wonder if something is happening mentally/brain chemistry wise. Even if she did cheat, most people would tend to feel somewhat bad about it. Now all of the sudden she's doing drugs? Is she trying to self-medicate without even realizing it?\n\nI don't know what it could be but you may want to see if you can get her to a doctor. Perhaps all these crazy things are happening without her being able to fully grasp the situation like a normal mental healthy person would. \n\nI know everyone is telling you to run and get a lawyer. I concur but maybe take a look at the situation. Is this normal behavior for her even if she was the type to feel tied down in a marriage and just want out? Her actions seem extreme, too extreme. That's why I'm suggesting at looking at her mental stability. Does her family have any mental illness history? Bi-polar? Etc?\n\nGood luck.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "> She said after that it wasn't a big deal and she didn't feel bad about it. Last week she started doing drugs with him and now she's talking about getting an apartment with him.\n\nJesus fucking christ. What kind of sad-ass headcase are you, man??\n\nYour wife A) cheated on you B) said it \"wasn't a big deal\" C) is becoming a junkie... and you *don't know what to do?*\n\nWake the fuck up! Get a divorce **immediately**, and get your daughter the hell away from that crazy-ass bitch!\n\nGod *damn*, man...", "score": 9 }, { "body": "MOVE THE HELL ON. You love the woman she used to be not the woman she is today. She obviously has no respect or love for you in return. There is no way this will ever be the nice little marriage it used to be. You are setting a bad example for your child by remaining in this relationship after all these events have taken place. You will eventually get over your love for this woman especially after some time has passed. After that you will realize this is the best move you can make. If you stay with this woman, you will be telling her that its ok for her to do this, and it will continue. That in turn will teach your daughter that its acceptable for women to act this way because guys don't care. It is a hard thing to go through and it will take you many years possibly to get over her, but the day will come my friend and when it does you will realize that you did the right thing for you and your daughter. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Your wife has gone off the deep end. The fact that she's willing to do all of this, seemingly out of nowhere, makes me think that you aren't going to be able to get through to her. Your best bet is to get as much evidence as you can and start divorce proceedings. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Check out [Surviving Infidelity Forums](http://www.survivinginfidelity.com). They have excellent advice that should put everything into perspective.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "As a parting gift get her a hot pot, a beavis and butthead DVD and a case of ramen noodles. Maybe a couple ironic t shirts to be on the safe side.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I agree with other comments. \n\nGet a lawyer and get full custody for your daughter.\n\nIf you would do anything to have her back but will you be able to forgive her for what she has done to you?", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Listen to Telenational. Get a lawyer, your child is the most important thing to you. Your wife getting into drugs has made her a lost cause.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Wow, you are fucked.\n\nNext time she has drugs, call the cops, get her sent to prison. \n\nOtherwise you are going to have a kid who lives with a drug addicted loser who you pay both alimony and child support to.....", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The first time I experienced it it felt like my appendix would rupture. I went to see a doc and she examined me and then found nothing wrong with me. \nI had stitching pain all through the day and almost doubled over in pain. After that first time it just is a pulling sensation on one side near the hip. Some times I do not feel it at all if an egg tries to 'break free'. Other times it feels like something is trying to break through my intestines. \n* After about two weeks I know it had to be the ovulation. Period arrives.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I get a stabbing pain on my right side- it's very quick, but while it's going on it's enough to make me catch my breath and hang on for dear life. The pains generally happen every half an hour or so, last about 24 hours and then go away completely, but it usually happens every cycle. The first time it happened I went to the ER, and since then I've had many ob/gyn issues so I've seen a lot of doctors, and every time they've told me that it's ovulation. I personally can't wait for menopause to be over with so I don't have to deal with it any more, because at times a self-inflicted hysterectomy has seemed like a real option. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "It's a twisting, pinching, very localized cramp that can last a minute or so, or be an intermittent, sustained affair that lasts all day. Sometimes on one side, sometimes both (I call those \"twin months\".) \r\n\r\nAnd if these pictures I saw on one of the Gawker sites a while back is anything to go by, no fucking wonder it hurts. Plus... our eggs are apparently gold. Who knew? \r\n\r\nDon't click if you're squeamish. Possibly NSFW.\r\n\r\nhttp://io9.com/5017384/human-ovulation-++-caught-on-tape\r\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "After seeing videos in sex ED about ovulation, every time I think about the sensation of \"ovulation pain\" I get all queasy for some reason.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "i've struggled a lot with my gender in recent years, i don't think i'll ever \"come out\" or whatever because it's super scary, and because of the backlash i would get from my family..i am already out as a lesbian. also, i don't want to be a man--i don't want facial hair or a deep voice. i want to be a boy. i don't know how to explain it without sounding weird. \n\n\nno questions really, you're a super brave dude and you are awesome. :)\n\n\n*edit* i made this throwaway account rather quickly, and apparently i mixed up my letters. haha, oops!", "score": 12 }, { "body": "A good friend of mine is going to be starting T soon. I am looking forward to laughing at the pubescent changes regarding his voice. Is my laughter appropriate?\n\nI mean, it seems like ribbing on the voice squeakyness is something that all men have to go through. Am I wrong in seeing it as a delayed rite of passage that I can laugh at?", "score": 10 }, { "body": "You said you had your breasts removed at age 20, and you're 21 now. Are you fully recovered? Do you have feeling in your nipples? How do you appear? Petite, tall? It is good to read that your family is on the road to accepting you it seems. Do you go to the gym or are you slender? What about hips? Do they go away during hormone therapy? I have one ftm friend/acquaintance at school, the changes he is going through sometimes get him down, especially when dating. Do you see a therapist, or do you ever feel sad? You probably wouldn't feel regret as this is your identity but I would imagine you might feel smoewhat alone (maybe not in SF). Thank you for doing this AMA it is an interesting read.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Would you be willing to post before/after pictures?\n\nEDIT: not requesting nothing graphic such as surgery images or something considered postable to /r/gonewild, I was thinking more like portraits :)", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Girls vs. guys bathrooms - which are cleaner? Speaking of guys bathrooms - I've only seen this on the L word but do you have a fake penis you can pee through at a urinal? Or do you just always use the stall?", "score": 5 }, { "body": "How old were you when you decided you needed to have the surgery?\n\nHow has your family responded? Your friends?\n\nWhat is your favorite movie?", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Have you ever been sexually involved with anybody? You mentioned not having a boyfriend/girfriend but have you ever had any kind of intimacy? ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Do you ever regret your decision? How was the transition for your friends and family, did they have trouble remembering to refer to you as \"he\" instead of \"she\" or did it come easily? Do you still get your period?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Why do you mainly get problems from lesbians? And why do you think that is? What sort of comments/actions do they give off? I'm really curious as I always assumed lesbians are very tolerant of different life choices.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "What kind of sex do you enjoy/have? Do you wear a strap on or do you stick with oral/digital penetration.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When do you explain your history to the women you are interested in romantically, first date or later? What percentage of the sexual attention you receive is from people who might see you as a fetish? ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I have a 19 yo male friend who is transgendered and wishes to be female. He's told me that he does not want surgery, but would like to look like a female and be treated as such. Right now he's having a hard time getting his family to accept him (or her I suppose, we haven't talked about object pronouns yet). He's started wearing makeup and growing out his hair and painting his nails and wearing more feminine clothing, but his parents will say things to him such as \"we wanted a son, not a daughter\".\n\nHow did you come out to your family and how accepting were they? Do you have any advice for my buddy or any advice for me to make him feel better? Thanks.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "What you need to do son is call that girl back and be all like \"Woman, I know I said some stuff but I forgot The Shins were coming to town and *Caring is Creepy* was totally our song!\" at which point she'll respond \"Bitch, I don't even like The Shins, that was your ex before me. I like Vampire Weekend and shit\" so you cut back with \"Damn it, mamacita, you want to come with me and sit in my partially obstructed view seats or not?!\", at which point she's going to cave because she has no self respect and secretly she wants to get the relationship back together because she had been cheating on you with your twin brother and now she's pregnant but he died in that horrible car accident 2 weeks ago and now she's terrified of raising the baby alone.\n\nNow here's the big secret: When you show up at the concert, you are wearing a panda bear suit, because your lady thinks pandas are sexy (mostly due to an incorrect assumption that they are, in fact, members of the bear family. Obviously this is not true, because as everyone knows, panda bears are actually a land based relative of the harbor seal, and are only called bears because of how much they resemble large, hairy gay men).\n\nThis chick is now on fire. Straight up clawing to get at you in your panda bear suit, but you play it cool, see? You buy her a large, extra butter popcorn and a small diet coke at the refreshment stand, and order yourself some fucking bamboo because you're staying in character. You get to the usher and whip those tickets out of your bear pocket, and he'll guide you up to your seats, which are slightly more obstructed than you were led to believe when you paid $26 apiece for them on ticketmaster (your grand total coming to $1017.28 after fees). But it's all good because once the house lights go down IT IS ON LIKE DONKEY KONG, and you finally get that over the shirt action you've been jonesing for.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "With an attitude like that....it's probably best you're not in a relationship. It sounds like you'd be dragging her down after awhile, as well as yourself.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "you're not going to be happy in a relationship if you're not happy with yourself. focus on you now, and relationships will come in time. it probably doesn't feel like it, but you did good. there's no point in dragging yourself and another person into a relationship that is doomed from the start.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "sounds like you are breaking up in order to avoid making yourself a better person and extending the amount of time you get to wallow in your self-pity", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Voluntaryist\n\nI think the name is cumbersome but I believe all human interaction should be voluntary. An abolition of all slavery. I listened to FTL as a minarchist and the ideas blew me away.\n\nI reject anarcho-capitalist because while I believe free market capitalism is the best method of resource distribution, I don't believe people should be forced into capitalism if they don't want it.\n\nAnd minarchists are unprincipled fence sitters. Just kidding. I think they're just short sighted on the end goal.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "More interested in states' rights than Libertarianism, but neither Democrats nor Republicans (nor reddit) seem interested in the idea of \"govern at the lowest level possible\"", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Anarcho-capitalist\n\nIt's the logical extension of wanting pure freedom for all people and a total rejection of collectivism.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I consider myself an Anarcho-Capitalist, but honestly, I wouldn't care if every last person on earth joined some commune, as long as they were not forced into doing so. Perhaps I am better described as a voluntaryist?\n\nI don't see private property as an absolute, but rather a socially reinforced preference. I don't think violence is warranted for its defense except under very specific situations, such as armed robbery, or cases where the deprivation of property could endanger one's life. Otherwise, society could very well find other ways of encouraging its respect. Organized social ostracism could be very effective.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Libertarian Socialist, if I have to label myself currently. No individual or small group should privately own any means of production, thus the means of production should be managed and owned by society.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Anarchist, I used to be a Progressive Democrat because that's what my parents are but I eventually got fed up with capitalism and government.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I believe the law should be determined by the market. I would \"purchase\" libertarian law. So I'm an anarchist/panarchist/pluralist.\n\nI don't like the term \"Anarcho-capitalist\" because it implies that there is only one kind of anarchy and that it is capitalist (and never mind the fact that \"capitalism\" is a very misunderstood word on all sides and that the most popular social arrangements are specifically not capitalist).\n\nI came to my position when I realized that \"law\" was just as arbitrary as everything else.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Told a stressed out GF of three years that I was okay with taking a break. Only to go and change my phone number, delete my facebook and pretend I never knew her. Really in retrospect I was so lost and depressed and completely heartbroken I had no idea what I was doing.\n\nI'm not sure how long for or if she even tried to get ahold of me.. I know she failed, I know I hurt her, maybe worse than she did me. She showed up @ my favourite bar on my birthday 8 months after, I had a hard time looking her in the eyes. It was the only time I've understood the meaning of shame in my life. I never apologized.", "score": 29 }, { "body": "I slept with her mom. Its not as bad as it sounds. the ex was seven years younger than I, her mom was nine years older than I. the ex was a bitch and we broke up because I just coudlnt deal with all her drama. Bumped into her mom at a bar, got to talking and things just went that way. The ex found out, one of her friends saw us leaving the bar together. she made a huge drama storm about it, that I slept with her mom just got back at her etc etc. Truth be told, when I was with her mom, she was the last thing on my mind. Sad thing is, if not for the ex, her mom and I could have had a good thing going, she was awesome. To put this in a reddit perspective, we had sex while watching her firefly dvds. And refered to the couch we were on as \"her bunk\". As in, \"I'll be in my bunk.\"", "score": 23 }, { "body": "Chastised her for doing my laundry. She washed, dried, folded and put away my laundry. Instead of thanking her and returning the favor, I instigated an argument. I wanted to make the point that I am a responsible adult capable of doing my own chores. But it only proved that I was insecure and not capable of a mature relationship. It made her cry. She eventually left me. \n\nNow I'm alone. And HATE doing laundry. I'm also an idiot.\n\n", "score": 20 }, { "body": "I jumped off of a picnic table and elbow dropped her in the head.\n\nI seriously did. It wasn't supposed to actually make contact, but I obviously have poor elbow-eye coordination.", "score": 19 }, { "body": "I told one of my ex's during a fight that \"You're not even that attractive anymore and you're a constant bitch, so what the fuck do you have to offer?\"\n\n I also told my last girlfriend that she was becoming more of a pain in the ass than she was worth. She totally deserved that though.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I moved to Australia without telling my very crazy only-just-ex. I basically broke up with her and hopped on a plane. ", "score": 16 }, { "body": "This happened over the last 2 weeks...\n\nShe gets wasted and slaps me for no reason back in her hometown bar (ya one of those places where there is only one).\nI sober up quickly and figure out there's no reason to take that shit, much less be in such a shitty town in the first place.\nCollected the engagement ring, headed straight to the airport.\nOnce landed, I got wasted as balls and took the ring back for a nice Maurice Lacroix the next day.\nMoved her shit out the day following and put it in storage.\nApparently we're supposed to be working it out now... we'll see where it goes, but I can safely say it won't be marriage.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Well this is really bad but here goes.\n\nI was a Senior in high school and had been dating a girl for 8 months. While we were dating she got diagnosed with crones disease. One night she went to the hospital because of severe pains and had to have surgery to remove part of her small intestine. After the surgery she never woke up and went into a coma. \n\nAfter two months of her being in the coma I started seeing another girl from a different city. I dated her for two months and was never really serious about the relationship knowing that I still had another girlfriend in a coma that could wake up any day. But during this relationship I had a three week fling with yet another girl. \n\nI was young and stupid and have since changed my ways and how I view relationships. I have never cheated on a girl since then.\n\ntldr: Girlfriend went into coma. Cheated on coma girl with another girl. Cheated on girl who I was cheating on coma girl with. \n\n \n\n ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I got kicked in the nuts by my significant other, i landed in a heap of despair at the top of the stairs... She then kicked me while i was lying on the floor... \n\nWe are still with each other today!", "score": 7 }, { "body": "What you did was not wrong at all. It definitely had a way better outcome than if you had humored her and made people think you were going out. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "When I was in 4th grade I told a boy that liked me that I was in love with my best friend's older brother so that he would be jealous. I made him cry in front of all his friends during recess. I honestly still get a twinge of shame whenever I think about it. :(", "score": 6 }, { "body": "It was bound to come up at some point. In your case, the truth hurts, but has to be said. It's only way she could get over this crush and move on to bigger and better things. It may have seemed horrible at the time, but in the end it was better for both of you. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "From 8th grade to 11th grade, one of my best friends was a guy. When I was about 16 and in 10th grade, I went through the most hellish summer/fall I'd ever been through. I was in an abusive relationship and I was starved for attention and validation. Suddenly, my best friend looked so appealing. He gave me all the attention I ever needed. I told him I loved him and we had this amazing tension but never amounted to anything. That winter I fucked one of his best friends and we never spoke about it. A few years ago, before he got married, he sent me a message while high on X, saying things like \"you were the only one I ever truly loved.\" I feel horrible to this day but I never apologized. I feel horrible that I ruined the friendship. We live in different states now and I don't think the relationship is salvagable. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "This probably isn't the *worst* thing I've ever done to a boyfriend, but it's the worst thing I've done to a boyfriend who didn't deserve it. I told him he was entirely a waste of my time and that I had no idea why I dated him at all. I still feel terrible. I didn't mean it, I was just angry because he procrastinates so much.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "First SO (5 years) - it was the end of my first LTR and I was curious after 5 years of dating what it would be like to be with other guys, and looking back, I have no idea how it lasted so long. Anyways, a week after I broke up with him I was already canoodling with other guys. Then I had a fling with a guy at my college, but I stayed involved with my ex. Then I told my ex because I felt guilty about it but in retrospect it was just an asshole move. I also fooled around with other guys and because we socialize in some of the same circles, he found out about that too.\n\n\nSecond SO (3 years) - He was super jealous and had me cut off my friendships with most of my guy friends. There was this guy in development at my company (he actually introduced me to reddit) that I used to flirt with remotely (we were in different cities) since we had to work together. I met him at a company conference and he was pretty cute so when 6 months later he broke up w/ his gf, I was always there on-linee, talking him through it. Anyways, fell for the geeky reddit guy, realized I was falling in love with someone else, so I told my then SO and agreed to cut off all communication with reddit guy. I told him the 3 days before Christmas at his family's house. 5 months later I broke up with him because of his jealousy issues, that were severely worsened by my emotional affair with geeky (but cute) reddit guy.\n\n\nOh yeah...still involved with reddit guy now that second SO is overwith.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "There was this cute girl in school which was really into me. I also \tdefinitely knew it because her best friend told me. I really liked her, but nothing more, but I still went along with it because I wanted a new girlfriend. Go forward about a month, I'm at a mutual friends birthday party with her, meet a good friend of her which I instantly develop a crush on, and vice-versa.\n\nMe and new-girl go home together the next day, deciding we want to spend the day together on the way, I break up with then-girlfriend. New-girl and I meet up again a few days later and make out, beginning a long-term relationship.\n\nShe didn't really talk to us for a couple of months, I feel bad about it now :/\n\n**tl;dr:** Dumped a girl that I didn't fall in love with in the first place for a good friend of her.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Broke up with a girl on her birthday.\n\nBackstory: it was in high school, and for a couple months I had been feeling stressed and overworked (senior year, fun times). I told myself I would wait til summer, see if maybe it was just the stress telling me to break it off with her.\n\nBut about 4 months before I graduated, she started picking up signs that I was unhappy. I kept insisting I didn't want to talk about it, that I wanted to handle it on my own, and that when I felt ready to talk I would. This had never been a problem in the past. But the night of her birthday she kept insisting, even pestering me about it. After a couple hours I broke down and admitted I didn't love her anymore, which ended in tearful exclamations that I was a terrible person for doing that to her on her birthday.\n\nI feel I was right to leave her, but all the same, it was a shitty time to break it off.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "If asked your religion, it's fair enough to say you're an atheist, but leave it at that.\nEvangelizing the atheist cause in class is no more appropriate than evangelizing for Catholicism or Scientology.\n", "score": 41 }, { "body": "NO! Absolutely not. There have been documented cases (some discussed here on reddit over the years) where teachers have been fired or had all hell bought down on them for explaining their atheism.\n\nThe constitutionality and legalities of those situations are better left to lawyers.\n\nWhile you shouldn't be a robot, you do risk losing the respect of parents and worse, the children in your class if you come out as an athiest.\n\nThe best thing you can do as a teacher, instead of explaining your atheism, is to teach **critical-thinking skills**. As for your anecdote about a class reading and discussing the bible: There is no more potent force in the world for atheism then reading the bible.\n\nIf you are directly asked the question, try to avoid it by saying something like \"What i believe in is my job, and the education of you/your children, my personal beliefs are not a factor in that\"", "score": 12 }, { "body": "As a teacher in the US, you are acting as a representative of the government and at all times, you have the obligation to maintain the separation of church and state. You cannot be seen to have endorsed any specific religion (or non-religion) in your duties.\n\nIf you are teaching a comparative course on religions, then it might be appropriate to insert atheism as a counter to all religion as part of that course (maybe as part of a group of secular philosophies). At no time should the contents of your personal beliefs be discussed nor your rationales for believing as you do. If they ask, maybe you can admit you are an atheist, but that alone might open up a can of worms. Strongly religious parents might be very upset indeed that an atheist is teaching their kids. Best to keep it on the down low.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "if you are asked directly, there ''should be'' no reason why you can't honestly and simply state your beliefs, as long as you are not trying to convert anyone, but depending where you live, i know not all countries allow freedom of religious belief, so it's a dilemma ... what is the law in your country?", "score": 4 }, { "body": "You are a teacher, you teach what the board of education says you should teach. Religion is like genitals, fun to have but not for sharing unless invited to.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Many of the best teachers I've ever had refused to volunteer ANY information about what they believed. \n\nSimply put, it shouldn't be about what you believe, it should be about teaching the student to be critical and open. If it matters that you're atheist, Christian, Muslim, or anything else...you're doing it wrong. \n\nIf it doesn't matter, then why take the chance that the knowledge of what you believe would create bias in the students?", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "They are only creepy until they start talking in a beautiful, sexy British accent.\n\nYesterday I was sitting in a café with a friend and she started talking about how she constantly saw the guy that was sitting opposite us, and that he always sat down to talk on the phone and even though he was sitting by himself, he'd get up and go out in the middle of the conversation and continue telephoning outside. He talked very very passionately on the phone and was just talking and talking for hours, we immediately decided he was \"creepy\".\n\nA few hours later as we were leaving the place, we passed by his table and heard him talk in this beautiful accent...As a result we find him hot and absolutely not creepy now. It wasn't a conscious decision, it is just how things are; as long as you have the accent, you can do anything and still be non-creepy.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Yes we do, it's an innate self-defense mechanism. \r\n\r\nIn your case though, that's probably not your problem. That you even have a circle of friends probably already takes you off the Creeper Radar.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "if you are ''loud and outgoing'' they probably don't see you as creepy, it tends to be certain types of quiet ones who get suspected of creepiness ... but your loudness may be offputting to some, depending what you say and do when you are being loud ... but in the end, it is one's *attitude* more than anything which attracts and repels people", "score": 8 }, { "body": "It may just be the 'loud' part that turns some girls off. This is just me, and I'm just one girl, but if I come across someone with their group of friends being loud, I'm not attracted to it, I'm turned off and I go the other way. Seeing you with *your* friends and seeing how 'outgoing' you are may be doing one of two things (or both). 1. People are intimidated and head the other way or, 2. They don't like the 'loud' aspect of your outgoingness. That's just what I'm guessing though.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "To be fair, the only reason you'd ever ask a question like this is because you're being overly self-conscious. Give yourself a break, and don't overdo it on the loudness. It's a real put-off to a lot of people. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Have her call you when she lands, stand back behind the terminal a bit... so like if she comes out, you are off to the side, out of view, hide behind something if you have to... just in a place where she cant see you, when you answer, have the conversation go like this.\r\n\r\nHER: \"Hey hun, where are you?\"\r\n\r\nYOU: \"O, I am heading through the airport, coming to get you... then make it subtle but obvious be like... \"Man that girl is fucking hot as shit\"\r\n\r\nNow as she is about to freak out, when she screams \"What girl?\" You should be within 5-6ft having moved in on her, she should not see you as most girls get this weird blurry tunnel vision when they are mad, and once she says that, you be right there to say \"This one.\" and then you kiss her.\r\n\r\nI did this with my girlfriend. It worked amazingly. The key is timing and delivery.", "score": 40 }, { "body": "The way I see it. The airport is not the place to be all fucking crazy. You want to make a serious impression on your girlfriend?\r\n\r\nShow up on time. Get her bag. Pick her up. Take her home.\r\n\r\nNow before you do all of the above do this at your appartment or home:\r\n\r\nClean and put away all dishes.\r\nClean the floors.\r\nClean the bathroom.\r\nDo the laundry.\r\nWash her car.\r\nTake out the trash.\r\nDo anything and everything she has asked you to do before or after she left.\r\n\r\nDo this all before you go to pick her up. Let her come home to a house that has absolutly nothing for her to clean. \r\n\r\nThey actually melt....right there on the spot. It took me about 5 years to figure out that Ultra clean house=crazy sex when women get home from a vacation/work trip/family deal out of town. Something about the idea of everything they have to do when they get home vanishing in the span of 2 seconds sets thier clits on fire.\r\n\r\n\r\n", "score": 29 }, { "body": "How about a sign with a mildly cheesy description and not her name? Also, looking like a retard to amuse the mrs. is your calling in life as a man. :)\n\nIf you make the sign a comical self-deprecating spin, the crowd there will be your wingman when she comes out. Everyone loves an event. ", "score": 26 }, { "body": "Get all your friends with videocameras to act like paparazzi and snap her every step of the way to meeting you. Get kids to run up and get autographs and ask are you airportman's girlfriend can I have your autograph. etc etc", "score": 12 }, { "body": "My BF couldn't pick me up from the airport but he picked me up form the bus station instead. He wore his smartest clothes, shaved and smelled of his usual aftershave and had made sure he had parked the car as close as possible to make the walk a little shorter. When we got home dinner was prepared, the bed was made, house was warm and candles had been lighted. He had got me a small present which he knew i wanted and even stocked the fridge with all my favourite foods and later I found out he had trimmed and everything....... you dont need to do that though!\n\nI don't think you need to do anything hugely romantic but the little things count", "score": 12 }, { "body": "What about flowers and that classic stuff? Its not really cool or original, but does it work? What do you think, female redditors? \n\nIve always thought women secretly think flowers are bullshit, but I am probably wrong. The upside is that she knows Ive never bought flowers for a girl before, so it would be more special", "score": 6 }, { "body": "This idea depends on a) where you live, because this idea won't work if it's 20 below, b) what kind of traveler your girlfriend is, and c) what time she's coming in, but here it is:\n\nPick her up and have a picnic basket sitting in the backseat. Pack some of her favourite foods that she may not have been able to eat while she was abroad along with her favourite choice of drink. Act like everything's normal and drive to a place that you both love to go, and I'll leave the rest to you.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "There's always the classic \"so-and-so's name written rather largely on a big posterboard\". you could hold it up in front of the gate when you're waiting for her in the terminal.\n\nI've done this. The crowd seemed to like it. Though it may not be as original as you're hoping for.\n\n*edited for a spelling fail.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, and How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie.\n\nA wealth to learn from both books.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "I'm kind of dismayed by the amount of people suggesting Feynman and Dawkins here. Not to say they are bad writers or bad reads, but you're making multiple assumptions about them and josue814, the most egregious of which is that any of them can compare with, well, literature.\n\nAnyway, as for suggestions:\n\nThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's an incredibly easy and simple book for the most part, a great 'gateway book' into American literature that is benefited by the some of the most mellifluous writing I have ever been fortunate enough to experience. \n\nCat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. I'm somewhat biased here but I'd argue that Vonnegut's worldview is best and most clearly expressed in this book, not to mention Bokononism being the best comment on religion EVAR.\n\nAnything by James Joyce. Joyce has a very interesting writing style that works fantastically for some people, but just kills others. Rather than try and analyze it, google a copy of Ulysses and read a few pages.\n\nThe Stranger by Albert Camus. Lush, introspective existentialism. Camus kind of opts for a character study more than outright existentialism here but its a great read.\n\nParadise Lost by John Milton. This is probably more daunting than the previous four books combined, but an absolutely essential read. It's basically a British look into the Christian mythos (yes, it has Adam and Eve and Satan and all that) but its absolutely beautiful writing. Never ever ever discount it if/because you're not Christian, because it's probably the best piece of English literature in existence. It looks into the human condition with depth alien to so much else.", "score": 15 }, { "body": "My two suggestions:\n\n**Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance** - It isn't an easy book to get through, but it pops up on recommended reading lists on this site fairly often, and for good reason. It offers perspective in a way that no other book can.\n\n**The Man Who Loved Only Numbers** - The biography of Paul Erdos, one of the gods of math. Extremely touching and beautifully written from anecdotes from those that loved him, which was everyone he met.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\"Manufacturing Consent\" - Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman\n\n\"Beyond Good & Evil\" - Friedrich Nietzsche\n\n\"Prometheus Rising\" - Robert Anton Wilson\n\n\"Tao De Ching\" - Lao Tzu (I have the Stephen Mitchell translation)", "score": 12 }, { "body": "* Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse\n* The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde\n* Dubliners - James Joyce\n* The Book of Laughter and Forgetting - Milas Kundera\n\n(in order from easiest to most difficult)\n\nHappy New Year :)", "score": 10 }, { "body": "[Haruki Murakami](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruki_Murakami) is a japanese author that paints a wildly and dark imaginative story in his book The Wind Up Bird Chronicle. It is a good way to change your perspective on matters of reality and love. His other nooks Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore were also good.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Here is a random list of good reads to get you started:\n\n- feynman lectures\n- div, grad, curl and all that\n- the brain that changes itself\n- the power of now\n- freakonomics \n- guns germs and steel\n- the death and life of great american cities", "score": 7 }, { "body": "1984 by George Orwell, and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. \r\n\r\nI've been trying to re-kindle my interest in reading, and these two were the first ones I picked up voluntarily after many years. Both are relatively easy to read, very powerful and well-written.\r\n\r\nCan't believe these haven't been mentioned yet! On *reddit!* ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman\n\nLies My Teacher Told Me\n\nThis Book Will Change Your Life\n\nThe Way Things Work\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "The God Delusion\n\nThe Art of War\n\nThe Mystery Method Venusian Arts\n\nedit: A Brief History of Time, as well\n\nWith that Trio you can probably conquer the world.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "[Blindsight](http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm).\r\n\r\nAnd then spend a while chasing through its amazingly-extensive bibliography. You will learn a *lot*.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "*Emergency* by Neil Strauss is one of my favorites. It pretty much teaches you how to legitimately become a Jason Bourne. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein\n\nGoing off of your mention of philosophy below, you may enjoy this. Stranger in a Strange Land is a really neat discussion of what it means to be human (relationships, sexuality, communication, etc).", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The man who mistook his wife for a hat, oliver sacks. It may not necessarily better you, but it definitely provides some super interesting food for thought.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I liked it. Good points though. Have u seen sunshine from 2007? Similar vein though a little more hokey at times. Beautiful cinematography though", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I would say it's a great directorial debut, but not as great as everyone seems to be saying. Like you, I caught on pretty quick, and was waiting for some \"OH-SHIT\" moments that never happened.\n\nOverall a solid film, but far from perfect. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "From what I understood when I was in a similar situation (same province, few cities apart) is that your drivers license and any auto/home insurance needs to be where you're currently at. Your other addresses for cards like Health, SIN, etc simply require your permanent residence.\n\nIn this case, you have a temp. residence in Ottawa while holding onto your permanent one in Quebec. When you finish school and move somewhere else in what is likely to be a more permanent new home, then you should change it.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I have the 25th Anniversary Trilogy on VHS, digitally re-mastered, but with no edits(additions) from the original. \n\nThere was no POV from inside the helmet. The most they showed was a hind view of his helmet being put on.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I've watched the original trilogy over 30 times. I don't recall him seeing in red until Revenge of the Sith.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I do remember one specific change from the movie I saw in the theater as a kid, that wasn't in any of the following releases. (at least none that I saw and I watched all the VHS releases) Lando and wedge just entered the reactor chamber. Wedge said \"it's too big, my proton torpedoes won't even dent that\" or something like it. Lando then said, don't worry, I'm carrying concussion missiles, go for the power regulator. \non the north tower. \n\nLater one of the video games came out with concussion missiles but they were weaker than the torpedoes.\n\nI could never find out why they did that. \n\nI can't swear that they didn't have a Vader POV in the original, but I don't remember it. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The 1997 version indeed had this shot, but it was removed in subsequent versions. The modifications were part of an effort to align subsequent releases with whatever happened in the prequels, including the DVD releases.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "If you find a question difficult to answer, it's often because the question has a logical inconsistency with the theory you are trying to defend. When that happens, just say \"I'm not sure I fully understand what your asking... could you give an example or be more specific?\"\n\nAt this point, you've taken them off the attack for a moment- also when they reformulate the question for you, it may be in such a way that the logical inconsistency becomes apparent, or vanishes from the discussion.\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Well that happens to everyone. The French call it [*esprit d'escalier*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L'esprit_de_l'escalier).", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\"OMG! Noooooo you're stomach is SO sexy, WTF are you talking about?!?\" Feel better?\n\n\nReally? You are going to reddit of all places on tips for a flat stomach? \n\n\nPretty sure there are like 100 billion website out there with advice on this. \n\n\nKinda seems like you're just searching for compliments on your stomach.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "The only way to lose that belly fat is to lose all over body fat. That means boobs and booty as well. Being perfectly honest your tummy is gorgeous. You dont have a thing to worry about, but if you really feel like you need to lose it, eat right and do cardio. ", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Upvoted for hot tummy! I honestly don't know what you are concerned about.. I think most women would kill for the abs you are sporting there. A lot of it I think comes down to genes as well. You have a very tone and muscular stomach, and you should be happy with that. The shape I think comes from a lot of the muscle you have built up. The only thing I can think of is do a little less crunches and more cardio.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Most of the advice here is positively awful. The answer to \"how do I lose fat\" is universal - lift weights and eat fewer calories than the calories you burn. You lift weights to **preserve** the lean muscle mass that you have. Cardio is fine (especially interval training), but that really just shifts the \"calories you burn\" number. You can lose fat without a single second of cardio, it's just about how much you consume.\n\nAbs are made in the kitchen, not the gym.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Women aren't supposed to have perfectly flat stomachs. You are normal, and, from your description, healthy. As my 7th grade science teacher used to say, 'keep your eyes on your own paper.'", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "My old roommate is on a personal quest to build an operating system designed for distributed computing while living on practically nothing in either the woods of his father's construction sites or random spots through europe. He almost always lives outdoors, programs on a netbook charged by the sun, and hunts his food. He is the cyberpunk frontiersman. He's also profoundly well read and always takes the time to paint, even though he doesn't always know what he's doing.", "score": 19 }, { "body": "The most interesting person I know (knew) was my dad. He passed away in 2001, but had his Phd in ceramic engineering, loved sci-i, rode his razor scooter around the street, played the contrabass clarinet, and had about 35 patents to his name. I still get new ones mailed to me that he had helped on and his co-workers added his name on the patent. There's some of the patents up on the internet which is pretty cool to see/read. \n\nI think he was so interesting since he had such a wide range of interests and hobbies. He was brilliant, but hilarious and very personable. I miss him terribly, but having such a cool person in my life for even a bit was enough.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Male: A family friend in the US. He's a transgendered unicycle maker and professional unicyclist who has finger nails as long as my arm and a pyramid made of bowling balls in his yard. \n\nFemale: She was once rejected from entering a country because they couldn't find a free spot to stamp on her passport. She grew up a military brat and regularly flies to a place, gets bored of it within a few hours, and then picks another flight at random. Also, her hair is blue. \n", "score": 10 }, { "body": "A friend who wanders through abandoned buildings, using the experiences for his artwork. His hair is unruly enough to have fused into his beard, and he's not yet 18.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I live a frightfully dull existence. The most interesting person I can think of is that Dos Equis guy.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I would have to narrow it down to two choices. my son and drinking buddy. My son is 19. He has a very rational mind, and a great sense of humor. No one has ever made me stop and think or laugh like he has. My drinking buddy is a viet nam vet how as been thru shit i cant even imagine. hes a black man who grew up during the civil rights movement. He never talks about the war or growing up then. He just tells stories about his life. his family and kids and so on. I have bought a twelve pack of beer and lured him over to hang out with me on many occasions just to hear him talk. He is a natural born story teller. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "My co-worker grew up in India, came here with her family when she was 16. They came from absolutely nothing to be at least as successful as I am, and I've had every advantage. She has an arranged marriage and a VERY involved family, as is usual in Indian cultures. I never get tired of hearing how her family came to succeed and about the various cultural differences she contends with.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "no question: an artist friend who has covered fiction, non fiction, poetry, cartoon, painting, sculpture, photography, etc etc... he's a little crazy (how can you not be) but at 65ish still plugging away and hoping to break free of the 'starving artist' lifestyle he has had most/all his life.\n\nhe's traveled extensively and lived on the streets and in the bush. lived with hippies and has many drug induced tales. he's technically died at least once - from hypothermia. he's seen things that seemingly defy reality... he sat in front of the camera for the first time a number of years ago and told stories from his life, and surprised himself by filling six hours worth - no ums, ahh, hmms... he's a natural story teller, and a good one - no fear on the stage.\n\nhe's posted on youtube in hopes of attracting some attention but it's a voice among millions. we're currently working on getting his fiction published (~30 novels) in a short time.\n\nhe's something else when it comes to the creative - an absolute chimp when it comes to anything technology... he has a book of notes he has taken from my trying to teach him\n\nohya, and apparently when growing up in the woods, he rode a wild bear! i want to say 4-5ish", "score": 3 }, { "body": "It's the person/people who can tell the best stories. It doesn't even have to be the topic of the story, but more the manner in which it was delivered. You will remember the person, and probably the story, and the fact that they could tell the hell out of something as simple as going outside to get the newspaper. I can tell you that the people who have made a lasting impression on me had this gift. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Radiohead. Reddit's near-unanimous approval was what inspired me to give them a listen, but the music does absolutely nothing for me. I would go into further detail as to why it was unappealing to me, but I dont remember much of it, and therein lies my problem.", "score": 25 }, { "body": "Coldplay. It's not even the music really, I just want to punch Chris Martin right in the jib. I don't know why.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "DAVE MATTHEWS BAND!! ARGH!!! They're all great musicians but his voice and the cheezy riffs and the fucking tacky production just drive me out of my god damn mind", "score": 14 }, { "body": "Frank Zappa.\n\nBeing in love with Mr. Bungle's three albums and finding the quotes of the man quite clever, I thought I'd give Hot Rats a try. I expected mindbending timeless tunes, and all I got was this lousy delirious music.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "LCD Soundsystem. *Sound of Silver* was on basically every best-of list made by critics in 2008, and on a number of best-of-the-decade lists as well, but I just don't understand at all what the appeal is.\n\nThe closest I can come up with is that it's like an insult comic. Sure, they're blatantly, intentionally insulting you with their music, but they're doing a good job of it, or something?", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Bob Dylan is one that I really tried/expected to like, but I can't stand his lyrics and his voice really grates on me too. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Lady Gaga. I know she's a talented vocalist, and can also play piano, but her act to be an eccentric fashion icon infuriates me to the point where I just become angry every time I hear any of her songs. Plus I hear she's a dude.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Modest Mouse. Seeing as most on reddit like this band a lot I decided to give them another listen.\r\n\r\nStill not feeling it... I don't like the vocals.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Plenty. There are tons of bands and artists out there that are legitimately talented. Appreciating them for being good at their craft is one thing, liking them and enjoying their work is another. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": ">I just mean being content.\n\nHappiness and contentment are two very different things. I was probably 40 before I figured that out. \n\nHappiness is fleeting and generally dependent on things outside your control, therefore it's hardly worth pursuing. I always think of someone who is giddy with excitement when I think of someone who is happy.\n\nContentment is a far better thing for which to strive. No one else is involved with a person's state of contentment. I always think of someone who is very comfortable inside their own skin, no matter what the circumstances, when I think of someone who is content.\n\nSheryl Crow summed it up nicely when she sang: \n\n*\"It's not having what you want*\n\n[*It's wanting what you've got\"*](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sherylcrow/soakupthesun.html)\n\nGiven the struggles I had in being okay with who I am, I always hear that as meaning I want to be exactly who I am, not someone society pressures me to think I should be.\n\nI'm an old introvert who has learned that it's really okay to be one. It's also okay to dislike having to interact with strangers in large group settings, so I just don't. It takes far too much energy. \n\nI have a few very close friends with whom I interact, most of whom are also introverts. We're a bunch of old nerds, and that's okay.\n\nReally and truly, it's okay to not be a social butterfly. It sounds as though you think you need to be one to be happy. \n\nGo for contentment with all you've got. Accept who you are. Find an outlet for your creativity doing something that doesn't make you feel socially awkward. You write well. That may be where you can find contentment. There are forums for just about anything. Find one in an area that interests you and contribute to it. The internet has made being an introvert so much easier. :)\n\nWishing you the very best as you work your way toward finding contentment.\n\n*edit:formatting*\n", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "[Bozarking](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/afr4p/shyness/c0hcmui?context=5#c0hcmui)\n\nDeleted [Boazarking commment](http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/a7hkv/would_you_be_able_to_use_a_mini_black_hole_from/c0g7ixe) that someone saved\n\n[Cuil Theory](http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/7da5i/police_raids_reveal_baby_farms/c06cqxb)\n\n[Backwards thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7yxud/if_you_watch_the_movie_jaws_backwards_its_a_movie/c07sam9) \n\nI have one more about this guy liking his sister but you probably know the one im talking about", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'd suggest you try Arch Linux. It really makes it easy do things with simplicity in mind. Pacman is a **great** package manager, and Arch Linux has one of the best communities around; if something seems difficult, just ask. And the [Beginners' Guide](http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners_Guide) is really useful, so *read it*. Some people might think that Arch Linux is a difficult distro, but if you just read the fine manual (rtfm), it isn't any harder to use than just about any other distro around.", "score": 35 }, { "body": "Have you considered switching to a different desktop? You might get decent performance gains just by switching to XFCE, for example.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "Ubuntu isn't inherently slow... what would make it slow? It just enables more things out of the box so things \"just work\". By all means try other distros, but the speed difference is unlikely to be noticeable if you are running the same daemons.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "If you enjoy the ease of use of Ubuntu. Try [Crunchbang](http://crunchbanglinux.org/). It's a light weight fast and minimalistically cool distro based on Ubuntu. I have it even running on a couple of old machines and it still smokes.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Arch is excellent. But I don't think you'll get a huge benefit just from switching distros and installing the same packages you currently use. \n\nI just installed Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1 on a PC with similar spec to yours. Unfortunately their 'server' CD is just a desktop CD with all of the usual packages. So I removed *almost everything* from the build and then installed xorg, SLiM, Openbox, LXTerminal and fbpanel. It solved all required dependencies and installed everything. Reboot.\n\n\nFirst boot is always slow, because it's profiling. Next boot took 12 seconds to get to the SLiM logon screen. Logging into Openbox Desktop took about 2 seconds. \n\n\nI added OpenOffice, Chrome and Synaptic. (I tweaked a few settings in OpenOffice). Everything launches very quickly, even first launch.\n\n\nIt's ultra-responsive\n\n\nIf you want to take it further, compile your own kernel, enabling all the hardware you need and removing the stuff you don't need. This means you can boot without the initrd, reducing boot time and memory usage.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "> In the past I've tried Mandrake, Debian, Sabayon, Gentoo ...\n\n> I've used XFCE, FluxBox, KDE, Openbox, and Gnome...\n\nI have a feeling nothing will truly satisfy you. But if you're into just trying something new for the sake of trying something new which you did also mention, that's a little different.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "How about [Xubuntu](http://www.xubuntu.org/)? It should run faster than Ubuntu on the same hardware.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "You'd probably get more mileage out of a faster CPU, but trying another distro is free.\n\nI see many distros listed here, don't forget to try OpenSUSE and Fedora.\n\nIf, after you try 4 or more distros and don't see the speed increase you are looking for, it's time to consider the problem is either coming from your current /home partition and/or your hardware just isn't capable of what you expect.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Try your hands on Gentoo again, with fluxbox and chromium, if the handbook doesn't work for you there's the forums which I always found pretty helpful.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "[This one](http://iusask.usask.ca/), apparently made by computer science students in a course on iPhone app creation.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Sex is a part of a good relationship; if you cannot imagine being attracted to her then this is not a good sign.\n\nIt's not a matter of being an asshole, so long as you break it to her gently and probably without mentioning why...", "score": 15 }, { "body": "I think it's important to note that people change over time. They get old. They get wrinkly. They sag. They lose their hair. And yes, they tend to pack on some weight too. \n\nThe problem is when something's just \"off\" about the person - call it chemistry, if you will. There is science backing it up, but I'm not a scientist so I won't explain it well. For example:\n\n- your partner smells funny to you... our scent tells us whether or not we are a good genetic match with someone\n\n- you lack limbic resonance with the person (google it)... \n\nI would friendzone someone who falls into this category for me, but not someone who simply doesn't fit into a standard definition of beauty, since beauty fades. I have dated and loved men of all types, including many that were objectively unattractive. But we just had that indescribable \"chemistry\" ... so subjectively, I did find them quite attractive. ", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Personally? I don't know. My physical tastes always swing to align with my emotions. I definitely have a \"type\" though, and women not of that type generally don't attract my attention enough for me to even get to the \"fooling around\" stage. But I do have a friend who is now with someone who was not his type. He can definitely get off, and she's a ton of fun, but I don't know if he would look at her twin and call her \"hot.\" That is, apparently, not that important to him.\n\nSo I guess that the important thing to remember is that \"attractiveness\" is not objective. Not only that, but it can be trained (as yours has probably been by the media). Is this girl actually obese to the level of personal health risks, or just more curvy than most? Would she be attractive at a different age in history? If so, then you may realign as the relationship progresses. It probably also depends a lot on how she treats sex, and how she acts during those times.\n\nGenerally the relationship will end if you can't get over that, and it's going to take as much work on your end (resisting porn, for one) as it would on hers to slim down as much as you would like. I would be wary of expecting her to do that work if you were not willing yourself to retrain your sense of attractiveness.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "So you get along really well, and you love hanging out together, but you have no desire to tear off her clothes and hump her all night? Sounds like you've got a really great friend. Stop fooling around before you fuck it up.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I have compromised on looks more often than not because we clicked so well in other areas. However, it doesn't work. I always ended up feeling sexually unfulfilled because the attraction wasn't there. If it is a weight issue only, remember that weight can disappear. She just has to be willing to work on it. I would suss out her feelings about exercise before pulling the plug on the relationship. Try to get her to workout with you. \r\n\r\nUgh, I feel you so much on this situation. Good luck.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "If you don't find her attractive, I wouldn't continue pursuing anything. I know that sounds mean, but sex is a really important part of a relationship. (especially a new relationship) I think being turned on by your partner is essential. If you feel like you're just going through the motions with her, and didn't enjoy getting physical with her, I think you'll ultimately go looking for someone else. Prolonging the situation, maybe hoping things will change, will end up hurting her more in the long run.\r\n\r\nI don't think you're coming off as an asshole at all. You take care of yourself, and you're entitled to want someone who does the same. From your post, I think you seem pretty polite. \r\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "See, in my experience, sexual chemistry has little to do with who I find attractive. Finding someone attractive helps, but it isn't the only indicator. Since you guys have made out, and you have identified no sexual chemistry is present, trying to date her with that being absent would be cruel and stupid.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "* [pushups between chairs with feet elevated](http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/exercise3/weightedpushupsbetweenchairs.htm). Extra range of motion by dipping your chest between the chairs. Also, by elevating feet, you make the exercise harder.\n\n* buy a pullup bar, and do hang leg/knee raises. Also bicycles. Also, balance your pushups with pullups, or you risk the gorilla posture of many gym rats.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Open Keychain Access. Remove all logins for this site. Restart Safari and visit the site. Select \"never remember\" when prompted.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "We were learning about transistors (I believe, it was a few years ago) and the TA was explaining the device could not output more power than was input. This foreign student (possibly abroad for a semester) asks, \"So, is there any research into that with new materials? Like, making it possible with carbon nanotubes or something?\"\n\nI about died.\n\nIn other news, I hear he's building a perpetual motion machine ;)", "score": 14 }, { "body": "I've been around some serious dummies. \n\nMy senior project involved using the [LAMP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop-mediated_isothermal_amplification) protocol to create a multimeter sized device to detect pathogens. During one of big presentations one of my team mates said we could use AC power into our microcontroller. \n\nOur device was also supposed to tell how much of a pathogen was in a sample or if it was present at all. One girl in my group said you might want to find out how much AIDS you have (if you have any AIDS you have AIDS, you can't have 1 AID unless you're Magic Johnson). She also didn't know what a thermistor was and couldn't make a simple circuit to show our customer how a photo resistor works. Oh, and in all our presentations she mispronounced thermistor and always said \"thermo resistor\" In a class she also asked what a \"convention\" was. \n\nThe photoresistor thing was really annoying though. I had to stand there and watch her not be able to do it, cause I didn't want to barge in and be an ass. Then, I got sick of being there and watching her not be able put a photoresistor in series with an LED so I did it myself and just left. \n\nOh, yeah here's the kicker: In our group she was the EE, I'm a COE and I did all the EE work and programming and basically everything that didn't involve powerpoint. Oh, and she graduated with better than a 3.0 because she gets into groups with people like me and had exams and homework from previous years. Also, she took IE classes for her Technical Electives.\n\nedit: grammar", "score": 8 }, { "body": "One team design project we had involved interfacing some simple hardware with microcontrollers. We had one guy on the team who we knew wasn't too bright so we gave him what we thought was the easiest task, to write some C code to run on the AVR and handle the input from a simple keypad.\n\nAfter a couple of days he emailed the team leader 300 lines of PIC assembler, obviously plagiarised and with no relation to what we asked for at all apart from the fact that the word 'keypad' appeared a few times in the file.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "this year we have a final year design project and while brainstorming for ideas our group thought that home automation with power line communication could be a possibility. We decided to scratch that idea but before we did, we did some research on how feasible it is to use power lines to transmit information. We decided to create a peak power tracker with solar panels instead. Anywho, at one point we had to present our proposal and at the end of our presentation we were asked questions. One group went up and their project was home automation and their communication medium was a mesh network using arduino and zigbee. After they were done I thought it would be a good question to ask if they had considered any other communication medium like home power lines (makes sense since almost every home contains power outlets). The groups answer was that \"This is impossible and has never been implemented\". After that the prof started ripping into them as well. It was great. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "A girl in my semiconductor class asked what a soldering iron was... (you have to be about a junior to be in the class to begin with. I was never quite sure how an EE student could have not ever used a soldering iron, or at least known what one was or what you did with it).", "score": 4 }, { "body": "This wasn't a classmate, but I was talking to a lighting distributer rep. He mentioned he graduated as a mechanical engineer, so I mentioned how that's an odd postion for a ME. He said \"Mechanical, electrical, its all the same, ya know? F=ma just like v=ir.\"\n\nWut?", "score": 4 }, { "body": "When we were working on a final project for our intro circuits class (a small robotic car), a guy who was one of the leaders of this robotics competition we run for high school kids was saying a bunch of retarded things to his partner, while I facepalmed inside in a lab bench nearby. Eg:\n\n> I dunno, I've always seen for(;;) instead of while(1) in microcontroller code, I don't know why, but it must be faster or something. If this doesn't work I'm blaming you.\n\nAfter which partner reluctantly changes his loop to for(;;). A few minutes later he admitted that he doesn't know C, but it can't be that different from Java, right? So the partner is using an int as a boolean, since C doesn't have booleans, and he goes \"What? What kind of language doesn't have booleans? What a waste of memory space.\" Ugh. So many things wrong with that statement...\n\nAnd then he spent most of the period on sparkfun instead of actually working, and they were coding without having built a single circuit, just assuming that they were so smart they didn't need to work.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Just checking that I'm not described in any of the comments, sometimes I just ask really dumb questions.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "One of my CS professors seemed to barely know the material for his course (basic data structures) beyond what he had planned out in advance for the lectures. Therefore if anyone asked him a question in class he would try to work his way out of answering the question if at all possible. On one particularly memorable occasion where he was unable to do so, he ended up claiming that a pointer in C is the same size as the thing it points to. That is:\n\n char array[10];\n sizeof(array) == 10; // TRUE\n char *pointer = array;\n sizeof(pointer) == 10; // TRUE according to the professor in question.\n // and similarly for pointers to structs, floats, etc.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "One time in my microcontrollers course a few years back, I was incredibly tired. I raised my hand and asked the stupidest question ever.\n\n\"What is 8 in HEX.\" \n\nI think I gave about 100 people the best laugh they'd had in awhile.\n\nOther than that, during a power electronics lab, we had teams of four. We had to turn in lab reports weekly. So, each of us wrote 1/4th of the report and combined them together. One of my labmates plagiarized his section on one of the fucking reports, straight out of a datasheet. He didn't even correct the spelling mistakes IN the datasheet. None of us knew until our lab TA called us on it. We took a 0 for that report, otherwise we'd have had 100% on all the labs. When questioned, the student said, \"Oh...I didn't know this was plagiarizing.\" -smacks face-\n\nSucky part is, our TA found THREE more lab reports where he had lifted data from a datasheet. We all nearly got booted out of the class because of it. Where's that guy now? Graduated, working as a design engineer. Meanwhile yours truly is working an IT job scraping to obtain any kind of EE related interview.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I have to agree that Blind Guardian are absolutely amazing, and Demons & Wizards, a fusion of Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian and Jon Schaffer of Iced Earth is also a wonderful listen.\n\nOn the off chance anyone is interested in finding new power metal/ symphonic metal to listen to or follow- http://www.thebandcimmerian.com/previews/ we'd love any suggestions you have if you're feeling altruistic!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I love reddit. Not only does no other site have this yet, most of the people who would care are already here.", "score": 125 }, { "body": "yawn.... there's already been over 300 planets discovered. All of which are much larger than earth. Kepler is supposed to discover earth-sized planets. I don't care about big gassy planets. Let me know when they discover a small planet.\n\nFrankly, in about 50 years, they're gonna look back at this reddit topic and laugh. There's going to be so many planets discovered, that they're not even going to be mapping them out anymore. They will probably find that there are more planets and moons than there are stars in the universe. \n\n", "score": 43 }, { "body": "I hope all these new planets suck, because if even one of these hundreds of planets that we can never actually travel to ever turned out to be inhabitable... that would be so frustrating. \n\nI'm still drinking to forget Gliese 581d.", "score": 20 }, { "body": "so I am no pro, but I do have a physics degree and I love extrasolar planets. Currently, with the technology available to us today, we are only able to detect very large planets that are very near their sun. We have recently developed a technology which will find earth sized planets but again the problem is with distance from their parent star. \n\nDue to gravitational attraction between star and planet, a star \"wobbles\" as it rotates (like a top about to fall over). The problem is that to create a wobble in the star that our equipment can recognize the planet has to be huge (like Jupiter sized). The other method of finding planets is the one described in the article, using a decrease in the available light from the star to infer the size and location of the planet from the parent star. Again, even with this technology, the planet has to large to cause a noticeable change in the stars light output. And trust me, it is easier to find a needle in a haystack. \n\nIn both instances, and currently, most of the extra-solar planets we have found are too large (gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn) and are too close to the parent star (the place to go for a super tan to the bone). \n\nThe article states that Kepler will find earth sized within a certainty of 99.4% but anytime you hear about a planet being found, don't get excited unless they say it is in the \"Goldilocks\" zone. It is a technical term from astrophysicists meaning that the planet lies at a distance from the parent star that would allow the temperature of the planet to have liquid water, which as far as we know, is the main component in life.\n\nWell, I hope this clarifies...oh yeah, all of it is within our galaxy. If you want to learn more about our galaxy, I recommend downloading \"The Galaxy Song\" from the Monty Python movie \"Life of Brian\". Its description of our galaxy is quite accurate. :)", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I'm someone who doesn't work in the planets field (I do high-z stuff), can you tell me why this is particularly significant? \n\nObviously finding planets is always cool, but does this finding have special meaning (i.e. new mass range, new methods etc.)?\n\nCheers!", "score": 5 }, { "body": "So what if they find the earth like planets within the next 3 years and there's life?\nDun.. Dun. Dunn...", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\"I don't think I'm alone when I say I'd like to see more planets fall under the ruthless domination of our solar system\" --Jack Handey", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Hopefully we can find Kobol and the remaining Twelve Tribes before the Cylons here get nuk-----OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII----------", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "[Webfaction](http://www.webfaction.com/) supports tornado hosting, and their basic plan is pretty cheap. I use them for some django, cherrypy, and wordpress apps, and I'm satisfied.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I went with [linode](http://linode.com) . You just get a vm slice to do whatever you want (I wanted to run a custom twisted server as well). It starts at $20 / mo.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "When [prgmr.com](http://prgmr.com) gets some more hardware, I'd highly recommend them. Their cheapest yearly solution is 128mb ram, 3g disk space, and 20g transfer / month and costs $57.\n\nIt's mostly do it yourself, which is why it's so cheap. You'll probably end up spending more if you use a shared host.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "That's a really difficult situation, I'm sorry. Could you and your wife take some kind of couples conselling to try and improve things between you. i think it would help if you could feel you and she were on the same team. It would be good for you to try mediation, just a half hour a day, to help you release stress. You can still have a successful family and I'm sure you are a good father. Every family struggles and everyone makes mistakes.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "TIL that \"...to append is to join or add on to the **end** of something. For example, an appendix is a section appended (added to the end) of a document.\"\n\nYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "Oh shit, this reminds me. I have to finish the rest of these lessons. I'm still only up to lesson thirty-something. And that was when they were first published. Goddamn I'm lazy.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "i got this site from another redditor's comments -\n\n[Project Euler](http://projecteuler.net/)\n\nI have been working on these problems with the downtime, most of the earlier ones can be done with what we learned on this course, it's mostly if thens and loops. It's a good way to get some coding practice in.\n\nI am currently on problem 14, but I have skipped a few because the numbers are so large that the regular C data types can't handle them normally so I will go back and use haskell or something on those ones. It's a lot of fun anyways.\n\n", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm glad Modafinil works for you, but it isn't for everyone. It makes me suicidal. It wasn't even listed as a side effect when it was prescribed to me, but sure enough, after a few weeks on the drug all I could think about was killing myself. I experimented by going off and on a few times. Every time I took the drug, suicide felt like the right thing to do.", "score": 47 }, { "body": "Hello.. I made a throw-away account to share this. I tried modafinil (with doctor’s prescription) for ADHD in college and it was, at first, a miracle. You have quite a bit more energy, you're sharper, you don't need as much sleep. You may start at 50mg, 100mg, but then since a little is good - more must be better, right? No.\r\n\r\nI moved up, incrementally, to 300mg and it was, looking back, a nightmare. Even now, I can see that a small dose can bring on the same negative side-effects. Modafinil makes you sharper but the civility between friends, relationships, strangers goes out the window - it's inefficient so your brain tosses it. Next you find that sleep is de-prioritized even though it is critical for functioning and memory. Once you've spent all that time awake, getting things out in an efficient, thought-out manner is very difficult - it requires periods of thought without output - something that modafinil abhors. \r\n\r\nThere are some upsides, however please be aware it is not a drug without downsides. A low dose (e.g., 10mg) of extended-release dexedrine may be a better choice, as it doesn’t come with the social side effects. Of course, this drug works for people: it is a fantastic drug at doing what it promises – making you not need sleep. That being said, please be aware of the downsides, as they exist and are minimized and/or not discussed in the online forums. \r\n", "score": 18 }, { "body": "Made this account to share my experiences.\n\nThere many comments on here that make modafinil, or any kind of adhd drug, look like the ultimate life panacea. I'm very ADHD, and I've tried concerta, dexadrine, and yet, modafinil. I couldn't stay on any one of them for more than a couple of months.\n\nFor the most part, everything you probably expect these drugs to accomplish will be accomplished. You WILL concentrate better, study harder, finish projects. But at a big cost. Three things stand out the most:\n\nCommunication. Usually, I'm quick, witty, and good at making new friends. The longer I was on any ADHD related drug, the duller I got. Conversations became extremely difficult and felt unengaging.\n\nSleep. To put it simply, you can't fucking sleep AT ALL. As I find it, the higher your daily dosage, the worse this is. By the way, this is the ultimate counterweight for trying to use these drugs as a study-aid: you won't be able to STOP studying and get a good night's sleep.\n\nLeisure. I usually enjoy going for walks with my ipod and just thinking about whatever. This is IMPOSSIBLE on these drugs--your mind doesn't wander casually any more. Other leisure activities like video games became inseparable from work, when I began playing one, it was a task that needed completion rather than something I enjoyed.\n\nSome people need drugs, but most of the symptoms noted here are pretty usual parts of everybody's life. Yeah, us ADHD people have it worse, but I don't think it's entirely a bad thing--I feel like there are benefits to the ways I think differently. I say stay off it.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "For those of you not familiar with it, Modafinil was originally developed to allow people with narcolepsy to have more regular sleeping schedules. It's unique because it lets you stay awake while it's in your system, but you don't accumulate \"sleep debt\". If you pulled an all-nighter while you were tweaked on speed or some shit, you'd crash and probably sleep for a day after you came down. With Modafinil, you could theoretically take a dose in the evening, stay up all night, take another dose in the morning, stay up all day, then get a regular night's sleep and not have to sleep any extra. It also has relatively few side-effects. \n\nSources: I did a paper on how drugs and gene-therapy are being used to improve normal human function when I was an undergrad. I also have ADD and took Modafinil for about 6 months.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "There are so many testimonials all over the web with positive reviews of Modafinil, a.k.a. Provigil by Cephalon Pharmaceuticals. It has also been promoted several times via articles in Wired magazine in a positive light. Wired is owned by Conde Nast and so is Reddit. I'm not implying anything but just sayin'. A lot of the testimonials are repeats like I'm a CEO and it increases my concentration 10-fold, etc. I'm just weary of people promoting prescription drugs via posts like this and ads disguised as articles in magazines. Just search for provigil on reddit, it seems like it should be really obscure in my opinion. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Remember to look at projects you've previously abandoned. Like books you half read, or in my case, half wrote. It's amazing suddenly realizing you're not a failure.\n\nI realize that's not a question, but I remember being that excited when I got put on Adderall.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I have ADD, I actually have to recommend a med that I never see advertised. It's called Focalin (generic: dexmethylphenidate). Yes, I know, it sounds like Focusin (from Simpsons. It's a refined version of Ritalin (Ritalin consists of two isomers of the same chemical, whereas Focalin is only the more active one). Ritalin made me depressed, whereas this stuff didn't. Also, this stuff should be roughly twice as potent, so you only need half of your normal dosage. \n\nThe only side effect I've noticed is Focalin seems to require more sleep of me. Usually if I don't get much sleep a given night before, that day, I may still recover and be fine, just get tired earlier at night. If I take the Focalin that morning, it'll make me very tired (though focused at the same time... very weird). \n\nI never felt suicidal on it, and most of the time it actually makes me feel a little happier. It'll put me in a mood to feel fine getting chores, and more monotonous activities, done. I try to only take it when I do have lots of chores to do, or something really complex I have to be very 'on' for, or if I have energy but feel really out of it. I avoid it when having to do more creative, back-brain stuff where one purposely doesn't want to overthink, like interviews and jam sessions (I play drums). ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Modafinil [does block dopamine re-uptake](http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1885825,00.html), according to new studies, making it potentially addictive. Be careful.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "What about the social side affects? \r\nI used to take Adderal XR, and while I found it useful for coping with ADD symptoms, I stopped taking it because I just became massively socially awkward. Like, I could sit there next to somebody I knew, and just say \"Don't say something stupid\" in my head, for hours, without coming up with anything to actually say to the person. And if I was doing something, I was on a fucking mission. It was psychological tunnel vision. I couldn't think about anything else, I couldn't talk to anybody around me at the same time. Even while doing simple things, like walking on the street, I wouldn't even notice that I passed by people that I knew, even if they waved at me. I would just keep walking. \r\n\r\nI was miserable the whole time. Not suicidal, just miserable. But I had perfect scores in all my classes. So, part way into high school, I stopped taking it. My grades dropped, but I was smart enough to get through all the AP classes without studying or working outside of class, so I managed to get through with a 4.0 gpa and all 5's on my AP's. Now I'm in college, and I actually need to study, but I often find myself unable to. I'm looking for something to help me, but I don't want to go back to adderall. \r\n\r\nDo you think this will help?", "score": 5 }, { "body": "How's your sleep cycle? I have a stash of modafinil I use for when I need to work for more than 24 hours in one shot. Wonderful on that front, and now that you mention it, it does help focus too.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "How did you find a doctor progressive enough to actually prescribe provigil, I have found that many Doctors avoid prescribing drugs that can be classified as 'nootropics'.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "A good alternative to Modfanil is Adrafinil--it's way cheaper and *not* illegal to import to the U.S. as it is not listed by the FDA. \n\nIt's similar to Modfanil, but not as powerful. So for those interested in experimenting, look for that as it too works wonders with little to no side effects.\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Isn't it strange, that ADHD people are calmed down by stimulants? Ritalin, that overused \"magic pill\" of childhood, is a perfect example. \n\nModafinil is actually a good stimulant. Difficult to overdose on, and because it doesn't produce the euphoria of amphetamines, not really suitable for abuse. You can get cheap imports because militaries all over the world hand it out like candy to their soldiers. I suspect it will eventually become available without a prescription--as soon as the FDA stops treating all CNS stimulants as evil things, and as soon as Cephalon stops pulling dirty tricks to extend its US patent. Cephalon sucks.\n\nProvigil wakes me up, but also makes me a bit irritable. Slow-release amphetamines are great, not only do they wake me up, they make me feel good, for several hours. No wonder my doctor won't let me have any.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "With adderall and ritalin I noticed huge negative personality shifts. I was easily irritated, impatient, and even more introverted than I typically would be without medication.\n\nDid you experience similar side effects on other medications? And have you had any of those side effects on Modafinil?", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Two questions: \n\n1: How did you get a doctor to prescribe it?\n\nI'm self-diagnosed but a doc wouldn't give it to me. I contacted some sort of shrink and they said I would have to take an eight-hour test or something. Can you imagine the agony of an eight hour test? Never went.\n\n2: Have you stopped taking it for a short while? If so, did you find your ADD to be \"worse\"?\n\nReason I ask is that when people take mood altering drugs, it seems to create a certain permanent dependence on them such that it's much worse when they stop taking the drug.\n\nThanks for looking at my post. I am happy that you've found something that helps you so much!", "score": 3 }, { "body": " A lot of Adderall vs. Modafinil talk on here. As someone who has comparatively used them, I would say Adderall is using an upper to get \"up\" - a little tweak, caffeinesque style, but more like meth, grabs your attention, keeps you awake, and glues your eyes. Now imagine being at the peak of your day, the most productive, least tired, best mood you get all month- THAT day- where you feel 110% and attentive. That is being on Modafinil.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Thanks for doing this AMA, friend. Ive read about modafinil before but didnt know one of its off label uses was to treat ADD. Ive tried the amphetamine based treatments as well as Strattera, neither worked well for me. I am planning to give this a try after some more research. Thats awesome how much it's helped you, very encouraging.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Good for you, but Modafinil doesn't actually do anything for true ADD patients. I have ADD and all Modafinil does is keep me awake. Unless I combine it with a true stimulant (coffee or adderall) I simply never get the ADD urge to nap that I normally do when I'm doing something that requires my attention.\r\n\r\nYou could have done the same thing with coffee. Bring the downvotes.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My ADHD is really killing me. Projects at home--books, decorating, and home programming projects--all fall to the wayside after the initial \"coolness\" has worn off. \n\nSame thing at work. I was recently hired on as a Senior Software Developer at a new company. Now that the initial rush of having a cool new title and more freedom and leverage at work for greater pay has worn off, I'm finding it VERY difficult to buckle down and focus on projects at work, and now people are starting to notice.\n\nI also get horribly depressed because I feel really bad about slacking off at work since I have so much responsibility. \n\nSometimes I also swing back into long periods of aggressive productivity, but alas I have no control over *when* that actually happens.\n\nBeen on Wellbutrin and Ritalin in the past. Not taking anything at the present, but I'm thinking I'd better get on *something* before it gets past the point of no return and I get shitcanned and my wife leaves me for someone more stable.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "No. Every time I get the urge to start one, I realize I'm not, in fact, interesting nor conceited enough to think that I am.\n\nThe irony is that now I appear smug and condescending to bloggers. In reality, I'm just not that interesting nor smart of a guy.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I had a blog on Myspace updated very often that has hundreds of entries from 2003 to 2008. I don't use Myspace anymore so I quit updating it but I don't want to close the account because I like reading through the old entries. Sometimes it makes me realize how stupid I was, but sometimes it makes me realize how awesome I was.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I host my own, yeah. To be honest it's more of a dumping ground for random shit I find on the intertubes than an actual blog.\n\nThat said, I also occasionally use it to document my experience as an industrial placement student - I have to keep a logbook anyway, so I figured I might as well kill two birds with one stone as it were.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": ">You want to show everyone just how pious you are by doing it front of everyone, by trying to force everyone to bear witness to the boner you get for jesus.\n\nIt seems like there is a bumper sticker in there somewhere.\n\n\n\n", "score": 17 }, { "body": "You sir, clearly do not know the power of Poseiden. I'm offended that you did not mention him as the cause of all sea-based events. ", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Upvoted for accuracy with the strength of ten boners for Jesus. Kudos; care to post his reply if he sends one?", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I used to get the occasional email like this from various members of my family. They stopped when I pointed out how factually inaccurate they were, and backed up my refutation with third party links. Good times.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "How's that working for you? My Dad and I have the same email relationship, but no amount of well-meaning replies on my part stops him from sending the same endlessly-forwarded nonsense.\r\n\r\nAt one point, he'd forwarded an email that ended with some diatribe about how the US was a Christian country and the non-Christians were more than welcome to leave. He sent this both to me (an atheist) and my brother (a Buddhist).\r\n\r\nLots of fun, my Dad.", "score": 3 }, { "body": ">You want to show everyone just how pious you are by doing it front of everyone, by trying to force everyone to bear witness to the boner you get for jesus, to force others to go along with it? That's where you run into trouble.\n\ngood one!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Remind him that Katrina affected the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans the worst, while barely touching Bourbon St.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "* Kings quest remake(s): http://www.agdinteractive.com/\n* Free Orion: http://www.freeorion.org/index.php/Main_Page\n* Frets on fire, guitar hero clone: http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/\n* Scorch 3d: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/index.php\n* Ur-quan masters (Star Control 2): http://sc2.sourceforge.net/\n* Exult (ultima): http://exult.sourceforge.net/\n* Zelda Classic: http://zeldaclassic.armageddongames.net/\n* There are also re-done doom/hexen/heretic engines out there by the multitude.\nhttp://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Comparison_of_Doom_source_ports", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I am not sure this qualifies but [Ufo: AI](http://ufoai.sourceforge.net/?page=Home).\n\nIt's not a remake nor a sequel to the X-Com series but it's heavily inspired by it, check it out if you liked the originals. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "could use some sort of little block you just freeze, doesn't necessarily have to be ice! That would keep things clean.\n\nI have an idea I have been working out... basically they are cylindrical ice cubes made to the inner diameter size of bongs. They will be stackable, and have grooves and other passages carved into them, so you can assemble you own maze to watch the smoke traverse as you clear it. I'm working on some concept ice cube trays... (need to work on some more shirts too! :D)", "score": 8 }, { "body": "It could work but with dubious results.\n\nOnce the ice melts there wont be anything stopping it from traveling down either end of the pipe and either ending up in your lungs when you inhale or soaking your bowl and contents, ruining your evening.\n\nIf you want to cool it with ice/water you'll need to use a bong variation of a spereate water chamber with controled access with tubes.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Call your state department of labor. Laws are pretty strict that employees must get paid their earned salaries (though nothing else, there's no severance requirement or anything like that). The employer/owner can face criminal consequences if you don't get paid. Have as much information about the business as you can find.\n\nNone of that will solve your problem today, of course. If there's no one to talk to, try to talk to the building's management and see what they know about their (former) tenant.\n", "score": 32 }, { "body": "This got trapped in the filter, so you may want to repost--I didn't get it out for two hours after your post.\n\nI'd start by calling the police, the state Attorney General's office and the state bureau of investigations. But chances are the guy has skipped at least the state if not the country and you won't be paid even if he's found, because he wouldn't have disappeared if he had the money. Get a report on the employer's disappearance from an official agency to show to your landlord and ask for some extra time to pay the rent. Then get busy finding work, any work, to avoid eviction. You may qualify for unemployment, but you'd need to talk to an expert about that.", "score": 19 }, { "body": "I am so sorry. Call your landlord FIRST and explain the situation and that you will be doing whatever you can. If you had a first and last's upon moving in, ask if that can cover this month because of the circumstance, or if your security deposit can. Let him know that you are both pursuing legal action AND looking for work.\n\nAlso, this sucks, but I would start looking at what you can pawn or sell on Craig's list. Musical instruments, records, nice kitchenware, whatever. \n\nFigure out what you can part with and sell it to give yourself a financial cushion. I know it can be hard, but I used to collect vintage synthesizers, I had to sell them to make rent and I cried but it had to be done. I have come close to selling my computer (a nice new mac laptop) a number of times. Material objects can be replaced.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "First, go to the labor board. Tell them what's going on. They deal with these situations all the time, so they'll know exactly what to do. Make sure everybody else you worked with does the same thing, so the claim is well established. \n\nHaving established that claim, go on to file for unemployment compensation. If your co-workers have also filed a claim, there should be no problem in collecting. Those two things can most likely be done in one visit. \n\nDo NOT do anything thuggish. Do NOT do ANYTHING that will alienate your employer. You *might* want to check his house from time to time to make sure he's not packing. \n\nI don't think the cops can be any help, since there's no probable cause of criminal activity yet. But you can ask. One thing you want to know is what happens if you see a moving van pulled up in front of his house. \n\nIt's a good thing you're in contact with your co-workers. Make sure everybody understands that anything that smells like a harassment is going to work against you. \n\nFinally, have some sympathy for your boss. He's almost certainly in deeper doodoo than his employees. And he'd probably be more likely to act with honor if he knew that his predicament was appreciated by his co-workers. I worked for an obviously undercapitalized and failing company for several cycles of \"sorry, I'm afraid I can't pay you\" once. The owners had gotten in way over their heads and were in the process of losing their life savings. But then, I didn't have any financial problems myself. They still owe me the money, but that was so long ago, I don't care. \n\nWhatever you do, don't freak out and try to collect with a baseball bat in your hand. And make sure your co-workers know that. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Talk to your landlord ASAP.\n\nEdit: Sorry, I didn't realize what \"vm\" meant until I thought about it. You have done your bit for now. Your landlord will get back to you and discuss what can be done.\n\nIs this a direct deposit rent payment? That can cause problems.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "> I'm specifically worried about how to start and establish my dominance.\n\nConfidence and assertiveness. This couple wants to be dominated - so you're already dominant. Just waltz in as a dom with certain expectations (limits to be established beforehand, I assume) and see where it goes. Is this a short-term casual sort of thing?\n\nIt could be awkward for you the first time but you'll learn as you go and if it's a complete disaster, at least you'll know more for next time. \n\nPS. I'm by no means an authority on these things, just thought I'd get the ball rolling with my thoughts", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Okay, some things that need to be mentioned.\n\nWe all started someplace. \n\nYour start is that of a command position and comes without a lot of experience. \n\nYou need to stick with some basics. You should not deny your novice level. However don't try to go to far to fast. Take the lead in establishing the ground rules. Make communication happen through you. \n\nSpontaneity happens when you plan well. So sit down and figure out what you want to have happen. Remember keep it simple. The spontaneity happens when what doesn't go according to plan still works. \n\nDon't be afraid to stop and start over. Don't force a fix on a bad scene. \n\nRule #1 Have Fun!\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "> Martin is able to make me love and hate certain characters so far.\n\nYou don't know the half of it.", "score": 30 }, { "body": "> I find it refreshing that Martin is able to make me love and hate certain characters so far. \n\nHa, and in the next few books, you'll grow to love some of the characters you currently hate, and hate some of the characters you now love.", "score": 25 }, { "body": "I loved A Game of Thrones but Martin really draws out the plot way too much in the sequels. It's obvious he doesn't know where he is going to with several of the subplots and is putting off the final books because he, frankly, has no idea how to end it. He is pulling a Robert Jordan on us and it pisses me off.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "This is the most humanistic, character-driven fantasy series ever written. It's a travesty that genre fiction is not considered highbrow enough to win Pulitzers.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Wait until you get a coupe books into the series. George RR is brutal to his characters. 0_o No one is safe. \n\nHe needs to finish the last book pronto. I'm getting tired of waiting for it. \n\nAnd the HBO pilot for GOT is looking promising. I found a podcast with good info on it. Link here: http://www.televisionzombies.com/2009/12/28/tvz-ep-109-game-of-thrones/\n\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I hate you so hard for making me remember these books. Now I get to read them the 10th time over and be pissed that Dance with Dragons is still not out.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I loved the first 3 books but have yet to pick up *A Feast of Crows* because of all the drama with having to split the book in two, etc. \n\nI remember reading these all the way back in like, 2003. I see from wikipedia that FoC was released in 2005.\n\nIt's 2010, and he seriously still has yet to release the fifth book? Ugh.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "i do this too, and i can't stand the NY Times because if you double click a word, it loads up definition of that word.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "Nice to know I'm not the only one. I too highlight passages of text as I am reading, and it's annoying to see the loading indicator suddenly show up.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "It's things like this that make me use NoScript and think twice before whitelisting a domain (which I do fairly often, but not lightly).", "score": 8 }, { "body": "And I thought I was the only one... So many people have asked me: WTF are you doing?\n\nIt just feels natural.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Oh I noticed this too. Every time I selected text browser started sending stuff. Added tynt.com to my firewalls block list. ", "score": 3 } ]