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[ { "body": "Well [Khan academy](http://www.khanacademy.org/) has many videos about nearly all aspects of finance. Khan academy is one of the best sites to learn things like math and finance as a total beginner. If you want to know how money works (and therefore why they were invented) look in to the course of [currency](http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/currency). There's also [banking](http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/banking-and-money), and many interesting subjects in the [core finance](http://www.khanacademy.org/finance-economics/core-finance) section. It even has series about the bailout in 2008 and the Greek debt crisis.\n\nKhan academy videos is made by Salman Khan, who worked as a hedge fund analyst, so he knows a lot about what he is talking about. \n\n[Here](http://www.youtube.com/user/MoneyWeekVideos)'s another youtube channel with a ton of short video lectures.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I highly recommend watching the documentary 'The Ascent of Money'. I answers a lot of the fundamental questions behind the concept of money.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "[The Creature from Jekyll Island](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/091298645X/) gives a comprehensive and fascinating account on the history, creation, and role of money. Plus, it's not dry or boring! From Amazon's description:\n\n>Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magicians' secrets are unveiled. We get a close look at their mirrors and smoke machines, their pulleys, cogs, and wheels that create the grand illusion called money. A dry and boring subject? Just wait! You'll be hooked in five minutes. Reads like a detective story — which it really is. But it's all true.\n\nAdmittedly, the author sometimes gets a little conspiracy-focused at times, but the book is well-researched with many citations.\n\n", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I don't think so, but we do have a fairly convincing illusion of it. Really, though, you'll need to define \"free will\" before I can answer.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I suppose we are all the product of our environment and our nature, but it is important to behave as if we have free will. We are complex enough to behave as if we do, but it is healthier to see others as mechanisms rather than beings because it helps us understand their actions and their situations better. As it's said, we judge others by their actions and ourselves by our intentions. \n So fatalistic or not, we don't really have free will because we can't define free agency in a suitable, demonstrable way. The fact that you would ask that shows that we can't tell if we're even free agents or not. What would that mean? If we're not motivated solely by our environment and our nature, then what would motivate us? What does free will accomplish? Is it simply the ability to behave randomly or irrationally? ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "If all events are random, we have no free will. If all events are deterministic, we have no free will. Free will does not exist. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "My dog swallowed a half of a corn cob that got stuck in her intenstines. Not even the doctor knew how she had gotten it down her throat (because it wouldn't come back up), how she had not been horribly upset while it was in her stomach, and how it had actually gone halfway through her intestines before getting stuck. Luckily, we just got her spayed while she was getting the corn cob taken out. She was all good after two days.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My dog ate an entire chilli bush. Probably about 80 chillis, plus the entire plant, roots and all. His face swelled up like he'd been in a fight with a million bees, the idiot.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My partner's derp of a dog, a Rottweiler X Great Dane never knew his own size. He started as the runt of the litter, and then grew and grew. I always described him as 50kg of rampaging tongue. He was the kind of dog who would climb onto your lap and drown you to death with his drool.\n\nWell, one day he decided to run down the steps towards the sliding glass door that leads out the back. He'd done this many times before, except this time, the door was closed. We heard this loud crash, ran downstairs to see derpdog standing outside looking sheepish, and broken glass all around him. Any cuts on him? Nup. Even a scratch? No. We declared him invincible and stupid that day.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "My mother has chided me for daring to judge her god. Yahweh isn't subject to the same morality that he demands of us.\n\nI'm not sure how this is supposed to convince me to convert back to Christianity.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "Without in any way implying that I support this argument:\n\nThe golden rule seems to apply between like indivduals. The more alike the individuals, the more we try to apply it. We do not apply the golden rule between ourselves and ants. We somewhat do to our pets. If god were to exist, the difference would literally be infinite. Why would the golden rule apply in such a situation?", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I don't know that I can answer this and give it any justice, but I'm going to try.\n\nFirst thing to think about is the scope of our vision. In comparison to God, humanity has a very limited scope of vision regarding what's actually going on in the world. God, however, can see the absolute big picture, and His motivations reflect big picture thinking, while our motivations and even morality is based on our limited scope of the big picture.\n\nSo let's track over to your first point, there is disease, and they are fairly easy to come by. Why would God create something that could harm His creation? Well, technically, He did this when He put a lifespan on absolutely every organic creature we have so far discovered. Seems sort of silly to make something that will eventually wear down and stop functioning....or is it? That's basically how humanity builds everything, but our focus is different. In our limited thinking, we see it as marketing and profit; something breaks, buy a new one. God's big picture thinking goes something like: the size of the earth is limited, overpopulation can happen, people have the ability to judge and rationalize their actions, and make decisions about what is good and what is bad. So even though there is disease, we can reason that they are preventable, and all of them are.\n\nAs far as the planet being able to be destroyed, I don't think that's really God's responsibility, and I'm sure there are yet-to-be-discovered sources of energy that aren't nuclear, or that aren't destructive in nature, but humanity's limited scope is tends to focus on firepower and not on sustainability or peace.\n\nAnd Jesus going to a bunch of illiterate fishermen is not 100% accurate, but we can even dig a message out of that: Jesus' message was so simple that it didn't require someone to have a doctorate of philosophy. And you also have to remember that Jesus talked with everybody (Rulers, Priests, Pharisees, Business people, Common folk, Prostitutes, Samaritans, etc.).", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I seriously couldn't care less, but that's just me. I'm a big fan of Jontron, Ego, and Game Grump videos, and I would even pay for the videos to support them if they charged (which I don't think they would ever do).", "score": 15 }, { "body": "Even though they're all instantly available on YT, I'd totally buy a Game Grumps compilation DVD or pay if I had to. But again, they're way too cool for that. They're never going to \"sell out\" and them asking for likes is just... them asking for likes. Seriously, I actually forget to like a video sometimes until I see that. I want them to do well, so I don't care. It won't turn into a bad thing, I guarantee.", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "Yes, if your dad has British Citizenship then that gives you the right to British Citizenship also. It really is that easy.\n\nYou will need proof of your Dad's citizenship. If he holds a valid passport then this is a simple (by immigration agency standards) process. If his passport isn't valid (lets say it expired) then it will take a bit longer but is still easy enough.\n\n", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Congratulations on your first quilt!\n\nDon't pre-wash the batting.\n\nBind before you wash.\n\nYour batting size is fine.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "One of the pleasant side effects (depending on who you ask) is that by not pre-washing/shrinking fabric is that when you DO wash it after it's been bound and quilted is that any shrinkage that happens will give the quilt a more \"puckered\" look. \n\nAll of what Iggypeck said is totally correct though, and congrats on finishing! Hooray! ", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I don't think he was lip syncing. What makes you think so?\n\n[Youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6XL4YV9fC8)", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "saturday is ottawa's first nuit blanche/ all night art festival! it starts at 6:22 there will be interactive art things going on all night in the market and hintonburg (with a shuttle between the two venues)\n\nhttp://www.nuitblancheottawa.ca/\n\nalso, the peace tower and museums and renting bixi bikes if it's not raining", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Suppose to rain all weekend. Stay in and rent a video...er... Right, forgot they dont rent videos anymore. :P", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "FICO scores vary from amongst the credit reporting agencies. If you were rejected, you were entitled to a copy of that report. I'd get it and make sure all the info is correct, or have them correct it if it is not.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I honestly have 0 problems with this behavior. I frequent this subreddit and i hardly notice this behavior. The last thing i want is a small group of moderators to silence or filter posts or discussions. Id much rather combat trolling by ignoring them and downvoting.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Those of you who complain about this stuff have no idea [how many comments we remove](http://i.imgur.com/1vMAi.png).", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Enough /r/paul spam!\n\nSeriously though: you're anti /r/ronpaul and you're being a jerk to the posters who still frequent this subreddit. RandsFoodStamps is a quality poster and it's impolite to attack him like this. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I honestly have no problem with genuine curiosity about libertarianism from people who are Republicans or Democrats or any other political affiliation. If you come here in good faith and ask a question to try to better understand libertarianism and Ron Paul's positions, then I think 99% of us here would be thrilled to share why we hold the views we do.\n\nWhat bothers me is the constant pecking by EPS people, who clearly already have their minds made up that Ron Paul is the devil. Why on earth is this activity condoned by the mods of this subreddit? I, and many others here, are tired of their constant stream of snide remarks.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Q: Why would someone spend so much time harassing people in a subreddit they don't agree with?\n\nA: They are being paid to.\n\ndownvote all you like. Reddit is censored, just like ALL of our media.\n", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "There was also a report of two black men a few days ago holding up a carpenter working on a house at gun point the other day. I believe that incident took place on Fredricksburg near the park. http://kgnb.am/news/new-braunfels-police-investigating-armed-robbery-local-contractor ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "States are doing what I call \"fishing\" which is sending out notices that they cannot enforce, or \"losing\" things and asking for them again with added penalties and interest. If they get any money its a bonus and makes the upper administrators look good. Unfortunately if you do not respond they can record that and it can be a blemish on your record later when you are trying to get something done (like pass a background check). \n\nSo you are right to do what you can to respond to their concern. And when you respond to it you should send it certified (and notarized) so if it comes up again you have proof that you answered them.", "score": 91 }, { "body": "If you can't manage to convince them contact your state Senator/Rep. Seriously they love BS like this. I mean who doesn't like going after the BMV? ", "score": 33 }, { "body": "Have you called and talked to them about this? This is unreasonable--bordering on absurd--and as long as you aren't a dick, someone would likely dismiss the whole thing.", "score": 22 }, { "body": "Fuck it, call the local news. They eat this kinda shit up.\n\nIf they don't want to run the story no loss, if they run the story then the police get embarrassed on television and you're cleared.", "score": 15 }, { "body": "I had something similar where Louisiana tried to make me prove that I paid taxes on the truck I bought new in a different state ten years prior. I had nothing showing that and the dealership only kept my stuff for seven years then shredded it. However I did have a receipt for a part I bought at the same dealership. Hello CS5.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Whatever else you do, please forward this to one of the contact addresses at [http://www.motorists.org](http://www.motorists.org).", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Write your state rep. Tell him/her to tell the DMV to go fuck themselves on your behalf. You would think with all the cost cutting and oiffice closings, they'd have better things to do. I live in Ohio, and the DMV here basically asks you if you have insurance, then makes you sign a form. I have never had to show my card.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "In my experience, governmental agencies love official-looking things almost as much as they love official things. \n\nGet a form affidavit from online. Draft the affidavit from you saying that you had coverage on that date. Get someone to notarize it for $2 and submit.\n\nBetcha it works.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Call the insurance commissioner in the state where you had your insurance at the time of the ticket. Tell them the name of the insurance company. They will be able to tell you if that company is still in business and, if so, can provide info on how to contact said company. If it's not still in business, explain the situation to the commissioner's office and they should be able to point you in the right direction as to how you can get verification of insurance from that time period.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Get them to send you a copy of the original ticket. I found a random ticket on my SO's record when we were getting insurance on the new car, turns out someone buggered up with data entry (put in a five instead of a nine).\n\nMake sure they have all their ducks in a row before you start giving them stuff. ", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\"Hey, you didn't seem too interested in the football game. Would you rather I take you out to dinner tonight?\" If he says he wants to go to the game, take him. I've dated two guys at once before, I REALLY don't recommend it.", "score": 29 }, { "body": "No. You do not cancel on the first guy. That is horribly rude. Why even ask? Who would honestly say 'sure, cancel on the first guy!'", "score": 17 }, { "body": "Disinviting guy #1 would be extremely rude. If this is what you want to do you need to just cut #1 free. No one likes being strung along.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "If you feel like your first date won't be into the tailgate/football experience, (which btw, I personally don't watch much football on my own but I fuckin love tailgating and going to football games) its okay to reschedule. Fact is, you'll spend the whole time thinkin about how much fun you'd have with this other dude which will make the experience for the first guy even worse. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "It just makes a nice effect with organics. For portraits it gets rid of freckles and skin imperfections.\n\n[Here's some shots](http://imgur.com/a/8gLAu) with my converted camera.\n*oh and it also cuts thru haze on the horizon.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "There are quite a few flavors to infrared (IR) photography. Photographers can get very different results, depending on how they do it. Some methods produce just an increase in contrast and a reversal of shadows and highlights. Other methods can produce wild false colors; a good example is with the [\"Infra\" series that Richard Mosse shot in Africa using Kodak Aerochrome color IR transparency film](http://www.richardmosse.com/photography.php?pid=1).", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I did a blog post showing the same scene in colour,B&W and with an infrared filter. You can compare all three and decide for yourself. \n\n[Colour, B&W, Infrared Comparison](http://toddburgessphoto.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/colour-bw-infrared-comparison/)", "score": 5 }, { "body": "One of the big elements of photography is providing perspective. Infrared is a perspective to the world that we do not see. Thus, in my opinion that makes it worth shooting.\n\nIt must be executed with all the same care and precision, (if not even more) than all other types/forms of photography. Otherwise, the shot is even more boring than if you had shot it in color.\n\nAlso, infrared when shot digitally allows the usage of \"false colors\", which goes beyond just using B&W filters.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Look at the foilage on plants. Green leaves tend to reflect back all the light in infrared (depending on the wavelength of your filter you will get varying results). Basically, a summer scene will look like everything is covered in snow. [See here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/73459020@N04/7950868484/in/photostream)\n\nSome scientific shots or landscapes prefer IR to visible. I've seen it used in mapping lava flows and used for just a fun effect.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Infrared has the ability to cut through Haze and Smog. It also has the ability to do fantastic things with skin. Those would be two things which I can think of quickly which IR can do which B&W and filters cannot easily imitate in such a natural fashion.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "When dealing with distribution [for example, (3x-5)(2x+69)] I like to use the term FOIL, which stands for \"first, outer, inner, last\" to help with the distribution order.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "To remember the bones of the wrist, I use the mnemonic Some Lovers Try Positions That They Cannot Handle:\n\nScaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I just moved here from California a month ago as well for University, it's hard finding ents at first, but they are out there. It's usually kept very private though", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "As far as I can remember, you don't find out that Saskia is the dragon when you follow Roche's path.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I've only ever played Roche's path and I do remember a part where I was told Saskia was the dragon. I was never shown, but I was told. It was in that ruined city in the last chapter (can't remember the name). The sorceress who's controlling the dragon told me. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Do you have a final goal weight in mind? I ask because I'm a bit over 6'4\" as well, and I'm down to 290 (from 320 or so this summer). I used to run a lot (around 20 miles a week) and at that time I weighed around 210/220 and felt great. I just talked to my doc about where I should be for an ideal weight range, and she said under 200lbs.. I'm a big, barrel-chested guy and I looked gaunt and felt weak when I got under 200lbs. I just have a hard time believing that I have to weigh under 200 to not be considered 'overweight'.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "There may be an easy explanation for why it reminds you so much of Diablo 2. [Runic Games' founders](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_Games) were at Blizzard North - the team behind Diablo and D2 - before it got shut down. I believe the compose was as well.", "score": 34 }, { "body": "So some people seem to be overlooking what seems to me to be some very glaring problems.\n\n1. The hitboxes are terribly large.\n\n I have had several instances where instead of moving my character starts throwing abilities all the while he is getting beaten on instead of retreating to a better position.\n\n2. The combat is incredibly sluggish.\n\n It feels like there is almost no fluidity to combat in this game no matter what i am doing, cast a spell use an ability fire a gun swing a sword it all feels like i'm doing it in slow motion. The character seems to pause for a second and then swing or cast.\n\n3. The archaic way you level up skills.\n\n I know that people like diablo 2 for making you pick skills but there are no synergies in this game and no prerequisites. What this means is that by late game you will regret skilling anything during your early levels when instead you could have just skilled passives since you are no longer using the low level spells. Also with no way to respec anything other than your last 3 spells you constantly wonder if the spell you have put 6 levels into is worthless compared to the other spells you could have gotten.\n\n4. No way to quickly check the quality of the loot i'm picking up.\n\n There is absolutely no way to find out how good an item is before you pick it up. It would be really nice if before i picked up an item i could press a button and see the stats on the item so that i know whether to have my dog pick it up or myself pick it up to equip it. Also (as far as i can tell) there is no way to see the value of items until you are actually in the shop.\n\n5. No way to see information about enemies unless i'm moused over them.\n\nI have an ability that makes strange effects apparently happen when i hit things with wands, this causes certain debuffs to appear above my enemies health bar. Obviously i did what i'm sure most of you would do and tried to mouse over the debuff, unfortunately when you aren't mousing over an enemy you can't see their health bars.\n\nSix| Why does every game think i don't want to see how much damage i'm doing?\n\nSeriously, i know there is an option to adjust the amount of floating text, but before i found it i thought i was only doing 14 damage to my enemies with 5 projectiles hitting them. This isn't the first game to do this but seriously are there actually people who don't want to see their own damage output?\n\n7| No way to change brightness\n\nWHAT?!!!\n\n8| Being colorblind sucks.\n\nIt would have been nice if they didn't use blue and purple for items.\n\nEdit: Please use proper rediquette guys. If you disagree with my post please leave a response as to why you disagree. Please don't downvote something that adds to the discussion just because you don't agree with it.", "score": 28 }, { "body": "Regarding your comment that \"The loot system is awesome\", I've been playing D3 and I was sitting on the fence about TL2, but this comment from one the developers in the recent IAmA pushed me off that fence and encouraged me to be a first-day buyer of TL2:\n\n*The auction house, even the regular one, detracts from my own loot gathering. I hate seeing all the great stuff that's so easy to purchase and is so much better than what I can find on my own.*\n\nThat was exactly what I've been thinking about D3. Reading that comment enough to convince me that they are doing it right in TL2.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I liked D3 and I like T2. Maybe for me D3 was not a let down, because I thought it's just a game and not something I wait for a decade. After all, I didn't wait T2 for a decade either.\n\nOnly gripe with T2 for me is the lack of quality in audio and the background graphics look bland because they are not lighted at all (meaning all the background is static lighted). The audio could be a lot better if it had some 3d positioning in it.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "One of the things I didn't like about D3 were the skills. They just didn't seem fun (with the exception of a few). In TL2, I'm having a blast, reminiscent of the D2 days. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "http://torchlight2armory.com/item?i=-5829494283015161019\n\nFun little ring I found. Summons a flaming skull that headbutts people or casts fireball. Seems to get more powerful when your embermage has charge.\n\nWhenever he appears, I'm like \"Yay! Skulley! We missed you!\"", "score": 8 }, { "body": "The thing I love about this game is how awesome the skills feel. As a warrior turning into a fucking shadow wolf and sprint through enemies it feels awesome! Compare that to D3, and it just feels like the skills you would find in any MMO.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Can we get a moratorium of people using this forum to list things they hate about D3? Don't we have a D3 forum for that? ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Loving it too! I went with an Outlander. Using guns is great!! I didn't get to play much, but I liked everything so far.\n\nD3, I was excited for and played it and finished it on Normal and then it just lost its luster. I didn't have the gripes other players had. It just didn't have it after I went through it the first time.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "If he loves 69ers then he loves your ass in his face, tbh it's half the reason why they're so good, especially when the girl pushes back into you. If you're well kept like you say then you have nothing to fear.", "score": 107 }, { "body": "He loves this probably, if he's asking for it then I'm sure he WANTS your ass in his face. My partner literally begs for me to sit on his face. Contrary to misconceptions for many having someone's ass in your face is actually quite pleasurable. Personally whenever I see my partner's bare ass I have the irresistible urge to bury my face in it (then again analingus is a favorite past time of mine).\n\nIf your partner is asking for you to do something then he wants you to do it. He wouldn't be asking if he didn't want it.", "score": 32 }, { "body": "If you do it sideways (instead of you on top) his face doesn't really need to be in your ass anymore than it would be with him eating your pussy. \n\nEdit: same goes for him on top, but then your face is in his ass.", "score": 22 }, { "body": "oh man 69 is great. i love when my gf is going down on me and i start rubbing her clit and fingering her and i can hear her start to moan and she just turns around and eases that beautiful delicious cooch onto my mouth. NOM", "score": 14 }, { "body": "i can't get over my flabby baby belly hanging down, and he doesn't like to be on top. i haven't really figured out how to get over it, but i feel your pain.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Speaking for your boyfriend here, but YOUR ASS IS GODDAMN SEXY. Seriously, if you push it in his face he'll just be happy.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Just talk about it with him and tell him you feel unsure about what he thinks of your ass being half in his face. Just straight like that.\nDon't start thinking a lot about it because he's the only one who can tell you what he thinks. Otherwise you might start to believe what you think or what you fear.\n\nI'm female and often enough when I have a nice session of 69 with my boyfriend I end up on my back (because it's more comfy for him) and I love it soooo much (He shaves his pubes, ass and armpits! I can't stand any hair there, neither does he.). I can do the fuck I want with him, bwahaha. I can lick, bite, grab and whatever I want to. It's a bit hard to fit him into my mouth from that angle but it's so good for everything else, so it's not really a big deal, because sucking is not the only thing that can be done.\nBut I think that it's a double plus for a guy to have his SO's ass in his face. Not only a turn on and a nice sight but maybe also a nice thing to experiment with.\nTalk with him and you'll be perfectly fine.\nSorry for the huge, seemingly useless wall of text. XD", "score": 8 }, { "body": "We like team sports. We enjoy feeling good while you are feeling good. Win win. Btw are you really paying attention to how close you are to his ass when you suck his balls? Or vice versa when he eats you out? ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "As long as things are clean and groomed I love 69. If you are concerned about cleanliness take a shower before going for 69.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "My boyfriend always really wanted to try 69 and I had the same problem. I felt WAY too shy, (and rude) to have all my bits right in his face. But I quickly learned that's a *major* turn-on for him and he LOVES my butt, he LOVES digging his face into my vagina and wants my wetness covering his lips. It's just plain hot--if he wants 69 then I'm sure he loves those ideas, too.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I totally understand your hangups about it. I suppose the best way to think of it, is to try and empathize. Say, for example, you love giving blowjobs, but he's super concerned that he doesn't trim close enough or something. You might shrug it off and be like, \"Dude, that's not something I'm even thinking about, I just like getting you off.\" He's likely in the same frame of mind. \n\nIf it eases your anxieties a little bit, do a pre-sex minibath or quick cleanup that way you won't be thinking about it. Try and concentrate on the fact that he likes it, and (hopefully) it also makes you feel good.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I went through the same thing! The first time I thought about 69ing, I couldn't get over myself and would burst out laughing just as I was about to muster up the courage to sit on his face, and the laugh attack would kill the sexy time. What I find makes the transition less daunting is if you lie (stomach down) beside your partner (on their back) and start sucking him off first, and then he just grabs your leg and you shuffle over while you're already going down on him and distracted. Alternatively, you could start blowing him while you're both laying on your sides and then roll over. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "He wants your ass in his face. Think about it this way, he sees it even more clearly when he's doing you doggystyle. He's probably just staring at it. When it's in his face he's not even going to be able to see it that well because it'll be so close.\n\nIf you're that self-conscious about it shower right beforehand.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "> So men, what're your views on this? \n\nI'll lick over everything in reach of my tongue. And I will grab her ass to reach EVERYTHING.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I think this is what you might be looking for, this is the best I have, I doubt thing there is anything more thorough and better.\n\nhttp://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline\n\n", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "The only pro I admit to people is that it's Unix based, which doesn't matter for many. Their notebooks are kind of nice. In the end, paying three times as much as you should be doesn't justify it at all. ", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I think everyone else lists are good except for one con. Mac will nickle and dime you on adapters that pcs get standard. Want VGA or DVI ports? That's a 30$ dongle. Want usb? That's a dongle. ", "score": 12 }, { "body": "As a technician, I love both PCs and Macs, and actually prefer PCs by far. But here's the main reason I really love Macs: **Modular operating systems**\n\n\nIf you take an Intel Mac's drive, that OS will boot on *any* other Intel Mac. Meaning you can boot an OS X volume from an external HDD on any Intel Mac. You can put one Mac in target disk mode, plug it into a second Mac, and boot your hard drive and its OS on that second Mac. Dead motherboard on a Macbook and you bought a new one but don't want to reconfigure anything? Pull the HDD, clone to your new Mac's hard drive, and bam. It's like nothing ever happened. The only caveat is that you can't do this between Intel-based installs and PowerPC Macs, and vice-versa. But that architecture is long dead and gone, so it's never a problem for me in my daily work. If I do see a PowerPC in the wild, it's time to chunk the machine anyway.\n\n\nThat's the magic of proprietary, unified drivers and Apple having control over all hardware. With the hundreds of possible combinations of hardware, drivers, chipsets, etc(plus the way the systems handle the boot process), you simply cannot do this with Windows and PCs. Technically, you can do this to some degree after tons of laborious tweaking, but it's faaaaaar away from being as streamlined as Macs.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Pro is that the designers are in charge at Apple, not the engineers. Con is that the designers are in charge at Apple, not the engineers. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "If this is for a personal computer, then fine, yeah....people might like them. They're just different experiences. I've had just as many people ask me how to do something in OS X as I have in Windows. It's not as intuitive as people would like to believe.\n\nIf this is for a business, I wouldn't recommend one. They're a PITA to administer in a corporate environment, especially since they got rid of netinfo.\n\nAlso, cost = retardedly overpriced.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "If you are a home user and want something that *just fucking works* without constant screwing around and you aren't a major gamer, get a Mac. Note you can install Windows on it should you wish so you get the best of both worlds, but don't expect the latest and greatest video cards.\n\nIf you own a large company and you need to manage hundreds of computers and business apps in a large network, go with Windows.\n\nIf you are a serious PC gamer, build your own PC. Be prepared to drop a lot of the cost on the graphics cards.\n\nIf you have a problem with computers costing money, go with Linux and scrape your own hardware together from cast offs. Just please, stop bitching because someone paid a lot of money for a computer you don't like and will never use.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Pro - Stability\n\nCons - Everything else\n\nI like to think of Macs like the electric cars of the computer world. They are reliable and boring, and if you want to customize it or increase performance its gonna be a pita. \n\nUnless of course you buy an official upgrade/accessory. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "They cost a lot more than the equivalent PC hardware and if you play games, the list of supported titles is pretty slim.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "One that most people wouldn't think to ask but are interested in is how \"green\" the product is. EPEAT is a third party certification that rates electronics on how environmentally friendly they are. Many apple products have recently lost their certifications due to the high degree of difficulty there is in recycling the materials.\n\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I've never seen anything about the mac that would make me want to spend more for a computer. The OS and apps are pretty, but you can do the same thing with both machines. The PC will have a better go at games though. People say the mac is of a higher quality build. This is really only true about the computer case itself. The guts are really just the same as a PC's. Are they worth a premium price? eh. not in my opinion. If your not sure, you can install OSX in a virtualbox machine. [Here](http://lifehacker.com/5938332/how-to-run-mac-os-x-on-any-windows-pc-using-virtualbox) are some instructions.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "No viruses, very few crashes, highly stable operating system, very intuitive, software performs better, retina!!, integrates nicely with other apple products, sleek looking, things are just easier to use in general, I could go on, but I don't think it'll be much more helpful. \nYou might consider asking this same question in /r/apple .", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "We hit 10k roughly 15 hours ago (from this post). I watched the number go from 9999 on one refresh to the oh so delicious 10000.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "The fed interest rate is not the only variable to consider. You also have maturity, credit quality of issuing institution, and prepayment risk. \n\nbonds that are 15 or more years to mature are going to be more affected by interest rate changes. If you are buying bonds of a single company, then you have to be greatly concerned with their credit quality and their ability or inability to make the coupon payments. And prepayment risk, where you don't get what you expect because the debt gets paid off. \n\nAll in all, many of these things can be mitigated by choosing a bond mutual fund or ETF with variables that you are ok with. it is more difficult to find individual companies with the characteristics you seek, but research can pay off. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Fixed income has liquidity issues as well depending on what you're investing in. Probably best to avoid FI unless you really know what you're doing.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Stephen Fry. His voice has something more calming and he's READING the book to you. Jim Dale is more trying to ACT and his girl voices actually annoy me a lot.\n\nIt's still a matter of opinion and preference. I'm not gonna kill you for saying you like Jim Dale's version.", "score": 23 }, { "body": "Stephen Fry. For these reasons:\n\n1) His tempo and timing are perfect. He pronunciation is also superb. Honestly, you won't miss a single word.\n\n2) He reads the words with the appropriate gravity. When listening to Jim Dale, I feel like he doesn't quite understand how important the things he reads are to the storyline. Stephen won't give you that feeling.\n\n3) He might have fewer different voices, but his voices sound clearer to me. Jim had \"more\", but a lot of them sounded raspy and boring.\n\n4) Stephen sounds like he is telling a story, whereas Jim sounds like he's reading a story. Stephen really owns the story, and he sounds as if he is sitting in front of you, telling you a story that he himself made up.\n\n5) This is a highly subjective point, but in my opinion, Stephen reads the \"original\", whereas Jim is reading a translation. I prefer the original.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "The comments here are entertaining. \n\n\"Stephen Fry because he sounds like he's READING to you, unlike Jim Dale!\"\n\"Stephen Fry because Jim Dale sounds like he's READING to you, unlike Stephen!\"\n\nIt's obviously very subjective. But for me, it's easily Jim Dale. He gives the characters more life and depth and I can visualize what's going on much better because of good character voices. Stephen Fry may be a more eloquent speaker/reader, but I feel Jim Dale gets into the story MUCH more. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Well Stephen Fry is one of my favorite humans specifically for his eloquence, but I have listened to neither. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Stephen Fry has the voice of a god in my opinion and I prefer his readings because I also don't really want it acted out for me, I want it read to me.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I also have both and I have to say, I highly recommend Jim Dale. Stephen Fry (although he's super awesome) sounds like he's taken a quaalude. He speaks so slowly, I couldn't bear it for long.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "JIM DALE!!!! you can listen to his recordings again and again and still love them. I'm 19 and I've listened to all seven books at least 8-10 times. I've listened to Stephen Fry and he is definitely good, I suggest you listen to him too, but Jim Dale gives each character their own voice which is so cool.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Jim Dale, hands down. His reading is much more fun than Stephen Fry's. It doesn't feel as though Stephen Fry is really very into the books, but Jim Dale is clearly loving it. He does much better voices. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Jim Dale all the way. I have listened to both and Fry seems to not put as much feeling into the story.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "This sounds like a really awesome concept, personally. Maybe not for real life, but as a sci-fi novel? Hell yeah, that is some immediately engaging plot basis right there. \n\nIt brings up a good question. Even if they could remember that they used to be straight, would it bother them? Now they're gay. It doesn't matter that they used to be. But would someone who is now biologically gay miss when they were biologically straight? Would it matter in any way whatsoever? That's interesting to me. I also like the social implications (Is this a universe where people are still sort of opposed to homosexuality, and if not, are they opposed to this treatment?. \n\nMan. That is compelling.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I don't anymore, but I used to have a thing for this black english guy originally from zimbabwe. Literally, he was the hottest, sweetest, and most intelligent guy ever. Plus he was a skinny black guy with an English accent (a huge turn on for me as a white american). He liked to flirt with me too. God it was so hot... He ended up leaving for Oxford though. \n\nYes. I would have changed him in a second. Also my best friend in high school who I loved more than anyone else before or since- including 3 long-term relationships in the 10 years since. \n\nEdit: I just read your entire body of text now. It would make me an evil person, but I'd probably still do it. You don't understand how perfect each of them were. My best friend already loved me in a platonic way. I think that feelings would grow from that if we were having sex.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I'm certain that within the constraints of that hypothetical situation, those people would still be able to \"love\". I mean, what would they actually be changing? Their preference when it comes to sex drive? Does it stop there? Is that all what makes someone a homosexual? There's just so many questions to consider down just that one line.\n\nI also think romantic love is developed, to a certain degree. I'd like to think that in most cases people don't suddenly love somebody they've just met forever and ever. It's through getting to know that person more and sharing life that the \"love\" deepens.\n\nAs for the straight crush question, there was a person I would probably have totally done that to. Then again, at the end of the day, that still wouldn't guarantee they'd date me, now does it? Alas. :)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I so definitely would, and could totally date them. \n\nThe mind is not a static thing, and it's very modular. I don't think it would destroy any kind of humanity to change someone like this. Do born again christians lose some of their humanity in the process ?\n\nOops, bad example.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Drake's [HYFR](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkfKMOstveI) pays homage to the Houston classsic [Swangin and Bangin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXa7ZtMIRXI) by ESG", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Drive Slow is not paying respect to Pac's track.. they just managed to sample the same oldies beat. That is all. \n\nPeople same beats a lot in hip hop. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I wouldn't necessarily think of Drive Slow as a remake of another beat... Both beats are just using the same distinct sample. That sample is also in Eminem's No One's Iller and probably a number of other songs. I think i was listening to an old Atmosphere song recenty whoch hsed the same sample (can't identify it since it was on an unlabeled CD). Stutter does seem like a tribute to Passin me By though.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "You should contact Uptown Update on facebook. They're very active and could get the message out.\n\nGood luck!\n\n*Edit*: I'm home from work and on crutches today with a bum leg, but I can still drive. I have nothing better to do right now and live relatively close, so I'm going to drive through those neighborhoods and keep an eye out for the little guy.\n\n*edit 2*: I drove between the streets you mentioned for about 25 min and I didn't see him. :( there are a ton of people out right now, so maybe someone took him in.", "score": 20 } ]

[ { "body": "Oh yes, I get the stretching all the time now! It will feel like he is trying to stretch or roll in the weirdest places that really do make your tummy look deformed. I seriously had a foot stretched out right above my belly button for an hour the other day, and i could push on it and move it, but she would go back in the same spot. I wrote on my tummy \"not the way out\" and when i had to go to the hospital for a bruised rib from (baby) kicking, the nurses got quite a good laugh.... ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "They can legally ask you to comply, yes. But I don't think that's your question. Your question is really \"Can they fire me if I don't get this vaccine, and I don't get an exemption?\"\n\nThe answer is yes, unless you have a contract with your employer stating otherwise, unless you are a member of a union, and that's not part of the union contract, and unless your firing is discriminatory. \n\nTennessee law requires them to, at the very least, offer the vaccine to all employees in a hospital. Because they are willing to make exemptions for illness and religious reasons, it's probably not discriminatory to fire people who decline the offer. \n\nSo yes. You can be fired for refusing.", "score": 7 }, { "body": ">I just don't understand the need to force the vaccination on my coworkers and I.\n\n*The need to be careful around sick people, especially the one's with severely weakened immune systems.* ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Bring some bug spray! http://www.alligator.org/news/local/article_c998c456-03a5-11e2-a0db-0019bb2963f4.html", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "In early drafts of the Constitution, the President was to have been limited to a single seven-year term. It was settled by the Constitutional Convention on September 6, 1787. \n\nThe thinking was this: a lot of people were pushing for the ability to re-elect an effective president. At that point, Hamilton and others basically wanted Washington as president-for-life. To get re-election passed, they accepted a compromise- a term of four years, so someone awful (or someone who became awful as they declined with age) could be removed from office more quickly. \n\nIt was a big sticking point for a lot of people who didn't like the proposed Constitution. [See here](http://books.google.com/books?id=ybmeEcpEvlsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=president+term+debate+constitutional&source=bl&ots=v6kzVddahv&sig=D8qylrWTOFUgT2EPJzGzPkBUmIo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IIhcUL-nBcbr0QHem4GAAw&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=term%20of%20office&f=false) for a nice summary.", "score": 19 } ]

[ { "body": "One was attempted to be formed last year, it was accepted and everything, even admitted into the club sports federation. Then the leadership just fell through and nothing became of it. I believe it has been attempted quite a few times.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The main difficulty with \"getting along\" with many men's rights activists is that (again, many, but not all) do not recognize the existence of patriarchy and its role in preventing women from gaining and maintaining political and economic power.\n\nThis is a central, basic tenet of feminist thinking, and if a particular men's rights activist doesn't accept it, further conversation of any reasonable purpose with that activist becomes impossible.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "The MRM was started as an anti-feminist movement, so no, I don't think they are working towards the same goals.\n\nMen who are working towards the same goals as feminism... are male feminists. Feminism holds that problems for both women *and men* stem from a restrictive male-dominated culture, which they fight against. Feminist men realize that their problems as men stem from gender roles assigned by our patriarchal culture; for example, that fathers may have difficultly getting custody of their children because women are the presumed caretakers.\n\nMen in the MRM are convinced that their issues are the result of the advance of feminism; they blame *women* for problems like child custody rights, etc. This is reactionary, short-sighted, and flies in the face of reality. MRAs are not interested in solving men's problems, but in blaming women for them.\n\nFeminism is a well-grounded movement with many years of social theory and activism behind it, which seeks to address problems caused for everyone by male-dominated culture. The MRM is a reactionary hate club. They are simply not on the same level.", "score": 17 }, { "body": "I've (maybe unfairly) thought that MR groups were mostly anti-Feminist but it has occurred to me that I may be waaay of base with that. I'm personally going to do some more exploring and research and find out what their movement is all about. You make an excellent point about how easier and quicker progress could be if the gender rights movement wasn't so divided. Have you posted this is /r/MensRights? It would be interesting to get some feedback from them as well.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "What I know of feminism theory is comprised of the fact that our society is dominated by a three-pronged power system that is composed of Patriarchy, Capitalism, and Colonialism. \n\nI work from a socialist perspective, under the premise that women's rights are *human* rights, and as such, by working towards the advancement of women in society, we in turn advance the men. \n\nThough radical feminism seems to put off MRAs, I believe that the majority of people fighting for \"men's rights\" (specifically) are feminists without even realizing as much. We want an egalitarian society in which traditional gender roles do not dictate our lives.\n\nThere is an unsettling subset of the MR movement that gives me pause not just as a feminist, but as a woman. There is a scary undercurrent of rage, and barely contained contempt for women in general, and I think it undercuts their larger message.\n\nI think the movements are currently moving parallel to one another, when we should really be working towards an intersection. That's what the feminism I work within is about - [intersectionality] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersectionality).\n\n\"The theory suggests—and seeks to examine how—various biological, social and cultural categories such as gender, race, class, ability, sexual orientation, and other axes of identity interact on multiple and often simultaneous levels, contributing to systematic social inequality.\"", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I think part of the problem is the jargon (of both feminists and MRAs). If a feminist says \"women can't be sexist\". Well using the normal English definition of the word, that's really a sexist as hell statement.\n\nThen sometimes that statement is clarified as \"sexism\"=\"prejudice+power\". Of course, once again using the standard English definitions of the words that is still sexist as hell. \n\nOr MRA's will say \"MGM\" and some feminists will understand that as \"circumcision\". This is certainly not the case because voluntary circumcision is both redundant and not MGM in the eyes of an MRA, and completely misses a host of other forms of MGM. So a feminist who replaces MGM with circumcision is suddenly a terrible boogyman because they are straw-manning and equating a voluntary procedure with mutilation.\n\nOn top of all the miscommunications, you got some people who actually are sexist in each camp. Then outgroup/ingroup bias happens. Conformation bias happens and generally all the other human reasoning flaws happen and suddenly both groups hate each other. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I can clarify almost exactly how ion weapons work, since the 3rd sensor upgrade actually lets you monitor ion status (and systems damage, etc.) on the enemy ship.\n\nEvery point of ion damage adds ~5 seconds to the ion-reset timer (one cycle of the little blue bars) and disables one point of the system's function. Every point stays disabled until the timer runs out fully, so if you can apply the ion damage faster than 1 point per 5 seconds the system will quickly be permanently disabled.\n\nThe Ion Blast Mk II makes this really easy as it already works faster than 1 shot per 5 seconds, which gives you leeway for missed shots. If you have an elite weapons person (easy with such a fast-firing weapon, too) it's even better.", "score": 22 }, { "body": "Totally agreed! The game is really not luck based when you start with the Torus. Further ion tips:\n\n1. After sector 5 or 6 enemies start having high evade, meaning the ion + drone combo isn't quite reliable enough to quickly take down 3 shields. Solution is a second weapon, preferably a burst laser, which should be targeted at their cockpit. Disabling the cockpit reduces them to zero evade and ensures they can't flee! Cockpit tends to be low on crew repair priority when the anti-ship drone is also hitting their oxygen and shields.\n\n2. An ion fight can require patience, which is fine if you have high shields and the enemy just has lasers. However missiles or bombs will be a big worry. Defence drone helps significantly, but requires a little luck to get early. So make sure you micromanage your ions to keep the weapon systems offline. You can see their missile launcher retract when the ion hits the weapon system. Since the launcher has to recharge all over again after being ioned you can easily divert a few shots now and then from the shield suppression to keep the launchers from ever firing. With this tactic you'll never take hull damage and thus all your scrap goes on upgrades instead of repairs.\n\n3. Ion bomb is awesome. 4 systems damage combined with the ion blast will decimate any enemy's shield from the very start of the fight, ensuring you can immediately start disabling all other systems. It needs only 1 power too, so you can very easily couple it with the ion blast and a laser weapon. These three plus an anti-ship drone and high shields is all you need to slaughter the last boss with ease. But if you don't get luck with the ion bomb then smart bombs, burst lasers and any missile can be almost as effective. To increase your chance of one of these useful weapons try to win battles with boarding or asphyxiation - greater chance of a weapon drop then.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "My last ship was the Kestral on Normal. Was lucky to find a shop selling an Ion Burst Mk1 (requires only one bar to power), and an ion / burst laser combo made ships easy to deal with, leaving the missile as an alternative for taking out larger shields or vitals early in the fight.\n\nIt was working great till a Mantis fighter struck, boarding my ship an wounding all my people and then leaving my crew too injured to fix the door controls and medbay. Side note, don't try to flush boarders through venting till you get Lv2 Doors.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "This is the strategy I've been aiming for with all of my Torus runs, but I have yet to play a game where I can find a second ion weapon in a store. I can assure you that ion weapons inconjunction with the firebeam is a hilarious way to turn an enemy ship into a crematorium. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Just got my first victory (on easy but none the less) with my trusty Torus and the Ion Blast Mk II. Just focus the ion blast on their shields and let your drone(s) do the rest.\n\nI enjoyed it so much when that flagship finally broke into pieces.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "In the first half of the game, if you've got two Ion Blast IIs you can just turn autofire on, target one at the weapons and one at the O2, and go make a sandwich while the enemy crew suffocates.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "In my most recent playthrough, I got two of these, with an auto-reloader and a fully-leveled weapons crewman.\n\nCompletely. Unstoppable.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "1) Some of those algorithms are crap.\n\n2) Even among the ones that aren't crap, there is significant space to determine what elements should be the most important. Everybody weighs the elements a little differently. To those who disagree on the formula we would only be inviting discontent in a new way.\n\n3) The formula would have to be open or it would look corrupt. If it is known, you will probably see drastic changes in sportsmanship and gameplay. You could see teams throwing Hail Marys with 15 seconds left in the game, up by 14 points in order to get more computer points (as opposed to simply taking a knee). Starters would stay in longer. Scores would get run up higher. Loopholes would be found and exploited.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I've never trusted computers to rank teams. I just don't think football is something that can be quantified. Too many unknowns. Totally with you on no rankings until mid season though.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "I really hope this post doesn't get downvoted. I think this is actually a reasonable discussion. \n\nThe problem I have with a nonhuman ranking system is that the algorithm is not perfect, even after 13 games. With that said, the human factor also has many errors. For one: nobody watches every single game. \n\nThat's why bullshit like \"they met the eye test\" is thrown around as if it has validity. What that really means is \"I didn't follow the other teams so I'm going to trust my gut to hype.\" A computer, however, logs every game into its algorithm in order to produce a valid result. \n\nBoth systems are full of errors. That's why personally, I'm fine with a hybrid of the two.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Computers don't take into account the non-quantifiable aspect of football. As someone else pointed out, two games with identical stats aren't the same. A Top 10 team who loses their starting RB because of a tweaked hammy half way through the game, but still pulls out the win, isn't the same as two bad teams who have a close game.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "The way the 2003 season ended should be a pretty good example. At the time the BCS was much more heavily weighed to the computer polls. This was when the AP allowed itself to be used in the BCS poll (it later pulled out and the Harris was created to replace it). \n\nIn the final week of the season: #1-ranked Oklahoma got destroyed by #12 Kansas State in its conference title game.\n\n* Human polls: AP and Coaches had #1 USC and #2 LSU in the title game\n\n* Computer Polls: #1 LSU and #2 Oklahoma. \n\n* BCS Poll: #1 LSU vs. #2 OU\n\nThe Computer polls basically chose the BCS title game over the humans. As it turned out USC played #4 Michigan in the Rose Bowl and defeated them soundly in what would've made a great semi-final to go along with the Sugar Bowl. So the AP stuck with USC #1 while the Coaches Poll was forced by contract to vote LSU #1 (yet one voter did go against the rule and voted USC #1). \n\nIt wasn't fair to either fanbase, but that's the BCS for you.\n\nI don't trust the machines. We need mentats. \n\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I'm fine with a computer ranking that works. The problem is, the algorithm would be designed by humans. Therefore, any way the system was designed would be as inherently flawed as a human ranking system", "score": 4 }, { "body": "It's an insult to the game of football. The idea of the game is anything can happen. And not just because of skill but because of pure will. In other sports, records, division wins, tie-breakers actually mean something. None of those things mean anything in CFB. Until then it's amateur hour.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "If the computer ranking system is designed by a human and uses formulas composed on human merits, then the computer rankings have a human component.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Thanks for the edit. It's much easier to discuss specific quotes rather than more vague generalities.\n\n> \"For two years he had complete, unadulterated control of the federal government, a 60-seat majority in the Senate, an 80-plus seat majority in the House. \n\nThat's demonstrably false. As I mentioned elsewhere, Democrats had 58 members plus two independents in their caucus for approximately seven months, between Al Franken's swearing in on July 7, 2009 and Scott Brown's swearing in February 4, 2010. You also have the medical leave for both Kennedy and Byrd affecting the total number of available votes and the timeframe.\n\n> He got every -- literally every piece of legislation he wanted, to try and, quote, turn around the economy….\n\nThe most simple example of this not happening is the [list](http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/07/stimulus.cuts/index.html) of items cut from the stimulus in favor of tax breaks.\n\nEdit: I'd flair this \"mostly false\" based on the sidebar criteria. There are elements of truth (there was a point when Democrats had 60 votes and the House), but it contains incorrect information (time frame) and leaves out important context (health leave for Kennedy/Byrd, modern use of the filibuster).", "score": 17 }, { "body": "Obama had 60 votes in the senate for about 14 weeks. And those 60 votes included Lieberman, an independent and multiple right wing democrats that enjoyed holding up legislation to extract the concessions they needed. \n\nThis type of quote is often presented about the stimulus, job creation bills or Obamacare. But when the stimulus was being passed he had to convince republicans, including the ladies from Maine to support the measure (which meant directing more to Maine and reducing the overall spending by about 100Million).\n\nAnd it was very important for Obama to have Republican support. Republicans understood this and knew that by refusing Republican support the general public would read his actions as very partisan, the exact opposite of the platform he ran on. This was a major reason why the general public (those that don't follow politics closely) opposed Obama care was the highly partisan nature of the debate. \n\nhttp://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/chris-wallace-obama-had-filibuster-proof-senate-majority\n\n", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I think we have defined that as Sarals ask here -- the one more edited for clarity is did Obama have \"complete, unadulterated control\" of Congress. Some of the conversation here was from his earlier ask that was using the less precise ask did he simply have \"control.\"\n\nOur goal here is to fact check the questioner's true question, and Sarals has made that precise question clearer with the edited more full ask. And the answer I see the is that this is False. \n\n\"Complete, unadulterated control\" of Congress would have required Democrats to hold beyond a slim Super-majority, enough for Obama and allies to loose decent fringes of his Party base and still ensure that their agenda would be enacted. As it was we have shown well that had strong influence, but far from \"complete unadulterated control.\" Evidence that this was not true would also include the \"Cap and Trade bill\" that was a central part of the Obama campaign that passed the House but stalled in the Senate. \"Complete and Unadulterated control\" that allowed for \"literally every piece of legislation he wanted\" to pass would have certainly included that. \n\nThe larger debate here over the precise definition of the word \"control of Congress\" -- and the precise power a President really has over co-equal branches of Government even when they are his own party -- while it brought up some good research, history (and a lot of argument) was not relevant to the actual questioners true ask. And the goal here is to fact check and answer real people's real questions. \n\nSo we are doing that here, and I'm marking the full question from Sarals as False. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Fuck that, put that bitch on the bed, tell her whos boss then tie her hands up. Smack her around a little the fuck her harder than youve ever fucked anything in your life. \n\nYou better get sweaty and she better feel some pain. \n\nBtw, just showing you what she wants and id recommend taking away her copy of 50 shades of grey. ", "score": 30 }, { "body": "22 y/o female here..\nGet some random scarfs, rope is a no-go since it hurts. But if she brings ropes you use ropes, no talking back!\nYou could also save a scarf for blindfolding her, just ask her. (I'd like that even more.)\nThen probably just do it in doggy or make her lie on her back (not really missionary style) and.. fuck her hard. She'll tell you when something's not right.\nYou could grab her face, place fingers in her mouth, grab her hips or legs.. Just make sure you grab, like you'd grab umm..a falling PSP! Not too hard but not gentle.\nIt's kind of forcing her to feel how much you love to fuck her. Atleast that's the thrill to me. And yes, choking would definately do it for me. Just for the thrill. (I've not experienced it but hell, thinking of it is awesome!)\nAnd for the grabbing part.. Just grab her wherever you can think of, hold her arms tightly or whatever. If she lies on her tummy you can also just grab her ass, squeeze it really nice and go nuts in which hole you want to.\nAs for the pain you are afraid of... I like it when it hurts inside of me. Huge turn on. The first two strokes hurt me a bit but it turns me on so much at the same time that I just don't give a rats ass about it then. It's just pure pleasure and release.\nI've never read 50 shades of grey.. haha. Maybe I should.\n\nThat's my view of that.. Now I'm horny. Hope it helps!", "score": 11 }, { "body": "My SO also feels weird being rough with me. My advice: drink a tiny bit. It loosened him up and stopped him from getting shy. He used to always be hesitant but the other week we were getting hot ad heavy and I started asking and begging to be tied up and spanked. All of a sudden he went from gently and passionately kissing my thigh.. to grabbing my wrists hard, with a determined and aggressive look in his eyes, and tying my hands up above my head. He then grabbed me by the hipbones and forcefully turned me on my stomach, yanked his belt off his pants, and whipped my ass til it was raw. I literally had an orgasm pushing my crotch against the mattress and squirming while he hit me with his belt. It was one of the most intense things I've ever felt, and he said the couple beers he'd had were definitely his liquid courage. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "There are some pornos made by a female director named Tristan Taormino. She did a \"Rough Sex\" series in which the female leads got to describe a fantasy, and then have the male actor of her choice play it out with her. I highly recommend these as a way to see the variety of types of rough sex that exist, and also to help you understand that this really IS a common female fantasy. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "1. Pick a safe word. Some good standard ones to use by default are 'safeword' or the red/yellow/green system. \n\n2. Ropes can be trickery since you need to get knots right and make sure they're not too right to cause any harm (and can be easily untied if need be). I can't really say I'm an expert here though, checkout what r/bdsmcommunity has to say on this. But I think you'd be better if with ties/scarves on your first go. \n\n3. If you've never really done much kinky stuff then if suggest you build up slowly rather than throw in everything in one night. Maybe just try anal (since it can take some prep, lube and communication). Or just try ring her hands together and going rougher than usual. \n\n4. Be careful with chocking. Very careful. Read up on it. As a start it might be better to just place your hand on her neck with no actual chocking at all. \n\n5. You really should have a discussion with her on her on what she wants and any hard limits. Preferably before you actually get down to any business. \n\n6. Be adventurous but also don't feel as if you're forced to do anything you're not comfortable with. \n\n7. Don't forget the aftercare. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I've had this discussion with a few smokers (I switched from tobacco to e-cigs a year ago, but I still hang with them for the social aspect). Loftin does have the power to ban it completely (as noted in that rule), however he risks a big backlash from not just students but many staff and faculty smokers. There are a few in CIS that I know as well as other orgs that I worked for or with that use it as a coping mechanism. \n\nLoftin risks pissing off a good chunk of people if he bans them completely, and that has (to the best of my gatherings of the University Staff Council) has kept the issue at bay. I don't actually mind the new rules as long as they keep designated smoke areas.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Does that philosophy prof who was always smoking a pipe outside Bolton still work there? \n\nPoor guy.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Actually had someone try to tell me you couldnt smoke in the DSA outside of evans last night. I was done with my cig, sat quietly while i let them finish their lecture, and promptly lit another cig", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Thank you for this. It makes me happy and sad. I don't smoke, but I love the faint smell of cigarette smoke. Not too much, just a bit... It's beautiful. There goes that little whiff of happiness leaving Evans. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "As I understand it, this is part of the new 25 year bio research partnership, as was the reason UT went smoke free. There is a huge push for research dollars and that means it comes with strings attached sometimes. \n\nIf you look at the big picture, it is worth it to TAMU inconveniencing the minority of smokers to please the people controlling the money flow. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Two things: Swipe with acetone RIGHT before your base coat to remove excess oils. And the other is to use a small brush and some acetone and clean up around your cuticles and sides of your nails. This is an absolute lifesaver for me, I tend to use thicker coats and if you have a raggedy edge on the side it will catch and allow oils to get under your polish, letting it all come off in one coat.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": ">It's gotten to the point it has progressed to a silent power struggle in the house over stupid things like where the kitchen trash can should be.\n\nMaybe you should just...give in on that one. You don't have to be a doormat to be a good roommate. Just be a decent person and treat her the way you want her to treat you. I know she's this awful human being who you hate living with, but she's not going anywhere, so why not try to at least make your living space bearable?", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Is there anyway you two could afford to move into your own place? That would seem the easiest way. How many people do you share with?", "score": 10 }, { "body": "She already lived there, you moved in, and you want to kick *her* out? She lived there first. You move out. Should be easier for you and fiance to do, on your combined incomes, than for her.", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "Wilt Chamberlain was obsessed with his own stats. He led the league in assists one year just because he wanted to prove that he could. Had they been recording blocks, you could bet that he would have blocked more shots to improve his numbers. ", "score": 44 }, { "body": "Bill Russell. Think about it. He played in an era that averaged more shots per game than any other, against a bunch of mostly inferior athletes and is generally regarded as one of the greatest defensive centers of all time. Wilt probably would've put up some insane numbers one or two years but I think Russell would edge him out over his career. I honestly think he would've averaged 4+ bpg for his career.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Say thank you and tell him you enjoyed the goodies.\n\nNext time you go somewhere be sure to bring him some nice omiyage. Don't overdo it (don't outspend him or make it really fancy), but don't skimp either.\n\nEdit: Should warn you, by doing this you risk having him buy something for you the next time he goes somewhere, at which point this becomes a never-ending cycle.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I like to randomly draw redditors on /r/redditgetsdrawn. Some of my stuff include [this](http://i.imgur.com/xcCCf.jpg), [this](http://i.imgur.com/t68Cn.png), [this](http://i.imgur.com/BJIJB.png) and [this](http://i.imgur.com/omDbS.jpg). I wish I could draw them all, there's so many beautiful people on there. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I started making felt plushies last year and have been trying to sell them online on etsy. So far the most popular has been BMO from Adventure Time - I've made 8 of those so far! - and I'm currently looking for other characters to try because as much as I love BMO, I want something new!\n\n[This is an album of the toys I've made so far not including all 8 BMO's and a Marie from Onegai Teacher I forgot to take a photo of](http://imgur.com/a/zycFl)\n\n\nI'm also a casual baker c:", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I shot for a company that no longer exists, and we shot to both tape and digital. Digital is much easier to work with and transfer, but there are known issues. Digital can fail in many ways- the card can become corrupt, there can be artifacts in the footage, the connection can be faulty between the card and the reader inside the camera, etc. Tape is tape. I *dropped* a camera before and while the casing was cracked, the tape was intact. Transferring tape sucks, but it *is* more reliable than digital in a lot of respects. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "> Why would film be more reliable than digital?\n\nThere's a physical copy of the raw film. When he said, \"We were also shooting in very remote (and occasionally hot) locations and I wanted the reliability of film,\" he was probably referring to how digital cameras can erode at extreme temperatures.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "That's a good question! One reason I can think of that he'd say that, especially considering his comment about \"very remote (and occasionally hot) locations\" is that film cameras can be entirely mechanical and would work wherever you're at, while digital cameras can be sensitive to environmental extremes. Film cameras would need a battery to run (in most cases), but batteries (in the short term) are less sensitive to certain conditions than other technology that would exist in a digital camera. Once film is shot and sealed \"in the can\", it's pretty indestructible (relatively) and takes up very little space. Whereas hard drives and the like can lose everything if the truck goes over a big bump, so you need to pack a lot of extra bulk (foam-filled cases, etc) just to make sure they and their accompanying equipment is safe. If you're shooting deep in a forest somewhere, that stuff is not that easy to pack in or out.\n\nFurthermore, if you're going to shoot any part of a movie on film, you should shoot it all on film and the same rule for digital as well. Even with all of today's technology, trying to match the two formats after-the-fact is very difficult and the difference can be distracting to the viewer (especially on a theater or IMAX screen).", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Beats Headphones are overrated and the Beats \"technology\" on HTC Android phones is widely regarded as worthless. I assume it'll be the same on WP.", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "Holy cow lady! 100lbs lost is AMAZING! Great job! I am super happy for and proud of you! \n\nGlad your migrane went away, I hate migranes they ruin many days for me! And enjoy that nail mail! ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "YOU ROCK! 100 pounds, holy crap! Someone's getting all svelte up in here! \nTHAT IS SO AWESOME!\n\nAnd hey, because your basically running the awesome BL event around here, you deserve some nail mail. ;) It's going to make a lot of people around here happy!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Three hours of sleeping in? Jealous.\n\nAw it sounds like things are so lovely for you, that makes me happy. There's few things as exciting as expecting nail mail too. And then opening nail mail. That's probably even more exciting.\n\nAnd congratulations on losing all that weight! WOW! That's really amazing! And impressive! You should be so proud of yourself :) High schoolers are horrible, I hope you can show them up now. They'll all realize how gorgeous you are and be super jealous. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I thought I got nail mail today, it was the right shape, but it was a Starbucks Double Shot in the mail and I was just like ahhhh noooo so now I'm sipping it in sadness. I am excited about upcoming nail mail though :)\n\nCongratsss on the polish and the weight loss and the sleeping in, sounds like a killer day today!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Oh my goodness!!!! Congrats on the weight loss!! I totally understand how hard it is, good on you lady! You are a lovely lovely lady! I hope life gives you a ton of IRL good karma, and screw the HS haters, they don't matter anyways!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "100 pounds, that is amazing! How did you do it? My HS reunion is next August, I was looking through the invite list and I didn't recognize 95% of my classmates. I stuck to my own group I guess. I also grew up in Utah and wasn't Mormon, they weren't exactly welcoming.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "In general, standard pushups are far easier than pullups, so your ratio is about right.\n\nTake a look at this chart: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArzTY8Rx2z1DdDZlaUVxa1NISlQ0RVpMYVlRaklJelE It will show you **roughly** equivalent strength levels.\n\nRemember, most people come into the bodyweight world with a far more developed set of push muscles than pull muscles, so don't be discouraged about your current imbalances. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "SFGLive 2.0 Stream*|Start Time\n:---|:--\nOffline|00:00 PST\n*****\n**\\*I worked hard to bring this to you guys and all I ask in return is for you to please not to share the link outside of /r/sfgiants**\n\n**If the video does not play, please disable any ad blocking software and refresh the page. Once the video starts playing, you may re-enable your ad blocking software.\n\n***You do not need to install anything special, just have Adobe Flash and you should be good to go.\n*****\n*Stream News*\n\n^none\n*****\n^1 [The Space Shuttle Endeavour just did a flyby over my office today.](http://i.imgur.com/eFzB0.jpg) It was an amazing sight to see. I think I may end up checking out the exhibit once it opens up in the California Science Center next month.\n\n^2 Definitely not fair. [My family is at the game without me ಠ_ಠ](http://i.imgur.com/y2OEE.jpg)\n", "score": 27 }, { "body": "Unrelated:\n\nHow do all of you feel about the Giants starting off yet another season at Chavez Ravine? I can't remember the last time the Giants had their season opener at AT&T. I don't mind them starting off against the Dodgers, in fact I prefer it, but why does it always have to be in LA?", "score": 12 }, { "body": "[Final? 2012 /r/SFGiants Meet-Up Information Thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/SFGiants/comments/109x0b/rsfgiants_2012_final_meetup_information_thread/)\n\nCheck it out! Some preliminary decision making to be made.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Yonder Alonso's name always makes me giggle. Like, \"Are you talking about this Alonso here, or yonder Alonso?\"", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Bad news is that, of course, the dodgers can't possibly lose everyday.\n\nGood news is that, ball all accounts, they're trying their very hardest to do so. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Damn, this Gameday thread is really buried low here.\n\nSomeone just commented in the meet-up thread instead :P", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Matt Kemp the last 30 days: 2 homers, 6 RBI, .209 average. He's been worth about 1/2 of Marco Scutaro. Just wanted to throw that out there. I also haven't been through recent threads so I dunno if someone's mentioned this, but I wanted to remind everyone of De La Soul's great song [The Magic Number](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0irL1M15DH8) from their brilliant album [3 Feet High and Rising](http://i.imgur.com/swGO5.jpg).", "score": 6 }, { "body": "anyone else want to win this game? I'd like to. lemme call the Giants bullpen and let them know how many of us on this thread think they should do that.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "nailed at the plate then next inning a 2-out triple, single, & home run - I'm sensing a *big* momentum shift.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "This game is huge for Vogelsong. Opponents have batted .246 against him so far this season, but the Padres have done better:\nhttp://espn.go.com/mlb/player/batvspitch/_/id/4514/ryan-vogelsong\nHe knows that realistically, if he wants to have the number four spot, should we make the post-season, he has to keep the San Diego out of scoring position/batting worse against him today than earlier in the season. He always seems to be a focused guy who sees hard work as the answer, and even though Ryan's in a bit of a slump, he still has a decent K/BB ratio in September....so play ball!", "score": 5 }, { "body": "ooooh I did like that montage.\n\nall the romosexuals in the house, get out of your seat & take off those pants.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Did anyone see this?\n\nhttp://sanfranliving.tumblr.com/post/31928694734/when-i-make-it-on-the-jumbotron-at-at-t-park\n\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Haha, I just tweeted at Baggs with a joke. I wonder if I'll get a Giants personality to reply to me at some point...\n\nALSO, RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNZ!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION. It's a Huff at-bat.\n\nedit: For a second--just for a second--I thought he had something there.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "[POSTGAME THREAD is now LIVE](http://www.reddit.com/r/SFGiants/comments/10ac14/postgame_thread_921_sf_vs_sd_game_1_join_the/)\n\nJoin the Pants-Free Zone!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Alright guys, let's make this [2](http://i.imgur.com/wDJle.gif).\n\nWarning: not a gif. Stupid images.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Bronson Arroyo just tied the dodgers-reds game with an RBI single. It is now obvious that the baseball gods hate the bums. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "It's pouring out here in Florida. That means I'm going to drink a beer for every run we score. It's been a rough week at work so I'm hoping Panda stays hot!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Crawford totally deserves the Gold Glove.\n\nAdditionally, our pitcher REALLY need to stop giving up hits to the pitcher.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Reddit's layout was totally screwed up for me all day, so it looks like I'm a little late to the party. Fuck Chase Headley.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Man - if Craw had been playing like this since April, we'd have won an extra 5 games at least.\n\nImagine what kind of seasons he'll put up when he loses all his frosh jitters altogether.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I fucking love the little shit the hitters do, saluting, some bow and arrow motion. Wish I knew the origins. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "After that series against Colorado, I'm not used to seeing the opposing starter last until the 6th inning. It's almost like a new experience.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Trivia I posted to Twitter, can anyone answer without checking?\n\nr/SFGiants ‏@SFGiantsReddit\n\n>#SFGiants Trivia: With #MVPosey nearing 100 RBI, who was the last Giant to do it NOT named Bonds or Kent? \n\nedit: y'all are wrong far", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "* (most) Wednesday nights: Mike Todd at The Duke of Wellington - dude is talented and always puts on a good show, really nice person too. Go, sit at a table (or the bar), have a few drinks, and strike up a conversation, everyone there is friendly.\n\n* Oktoberfest is coming - brace yourself. Oktoberfest is something that most people want to experience at least once while living in KW. It's good fun, but can get a little pricey if you spend too much time there.\n\n* You're here on co-op, which I'm assuming means you have coworkers. Believe it or not, it is quite acceptable to hang out with these people outside of work. This often makes work more fun too.\n\n* Join a sport. Especially something you SUCK at. Find a beginners' league, and join up. The most fun you can have playing sports is on a team full of people that are bad. This is true because no one has any expectations, no one gets mad, there's no blaming. Everyone is there just to have fun. This is an excellent way to meet people and generally have a good time. I played on a slow pitch team over the summer with some of the most awful baseball players I have ever seen (mind you I played very high level baseball all my life), but despite this it was a ton of fun and everyone enjoyed themselves. I made some great friends this way.\n\n* If you're still looking for more ideas, tell me what you're into (gaming/dnd/swimming/knitting/etc [don't be shy]) or what you did in your previous place of residence and I'll do my best.\n\n* If all else fails, I'm happy to follow you around making bird noises (for a fee of course).", "score": 10 }, { "body": "i'm having a party saturday night, you're welcome to come!\n\nEDIT: party cancelled, housemates went to guelph homecoming. sorry guys", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Since everyone seems to be recommending drinking-related activities, for non-drinking activities I'd recommend:\n\n* The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, or KWAG, which has some stunning exhibits.\n* Uptown Waterloo is a fantastic place to just walk around and window-shop in.\n* The Heuther Hotel is an amazing little amalgam of bars and restaurants. The café there is to die for, and a great little place to just sit, connect to their wifi, and do some work.\n* Waterloo Park is stunning, and there's a petting zoo with lots of adorably ugly animals! Great for a walkabout.\n* Perimiter Institute and the Clay and Glass Museum near Waterloo Park are a great way to get your senses tingling and have an intellectual good time!\n* If you're a person like me who just likes walkin' and lookin', I highly recommend walkin' and lookin' on Albert St. between University and Erb - the houses are just stunning, so old-fashioned and beautiful.\n* If you like tea and/or vegetarian cuisine, the Lotus Tea House is just wonderful.\n* Into climbing? All my friends love Grand River Rocks.\n* A strange thing to recommend for a male techie co-op student, but if you ever feel like taking a dance class, the best beginner adult classes in town by far are at InMotion School of Performing Arts in Kitchener near Ottawa and Courtland. You can get there on the Number 8 bus.\n* Conestoga Mall and Fairview Mall are both great malls to waste your time (and money) in. Fairview's a hefty bus ride away, but it's got a lot of neat, high-end stores.\n* You're best off to do your groceries at either Conestoga Zehr's or the Uptown Value-Mart in terms of the value and how central/accessible they are.\n* If you are a vinylphile, Orange Monkey is the best record store EVER.\n\nSee? You can have fun in Waterloo without being wasted!\n\n*Edit - also just wanted to say that I'd love to take you around a tour of the city... but I no longer reside in Waterloo. Best four years of my life, though. Hopefully you find someone who wants to go on some adventures with you!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Bloodseeker and Vengeful Spirit.\n\nBoth buy Force Staff, run around the map and kill people in two seconds by using Rupture, Nether Swap, 2xForce Staff, Magic Missile and some auto-attacks if the victim survived.\n\nHilarious combination if done right.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I am a big fan of sand king + omni, havent lost a lane with those 2. Doesnt matter if you are up against stunners or 2 range, lvl 3 with the lvl 2 stun + lvl 2 purification hurts the fragile range more.\n\nThat said, Pudge + Dark seer is just painful. Rot + ion shell means there is no real need for hook since surge gets you that distance needed.\n\nMagnataur is the king of wombo combos, imagine 4 second stun (like Beast master's roar) but its AOE and acts like dark seers vaccuum. \nI still remember that + lich ulti in dota1. Pain brigade called. They said I was next in line.\n\nKotl + PL, it got nerfed, still wins lanes.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Tiny + ES. If you're doing it with a friend, you just toss them in and stun, stun, stun, stun, and so on. Blink daggers makes it an even more fun combination.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Kunkka and Treant Protector. They shouldn't lane together, but later on the game, Treant Protector can guarantee that Kunkka's boat and torrent will always land correctly.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I don't think that your therapist will think that you're avoiding treatment. You took the step to set up the appointment and e-mailed the therapist an explanation. When you're feeling better/can reschedule, you'll have another chance to have your first session, and you can discuss the link between your anxiety and IBS. I know that you feel disappointed in yourself, but you shouldn't have to. You're trying to do something good for yourself and your body just isn't cooperating.", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "I successfully pulled my first mold yesterday! it's the only one I've made that didn't break! I just have to make at least fifty copies now lol. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My greatest accomplishment will be when I finish all the cakes stuff I'm working on this weekend haha", "score": 3 }, { "body": "This has been my last week of vacation before school starts. My biggest accomplishment was throwing out a bag full of bathroom stuff that's been sitting in my office since we moved into the house over two years ago (I figure if I haven't needed to dig through it for anything in the last two years, I don't need it) and sweeping. Also, I did a bunch of canning and I started cookies yesterday which will be finished today. That's about all I've accomplished for a week.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "As a kid, I always thought when an airplane was crashing in movies, the pilot would yell \"MAYONNAISE! MAYONNAISE!\" I would sit on my swing and violently twist back and forth screaming \"MAYONNAISE!\" repeatedly, pretending I was in a crashing airplane. My parents must have thought I was retarded. \n\n\n\nEDIT: For clarification, I'm a woman. Girls can pretend they're in crashing airplanes, too! ", "score": 2210 }, { "body": "I used to deliberately throw away uneaten food because I thought there were families who lived at the dump and that maybe they would like some fresh food to eat.", "score": 2075 }, { "body": "The Disney logo? Growing up, the 'D' always looked like a backwards 'G' to me. Totally mind f'ed me. ", "score": 1968 }, { "body": "I though Palestinians were \"palaced Indians\". Like people in India with huge palaces. As a kid I just always thought \"why are these rich Indians always in the news?\"", "score": 1939 }, { "body": "I always wondered why nobody obeyed the \"Do Not Pass\" signs on the roads.\n\nThey just drove right past them...", "score": 1650 }, { "body": "In elementary school if I ever heard a teacher use the phrase \"Break out the big guns,\" in reference to a kid with behavioral problems I thought they were literally planning to take said student out back and kill him/her. I always behaved, I wasn't going to die over not sitting still. \n\n\nAnd a little context, I grew up in pretty rural NH and it wasn't uncommon to hear gunshots echoing from the nearby hills (which are beyond plentiful in NH). So whenever I heard that I just assumed a kid from another classroom had acted up. Fuck I was stupid. ", "score": 1542 }, { "body": "I always thought the race for president was a literal foot race. I remember asking my mom why Carl Lewis wasn't president. I remember seeing a photo of George HW Bush or someone jogging, which did nothing to dispel my notion", "score": 1394 }, { "body": "My cousin thought babies came out of the woman's butt. Also, when I was in high school a girl I knew took out her tampon every time she peed because she thought she only had one hole", "score": 907 }, { "body": "my brother and I used to rent tons of kung-fu movies when I was little... those movies tricked me into thinking all asian people knew kung-fu so one day when I was about 8 or 9 I happened to be a blockbuster standing in line with my mom behind an older asian guy and I started doing a bunch of kicks and punches (stuff I saw in the movies) thinking that I would impress him... he ignored me and later my mom explained to me that I was being really racist and offensive\n\n**TL;DR at a young age I learned not all asian people know martial arts and it's pretty racist to assume they do**", "score": 870 }, { "body": "I have 2, neither of them mine but both very good.\n\nThe first is my girlfriend, who believed that all parents were called Robert and Sarah as these are her parents names. And ages 8/9 had her mind blown when realising that this wasn't true.\n\nBetter, is a good friend of mine who believed that people had a limited number of words to say in their lifetime. To this end, he was a very quiet young man, for many years he would smugly think to himself \"You all talk, but I'll have the last laugh when you all run out of words.\"", "score": 832 }, { "body": "My first purchase ever with my own money was a bottle of Gatorade. I was probably 5 and saved some coins I found around the house. I immediately chugged the bottle and started running around furiously in an attempt to make my sweat blue (the color of the Gatorade). Eventually there was sweat, but it was not colored like the commercials showed. I cried.\n\n\nEdit: My tears weren't blue either.", "score": 805 }, { "body": "JESUS CHRYSLER!\n\nWhen I was little hearing my parents talk about their financial troubles..I thought that them struggling to \"make ends meet\" was actually: \"ends meat\". \n\nLike a cheap, scrap collection of meats that only poor people ate because they couldn't afford the good 'real' meat.", "score": 786 }, { "body": "So when i was a kid, i thought that everything was made in factories. I guess the industrial nature of Moscow kinda f'ed me up.\n\nBut i do distinctly remember me walking home from the grocery store with my mom, and i looked in the bag, and i see an apple. I ask my mom ''What is that?'' She responds with ''An apple.'' I then ask her ''Can you explain to me how it is made?''\n\ntl;dr: I thought apples where made in factories.", "score": 759 }, { "body": "I used to think those \"NO OUTLET\" signs at the beginning of culdesacs meant they didn't have electricity.", "score": 706 }, { "body": "I thought I wasn't a boy because I was just younger than my brothers, and that someday I would grow up to be a boy too.", "score": 665 }, { "body": "My grandmother told me when I was young if you sit to close to the tv you could get radiation poisoning. I guess the couch was a \"safe\" distance.", "score": 640 }, { "body": "I watched Blazing Saddles as a kid with my dad (apparently this whole scenario isn't normal) and when Bart and Billy the Kid meet, Bart says \"So, what do you like to do?\" and Billy says \"I dunno, play Chess, screw...\"\n\nI asked my dad \"What's 'screw'?\" He just said \"Another game, like chess!\"\n\nSo I thought there was a board game called Screw that I couldn't find anywhere.\n\nCorrection: Gene Wilder plays the Waco Kid, not Billy the Kid. Blazing Saddles apparently starred Keanu Reeves and Alex Winters in my head.", "score": 637 }, { "body": "I don't know why, but I thought of you really wanted superpowers you just had to wish for them hard enough to get them.\nI was always frustrated because I thought I didn't want them hard enough.\n\nI also thought that everyone on earth was my religion up until I was about 5.\n\nI thought babies were made by just wanting a baby. Like a woman could just be like, \"I'm going to grow a baby.\" as if they decided to grow a garden or something.\n\nI didn't really get microphones, so during concerts and stuff I thought the performers just had to yell really, really loud so everyone could hear.", "score": 563 }, { "body": "I thought blood caused pain until I was 6 years old. Not that I had a \"rough\" childhood, just the usual cuts and scrapes. Any time I got nicked or cut, I always thought it was the blood fluid contacting the skin that caused the pain sensation. ", "score": 535 }, { "body": "Thought the priests at church were Jesus, but he likes to shape-shift to look like different priests, to keep things interesting.", "score": 528 }, { "body": "I thought when you cleaned with Mr. Clean, he would actually appear. He never did, so I asked why it was that way. \n\nI also thought that getting trouble for drinking and driving meant you couldn't drink anything while driving.", "score": 510 }, { "body": "I thought the \"Slow Children\" was cruel and unnecessary, people don't need to be warned that there are mentally handicapped children nearby.", "score": 509 }, { "body": "For the longest time I refused to eat \"girl cheese sandwiches\" because I thought they would make me actually turn into a girl.", "score": 502 }, { "body": "I used to believe a vagina was between a women's breast until I was 12. No idea how that occurred to me.", "score": 488 }, { "body": "I thought the word \"dozen\" was just a vague large amount, like \"boatload\" or \"bajillion.\" I also thought the word \"approximately\" meant \"exactly\" until high school. ", "score": 469 }, { "body": "I've posted this before, but when I was around 4, I wouldn't touch the black keys on the piano, because I thought that the white keys were for white people, and the black keys...you see where I'm going with this. I don't know what I thought would happen if I accidentally touched a black key, but I figured it was against the rules and that was good enough for me. \n\nI'm sure that one day, in a moment of kindergarten rebellion, I played a C#, didn't turn black, and realized that I was an idiot.", "score": 403 }, { "body": "One day I found this cool rubbery thing in the bathroom, it was round and fleshy in the middle, I liked the texture and found it interesting. Many years later I realized I liked playing with my mom's diaphragm.", "score": 350 }, { "body": "I never thought it was reasonable to use a bath towel more than once. I guess my mom just really liked doing laundry.", "score": 326 }, { "body": "I never used to call people by name. I'm a triplet and most people would avoid calling me by my name because they couldn't tell me apart from my brothers. Since I knew no other way, I assumed it was normal to say \"Good morning\" rather than \"Good morning, Susan.\"\n\nI still have a problem with names as an adult.", "score": 304 }, { "body": "As a child, what I first learned about golf was that the lowest score was the winner. I convinced myself that this was because when the game was first played, the best friend of the game's creator did so bad that the creator insisted that low scores were good, just to save his friend embarrassment.", "score": 291 }, { "body": "Posted this in another thread, but when I was about 5 I thought I had invented chocolate milk. I was really bummed when my parents told me someone else thought of it first... thought I was gonna be a millionaire. ", "score": 287 }, { "body": "When i first saw an old navy t-shirt i very much thought it had something to do with the military. I even made up a story somewhere along the lines of it being more traditional than the new navy.", "score": 266 }, { "body": "I used to honestly believe, during the first season of the program, as a child that when someone was voted off of Survivor, the crew of the show would take them out back and kill them. \n\nWhy else would they call it Survivor?", "score": 229 }, { "body": "I thought that the turn signal would switch lanes for you until I learned to drive. When I first drove on the highway, I asked my dad how to make it do that, because I still had to do it manually.", "score": 211 }, { "body": "Somewhat coincidental, I could not verbally or mentally distinguish between \"Lawyer\" and \"Liar\" as a child.", "score": 209 }, { "body": "When I was 3-4 I though everything in the past was black and white and only recently everything turned to colors... ", "score": 175 }, { "body": "When I was little, I didn't understand that religion was an important, personal thing. I would ask other people what religion they were as if I was asking their favorite football team. \"You're catholic?? COOL! I'm Christian!\" I really just thought like they were some sort of club for fun. This continued until middle school.", "score": 167 }, { "body": "I was born on St. Patrick's Day and my parents told me the parades were all for me ( a little conceited for me to believe but I was 7) when I turned 8 my sister , not so nicely, explained that they were for St. Patrick's Day and not for me. I was crushed. For about 5 minutes. Then I opened my presents :)", "score": 166 }, { "body": "I thought the reason planes traveled faster than other modes of transportation didn't have to do with speed but because of how high in the air they are. Everything below looked small and I guess I thought being high in the air somehow made the distance shorter?\n\nI thought \"clapter\" was a word meaning \"applause.\"", "score": 153 }, { "body": "I was told as a child (can't remember who by), that those fish logo's meant the person was a member of the angling association. I always wondered why it was such a popular hobby. I believed this till I was about 20.", "score": 139 }, { "body": "Once on DuckTales, the Beagle Boys were disguised as the nephews and looking for Uncle Scrooge's money. One of them lifts a rug, finds a safe, and says \"I found the jackpot\" or something like that. I thought safes were called \"jackpots\" for a while. ", "score": 135 }, { "body": "In the Catholic mass, there's a line where you say, \"Only say the word and we shall be healed.\"\n\nAs a kid, I thought it was, \"Only say the word, and we shall behave.\"\n\nFrankly, I like my way better.", "score": 132 }, { "body": "When I was younger I thought the jesus fish was just another logo for a surfing/swimwear brand because we had a huge fad over here of putting decals/sticker on your car for brands like that (Roxy. Billabong, Quicksilver)", "score": 114 }, { "body": "I lived in a Naval base town in the South, and there was a commissary nearby that my family always went to. They built a CVS right next to it; for some reason I never managed to separate the words and called the CVS a 'pharmasary' instead of a pharmacy.\n\nNobody corrected me until I was 16.", "score": 104 }, { "body": "Probably going to be lost in the comments, but here it goes. \nAfter watching Disney's Aladdin, at age sis I thought lamp was synonimous for genie in the lamp. So when I was first taken to a subway I asked my mom if the subway had lamps, she said that they did, she emphasized that the had thousands. 6 year old me though holysgiholyshitwhatamigoingtowishforfirst? I started seriously thinking that I would want a lifetime supply of gum. As we're going downstairs and into the subway, me seeing no \"magical\" lamps I'm really confused. I asked my mom where are the thousand lamps? She, with a shit eating grin points to the ceiling to a lamp covered in spider webs. That's the day both my childhood ended and I realized that I was a dumb fucking kid.", "score": 99 }, { "body": "When I was a child I had no idea how reproduction worked... I thought all women and female species were born with babies inside of them, and when they all reached a certain age, they just gave birth. Our first dog was a female beagle named Ginger and after her first heat, my mom made an appointment to get her spayed. I asked my mom what that meant and she told me it was to make sure our dog never had babies.\n\nI went around telling EVERYONE I knew that we were taking Ginger to the vet to take the babies out of her. My mother got a call from a concerned mother that her son was telling people that we were taking our dog in for a canine abortion. ", "score": 96 }, { "body": "Growing up in the 80's... [\"How do you spell relief? R-O-L-A-I-D-S\"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgw-oOzZNCU) \n\nMy child mind grew up thinking that was the way to spell that word.", "score": 89 }, { "body": "I thought goats were murderous beasts from hell ever since the incident when I was five\n\nI was fucking right", "score": 80 }, { "body": "I'm a dude, I have one brother and no sisters. When I saw ads on TV for pads (specifically the feminine hygiene product), I thought they were shoe insoles specifically for women. When they kept talking about absorbancy and showing liquid on them getting absorbed rather than escaping, I assumed women must have had uniquely sweaty feet that required these devices.\n\nLater, I learned the truth, but not entirely. I thought that tampons and pads were the same thing, and tampons were merely rolled-up pads for easier storage (based on their shape).", "score": 80 }, { "body": "I used to believe food (Cheeses and other non animal based foods) were animals and I would apologize to them before eating them, I don't know why I did this.", "score": 77 }, { "body": "I grew up in Salt Lake City. So when someone mentioned going to church or talked about church at all, I assumed they were referring to the lds church (which I was a part of). Needless to say I had a huge culture shock when I moved out of state and into a house located next to a Sihk family!", "score": 73 }, { "body": "In my town there was a 'pedestrian crossing' sign that was abbreviated to 'ped xing' and For more or less my entire childhood I could not for the life of me figure out what this meant. It honestly took me about ten years to figure it out, and when I did I felt really stupid. Oh well.", "score": 67 }, { "body": "When I was younger , every time I watched a movie where they showed the same character as a child and adult I thought they filmed the actor as a child, waited 10 years and then filmed the rest of the movie. ", "score": 67 }, { "body": "I also thought that the universally-understood ban on \"drinking and driving\" referred to any liquid, and was horrified to see my mother enjoying bottled water in the car from time to time.", "score": 66 }, { "body": "When I was quite young I was driving with my dad, and we passed a cop parked on the side of the road. Not us, but another car went past the cop and appeared to be speeding. My dad was looking at the cop car and said “oh that guy is in trouble, the cop has his gun out” What he meant was that the cop had his radar gun out and was going to pull the guy over…. However what six year old me heard was, if you are speeding and pass a cop, they will take out their hand gun and shoot you” For several years after I freaked out if I saw someone driving me was speeding!", "score": 63 }, { "body": "When I was a little kid (about 4 or so) I didn't want tot get out of the bath because I loved water and was having fun. My grandma got impatient and told me that she was going to unplug the bathtub and if I didn't get out fast enough I would be sucked down into the plumbing and never get out. \n\nTook showers from then on. ", "score": 62 }, { "body": "Going to church as a kid, during the Lord's prayer, whenever the priest said \"Hallowed be thy name,\" I thought he was saying \"Harold be thy name.\" \n\nThus, the whole Jesus H. Christ made complete sense to me whenever I heard an older person say it. \n\nJesus Harold Christ. ", "score": 58 }, { "body": "I thought Help Wanted signs really meant that someone needed Help because a wrongdoer was wanted for his crimes.\n\nNow I realize that some of these youngins here have never seen a \"HELP WANTED\" sign in their lives.", "score": 54 }, { "body": "having grown up in a small prairie town, I thought that Winnipeg was big city.\n\nboy was i surprised when i visited Paris.\n", "score": 52 }, { "body": "I couldn't understand why everybody was so afraid of tomato season when I was younger. Then I realized it was *tornado* season. I also confused the words cuticles and testicles a lot, leading to some very strange conversations with my mother about pushing my testicles down (I'm a girl).\n\nBonus: Not me, but my younger step sister kept pronouncing it \"turch\" instead of \"church.\" For at least 2 years she was doing this, and I finally asked her why she said it that way. She thought the cross was a \"T.\"", "score": 50 }, { "body": "In a similiar vein, I thought toyota's were called \"lately's\" because of the jingle in their adverts at the time \"Have you driven a toyota... LATELY!!\" ", "score": 45 }, { "body": "I remember I used to think the maxi pads were like diapers for my mom and sisters. As in they could walk around and piss in them whenever they wanted to. (I feel crazy now for thinking that wearing adults diapers was fun lol) I was bitter about this since I had to give up my awesome pull-ups, so late one night, I snuck into my mom's bathroom and put on the maxi pad, with the adhesive side on my skin, and then went back to bed. Not only was I covered in piss later, it also hurt like hell to peel that damned pad off :( ", "score": 41 }, { "body": "For the longest time when i was little, i thought it was Duck Tape and not Duct Tape. Like i thought it was made for ducks...... >.>", "score": 40 }, { "body": "When I was a wee Brit around 1994, there were often news reports about the Bosnian War. These reports often showed scenes of violence in Eastern Europe interspersed with pictures of the Houses of Parliament in London, where I imagine MPs were discussing the conflict. As a result, my four-year-old mind thought that the Houses of Parliament were known as \"Bosnia\", a factoid which stayed with me for an embarrassingly long time.", "score": 39 }, { "body": "I was 16 when I suddenly realized that my parents had been making up the whole \"child-rearing\" thing as they went along. I'd always vaguely assumed that a nurse gave them a comprehensive user's guide or something before they took me home from the hospital.", "score": 34 }, { "body": "If I don't wear underwear my testicles will enlarge. \n\nEdit: When I was younger I didn't like to underwear, my dad being a doctor showed me pictures of enlargeable testicles and told me that's what happens. \nSide note, I am scared of putting my laptop on my laps. I think with men not matter what age we have to worry about our testicle/testicles. ", "score": 22 }, { "body": "When my daughter was little, she saw one of those Jesus fish emblems, but with a cross on it, [kind of like this one,](http://www.vinyldecals.com/images/magictoolbox_cache/5f28c37a413444344ea9353183a09685/1401/original/e7f044a4d18af2935552985d3d53e194.jpg) and asked \"Why is there a dead fish on that car?\"", "score": 22 }, { "body": "This will probably get buried but whatever. When I was a kid, I thought there was only one of every street, like, every Oak St was actually one Oak St. There was only one Broadway St that went through every town in America. I was probably 5 years old and have no idea how I thought this was possible.", "score": 22 }, { "body": "1. I used to think that actors in commercials were on standby and had to perform the commercials the same and live every time they aired.\n\n2. I only just recently (before the homosexual issue) learned that it's pronounced Chic-fil-Ayyyy, not Chic-fil-uhhh. I'm 39.", "score": 21 }, { "body": "As a kid I caught a silly idea from TV where doctors and nurses were always going on about how \"The patient's pulse is too low!\" or \"He has no pulse!\"\nSo I thought \"pulse\" was some sort of medicine, and when playing doctor I would make sure to prescribe my patients/victims lots of pulse. ", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I remember not understanding how rocket ships broke through the earth's crust once they were in the air. Yep, I thought we lived inside of the earth for some reason.", "score": 14 }, { "body": "This is a minor one, but as a kid I thought that \"Cross-Country Runners\" were actually runners that ran across the country. That's why I was always so surprised when my mom asked me if I wanted to do that in High-school. \"No, mom, what are you trying to do, kill me?\"", "score": 14 }, { "body": "The Gusher commercials back in the 90's scared the crap out of me. I must have been about 5 or 6, but when my mom went to buy Gushers at the store I panicked and started crying screaming, \"I DON'T WANT MY HEAD TO TURN INTO A FRUIT!\"\n\nI like to think I've smartened up since then..", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Have you ever heard of the deli brand Farmer John? When I was 7 or so, I thought that was parmesan cheese, due to the sound similarity...", "score": 12 }, { "body": "In 6th grade I applied for class bailiff. I thought it was under vice president. I got so confused as to why my teacher always asked ME to take kids to detention/principals office. Didn't understand the words meaning until freshman year watching judge Judy", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I was under the impression that all black people came from America because I watched so many American movies. I'm not sure when I realized that Africa was much closer to Poland than the US and most, if not all, blacks in Poland were from Africa.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "While living in Denver I heard my parents mention that we lived in a Condiminium while driving across town (miss rabbit ears), so for days at school I asked kids if they lived in \"condoms\". Needless to say, two weeks later I realized my mistake when my parents choked on their beer and laughed for half an hour.\n", "score": 12 }, { "body": "In my mind, Jesus only had one leg... Looking at a cross, there's a spot for a head and two arms...and 1 leg.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "When I was 5 we had someone from the Chicago Bulls come in and talk to our school. I ended up (somehow) winning an autographed picture of the team and they told me if I slept with it under my pillow I'd turn into Phil Jackson. I was terrified of turning into an old man over night, so I hid the picture under the bleachers at school.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I come from a Hispanic family. My grandparents would only speak Spanish, my parents, aunts and uncles could speak Spanish and English, all of my siblings and cousins could only speak English. I thought you learned Spanish magically with age until you could only speak Spanish and could no longer speak English after about 70.\n \nI'm no sure how old I was, I know it was early elementary school, so I'm guessing no older than 8 when I came to this conclusion.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Until I was around 5, I thought that in every country, there was a version of me. Like, Chinese me, Thai, American, Iraqi etc.\n\nI was not a clever child.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "That there are 2 goals on a soccer field, until I was 3 or 4 I only saw it on TV, so when I went to an soccer field for the first time I was stunned.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "One summer two large trees in our back yard died. When fall came, I thought that all of the trees were dying.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I thought Rosh Hashanah was some sort of Jewish leader, and the celebration was for his / her birthday till about one year ago. I'm 31.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I thought seahorses were the size of land horses. Firstly, I had never seen them in context next to anything else, and also Spongebob was shown riding one, and I guess I assumed he was person-sized. When I went to the aquarium, I kept asking why the seahorses were so damn small.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "There's a really small farming community near where I grew up, called Lebanon. My dad grew up there, and we'd often go to church there, or just drive through the country.\n\nOn the news, whenever there was fighting in \"Lebanon,\" I was always like, \"wait but we were JUST there?! What happened????\"", "score": 11 }, { "body": "One time my family was at dinner and my mom suggested I get a filet mignon. I had no idea what a yon was, but the flaming part intrigued me. I was a little disappointed when it was just a steak.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I thought God was *a fact* and lived in the Sun. My parents weren't even religious. I just heard what God was and went 'oh okay'. No idea where I got the Sun thing from...\n\nEDIT: I commented because of the sun thing. Not saying believing in God is stupid.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I used to be confused by the motor homes that pulled your car behind them. I always thought the car was pushing the motor home, and could never understand how the guy saw where he was going (I was real little at the time, too short to see there wasn't a driver). Drug stores also confused the hell out of me. I remember D.A.R.E. beating the words \"drugs are evil\" into my skull, and my town had local pharmacies that actually said drug store on the signs/buildings, and I was like \"how the hell do they get away with it?\" When I learned that medicines are drugs, I pretty much decided on the spot that D.A.R.E. was retarded, because I couldn't reconcile the two ideas.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for Richard stanz ...who the hell is Richard stanza? ", "score": 10 }, { "body": "When I was younger (age 4 maybe) I didn't know the phrase \"Are you telling a story?\" meant \"Are you lying?\" I just thought I was telling adults what happened...\n\nI got in trouble all the time for things I didn't do and had no idea why.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "When I took my first bus rides, I was wondering how the people were moving by us without falling over. I thought we were standing still.\n\nWhen I was only about five, and taken for a drive, I looked at the fire escapes and wondered how you walked upside down after you got to the bottom of a stairs and then how you didn't bang your head against the lower stairs while walking upside down. I didn't see that there was space to turn on the landing and go back to the other side before heading down the next stairs.\n\nI've refined my understanding of the three dimensional world since then.\n", "score": 9 }, { "body": "When I was 5 or 6 I remember asking my mom why she got to be an adult and I had to be a kid. I actually thought you were either born a kid or an adult and you stayed that way. Don't ask me why I thought that.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "when i was a kid i was on a constant search for a bicentennial quarter stamped the year i was born.. (1974)", "score": 9 }, { "body": "When I was little and people got shot in Westerns I thought they really died. My younger mind rationalised this by deciding that the people were suicidal and had volunteered to be shot on television. I was strange child.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "My dad used to put beers in the freezer for ten minutes before drinking them and set the oven timer to remind him to take it out. \n\nFor years I thought he was putting the beers in the oven :( ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I've posted this on here before, but when I was a kid, whenever we would drive past a strip club with a huge XXX on it I would ask \"Can we go to the Tic-Tac-Toe club?!\"\n", "score": 9 }, { "body": "The alphabet...... \nI always thought, what the hell was so special about \"P\" why was it called \n\n\"Elemeno P\"", "score": 9 }, { "body": "My Girlfriend thought that each chapter in a book was a mini adventure and you could just jump around and read them in any order.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "My father was a nurse in the military, so when he was stationed in Saudi Arabia and my mom told me he he was in infantry... I assumed he was delivering babies overseas ;>_>", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I thought being a cashier must be the coolest job in the world because everyone gives them money to keep.\n\nYeah, no.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "When I was a kid, my mom told me not to stick my fingers in my vajayjay, and I assumed that's because if you stuck your fingers in there and pulled what was in there out, you'd become a boy and would grow a penis. I was scared to do this until I was like ten because I thought I'd have a penis and my parents would be mad at me.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I never really thought much of the Jesus fish things until my early teens when I saw the Seinfeld episode where elaine dates the religious guy and borrows his car. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "My dad told me that I'd often sing one-line medleys of songs that I'd hear in TV ads for music compilations.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "My Dad and Mom always drive 3-5 mph over the speed limit. I always thought there was a grace period, and although this is sort of true, the cops can still pul you over. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "When I was five or six someone told me that an odd number plus an odd number is always even, etc., and I 100% believed that my life's purpose was to be the person that discovered the first case of an odd number plus an even number being even.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I don't know why I thought this, but for some reason I never thought I could be bigger than my brother because he was older than me. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I used to think the black market was an actual place. I generally assumed it was in one of the London underground stations that required a speak-easy-esque password for entrance. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "When I was nine, I decided that I needed to ask my mom a few questions to fully comprehend something. We were driving along in the car, when I said from the back seat, \"Mom, I know everything about sex.\" \n\nShe's very surprised to hear this from her nine-year-old, and replies, \"Oh you do?\"\n\nI tell her, \"Yea, Jessie (my 14 y/o cousin) showed me a book about it. And it had pictures.\" \n\n\"Oh.\" My mom sounded horribly concerned.\n\n\"I know that women have eggs like chickens. And men have sperm like flower pollen. She went over this with me. I know women have vaginas, and men have penises that hang off of them.\"\n\n\"Oh, okay. Well--,\" mom started trying to do some damage control.\n\n\"I know that sperm fertilizes eggs. And this makes a baby.\" Mom's eyes were super big at this point, but I continued, \"I know ALL about it, Mom. It makes a lot of sense. But there is one thing I don't understand-- one thing that I need you to explain...\"\n\nMom warily replies, \"Okaay..\"\n\n\"How does the man's sperm get to the woman's egg at all??\" I was so confused. My mom's face lightened, and she started to laugh. I took this as a cue that I should already have thought of the reason, so I immediately offered up the one method I could think of to make procreation possible. \"SURGERY?\"\n\nWe then had the talk.\n\nMom still, to this day, calls Jessie out at family gatherings for teaching a 9 y/o about sex in such technical terms.\n\nTL;DR: I thought that sperm had to be surgically placed near a woman's egg in order to make a baby. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I always thought that the sign they use to show that a parking space is for disabled people ([this one](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2n4sOP-Vd6I/UBc8B2DDtSI/AAAAAAAABIc/lxLNd8uBL30/s1600/0808-0806-1217-1554.jpg)) was a picture of a man sitting on a toilet. I thought that those spaces were for people who *really* need to shit, so that they don't have to walk as far to the bathroom. I thought it was sensible.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I grew up in a conservative household thinking that hypocrite meant the same thing as democrat until I was about 10 years old.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "The dialect of Spanish I speak is not Mexican/Chicano, so I was unfamiliar with the word Burrito. Burro means Donkey, and adding \"-ito\" to the end of a noun or name means it is small or infant like. So when introduced to Burritos in the Southwest of the United States, I thought people were eating little donkeys. \n", "score": 7 }, { "body": "When I was about 8, my 17 year old uncle was baby sitting me. He had a few friends over and they were all hanging out on the back porch passing a joint around.. I came out to ask him to put another ninja turtles vhs in and noticed they were smoking this thing and passing it around. He came inside and I was like \"Uncle Mike, are you and your friends really poor?\" He laughed and asked why.. to which I replied \"Well, you obviously cant even afford your own cigarettes, you all had to pitch in for one and share it!\" He died laughing, I was not amused. until about 10 years later..\n\nTLDR: I thought my uncle and his friends were too poor to afford their own cigarettes, and had to share one. it was a joint.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "When I was very little growing up in Oklahoma, I thought the [OU logo](http://www.alvineconnect.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Ou-Logo-In-Box1.jpg) was a fancy, stylized 'Q'. I didn't know why there was Qs on things, I guess I thought they were just there for decoration.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "In 1986 I moved (at age 6) from a small Idaho mountain town to a midwest city of about 50,000 people. \n\nDriving into town for the first time I saw a big yellow sign that said \"Subway\". \n\nYears later I realized my town just sold sandwiches and had no public transportation. Disappoint.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I thought everyone's parents took a bath together every night....kind of like how they would sleep in the same bed. After dinner, my parents would go their bedroom to take a bath, and as I grew older, they would tell me to answer the phone and take a message if it rang. You see where this is going. For years, people would call and ask to speak to my mom or dad, and I would say, \"they are taking a bath.\"\n\nFinally one of my mother's friends told her what I had said, and my mom explained it to me. I was actually old enough by then to have a *facepalm moment.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "In movies, I used to legitimately think that when someone died, they were actually killed. I actually cried at the end of Star Wars: Episode I as a child because I thought they actually fucking cut the guy who played Darth Maul in half. For some reason I never noticed that a lot of movies have the same actors.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "When I was younger I thought that rain was called fecking rain because every time my father looked out the window when it was raining he would sigh and say \"Fecking rain again\". Called it fecking rain until I was about 10.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "When I was much younger my father always used to say \"There's a draught coming in, close the door.\" Whenever he said \"Draught\", I misconcieved it as the word \"Giraffe\". Until about the age of ten I wondered why I never saw the giraffe in my house.\n \nAt around the same time I thought the word \"Fog\" was \"Frog\". As I was too low down to see out the window in the car I always wondered where all the frogs were, and felt very left out as frogs were by far my favourite animal.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I belived up until recently that french fries were made directly from the potato.\nIt just doesn't feel the same to get those autobahn fries anymore..", "score": 5 }, { "body": "These are my sister's, but I thought they were worth sharing. She thought that all babies shared the same birthday. Her birthday is on Halloween so she thought that it was a holiday because all the babies were born that day. She also thought that black and white movies were shot when the world was still black and white. Pleasantville-style. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I grew up in the city. Our next door neighbor was the alderman of public works. Until I was about 10 I thought it only snowed on the grass on our street, as I'd never seen any in the actual street. Other streets in town had plenty, but not ours. I thought we were so lucky to have bought a house in a part of town were it didn't snow in the street. \n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Not mine, but a friends story:\nHe grew up in a small town in Maine where everyone was white.\nWhile visiting an outer city mall at age 5, he saw a black man walking towards them and shouted, \"It's Michael Jordan, mom! Look!\"", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I used to think that after you got a vasectomy that nothing came out when you had an orgasm. I thought dust would just shoot out like when you start up an old car.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "This is really embarrassing but when I was a kid I would watch tv and see all these shows that took place in California. Surfers, the beach, everyone super tan. So I totally wanted to move to CA. Much later I realized that I do live in CA, just in the sucky part. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I thought a thesaurus was a dinosaur for the longest time. I also thought proverbs were a part of speech, like adverbs.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Until the age of 12, I thought that everyone was horrified of going home because their stepdad would beat them every day after school. I could never understand why everyone was always so happy.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I used to listen to news reports of Guerrilla wars in Africa and wondered why people would give weapons to gorillas ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I thought you needed that store bought pancake mix to make pancakes. It never occurred to me that pancakes could me made from scratch until my wife did it last weekend. I was mystified. I'm 26 years old.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I thought that the people that made ambulances didn't know how to write it properly, as they always printed the mirror image on the front. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I had no idea what the Jesus fish was and just thought people were really into the [New England Aquarium](http://bostonaquariumcoupons.com/wp-content/uploads/boston-aquarium-coupons-2.jpg)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I thought \"No drinking and driving\" meant ANYTHING. When my mom would drink a soda or any beverage while driving I would say, \"You are drinking and driving so the cops are going to get you!\" ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I thought that drinking from the opposite side of the glass really *would* cure my hiccups; I didn't realize it was something that people told you just to trick you into doing something that made you look stupid.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Every time we'd be waiting at a red light my mom would say \"I'm sick of waiting. Light, change!\" and it would. I thought my mom controlled traffic lights until I was about 13. It wasn't until then that I realized she would just watch the other lights change and knew the traffic pattern. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "This isn't really a misconception, but a stupid moment. I remember when my friends and I first got cell phones. I was hanging out with one of them and he got a call on his phone. He pulled out the phone and it said \"Dad\" on the screen. I spent a few moments wondering how he got my dad's number and why he was talking to him. Then I felt like an idiot. Sometimes it's still a split-second reaction.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I used to think that a quarter of an hour actually meant 25 minutes. \nmy 3rd grade mind assumed: \"well since a quarter of a dollar is 25, doesn't that mean that an hour is 100 minutes, so a quarter is also 25?\" ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "When you used to be able to buy empty VCR cassettes to record whatever was on the TV I really used to think that you could watch whatever video you wanted just by spelling the name out on the cassette with the little alphabet stickers they gave you.\nSome days I'd be so frustrated I'd be sick because all I wanted to do in the world was watch the Lion King but could never seem to spell it right. \n\nWeird little kid I was.\n\nAnother one was where my father told me that the ice cream man only plays his music when he's all out of ice cream. But apparently everyone's dad has told them that at some stage. Horrible people.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I didn't really get the idea of actors properly. I knew that stuff on TV wasn't actually happening, but I thought that the actors stayed in that role all their life. Seeing a TV actor in two different shows didn't make sense... :(", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I would worry every time my dad drank a soda in the car since you're not suppose to drink and drive. \n\nI also thought dramatic reenactments on things like America's Most Wanted were real and always wondered why the person with the camera wouldn't do anything to stop it. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "When I heard that peace keepers were ambushed and killed by Gorillas, I though it was actually gorillas and couldn't believe soldiers were killed by wild animals. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "When I was really young I couldn't grasp how video was stored on tape and was always so confused about how the VCR knew what movie to play when I put the tape in.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "My childhood bathroom had textured linoleum floors, and when I would sit on the toilet pondering life at age six, I often saw images in the shadows of the textured tiles (an alligator, an angry poodle, etc.) I thought the Native Americans had carved messages in the tiles for me to discover.\n\nApparently, that's not the case.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "My dad is called Gerard and my mother is called Geraldine so I always assumed people's parents were the masculine and feminine of each other; Denis and Denise, Robert and Roberta etc. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I am not ashamed to say it took me 25 years to realize the song \"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus\" was not about some kid's whore-of-a-mom cheating on his dad.\n\nOkay.. maybe a little ashamed. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I thought being fired from a job literally meant FIRED. As in circus style shot from a legitimate cannon. Dont know how i ever figured out this theory. I was a potato of a six year old.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I am Russian bear. Taught to unicycle at young age. I was surprised to find most bears don't unicycle.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I thought the Black Market was a real place, where people could buy illegal stuff. I always wondered why the police never did anything. Then I realized that's not what it meant.\n\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "My own:\n\nWhen I was a kid I thought when people kissed on TV they weren't actually kissing, it was just made to look that way with special effects or something. My mom laughed at me when I asked her if the people kissing on TV were really kissing. (On a related note, in my 20's I had a very sheltered, naive friend who thought the people in porn movies weren't actually having sex, they just made it look that way.)\n\nMy son:\n\nWhen my son was little, he got a kick out of burping, and my husband and I would often say \"pig!\" when he burped (as in 'you're being a...'). I didn't know he thought burps were called 'pigs.' One night he wasn't feeling good and was having those nasty, warm, sulfur-y burps, and he told me he was \"having hot pigs.\" It took me a few minutes to figure out what the hell he was talking about.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I thought that when a watch said it was \"Water Resistant 25 meters\" it meant that you could only swim a lap or so before you had to get out of the pool.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Used to eat pimento cheese sandwiches for lunch a lot. Naturally, I thought pimento cheese = lunch. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Only because my dad couldn't explain it to me. \n\n\nhttp://www.roadtrafficsigns.com/img/md/K/Slow-Blind-Curve-Ahead-Sign-K-9010.gif", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I never realized the D in the Disney logo was a D. I don't know what I thought it was, but I honestly didn't realize this until I saw a facebook post about it in high school.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As a left handed person that moved to the US from Belgium at about four years old, growing up I thought that your chirality had to do with where you were born. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "There is a car dealer that is called Passport instead of someone's last name, etc. So Passport BMW, Passport VW. They put licences plate frames with just Passport on them. I thought this served as an actual passport if you drove to Canada or Mexico.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My friend thought you peed out of your vagina.. After discussing the female anatomy for a bit, I still wasn't sure if she believed me.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was in middle school, I thought that if I loved my crush hard enough, eventually she would *have* to love me back.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I'm from Texas. I was 19 years-old before I knew that you could buy a car without air conditioning. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I had seen pictures of sperm as a child (i think i saw a clip of \"look who's talking\", and knew they were involved in the baby making process, but was quite confused on exactly how. I assumed that \"the fishies\" were passed by kissing, then went to the \"belly\". Now I know they go down the throat to AVOID pregnancy.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I used to think \"Brought to you\" was one word, \"Brothou\", that meant \"to sponsor.\" As in \"this show is brothoued by Tide Detergent.\" I heard it so much during daytime tv, the words jumbled together in my mind. It was a revelation when I realized the truth. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "A girl I knew in 9th grade told me that she really liked The Beatles' song \"Take the back right turn\".\n\n\"Uh, that's 'Paperback Writer'\" said I. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I always thought English was the only language that could be used to learn other languages. I could not fathom how Germans might learn English because, you know, it made no sense to me. My girlfriend's first language was Chinese but the time we met, I had already realized that I was once a silly little dolt.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was first learning to read, I was standing in line at some buffet like Golden Corral or similar. I looked up and saw the word 'beverages', I turned to my mom and dad and asked them, 'what's a beaver bag?' I still hear about it 25 years later.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was young and my dad would watch football, I would hear them say they were bringing on the \"Special Teams.\" I thought that \"Special Teams\" were for mentally disabled players to feel like they were playing real professional football, kind of like how they sometimes let peewee hockey teams play between periods in the NHL for fun.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I used to think it was hilarious to add an \"I\" into the space between the two words in \"TO LET\" signs.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My dad took me to Top Gun in the theater and told me there were lots of dog fights. I kept waiting for the dogs to fight.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As a kid in Texas, I thought the [Toyota logo](http://www.yourlogocollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Toyota_logo-316x300.jpg) was just an outline of a guy wearing a cowboy hat. I'm still not entirely convinced I'm wrong...", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My mother told me that Rumble strips on the road were so blind people knew where their lanes were. Believed this one for a while, I mean they have braille on atms.\n\nAlso believed when my mom used to say \"moms are magic\" because how else did she know that Heman didn't really come out of the TV and break my toys while she was gone? She saw right through my flawless fibs. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Growing up in rural Kansas, I thought \"nigger kickers\" were just another word for \"cowboy boots.\" I never heard the word used in any other context. When we moved to suburban Chicago, my dad wallpapered my room with a map of the world. I saw the country Niger and thought, \"Hey, that's where my boots come from!\" On the first day of fifth grade, the teacher asked us to introduce ourselves and I ended with \"...and my boots come from nigger!\"\n\nI was not a popular child.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My mom has a rather strong southern drawl. She used to refer to the piece of furniture in my room that had drawers of clothes in them as a \"chester drawer\". It wasn't until last year that I learned it was a \"chest of drawers\" which makes way more sense...", "score": 3 }, { "body": "For years I thought that Willie Nelson was my uncle. My great grandfather was in Honeysuckle Rose with Willie so my child's brain must have somehow registered the other characters as family. \n\nWhen I was ten, I really thought hard about it, asked my dad, and changed my mind after he laughed so hard. \n\nStill, to this day, I feel some kind of affinity to Uncle Willie and secretly wish it were true. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I swore that the Greeks were from Italy and the Romans simply took their place. I had no idea Greece was an entirely separate country, and still existed, until I was 15 in AP World History... Seriously blew my mind.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was young we went to a farm and they told us how the chickens sat on the eggs kept them warm and a little chick came out. I wanted one for myself, so when I got home I took an egg from the fridge and put it in my bed with the pillows and blankets against the wall. Well my bed slid away from the wall and the egg hit ground. I thought if I didn't say anything the problem would take care of itself. It didn't. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was younger I was concerned as to why big bird only moved one of his arms. I confided in my sweet loving father and he told me the truth, that big bird had a stroke and was paralyzed on that side. I believed him for a long time. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Misconceptions should have been my middle name...\n\n* An anus is a person's butt, not penis/vagina\n* Just because all the urinals are in one big area, does not mean guys go in there to have a pissing party.\n* You can't dig a hole to China. No matter how hard or long you're out there with a shovel, ya ain't gettin' there.\n* Nope, the traffic lights aren't controlled by control rooms filled with people pressing buttons and making the lights switch. :(\n* **One girl played two characters in The Parent Trap??!?!?**\n* Paper is not made by slicing wood *very* thin\n* Banks legitimately have millions of dollar bills in every single \"account cell.\".... not.\n* Barney was real. I didn't care what those other kids said, that purple dinosaur was REAL.\n* I used to think that you could pull out all your ear wax and make it into a candle just as Shrek did in his first movie.\n\nAaaand that's all I can think of right now... I might add more later.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "On road trips, I never realized those large plastic bins some families had on their car's roof was for luggage (to protect from the elements). Until I was 10 or so, I was convinced that other families had mobile jacuzzis on the roof of their cars.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I didn't think ladies masturbated because they had nothing to hold onto. \n\nThough it should be said that at the time, I thought masturbation was just holding onto your wiener for a really long time. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was a teen and just starting to get into film, I heard about the film *My Dinner With Andre*, and upon hearing that Wally Shawn was in it (knowing him from Toy Story and Clueless), immediately assumed that the titular Andre was Andre the Giant.\n\nTotally logical! They were in *The Princess Bride* together! Even though I love the movie as is, I would looooove to see the one I thought it was.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I thought the song \"Roxanne\" was about the girl who is in charge of changing the traffic lights, and the Police didn't want her to \"put on the red light\" because they were in a hurry to go catch the bad guys. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was a kid, I got in a fight with another kid. The teacher came over and told us to 'kiss and make up.' I thought she said 'kiss in makeup' and for weeks I was terrified that I was going to have to put on makeup and kiss him.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Today I found out i've been writing Q's wrong my whole life (17). I've always put the slash on the left side instead of the right. Im not sure how I didn't learn this sooner. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My dad made me believe that the reason he married my mom was because she had won a race between 20 other women in hopes of marrying him. I believed it until I was 11 years old.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I thought that having sex was pooping and peeing in your partner's mouth until a baby popped out.\n\nYeah...I don't even know.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As a very young kid I understood the world revolved around me. So you didn't really exists unless you were interacting with me some how. It wasn't until someone was telling me about their day till I released people did stuff without me.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Growing up in central Texas, I never really saw snow. So I always thought the song \"I'm...dreaming...of a white...Christmas...just like the ones I used to know\" was a really racist song, sung from the perspective of a white dude lamenting the loss of segregated holidays. That song bothered me for the first 11 years of my life, until I learned of its actual meaning.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I thought that \"liking\" someone else was completely random. I remember liking a girl in 6th grade, and I was sad because my class was around 30 students, so I knew that the chance of her liking me back was very small. \n\nI was always amazed at how many people got married because the \"chance\" of two people liking each other seemed to be so small. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "the song \"Smoke two joints\" by Sublime. I thought the lyrics where \"Spoke to Joyce\". I had an aunt who was named Joyce and she use to smoke. so \"I spoke to Joyce in the morning, I spoke to Joyce at night. I spoke to Joyce in the afternoon, It makes me fell alright\" \"Smoke Cigarettes till the day she dies\". It sounded like there was a song about my aunt.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As a little kid I loved Taco Bell. When I was around 4-8 I asked for my tacos with supreme on them. What I meant was sour cream, but my parents just went along with it. Until the day I went with my friend and his dad. I still get jokes about that, and on top of that my moms a teacher and tells all her students the story. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Both sets of my grandparents were named Jack and Louise.\n\nI was 10 before my dad realized why I was referring to any old people by my grandparent's names.\n\nI honestly believed in my heart that you changed your name when you hit 50.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "*Technically my brother, but still thought I'd share it.*\n\nGrowing up, my family and I always watched [Kids Say the Darndest Things](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_Say_the_Darndest_Things). My town was excessively white and my older brother, not having seen many African Americans besides Bill Cosby, assumed that they were all called Bill.\n\nMy parents realized it one day when they went to the store and he started pointing to a group of people and shouting \"Bill! Bill! Look at all the Bills, mommy!!\"", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As a child i would always screw up my dad's music, singing \"Sad Patrol\" while Metallica's \"Sad But True\" would be in the cassette player.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I used to think that if I spit on the ground, I would be able to taste whatever my spit landed on. My mom is a sly bastard ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I used to think that if a car alarm went off that the car would explode. At one point when my car alarm did go off, I didn't look at my mom or my dad or try to save my sister. I bolted and didn't look back. I was not a brave boy.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I thought OJ Simpson killed that pageant girl Jon Benet Ramsey because the news coverage ran at about the same time when I was little. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I used to think that the laugh tracks on Scooby Doo came from a small microphone inside everyones television. I would scream and laugh my face off into the TV. For some reason, only to Scooby Doo. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "On getting in trouble, my nephew would be called by his first and middle names. \"Justin Paul, you get out of the dog's crate.\" \n\nSo when he got a bit older, assumed that appending 'Paul' meant that someone was being bad. If he saw me not throw away some garbage, he would say \"Korben Paul, throw that away\". Or when my brother would say some disparaging remark about someone, \"Daddy Paul, say sorry.\"\n\nIt was adorable.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "After hearing my grandfather talk about his health problems I thought *anal fissures* somehow had something to do with fishing for something in someones asshole\n\nAlso, when I was very young I heard the term *blow job* watching an adult movie but never found out what it was, a few months later my parents came home from shopping and my mother told me she had a job for me (which was to help her take in the groceries) and I yelled out \"hah yeah a blow job!\" and got the shit slapped out of me for about 45 seconds. My dad laughed so hard he cried and I still didn't find out what a blowjob was for a few more years.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was in Kindergarten, I overheard a conversation about someone using profanity. They had used \"every word in the book.\"\n\nI wanted to learn more cuss words, and wondered where this book was kept, and how I could get my hands on it.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "If you're Canadian....\n\nI thought the [\"B\" from \"the Bay\"](http://www.thebay.com/) was a G, like from [General Mills](http://www.generalmills.ca). \n\nI was wondering why everyone pronounced it The Bay when it was clearly The Gay.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I live in Poland, we're very catholic here. When I was a kid, I once asked my parents: \"Since the pope is so very rich, do his children swim in money?\". In public. My father laughed hysterically for a couple of minutes, my mother was extremely embarrassed and explained to me that pope does not have children. I then said \"He sure must be lonely swimming in that money alone\". My father had to sit down on a bench and was afraid he's going to get a heart attack of laughter.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was a kid I had a VERY overactive imagination, and apparently a problem with paying attention to what people told me. \nWe had all these abalone shells around the house, and one day I asked my dad what they were. While he was explaining it to me he said something along the lines of \"people dive for them\", which I misinterpreted as \"drive into them\". After that, I would sit and stare at the colorful part of the shell and try and figure out how people unlocked this seemingly magical world inside the shell. I had some pretty epic daydreams of figuring it out and exploring the abalone world. \n\n**tl;dr** confused diving FOR abalone shells for diving INTO abalone shells. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was pretty young (< 5 yrs old), I would see commercials on TV that said \"Call the number on your screen!\" I always thought they were referring to my screen door, and was really confused about what number they were referring to.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "when i was small and my grandma would take me to mc donalds, i would always ask them to hold the rice, because i thought the onions were rice.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was 11 or 12, I believed that if I touched a door knob that had been previously touched by someone with AIDS, then masturbated, I would contract AIDS as well. Needless to say, fapping was difficult, with lots of hand cleansing and avoiding touching door knobs and what not. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Growing up in a mostly white town, I was shocked to find out as a 4 year-old that black people really existed. Before, I assumed black people were made-up movie stuff, like Barney or dragons...", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was a kid, I never realized people actually believed in religion. I thought it was kinda like Santa Claus, like it's fun to pretend, and once you grow up and figure it out, you just pretend for the sake of the kids. When I was 7 I was at my grandma's Easter Dinner (everyone was VERY religious) and when I was alone with all the adults after church, I said \"Hehe just think one day in like 2000 years people will have a totally different religion, and they'll look back on us and laugh about how silly our whole 'Jesus' and 'God' thing was, the way we joke about the Egyptians\". Everyone was appalled and offended.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I used to think those feminine pads were just fancy tissues that my mom would only let her and my sister use.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My friend in school was Asian, but his grandparents had moved to Panama from China so their whole family spoke Spanish. I assumed Panama was a country in Latin America where everyone appeared Asian.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Since the national anthem was always played at baseball games, I thought it said \"Babe Ruth through the night\" instead of \"gave proof through the night\" (that our flag was still there). I thought this until I was about 8.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My wife had a moment of revelation last night while we were watching \"This Old House\". They were repairing a window, that the homeowner wanted to be able to open, removing paint, replacing the ropes to the windows, and all of a sudden my wife looks at me and saw \"And Threw Up the Sash! OMG I know what that means now!\"\n\nI'm looking over at her 0.o wtf are you talking about?\n\n\"In the Night Before Christmas, the line 'Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash' I didn't know what the \"Sash\" was till now!\"\n\nShe's 43.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I grew up in the Detroit Metro area, and I thought that it was an American thing to hate foreign cars. Like everybody sneered at the person driving a Civic or a Maxima.\n\nGo to pretty much any other city in the country and nobody gives a shit.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "We always had asparagus with hollandaise sauce for thanksgiving and christmas, but rarely at other meals. Therefore I thought it was Holidays sauce until I was probably 20 or so. \n\nWe would also say a very simple grace on holidays \"god is great, god is good, let us thank him for this food, amen\", and I guess one time when I was young (though it may have been my brother), I said \"But there is no lettuce on the table.\"", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I grew up in a trailer park and when our washing machine was on spin cycle the entire trailer shook. I just thought that everyone's house did that and it wasn't until I was about 14 and at a friend's house on laundry day that I found out it only happen to us trailer park folk.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "For the longest time, up until I was about 10 or 11, I referred to my parents by their first names. Everyone thought it was weird I didn't call them mom and dad, but I called them by their names because that's what everyone else called them. People thought I hated my parents. :(", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I used to think that history all happened at the same time. I thought that when the Roman Empire was conquering the world with their legions, somewhere else in the world cowboys, knights, and pirates were also doing their thing.\nWhen I would read books about the legions destroying all their foes, I wondered why they never fought against samurai, vikings, knights, etc.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I've always been a voracious reader, and have very rarely allowed myself to be stopped from reading based on what is \"appropriate to my level of reading.\" In second grade, I was reading one of my parents' sci-fi books and a character told another character to go sit on their ego. For the next five years or so, I just thought ego was a slightly nicer way of saying ass.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I always loved music and when I was 4-5 years old, I'd hear a song on the radio and a few minutes later I'd hear the same song on another radio station and I couldn't understand how the bands could get to the next radio station so fast to perform the song there too.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was a kid, growing up my parents use to always tell me at dinner, \"If you don't eat your meat, then you can't have any pudding!\". Sometimes one of their friends would chime in with, \"'Ow can you have any pudding, if you don't eat your meat!\" I always assumed it was just a bit of silly nonsense, until a few years later when I started listening to music, and realized they had been quoting Pink Floyd all of my life. I love my parents :D ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I thought my two male guinea pigs were playing \"tag- you're it!\" When really they were humping constantly.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "During the debate for Clinton's first term, my mother asked me who I wanted the president to be. I said Hitler because my dad was always watching the history channel, and all I saw was Hitler on a podium with tons of people going nuts for this guy. I thought he was an American because being that I was five or six at the time, America was as big as the world could be for me.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "So many things...\n-I had speech difficulties as a child, so my parents picked up the habit of just nodding their heads and saying \"uhuh\" whenever they couldn't understand me. One time I asked to blow out a candle, which my Mom properly understood. She said no, so I asked if it was because it would cause a tornado (little kid thoughts). She resorted to the \"uhuh\" when she didn't understand me, and I was left petrified of blowing out birthday candles for the next few years.\n-No parking signs are typically abbreviated to a crossed-out \"P\", so I always assumed those signs meant that the letter P wasn't allowed anywhere in the area.\n-I believed that girls gave birth and urinated out of their butts until 3rd grade\n-I thought that if you kissed a girl you then had to marry her\n-My parents are Christian and would often play this song that went \"Our God is an awesome god\", and I always interpreted it as \"Our dog is an awesome dog\"\n\nI'm sure I'll remember plenty more later, but those are ones that shoot to the top of my head.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "This won't be seen but hopefully someone gets a kick out of it.\n\nWhen i was a kid one of the local TV stations went out from time to time. It used to display a message that said something like, \"Technical Difficulties: Please Stand By\".\n\nI would stand next to the television and wait.... sometimes it would work.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was in elementary school, I thought girls had a separate bathroom because the boy's bathroom smelled bad.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I know this is going to get buried but here it goes. When I was a kid I didn't understand Down's Syndrom. There was a little girl in my school who had it and I just thought that is how she looked. Then my family moved from New York to Kansas (Army brat) and there was a older boy in the middle school who had it, and I thought he looked too similar to be a different person. This really threw me for a loop. So when I saw an adult with Down' Syndrom I was convinced there was something wrong. So I came to the conclusion that it was one person who was a time-traveling, teleporting, gender shifting monster hell-bent on destroying my family and me. I even got my little friends in on it and I remember sitting under the playground planning my escape from this monster. I had this theory all the way through elementary school as my continual moving allowed me to meet more forms of the beast. Didn't figure out how messed up it was until probably 5th grade. \nTl;DR I though people with Down's Syndrom were actually one shape shifting monster that wanted to kill me. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I used to think that don't drink and drive meant all types of drinks. I used to freak out whenever one of my parents drank water or coffee while driving.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Not as a kid, but something recent. I've only been a redditor for a handful of months now, and for the longest time, I thought some random person was going into different threads with the name [deleted] and typing \"deleted\" as a response. And I saw people creating a conversation from \"deleted\" an I would think to myself, \"wtf?\" \n\nBoy did that make me feel like a horses petute.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I pictured abortion as a woman with wires strapped snaking into her vagina that ended in a big red button with ABORT written on it. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "At age 10, my sisters convinced me that if I didn't get a period by age 13 I was going to die before I even turned 18. I'm a man and didn't know what a period was until age 12.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "This is for a friend, but her dad totally fucked with her when she was younger and let her figure it out. He told her that bologna (pronounced bah-low-nie) was made from the wild balogna (buh-log-na) of the west, a sort of mutant pig ox only common on the west coast and should be treated as a delicacy. I remember in 8th grade being disgusted by a balogna sandwich I had and her going into great detail about how I should feel lucky to have such a rare lunch....", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I thought the sherwin williams logo was a turkey, with paint being poured into it's empty head socket\nಠ\\_ಠ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I could not figure out where the letters L, M, N and O were in the alphabet song. I eventually figured it out in 7th grade when I volunteered at the local library.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was about 6 my dad sat me on his lap and had me control the steering wheel while he drove around the empty part of a cemetery. He asked me \"Okay, how do you make the car go straight?\" and I said \"Like this?\" and turned the wheel left and right in jerking motions. He's like \"What? No, you hold it straight.\" and I explained that that's how I saw him drive on the straight roads. \n\n\nHe's been in a lot of car accidents. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": ">7000 comments so probably no-one will see this, but anyway...\n\nI remember thinking that when filling up a glass with liquid, rather than spilling over the sides, it would just continue up in a column the shape of the glass.\n\nMy god I was stupid.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The song \"blow my whistle\" I used to think it was the literal meaning of the word \"whistle\" and wondered why such a childish song got on the radio >_> then my bf corrected me. I'm 22.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I am a male and my aunt is a radical feminist, and I used to live with her a lot. She taught me that males were the cause of literally everything wrong with the world and that women were smarter and have better morals than men. When I entered my teenage years, I started to develop my own thoughts and when I saw a girl say something stupid or do something that I thought was morally wrong, it blew my mind because I never thought that it was possible for a girl to be flawed.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I was in university when I found out, FOUND OUT not figured out, that poka-roo and the host were the same person. \n\nWhen I was younger whenever we were going somewhere for a special event my dad would point out \"awesome\" things along the way. Most events we went to were downtown Toronto so we often passed the CN Tower. So whenever I see the CN tower I still get excited for something totally Awesome to happen. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was young I thought that all AI in video games was controlled by people in a center somewhere. I was very impressed by their efficiency.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was little I thought that when football players were on the line, waiting for the hike, that they were praying. I also live in the bible belt. Oh, also that all Christians voted Republican. Always.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "There's this weird sound/music on one of the underwater levels in one of the Spyro games, and it sounds like someone saying \"a god damn woody.\" \n\nI wish I was not still confused by this.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was little, with my Atari 2600, I thought for sure that there was a little person or Muppet type thing in the console playing against me. I was often embarrassed, thinking \"if I don't get better at this, he will never want to play me...\"\n\nI thought for sure that whatever was controlling the crocs and scorpions in Pitfall was laughing at me whenever I died. That the guy on the ghosts' team in Pac-Man thought I was horrible. That the thing sending the attack waves in Missle Command was like, \"oh, you go them all, huh? Let's see how you handle THIS!\"... you get the jist. Combat held so many woes...\n\noddly, at 37 I still kinda wander there from time to time.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "There is a type of rack that secures with a padlock that I see often outside of office buildings. [They look like this] ( https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oxXz0oqa5T4/TYVrZLJQ3II/AAAAAAAACJo/ZX6ZwSJoi1w/zoo+rack1A.jpg). They fold closed with the horizontal spear things going through your wheels and frame. The middle one has a hole in the end that you put the padlock on inside of the can shaped thing. They are very secure, but the only problem is they are hard to use with a traditional bike lock. ", "score": 10 }, { "body": "It does require putting your trust in the chain available, and given that it would be purchased by the municipality, it would be unlikely to be top notch.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "That's a pretty novel idea. I wouldn't be surprised if some bicycle-centric businesses (bike shops and bars that cater to that crowd) picked up that sort of idea.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I can see how it could work theoretically. I would use a small U-Long though. Maybe the last links on each chain would be wider and thicker to allow other kinds of locks to be used?", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "[Here] (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20338976) is one study. High doses of caffeine (>800mg, or 4+ cups of coffee) were associated with decreased sperm quality. [This] (http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jcr.2011.0001) is a study on caffeine consumption in women and men and IVF outcomes. It showed no effect. Your husband has moderate caffeine consumption -- I wouldn't worry!", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm sorry, but I do not feel I know you well enough to risk my professional reputation on recommending you.\n\nThis IS your reputation. A recommendation means you believe she would be a good fit for the job. You are putting your judgement on the line.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Tell her that you'll put in a good word for her, but you can't put anything in writing as a written reccommendation you wrote in the past came back to bite you. So you no longer write reccomendations, but you have no problem speaking to (whoever is appropriate at the company). Then go and talk to that person, and be honest. It doesn't have to be all good, you can just say \"I don't really know her but she's a friends girlfriend, so give her a shot.\" Just don't put your neck on the line with how you reccomend her.\n\nAs with everything in life, it all comes down to how you position it.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I read it all. You seem like you've got your head screwed on the right way, and I believe you'll do well!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Excellent post, brother. You have started a long, yet rewarding journey for yourself. You will see many benefits from NoFap. I am excited for you!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Great post and good luck! It will be a nice way to ring in the new year! You are young and I'm glad you are deciding to deal with this problem now.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Great post! I have a story that's similar to yours and I really felt I could relate to the college part of your story. Good luck on your 90-day journey and keep posting your progress!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Read the whole thing. Upvote. \n\nWhile our stories have some similarities, I don't think I have quite as severe a condition as you (thankfully I've not experienced ED). In that respect, my course might be a bit easier than yours but with no less incentive. I'm not going to lie; in my three weeks so far there have been some VERY difficult times. I know there will be more in the future. But I have a goal, just as you do, and that goal is worth the pain.\n\nYou absolutely seem like your head is in the right place and with that you are destined to succeed. We have a fantastic support group here, and it is important to always remember that.\n\nStay strong!!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "You sound like you have a creative mind. Your efforts were just misguided. I've done similar fanfiction-style stuff, but mostly involving famous people as opposed to people I knew.\n\nBeing part of a community can have a profound effect. As a member of a tapping community, I've found that being able to read stories and chat with a NoFap community has helped tremendously in breaking the cycle. For me I'd always inevitably end up talking to my old \"friends\" because I liked talking to them, and our conversations would eventually lead to picture trading, which would lead to a relapse.\n\nI'm glad I have you guys.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm a professional portrait artist. You can check out my work and my rates at www.joannabarnum.com. Drop me a line if you're interested! Thanks for looking! ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Hello, \n\nI'm an art student at the university of Wuppertal, Germany. Here is my reference,\n\nhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/patrickjaksic/sets/72157630284861500/\n \nWrite me an e-mail if you are interested in a portrait or any other work.\n\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The Drew Estate Acid line is pretty much what you're looking for. The Acid Kuba Kuba, Acid One, Acid Blondie... They're all fantastic. Also, the Acid Isla del Sol is great (it's technically not part of the Acid Line of cigars).", "score": 4 }, { "body": "There are many in the Drew Estate Line up. starting with Acids but those are more infused with botanicals, herb and essential oils. \nThe Ambrosia is another cigar thats sweet and spicey, these will remind you of a bakery. The Natural line is made with exotic tobaccos from around the world with a sweeten tip. and then you have the coffee infused starting with Isla del sol and the Tabak Dulce & Negra. \n\nYou can find all this info on the Drewestate.com website or you can download the DE app for iphone or android at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dangiulvezan.drewestate", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": ">My understanding is that if I leave the job I will not have to pay back any amount that hasn't yet been deducted, is that correct?\n\nThat is my understanding as well. On the flip side if you stay with the company and don't spend the 5k you do not get it back and it does not roll over to next year. Make sure it is an FSA and not an HSA. They're completely different. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "That seems like a pretty fair deal for both teams. I think i would do it because I think with the weapons in SD Mathews is going to be a beast. We already know what he can do running the ball and the two backups had 9 targets each in the passing game the first two weeks. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm a Flat 12 guy. Their Friday night scene is better than Sun King. Growlers are more expensive, but I'm usually just enjoying a couple of pints. ", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "I read your story too man. You're gonna be fine man, that's life. Just think long term, in 15 years time you'll be happy and look back on this time in your life and laugh about it.\n\nThink of the positives, the people in your life that love you, your family, your friends. You've taken a positive step towards a solution to your problem by seeing a therapist, that will definitely help. Think about what you can change and do, not what you can't, just keep taking those positive steps.\n\nAs long as marijuana doesn't mess with your anxiety etc., smoke a bit every now and then, take a step back, look at your life from a different perspective and you'll see the positives :) but don't use marijuana as an 'escape' per se [6]", "score": 59 }, { "body": "I'm 34 and just in the last year have started to recover from a 3-4 year period where I was crippled by anxiety on a daily basis. Honestly, trees are the only reason I didn't kill myself. They allowed me to escape the terror for a little while. It was BECAUSE of this I realized the one thing that helped me finally work through my anxiety(therapy helped a lot too). \n\nYou have to come to the realization that your anxiety is an ILLUSION. It isn't real. Sure, you have concerns, things you're dealing with, but what people with anxiety do is called \"catastrophizing\". They see the only outcome to whatever they're worrying about as some unameable horror, something so terrible they must avoid it at all costs- and the anxiety is usually made worse by the fact that those things AREN'T avoidable. The things that cause anxiety that ARE avoidable can result in Avoidant Personality Disorder, which can really impede your ability to live a healthy life. Definitely see a therapist and don't be shy about going on a small dose of an antidepressant to help you through(study after study shows a combination of CBT therapy and antidepressants speed up the process of healing and learning to cope). \n\nKeep repeating to yourself that it's an illusion, an illness, and that you can and will get past it. It's truth, and it's the only thing that WILL eventually make you better. \n\nHang in there honey. Anxiety can lead to the black pit of despair. Be strong, do everything you can to fight it, take a deep breath and relax now and then with our favourite plant. You'll be okay. ", "score": 28 }, { "body": "I know that this might sound crazy, and I know that it will probably get downvoted...but just...well, die. Not ACTUALLY die, but just surrender. Surrender to all of the thoughts you don't want to have, all of the pain you're trying to block out, all of the hurt that you've been avoiding. IT'S THERE. No more ignoring it. \n\nThere is something inside of you that is trying to escape, trying to be free. But it can't because you won't let it out. You have the choice, right now, in this moment, to be free. And maybe instead of something being inside of you, you are what is trapped inside. The real you..remember him? The person who loved like crazy and only wanted what was best for everyone...the person who made other people feel better when they were in your position? It's like your screaming on the inside but no one can hear you.\n\nLET GO! give in, surrender, die. Birth. Life. Death. It's a cycle, and without the \"dying\" part, you can't grow and evolve. Go into a place where you can truly be alone, lay down and dive deep into the darkness. Fuck it dude, it can't be any worse than how you feel RIGHT NOW! See what you have been running from, face it and conquer it!! \n\nYou will realize that the darkness you have been avoiding is truly beautiful in its own regard. Accept it for what it is and move on. I know you can get through this. The world is in a strange place right now, and you are not alone in your struggle to be free and truly alive. We all want it, but it is one of the hardest things to do.\n\nIf no one else, know that ***I*** am here for you. I love YOU with all of my heart, and truly wish you the best. I may not know you now, but please feel free to PM me anytime. I will give you my phone number and all because I know its not an easy path to walk alone. Namaste my friend ;)\n\nTL;DR - To enjoy a rainbow, one must first endure the rain.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I used to have anxiety attacks from the age of 10 and I still have them occasionally and I'm 30 now. Most of them were bearable, some of them were pretty bad. Over time I've been able to minimize them by learning to focus on the positive things in life. There's a lot of beauty and a lot to enjoy out there. \n\nWhat also really helped me was reading about Buddhism; mindfulness, living in the here and now and coming to understand that there is no \"I\", just molecules that happen to make up my physical form and that will be part of something entirely different in a few years. Might sounds scary, but I have found great comfort in the knowledge that's behind Buddhism.\n\nI wish you all the best for the next couple of weeks and I'm certain you'll be able to beat this thing :)", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Hey there! \n\nSorry to hear you're having a bad day. Panic attacks are really hard to deal with. Mine started at around age 17/18. It got really bad at 19 when my mom died in front of me of a heart attack. Made me really afraid. So afraid I became housebound for a few years. It really sucked.\n\nMy mom's death and subsequent other deaths soon after made me realize my own mortality, and that realization was paralyzing (not to mention the after effects of the family fall out.) It was a horrible time in my life. The anxiety was crippling. It took a while for me to get over what happened, during that time I was pretty screwed up. Adrenaline release does some pretty crazy things to your body. I realized eventually that it didn't matter if I was at home and 'safe', I was going to have panic attacks. It didn't matter if I was out mountain climbing or shopping in the mall, panic could happen anywhere.\n\nThe thing is....crappy stuff is happening to you right now and it's really scary/overwhelming. Believe it or not, it's also REALLY normal. Your life is not falling apart around you. It sounds like you're doing a really good job at keeping things together despite the circumstances.\n-------------------------------------------\n\nI'll try to impart some thoughts and advice of what I learned about anxiety. Perhaps some of these tips will help you.\n\nIce water/Ice/slushies are your friend, sip them during attacks and your heart rate will normalize.\n\nDo not be shitty to yourself during attacks, be compassionate. Everyone else can kick you in the teeth, don't do it to yourself. Reassure yourself it's just panic. No one ever died or went crazy from panic. The really WORST thing that would happen is you'll pass out; during that fainting, your body will normalize everything (heart rate, breathing) for you. Girl in a group I was in had this. Her anxiety would get so bad, she'd faint..after fainting..she was fine.\n\nTry to just surf the panic attack. Once the initial burst of adrenaline is released, it will dissipate in about 20-30 mins (assuming you don't keep feeding it with negative thoughts like...IT'S A HEART ATTACK) It will dissipate even faster if you run on the spot or..do something active as well. Plus being active PROVES that you're not dying of a heart attack, you wouldn't be able to do anything if you were having one.\n\nDistract yourself. I carry my itouch with me, I start freaking out over a crowded bus or subway ride, I focus on that. You can use books, or, count things (anything, shoes, cars, colours)\n\nFinally a link.... http://www.getselfhelp.co.uk/anxiety.htm\n\nHang in there, tomorrow is another day. \n\n:)\n\n*edit I can't spell today.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Meditation has helped me greatly. \n\nTry Meditationoasis.com. at the top it says \"Podcast\" then \"Listen to our Podcast\"\nHere's a direct link:\n\nhttp://www.meditationoasis.com/podcast/listen-to-podcast/\n\n\nThese are fantastic, there's something like 40 of them. My favorite is \"Simply Being\". But I enjoy almost all of them. Her voice is very relaxing. I was in exactly the same boat but these basically got me back in complete control. It took a couple months to be really effective but I don't have any doubts or any fear now of that coming back. I know I can control it. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Just try and keep on trunkin man, try reading some philosophy to help make sense of it all, I recommend Alan Watts on nothingness, it really eases the mind", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Chin up tiger, always remember that there are people that love you, I love you for going through everything you have and not just giving up, the doctors said you had a tiny chance of surviving, look at you now, working, breathing, living. Smile! You're worth it. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I was in the same boat. I felt nervous just reading everything. Ask me anything man I know how you feel.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I'm also prone to anxiety attacks, my dad use to get them to the point where he would just sit there couldn't talk, wouldn't move and it always scared me. just a a few months ago i had my first anxiety attack which freaked me out cause i had no idea why i felt like that. anyway i found the best thing to do is say a prayer, find a comedy on tv smoke a few ridiculously fat bowls and relax. all you have to do is realize that it's an anxiety attack, accept it, and realize that everything your thinking will happen won't.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I'm so, so sorry to hear about all this. I've dealt with similar issues before but nothing compared to that.\n\nI would encourage you to get some therapy and professional help. You can get through this, but you don't need to do it alone. It's totally possible that you'll be able to work around your anxiety with the help of professionals. And if you're at all uncomfortable with your first therapist, just switch until you find one that works for you.\n\nThis is the part that will probably get me downvoted - smoking trees might not help you. For some people, regular smoking will actually perpetuate and cause anxiety disorders and make them worse. Please be careful.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "You are not alone. I suspect you would be surprised at how many people feel like you do, some to a lesser degree and some to a higher degree; some admit it, some won't, but these feelings affect everyone in all walks of life at some time. See all of those happy people walking down the street or shopping where you work? I bet their lives look awesome when you compare them in your mind to yours. That is, however, nothing but a fallacy, its just an illusion we create in our minds. If you could sense, even for a moment, what all of those seemingly \"happy\" people are actually feeling (not what they are portraying) you would be surprised by the levels anxiety, fear and doubt we all carry in one way or another. Losing those we love, whether by surprise or watching them waste away sucks but, at the risk of sounding like a damn hallmark card, at least you got to know them and love them, and you will bear with you always the indelible mark they left on your heart and soul. There have been times in my life where the trees would only enhance anxiety or nervousness, so proceed forth in moderation. Good luck dude.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Sorry about the throwaway, but I'll tell you my story. First, I just want to say as long as you keep your head up, things will turn out OK. The most important thing you have to remember is that the ONLY person who can turn things around for you, is YOU. I know things are tough right now, and things seem like they're crashing down on you at the same time...but I promise you, it will get better as long as you have the \"I'm going to get better no matter what\" attitude. \n\nMy life has been a tumultuous one. I grew up in a middle class family that was thrown into the lower rungs of society by the time I was 11. My best friend at the time hung himself when he was just 13 years old. By the time I was 17 I had lost multiple friends to gang shootings/drive bys/wrong place wrong time situations. At the end of the year when I was 17, my father (who, through all the bad shit we went through, was still a damn good father) passed away unexpectedly. I spiraled out of control and became a full blown drug addict, who eventually got into dealing drugs to support my habit. I eventually turned things around, stopped doing drugs, but kept selling them. I lived an undercover life from my fiancee at the time, because she had no idea. I was then arrested, went to jail, lost my fiancee, got disowned by my family, and had multiple felonies on my record to boot.\n\nI didn't have anyone to turn to (my \"friends\" all disappeared after I got busted), and just wanted to give up. The anxiety I developed while I was in jail carried over after I got out, and it became quite debilitating after awhile. It took a long time for me to turn things around, so I'm not sitting here telling you that shit will happen overnight. \n\nIf you are in a state with medical marijuana, I would suggest getting strains that have a high CBD count. You won't get that \"super stoned\" feeling, since CBD's don't carry much of the psychedelic properties, but it will help alleviate your anxiety. I don't know the exact science behind it, but it has to do with the anxiolytic effect given by the blockage of CB2 receptors from the CBD.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I read your story and I can somewhat relate. I do not have problems with anxiety, but these last couple of years a bunch of my relatives have died. So far it's three uncles, one aunt and a step-grandpa. And this has been spread out over the span of about 4 years. It's been hard on everyone in my family but no one thinks that I care. Simply cus i'm not comfortable letting my guard down in public. I suck it all up and wait for calmer days when I can deal with it in my own pace. Problem is, those calmer days are not coming and I've been sitting here like stone face Stacy, not acknowledging any emotions. Sorry for rambling on about myself, all i'm trying to say is that you're doing the right thing going to a therapist. Talking about it is the only way. Good luck", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Anxiety is a very over-looked disorder. I've suffered for about 3 years now, some years worse than others. My best advice is to acknowledge that life happens and you can't control it, surround yourself with people that love and care about you, and don't be shy to talk to people about any and everything. You'd be surprised how many people have open ears, even though they don't have much to say. Enjoy life for what it is, and never give up! If you ever need someone to talk to, you're more than welcome to PM me and ill do my best to help out no matter the situation. Stay strong! ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I'm going through some stuff myself and have had to seek help. In the past year or so my Dad had a tumor on his kidney (which hasn't returned yet, thank goodness), my cousin died suddenly, and I went through the stress of emigrating to Canada and getting established here. I also had a horrible time during a post-graduate teaching course in the UK, which was both a trigger for anxiety and a perfect way to severely knock my confidence.\n\nI got help through my family doctor and have been on anti-depressants for about a month now. I'm lucky to have an amazing girlfriend and a wonderful support network of friends and family who all understand. Life continues to be challenging, but I feel a bit better about everything, definitely different to how I felt a month ago.\n\nTrees have helped my girlfriend and I enormously. Hang in there until you can get help, and things will get better.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I feel you. Glad to hear you're going to a therapist, as this shit rarely gets better without some sort of help or medication. (I'm on pristiq 100mg, xanax .25mg, and occasionally pot when I can find some :D )\n\nI've dealt with anxiety and depression since preschool. It only really affected my life for the past 10 years, since I was 11 years old and in 5th grade. For 4 years I was pulled out of school because I would have severe panic attacks and stomach pains. My last attempt at going to school was 8th grade, I believe I lasted a little over a week. (I went to 6th twice because I switched to private school that year) After that I was home schooled by my mom, but even that was too much for me. Eventually I did get my GED and go to college, but I dropped out to get a job and save up for a surgery.\n\nI never left my house. I kept one friend from school, who I'm still friends with today. I was put on medication after medication, but because I was still so young nothing really worked well. I would get a job for a few months and then quit. Unlike you who has dealt with more than your share of deaths, I never went through any serious trauma growing up. No one close to me ever died except for pets, I was never abused, I have supportive parents. My anxiety and depression is just genetic. \n\nI still struggle every now and then; I quit my job two weeks ago. But for the most part I have my depression under control and I can most of the time bring myself down from an anxiety attack. Heck, I have more good days than bad lately (except for 2 weeks ago when I quit my job, but I feel pretty good since then).\n\nSo TL;DR, I've been around the anxiety block more than I care to remember, but I still keep on truckin' and eventually learned to love life. All I can offer as advice is find a therapist and medication that work for you, and take life one day at a time. We are all here for you, you shall never toke alone!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I suffer from severe anxiety, and I have figured out some modicum of control over it, but it's really hard. You need to try to teach yourself to step outside of your anxiety and really LOOK at your anxiety and try to recognize it for what it is and then you can \"talk\" to your anxiety (which is what I do in my head) and tell it that it's not real and to back off, and over the last few years (I'm 37 now, it took a long time) I've gained a little control over it and it becomes easier.\n\nA word about trees - do you have control at all over what you smoke? A pure indica will reduce anxiety, but a sativa or sativa dominant hybrid can sometimes make anxiety worse. So think about what you smoke.\n\nAlso, be careful if your shrink wants to put you on Buspar for your anxiety! Don't smoke weed and take Buspar, they don't work well together and it can cause nausea and all sorts of weird side effects. I had no idea and my shrink had no idea, and he knows about my smoking. I just use Ativan if I'm having severe anxiety, but that's a benzo so they do have a tendency towards dependence, so be careful about using them too much.\n\nOther than a therapist, you should also try to see a medical doctor that can prescribe you meds. And you might want to try the Buspar and take a break from the weed.\n\nBe well and take care of yourself. I've been there. It can get better, but you have to learn how to control your anxiety, and that's tough. Especially when you're working. You might want to look into maybe taking a break from work and going on state disability for a few months and see if you can get yourself back together. Ask your new therapist about state disability for your state. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "again, you guys have all been amazing. i'm having another bad morning right now, and just going through reading all of your comments and all of your support. it really helps. we're all so lucky to have this community we have right here.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The best source I've seen on this is Timothy Smeeding's assessment of welfare policy. Some of his work is listed here: \nhttp://www.irp.wisc.edu/aboutirp/director.htm\n\nI don't know that there's much disagreement that there must be some marginal disincentive to work for some people who collect welfare. But the way that welfare policy exists in the US and many places is concentrated on the fact that poor parents have poor children, and that something has to be done to put those kids on at least some vaguely even footing to try to prevent intergenerational transmission of poverty. \n\nOlin Wright and Rogers also give a nice, straightforward explanation of the justifications for welfare in America: How it Really Works. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "«Myths matter. If governments believe, for example, that there is a hard core of incorrigibly poor people, they will create policies to contain, and if possible to break up, that hard core. If they believe that higher benefits will create undesirable effects, they will not pay higher benefits. If they believe that people are poor through laziness and lack of will power – one of the reasons most often given by the British public – the answer to poverty is to motivate poor people, or to require them to work. But all the evidence we have indicates that poverty is not a problem of a permanently excluded underclass. **Most of the population are vulnerable to it**. At the same time, systems that focus on “the poor” are usually poor systems. \nThe obsession with targeting the dependent poor has added to the complexity and the administrative problems of the benefits system. The politics of social security are persistently ill-informed. People keep \nrepeating myths that have been disproved time and again. Looking back at the various misconceptions and prejudices we have been picking through, we can delineate two fundamental myths, intertwined and interdependent, that distort contemporary public discussions of poverty and welfare. These are that the poor are a self-contained minority within society\u0001 that the purpose of the welfare state is to deal with these people. \nIn response this pamphlet has suggested that poverty is an economic risk that affects almost all members of \nsociety that welfare should be seen as necessary social protection for all citizens.\nWe are in danger of losing sight of what the welfare state is about. \n **It was not intended to focus on the relief of poverty, but to be a universal service tiding us over periods of economic difficulty and preventing us from falling into deeper disadvantage as a result.** \nSome of these comments might be taken as a reproach to the present government, but the problems described here did not begin with this government, and they are not unique to them. There have been genuine improvements in the condition of the poor under Labour, but there have also been negative, punitive measures. There is a mixed, and sometimes inconsistent, policy programme.The best way to help the poor within the welfare state is not to target programmes more carefully on the poor, but the converse: to ensure that there is a general framework of resources, services and opportunities which are adequate for people’s needs, and can be used by everyone. That is what the welfare state was meant to do. That is what we have forgotten.» ([Paul Spicker](http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/publicpolicy/introduction/paulspicker.htm), Poverty and the welfare State, 2002)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "A hologram is a very special type of photograph (a photograph is something that captures the light that hits it and later reproduces it when hit by more light). Ordinary photographs only record the color and brightness of the light that hits them. A hologram, on the other hand, also captures the direction at which the light hits it. This means that which angle you view a hologram from determines what you see, which is why they look 3d (because our eyes are looking at different angles).\n\nThis is done by using lasers, because lasers are made up of exactly one color and don't spread or distort. A laser is shone onto an object, which reflects the light onto the hologram film. At the same time, more light from the laser is shone directly onto the film. When two different (but similar) light sources shine on something, they create what's called a \"diffraction pattern\", which is kind of like what you see if you take two different grids and put them on top of each other:\n\nhttp://i.imgur.com/dIYWF.gif\n\nYou can see how some parts look darker and some look lighter. Anyway, this diffraction pattern is basically the *combination* of both lights. What that means is that if you later come back and shine *one* of the lights on the pattern, you get the *other* light reflected back. In the case of a hologram, if you shine laser light that *wasn't* reflected off an object onto the hologram, you get the light that *was* back, including its direction. Of course it works the other way too but nobody does that.\n\nEdit: if you want to go deeper into the explanation, this all happens because light acts like waves. But that gets complicated and is really another question. Just ask.", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "Nice! Here's [a patch I use for my own sweeps / swells](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/22333/Reason/Sweep.thor) (Reason, Thor). I can bounce MP3/WAV if people want more noise sweep sounds.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "thanks, love the old pack that was posted, happy for some new material. they work well in the meantime until I can design something on my own", "score": 3 }, { "body": "YES. Thank you so much. For some reason it is just impossible for me to find the motivation to do sweeps/risers manually. Such a simple thing, but it may even be my least favourite thing in production.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The question you need to ask is not \"Will airfilter X flow more air then OEM?\" The question you need to ask is \"What is the most restrictive part of my intake?\" \n\nChances are it's not going to be the filter. \n\nK&N will let more particulate through, and can cause oily messes. \n\nEven if you removed the air filter entirely, the gain in power would be negligible unless your intake was designed by a drunken monkey, or possibly someone at Ford.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I've never bought into the K&N hype. A lot of times the OEM airbox system is the restriction, not the filter element. On top of that, the ECU is just going to adjust out the theoretical \"increased flow\" anyway, via o2 sensor feedback. Might be useful on carbureted vehicles. \n\nI can buy 3 normal air filters for the price of the K&N for my car, and you change the OEM filter every 30k. The K&N filter requires cleaning too, which requires the purchase of the $20 cleaning kit. Doesn't seem like much savings.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Personally, I'm a fan of non-oiled air filters. It's not like they are expensive to replace, they will work without question, and there isn't an off chance that you will slightly over-oil the filter, causing MAF death (in some cars, at least)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "The advantage of K&N is that they can be cleaned. But a new air filter is like $7-15, so you'd have to go through a lot of paper filters before you'd recoup the cost of a K&N. I think the advantage people are seeing is because they're replacing an old, dirty paper filter with a new K&N. Also, the oil on the filters can mess up MAFs. Not a fan, personally. I just use new paper filters when they get gross. It's cheap.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Never outgrew it. Love all the generations, 3rd gen being my favorite, although it is really hard to choose.", "score": 17 }, { "body": "I had a gameboy and player R/B/Y/S/G, but when GBA was released I didn't have the cash for it since I was a kid. I didn't think of it till a buddy and myself were walking in a store 4 days before heading to Afghanistan and decided a DS would be great for all the plane traveling and downtime. We didn't buy games that day because we had to wait on our paychecks. The day before we left he purchased pearl and I purchased diamond. Over the next 15 months we became pokemon masters together.\n\nRandom side story:\n\nWe would randomly talk about pokemon with our wives since there wasn't a ton to talk about. We came home to find out that not only did they both have their own DS, but they had peal/diamond with more pokemon. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "My interest waned about when I was 12 or 13. My grandmother had a horrible stroke when I was 15, and I was lost. While cleaning my room a week or two later, I found my FireRed and remember how fun it was and remember the good times I had as a kid with Pokemon and how my grandma would play Pokemon with me. (cards and toys since I really didn't have any friends growing up). I played for awhile and remembered the fun of building a team and literally watching your Pokemon grow up and grow stronger with you. My friends eventually followed suit over that summer with playing Gold and Silver, and almost completed the Pokedex. The more my grandmother's health declined, the more I played. I wanted to remember an easier life, but fate had a different plan.\n\nAbout a year later, Black and White were about to come out. I was excited for Black and White; I even finished all the SoulSilver side quests to prepare. I remembered begging my mom to take me to any game store to buy it, but she was busy. Two days after their release, my grandma passed away. I became socially dead. I lost the one family member who truly cared about me and told me I would be successful. I went to my Silver save file to catch the remaining Pokemon I needed (I needed about 30) to forget my pain, but my battery ran dry. I was, once again crushed. My friends didn't understand my pain, the girl I liked (one of my closest friends) was being a total bitch and changing for worse, and my parents couldn't help me cope.\n\nThat summer I went to stay with my grandparents for five weeks. Before leaving, I took my Xbox, my DS, and finally bought White to once again, try and cope. While playing, I felt like I was three-years old-again, walking through Viridian Forest for the first time. Eventually, it became apparent my friends missed me, the girl I liked realized the people she was hanging out with were scummy, and my parents and I started communicating.\n\nWhile laying in bed one night, I realized my grandma wouldn't want me to be sad all the time, but instead happy her pain was over and she gifted me with skills to be the very best like no one ever was. I now play Pokemon frequently, and I'm ecstatic for B2 & W2. I know it's just a game to a lot of people, but to me, Pokemon represents my life: growing stronger not only as a person, but also with your friends. My one goal before Gen. VI is to legitimately finish the National Dex in honor of my grandma, because without her, I would've never been introduced to such a wonderful game.\n\ntl;dr: I play Pokemon and intend to complete the National Dex to to honor my Grandma.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Well I didn't \"Outgrow\" it, I just really hated Gen 4. I still played the first 3 generations. I finally got Black when it happened to be at a low price at some second hand shop. I fell in love. I feel they really tried on this one and pulled it off. I can't wait for Black 2 now. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I outgrew it. O dont know why, I think I just got bored with it. after finding pokememes on memebase, i noticed how complicated it was, tried to fire up crystal and changed the battery in it. I just want a wild shiny.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I stopped playing during high school because no one else was really playing and were moving on to more mature games. I was also worried that I would be picked on in high school. Sure enough someone playing Ruby/Sapphire was picked on.\n\nI got back into Pokemon after high school hearing a new friend of mine was into it. After playing through Diamond and watching Lucario & The Mystery of Mew I knew I was back into Pokemon.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Played gen 1 & 2 religiously as a child, outgrew and missed all the great stuff that happened in gen 3, gen 4 caught my interest, but ultimately disappointed and confused me, got HeartGold and relived the greatest ”sequel” ever, gen 5 got me hooked once more.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I outgrew it for a few years, but in highschool I dated some chick who was obsessed with it, and she kind of got me started again. I think that was the most beneficial thing I got out of that relationship.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I began thinking it was \"childish\" around middle school, and stopped talking to friends about it or being public about by liking for it. But the whole time I never shook it from my mind, and ended up playing it in secret all the time. Then my junior year in high school I had that magnificent revelation that I really don't care what other people think, and completely immersed myself again. I am unashamed of my love for Pokémon.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I never outgrew it, through I passed a lot of time (about 3 or 4 years) without any news of Pokémon, until it started being aired again on the TV. Then I got some games and shit.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "i actually never stopped :) what i did was that i just pretend like it's a new game i haven't seen before. I choose my types for widest range of damage and just keep on trucking. I was raised on gen 1 pokemon but i don't let that influence hate for the other games. Honestly if you have android pick up the my boy free. And coolrom on your browser to download soul silver and pearl and all that :)\n\ni also own a few ds's and the physical games but it might be easier for you to see if a games worth it with the emulator", "score": 3 }, { "body": "For a long time I'd pretty much just forgotten about it. My DS had a thick layer of dust and never really thought about it. Browsing YouTube one day I came across [this video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGDiO1G0-K0) and it made me sad thinking of the memories. So I picked up my DS again and now I can't stop playing. I'm into it more now than ever. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I never got out of Pokemon. It's always been the one game franchise where I can always find something to do. Yeah, I got laughed at, but who honestly gives a damn? If you enjoy a game, by all means, play until your heart's content, and raise all the pokemon you want to.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When you go from high school to college everything changes. People care waaaay less what other people think of them. I was in a freshman dorm and so many bros would watch dragonballz and some even played magic. The only thing that mattered is if you liked to go out and party in addition to whatever nerd hobbies you had.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I loved it during middle school. played gen1-2. Stopped due to friends not liking it and I followed. When Pokemon Back and White came out I was looking for a good RPG. It's good to be back. Now have red,blue,gold,crystal,sapphire,fire red,heart gold, platinum, and black. Even Got Pokemon Stadium with the game transfer accessories. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Never stopped playing. Although the love started to slowly die off after 3rd gen. I didn't like 3rd gen all that much, and 4th gen felt so slow. Once HG and SS were released, my nostalgia factor kicked in since G/S/C were my favorites. Now i'm back to where I was when I was a kid, excited for upcoming gens.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I remember my interest faded after all the new gens came out and I was like \"all these new pokemon are ugly.\" Then last year I somehow ended up reading a wiki about Meowth and at the time it said his current location was with Ash. I was curious how team rockets meoth ended up with ash in the anime so I started watching from that episode then kind of got into it again. I then watched all the anime up until the current one and played through all the games. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I am training to become a teacher. One of the things that I'm most passionate about is visualizing the day that classroom culture in America will be integrated with update technology and progressive teaching techniques. A world where my wall and school will be some composite fiber glass material that is touchscreen and interactive at all levels. A wall or virtual reality where students can feel like they are at the Great Pyramids, standing next to a volcano eruption or communicating with children in another country. \n\nGenerations now are growing up with the knowledge to use a touchscreen before they can articulate words. The younger minds are wired differently just like those of us who experienced the internet integration into our lives before puberty are different then those who connected online after 20. Technology in the schools on a level such as what I described would connect the global populations on a way like never before. \n\nThe school system is not adequate for what the world is demanding of us. Technology education with a sustainability approach and worldview to living, the world can become something great.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "How did you get started? I have always been a mind that wants to get into future tech. Whether it be bringing and old company up to today's speed and set on an accelerated path. Or simply got involved in the tech just in general. (BTW, I live in the Midwest, so there isn't really much that I'm aware of besides heading into Chicago to find a job... somewhere.)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "And the cheering is too loud at AT&T park!\n\n\nJust kidding. There have been a lot of these posts, but it's almost over, let's put the bums out of their misery.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I was thinking the same thing, then I looked into the other subreddits for playoff contenders. Everyone is excited about their team and posting multiple magic number threads daily. \n\nI say carry on. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Stop raining on the parade! I don't have a problem with our magic numbers. It's not difficult to tell which links are only numbers, you don't have to click all links.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Oh c'mon! Its not like the titles of the magic number posts are deceiving or misleading... If you don't like it then don't click on it! We don't need to censor celebratory posts about the Giants knocking off the Bums!", "score": 7 }, { "body": " it's a week or two out of the year, and it doesn't even happen every year. Be thankful we're going to the playoffs ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "C'mon guys. I don't want the magic number threads to knock all the Melky posts off the front page. Let's cool it down a bit.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "If you don't want magic number threads then you should call the Giants and tell them to stop winning", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "If you want you can contact the moderators of /r/leagueoflegends to get your subreddit featured to the new related subreddits so that your idea doesn't get buried from other posts. Good luck!", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "You know, it sounds like such a clishe, but honestly, it will just take time. It sucks that it happens, and resorting to physical violence is always wrong, but the silver lining that exists in all of this is that you can learn from it. Sometimes, we get to a place where we feel at a complete and utter loss, but you obviously have at least one friend (the person ou are staying with) and I am positive that there are more. You just have to take this lesson and hold it close to your heart and know that you may not be with him again, but that you will feel better the more time that passes and you will be with someone else again and next time, stop and breathe before you react. I promise, the pain will ease with time, it really will.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "My tip to you is to take this as a lesson of how not to behave in a relationship. I ended things with an ex that I loved deeply (totally the love of my life no matter who i've dated since) after he got violent with me. \n\nI do still know him .. we work near each other and see each other regularly and he has grown into a much better person as a result of his stupid action so maybe you can too.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Rio is a beautiful city, but I'd hesitate to visit again during carnival as everything is just so busy. \n\nThere are other carnivals in Brazil (Salvador, Recife/Olinda) that I'm told are just as much fun, but much more intimate - the Sambadrome keeps the crowd well away from the action.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Just to clarify, the answers given so far (by craiger and TAC0001) only give numbers for people who have registered at and/or viewed their profile on that particular site (for example, craiger's link would have you believe that only 47,146 people have played GT5).\n\nSince those are trophy-hunter websites, the actual percentage of people who have gotten any given trophy are almost surely much lower than the percentage given.\n\nI don't think there's a way to view a breakdown for the entire PSN.\n\nOh, and yes, GT5's platinum is insane.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm interested in this myself. My pull sheet is already rather full and is a burden on my wallet. I really don't want more every month.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "According to the December solicitations we have the following Marvel NOW titles double shipping:\n\n* Thunderbolts\n* Avengers\n* Cable and X-Force\n* Avengers Arena\n* All-New X-Men\n* Iron Man\n\nBut it's hard to quantify the whole thing since the relaunches aren't all announced yet and double shipping can change from month to month. I also don't know if you can count Fantastic Four and FF.\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "People are really jumping the gun about 'cancellations' like I saw someone mentioning Wolverine was cancelled in Dec. They'll more than likely announce a new on-going in January. Marvel has actually surprised me in the fact that I thought they had announced most of the NOW titles months ago but they're still announcing more and more new (or relaunch) titles.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "If the new Spider-man book is monthly, then that cuts down on the amount of Spider-man per month. The FF area is balanced, as is the X-Men, with three titles confirmed to replace the three lost. The Avengers solo books seems okay, if not better, as both Cap titles are cancelled but only one new one has been announced. The Avengers is where it gets iffy, as Avengers double-ships, New Avengers, Uncanny Avengers, and Avengers Arena, plus Assemble, Dark, and Secret which I don't think have been cancelled. That's 8 books a month, compared to the six we have now. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Perhaps it's just me, but I've gotten in to the habit of simply holding down shift and left-mouse, constantly attacking in place almost all of the time. It has a similar effect but allows me to control my positioning a bit better.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "Or you can bind the \"move\" command to your middle mouse button, so you can just move and not attack, when you are standing in fire.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Wow. I don't play a barb or a monk, but this advice is great. I'm going to pass this along to a couple of my barb friends. Thanks for the tip!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Firewall on the server? A/V software blocking? Is their a host IPS installed on the server? Ping by ip and by hostname proves you have a route there and back and that DNS is working.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "someone correct me if i'm wrong, but i think the strength of your sweeping wind and cyclones are calculated by your damage at activation. so if you activate fitl, then cyclone (within 3 seconds), your cyclones will have the buffed damage from fitl for the whole duration of the sweeping wind.", "score": 30 }, { "body": "The 30% damage boost is really nice when coupled simultaneously with MoC + Overawe and Seven Sided Strike. I find there are a lot of instances where I can run into the middle of some elites, gain enough spirit to pop all three at once and the battle is essentially over.\n\nAlso, blinding flash is a great \"OH SHIT\" skill if your serenity is on cooldown. It has saved me dozens of times from phase beasts and heralds of pestilence. I was able to phase out breath of heaven as well, because in that 1-3 seconds of stun (depending on trash or elite) I can generally hit my way back up to full health. I never used blinding flash until I cleared inferno and started farming, but I can say it is an integral part of my play style now.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "You also have to realize that it amounts to more than 30% more dmg since its holy damage. So you can put out some mad burst in the 3 seconds", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "If it was closer I'd go.. \n\nWith some work, you can get quite a few Jeeps from the Chicago-land area for future meets. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "This is awesome! I just started CF at the beginning of the month, and I can't wait until I can make a post like this one. GOOD JOB!", "score": 5 }, { "body": "That is a BIG achievement, actually. Congrats :) I just started Rx'ing myself, so I completely understand how awesome that feels. Although it might seem miniscule on the grander scale of everyone else it's ALL about personal achievements. That's all that matters!", "score": 5 }, { "body": "After almost 2 years, I'm starting to hit the womens rx'd weight (as a male) and hell, I'm happy with that!!! Grats!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The way to avoid coming off like someone trying to avoid responsibility is to take responsibility for getting yourself to work on time. \n\nRide-sharing with your friend not working? OK, it's time to find another way to get to work when you don't have a car.\n", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I see that you mention winter walking - it's called dressing for the weather, which you should already do anyway. Wear your good boots, and carry nice shoes in your purse, and get on that bus. The walk will warm you up as well. Don't make excuses that are lame. \n\nSource: I live in Saskatchewan, where -40 is the AVERAGE temperature in the winter, and it's never a surprise.", "score": 14 }, { "body": "You're a grownup now with a grownup job. If you tell your boss \"I'm ridesharing with so and so and that's why I am late every day\" your boss isn't going to give a fuck. S/he is going to say \"That's not my problem. My problem is you're late every day. How you get to work is your problem.\"\n\nIf getting your own car or moving within walking distance of your job is not an option then you can do a few things. You can ask another more punctual co-worker if they would be interested in ride sharing in exchange for gas money. It'll potentially piss off your friend but that's her own fault for being an idiot. You can take the bus and walk a mile in the morning and ride home with your tardy friend in the evenings. A mile is not that long of a walk and while it will probably suck in the winter, it sure beats unemployment. Or you could just keep riding with your friend and keep getting into trouble and eventually lose your job. ", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Your boss doesn't care if your late because of your friend. The responsibility to be on time falls on you. Find a more reliable mode of transportation. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Sounds like you need to figure out your own way to work. Get a bike! See if you can carpool with someone else from work who lives close to you.\n\nYou can't change your friend's bad habits. So just work on not depending on her anymore. That's how you take responsibility. Good luck!", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Ask your co worker what you can do to help her. If she lives close by enough, maybe walk to her house and ring the door bell on time?\n\nOr if it is father away, give her a call 2 or 3 minutes before she is supposed to leave to pick you up.\n\nI am usually late for stuff if I don't pay attention and little things like this help me be on time.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Could you ask someone else you work with to pick you up on the way? If not, it's time to leave extra early and take a bus or something along those lines. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Those who consistently run late believe their time is more important than other peoples' time. It's selfish behavior. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to change because it reflects a deeply-rooted outlook on life. \n\nI've found the only way to deal with it is to make sure the late-runner does not control your environment. There is no other solution (...except for the few who will change their behavior at your request).\n\nThat means you need to find another way to work. I'm sure it can be done even if it is inconvenient. Seriously...if your friend couldn't give you a ride (e.g. she changes her job or schedule), would you give up your job? Of course not...you'd figure it out. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Useful to know. Do you have links? I'm new the area, and so what you've said makes little sense (still learning stuff). \n\nThanks. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Have you been through the GAP from West Homestead (Pump House in the Waterfront) to McKeesport or further? Also known as the [Steel Valley Trail](http://www.riversofsteel.com/things-to-do/trails/), it takes you on a tour through a trainyard with 3 dedicated trail bridges and below Kennywood. Then, you cross the Youghiogheny on a converted train bridge into McKeesport (cool bridge) to look at some old industrial buildings. There's an interesting building that looks like it was an old roundhouse for trains. There's also the [LooP trail](http://www.tubecityonline.com/almanac/images/120820-loop-map-lg.jpg) which is an extension off of that route, which loops you through Boston and back onto the GAP. \n\nMy only complaints about the McKeesport section is you're on some sidewalk and road, but traffic is pretty light. There are some small rolling hills around Kennywood and one short challenging one after you cross back over the Youghiogheny on another bridge (cars on this bridge, but you have a dedicated lane with a cement rail) and make your way into Boston.\n\nThe LooP is a 30 mile round trip from the Pump House. The section isn't that great as far as trail quality, but it's worth checking out at least once. You also have to keep an eye out for trail signage because it could get tricky to navigate in Boston. It's also a great way to tack on a few extra miles to your trip. Steel Valley is nice paved asphalt until McKeesport, then you're mixed on road and \"ok\" asphalt until Boston which is crushed limestone.\n\nI've only went as far as Confluence from Pittsburgh on overnight out and back trips and agree Ohiopyle to Confluence is nice, but if you haven't checked out the rest of the GAP trail you really should. You go through some interesting small towns like Whitsett where you can literally count all the houses. The Youghiogheny is almost always to your left for some views and stops. There's also a cool waterfall that \"bleeds\" red when you throw a rock at it. It's due to the iron and other stuff leaked from the mines in the area.\n\nIf you're willing to venture outside of Western PA towards Northeast PA, some people regard the [Pine Creek Trail](http://visittiogapa.com/railtrail.html) in Tioga County as one of the best in the country. It wins awards all the time. You get the best view of the Pine Creek Gorge, also known as the \"Grand Canyon of PA.\" 56 miles in length over crushed limestone.\n\nEdit: Forgot to mention that [Tour de Mon 2012](http://www.riversofsteel.com/things-to-do/event/tour-de-mon-2012/) is October 6th. Lots of people will be doing the LooP trail I'm sure. Even though it rained last year, I was pretty impressed by the turnout. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Well there is always the [Montour](http://www.montourtrail.org/) and [Panhandle](http://www.panhandletrail.org/) Trails.. Another hidden gem that a lot of people dont talk about is the [Armstrong Trail](http://www.armstrongtrail.org/).. If you ride it North out of Kittanning/Ford City there are some great vista and whatnot as the trail follows the Allegheny River.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "You could hear Cole trying to hide his laughs during the Kane/Daniel Bryan segments, and then the camera cuts to him and Matthews and they're trying hard not to smile, but can't help it. They're fans just like us.", "score": 14 }, { "body": "I like what Brandon from with leather calls the cody/sandow team: Rhodes Scholar. Pretty awesome. Hope they catch wind of it and run with it.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "This kind of writing is really welcome. I hope WWE see this episode as something of a standard going forward. I know they have been slowly adding episodic feuds, and feuds into a few episodes but they really need to keep this going and expand from there. This is what makes watching WWE interesting.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "I imagine gearbox will have ways for us to get codes for more keys, either through challenges, social media, DLC, what have you. Considering this game just came out, it's unlikely they will have much on that within the next week or two.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm going to have to say, just because you inhale combusted plant matter on a regular basis, does not make you a better person. I've met plenty of asshole stoners. ", "score": 225 }, { "body": "i used to smoke a lot but i started to get anxiety issues, i dont go near it any more, i totally remember when it was good though, good luck to all who still enjoy it :)", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "Well, for the most part, antimatter is **not** a power source. It is a **energy transport mechanism**. This is because there does not seem to be any mines where one can dig up chunks of antimatter ore.\n\nThis is the same problem the so-called \"hydrogen economy\" has. Because there are no hydrogen wells either. Both antimatter and hydrogen has to be generated from some other power source.\n\n(caveat: it is possible to harvest antimatter from the Earth's magnetosphere, but we are talking about 25 nanograms a day)\n\nCurrent particle accelerators have an electricity to antimatter efficiency of about 0.000002%. Dr. Robert Forward figures this can be increased to about 0.01% (one one-hundredth of one percent)\n\nhttp://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/basicdesign.php#id--Power_Plant--Exotic_power_sources--Antimatter_Power ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "BCs and ravens were unbuffed.\n\nEdit: It always amazes me how its Terran units that get stealth nerfed and no one realizes it for a long time. Its like how PDD doesn't stop broodlord shots. Every once in a while I still need to tell someone about it.", "score": 25 }, { "body": "I agree, the gsl matches between taeja polt and rain prove the point about TvP, It is terrans job to stop Protoss from achieving the greatest death ball ever, protoss unahrassed will kill terran unharassed much easier late game, Now terrans will be harassed more? the truth is Terran is getting nothing!", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Even IF Blizzard thinks the Terran's strong midgame is balanced out by Protoss' strong late game, they're actively trying to get rid of any and all Terran early advantage with the mothership core, while leaving lategame completely untouched. I predict the Mothership Core will be buffed to the point where they can go Nexus first into MC and be able to hold off a two rax, and if it can't, then Protoss will bitch till it's \"fixed.\" Terran HAS to do damage, but they're buffing the other races to make it harder to do so, and doing nothing about the late game. Completely idiotic.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "terran is designed around a seige tank late game... david kim has stated he does not want the tank to be a main part of mech. now we know why lategame terran is bad.. the tank is the reason", "score": 3 }, { "body": "What do you guys think about having a TechReactor addon, that can only be used after researching it in the fusion core? Do you think it would buff late game Terran? ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "~~everytime west virginia scores~~\n\neverytime someone's helmet falls off and the announcers point out that there is a new rule this year that a guy has to sit out a play after their helmet comes off", "score": 44 }, { "body": "Drink if FSU's defense makes a good play and the commentators refer to it as \"classic/old-school/Bowden-era Florida State defense.\"", "score": 20 }, { "body": "Drink if they mention how many points Florida St has given up and finish your drink if Clemson scores soon after.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "Team Uniform Multipliers:\n\nClemson wears Purple - 5x\n\nFSU in black jerseys- 2x\n\nClemson wears Orange Pants - 1.5x\n\n", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Take a drink every time Musburger points out how \"electric/loud/energetic\" the crowd is. If he begins his description with the word *\"Folks,\"* finish your drink.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Pregame chug once you see Renegade run onto the field until Osceola throws the spear into the ground.", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.\n\n- Han Solo, Star Wars.\n\nOh Star Wars, how I love thee.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "If I was drunk, would I be able to do [this?] (http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmrj1niIFC1qzgrg8o1_r1_500.gif)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Oh and \n\n\"Hey dude... It's for you... I think it's the devil...\"\n\n\"What... I quit that job fuckin... Months ago...\"\n\n\"Man I am way too stoned to drive to the Devil's house.\"", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "A1: Everything from the first zombie all the way to the Butcher are 61, A2 is 62 and everything in A3 and further is 63.\n\nThere's no word on whether increasing monster power has an effect on the monster level, however.", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "I would say it depends on the situation. ADHD probably not worth mentioning, schizophrenia probably worth a mention pretty early. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Ugh. This thread is filled with idiots trying to drop a \"witty\" comment.\n\nI think the first date is too early. As long as it doesn't change you very much and in a bad way. When people get to know eachother a bit, they're likely to be more understanding.\n\nBut don't wait too long. After the second or third date perhaps.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Crate training and carrying your puppy until they are outside to prevent eliminations in the elevator. Most puppies won't pee if they are being held. ", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I had the same problem - 9th floor apartment, takes the elevator about 2.5 min to get down to the first floor, not counting time waiting for the elevator. We had a couple of accidents in the hallways, but you treat them exactly as you would an accident in your room. \n\nI took her outside every hour on the hour at first, and I keep her in the crate for the last 15 - 20 min of the hour. I had a designated potty spot in the yard, and gave her a cue for potty and poops, she gets 5 min to do her business each time before I bring her inside. If she goes within 5 min, we have a walk or some playtime in the yard. If she doesn't go, she is back in her crate for a half hour before we try again. Then we slowly extended time indoors to 1.5 hours, then 2, etcc. When she's indoors, I kept her tethered to me by a 6' leash at all times unless she was in a playpen or crate. If She has an accident indoors, I interrupt with a loud noise, put a hand under her belly to get her to stand up and stop peeing, and lead her outside, keeping my hand there even while we wait for the elevator. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Routine routine routine. Dogs love routine - it makes them feel secure that they can count on something.\n\nMake a schedule and stick to it. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I had the same problem, and it came down to anticipating when he had to go and taking him out beforehand. We would set an alarm and get up every couple hours at first, gradually adding time as he grew. He was in a crate, so there was no worry that he'd wander off and pee in a corner at night. It sucks, and you'll be exhausted for a while, but it works. He's been perfectly house trained since about 4-5 months. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Playing with other people in the same room/close proximity is so much fun. \n\nI miss my college dorms now :(", "score": 18 }, { "body": "Personally I find it stressing. I can't play GW2 and BF3 at the same, and now Borderlands 2 has come out. FIRST WORLD PROBLLEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMSSSSSSSSS", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "In the early 19th century, the sale of government-owned land was one of the largest sources of revenue for the U.S. government. \n\n(\"Government-owned\", of course, being a euphemism for land stolen from various Indian nations.)\n\nIn 1850, with sales slowing down and the best land gone, Congress passed the Swamplands Act of 1850, which gave the states all the marshes and swamps in the public domain. This allowed local developers to get the land on the condition they drained it. They loved it, because it meant they'd get cheap land after a bit of hydraulic engineering. The states loved it, because who doesn't love free land? The Feds loved it, because it got a lot of excess inventory off their hands while generating future tax revenues and getting goodwill. \n\nThe only problem was that generating massive lists of all the lands that fell under this act was a huge amount of paperwork, and it opened the door for - let's call it \"creativity.\" It also failed to stop sales or to set up any centralized system for designating swamplands. While the various states geared up, land sales continued. Within a few years, most of the swampland was still not turned over, and now speculators had snapped up a lot of the land hoping to resell it. Land titles were snarled up, especially in the 12 states that had failed to set up a regular process.\n\nSo, with the government embarassed, and lawsuits and whining echoing through county buildings across the country, we see the Swamplands Act of 1855, which codified the process of turning over swamplands. \n\nWhat you've got there is a visual aid to Senators working through the Swamplands Act of 1855. Notice the table of contents - 12 states plus some territories. The maps cover swampy areas that remain fairly gross to the present day. \n\nAs for that list, that's where we'll have to look more closely. Betting it had something to do with one of those maps - probably a list of landowners who haven't worked with the government to sort out their titles to disputed plats inside one of the mapped districts. But who made the list and why? A Senator trying to untangle stuff in his home state? A speculator trying to sort out what he'd get from the government? Fun stuff.", "score": 142 }, { "body": "The \"list\" looks like some kind of plot sheet used by surveyors. I believe plot sheets are also used in cartography. So, whomever originally owned the book may have been a map maker, or just a straight up surveyor. I am no expert this is just an educated guess. \n\nEdit: [Plot Sheet](http://nvs.landcareresearch.co.nz/html/PermPlot_RecceSheet.pdf)", "score": 19 }, { "body": "OK, so I have completely no insight on the list, but... keep the value of that book by being careful with that spine! Laying it flat while working is a sure-fire way to stress the binding to the point of breakage. A [book cradle](http://goo.gl/nWgV3) will allow you to leaf through the book while reducing stress (obviously it doesn't need to be an actual book cradle -- a couple of rolled up clean t-shirts formed into vague wedge shapes under each cover will work, too!).\n\nPardon the outburst. I work in a library. It's a disease.", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "I'll just make a quick list of what bodies you can and can't use your jet pack to lift you off the ground.\n\n* Moho - no. \n* Eve - no. \n * Gilly - yes. \n* Kerbin - no. \n * Mun - yes. \n * Minnus - yes\n* Duna - yes. \n * Ike - yes. \n* Jool - no. \n * Laythe - no. \n * Vall - yes. \n * Tylo - no. \n * Bop - yes. \n\nI was surprised about Laythe and Tylo. Apparently they're both more massive than Duna.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I have heard of 1 person who managed it but circumstances were special. Duna has lighter gravity than kerbin, but still heavier than the mun (obviously), so it comes down to how fast you were already going in your ship, the distance to the ground, and the thrust of the jetpack.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "I'd go on amazon.com and buy the mflb for around 80, then take that extra 50 and go buy a bubble or something", "score": 8 }, { "body": "If you have the ability to use the bong openly and have no need to be discrete about toking go with the bong ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "MFLB if you're concerned about your health. Inhaling THC infused with smoke is as bad as inhaling any smoke. In the long run, it's bad for your lungs. Vaporizers give you everything you need without the harmful smoke. I've been using the MFLB for the past few months and although I can't approach a [10] as fast as I can from hitting a bong or a pipe, I do like the mellow high and the speed at which I climb from a [0] to a [7]. I've hit a [10] many a times so if that's what you're worried about it's not a problem.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "For 120 id take the MFLB. Wont break as easily, discreet smoking, and if you want to buy a memorable bong, save a bit more", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As an Ent with both (mflb and $140 bong), there are a lot of factors involved:\n\n1. Do you mostly never smoke alone?\n2. MFLBs are up to 3x as efficient, so if you're short on cash, they can be really handy.\n3. Bongs are a lot of fun, so your friend could party too?\n\nIf you smoke with him almost every day, you could use a bong. I like my mflb a lot, though, but my bong is fun on occasions. Ask your friend about it!\n\nHope I've been of use,\n[2]", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I was just in the same situation, I decided to do neither. I decided to make my own MFLB, and its almost done. It's actually VERY easy to do, and only cost me about $5. I now have the $120.00 for a bong... AND an MFLB. If you have the skills, this is an awesome route to take.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "It seems like there may be some simple solutions. What are your standards for a woman you are dating? Are you okay with a woman who seeks the attention of other men? (Personally, I'm not any more.) Why not? Well, simply put, any or all of the time that she invests in spending time with other guys is time that she should be putting into your relationship and strengthening the bond with you. If you are not the most important man in her life, as she seems to be acting, it's a turn off ... and a warning sign. \n\nHer interest level in you may be high enough to date, but clearly isn't enough to think you are the one and only man who can keep her happy. So she may be investing time in you, but it sounds like she's only investing 75% or 50% (or less?) of her energy. Perhaps you are investing more, maybe 90% or 100% by not talking inappropriately with other women, and considering the fact that you seem to care about her behavior says you are not happy with what you are getting in return. Right?\n\nI think what you did was INCREDIBLY powerful and - for once on Reddit - the exact right thing to do. You told her how you are turned off by her behavior. You basically said \"I have higher standards, shape up, or I am outta here.\" Bravo to you.\n\nIf it continues, you will have to make a decision. Do you want to be with a woman who flirts with other men, and by proxy doesn't direct that energy to you (which I think is bad, I'm SO over women like that), or do you want to find a woman who understands how great you are (and by the fact that you stood up for yourself, I have to admit I think you're one of the smartest guys I've ever seen on Reddit.)\n\nWant more reasons? Read this ...\n\nhttp://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/08/09/ED-linked-to-womens-friendship-with-males/UPI-92501312863195/?spt=hs&or=hn", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Been there.\n\nMan, she is like this.\n\nThe same way you are a person that doesn't like this. She is a person that likes this.\n\nThis is NOT going to change.\n\nYou are not compatible as it is right now.\n\nIF she is going to take a huge U-turn on this behaviour, then maybe you guys can talk about going on.\nElse you will just end up being hurt and probably cheated on.\n\nTalk to her calmly about the matter and see where it goes.\n\nBut if this doesn't change and you feel uncomfortable, the best and only thing to do is dump her and find someone that makes you feel good, not bad.\n", "score": 3 } ]