WhipperSnapper

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Chopper Commando on the PC Jr and River Raid on the Atari 2600 were my first gaming loves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I was trying to figure out how to wipe at all! Even if you stood all the way up, there's hardly room for your arm to reach around.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Your reply helped me understand what on earth was happening. I was like "wimin and wimen?!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My doc once explained that nails, or anything that causes a puncture wound, are worse than a cut because they compress tissue within the wound, creating places where there is no exposure to oxygen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That actually makes a lot of sense to me. Such a large portion of how we communicate is in our body language, I can see how stripping that out would leave someone scrambling a bit in that situation. Thanks for sharing!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I wonder if it's just because it feels less natural, and therefore forced, as if you're having to perform.

When I was young, I had a lot of anxiety over calling things like businesses, doctors offices, places where people had an official role. It felt intimidating. What eventually got me past that was remembering that though these people are in an official capacity, they're also people who can joke and make mistakes and ramble and get confused, just like me. Once I stopped seeing them as their capacity, that feeling kinda went away.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That's just flat out rude. Jeez.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I this a phone calls thing, or just a talking to people at all thing? Like, is it difficult to have a conversation with someone at dinner, for example?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

easier and faster to text than to call

This is an interesting perspective to me. I use text/email if it's not time sensitive, or a call if I need to communicate quickly or what I'm trying to communicate is complicated, because I absolutely can speak faster than I can type on my phone.

Sometimes I split the difference and walk to my computer so I can use a keyboard if it's a lot to type, but also not time sensitive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Point to your credit here: it's illegal in this state to pay less than minimum wage whether the employee is tipped or not. ALL workers make at least $15.74/hr here, except for 14 and 15 year olds who can be paid 80% of minimum wage.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The S in MSRP is "suggested", so I don't see any technical problem with it. I think we need a separate term if it's meant to be a locked price point across sellers.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My favourite daughter

Busted

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