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[ { "body": "I am an Air force vet. I joined right out of high school, before you were born. You can get a great deal out of service in the air force. Money, training, experience and world view perspective beyond your hometown. Full medical while you are in and the G.I. Bill for college. However, It does not mean you are \"safe\". While you are defiantly less likely to get shot at as army or marines, you may sill be required to deploy to hostile areas. No service is ever \"safe\". If you are going join, join to serve. ", "score": 21 }, { "body": "When you join the military, you're giving the president the authority to tell you to kill people. These days, presidents do this not just when people need killing, but when they feel the need to prove something, be it to the swing voters, the opposition party, or their dads. For the sake of the residents of the countries we are now attacking and will attack over the next six years, please consider something else.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Find a scholarship or funding for college, don't sign a contract as strong as the military's just because you feel like it's the only way. There are other options. If you're drawn to serving your country and whatnot then by all means join. You can find a community college and a crappy job to pay for that college if you just look hard enough.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Sign up for four years, pick a technical job if you can, and enjoy everything. I had a lot of fun in Basic Training and tech school, I miss the friends I had made there (I do keep in contact with a handful of them.) \n \nTake advantage of the Montgomery G.I. Bill, go to college and let the AF foot the bill. If you really enjoy military life, get your Bachelor's and go Officer. Don't fret over deployments, as most people only deploy every other year, normally for only 4 months. You won't end up in Iraq holding an M-16, if anything you could be in Afghanistan doing support work. Just all depends on your AFSC (the job you pick.) \n \nTry to pick something you can apply to civilian jobs, so your AF training can easily land you a nice job if you decide to get out after 4 years. Jobs like Network Technicians can easily field 60k+ jobs your starting year. \n \nGood luck!", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I am an army vet, I joined right out of high school. I highly value my current respect for hard work and physical fitness - both of which had something to do with my military experience. There are other things about my character that the military had a positive influence on. I also met some great people and had some very interesting and wild experiences.\n\nI joined on 9/11 (finished my paperwork), before and during the morning attacks. Weird, I know. Total coincidence. I joined *before* war. I was also entirely politically naive at the time, so I'm not saying I would have made a different decision otherwise.\n\nIt's **very** important to know that as a part of the military apparatus your job will include directly or indirectly murdering people. Unless you are a sociopath or excellent at bearing great cognitive dissonance it's important that you agree with the USA's political platform and war agenda. This may be looking up nowadays with the new presidential term, but remember as a rule America frequently protects its ideas more than its physical boundaries.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Good idea, I think. I've had excellent experiences, met the best people I've known, been treated well, gotten more education, decent pay, lot of opportunities, travel, and on and on. I've never thought joining the AF was a bad decision. As far as safe goes, it's all relative. You'll deploy but that's part of both the job and the experience. It's safer than other choices, but if your highest concern is personal safety jobs with guns aren't probably your thing.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "GED? Be careful, when I came in (2003) the USAF was less than enthusiastic about taking people with GEDs. I had one, but also had a two-year degree so I was good. Scoring very high on the ASVAB (google it!) might cancel out just having a GED though. Not sure. Check with your recruiter.\n\nAs for jobs, carefully consider what jobs are available and what they entail. If you go Security Forces (if you put Open General, you'll go Security Forces, a cop) you WILL see some type of action. You'll deploy for 6 months and return home for 6 months, deploy for 6, etc, etc.\n\nProgramming jobs are not too likely to be gotten, don't set your heart on it.\n\nCommand Post seems to be a fairly low manned job, so if you put on your list you'll probably get it.\n\nAirfield Management, very undermanned job. You'll definitely get it above others.\n\nSame for Air Traffic Controller. ATC is a son-of-a-bitch though, lots of washouts. If you're not confident you can do it, don't put it down.\n\nIntelligences jobs are probably low manned too, and typically non-combat.\n\nAnd my personal favorite, Weather, also always undermanned. I can definitely tell you a lot about this one. Including the fact that despite weather being a seemingly non-combat job, I'll probably end up ground pounding with Army in Afghanistan within 3 years. And if shit happens, this friendly neighborhood weatherman is expected to be a grunt just like them. The tech school is very long and painful though. Nor is it easy, but I've seen some dumb shits pass...so...\n\nIf you want a job that'll take you just about anywhere in world, go weather (after 3-4 years) or security forces (right off).\n\nAs for general USAF advice:\nBasic sucks. Deal with it, do as your told, keep your head down.\nTech schools sucks more. You have more liberty but it's a lot of bullshit. Do you what to, don't waste time or act stupid. DO NOT DRINK UNDERAGED. And if you do, don't fucking take pictures. Let me repeat that. Do not take pictures if you do stupid things.\n\nAnother bit of possible advice. Go to a tech school, get subsidized federal student loans, get at least 30 hours. Try to keep your total costs below $10,000. That will guarantee to you can get into the USAF *AND* start you at E3 (Airman First Class) instead of E1 (Airman Basic). Google for enlisted pay charts to see the pay difference. Get deferments or forbearance on the loans while you're taking classes. Consolidate your loans. Join the USAF, and make sure you're enrolled in the College Loan Repayment Program. The USAF will pay back $10,000 of your student loans. If you have no other debts, you can cover the costs of of the loans. Get some education, build some credit, get a job, have job pay off loans, come out debt free and a whole lot better than you were before.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I joined the AF to travel, and ended up one state over. You never really know where you will end up, so don't get your hopes too high up.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Retired AF here. I had a fantastically good career (but I admit I was luckier than most). I heartily recommend serving a 4-year stint to help you get where you want to go. Vet/education benefits, experience, and just some work/life skills and self discipline. It would be a good move for someone with few options, IMHO. Good luck! ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "As an Air Force vet I say go for it. I was in computer operations and loved it. One word of advice: When you reach Lackland (Basic Training) keep in mind that it's all a mind game, so when you find people in overly starched uniforms and funny hats yelling at you, it's nothing personal :)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Sarah Jessica Parker FTW.\n\n[example](http://news.pinkprice.com/wp-content/sarah-jessica-parker-earrings.jpg)\n\nI simply don't understand.", "score": 172 }, { "body": "Uma Thurman. Never understood the appeal. In \"The Truth About Cats and Dogs\" I thought Janeane Garofalo was way cuter than supposedly hot Uma.", "score": 56 }, { "body": "Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Paris Hilton, all of the Kardashians. So many answers, so little time.", "score": 28 }, { "body": "Um... Miley Cyrus. I don't know anyone that does find her attractive, but I assume she is a \"sex symbol.\" She seems to be marketed as one.", "score": 22 }, { "body": "**Lady Gaga.**\n\nEDIT: Whoa, Really? 250 comments and I'm really the first one to say Lady Gaga. After using find and submitting i scrolled through all of them to make sure. That's very surprising. I think she's gross.", "score": 19 }, { "body": "Angelina Jolie looks like someone grafted fake tits onto a welterweight and pumped his lips full of collagen. Angelina Jolie is NOT attractive unless you want to have sex with men.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "She might not be a sex symbol, but I know a lot of people think she's the hottest woman alive, while I don't think Keira Knightley is very attractive at all. She's a plank!", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Fergie, of the Black Eyed Peas is incredibly NOT hot to me and I hear my friends talking about how fine she is. That bitches face is jacked. I cannot imagine how such a fucked looking woman got to be a sex symbol by having a great body and singing about an octave range in her speaking voice. *shudders* \n\nNo lie... like she was dropped as a child... on her face... into a handbag full of assholes.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Matt Damon.\n\nHe's not all that bad, it's just that I still can't believe he was named \"Sexiest Man Alive\" by 'People Magazine'. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have named him, although I don't find him attractive.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I've never gone ape over a common sex symbol in my entire life. One that comes to mind is Jamie Lee Curtis... I mean, really? Him?", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Christian Bale. There is something terribly and dreadfully wrong with his lips. Also, as a result, his chin looks idiotic shoved into a Batman mask.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "What's her face from Transformers.\nMegan Fox.\nAnd being a straight female, I don't mind stating whether or not I find women \"hot.\"\nI just think she always looks like a huge whore. A very unattractive, huge whore.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Older stars, people that my mom and her sisters loved, I see them in movies and posters and don't know what they found sexy: Robert Redford, Elvis, John Wayne...\nI'll take Jimmy Stewart any day over those guys.\n\nNowadays people that don't raise my temperature a single notch: the JOnas Bros, Kevin Costner, Pierce Brosnan.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Megan Fox... not only is she (apparently) a ditsy bitch, she looks like if you heated her up she'd melt...", "score": 3 }, { "body": "that ugly ugly whore from sex and the city, the one that looks like a man, also angelina jolie as well. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I haven't heard much about Mischa Barton lately, but I know she was an it girl a while ago, even going as far as complaining about how hard it is to be beautiful.\n\nHer face looks like it belongs on a young boy. Not attractive at all!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I don't think either would apply. Polyamory refers to an emotional mindset. Laws do not apply to one's state of emotions. Whereas polygamy would be included in civil law as it involves civil unions. ", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Shotguns are better for home defense especially if you have a family. A shotgun is better than a pistol when used in low-light situations (when most home break-ins occur) because you dont need to be as accurate as you do with a pistol. People without a lot of practice with firearms can hit a target easier because of this reason, so if your wife is like mine and never shoots this is a good thing.\r\n\r\nThe biggest reason for a shotgun over a pistol is because of the penetration power of pistols. If you miss your target with a shotgun you will put a hole in the wall. If you miss your target with a pistol you will put a much smaller hole in the wall as well as anything on the other side of the wall unless you hit a stud in the wall. So a shotgun is a lot safer.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Ten years ago I chased a burglar out of my house at 2:00am with my AMT Hardballer, but fortunately I didn't have to fire a shot nor did he get away with any belongings. Scared the crap out of me though, there's no way to prepare for that feeling... it's quite inhibiting of one's ability to take precise action, more so than you might think. The AMT was a stainless semiautomatic prone to galling which would cause it to jam, so I traded that for a Smith & Wesson stainless .357 magnum. It's outfitted with Crimson Trace Laser Grips and if you go with a handgun, I'd recommend the same thing. They're a big help for aim in low light situations and when your heart is racing. I also have a Remington 870 Express which is a cheap and solid home defense weapon. It's also a lot of fun at the range. I don't think you can go wrong with either as long as the Glock gets Laser Grips, but that does add a lot to the cost so the shotgun would be the better value option. The Glock can be prone to jamming as well with poor wrist technique, improper maintenance, and cheap ammo, so with the shotgun you don't have to worry about that either. All in all, I'd go with the shotgun. Laser sights and tactical flashlights can be added to an 870 cheaper than Laser Grips can be added to a handgun, so that might be a good addition as well. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "For home protection you want a shotgun like the 870, preferably with birdshot or lighter buckshot load. The 870 is inexpensive, reliable, withstands mistreatment and poor cleaning, and there are a million places that can fix or provide parts for it. I would personally recommend a synthetic stock as it's a bit lighter and more durable. \n\nHandguns are a bit sexier, but honestly ask yourself if you're going to sleep with the thing under your pillow like a movie gangster. If you're seriously concerned with your safety, you want a gun that is going to reliably hit what you aim at and not go far beyond it at 3am when you are half-asleep and don't have your glasses on. Glock makes good handguns, but unless you are training with that thing for several thousand shots a year, no.\n\nI have an 870 (bird and trap gun mostly) that I've beat the hell out of for years, a H&K USP 40 (best gun I've ever fired after some trigger work), a Walther .22 automatic for target practice, and a DPMS AR-15 based .308 carbine for game hunting. If I was trying to protect myself, the 870 is the first one I'd go after.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "You woke in the middle of the night to strange noises in the house. You reach for your firearm and head downstairs. You see a stranger rummaging through your shelves and drawers. He turns and spots you. He pulls a knife and lunges! Adrenaline is pumping and you have tunnel vision. You fire! Did you shoot a shotgun or handgun?\n\nIf you said shotgun, you probably hit your target. A handgun and you probably miss. Bullets are small and there is only one of them. Shotguns contain many pellets and a few will probably find their mark through all of the adrenaline and nerves. \n\nHome protection, shotgun without a doubt. And don't believe what people say about an intruder being scared about hearing a shotgun pumping. If the intruder is all hopped up on something then a sound will probably not scare them off. It will however alert them to your location. \n\nJust my $.02", "score": 3 }, { "body": "You can't go wrong with a Remington 870. I had one in my main gun toting/using days. It was excellent. I recommend the short slug barrel with rifle-like sight. You can get a stock sock that holds several extra shells, plus expand the gun's built in supply by one shell by removing a factory plug. You can further expand your supply with aftermarket accessories.\n\n\nBut of course an 870 is basically a war weapon, and probably more than most people would ever need.\n\n\nI still have a shot gun and various pistols. I prefer stainless steel for long term ownership. Plus it's easier for bad guys to see your weapon and back off.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "That's a hunting shotgun, a nice one at that, but having an 18\" barrel is better for home defense. The 18\" barrel should have less choke for a wider pattern, and works better in tight quarters. Especially in a struggle where there's less barrel for someone to grab. Police departments often use even shorter barrels, but 18\" is the shortest you can buy legally in most places. \n \n\nhttp://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model-870/model-870-express-synthetic-18inch.aspx", "score": 3 }, { "body": "With a shotgun remember this: at close range (inside a home) all of those shotgun pellets still arrive in a tight group at one small point. The damage is terrible.\n\nImportant point for **everyone** to keep in mind: unlike games and movies, in real life the bullets and shotgun pellets usually won't stop at the wall and in many cases they can penetrate the whole house. Remember that you can hurt innocent others as well as your electrical wiring and other home features so don't fuck around. Know where your shot will be going if/when it passes through/past your intended target.\n\nStill, the sound and shock of a shotgun blast inside a home is almost enough to knock someone down at close range. Even should you miss they will shit their pants. \n\nIt's an awesome psychological impact on any punk sneaking around inside your warm abode. Hell, imagine if it were you hearing the jacking of a shotgun slide in front of you somewhere in the dark. \n\nYeah. I love my sweet little Remington 870 police shotgun.\n\nEdit: syntax\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Actually it wasn't that hard and came out pretty decent (at least I think it did). Uploaded it here: http://lanknights.net/images/gamma/fuzzydesign.ai\n\nIt is in Adobe Illustrator format, but let me know if it doesn't work for you.", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "I know it's been said time and time again, but here goes: Starting Strength: buy the book, and the DVD. Work your ass off, don't cheat on the technique or you'll hurt yourself, eat a lot. Also, no cardio as indicated below.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "lift weights almost completely (or exercises such as pull ups, push ups, dips, etc) \r\n\r\ncardio will really only burn muscle in your case.\r\n\r\nmake sure to eat lots of protein and supplement it with protein shakes (to make sure your muscles have enough building blocks to grow at all times) \r\n\r\ndiet / exercise / sleep are the three parts of the triangle\r\n\r\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "This [lean mass diet](http://www.scivationbooks.com/leanmass.htm) breaks down the diet, literally, hour by hour. It also covers pretty well the basics of nutrition. It was put together by a supplement company called \"Scivation\" so just ignore all the recommended supplements and skip to the back with the diet plans. There's also an excellent workout plan included if you have access to a gym. Best of all it's free. \n\nBased on your body I would do either the 2500 or 3000 calorie plan. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I use it to save the nsfw links while working. If my wife looked at my save list she would think im a huge fucking perv.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I fucking LOVE technology!\n\nEdit: I think I am going to order it - I will do a review when it arrives :)", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "This too is the feeling I have that I wouldn't have realized until you put it into words. Thanks Jangus.", "score": 10 }, { "body": ">[TIL that purple Gatorade turns poop green](http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/al7m0/til_that_purple_gatorade_turns_poop_green/)\n\n...\n\n>\"...whenever I see \"TIL...\" on my front page, my heart skips a beat.\"\n\nಠ_ಠ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Hm, sadly this subreddit wasn't enough to keep me. Reddit isn't becoming Digg, it's just stopped evolving at an uncomfortable point between the two.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "It was wacrover that came up with the idea, I simply made the subreddit. However, the real thanks goes out to the people that make this thing possible - for teaching everyone, and spreading their new-found knowledge. This place wouldn't be what it is without you guys. \n\n... so, thank YOU JangusKhan and every other subscriber to this subreddit. \n\nIt has definitely skyrocketed in the last year, and completely surprised the hell out of me that it would be so popular. We've hit 24,500 subscribers, and continue to grow by about 100/day.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Maybe [this](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&um=1&sa=1&q=site:nasa.gov+iss+window&aq=f&oq=&aqi=&start=0)?", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "**The Pill ARP 5%**\n\n(It should be pointed out, however, that at least 3% of the pregnancy rate is believed to be caused by human error, ie. forgetting to take the pill, etc.)\n\nTwo types available, both with roughly the same ARP. The progestin only pill fools the body into thinking it is already pregnant, making the uterus less able to accept a fertilised ovum. It also thickens the cervical mucus, reducing the chances of sperm ever reaching an ovum. The combined oral contraceptive contains progestin and oestrogen, so has the same effects as the progestin only pill and additionally suppresses ovulation.", "score": 79 }, { "body": "**Intrauterine Device (IUD) ARP 1-2%**\n\nA T-shaped device inserted into the uterus, usually made of copper and sometimes impregnated (no pun intended) with progestin. Works by introducing a foreign object in the uterine environment which causes the body to reject embryos. One of the lowest failure rates of all methods.", "score": 78 }, { "body": "**Male Condom ARP 14%**\n\nBarrier method, covers penis, usually coated with spermicide (but also available without), so most sperm die and those that don't (in theory) never reach the ovum anyway.", "score": 61 }, { "body": "**Nuva-Ring ARP approx 1%**\n\nA soft flexible ring, approx two inches in diameter, inserted into the vagina, impregnated with the same oestrogen and progestin hormones used in the combo pill. Worn for three weeks continuously then discarded. A new ring is then inserted after a week's break. Same mechanism of hormonal action as pill and patch. Like the Patch, a recent release on the market, so the statistical data is not yet significant.", "score": 53 }, { "body": "**Fertility Awareness Method ARP __**\n\nFertility Awareness increases a woman’s understanding of her body and her menstrual cycle. To be effective as birth control, it requires her to abstain from intercourse or to use a barrier method of birth control during the fertile time, approximately one-third of the month.\n\n[More information:](http://zinelibrary.info/fertility-awareness-non-invasive-birth-control)", "score": 19 }, { "body": "**Vasectomy ARP .15%**\n\nDuring a vasectomy, the vas deferens from each testicle is clamped, cut, or otherwise sealed. This prevents sperm from mixing with the semen that is ejaculated from the penis. An egg cannot be fertilized when there are no sperm in the semen. ", "score": 18 }, { "body": "**The Shot (Depo-Provera) ARP 0.3%**\n\nAn injection of hormones which inhibit both ovulation and the ability of the uterine lining to accept a fertilised ovum. ", "score": 17 }, { "body": "**Implants (Norplant and Implanon) ARP 0.09%**\n\nAn implant inserted just below the skin to slowly release hormones which inhibit both ovulation and the ability of the uterine lining to accept a fertilised ovum. New prescriptions use Implanon. Norplant is no longer available for new prescriptions but those already on Norplant can continue to use it.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "**Ortho-Evra (\"The Patch\") ARP approx 2%**\n\nAn elastoplast that secretes through the skin the same oestrogen and progestin hormones used in the combination pill. On the market for less than 18 months, so no significant statistical data is available, but in theory its efficacy should be similar to that of the pill minus the human error factor, since there's no daily action required. One patch lasts for a week, she wears it three weeks on and then one week (menstruation) off.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "**Cervical Cap/Diaphragm ARP 20% unless you've already had children, in which case it rises to 40%.**\n\nFlexible rubber cap to cover the neck of the womb, acting as a barrier to sperm entry. Usually coated in spermicide. Pro: Allows repeated sexual activity in short spans of time without the need to worry about renewing the contraceptive.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "**Vaginal Spermicide ARP 26%**\n\nSpermicide inserted in to the vagina before sex as a foam, suppository, film or gel (most commonly Nonoxynol-9). In theory kills all sperm in the vagina before they can fertilise an ovum.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "**Rhythm method ARP 25%**\n\nMonitoring of the woman's temperature fluctuations, period timings, and other biological observations to determine when she is at her most fertile - you then avoid having unprotected sex at these times.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The answer to your question depends on where you will work/go to school.\n\nThe absolutely ideal choice is in SF proper, and I would ignore anyone that tells you otherwise.\n\nUnfortunately, most jobs are in Silicon Valley. Many people make the mistake of thinking that the 1-2 hour commute is doable, but you won't be able to keep it up, I promise.\n\nI wont bother listing the Caltrain stops or how long they take, as google maps does a good job of that.\n\nOne tip is that the east bay is loads cheaper than the west bay. \n\nLastly, places you should not visit, let alone live, are Richmond, Oakland and East Palo Alto. Do not confuse East Palo Alto with Palo Alto. They are similar only in name.\n\nI will probably get downvoted by some resident of the above 3 cities, because they grew up there, or they happen to live in a decent part. It's true, there are less rough parts, and even nice parts, but you generally want to stay away. There is a small part of North Oakland that is basically Berkeley, and that is ok (just lots of bums and students).\n\nSan Jose doesn't compare to San Francisco, but it's far more bustling than any of the stops in between. It's a lot better than it used to be in that regard. There are a lot of pubs and non-pretentious hangouts, no hipsters, SJSU and several colleges.\n\nThird is going to be Palo Alto, and it's way behind San Jose, but is a 45 min train ride to SF (you will take advantage of this less than you think, so don't let it sway you too much). Take a drive down University Ave and you've seen Palo Alto...WYSIWYG there.\n\nUnless you are 35+ and boring, don't even look at Sunnyvale/Mountain View/Cupertino/Santa Clara if you don't have to. I've spent a lot of time in all of them and they are all terrible if you like to leave your apartment. Expensive and nothing to do.\n\nMost well-known geek-group/hangout of choice is probably Noisebridge.\n\ntl;dr: If you can find a job in SF that pays enough so that you can afford to live there, you win the Bay Area.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I have lived in the bay area all my life. There are areas that are considered the bay area that really aren't, ranging from some people who consider walnut creek to not be part of the bay area, all the way to some people who consider tracy/modesto part of the bay area. I assume you mean major metro areas. \n\nMarin is very rich. They have so much money they pay taxes to bart to keep it out of marin so the poor can't commute into their county. Richmond, the areas around international ave in oakland, and the tenderloin/tendernob are going to be the sketchiest parts of the bay area. I have been to some bad parts of Louisiana and felt just as scared there as being lost in the loin at 18 (12 years ago). There are nice parts of most towns in the bay area, there are just lots of cities with reasonable places to live.\n\nNorth oakland/berkeley is great, all the way up to el cerrito near the richmond border. I am living in that area now and I have access to great schools, amtrack, bart, county busses (which all suck in the bay area except for muni in sf). The rent is doable in this area, and there is parking if you plan on having your own car. If you don't plan on owning a car and you want to live on a budget san francisco is now open to you. Keep in mind though from downtown berkeley to SF it is a 15 minute bart ride. SF has 30k a month suites all the way down to 500 dollar a month closets with a shared bathroom. Lots of nice neighborhoods, and shitty places a block away from what you might have considered nice. The city must be explored and understood. There is simply no way of saying SF is or isn't the right place for you.\n\nI lived in San Jose for 2 years, it was the most boring experience I have had in the bay area. Some people might disagree, but I will deal with commuting 1 hour each way from oakland to SJ every day rather than living in SJ. Your mileage may vary, depending on if you like ghetto dance clubs, or cracker whitebread suburban living.\n\nThe peninsula is one of the areas in the bay I am not very familiar with, however menlo park/standford is one giant mall or so expensive you would have to earn 200k to live there comfortably combined household income. Student living in that area might be possible. \n\nSan lorenzo/milpitas, san jose, sunnyvale, any of these areas are not good places to live unless you want to settle down have a family and focus on a career. Which might be what you want to do. \n\nMy suggestion for someone between the ages of 20 and 30 looking to go to school, work and have a social life that includes the arts, music, and easy to afford culture SF to north oakland on the east west, downtown oakland to el cerrito on the north south is what I would suggest. \n\nGood luck, the bay has lots to offer. Don't discount any of the places I suggest not to live. They might be right up your ally, provided we have different kinds of allies that we prefer.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I think Palo Alto is the best place to live in the Bay Area. It's a small town but with a lot of culture. Some say it has a yuppie vibe, others say it has too many rich old people, but I like it. The houses are nice looking, there are two downtowns, two indie movie theaters, many ethnic restaurants, a mall (albeit a smaller one) closeby, bikefriendly, lots of pretty trees and houses. Right halfway between SF and Santa Cruz (beach town). Caltrain can take you to SF. College town bc of Stanford. Lots of independent businesses, but the big box stores in neighboring towns are easy to get to as well. It's very expensive to live there, though. I would pick anything around the peninsula bc it's closer to the city and to forests and beaches over the cities more east (east san jose, fremont, livermore, etc) but I hear the places more up north (walnut creek, etc) are nice too. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "San Mateo is ass. Palo Alto is a mall. Oakland is sketchy, except for the hills and a zone around the auto row, and you can't afford the hills. Parts of Berkeley might be OK. I'd suggest the mission, though. It's not pristine, but it is bustling. Go to your prospective neighborhood at night so you'll know if you can handle it or not. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I've lived in the bay area my whole life. Grew up in palo alto, went to college at cal, and am back living/working in palo alto and spending most of my weekends in SF, but occasionally Berkeley or Santa Cruz.\n\nBerkeley is great because there is a lot of stuff going on there (bars, good cheap food, etc), it has a very nice relaxed liberal vibe, diverse population, and its really close to the city (like a 20 minute BART ride). Plus the UC is right there if you want to take extension classes or something. The school is right in the middle of the city so there are lots of young people around everywhere. Its not the lowest crime area but its not intolerable at all. Rent is not cheap but its not outrageous either. If you can get a job in the east bay I'd really try to live here.\n\nPalo Alto is OK, but its significantly wealthier, older, and somewhat more pretentious. It also takes 2.5x as long to get to SF than from berkeley. Still, it is the most happening city between SF and San Jose, and there is a fairly active nightlife which attracts people who don't want to deal with the commute/hassle of either larger city. Stanford is there, but it sits apart from the city itself so it doesn't feel like you're surrounded by college kids. If you need to work in silicon valley its a good spot to live.\n\nSF is great. It's like a giant version of berkeley (that costs more). My GF lives here and I spend my weekends up here. Obviously, as its a huge city theres just a shitfuckton of stuff happening all the time and its all really easy to get to once you're here already. I love it and would move up if I wouldn't have to commute an hour+ each way during rush hour. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "if you want to be close to the Silicon Valley, be near public transit, and be able to travel to San Francisco, you're going to want to live near a Caltrain station (caltrain.com). I live near the Redwood City station and if I want to go to the city I can just take the train to the SF stop near ATT park, or transfer to BART (bart.gov) at the Millbrae stop and go pretty much anywhere important in the city. Public transit isn't the best, I'm not going to lie, but it's not too bad. You can get anywhere you need to go without a car. I recommend Palo Alto though, there is a pretty good downtown (right near Stanford) and it's a good midway point between SF and Silicon Valley so any communting wouldn't be too bad. Good luck!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "The Bay Area is very nice, but yes it became incredibly expensive to live here in the past 10 - 15 years or so. My parents' 1400 sq. ft. house's value is quadruple what they bought it for 24 years ago. I've always wanted to live in Los Gatos: small town, good schools, nice little shops, and nice houses. It's a backdoor community with a lot of character. Funny thing is, though, it's expensive relative to the rest of the Bay Area. The three most expensive cities to live in in the southern bay area are Saratoga, Los Altos and Los Gatos.\n\nI think you might be interested in **Mountain View**. A lot of startups are there and you are always close to mass transit. I don't quite know what the crime rate is, though.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I think you might fare better if you focused this more specifically about how involved you want to be with SF itself. All of the other parts of the Bay Area have their unique and valuable merits, but most probably it'll always be second-best emotionally if you haven't gotten SF out of your system yet and it was the primary draw for you moving to the Bay Area in the first place.\n\nThe reality with living outside of the city, regardless of how close BART or Caltrain stations may be, is that you'll always face the commute in. More often than not it'll be a mental hindrance that will shift your trips to the city into one-off nights or weekends. Regularly facing a 45-min ride just to grab some dinner and drinks or to see a show will get old pretty quickly unless you've got mass amounts of city-enthusiasm to spare, which may or may not be the case.\n\nAdmittedly, more tech jobs are in SV, but it also tends to be much more mellow in nearly all dimensions. This may be a good or bad thing. Most of the major cities in the BA have downtown bustling areas, so there's always unique shops and restaurants to check out, just without the same diversity and density as one will find in SF.\n\nCities along the peninsula are closer to the Santa Cruz mtns and thus offer lots of beaches and hiking / mtn. biking within easy reach.\n\nSouth Bay cities are in the heart of SV for ease of work commute and a short hop over the hill to Santa Cruz.\n\nLower East bay is an economical choice, but more oriented towards families and lacking on the cultural side. Upper East bay has Berkeley and parts of Oakland and Emeryville for cultural source and the neighborhoods range from pricey to ghetto.\n\nVisit Marin county once and you'll know instantly whether you want to live there or not, there's very little grey area to those towns.\n\ntl;dr: If you want to live the city experience, just move to SF. If you're ok with SF being more like an odd-night out / weekend tourist attraction, most anywhere else is fine, just depending upon your interests and needs.\n\np.s. regarding crime, arguably the main places to avoid are East Palo Alto, West Oakland, Downtown San Jose, and Hunter's Point / Bay View / Bay Shore in SF, though there are probably some case-by-case situations that prove to be an exception to these.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Listen, I'm Marin born and raised. I love the place, and to the [fucktard](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/al5xw/whats_the_best_place_to_live_in_the_bay_area/c0i5v3b) who said that we payed to keep bart out, isn't the case. Pre bart, marin had the best commute options out there, then bart came in and theres no way to get it across the bridge w/o major spending.\n\nThe issue behind that is state doesn't see a reason to spend all that money for low pop suburbs to get a bart connection into the city. What we do have comming in the next few years is a train linking the entire north bay (from santarosa south) which gets you the the ferry and into sf easy no car.\n\nIf you live in marin, you pay the price of living in marin, but you don't have all the bs that you have in palo alto, you don't have the retarded parking of the city, the shittyness that is every other block of berkley, the confusion of the city and it's horrible parking and overpriced tiny rat holes. It's 100% not oakland. It's marin, it's something like 70% green space. Birth place of mountain biking for a reason. If you like to hike/bike etc, there isn't a better place in the world for it. The fog rolls in at night keeps it cool and clears off in the day for warmth. \n\nYea it's pricey, but it has amazing eateries, is close to napa, SF, east bay, airports, country, mountains, less conjestion than any where else in the bay, amazing schools (some of the best in the state both public and private) it's a great, safe place for a family. It's not your standard tract house suburb BS every where either, it's soo close to the city. Also the Comunity Colleges are great.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Here is my guide to the Bay Area (after living here all my life). This is in order, going from South to North: \n\nAnything before Palo Alto is not worth it. Even San Jose sucks, literally. Their nightlife is awful. Technically, I can ask \"What nightlife?\" So let's move on, shall we? I mean sure, Mountain View has free Google Wifi (bastards) but hey, unless you're like my boyfriend and I where our idea of a Friday Night is sitting on our computers looking at Reddit, then you should probably look into NOT moving there. \n\nPalo Alto is full of frat boys/tramps. They're like vampires they come out at night and suck all the fun out of everything. One guy handed me his business card and said \"Call me\" when CLEARLY I had a boyfriend. No, we did not exchange any business pleasantries, just him trying to eye rape me. \n\nAtherton is great but expensive so throw that out. My grandparents live there--MONEEYYY. 'Cept they bought their house when it was relatively inexpensive...damn you housing growth!\n\nMenlo Park is nice...meh. At your age, fuck that. I'd go crazy. Keplers books is fun, and there is nice shopping but let's be real....no.\n\nRedwood City is becoming more and more gentrified, but it has two completely different sides to it--the \"white\" side and the \"latino\" side. I wish they'd just integrate it into one giant happy Spanglish community, but they won't. Sigonia's is an awesome, awesome grocery store. A little expensive but super cool.\n\nSan Carlos, keep walking. Nothing to see here...literally.\n\nBelmont? Shoot me. I lived there for about 6 months before I high-tailed it back to FC.\n\nSan Mateo is pretty cool, bad parts yes, boring yes. Not much of a downtown, and the Hillsdale mall is AWFUL. Take this from someone who spent her childhood there. AWFUL.\n\nBurlingame...ehh...are you rich? Are you snobby? Do you like to push around your kids in bentley strollers and be an asshole pedestrian? Well then do I have the place for you! (This includes Hillsborough, which is gorgeous but FILTHY rich)\n\nMillbrae has nothing except an In&Out. The lights at the Millbrae Ave/Bart station intersection rape you by taking your picture and ticketing you for being 1 inch over the white line. It's fucking ridiculous.\n\nAnything between Millbrae and San Francisco--avoid. Just...avoid it. It's foggy and gross. \n\nSan Francisco--if you have questions about the different \"sections\", then ask away. I am almost an expert. My top three picks are: Castro, Russian Hill, Nob Hill. A little expensive but completely worth it. Easily accessible by transit (take the F from Castro to Bart, take Bart to Millbrae transfer to Caltrain etcetcetc).\n\nOakland: Now, I've never lived here, but I've driven through it enough to feel like running red lights just to get out of there quicker. \n\nAlameda: If you REALLY want to feel secluded...go here.\n\nTreasure Island: If you really want to feel secluded AND want to be exposed to toxic chemicals while simultaneously sinking as well as surrounded by a low-income population, then I found your new home!\n\nAnywhere else is not really worth your trouble if you want to be around SV, for reals.\n\nHope that helps!\n\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Solar radiation is not the only input. The Earth is constantly bathed in the solar wind which is primarily composed of ionic hydrogen, helium and electrons. Most of the solar wind is deflected by the Earth's magnetosphere, but some of it gets trapped in near Earth radiation belts and a large plasma sheathe that trails the Earth. When conditions are correct, some of these solar wind particles can then make their way down the magnetic field lines at high latitudes, though in truth this is a very small flux. At high latitudes light ions can also be expelled by similar processes. The Earth also glows in the infrared band due to thermal (kinetic) energy as well as the auroral kilometric radiation associated with the above plasma processes. \n\nAs far as 'jiggling' goes, thermodynamics assures that all energy eventually ends up as waste heat (kinetic energy). This heat eventually makes its way into the atmosphere where the energy is dissipated either locally (ie in the troposphere) through weather events, or makes its way in to the upper atmosphere through mostly kinetic (momentum) coupling. Excess kinetic energy then can make its way through the stratosphere into the mesosphere into the ionosphere into the magnetosphere and finally into the trailing Earth solar wind. It is an extremely complex system with many ways for energy to move about, but ultimately all input energy of the Earth is either re-radiated into the heliosphere or momentum coupling exchanges energy with the local solar wind. This also goes for energy produced by nuclear decay, which plays a very vital role in keeping the core of the Earth molten (which in turn creates the magnetosphere). ", "score": 13 }, { "body": "Interesting points, but I believe that if your going to talk about inputs, you have to mention more than just sunlight. H20 [from extraterrestrial sources](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_water_on_Earth#Extraterrestrial_sources) can help explain why we have oceans. And some people would argue that organic compounds [brought to Earth from comets and asteroids](http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/klu/geop/2002/00000023/00000005/00396383) may have provided the original materials used to create life.\n\nSo sunlight may be the most obvious input, but there are others, and they are important. But back to your questions, my guess is that the primary fate of the light we get from the sun is stored as potential energy in plants. The \"jiggling\" you mention is the heat generated in people and animals. Nature has provided each species with its own ways of discharging excessive heat and a small part of the energy emitted from Earth probably comes from people and animals.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "If you want to be that general about it, it is entropy. We are creating life and offsetting it with waste with a lower Gibbs free energy.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "The problem with answering your question is that the earth isn't of constant temperature and composition when you measure it on a timescale that matters to the earth. Also the earth is irradiated by stars other than the sun or else there we would see no stars in the sky at night.\n\nIn answer to your question: some light is reflected and never reaches earth. The rest is absorbed (the mostly visible spectrum the sun produces has too small of a wavelength to be transmitted) causing the earth to be the nice, warm life giving planet we rely on to survive. This energy is eventually reradiated as IR light as you said. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_energy_budget) helps nicely to explain some more mechanical points.\n\n'Jiggling' of molecules means simply that they have more energy. When water calms down (in order to reduce the surface energy of the air/water interface) the thermal energy of those jiggling water molecules is released by a transfer of heat. I was never all that strong in thermodynamics, maybe someone else can explain it better.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "By light I assume you mean solar radiation. We receive much more energy than that, but that's not really necessary to answer this question. Much of it is reflected back into space, and much of it is trapped in the atmosphere by ozone, water, and CO2. We are a rock hurtling through very cold temperatures in space, making the sun a bit like a light bulb in a fridge, which if we didn't have we would freeze.\n\n\nAs for life, ATP stores this energy (in the form of glucose), and upon decomposition to ADP produces energy. Most of this energy is 'lost' due to friction in which kinetic energy (jiggling) becomes heat.\n\n\nHopefully this is a satisfactory answer.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Not the most recent movie that has come out but the last one that I've watched that I remember finding no faults with was No Country for Old Men.", "score": 22 }, { "body": "Children Of Men. \r\n\r\nJust watch in amazement at the camera work and the ridiculously long shots, especially during action scenes. The level of professionalism really impressed me.", "score": 15 }, { "body": "Maybe it's just me but I thought [Gone Baby Gone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/) was pretty much damn near perfect. I loved the tone, the acting, and the question it poses to its audience at the end.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "**Aliens** - one of the best movies still out there.\n\nYes, I know there are minor continuity problems and whatnot\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/goofs\n\n", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Do you have a car to borrow to get to Champagne?\nThis may or may not be against my better judgment, but I have an \"extra\" car at the moment. I got a car via cash-for clunkers (long story, but the clunker car was a friend's) and am trying to sell my old one: 98 Honda Accord.\nI'd be willing to loan it to you for your trip to Champagne. We'll just call it a real-life extension of your reddit karma.\nI'm glad you are safe, and let me know if you could use my help.\n(I live in Wicker Park)", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Guess what I named my car? Car.\n\nSorry for your luck. I'm happy no one got hurt, and that you're not going to experience too much hardship from losing your car.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "As someone with schizophrenia and depression and a brother who is manic depressive I just wanted to say you should be commended for your good work. I was helped by a local worker with \"homes for mental health\" and although I wasn't homeless it was a relief to have someone help me look at options and find resources.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Care to share your saddest and most uplifting experiences? Do you think you'll ever change jobs? I imagine it's quite exhausting.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "where did you go to school? do you have your masters? if so, where from?\n- ps - The reason that I ask is because I am an undergraduate student studying to become a Social Worker at a school in MA; that's why I'm interested", "score": 3 }, { "body": "You're in a different city. You encounter someone having the appearance of being homeless/destitute who asks you for money for food. You have $20. Do you:\n\na.) Give the person the $20?\n\nb.) Roll into the nearest store/restaurant and pick them up 20 bucks in food/hygeine items/socks/whatever's available.\n\nc.) Tell the person \"no\" and donate the money to a homeless shelter or food bank.\n\n...or something else entirely? I'm curious because I think a lot of people want to help out when they encounter this, but hesitate or become uncomfortable with what to do.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Hey there. I'd been debating between masters on psych and maters in social work. currently, I'm volunteering at a mental health agency. My goal is to become a therapist, especially at mental health agencies. I've recently decided to go for a MSW instead of masters in psych. Am I making a right decision in terms of schooling? I also want to want to be in the bay area, and I want to go for the MSW program in berkley. Care to comment on that as well? thanks!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I'm a teenager with Bi-Polar Disorder, Depression, ADHD, and a family history of alcoholism. I really don't want this to happen to me. Do you have any advice that you can offer to help me stay out of harm's way?", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Epic and fail are epic fail.\n\nBut seriously. It's a new decade. We should be on to better things. I think the 00's should be called the \"Decade of Stupid Memes\"", "score": 27 }, { "body": "I didn't mind it as much on the internet (at first), but when people started saying it in face-to-face conversations it just sounded so stupid. I know people who say \"epic fail\" every time the slightest thing goes wrong. Now, I cringe every time I see/hear it.", "score": 27 }, { "body": "Not so much, but I'm kinda hoping that attempts to pronounce \"epic\" and \"fail\" dead will die off, because they're even more annoying. ", "score": 16 }, { "body": "Can we please add \"FTFY\" to the list? Or is it just me that hates this one? Generally the content is funny but the acronym prevents me from actually appreciating it.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I don't think they should die, no - but they are certainly over-used, because people are desperate to use the \"cool\" memes. \n\nI can't think of any other words or phrases that express *exactly* the same sentiments, though, so \"fail\" and \"epic\" have their own place in the language.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "My little sister used epic fail in a conversation while we were eating. She didn't even know what epic meant... Reddit, I am sad.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\"Epic\" and \"fail\" originated from the chans and became lame years ago, but as always the rest of the Internet catches up and takes a few more years to get tired of a meme (Rickroll), or destroy it for everyone (Caturday).", "score": 6 }, { "body": "My 13 year old sister and her friends are starting to use the words epic, fail, pwn, noob, etc. etc.\r\n\r\nI'm pretty sure none of these girls use the internet for anything that isn't Facebook related. It's really quite sad.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I do want to take control over what goes into my body. I joined a CSA last year and grew herbs on my porch (I'm in an apartment). I want to eventually grow my own food but I have to own my own place first. :) The whole reason is to not allow for contamination especially after 2009s long list of contaminated foods.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "My parents have a fair bit of land, so we've been trying our hand at growing our own vegetables, and have planted a few fruit trees as well. I think the grow-your-own thing is appealing, because you know *exactly* what is going into your food. No pesticides, waxes or dyes. We also have a dozen chickens which has turned out well, there's a vast difference between our eggs and the ones bought at the store. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I have an indoor herb garden, grow indoor chives, and tomatoes. in the summer i grow outdoor tomatoes, strawberries, and onions and garlic.\n\n\nI love the thought of just growing something that you have to buy. i like having that control over it.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I grew sprouts,carrots, onions and many more vegetables last year. I also have rabbits to recycle the leftovers and less appealing pieces.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I prefer to cook for myself, mostly because a) I know what's going into my food and that it's not all processed junk, b) it does save a lot of money. \n\nI think there are plenty of meals that are extremely easy to make, most are if you plan ahead. I love cooking, it's fun to come up with new combinations and see what my family thinks of them. \n\nAlso, my mom/grandma did all the cooking, and then they taught me. But my dad makes a mean spaghetti sauce. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "http://www.kukuburi.com/ ? All I know is that it starts with a delivery girl.\n\n*Edit:* Yup, I read a little bit more and it's the one.\n\nP.S. It was on the first page of Google hits for \"delivery girl comic\", silly. :)\n\n*Edit 2:* This comic is awesome.", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "I'd help but I was always a tree and tanked offspec. Don't know much about playing kitty. I do know that cat rotation for dps is fairly complicated though, enough so that it might not even be called a rotation anymore. There's 1-2 boss-debuffs/self-buffs that always need to be up. \n\nFound [this](http://elitistjerks.com/f73/t37382-cat_dps_rotation/) for ya though.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "A couple of things based on my background in Engineering yet having an MBA as well:\n\n1. Accounting (on which Finance is generally based) was invented and well developed during the middle ages in Europe. It and its structure pre-date the math and conceptual models that are the basis for algebra, calculus and most high level math used by science and engineering. For this reason they simply \"smell different\" in some very fundamental ways.\n\n2. Accounting is generally retrospective (documenting the past as it already occurred) while finance is extrapolating past performance and future wished into the future. As with all extrapolations and predictions, there are a lot of assumptions made and some may or may not be justified and some may or may not be provable. \n\n3. Most accounting and finance involves a lot of what technical fields call \"underspecified systems of equations\". Sometimes insanely underspecified. If you have a background in engineering design, this feature isn't so shocking or unfamiliar or scary. If you are a techie outside of design, it will usually seem dangerous. More certainty isn't possible however.\n\n4. You simply have to learn (even if by rote) the structure of financial statements to really grok much of anything in finance. Understanding how per forma planning is done is also pretty essential. They make sense once you understand accounts aren't variables like in algebra but have some similarity to non-functional programming variables over time. Income, cashflow and balance sheet each characterize a different aspect of the whole.\n\n5. Finance (and accounting in general) is heavily biased by tax law factors so what are \"good ratios\" usually is influenced by tax law benefits and penalties in ways that don't necessary make long-term corporate fitness sense. This is the distortion created by government intervention (via tax law)\n\n6. Much of the standard ratios used in ratio analysis have to be understood within the context of tax law and of the specific type of company considered - not all \"good\" ratio values are actually good for any arbitrary types of companies. Most \"typical\" values are only reasonable for Fortune 500 sized companies and only for status quo economic situations and operations. E.g. smaller companies, niche companies and high tech companies have radically different cost structures that necessarily alter the standard ratios - often making them look \"bad\" but in reality they are simply indicating a different functional type of company or operational business model.\n\n7. A key feature of US tax law is that corporate income tax is defined radically differently from individual income tax. This itself creates many bizarro biases in accounting and finance.\n\n8. You can't use ratios to determine everything (or even most things) about a company's health. They are only indicators of situations but not proofs. There are also ratios that are useful but not generally calculatable from standard US public financial statements. Most of what you need to know to \"know\" a company's potential future performance is not actual in most publicly published document or if it is must be \"extracted\" uniquely and individually. This is what most \"market research\" services are actually providing - the extra stuff. Even that isn't going to give you 100% certainty - maybe 70% instead of 40% certainty.\n\n9. What's listed in public financial statement is very much what people (FASB/SEC/etc.) thought was *minimally* useful/essential 10+ years ago. Also it's only US public companies that have so much publicly published details - public companies in most of the rest of the world have only a tiny trickle (e.g. sometimes an income statement may have only 7-9 lines of detail total). Further, US private companies do not publish financial statements at all - they are not required to and it's seldom a good idea anyway.\n\nI would generally say that \"as practices by most people in the field\" finance is usually BS. \"As practiced by the best\" or \"in theory\" not so much. Best here is highly subjective.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "It's so complicated becuase it's mostly bullshit. Think of investing as being at a roulette wheel. You put your money down and you cross your fingers. Whether a stock goes up or down after that is due to random factors beyond your control.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Investment capital is always attracted to the most poorly-understood aspects of the economy, because that’s where the risk is. As soon as we get a really solid understanding of anything, the risk disappears and it ceases to be part of “finance and investing.” So investing, by its very nature, will always be complicated and poorly understood.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "8th Grade...I joined the school 1 month late (transferred from another school). A new language was included in the curriculum. So when I turned up in class, I was the only one who knew nothing about the language....\n\n\nFirst day, the teacher asks who all did not do the assigned homework (on the new language) from the previous week. \n\n\n**Me:** *I just joined school today. I am completely new to this language.*\n\n\n**Teachers response:** *So what??? Joining school late and hence not knowing the language is no excuse for not doing the assigned homework.*\n\n\n**Me:** ....", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Nursery School: my friend insisted that the moon was a \"a sun.\" I said, \"No. It's like a planet that goes round the Earth.\" We couldn't settle the argument, so we asked the teacher. She said, \"The moon is a star.\" \n\nThird grade: Mrs. Key, who started her career teaching in a rural, one-room schoolhouse and enjoyed smacking kids with a ping-pong paddle, was obsessed with spelling tests. Sucked for me, because I was a terrible speller. She announced the names of the worst spellers in front of the whole class. I was horribly humiliated and asked my mom to help me.\n\nMom helped me practice for the tests, and I started acing them. I became the teachers pet, and after each test, Mrs. Key would collect all the papers to grade later -- except mine. Mine, she would grade right then in front of the whole class, with me standing next to her desk. I would always get a perfect score.\n\nI got so scared that I would break my record and go back to the days of humiliation that I started throwing up every day before going to school. I had to take tranquilizers. \n\nOne day, as Mrs. Key was grading my test, I looked ahead and noticed that I had misspelled \"saturday\" by forgetting to capitalize it. I watched her pen move closer and closer to the word. My stomach started tieing itself in knots.\n\nWhen she got to \"saturday\" she paused. I looked at her and saw a smile spread over her face. I then realized (or believed) that she wanted me to fail. That she missed humiliating me.\n\nI finally graduated to the fourth grade. If I wasn't an atheist, I'd assume God hates me, because that year the fourth-grade teacher retired and Mrs. Key took over her job. \n\nFifth Grade: I had a notoriously messy desk. (I've struggled with neatness and organization all my life.) \n\nThe fluorescent light over me started flickering, the way they do when they need to be replaced. It flickered for days, driving me crazy. One day, I developed a pounding headache. I said to my teacher, \"Mrs. Agnew, is there anything we can do about the flickering light? It's giving me a headache.\" \n\nShe stared at me blankly for a moment and then said, \"I have an idea: Why don't you clean up your desk under the flickering light.\"\n\nIt was a minor incident. She was probably just having a bad day or something. But it has stuck in my mind ever since. I was in so much pain and she was so callous. \n\nSeventh Grade: I read about Zeno's Paradox in my dad's encyclopedia, found it fascinating, but didn't have anyone to discuss it with. Then I thought of Mrs. Wilsey, my math teacher, who had a sign on her door that said, \"Wilsey's Wonderful World of Mystical Magical Marvelous Math.\" \n\nAfter class, I went up to her desk and said, \"Hey, Mrs. Wilsey. I just read this really cool thing. If you try to walk across the room, you have to get halfway first. But before you can do that, you have to walk half way of half way, and...\" I went on, explaining the rest of the paradox.\n\nWhen I was done, she looked at me for a moment, shook her head and said, \"Get out of here!\"\n\nEighth Grade: the State English curriculum included \"The War of the Worlds\" on its reading list. I was thrilled when we got to it, because I was a nerdy kid who loved science fiction. But this one girl complained to the teacher, \"Do we really have to read this? I hate books like this.\"\n\nThe teacher said, \"I don't like it any more than you do. Stop complaining and just read it. It will be over, soon.\"\n\nNinth Grade: Mr. Mollet \"taught\" Anthropology. He did it by having us read a chapter of the text each week and then take a test composed of questions about that chapter. \n\nBut he didn't come up with the questions. Instead, he had each one of us write ten questions (and their answers). He then gave all of our questions to the school secretary, asked her to choose 20 of them at random, and had her type them up (without the answers). He also had her make an answer key from our answers. She photocopies the 20 questions and that was our test.\n\nAfter we finished the test, he had us pass our papers to the student behind us. He put the answers up on the board and we all graded each other's tests. \n\nThe test questions -- which all came from students -- were all basically Trivial Pursuit questions. \"What color were the eyes on the statue of Venus?\" or whatever. I got fed up and complained. Mr. Mollet asked what my problem was. I said, \"The questions are all just bits of trivia and useless facts.\" \n\nHe said, \"That's what we're studying! Facts. As in 'artiFACTS'!\"\n\nI could go on and on. Most of my teachers, up until grad school, were terrible. The ones that weren't terrible were just okay. As an adult, I've met many people who had similar childhoods than me, but most of them say things like, \"Yeah, all my teachers were terrible except for Mr. Smith. He was the one teacher who cared, who made me feel smart, who really taught me thing...\"\n\nBad luck for me. I never had a Mr. Smith.\n\nI was a bad student in that I didn't do much of the work, and I didn't pay attention. But I was obviously smart. I was always carrying around a stack of books, and I loved talking about literature, science, psychology and history. There wasn't ONE SINGLE grownup who recognized that. Even if it had been recognized \"negatively\" it would have meant something to me: \"It's great that you like reading, but that's not the text for this class, so you'll have to put it away.\" But no one ever recognized it.\n\nI got no encouragement. I just got told that I was immature and lazy.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I once had a high school computer studies teacher who thought I was being overly mean to a Pentium 1 pc because I called it slow.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "When I was in the 3rd grade we had a student elections, where I ran an excellent campaign for class president, with slogans such as \"vote for Rob or die\" and awesome sketches of the alien from Alien Vs. Predator. \r\n\r\nThe only other person running for president was a less than popular friend of mine, who ran a by-the-books campaign. It seemed to me like I was a lock to win, being a bit of a smartass, but generally a well-liked person.\r\n\r\nThe day after the votes were cast the teacher, who really didn't like me, announced the winners and I had lost. She told the class she counted the votes at home, and threw out the ballots, and since it was garbage day there would be no recount. I felt like I had been robbed, and it sticks with me to this day.\r\n\r\nMaybe I remember things differently, but I'm at least 70% sure this teacher just stole the election from me because she didn't like me and thought I would make a bad president.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "oh, i forgot, i also had a 1st grade teacher who put the polish kid under her desk, which was in the back corner, in the dark. and pushed the chair in. and then flunked him. she hated he couldnt speak english and she was annoyed by him. she also broke our pencils in half if they fell off our desk during class and threw them away and would not let us borrow another. she dumped desks, claiming it would teach us to keep organized. she made me physically ill with stress and i told my parents but they did not believe me. because i was only 6. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My 8th grade socials studies teacher would pretend to be mad for half the class just to mess with us. Consequently, we NEVER knew when he was actually mad. He did it for the lulz, all i did was cry. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "i do! some of my friends that are musicians just make me so sick because they are soooo talented. im uber jealous. ", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "If I went to ANY company and said, \"Yeah, you should hire me. But you've got to hire my girlfriend too and put us on the same project. Anything else is a dealbreaker...\" well, I'd get laughed out the door.\n\nIt's no different with Americorps or the Peace Corps. Just because they're short-term positions for little pay doesn't mean they'll bend over backwards to accommodate you. There are some duds among the state programs, but most of the Americorps programs are very selective. And you CAN expect to get random drug screening, especially at the national level. I did both local and NCCC programs and was tested through both.\n\nShe wants to work in nature and you want to fix stuff? Find a summer camp that's willing to take you on in the off-months for maintenance and education programs. They may not pay well but will likely give you free rent, and it's one of the few places you'll be able to live and work together. Try the YMCA camps for extra do-gooderness.\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "6 Months? You want to get a solid block of work experience in six months? You can design an aqueduct system with less than 2 years of engineering classes? AND... take you and your partner on.... I got it!\n\nDisney Orlando. They'll take you and your girlfriend. You can gain valuable work experience. And... you can help out a lot of people. Just quit after six months.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "**Employers/Organizations don't hire couples.** Please keep that in mind.\n\nThere are 3 different AmeriCorps programs, two of which I've done.\n\n1) AmeriCorps State/National\n2) AmeriCorps NCCC\n3) Americorps Vista\n\nI did the first two and highly recommend AmeriCorps. \n\n1) With the State/National program, you don't travel around. You get a job at a set location and work the assigned amount of hours. I was supposed to work my term for 8 months but worked so much that I completed my hours in 6 months. Note that I was working part-time and only had to work 350 hours, but it's doable.\n\n2) NCCC puts you on a team and requires you to travel. You have to be between 18-24 years old to be a regular Corps Member. This is a solid 10 months of hard work and travel, and it's the best thing I ever put myself through. Also, several of my teammates were part of a couple. Either their significant other was on another team or they just visited them every once in a while. It hardly affected any of their relationships.\n\n3) With Vista, you need a bachelor's degree. I never did this one, but you work in one place for a year and get Non-Competitive Eligibility for government jobs.\n\nAmeriCorps looks very impressive on a resume. It's known as a domestic alternative to the Peace Corps.\n\nAlso, you're limiting yourselves because you're in a couple. I'd say try the AmeriCorps State/National program, that seems to be the best option for your situation.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "if you do it try this trick- go to the club when she's working and don't let the patrons know you're the bf- and start a bidding war with someone for her attention- then let the other guy win- she will make even more money and buy you breakfast. then you will laugh. \ni am a chick btw", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Move on. You will think you are using her for sex, but you will get involved with her and her drama. Be prepared for a ton of drama. Stay away from the red flags.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "> or just blow it off and move on.\n\nThere is a joke in here somewhere, but I'll be damned if I can find it!", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I'd peronally wait until I was independent or something, away from the exorcists. Wait until you graduate really. Why the fuck should you put yourself through something where so many narrow moronic robots have been socially bred to hate/despise what you are?*\n\n*Ignore the above if you are a cage fighter.\n ", "score": 19 }, { "body": "Tell them that you just killed a policeman when he pulled you over.\n\nThey'll be horrified.\n\nThen, to make them feel better, say: it's really not that bad. I'm just gay.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "put a post it on the fridge that says \r\n MOM\r\n-We are out of cheerios\r\n-I lost one of your cat toys\r\n-I suck dicks\r\n-Aunt Edna called", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Definitely talk to your older brother. even one supportive person would probably help. It sucks to have to hide who you are, but if you're a freshman, it may be easier for you to keep it too yourself until you can get out of that kind of environment. Parents are one thing, but your whole school knowing could cause you a lot of trouble.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "If your family won't accept you, fuck 'em.\n\nIf your friends won't accept you, fuck 'em.\n\nI would wait till you graduate, get the fuck out of where ever you live, and go somewhere where you can be whoever you are and people will accept it.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "My advice on coming out to family members: either wait until you are not living with them anymore, or make sure you have a place you can move to IMMEDIATELY. That way, if/when they react badly, you don't have to live with them.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": ">\"I would not believe in the Gospel myself if the authority of the Catholic Church did not influence me to do so.\"\n\nAugustine, Against the letter of Mani, 5,6, 397 A.D.\n\nIn simple terms, because the Catholic Church canonized it. It is an appeal to authority but not a circular appeal to the Bible itself. As anyone could tell you the Bible does not argue for its own authority. The Protestant's held onto the idea of Biblical Authority but dropped the Church authority and tradition that was part of the Catholic view.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "They're both horrible. Either way you're going to be standing around staring at happy pexicolored faces telling you how awesome you are for swinging a 7.4 oz countroller with your wrist.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I've played both, and I honestly don't think either will get your heart rate high enough to actually lose weight. EA active is the better game, but that's all it is.. a game.\n\nIf you are committed to losing weight, how about going to the gym instead? You could spend much less time in the gym for the same amount of exersize these games would give you.\n", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I have both products. I understand the sentiment of others that you should go to a \"real\" gym or get equipment at home. But it is not always possible, maybe due to time constraints, family commitment, proximity to a gym, weather, available space, etc. For both these products, while they certainly aren't likely to satisfy true fitness enthusiasts, I will contradict many here and say for sure you can get \"real\" exercise using them. Both products incorporate exercises using your body weight (e.g pushups, squats, lunges) and aren't mere Wiimote twiddling.\n\nI will say given your situation, there are two immediate caveats tha come to mind. One is that running in place is decently important part of the workouts on each product. You said that you lived on an upper floor that precluded your use of DDR, so you might have the same issue with running... which would impact the effectiveness of the products. Two, I think your goal is pretty ambitious for the light to moderate exercise that these products provide. If you *really* need to lose 30-40 pounds by summer, you'll probably need to *really* and do exercise outside of the Wii. If you would be happy losing 20-30 pounds in a year (which, hey, ain't that bad), you can get there using the Wii and eating moderately better.\n\nIt is difficult to say which one would be better. Each has their advantages. Active probably provides a better workout. It'll get your blood pumping a little better, and does a good mix of pure cardio and resistance work. Active also provides integrated workouts (20-60 minutes of going directly from one exercise to the next) and a 30 day plan when you start. The downside is that the exercises get a bit boring after a bit, some of them are kinda lame, and there's not a real easy way to get extended cardio (say to go on a 20 minute run).\n\nOn Wii Fit, one of the big advantages is the pad. This pad can actually be used with Active too, if you ever decide to get both. Also, you can use it to weigh yourself and it will automatically track and graph your progress - handy. The exercises tend to be a bit more interesting too, though you'll still get a bit bored of them over time. The big downside is that there are no real workout programs there (they tried to improve this with Plus, but they aren't there yet), and largely you have to pick your workouts exercise by exercise. That said, you can really work yourself here - unlike Active there are still some exercises I can't complete on the highest levels. Also another benefit is some of the exercises (i.e. running) can be done with the TV switched over to... well, TV.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "When I bought WiiFit over a year ago, my flatmate weighed 115kg. \nHe's used the wii for half an hour pretty much every day since... \n\nHe now weighs 130kg. I think he compensates for his Wii exercise with sports drinks and extra eating. \n\nWii system is good for getting you moving. But not really good for cardio. But good for initial exercise, then once you have a little energy, get out and do something more productive.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "In my professional opinion...\n\n- **Learn the art of the up do.** - It took me a long time to start buying hair gels, sprays, serums, bobby pins, barrettes and elastics. Get a good comb, brush and some hair spray and you're good to go. If you need to have a pony tail day you can still look sleek instead of frumpy. The best up do's are done with hair that has been unwashed for several days. Perfect for students. :)\n\n- **Allure magazine.** - The best for cheap make up and application.\n\n- **Don't wear foundation.** - Go to the MAC counter and get concealer and loose powder. \n\nESSENTIALS:\n\n- Concealer\n\n- Loose powder\n\n- Black or dark brown pencil eyeliner\n\n- Eyebrow pencil\n\n- Cheek color (cream is best)\n\n- Pink lip gloss. Not brown. Not tan. Pinkish. No frost. No magenta/fusha.\n\n- Mascara.\n\nEXTRAS:\n\n- **Brushes.** - You can get away with cheap ones but buy them individually not in a set. Get a good powder brush. You can even use a goat hair brush from an art store. \n\n- **Dark gray eyeshadow.** - Works for: brows, under the eye lining and in the crease for depth.\n\n- **Sparkly cream eyeshadow.** - Either in gold, champange, pink, silver, green, purple. For evening or even as a base color in the day. The smaller the sparkle the better.\n\n- **Lip pencil.** - Not really needed. Do you want to know what the best lip pencil in the entire world is? Wet N' Wild #666 for 99 cents. Wear it under anything (Chap stick included) or by itself.", "score": 22 }, { "body": "Nothing to be embarrassed about. You wouldn't be ashamed to admit you didn't know how to paint if someone didn't give you lessons, right? Same thing. There's a bit of an art to makeup. \n\nBut, we live in the age of the internet, so we can all have access to [Sarah Victor.](http://www.youtube.com/user/SarahVictor) She has some great hair and makeup tutorials on YouTube. She uses some pretty spendy products, but you can just pick up the cheap drugstore variety to play with until you find a look you like, then you might want to invest in the good stuff. \n\nAnd remember, if you don't like it, it all washes off easily.", "score": 16 }, { "body": "I'm absolutly horrid with make up typically (unless it's lipstick) so I can't explain things to you. \n\nI can however give you a recommendation. Go to a make up counter some where and talk to the people who work there. \n\nI learned how to do lipstick by doing this and having them explain to me what they were doing and what colours would suit my skin tone. ", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I'll be watching this thread for answers myself.\n\nI will say, however, that I look pretty polished with just the most basic bits of makeup. Oftentimes unless I'm going to some big do I just wear lipstick and a small amount of foundation to cover a couple of things and that's it. Sometimes a bit of blush. The full monty for me is the addition of eyeshadow, to be honest.\n\nFor eyeshadow what I'd recommend is getting an actual *brush* for it. Not one of those little foam sticks the kit comes with. An eyeshadow brush with a lengthy shaft for maximum control. I've found that it definitely makes a difference and eyeshadow is a lot easier to put on since I got one.\n\nBut yes, your description lines up with mine in several ways, without going into too much detail so it'll be interesting to see what the fine minds of 2XC have to say. Thanks for your courage. ;)", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Tools. Tools. Tools. \n\nPicking up a good set of brushes and watching some tutorials online about how to use them is my recommendation. \n\n[Coastal Scents](http://www.coastalscents.com/cfwebstore/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=37) has some good brush sets that are very reasonably priced. (They also have that 88 color palate of amazingness if you're looking for more eyeshadows to wear.)\n\n[EnKore Makeup](http://www.youtube.com/user/EnKoreMakeup#g/u) ... this guy is my favorite makeup artist on YouTube. He has the best brush tutorials out there. Watch and learn!\n\nSkincare is also very important, so get on that as well. :D", "score": 9 }, { "body": "First off, don't be intimidated - the cosmetics industry is mind-bogglingly huge and it's hard to know where to start sometimes.\n\nStart off with drugstore brands, and once you're comfortable with makeup and know what you like/looks good on you, buy nicer brands (like the stuff they sell at Sepora - it actually is worth the extra money for certain products).\n\nSecond, when you have a free evening, play. Try different things, watch some tutorials on Youtube, and experiment to see what you like. I still do this sometimes and I've been wearing makeup for years. Be silly and go over the top and just mess around and have fun.\n\nThird, go at it with a light hand. Makeup should be used to enhance what's already there, not to hide your face. \n\nBasics:\n\n* A little liquid foundation - when you're buying it, try it on the inside of your wrist to make sure it matches your skin tone.\n\n* Some black or brown eyeliner, smudged lightly along your upper lashline.\n\n* Eyeshadows in neutral shades - if you're light/medium/olive-skinned, some beige, fawn, and darker brown colors are easy to work with to start. Sweep a skin colored shadow across your entire lid, rub a little bit of fawn-colored shadow in the crease of your eyelid, and then smudge a little bit of dark brown in the outer corner of your upper lashline.\n\n* Finish the eyes with a coat or two of black mascara - it's hard to go wrong with Maybelline Great Lash, in my opinion. Open your eye wide, get close to the mirror, and sweep the mascara wand up the underside of your lashes from root to tip. Jiggle the wand from side to side a tiny bit as you do it to separate the lashes from each other.\n\n* Play around with blush on the apples of your cheeks (the part that protrude the most when you smile) if you feel you need it. Do this lightly!\n\n* A bit of matte, nude powder is a good way to set the makeup on your skin and keep you from getting shiny if you're prone to oily skin.\n\nBasically? No pressure. Just have fun and do what makes you feel pretty, whether that's full makeup every day or no makeup whatsoever. PM me if you want more tips :)", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I'm in awe of how amazing all of this advice is. Yet another reason Reddit (and XX!) keeps taking away most of my time.\n\nWhen you think you might have a little extra cash to float in the cosmetics way, I'd recommend you check out Bare Minerals. I don't use it because of all their \"It's so natural!\" kind of marketing; I use it because I'm ultra pale and their fair tones actually allow me to look like I'm not wearing makeup (as opposed to the problem I always had with my face being a shade darker than my neck). Bonus points on BE, if you go into one of their stores, they'll apply it for free. And the starter kit comes with an instructional DVD.\n\nAs far as colors go: I go for shades that are fairly neutral. Unless I'm dressing up for anything special, I wear brown eyeshadow with black eyeliner and mascara. Stay away from blue eyeshadow. It's so hard to get that right, it's not worth the hassle. I prefer natural looking lips, and I've been blessed with a lip color that allows me to go with a clear plumping gloss. If you're comfortable with your natural coloring there, I wouldn't enhance it. (I go by the school of picking either your eyes or your mouth to accentuate. Never both.) \n\nI've been wearing eyeliner since I was in 6th grade, and it took years of experimenting to figure out what works best for me. If you have round eyes like I do, this might work: line the inner lash line and a small line on the lower lashes, and then run just a little from the middle to the outer corner on the top lash line (I use pencil, never liquid). Then apply mascara \"heavily\" on the outer corners, and lightly on the inner corners. Or, if you're lucky enough to have very dark lashes, just do a few sweeps on the outer corners. I have blonde lashes, so I have to make sure I hit all the spots.\n\nTrial and error is the best way to get what works, in my opinion. You can watch youtube all day, but every face is different. Certain techniques won't look as good on you as they do the model. Just set aside an evening with your makeup, a mirror, and some oil-free remover. Then go to town. Remember, balance is key, and practice, practice, practice.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I have the same problem with circles under the eyes. I look like someone gave me two black eyes almost all the time. \n\nKandee on Youtube has the BEST tip for hiding the circles. I won't put on concealer any other way now. It really gives your eyes a boost and you look more awake instantly. It seems crazy at first, but try it, it's amazing the difference it makes!!\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL3m0E8xULk\n\nAlso, if you're not sure about makeup and running low on money, visit a Sephora store and just mention to a sales rep that you don't have much to spend and you're not sure what to buy. They'll usually recommend the Sephora line and they'll apply the makeup for you and color match. Usually if you mention that you're unsure about a product, they give you free samples. I got a ton from my last visit and it's lasted me 3 months and I've barely made a dent in the stuff she gave me. MAC stores will also show you how to apply make up and recommend stuff for you but they're a bit more stingy with samples.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "First of all, you need to change your opinion about yourself and your school. You're going to school to get a career and honestly, I think in the midst of cookie cutter uniforms, you should want to stand out and be different. I think some girls look gorgeous without makeup. I think girls that are pale are gorgeous too because their skin doesn't look like someone's leather purse. \r\n\r\nBut anyway, that wasn't your question, it just made me kind of sad that you think you have to look different to compete academically. If you looked like everyone else, how would that affect you and make your life better?\r\n\r\nTo answer you question, get your pasty butt over to youtube. I found so many tutorials over the weekend and most of them were quite easy to follow and entertaining to boot. If you have any females friends that do their make up in a way you like, ask them for some help. Youtube is great because you can pause it and go at your own pace. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "You sound lovely on your own, maybe have a friend or two over and just play with your makeup until something suits you? I never know what to do with my eyes once i get the eyeliner on, but I am slowly learning things from the books at the salon where i get haircuts. One good tip was to get a light, shimmery shade of eyeshadow that came with its own little brush and swipe it top and bottom before doing the other colors of eyeshadow. I also have dark circles, and that helped immensely!\n\nGood luck!", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Find your girliest friend and ask them about make up/to do your make-up. This is how I conquered putting on eye-liner.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "You tube videos!!! They have a video for every kind of look you could ever imagine. But also take the time to go a make up counter like MAC, Clinique, or Estee Lauder and have them work with you. Look at their make up\nfirst though, because chances are yours will look similar to theirs when you are done. Be prepared to make a couple of purchases from them. Also you could pick up a few tips from the show What Not To Wear. In the third segment they do the persons make up and Carmandy usually explains as she goes. Overall, less is more and the goal is to enhance not cake. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Here's [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jt1674nnAU). I usually skip the concealer/foundation/powder part because I somehow dodged the skin bullet in my family and have very clear, even skin (not the case for my siblings).\n\nThere's also [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sND-9oNdpy0&NR=1), since the first one didn't really do much on the eyes. \n\nGood luck!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Where do you go, University of Richmond? :)\n\nA little makeup can go a long way. Your current environment notwithstanding, most people (both men and women) you meet in life will prefer you with no or subtle makeup. You don't need much to look polished. Without knowing much about your coloration or skin, here's my advice, from one makeup-averse woman to another:\n\n* Neutrogena concealer (comes in a little lipstick container): works wonders for dark eye circles. Swoop in a half moon under each eye, and blend in with your finger tip. 10 seconds, tops.\n\n* Clinique [Almost Powder](http://www.clinique.com/templates/products/spp/index.tmpl?ngextredir=1&CATEGORY_ID=CATEGORY4906&PRODUCT_ID=PROD13089) makeup: somewhat expensive, but works like a CHARM. Unless you have a really uneven skin tone, I would avoid foundation. For those of us who don't usually wear makeup, the feeling of foundation can be really aggravating. I wanted to tear my face off by the end of the day before I found this stuff -- which evens out skin tone, mattifies skin, and is done in under 5 seconds. Just run the pad over your face -- feels like powder.\n\n* Mascara: any kind. I'm personally a fan of Maybelline Define-A-Lash, as I find other products clumpy. When I wear nothing else, just running to the store for milk, I wear mascara. It can really bring out your eyes, and like you I find that eyeliner just makes mine smaller.\n\n* Lips: Lipstick? Are you kidding? A nice tinted lip gloss should do on most occasions. Except for interviews or really hot dates, I use Nivea's [Kiss of Flavor](http://www.amazon.com/Nivea-Flavor-Cherry-Tinted-0-17-Ounce/dp/B0018MGILE) every single day.\n\n* Last but not least, for a pale girl, I'd recommend a spot of color on the cheek -- try getting a compact that contains both a nice blush (pick a color that appeals to you, but I think a dusty rose works for most people), along with a bronzer. I have a Revlon palette that I use, mixing both blush and bronzer on the brush and then dusting VERY LIGHTLY straight across the cheekbones. It should be barely noticeable.\n\nThat's it. I would stay away from eyeshadows and eyeliners; most people can't pull them off anyway, and they're really not necessary every day. Maybe if you go on a really big date, break out a neutral eyeshadow, in a gray or tan. But I guarantee you it won't get you a job. :)", "score": 3 }, { "body": "i was just thinking about this today. i was at the mall with my sisters-in-law and they walked into a Bare Essentials store, i followed of course. immediately i was intimidated. holy complicated make-up batman. i've never been more than a black eyeliner and mascara, maybe a bit of gray eyeshadow, kind of girl. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Invest in **brushes**. Not sponges, or those little eye shadow Q-tips that come with eyeshadows. You can find good brushes at walgreens, and they're pretty cheap too. Brushes help to spread the make up on instead of just soaking it up like sponges do (think of how much paint a sponge soaks up! It works the same way with make up) and your basic brush packs usually have an eyeshadow brush or two, a concealer brush, foundation, and a blush brush. When you put eyeshadow on the brush make sure it isn't too caked on by tapping the brush lightly on your hand to get rid of excess dust!\n\nAlso invest in **primer**. Primer is something you put a little bit of (usually one squirt) and cover the rest of your face, including eyelids (basically anywhere you'll be putting your make up). It covers your pores to keep the makeup from being soaked up into your skin and thus fading throughout the day.\n\nYou'll want to use a good **moisturizer** (If you don't already) it will help keep your skin in good condition so that it doesn't get too dry and flakey after a day of makeup. Exfoliating does wonders too. You should also buy some make up removing **wipes**, since it can be pretty bad for your skin to just let make up sit on it overnight. There are plenty of great wipes out there, some of which are even organic.\n\nThe best make up you can buy right now is probably something in a [**compact**](http://www.labelladonna.com/shop/image.php?productid=16164).. That way you know the colors are designed to work together. \n\nIf you want a hands on **tutorial** on make up, find your nearest MAC store. Mac is my personal favorite, and it is outrageously expensive.. but that doesn't mean you can't go in and explain that you need some help picking out the **correct skin tone** for your foundation/concealer and eyeshadows that work for you. The staff (in my experience) is very helpful and very instructive in what to do. Finding the correct skin tone for your foundation and concealer is probably the hardest thing you're going to have to do, especially because you're so fair skinned. I'm not that pale and most of the foundations I find are waaay too tan for me.\n\nMy own basic technique for applying eyeshadow is to apply a middle tone on the lid.. a darker color/tone in the crease of the eye, a lighter one on the edge of the lid, and then a highlighter in the corner of the eye and just under the brow. Highlighters are basically your whites or cream colored eyeshadows that really help your eye pop out. Then I apply eyeliner. It's tricky not to mess up, but practice makes perfect!\n\nMy make up guru is [**xsparkage**](http://www.xsparkage.com/). She does some drastic stuff with colors, but the technique is great to watch, and you can replace her bright colors with your own neutral ones if you prefer.\n\nEdit: Also, A cups aren't bad! If you're that self conscious, push up bras work wonders.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I had as much trouble with removing my makeup at first as I did putting it on - especially mascara.\n\nThere are a lot of makeup removal products out there with scary chemicals in them.\n\nThe best thing I've found so far is grapeseed oil and those round cotton pads they sell in drug stores. You can use olive oil instead, but I'm worried about it making me break out. Grapeseed oil is what massage therapists often use, it soaks into the skin pretty quickly.\n\nSo, for removing eye makeup, first take out your contacts if you wear them. Then, put some oil on the pad. Hold the pad to your closed eyes for at least 30 seconds. Don't just wipe with the pad, hold it there! The oil bonds to the makeup, which releases it from your skin and lashes. It needs time to soak through and do that. Wipe away what you can with this pad after you've done the holding. Repeat if you're wearing a lot. To finish, use a pad soaked in warm water to wipe away any excess oil.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "It looks like you're already getting a lot of good advice here, so I will just leave you with a couple of my favorite youtube artists who do a FANTASTIC job of explaining things for beginners.\n\n[This is Michelle Phan](http://www.youtube.com/user/michellephan?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/6/OB8nfJCOIeE). She's asian and beautiful already but don't worry, her tips work wonderfully I linked you to the natural looking makeup because I think that would work best for a beginner! Try and look through her videos that interest you, it's good stuff.\n\n[This is xsparkage who's my *favorite*.](http://www.youtube.com/user/xsparkage?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/10/hdkLvBJJsEM) I linked you to a contouring video because I know a lot of people don't know how to do that and it goes a looooong way in shaping your face! \n\n[Video for getting rid of dark circles](http://www.youtube.com/user/xsparkage?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/22/tkOYBiy1nOA)\n\n[MAC 101](http://www.youtube.com/user/xsparkage?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/204/gATq74WC0RI)\n\n[Mac essentials because everyone is going to tell you to buy MAC](http://www.youtube.com/user/xsparkage?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/234/XUBFVyVELPI) PM me if your budget is out of MAC range and I can help you work around it :)\n\n[Good easy look for anyone, not just high schoolers](http://www.youtube.com/user/xsparkage?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/14/48P-xVRPXio)\n\n[Adapt this philosophy on make-up](http://www.youtube.com/user/xsparkage?blend=1&ob=4#p/u/204/gATq74WC0RI)\n\nEDIT: I am a redhead and get compliments all the time after learning how to properly apply make-up and dress myself. I wear all the colors of rainbow and refuse to stick in the limitations for colors that look good on a redhead, so don't confine yourself to the brunette color spectrum. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "We have a tradition of not doing it their way because we don't have to. We have the truth, in this example we can just say the scanners cause more grief than they prevent. It is never wise to stoop to their tactics, as hard as it is to resist. Remember, resorting to lying to defeat liars is playing into their hands, how can we stand and accuse them of their great crimes if we to are liars? NOT worth it.", "score": 25 }, { "body": "Okay:\n\nBody scanners will create a culture of acceptance of nudity. If officials with body scanners can see us nude in a public place, there is less reason to resist when asked to disrobe, in cases where they get a false positive reading. Then, this will lead to over enthusiastic officials to ask lots of people to disrobe, which will undermine the entire culture of clothing ourselves, which will lead to acceptance of public nudity which will eventually become mandatory! DO YOU WANT YOUR MOTHER TO HAVE TO GO ABOUT NAKED?", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I think the jury's still out on the effect of ionizing radiation on the body.\n\n[This guy](http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/radcurorcaus.html) thinks it's very dangerous and [NIRS](http://www.nirs.org/press/06-30-2005/1) agrees. I'm sure you can find studies that say the opposite.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "- People with existing skin conditions have reported that after only a few scans with full-body scanners, their skin conditions got worse.\n\n- Also, children, because their bodies are still growing, have experienced a 45% worsening of allergies and a worrying increase in their asthma attacks after having passed through full-body scanners.\n\n- Some epileptic seizures have been attributed to improperly calibrated full-body scanners and there are questions as to the safety of the radiation levels emitted by these devices.\n\n- Some electronic equipment carried by people going through the scanner is disrupted or destroyed outright and some types of pacemakers may be disabled after having been exposed to the scanner.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Traditionally, one of the most effective and widespread rumors was that \"it\" would make men sterile. It was very popular in WWII, whenever some new electronic device or contraption would be unveiled, the rumor would start that it would cause sterility.\n\nIronically, among many men, *sterility* was assumed to be *impotence*.\n\nOtherwise, a way to approach this would be to introduce a second factor. \"The scanner will only hurt you if you have 'chemical x' in your body.\" Then choose some common synthetic chemical found all over the place, such as in plastic. Mix those two together and you won't be having kids.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "[*Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_germs_and_steel) by [Jared Diamond](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Diamond)\n\nAn engaging read that uses lenses of geography, biology, and ecology to examine the development of human societies in different parts of the world.\n\n[Netflix](http://www.netflix.com/Movie/National_Geographic_Guns_Germs_and_Steel/70034208?strackid=3c33350681af3f76_0_srl&strkid=837628397_0_0&trkid=222336) has the National Geographic documentary made from the book.", "score": 43 }, { "body": "The Selfish Gene, by Dawkins. Maybe not as mind-bending as it was when it first came out, but for me it really hammered home how amazing evolution is.", "score": 38 }, { "body": "[godel, escher, and bach](http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0465026567/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262567468&sr=1-1)\n\n[chaos](http://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Making-Science-James-Gleick/dp/0143113453/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262567509&sr=1-1)\n\n[genius](http://www.amazon.com/Genius-Life-Science-Richard-Feynman/dp/0679747044/ref=pd_sim_b_7)\n\n[the canon](http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Whirligig-Beautiful-Basics-Science/dp/0618242953)\n", "score": 24 }, { "body": "Demon Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark, by Carl Sagan. Granted, it doesn't cover anything SPECIFIC, but does in general talk about the loss of inquisitive thinking and scientific investigation among the general populace. For me at least, it's been the best science book I've ever read, because it talks about a very real problem facing us, the fact that no one seems to care much about science anymore. ", "score": 19 }, { "body": "One of my favorites that covers most of what there is to love about science is [A Short History of Nearly Everything](http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/076790818X/).\n\nThe [Audible](http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BKOT_000131&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes) version by Richard Matthews is also excellent.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "I really enjoyed \"The Elegant Universe\" by Brian Greene and also his \"The Fabric of the Cosmos\". Also not to be missed is \"Who's Afraid of Schroedinger's Cat\" Ian Marshall, Danah Zohar", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Fairly new, but I really enjoyed Dawkin's *The Greatest Show on Earth*. A clear, simple, well-written, even witty at times explanation of evolution. Highly enjoyable.", "score": 11 }, { "body": "[*A Briefer History of Time*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Briefer_History_of_Time_(Hawking_and_Mlodinow_book) by Stephen Hawking\n\nEven if you've read *A Brief History*, you should read this as well.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Check out Oliver Sacks: The classic [The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat](http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Mistook-His-Wife/dp/0684853949/), but also the lesser known but good [Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood](http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Tungsten-Memories-Chemical-Boyhood/dp/0375704043).", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Thomas Kuhn's *Structure of Scientific Revolutions* is pretty much the gold standard for discussing how scientific progress occurs.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "If you're into biology/ecology, I recommend *[The Song of the Dodo](http://www.amazon.com/Song-Dodo-Island-Biogeography-Extinction/dp/0684827123/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262567858&sr=8-1)* by David Quammen. Well written with interesting stories throughout the book.\n\nAnd ditto to the people who suggested *Guns, Germs, and Steel.*", "score": 5 }, { "body": "[Hyperspace](http://www.amazon.com/Hyperspace-Michio-Kaku/dp/B001IC56GW/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262580863&sr=8-14) by [Michio Kaku](http://mkaku.org/)", "score": 4 }, { "body": "[QED, the strange theory of light and matter](http://www.amazon.com/QED-Strange-Theory-Light-Matter/dp/0691024170) by Richard Feynman\n\n[The artful universe](http://www.amazon.com/Artful-Universe-Cosmic-Source-Creativity/dp/0316082422/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262587026&sr=1-1) by John Barrow\n\nIf I had to pick one, I'd recommend QED over just about any other non-fiction book I've ever read.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "As far a road-warrior VPN, I'm sold on OpenVPN. It's flexible, powerful, and easy to implement. It does take a little bit of technical expertise to really exercise detailed control over your clients, but I'd venture to say that it gives a lot of commercial VPNs a run for their money, especially on the small to medium-sized network level. You can always by into the support package if you think you'd need it, and the documentation is thorough.", "score": 12 }, { "body": "Myself, on my own VPS. Its just a little bit more expensive than a VPN provider, plus I get a VPS, and full control and security over my VPN. I actually know for certain how things have been implemented.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I use openvpn every day, it works out great. I have done some work for a client that uses ANX and I have had lackluster results. \n\nWe are on the far technical side of the spectrum. I imagine openvpn is more suited for my skill level vs an \"enterprise turnkey solution like ANX.\"", "score": 7 }, { "body": "The primary question would be why you want the VPN to say who is the best provider. For example do you want it to tunnel out of a restrictive network, bypass local country content filtering, or something else?", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I recently switched to OpenVPN and absolutely love it. Their free version can be overwhelming with the hundreds of options, but their new \"OpenVPN AS\" is great. Its basically an installable VPN/Webapp that includes all of the usual options and gets you up and running with Active Directory authentication in about 5 minutes. Two concurrent users are free - after that you have to buy a license, but thats only $5/user. Great deal in my opinion. They also have a VMWare appliance available for testing.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I use [XeroBank](https://xerobank.com). They are totally anonymous, have servers in several geographic locations, support UDP & TCP on any port # between 1-1024, and have multihop connections (i.e. you -> Canada -> Netherlands -> host.)\n \nFurthermore, they are registered out of Panama, keep no logs, and have the best LEO [contact page](https://xerobank.com/company/leo/) ever.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I've been pretty impressed with the Juniper SA's (Neoteris before Juniper bought them) But they are rather pricey. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Not cool, the previous designer could be hurting his own or your client's Google ranking by containing duplicate content. \n\nSome screenshots and a link would be far more appropriate.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Do that, and when the truth comes out you'll look like a jerk.\n\nOf course, who the fuck talks about money on the first few dates?", "score": 15 }, { "body": "If the topic of how much money I make comes up in casual conversation, I always say *\"I earn enough to live a modest lifestyle, but not enough to take very long holidays every year\"*. If the topic resurfaces again, I politely decline, telling them I find it vulgar to speak of the states of my finances beyond what I've voluntarily said.\n\n\nI've been out of the game for a while now, and I have to ask, does the topic of personal income come up in the first/second date? I don't recall that happening before and I wouldn't be impressed if it came up now.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I'm a girl. I don't exactly lie about my occupation when I first meet someone, but I don't tell the truth either. I tell them I work for the company I work for, not that I run the company I work for. For the most part it totally intimidates men anyway.\n\nWhen it comes to the money issue, I've always dated someone who had enough that they didn't care about what I had. Basically, someone self sufficient. ", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I've been burned on the other side. \n\nI don't lie. I come from a wealthy family. I make a decent salary and have a lucrative career but have chosen not to be on a fast track - I like right where I am at and don't need to advance any further. I live fairly frugally for my means, by choice. Live in a small house, drive a 10 year old car, etc. My big splurge is traveling a few times a year.\n\nI also do not expect a dime from my family via inheritance - not because we're not close (we are) but because I really hope they live long and they enjoy the money they worked so hard to earn. If anyone inherits, I expect it will be my kids, their grandkids, not me. I don't really know what I would do if I inherited, anyway. I am happy with what I have. \n\nI don't hide these things at all, but I don't talk about it or flaunt it either. I dated a guy for 4 years, we were serious enough to consider marriage. So I took him to meet my family. At their estate. And he freaked out. He thought I came from a modest middle class background like he did. And, I did... it's just my parents chose to live modestly until they retired. \n\nAt any rate, the relationship ended over this, and other things, but this WAS major in my mind. Basically it was reverse discrimination. It was awful. \n\nBasically it doesn't matter to me how little or how much anyone makes. What matters to me is their relationship with money - do they have an emotionally healthy one? That's all that counts. ", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Lying is bad, m'kay? You don't have to hand her your financial statement when you meet, but trying to hide it tells her in no uncertain terms that you don't trust her.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "I wouldn't lie about what I did to earn my money but if she asked specifically how much or whether it was well paid that would set alarm bells ringing and I don't think I'd answer it. Definitely not until there was a certain amount of trust in the relationship. I wouldn't lie about deliberately having less either though, keep 'em guessing!", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I generally talk down my occupation when I meet people I don't really know. When I've gotten to know them for a while and trust them a little more, then I'll be more forth-coming with what I do.\n\nI find it helps to deflect the wrong kind of attention.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\r\nDude you will have enough issues without adding acting like you are poor. Just go with the flow. You will get the profile of a golddigger down soon enough.\r\n\r\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Here's mine...\n\n**Philadelphia, PA**\n\nEvery travel show says Pats and Genos are the best place to get a cheesesteak in Philly. They aren't. This is where you want to go:\n\n[John's Roast Pork](http://www.johnsroastpork.com/). It's a shack by the river only open on weekdays and never after 3PM. Their steak is usually served with provolone on a seeded semolina roll. The crusty bread sops up the grease and turns into something unreal. \n\nOther good spots:\n\n[Jim's Steaks](http://www.jimssteaks.com/). This is where to go if you want the steak most people are familiar with; soft roll, wiz, fried onions. It's open late, perfect to soak up the alcohol in your gut after a long night of drinking.\n\n[Tony Lukes](http://www.tonylukes.com/). Also famous for their roast pork. Try it with sharp prov and broccoli raab.\n\nAnd one of my personal favorite places for steaks and hoagies isn't actually in Philly, it's in Atlantic City: [The White House](http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g29750-d459195-Reviews-White_House_Sub_Shop-Atlantic_City_New_Jersey.html). They get their bread daily from a bakery next door and everything is amazing especially the Italian hoagie. The lines are crazy in the summertime though.\n\nPhilly has a great chain of French bakeries/ sandwicheries called [Le Bus](http://www.lebusbakery.com/)\n\nIt also has a really amazing gourmet Italian grocery called [Dibruno Bros](http://www.dibruno.com/StoreFront.bok).\n\nSouth Philly has the Italian Market (where the gang from Always Sunny bought Charlie his first pear), and a ton of cheap and good Vietnamese Pho restaurants and few Korean BBQs.\n\nThe beer of choice in Philly is [Yuengling](http://www.yuengling.com/). If you ask for a lager in just about any bar or restaurant this is what they'll bring you. [Yards](http://www.yardsbrewing.com/) is another local beer that is really good, especially the IPA.\n\nSpeaking of good beer, there is an amazing Belgian restaurant called [Monk's](http://www.monkscafe.com/), with every Belgian beer you can think of and amazing mussels. No reservations and it's really small and not too pricey so it's always packed; get there early.\n\nPhiladelphia has a wonderful BYOB scene. Particularly for Italian food. There are several cash only, not too expensive BYO's that are great date places such as, [Caffe Casta Diva](http://philadelphia.citysearch.com/profile/35396572/philadelphia_pa/caffe_casta_diva.html) and [La Viola](http://laviolarestaurant.com/).\n\nThe biggest restaurateur in Philly is [Steven Starr](http://starr-restaurant.com/). He's pretty famous for his Asian fusion restaurant, Budakhan and his fancy diner The Continental. Personally, I think his restaurants have better decor than food and make for better places to get a drink.\n\nThe hottest upscale chef in Philly right now is [Jose Garces](http://www.grg-mgmt.com/), and he deserves all the praise he's getting. His tapas restaurant, [Amada](http://www.amadarestaurant.com/), is as authentic as anything you'll find in Barcelona. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Yep.\n\n###Don't Go###\n\nSeriously, even if you were 30, I'd still say the same, simply because you don't sound like a casual gambler, but more like the type who likes to blow his entire paycheck in one go. So don't go until you've figured out how to stop yourself voluntarily.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "The worst thing that can happen to you on your first time is winning.\n\nWhat you want to realize is that the deck is stacked against you. Unless you are -very- talented you're going to lose more money than you make. \n\nIf you can be taught you may want to remember this little nugget: if it looks like you never-quite-make-it-but-you're-sure-it's-going-to-work-next-time, you're not good at it and you're going to agonize forever over when you're finally going to make your big break.\n\nIf you come to that realization that would be a good time to stop doing it.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "If you're gunna, only bring X amount of money. Leave all your credit cards at home, give yourself no way to get extra money when you run out. Don't drink while you gamble. Wear a watch.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Take all the money you're willing to gamble and keep it together. When you step into the casino, hand it to the first person to meet.\r\n\r\nCongratulations, you're done. It's the same result as a night of gambling, compressed into a few moments.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Man there are tons of 'secret' places in the South Island. \n\nTry Cobb valley, Takaka top left of the SI and Totranui beach. Both awesome places, and NO tourists.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I live on the West Coast of the South Island, which is one of the best areas around for natural scenery. What exactly are you wanting to get pictures of? There are lots of places here that probably are considered touristy but still worth seeing. The [Coast Road](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punakaiki) between Westport and Greymouth being a good example.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "[Maruia Springs](http://maruiasprings.co.nz/) - If you can, spend the night there or near enough to be there for a night time private spa - sitting in a hot-tub with the windows open looking out over the river and up the hills on the other side of the valley is one of my favorite memories of NZ. And I grew up there :-)", "score": 3 }, { "body": "It's a tourist spot, but you MUST go to Milford Sound, no matter what. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in my life.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Definitely fascinating, but it strengthens my belief that in actuality it's probably shy guys that finish last. I'm not saying it's a terrible injustice, or something everyone should be rushing out to fix, but it's definitely been *my personal experience* that shy guys tend to do a lot worse than shy girls.\n\nI don't know for sure though. I'd be interested to know if other people's experiences agree with that, or if I'm equally wrong.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I think most people's conception of relationships is broken and toxic. Sometimes it manifests as a lack of individuality or an overabundance of assertiveness and control.\n\nThey're both fucked up.", "score": 3 }, { "body": ">Does anyone really want a partner who has a lack of what the video author terms \"gumption?\"\n\nEven if this assumption/misconception that all nice guys don't have \"gumption\" or that they are all pushovers(some are; most aren't), why does that have to be such a horrendous thing? How can someone, who makes a decent and genuine effort to be what he believes is a good person, deserve hostility, to this magnitude, from society, women in general and/or feminism, because he's a man?\n\nI mean, really, women don't seem to have this problem; I never once heard a men say they broke up with a girl, or wasn't interested in her, because she wasn't gumptious enough; and I have never seen feminism make an issue out of this for women. So how is it okay to punish, demonize, belittle, reject and alienate men for something, just because they are men? This sexist/misandric and callous attitude is, at least to me, perhaps one of the most hypocritical stances modern feminism can make.\n\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "More info on *Bottomline*'s sack-of-shitliness for anyone considering trying it: it's Internet Explorer reliant, and I couldn't even force it to show me non-NBA scores on my computer.\n\nOh, and it's a fucking sack of shit. Fuck. And shit and stuff...", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "I use python as a better scripting language on windows.\n\nimport os\nos.system(\"command\")\n\nYou can come up with your command string using other python. os.listdir(\"path\") gives you a list of files, that you could then loop through. Learning minimal python is probably easier than trying to hack away with batch.", "score": 26 }, { "body": "At least you knew to script it.\n\nA couple of weeks ago, an unemployed friend of mine (who isn't so computer literate) had over 1000 photos that he needed to resize. He spent two weeks doing this by hand, manually opening up each image (they were over 10mb), resizing, then resaving. All of this on a 2ghz computer with 1gb of ram. When he showed me what he was doing, I was horrified. I told him to move over, I downloaded Imagemagick and a Ruby interpreter and spent 5 minutes writing a script to do the rest for him. He only had about 200 photos to go. :(\n", "score": 6 }, { "body": "You could almost sing that. Imagine a drunken Irishman at 3 in the mornin. aaaaaahhhh.....far oi in flac do flac d oi.... see lammy oi flac emmpy tree.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Commiserations. When I had to sling Windows for work, I tended to reach for JScript/WSH for anything more complicated than\n\n dir * /w", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Yep, doing anything non-trivial in a batch file is nauseating.\n\nThis is how you search the path for a particular file, like [whereis](http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/01/20/357225.aspx):\n\n @for %%e in (%PATHEXT%) do @for %%i in (%1%%e) do @if NOT \"%%~$PATH:i\"==\"\" echo %%~$PATH:i\n\nAnd you can get the current date as part of a file name with simply:\n\n %date:~10,4%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%_whatever.zip\n\nThere's a whole list of these horrific special syntax in the help for the \"for\" command (\"for /?\").", "score": 4 }, { "body": "USE PYTHON\n\nSeriously MS batch language has been crap for years. Python works really well as a scripting system. \n\nAnother alternative is to switch to a UNIX variant. That could be Linux or a Mac, but the key here is the various shell programs like BASH. \n\n", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I think a lot of pussies confuse themselves with nice guys.\n\nBeing completely timid and asexual is not the same as being a nice guy.", "score": 86 }, { "body": "As long as you're a nice guy who is assertive and not a pushover you'll be fine. I'm very much a nice guy who treats women nice, but if I really don't want to do something or someone's being an asshole to me I'll stand up for myself.\n\nI've been in a relationship with a beautiful woman for the past 4 months. You don't have to be an asshole to get women, you just need to be confident.", "score": 32 }, { "body": "One of my favourite lines from two and a half men comes from Alan:\n\nGirl: You're a nice guy Alan...\n\nAlan: Oh don't say that, you know what they say about nice guys...\n\nGirl: They finish last.\n\nAlan: No, they finish in the bathroom.\n\nunfortunately, true.", "score": 32 }, { "body": "I've been told by many of my female friends that I am one of the nicest guys they know and they love to be with me.. I'm 21 and have yet to be in a serious relationship with a special lady friend :( So yeah, I guess nice guys do finish last.", "score": 28 }, { "body": "The problem is that guys tend to either be jerks or they are too nice with women. Both are a huge turn-off, unless you are dealing with a woman who has low self-esteem (and seeks out jerks) or a woman who is domineering (they want nice guys).\r\n\r\nWomen who are well balanced want a man who is in-between. They want a GENTLEMAN. They want someone who can be **gentle** when the time is right, but who can be a **MAN** when it is called for.\r\n\r\nEXAMPLE 1: On a first date, don't bring a dozen roses (nice guy move). Don't bring nothing at all (jerk move). Instead, bring something simple, like a single rose. \r\n\r\nEXAMPLE 2: When on a first date, compliment the way the lady looks ONCE. Any more is too nice and any less is being a jerk.", "score": 23 }, { "body": "See here is the problem as I see it. \r\n\r\nWhen someone is a nice guy that does not have any game at all they blame it on being a nice guy.\r\n\r\nIn this case the nice guy, and I hate to say this, one of or more than one of the following and I will rank them in most daming first.\r\n\r\n#1. You are really a self absorbed prick who can't understand why someone can't love you for the prick that you are.\r\n\r\n#2. You are not really nice, your a push over. You don't respect yourself so no one respects you.\r\n\r\n#3. You have little to no self confidence. You don't try because your scared shittless of failure. \r\n\r\n#4. You are playing out of your league.\r\n\r\n#5. You are not sporting the qualities that the women you are attracted to are looking for. IE> you are as big as a dump truck and asking out long distance runners.\r\n\r\n#6. You are poor and have no long term goals.\r\n\r\n#7. You are a slob.\r\n\r\n#8. You look down when you see women, men, small dogs.\r\n\r\n\r\nWork on things from the bottom up. Most guys that are \"nice guys\" but have a good dose of self confidence get girls like there is no tomorrow. Work hard on the \"visual\" spectrum of your game. Work hard on making yourself feel like a god damn rock star and people will see you that way.\r\n\r\nWant it simple? They see how you feel. If you feel like a loser they see a loser. If you feel like a nice guy that gets dumped, they see a nice guy that gets dumped. If you feel depressed, they see you as depressed.\r\n\r\nWork on feeling the way you want people to see you. As new age bullshit as that is, that is how it really works. Rock the Confidence and it all turns around.\r\n\r\nI double dog triple dare anyone to walk around with a geniune smile on there face thinking about the best looking girl they have ever known naked in thier mind. 100 bucks to a dollar more women will smile at you that day than any day in the last year. \r\n\r\nGood luck.", "score": 19 }, { "body": "Serious answer here, I was a dork in HS, kind of matured in college (engineering), landed a pretty good job, and ended up marrying a homecoming queen from a wealthy family. I was a great \"friend\" guy to girls, especially in college.\n\nThe thing was, I did not attract my hot wife until I was 26, and she had gone through a failed relationship with a guy with model-like good looks but didn't have any direction in his life.\n\nSo, in my experience, girls start looking for something more substantial in their life in their latter 20's, and that is the time for the nice guys to move in. I'll also add that I aggressively pursued my wife after our first date (borderline stalking, but of course in a nice way). If I had sat around and waited for her to chase me it never would have happened.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "I guess I would fit the category of a 'nice guy'. I have some very good female friends and a few of them are dismayed by the fact that I never get women. I've been amongst many otherwise female-only conversations about what men do to women to understand their perspective.\n\nPersonally, I **hate** hitting on women. I don't want to seem at all manipulative in my approach, sneaky, wondering whether I am being invasive of her personal space, or anything similar. The problem lies with the approach I would need to take to avoid this.\n\nI would need to be very open, honest and direct with a woman I have met to be able to succeed... Unfortunately, I don't have the self-confidence to be able to be *that* open and honest with someone I have just met, so I end up not doing anything.\n\nThe fact is, quite often I do have women who are interested in me, but I can't approach the situation well, so I wait until I have the confidence. This usually ends up with the women loosing interest.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I've heard guys think that they were just too 'nice' and that's why I turned them down, but no - it was because they didn't think highly of themselves - and thus were unattractive, they weren't very smart, and/or they weren't very interesting.\n\nA nice guy who is confident, smart, and interesting will have better relationship prospects than a jerk who is confident, smart, and interesting.\n\nunconfident != nice, being a pushover !=nice", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Nice guys, do, in fact, finish last. Seen it too many times, being both a member of the Nice Guy group, and having seen it happen to other nice guys as well.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "Here's another suggestion, as an ex-\"nice-guy\" (I'm still a very nice guy mind you), I think the biggest shift that happened that led to my relative success with women was that I stopped expecting other people, and women, to be nice to me in return. *True altruism and generosity IS attractive*, sulking about not getting repaid is just unclassy. Also, learn to be confident and funny, that doesn't compromise your integrity but will work wonders in any other aspect. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Hi.\n\n\"Nicest guy I know\" here.\n\nI'm your typical \"average\" looking guy. Probably a *bit* uglier than average, though every girl I've ever been involved with has been (imho) far out of my league, physically speaking.\n\nI'm 22 years old, relatively rich (for a student) due to hard work, actually rich (for my age) due to luck, very confident, funny, and typically tend to be the life of any social situation I find myself in. Classmates I barely know describe me as \"the class stud\", and this is the norm for me.\n\n\nIt's very difficult for me to get into a relationship because of my \"niceness\". Historically, very easy to maintain once I'm in one, but \"finishing last\" is a very accurate description.\n\nExample:\n\nIf a girl hits on me, and I know of another guy that's interested in her, I turn her down. If I like a girl, and think we're compatible, but there's another guy interested in her, I typically tend to avoid her and/or act intentionally uninteresting so that she will not become interested in me.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Most of the nice guys who finish last are in their 20s. I was one of them. I was nice in the sense that I was not aggressive towards women. (I don't mean \"aggressive\" in the violent sense.) So I wasn't exciting to them, which was why they weren't interested in me romantically. I did make them feel safe, so I had tons of female friends.\n\n(Warning: generalizing follows!) In my experience, once women reach their late 20s, they get over wanting bad boys. They've dated a bunch of them, and though those boys were fun, they were also jerks. By the time they are in their 30s, most women want a totally different sort of guy then they did when they were younger.\n\nI never had a girlfriend in high school, and I fared little better in college. It sucked. But then, when I was about 28, I met the woman I've been married to for 13 years. (I hate to brag -- well, no I don't -- but she's HOT. She gets hit on all the time, she turns heads, etc. People who knew me in high school are baffled as to how I wound up with her.)\n\nMany of the \"Romeos\" I grew up with got married really young. They are pretty much all now either divorced or terribly unhappy. \n\nSo, yeah. Nice guys finish last. But sometimes they also finish best.", "score": 5 }, { "body": " Why is everyone confusing passive with nice. I would consider myself a nice dude, but wouldn't shy down to trying to initiate a relationship with someone.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "There are nice people who just have bad luck with the desired gender. It's unfortunate.\n\n\nThere are also 'nice guys' who think they are owed sex because of friendship. Here's a hint for those guys: If you think friendship with a woman is a trade-off for sexual encounters then you don't actually have respect for women.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Remember, there is a difference between being a good hearted guy, and this:\n\n\nhttp://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/niceguys/ng.shtml\n\nGood guys finnish first. \"nice guys\" finish last. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I consider myself a nice guy. I try to finish last and am almost always successful. If not, I simply try again, and leave everyone satisfied.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "It seems like it happens a bunch, and I thought so myself for a while but what I found out is that if a nice guy looks for girls at parties and similiar venues that are dominated by assholes he will lose. If guys can find girls through other avenues then usually he does not lose. In the end, no good answer to this question.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I've known a lot of guys who've done the whole, \"I'm SUCH a NICE GUY!\" spiel. It's **not** nice if you're doing things for her with an ulterior motive (read: get in her pants). It's great that you're willing to go out of your way for me, but I don't have any obligation to sleep with you because of it, and you are wrong to get angry/frustrated/resentful towards me if I don't. So many \"nice guys\" get angry with us when we don't \"reward\" their generosity.\n\nAlso, don't put us on a pedestal. You think you're being nice when you're really being patronizing. Treat us as an equal and be yourself--don't think too much about whether you're doing the *right* thing to get in my pants. Sincerity and honesty is much more attractive than someone who worships the ground I walk on for the mere fact that I'm female.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "There's a very large portion of eligible women out there who like genuinely nice guys. The people who resort to the 'nice guy' label are just bitter and refuse to be proactive about attracting women. Hint: just because you're having a conversation with a girl doesn't mean she's going to go out with you.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I just try to be myself - for good and for bad. IRL, I can be arrogant, really opinionated, distant and not usually the first to praise someone. I'm also not someone who is comfortable with physical contact with people I don't know. \n\nOn the other hand, I try really hard to be aware of my faults and consciously make an effort to be a good person - which usually involves a lot of apologizing when I screw up - which is pretty much everyday. I'm also a decent artist, well read, funny (dry humor) and will bend over backwards to help my friends.\n\nI used to be a \"nice guy\" and that got me nowhere because I was over compensating and suppressing my true self. It was pretty obvious in hindsight. Once I just said \"Fuck it, I am who I am (insert Popeye pun)\" I got along just fine.\n\nIf a woman still likes me through all this, then that makes her a wonderful person who deserves my love - even though I know I'll probably screw up and piss her off plenty between now and the end of time. \n\nI'm far from perfect and glad to not be perfect. Perfect is damn boring.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Women need to feel secure, physically. They need to feel that they're with someone who has their back, who looks out for them. They want someone who can send their salad back when the dressing comes on top and not on the side like they ordered. They want someone who can tell a drunk guy at a club to back off at 1am. They like being with someone decisive, who's not scared to voice his preferences - though their opinions and preferences should also be welcome.\n\nIn a nut: women like *men*.\n\nI know tastes differ, but as far as gross generalizations go the above is about as close as I can get to accurately and succinctly describing 20 years experience with the fairer sex.\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "i tried being a \"nice guy\" since i was about 15, and it very, very rarely worked. either i instantly got relegated to permanent friend status, or chicks just saw me as someone who would get them a glass of water when they didnt feel like getting up. (i used to also come on a bit strong, so avoiding doing that might also have something to do with my increased success rate)\r\n\r\n\r\nit wasnt until a few months ago that i realised the chicks who i hooked up with were generally ones i basically ignored. i wasnt rude to them, i just didnt really go out of my way to talk to them, and obviously didnt care whether they were in the room or not. if they approached me, id chat and be charming and all that. when i'd talk to them, id also tease them quite a bit (flirting/teasing seems to be the standard operating procedure for me when talking to women)\r\n\r\nso recently ive started making a few basic guidelines for myself, and ive noticed almost immediate change in how women interact with me\r\n\r\n* i don't \"crack onto\" women anymore. i say hello, have polite chit-chat and then promptly ignore them. if you're only mildy interested in a chick, i find it improves your chances a fair bit for later, and if you are interested in her, i find talking to everyone else nearby, but very rarely addressing her directly works a treat\r\n\r\n* if talking to a chick at a party, if someone else comes up and she starts a conversation in the middle of one you were having, i leave and go talk to other people. if they wanna talk to you, they'll find you\r\n\r\n* another thing i used to do, is if me and a female agreed to catch up at a certain time, and she tried to change the time, id always agree and be fine with pushing the date back later. it wasnt until i got annoyed at this constantly happening (at times the date would be postponed indefinitely, until one of us forgot about it) that i did anything about it. i don't like to say it, but at times chicks just want you to take the lead and basically tell them what to do. i grew up with two sisters, so this seems completely counter-intuitive, but it works \r\n\r\n* generally act completely nonchalant about their prescence, make it obvious that im only half listening to what they say, make no attempt to make their life easier, and subtly mock them to their face. for some reason, behaviour like this is like a fucking magnet\r\n\r\ni dont like how i interact with women sometimes, because its not how i treat people, especially ones i like, but after ten years of having 80% of your romantic overtures thrown in your face, or ignored for the wiles of some beer swilling jock who treats her like shit, i realised its a game, and you gotta play the game first, then show them what you're really like once you've reeled them in. and quite frankly, most chicks dont know what they want until you shove it in their face", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "What's bad is, that I immediately thought of two more ways to do this:\n\n foreach($_POST as $field_name => $value ) {\n $$field_name = $value;\n }\n\nand more concise:\n\n extract( $_POST );\n\nWonder what that tells about me?", "score": 40 }, { "body": "He basically just rewrote the [extract](http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.extract.php) function. Dumb ass.", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "I usually let autobalance sort that out. \n\nAs for class, i try to do that, but most of the time i will go spy with no spies, die once, and we have 3 spies now.", "score": 9 }, { "body": "I hit random team at the beginning. If I get put on the stacked team, I thank the RND, if I get put on the rolled team, I curse the RND.\n\nAs for classes, I tend to play what's needed. If we have 5 spies, but they're all doing a shitty job, I'll go spy to do what they should have been doing, and then change back. I don't like playing medic though because I always get annoyed by the incompetence of my patients. It annoys me that I'm healing them when I could be doing their job much better. ", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I like playing sniper, but I never do because having more than 2 is waaaaay overkill. At this point I pretty much only do when the sniper for the other team keeps killing me as heavy and our sniper(s) can't kill him. Point and shoot, retards. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I will always be the one going \"Guys, why do we have 4 soldiers? Can we please not have 3 snipers? We need a medic, not 3 spies.\"\n\n*Sigh.*", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "http://montalk.net/matrix/67/the-art-of-hyper-dimensional-war\n\n\"...An odd but significant form of guidance is the phenomenon of intermittent ear ringing – not tinnitus, which is constant and due to nerve damage, but rather the sporadic type. Ear ringing is generated by your nervous system as an internal audible signal either warning you of psychic intrusion or alerting you to an important thought. The pitch, duration, volume, and apparent location (left, right, both ears, above, below, etc…) communicate different things, and only by observing and correlating them with concurrent events and thoughts can you figure out what each type means. In my case, generally speaking, left ear ringings indicate monitoring by hyperdimensional sources prior to an attack or abduction – while right ear ringings confirm the importance of some thought I was just having. Either way, they signal “Be alert, pay attention.”", "score": 22 }, { "body": "I use that sense to detect when other living things are in the room or when electronic items are turned on.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "For as long as I remember I've heard a high pitched sound in my ears, but its only noticeable when the environment is pretty quiet. I always assumed it was due to blood flow or just the 'noise floor' of my ears.\n\nDoesn't everyone experience this?", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Yep, happens to me every now and then. I have Tinnitus in my left ear only, but the high pitched sound can happen in either ear.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "even though its kinda subconscious, i always try to think about what im doing at the time that this happens to me to see if there is any connection between, although it does not bother me enough to take note and i just always seem to forget. it never really has came to my attention to post a DAE about it though, but im glad someone else did.. upvotes all round!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "25mg whey would be a pea-sized fleck. Do you mean 25g? \n\nEat less bread and more meat, and make sure the bread you eat is whole wheat. Bagels and potato bread are non-nutritious empty calories.", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "Not 100% sure about music but I know something is out there.\n\nFor movies/tv shows, check out Air Video - it's great!\nhttp://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/air-video-watch-your-videos-anywhere/id306550020?mt=8", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "There's always live music downtown, and if you've never been you should check out Alamo Drafthouse. It's the best theater in Austin, they bring you beer and food during the movie. Every other row of seats is replaced with a long narrow table for your food and drinks, so there's plenty of leg room too. Great place.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "Don't stress it. If a girl likes you enough to get that far, it's much less about what you have and far more about what you do with it. You are likely average and she is likely very fucking spiteful and mean spirited. :) Don't worry, Karma is a bitch.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "She knew what a harsh blow it would be. Have you considered she was perhaps just trying to upset you by telling you that?\n\nUnless you fall outside the fairly wide \"average\" zone you should have nothing to worry about. \n\n", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I had an ex tell me my clit was so tiny he couldn't see it.\n\nI'm pretty sure he just wasn't looking.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "1-3 minutes... Haha my first thought was Galt's speech. d'Anconia's speech on money was good, too, and a lot shorter.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I would suggest you find the speech that Rhett Butler gives in Gone With The Wind to Scarlett before he leaves her - it ends with the infamous \"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn\". They shortened it considerably for the movie, but in the novel it really encapsulates the whole theme of the book and is very worth reading out loud. (Those famous words also had a rather different emotional emphasis in the book.)", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Isn't there a pretty phenomenal monologue in \"To Kill a Mocking Bird\" delivered by Atticus in the court room? I feel like the kids might even know it because most kids read that in highschool or junior high.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Maybe the first pages of The Stranger by Albert Camus? \nedit: Not really a monologue, but I once saw it interpreted by a man alone on scene, and it was very great, dramatic...", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I coach forensics at the university level. Also, I teach oral interpretation. I'm wondering why 1st person narration won't suffice. Also, Dramatic Interpretation would Imply a dramatic text.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Well I guess the all time favourite would be the \"I am a Jew\" from Merchant of Venice. I personally fell in love with 1984's monologue on the power of languages delivered by Syme. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syme_%28Nineteen_Eighty-Four%29)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The preschool that I went to was called Palo Alto so my mind went in an entirely different direction. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Well, for one thing, ask her if there's anything you can do to help and support her. That will give you a much better picture of how far is \"too far\" and will offend her. \n\nProbably the best thing to do is offer to start going to the gym together. ", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I know it sounds silly, but get a Wii Fit together.\n\nIt's really fun, and it actually provides a pretty solid workout. Plus, it tracks your progress.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Cook healthly meals for her, and go work out with her. You can motivate her on the workouts to make sure she does it on a regular basis.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "As someone who lost a lot of weight.....I didn't need help with the exercise part. My boyfriend was terrible about eating and drinking. He kept giving me large portions of food, sugary drinks, etc.\n\nI wish he had not complained when I plated food in appropriate portions, chosen NOT to eat so much junk food/fast food in front of me, kept making me margaritas....and then gotten cranky when I told him it was hurtful to me.\n\nDon't sabotage her when it comes to the food part.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I found I never really lost weight through exercise, even though I had much better endurance. I lost the most by controlling what I ate. \n\nMake smaller portions if you can, use smaller plates when you can't. If you have to go back 2 more times since the plate is smaller it gets harder to justify.\n\nOther then that, stop drinking soda and sugary beverages. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "you could offer to lose the weight with her. You'll be helping her and helping yourself in the process... or you could call her fat and good for nothing etc. You might lose her with the second though... actually, yeah don't go with the second one.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Reading your comments in this thread, I just wanted to tell you how clear it is that you think she's crazy hot and love the way she looks right now, and that you want her to do this because she wants it, not to please you. You come across as a wonderful partner who is excited and enthusiastic about opportunities to make her happy and feel better about herself. \n\nThere are a lot of \"my gf is fat/getting fatter, what do I do?\" posts on AskReddit and yours was very refreshing. I'm sure that whatever you say or do will come across as supportive and loving because that's the spirit behind it.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Make a bet to motivate her - if she doesn't lose XX by a certain date, she has to arrange a 3-way with one of her foxy friends.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "No, you're not alone.\n\nApart from *not* being aesthetically pleasing, I (as a guy) cannot fathom most women enjoying getting sprayed in the face. Certainly not regularly, and not in the huge quantities seen in mainstream porn.\n\nIf I perceive the women not liking it, then I don't enjoy it. This goes for obviously-painful anal scenes or anything else. If the woman is genuinely enjoying herself (or a *really* good actor pretending), then I'll enjoy it. Otherwise, I'm not aroused by it.", "score": 14 }, { "body": "I enjoy the cumshot. However there is nothing worse then trying to jerk off and right before the cumshot they zoom in on the guys face. Like people are sitting around saying, \"you know this is a pretty good porno but I wish they would show the guys face a little more.\" I am not so homophobic that I can't watch a porn that has the guys face in the shot, although I love POV because I don't have to see it. What I am talking about is when the entire shot is just the guys face. No girl is in the frame what so ever and I am there dick in hand just looking at another mans face. I don't have to see his reaction to know that he is cumming. Just show the load and that is proof enough for me. ", "score": 14 }, { "body": "I think they're a little outdated and contrived. I wouldn't mind them in moderation but to have it as a standard in every movie that every scene ends with the guy masturbating on the girl's face just gets boring.\n\nWhat I __really__ hate is when the guy needs to jerk off for a good two minutes while you can see the girl getting quite bored. Edit that shit, Jesus.", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I don't like shooting jizz on a girl's face, or seeing it on a girl's face. I don't have a problem really if it's on their chin, but some of these chicks get slimed worse than Nickelodeon, all over their nose or burning their eyes out... I don't like seeing them gargle that junk, either, or watching them try to catch a shot like *Beat 'Em 'N' Eat 'Em*, mouths open and h'whatnot.\n\nMy ex girlfriend liked it when I pulled out and came on her tits (or on her ass) It wasn't in the spirit of some degrading porno reenactment, that's just where my bio-goo landed when I pulled out (no rubbers or pills available).\n\nI don't mind cumshots on a girl's body (sometimes, in the heat of the moment, it's just what the doc ordered), just not the fuckin' face.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Are there any girls out there who actually enjoy having their face cummed on? I shake my head at the strained smiles on the faces of porn queens taking a load in the eyeball. Seriously, do any girls actually enjoy this?", "score": 5 }, { "body": "i wouldn't say 'despise' but i do prefer creampie porn. it's more... uh... natural? when i have sex i usually cum inside my wife not on her.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "No, it's not pretty.\n\nIt IS, however, an undeniable, physical, visual sign of SOMEONE on the set having had an orgasm. Yay.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": ">No-Bullshit TF2 Community\n\nWell, this looks promising, I think I'll take a look...\n\n>Yo dog, I herd u like\n\nOn second thought, maybe not.\n\n(Not dissing you, just thought it was kind of ironic.)", "score": 40 } ]

[ { "body": "I haven't eaten this since I was a teenager but... Peanut butter on toast, with mayonnaise on the other slice, onions, and a slice of bologna. Once in awhile I would add slices of bananas to the mix. No one I ever knew thought it was appetizing in any way. What can I say, I used to experiment in the kitchen a lot. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "when I put on a tee-shirt that is inside out, I don't turn it right side out before putting it on. I put my head through the neck hole first, and then turn the shirt right side out as I pull it down over my body.\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "That is an interesting way. I don't get the 'normal crossing arms' pullover (although I have seen the cross arm move when taking off a shirt, but that seems to be more female of a move). I usually stick my arms in first and then pull it down over my head. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "There are scores of work outs using just your body weight. You can check out the section labeled \"Body Weight\" under the exercises [here](http://exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html).\n\nYou could also take the opportunity to focus on becoming more flexible, which will help with any fitness regimen. Check out stretches from yoga sites and other sundry sources.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Bell's inequality being violated has shown that no local (in spacetime) _hidden variables_ theory is plausible given what we know.\n\nQM being local in spacetime and in configuration space still works, no?\n\ncollapse isn't even local in configuration space. It blatantly violates nonsimultaneaty, and bunches of other stuff too.\n\nOh, you may want to edit your post, whatever link you tried to put in the \"here\" isn't there.", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": ">In a world of games that compete to be DARK AND SERIOUS, here is a game with humor, drama, and actual characters. \n\nWhy is it that this is OK when Schaffer does it, but when you see clever, humorous games coming from Nintendo (Bowser's Inside Story), or a game like Little King's Story, they get dismissed by most gamers as \"kiddie?\" Or even Ratchet & Clank. Games don't have to be dark and serious to be awesome. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I actively hate this game:\n\nThe combat was totally unsatisfying with tons of moves that all feel exactly the same, upgrades that feel exactly the same, and just an overall bland feeling.\n\nThe RTS stuff was frustrating because it doesn't allow for enough control, is a huge hassle to actually try any real strategy, and shouldn't have been in there in the first place.\n\nYou say \"in a world of games that compete to be DARK AND SERIOUS,\" Brutal Legend bucks that trend, but only in the first hour or so. Everyone seems to apply how genuinely awesome the demo section was to the entire game, but having played it myself, I know how false that is. The demo section is really fun, really light in tone and mood. EVERYTHING after that takes a (wait for it...) DARK AND SERIOUS tone that just doesn't work for the game. It's not funny anymore, instead opting to try and be serious and melodramatic.\n\nAnd without any of that original humor, all you're left with is a boring world filled with the most transparently repetitive sidemissions I've ever seen and a multiplayer mode that simply should not exist.\n\nUgh. Sorry for the rant; I just really don't like this game. I was skeptical ever since it was announced, then the demo came out and got my hopes up, then the full game was a huge disappointment for me.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The biggest problem is the number of subscribers, this subreddit only has 109 people in it. If you want more dialog, then you need more people. To get more people, you need to promote the subreddit. To promote the subreddit, people need to post a link to this subreddit in the comments section of related submissions saying \"hey if you like cool stories about plants, check out the botany subreddit. <link>\" Also, you can promote this subreddit on other botany forums around the web.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Isn't botany in general a small and divided niche of esoteric people? ;-)\r\n\r\nbreakneckridge probably has a good point. I've copied a few links from other places into /r/botany, but I haven't really promoted it anywhere.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Do they really tell you to avoid contact with clients as much as possible? In almost every Canadian tire I've seen, it's really hard to get to talk to a sale clerk, it's as if they were running away from client.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Would Canadian Tire go broke if everyone cashed in all thier Canadian Tire money?\n\nI've always wanted to collect everyones Canadian Tire money. Who wants to send me some? I promise to waste it on power tools and screws. Maybe some Christmas lights. ", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I've used turbotax. It is easy and pretty straightforward. I think it changes as you get more income, and investments and properties (etc) It sounds like you are on the easy level. I believe the gov has a free online if you make below a certain income level (maybe 40K)", "score": 9 }, { "body": "You can do them yourself for free if you're situation is uncomplicated. If you have to get into thousands in deductions or multiple kids, etc, pay someone. I did mine for free for years while people I knew paid h&r block 200 a pop for the same returns. Now I have piles of deductions and a whole different situation so I pay an accountant. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Check out [TaxAct](http://taxact.com). I've used it for about 8 years now and it's pretty great. This year my GF and I bought a house and will probably use a tax service, but for the 1040-EZ applicant, this is a great option.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Write them nice letters - remind them who you are - then ask for a letter after they remember you.\n\n Hardcopy initially. Include a good photo of yourself - an old one if you have changed significantly. Then move to email based exchanges if they prefer. This is not a unique experience for them. It just is for you. Just help them remember you. Be very very sure you tell them what classes/sections/years/semesters you were in and also note any special activities you may have participated in so they have grist for their letters. Include the grade you achieved (they gave you). ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Ask your superiors at work for a recommandation. Admissions will understand that you graduated 4 years go - basically ask someone who has more power than you.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "4 player New SMB Wii. \n\n\"Now everyone ... GO NOW! Ahhh move out of my way! No, jump up there and.. someone grab that, jump on his head! Ahh fuck you killed me.\"", "score": 10 }, { "body": "EVE Online. You work together or you get exploded.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UlNbYmiNvY\n\nHere's a major fleet battle that happened today:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=WERqUb0G6vQ\n\nI wasn't there but boy there was a big red \"Lots of players killed here today\" dot on the galaxy map.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Heroes of Newerth or DoTA is pretty fun with friends. But be prepared for worst game community on the internet.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "SWAT 4. Left 4 Dead (if you don't play with stupid random pubs). Rainbow Six series.\n\nUnfortunately that's all I can think of right now. I wish there more mainstream team-focused games.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "I'm guessing that your problem isn't the games themselves, but the level of gaming you're participating in.\n\nInstead of finding a new game you should look to join competent guilds/ clans that play games at a much more complex level and employ more advanced tactics. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Heroes of Newerth (the dota remake) or just plain dota.\n\nNo game out there relies more on the team being responsive, communicating and understanding the ways heroes interact.\n\nHoly fuck I'm a nerd.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Have you worked towards the more difficult dungeon achievements in WoW? Those have always been a pretty intense team-player experience for me and definitely different from the regular instance running in that game.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Making your abs visable while NOT flexing sounds like a hell of a feat.\n\nBut the strategy to do it is very simple.\n\nIf your 21, then you probably buying your own groceries. One thing i've noticed about myself is that i won't be able to resist junk food once i buy it, but its pretty easy to resist it for the 5 seconds that i pass the potato chips isle. If you don't buy junk then you can't eat junk. I fight my battles at the super market.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "What the fuck is this? Some kind of secret code to unlock the value of karma? A password to unlock Steam DRM? I WANT TO KNOWWWW", "score": 29 }, { "body": "Perhaps you could post something more in line with my interests. Maybe something starting with a 1f?", "score": 20 }, { "body": "MPAA is going to sue you now. Those hexidecimals are their property! please cut and paste them into an e-mail and send it to them NOW!", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "Condescending attitudes in the writing, making a story out of nothing, fluff pieces(grandma feeds the ducks every Friday!), and lazy writing where they repeat what they say every other paragraph. Oh, and celebrity pieces. Hopefully your paper has none of this, because every paper where I live succumbs to these(though I doubt you live anywhere near me).", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm not quite in calc (I'm only watching the OCW lectures from MIT), so don't quote me, but I think this might be it, or at least help. \n\n*EDIT*: P should be below that local max, that way the slope will still be positive, so when you take 4*(Slope of P) it's positive.\n\nhttp://imgmi.net/c/cc42d096.png", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Note: The term **point** herein refers only to the x-value of the \"point\" in question.\n\nThe first few words tell you you will need the formula for the line tangent to x^3 for any point P. We can easily write this using [point-slope form](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_equation#Point.E2.80.93slope_form). In the notation,\n\nx1 := P\n\ny1 := P^3\n\nm := 3P^2.\n\nThus our formula for the tangent line is, after some rearranging,\n\nT(x) := 3P^2 x - 2P^3.\n\nThe intersection of T(x) and x^3 is all points x satisfying\n\nT(x) = x^3.\n\nTrying to solve this for x is difficult, so we'll come back later. Let's call it Equation 1.\n\nNow, we look where we are headed. The question asks us about points where the slope of x^3 is four times the slope at our original point. That is, we are looking for points Q such that 3Q^2 = 4*(3P^2). Solving for Q we can deduce that the points Q have the form (+/-) 2P.\n\nWe want to see which of these two points satisfies Equation 1. Plugging in 2P, equality doesn't hold, so this isn't the point we're looking for. However, plugging in -2P, Equation 1 is satisfied.\n\nWe have thus found a point Q := -2P such that the slope of x^3 at Q is four times its slope at P, and the tangent line from P intersects the curve x^3 at x = Q, as desired.\n\nBe aware that this is more exploratory than you'd want a proof to be. You would normally just start with the point -2P and show that it satisfies both conditions.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "sometimes i can't tell if the person on the other end on the mic is a female or a prepubescent male.", "score": 33 }, { "body": "I have played this game for so many hours. I have never spoken, let anyone know I am a girl, typed, or anything of the sort. And I like it that way!\n\nI used to be Medic in a M+H combo and we used to troll the whole server by doing the same thing over and over again, and nobody was able to stop us. We were on skype together at that time so I was constantly shouting spy, or there's a soldier rocketing to where we are!\n\nCRY SOME MOARRR!\n\nEdit: And another thing about TF2 I love is all the meet the videos, I have imitated the heavy so many times over skype. And an array of other characters.\n\nWhat's that sanvich? Kill them all? AHAHAHAH. Good idea...", "score": 11 }, { "body": "I'm a dude but I used to be part of a small scrim group (we had a server) and one of the members was a girl. We were all friends and the group was small, like 8 of us or so, so we got to know eachother pretty well. It was funny because the server was open so it'd be a handful of us and like 20 pubbies. And people would make the standard idiot comments when she'd use her mic.\n\nThey never seemed to notice that the tag in her name was the same as the server. She was pretty cool about it, but if anything more than one line about it was uttered the ban hammer **came down**.\n\nI'll bet you're right, that there's a lot more female players out there than you'd think, they just don't use mics to avoid that shit", "score": 11 }, { "body": "How many girls only play medic? This is really pronounced in 6v6 competitive TF2. A girl on a team is uncommon but not unheard of. A girl who **doesn't** play medic is pretty rare. I can count on one hand all the of the non-medic comp girls, which is really a shame.\n\nI can blame:\n\n* A lot of them are dragged into TF2 by their boyfriends. It's not bad in itself, but you also the intimidated only-play-medic-because-I-don't-want-to-fuck-up-because-I-havent-played-shooters-for-years rather than the more optimal choice of blowing other people up.\n\n* Competitive TF2 is pretty much a big dick-waving contest. You don't need an actual dick to participate, but you do need to trash talk and grow an e-peen to become successful (get better). It's how team membership works and the reputation you earn. Big dick-waving contests have historically been a male-dominated field.\n\n* Girls don't like FPS's as much as guys. This could be inherent biology, this could be societal, it could be crazy moon aliens from Gamma 5. Whatever the reason, you get a stereotype of \"Girls only play Mario and Final Fantasy\".", "score": 11 }, { "body": "Half the time people guess that I'm a 12 year old boy, but no... just female. And then when it's revealed, someone always says \"there's no girls on the internet\" oh how many times I've heard that, how original. ", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I played Team Fortress 2 the day it came out... well my girlfriend would literally call me a homo, or a fag, or some homosexual slander until I signed off. I had a pretty good idea what to do. I called my \"dude\" for some cannabis and was like hey Jennifer (girlfriend) lets smoke and I want you to play just a little bit of TF2. Since then shes been hooked and we play rounds off and on. When she plays for a whole game shes just changes her name to Jennifer so if you see her name watch out she's deadly as a heavy. We also role play team fortress 2 and nobody knows what we are talking about when we do it in a group and its hilarous.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Pretty sure I was dominated by a female sniper last night, and that sounds way more fun than what I really intended that to mean.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "It could just be the servers I play on, but it seems like Team Fortress 2 has a pretty high guy:girl ratio compared to games like Counter-Strike and Call of Duty.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I have a female roommate that plays Medic or Pyro on occasion, but not all that often. Most of her game time is occupied with raiding in WoW.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Just wait until you have a kid. It gets worse. I've had people \"threaten\" to punch my daughter in the head for absolutely no reason (she was my avatar picture for a while). I've also been told I'm a shitty mom because I play games... I play games after my daughter is asleep for the night, so yay for assumptions? \n\nAnyway, yeah whenever it comes out that I'm a girl, I get asked two questions: \"Are you Asian?\" or \"Are you fat?\" I stopped answering questions beyond \"I'm a girl, yeah\" because the rest of it doesn't really matter. I also play counter strike on occasion and enjoy other FPS's. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "so you're with a guy... intimately, and you're about to, y'know... finish. please pick which quote you would be most likely to utter right before... the end.\n\na) I am fully charged!\nb) The payload is nearing the final terminus!\nc) You are so small! It's funny to me! ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "There are ALOT of female TF2 players. When I mean ALOT, I mean HOLY FUCKING HELL THERE ARE ALOT OF THEM. Ya'll must be your own imageboard or something.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "a\\_girl\\_killed => my nick originated because i starting playing cs with the boys at work. they let me play because i asked and they were convinced that i would be more cannon fodder. but instead i killed them all. so i changed my name so when the kill line came up it would read:\n\na\\_girl\\_killed <weapon> Bob\n\ni'm trying to convince every girl i know to play, but alas, i am the only gamer among them.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I know that I started off playing Pyro and Medic, because they were the easiest to learn. The more you play, the more you learn the dynamics of the game, the more comfortable you become. Now I love playing Engineer and Sniper. I'm moving my way up to playing Spy. STEADY PROGRESSION, GUYS.\n\nSlightly off topic but still very much related: the one thing that TRULY blows my skirt up is when dudes pull the *\"girls who play videogames and like comic books are just trying to impress guys\"* card. Really? You think me enjoying shit you happen to like is...about YOU? C'mon, girls like to blow shit to smithereens, rocket jump, compression blast, and read about superheroes as much as anyone else. And by anyone else, I do mean you, you egotistical son of a bitch. (Egotistical son of a bitch with good taste in videogames, I mean, hey...what are you doing later? Maybe some 2fort?)\n\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "For images are you looking for something like [this?](http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/) \n\nI used this for my portfolio site and it looks nice. You basically just download it and plug in the scripts where it tells you to. It's also completely customizable once you figure out how the coding works (which is pretty simple).\n\nEDIT: If you want something simple and effective I would say CSS is the way to go. It's not too hard to get the hang of if you already understand HTML.\n\n[Webmonkey](http://www.webmonkey.com/) is a pretty good source for any HTML/CSS/PHP questions you might have. I would suggest using PHP header and footers so that if you need to change a link you don't need to go through each page and change it (this is a little tricky to understand at first, I'll see if I can hunt down a tutorial)", "score": 5 }, { "body": "You don't need to learn any code, at least not to get started. Here are two no-code options. The first one is to get a free template site from wordpress. They have a lot of really nice template sites, they're free, and they're easy to update.\n\nThe second option is to use a free site I built for almost this exact purpose. I'm in the game industry and saw a lot of portfolios that that might have been better but for the crappy flash templates they used, full of bells and whistles and silly loading screens. I decided to build a site that would be really easy to update, had obvious navigation, and very importantly a limited number of thumbnail slots. All you have to do to update the thumb nails and main images is switch out my placeholder images with yours. It uses a text doc to look up addresses for external links, email, and resume. If you're feeling frisky you can tinker with the actionscript code. It's included in the rar file. This is available on my site. The link is at the bottom of the page.\n\nwww.isaacoster.com\n\nGood luck!", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "its called an exertion headache; i believe it is caused by the muscles in the neck restricting blood flow to the head\nhttp://www.relieve-migraine-headache.com/exercise-induced-headache.html\nI've heard of it being resolved with special neck/shoulder massages from a PT or chiropractor\n", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "Not sure what the light attachment looks like, or what rack you have, but I always get a light on a rack using either zip-ties or a left-over rack mounting bar (depending on the rack). Maybe pictures would help.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I had a wireless mouse/keyboard once. Immediately after I plugged them in they exploded, killed my wife and two kids. Do not go wireless.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "You can't go wrong between anywhere in the Pacific NW, with the exception of some little redneck farm towns. \n\nSeattle, Portland, Vancouver BC are my favorite large cities, but the small-to-mid-sized cities like Bellingham, Olympia (WA) and Eugene, Bend, Hood River, Corvallis (OR) are my preference for overall quality of life.\n\nNorthern Cali cities (obviously the Green Triangle) like Arcata are pretty awesome, but expensive comparatively. The only place that might be better than the NW for trees (*both* kinds of trees).\n\nI like Colorado a lot, but the climate is pretty harsh. You still get great mountains and skiing/snowboarding without the brutal cold winters in the NW. \n\nI have/had some friends that moved from Colorado to the NW and the general consensus is that they are basically the same except that being on the coast gives you access to the ocean and great seafood, and the climate is much milder (although it rains and is grey and cloudy more often). ", "score": 10 }, { "body": "I'm gonna vote for BC. But, that's where I live and I love Canada. Also, the weed on Vancouver Island is fucking *awesome.*", "score": 8 }, { "body": "San Francisco. It's incredibly weed friendly, you can walk down the street smoking a joint, no one cares (including cops, it's officially their lowest priority). If you get your medical card there are a shitload of clubs and since there is a lot of competition the prices are very reasonable and the weed is *amazing*. You can even get weed delivered, legally. Also, if you want to get acid or other psychedelics it's incredibly easy.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "San Diego is really nice, thats where i live right now. Sunshine literally everyday. It rains every couple months, and the hottest it gets is 90 in the summer. \n\nBoulder Colorado has great weather, people, and culture. lots of sunshine, great indoor bud. \n\nSan Francisco is a great place to live, vapor lounges, with access to great wilderness areas, like yosemite and redwood national forests. Decent weather throughout the year. \n\nI haven't lived in Oregon or Washington, but that area is next on my list. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Lived in Seattle for 21 years and there is a lot of the ganja floating around and is the lowest priority for police.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I live on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. \n\nBeautiful, scenic, chill ski towns. Snow, sun, mountains, and a big lake. It's Northern California so the bud is abundant, fresh, and cheap.\n\nYou can get your 215 locally, and there is a legal delivery service with an ever changing variety of strains available from 1/8ths up to ounces. There are also other means of getting your medicine. Like growing, or having a caregiver.\n\nI like where I live.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "I love the NW. Been in the Seattle area now for 10 years. Very herb friendly and when legalization comes, it'll probably be one of the first states.\n\nThe weather takes some getting used to. There are two seasons, wet and dry, but it rarely gets too cold or too hot. Mountains, rivers, and some of the best scuba in the world.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "This is awesome. So much help everyone. Not sure if this will help narrow down the areas, but I am hoping if it is legalized to get into the growing industry. I am graduating with an Agricutural science degree, hoping to find a job running a LEGAL grow facility :P :D THANK YOU ALL for the suggestions!!", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "It would be interesting to hear the difference. Think you could do a before/after recording to demonstrate the effect?", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "Us Canadians are known for being friendly and polite. I am atypical of that, so go fuck yourself.\r\n\r\nJust kidding. We're all nice. Of course I'll be your friend. I'm also from Ontario, but did spend some time in Quebec, where the majority speak French instead of English. I've also travelled to the East coast quite a bit. Canada is very diverse. I can tell you all about the perculiarities of each region.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Sure! I'm from BC and have lived in Vancouver since 2002. I moved here to attend The University of British Columbia. Prior to that I lived (for most of the first 18 years of my life) in a little fishing town on Northern Vancouver Island. I can tell you plenty about Vancouver and/or the small towns on the West Coast if you're interested to know. :)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "You are looking for whitebooks or at the very least barebones notebooks. They do exist, but a rarely sold to private persons or in single quantities.\n\nMy guess is that you would end up paying more than for a complete notebook. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Like purelithium said, veggies, fruits, rice is okay, but not too much.\n\nEat well, do not starve yourself, do not eat only 1 kind of food. \n\nDoing this will make you hate the \"diet\" and go back to your old habits.\n\nMake an effort to eat until you are satisfied. \n\nIt will take a little bit of effort at first, and you might not know when that point is at first, since most people eat until they can eat no more.\n\nOnce you realize you don't have to eat until you need to unbutton your pants, you're on the road to progress.\n\nDon't drink iced tea/coke/pepsi/snapple. \n\nDrink real fruit juices (whatever you fancy guava/papaya/orange/cranberry), drink milk (again whatever you wish even whole milk) or water. Nothing else.\n\nTake a good multivitamin - eg. solgar/twinlab etc.\n\nLike aznegglover said eat as many times as you can a day in small doses. \n\nIt might not be realistic for you to eat 5, or 6 prepared meals, but have a snack which would count for a meal/portion.\n\nfor example: I purchase pita bread (onion flavored) pack that with some tuna salad i prepare the night before. \n\nI make two meals out of that. \n\nI have oatmeal for breakfast as much as i can (with whole milk) , since oatmeal is EXELLENT for your body (try to eat real oatmeal at least 3 times a week not the microwave junk). Throw some brown sugar, apples, bananas in there. When i eat oatmeal i feel full til close to noon.\n\nFor dinner i have a decent dinner veggies, pasta, rice, etc.\n\nAlso, purchase apples, bananas, carrots, celery stuff like that. Maybe some yogurt, cottage cheese. Use butter, olive oil, peanut butter whole milk. \n\nIt isn't about buying everything non-fat. \n\nYou can eat fatty foods, and they are actually good for you in moderation (so long as it isn't lard of course). \n\nDon't buy into the fat free bullshit. So long as you don't down a whole tub of cream cheese you'll be fine.\n\nBuy the spring salad mix. Hook it up with some gorgonzola cheese, some cherry tomatoes, some baby carrots, and top it with balsamic vinegar/olive oil, apples some sunflower seeds olives, etc. Or like someone else suggested, get some romaine lettuce, or spinach and make it yourself. I just suggested getting the spring mix since it is more convenient (though less thrifty) to prepare.\n\nJust make an effort to eat stuff that tastes good & are good for you.\n\nAlso go on epicurious, or any other cooking/recipe site for healty/alternative meals that are good for you.\n\nLastly Drink lots of water. You'd be surprised how people confuse the body needing water/thirst for hunger. A lot of people overeat because they think they're hungry when actually they're thirsty.\n\nHope this helps! & sorry for the wall of text\n\nForgot about exercise: make sure you walk, or do the bike for an hour every other day. \n\nDo that for 1 month. After that do it everyday. You'll feel infinitely better by the end of the first month.\n\nIf you have access to torrents look for \"navy seals workout\" trust me, the shit works. It isn't the overly hyped p90x bullshit. It is a workout tailored for navy seals. \n\nIn my mid-20's i ran 5-7 miles a day, did 500 push-ups a day tons of crunches etc., after an appendectomy/peritonitis i ballooned to 270. \n\n4 years ago i was in the spot you're in (decided for a change). \n\nThis is what i did, i'm back to my old weight, but i don't run 5-7 miles a day LOL fuck that Good luck man", "score": 40 }, { "body": "Lots of good advice already in here, but I'll add my two cents. I didn't loose a ton, but I dropped about 15 kg in one summer without anything crazy (cheers from Waterloo!). I got two things to say.\n\n1. Run! -- The key here is to run slow (really slow) and long. It sucks in the beginning but it's going to feel more and more awesome as you go. The best part is that in the beginning you will see the results very quickly and that will add up to your motivation (it's the last kilos that are hard to lose). It also helps managing stress etc. so I highly recommend it.\n\nEdit: by long I mean, 30~40 minutes (breaks do not matter, as long as you keep walking), 3 to 5 times a week for the beginning? It depends on your schedule though.\n\n2. I know of no diets, but I can say one thing for sure. Count the calories! There's no need to starve to death, or eat only carrots, I had fries and shit when I couldn't resist anymore, but you need to take that into account, so cut out the calories from the dinner. Remember diet shouldn't be a torture, so sometimes go ahead and have what you want (within some reasonable limits, though). Diet is about calories in, calories out, so if your daily intake is less than you burn, you are going to lose that fat. You might want to check with your weight/height but I'd say stick around 2500 Calories a day of food intake.\n\nGood luck, being in shape is awesome, so it is worth the effort.", "score": 8 }, { "body": "You'll lose much more weight as a result of controlling diet than exercise. Exercise is good for you, and will make you strong, but in terms of simple loss of fat, cutting your caloric intake by 1000 calories would be equivalent to several hours of hard exercise. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I lost 45 lbs. over a course of about five months. I did it in a way most people would think is wrong. But what is wrong for one isn't for another. I think the one thing that makes you go off a diet is being very unhappy with the food you are eating. You can eat stuff you like if you do it right.\r\nTo start, I have one of the worst kinds of eating habits one can have. I eat practically all fast foods. When I decided to lose weight, the first thing I did was to get on the internet and find the fat content and calories of all the fast foods. I suggest you do the same for the type of food you enjoy. Surprisingly enough I found several things that weren’t so bad. Like chicken mcnuggets and Subway. They have way less calories than you would expect. So I ate stuff like that having only two meals a day, but both meals were stuff I enjoyed. I also found a few fruits I enjoy like cantaloupe and cut then up into bite-size portions. I would snack on them through out the day when I had urges. I would also allow myself one small indulgence at day. Like a couple of the fun-size three musketeers bars. Drinking a lot is also important. But water is so boring. I love coke and would drink over a six pack a day. But that's because it was diet coke. If you don't like diet coke, it's fairly easy to get used to. Within a few weeks I got used to it and actually didn't like regular coke. Diet coke has more carbonation to make up for the flavor loss. Now I think regular coke is flat.\r\nAnyway, I think the key to staying on a diet is eating stuff you like. No one wants to live on celery sticks and rice cakes. You can put up with it for awhile but sooner or later you give in.\r\nStart weighing yourself after about a week. The slow but gradual loss is a great motivator. Weigh yourself everyday in the morning. That's when you weigh the least. It will give you a more accurate accounting of how you are doing.\r\nYou totally can do it but being miserable the whole time will only lead to failure. Good Luck my friend. Write back if you have any questions or just need some encouragement.\r\n", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I bet you could do 100 pushups.\n\nNo, sorry. Actually...\n\nswitch from coke to water, and drink as much water as you can possibly stand. water water water. \n\nTry to eat 3 times a day, and allow yourself healthy snacks in between. \n\nI think more than methods, the real key is mindset. If you're very serious about losing weight, and you can *stay* serious about losing weight, you can do it. If you have a bad day, don't have a bad tomorrow.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Surround yourself with people who have healthy eating habits. Over time you wil simply adapt and it wouldn't even feel like you're making an effort to lose weight. At least this worked for me.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Ok there are a thousand diets and exercises out there ready to make money off of you, my word of advice is to get educated on this subject. I won't recommend any diet books to you, but instead, books about our health from the perspective of nature, socioeconomics, politics, and yourself. Read \"In Defense of Food\" by Michael Pollan, and if that seems to be your cup of tea, I would then recommend \"Omnivores Dilemma.\" If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer :)", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Take a lot of pictures of yourself, or weigh yourself every week or so. It's important to help make yourself motivated. It's easy to look at yourself and imagine you have lost weight but seeing that you actually have is a great feeling. Motivation is key. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Count calories. Budget your calorie intake to probably about 1500-1800 calories a day, for your current size - you can drop that figure down to 1000 or less as you start to approach your target weight. \n\nGet yourself a pair of digital kitchen scales and one of those little books with the caloric value of every damn food in the universe, and weigh *everything* that doesn't come in strictly controlled portion sizes. \n\nIf you can't get your hands on a book, it's not hard to guesstimate most foods. \n\nOils are around 8-9 calories per gram. Pure alcohol is something like 7, I believe. Butter and margarine are around 5 due to their water content. Sugars are 4, Cheese is about 4. Dry starches are about 3 to 3.5. Lean meats are about 2. Cooked starches (bread, rice, pasta, etc) is about 2. Whole milk is 1, low-fat around 0.5. Starchy vegetables (ie, potato) are about 0.8, sweet vegetables (carrot, tomato, etc) about 0.5. Leafy greens are around 0.2. \n\nCook at home (including lunch), plan your meals.\n\nFiddle around until you can find a general set of meals that comes in under budget, that are satisfying, and that you will be happy eating on a regular basis when not 'on a diet'. It's all about the pacing. Anyone can lose a bunch of weight quickly by starving themselves or eating some ghastly muck instead of real food - but the moment you let yourself off the leash, you *will* bounce back bigtime. \n\nRead labels. Ignore fat content - being 'low fat' doesn't help worth a damn, if it's still full of sugar or starch. And if it's some 'diet' low-fat version of a food, it'll probably taste like shit and leave you unsatisfied, leading to a failed weight loss attempt. Bottom line, all that matters is calories - the total amount of energy you put in your body. Maintain a deficit, and your body will burn fat. Maintain an excess, and your body will make fat. Oh, and fruit is *not* free, it's just candy that grows on trees. It has a lower energy density than actual candy, but it's *heavy*, which makes up for it. \n\nGet used to hunger, and learn to accept it as a normal part of your day. Obviously you'll want to spread your meals out through the day a bit, so you don't get unbearably hungry, tired and miserable to the point that you give up - but you need to re-learn simply putting up with the sensation for a few hours at a time. It's actually incredibly liberating, being in control rather than controlled. \n\nI lost 40kg - that's what, 90 pounds - doing this a handful of years back, and kept it off for years. It was only surprise parenthood and associated stresses and overturning of lifestyle that let me revert to old bad habits. I'm actually jumping back on the wagon this week. \n\nOh, and remember to get as much exercise as you can, and ensure you get enough protein. The body will burn muscle along with fat, so you need to work on rebuilding it as you go along. \n\nMy general meal plan when dieting goes something like this: \n\nBreakfast: black coffee plus about 200 calories of dry cereal. Great desk food, and surprisingly tasty together. \n\nLunch: cheese and salad sandwich, cappuccino. \n\nDinner: some combination of 125g meat, 100g (cooked) rice, green vegies ad hoc, minimal oil. Curries, stirfries, etc. Or a green salad - use balsamic vinegar (no oil) as a zero-calorie dressing, with bread and cheese. The salad itself barely makes 25 calories, so there's lots of room for accompanying nibblies. Or a homemade burger, again, keep it lean and minimal oil (balsamic is again your friend, adds much flavour), and you'd be amazed how much you get for your calories. \n\nDesert: fruit or one of those pre-packaged ice-cream cones that amazingly only come to about 200 calories. You feel like you've definitely had desert, and don't want anything more after that. \n\nYour mileage will vary - adapt to what works for *you*.\n\nGood luck!", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Losing weight really is a numbers game, something can can appeal to a person interested in tracking/analyzing the stream of data.\n\nSimply summed up, your calorie intake must be lower than your calories expended in a day. \n\nOf course your calorie expenditure for a day can only be a rough estimate, but if you know the general types of activity you will be engaging in during the day (walking for 15 minutes, sitting for 8 hours, etc.) you can come up with some pretty good estimates to start with. \n\nNext is getting good estimates of the calories you're intaking, data which is readily available for just about any meal or type of food out there.\n\nGood luck! \n\nAlso remember: you will probably have steps backwards. Don't get discouraged and give up if you find your willpower faltering for a day. Just chalk it up to experience and resolve to do better tomorrow (and actually do better tomorrow).", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Stay Hydrated, Stay Active.\n\nI am not a professional, but my suggestions is that if you have trouble planning your meals, workouts, etc., just focus on drinking lots of fluids and being active. Get your metabolism up by staying energetic throughout the day. Convince yourself that you have a ton of expendable energy, as if you were trippin' on energy drinks. Don't worry too much about what you're eating, or how much you're eating, but try to eat healthier foods (which typically cost more), snack on produce. So if all else fails, just remember: Stay Hydrated, Stay Active.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Eat vegan, I shit you not. You get that dairy out of your diet and the weight just melts off. Plus eating vegan has the added bonus of forcing you to think about every single thing that you put in your mouth. You have to check ingredients which makes you more conscious of what you're putting into your body and you don't get the luxury of eating impulsively.\n\n\nDon't make the mistake of eating just chips and fries if you do this, though. A lot of people do that and they just end up sick. Eat vegan, but eat right.\n\n\nI went vegan 5 years ago when I was sitting at around 195 pounds, which doesn't sound like much but to me it felt big. I shed 35 pounds in 3 months without even trying. It was tits, man, I'm tellin' ya. Still is.\n\n\n*edit: spelling*", "score": 3 }, { "body": "First, educate yourself about what you put into your body. Here are a couple videos that I consider reputable:\n\n1) This video's title \"[The Dangers of Sugar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjxyjcvW7RE)\" sounds cheesy but has very insightful information. Note - It has multiple parts, thats the link to just the first.\n\n2) Watch [Food Inc.](http://www.foodincmovie.com/). If you have netflix, you can watch it via instant streaming, I dont know about other services. See if legally if you possibly can. The creator deserves the credit for helping get the message out. We are killing ourselves slowly with what most of us call food. \n\nThen make an informed decision about your diet and your lifestyle. If you make real lifestyle changes that are long term, thats how you will succeed.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "The classical position of the left hand is hand parallel to the neck, wrist straight, thumb behind the fret board and not wrapping around the neck. The action of moving to different strings is through the shoulder and elbow. The thumb moves up and down the width of the neck, depending on which string you are playing. \n\nThe fingers are arched high and only touch the strings at the finger tips.\n\nThis is a template for the left hand. Depending on the style of music you play and where you are going musically, there's a lot of leeway.\n\nBest advice to give you is take lessons, even if just a few. Nothing replaces one on one with an experienced musician.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "There are a lot of fans who have already decided that this is so. And likewise with alex's ghost in the basement of the temple. I really do not think this is going to be the case at all. At first my reasoning was that at a certain point they would have just shown you the apparition becoming the smoke monster... instead of it always happening \"offstage.\"\n\nI think we will see some limbo type thing that is created by the paradoxes of people using the time travel abilities of the island to thwart destiny... like detonating jughead. There will be people like charlie who are dead in one fragment of time yet simultaneously alive in another. These are distinct from ghosts... They can physically touch people and hold things. Also see hurley's conversation with miles about the differences in their \"powers.\" I think these entities have some relationship with the monster but are not manifestations of it.\n\nAnd I kind of think that the smoke monster will be like the zombie of a person who has been cremated. Add that to the producers' constant jokes about a \"zombie season.\" \n\nAlso... the \"just ate\" line... Worth noting that jacob is literally offering him a red herring (the fish).", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Yep.\n\nRemember, when Ben was being judged in Season Five 'Flocke' (Fake-Locke) went off to get some 'rope'. A minute later, the smoke monster comes to judge Ben - seconds after that, his dead daughter appears and tells him to follow Locke's every word.\n\nAs soon as she disappears, Locke comes back with the rope.\n\nWhen Ben originally summoned the monster from his house in Dharmaville, Locke disappeared into the jungle saying 'he had something to do'. He then came back to direct Ben to the temple.\n\nThe fact that we've never seen the walking dead, AND the smoke monster, side-by-side is a huge hint, I believe.\n\nThere is also something else to consider; burying the dead. If you recall, in the 1970s everyone was adamant on burying the dead. Maybe this stops MIB from shape-shifting into them.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "spoilerific long answer if you haven't seen the end of season 5 yet: yes, particularly since Locke is both inside the statue killing Jacob (essentially) and his body is out on the beach.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I will direct you to this theory: http://theoriesonlost.blogspot.com/2010/01/man-in-black-is-jacobs-prisoner-by.html", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "> Why no unlocks?\n\n> Seriously do I even need to answer this?\n\nI think you do.\n\nEdit - since you gave an answer above...\n\nI'd rebuttal with something longer but since I'm lazy.... You should let individual teams decide before the match.... It's ridiculous to ban all unlocks that anyone that has played for more than a week should have.\n\nOh and what's the class limit? You just said 0 engineer and didn't indicate max # of class other than.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "[My name is Alex.](http://redditgaming.hlxce.net/hlstats.php?mode=playerinfo&player=73)\n\n[I am the most Dominated person on the reddit servers.](http://redditgaming.hlxce.net/hlstats.php?mode=actioninfo&action=domination&game=tf)\n\nDo you feel sorry for me? Do you want to be on my team?\n\nSign up today!\n\nEDIT: Is the reason why we can't use unlocks because newer players might not have them yet? What about hats? My hats give me my power, I feel naked without them.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I don't dig those acts myself, but your view seems to be fairly out of the norm for Reddit, so it's nice to see a differing opinion. Thumbs up, friend!", "score": 15 }, { "body": "My job has me listening to the top 40 somewhat constantly, and I'm not ashamed to say I've become a fan of Lady Gaga. ", "score": 6 }, { "body": "All of that shit sounds the same. All you need is some Milli Vanilli type attention whore and a computer. Instant #1.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "As catchy as all of those songs are, it's sad how much they are alike. The general public doesn't like weird chord progressions or radical changes in music. As a musician, I tend not to DISLIKE all of the top songs right now, but I can easily predict them, which makes it very boring for me. When a new song comes out, I can hum what is going to happen in my head because to me, it's the same damn thing that all the other 39 songs are doing. A very simple exhibit of this is displayed [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNzrwh2Z2hQ)", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Man, my roommate and I LOVED playing Tales of Vesparia together. It's super fun to play co-op (though it's only co-op for the battles).", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Borderlands \n\nFour Swords Gamecube (never played, looks fun!)\n\nSven Co-Op (hl1 mod) is pretty fucen fun and funny, except they toned down the difficulty a LOT since the old days from what I remember which kinda ruins the experience =[.\n\n**LEGEND OF MANA** ps1\n\nSeiken Densetsu 3 snes\n\nNinja Crusaders on Nes = extreme fun and I found it to be pretty hilarious when one player plays as a cheetah.\n\nTwinkle Tale on Genesis - Should have a co-op mode.\n\n19xx the War Against Destiny - shmup - MAME\n\n\n\n\n", "score": 6 }, { "body": "I'd recommend each getting a DS if you don't already; there are several co-op Action-RPGs available on the platform. I think you'd like Children of Mana. ", "score": 4 }, { "body": "Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance and D&D heroes were the best co-op action RPGs of last generation, in my opinion. If you've got a system that can play them I would highly recommend picking them up. Dark Alliance 2 wasn't so good, and neither are the Champions of Norath games. Also, X-men Legends and Marvel Ultimate alliance are ok. Definitely do Dark Alliance and D&D heroes first, though.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "PHANTASY STAR ONLINE.\n\nI completely forgot about this one. This game is absolutely excellent in terms of co-op. If you don't care about online play or episode 4 (episode 3 was a card game), pick it up for the original xbox. If you do, play the PC version - google \"schthack\". Schthack seems a bit easier than the original in terms of drops, but it could just be me. \n\n\nBe sure to play blue burst and not universe. The DS one looks pretty awesome also.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Never assume product number has a logic. Sometimes it does but \"modern marketing\" and \"modern IT\" and information theory pretty much eliminate (for some good reasons) the necessity for consistent numbering.\n\nWhen I worked for HP, you could decode the product numbers but that was for the engineering market product lines (test instruments, for example). The printer/computer group saw no reason to be constrained by the old-school product numbering system. They started coming out with replacement products every 6-9 months in the 1990s so they ran out of systematic numbers pretty quickly. The life cycle of most test instruments was 10-40 years so numbering schemes lasted a long time.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "The first number is the series (6/7/8), the remaining numbers are the model (300/400/450 etc). All the models with low numbers should be considered as not suitable for gaming. The 6800 is getting well on now but still packs enough of a punch to beat out the low powered GPU's of today.\n\nYour 9800GT would thrash any of those above IGP/GPU's. The HD4870 is actually faster than the 9800GT and on par with the 9800GTX+/GTX260. Pretty much the IGP/GPU's they listed are the slowest performing video cards available and most of them are onboard video.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "There are lots of polyactivists:\n\n* Cunning Minx \n* Tacit/Franklin Veaux\n* Anita Wagner\n* Diana Adams\n* Alan from Poly In the Media\n* Ken Haslam\n* Deborah Anapol\n* Jenny Block\n* Tristan Taormino\n* Robyn Trask\n* Nan Wise\n\nand even me, Joreth InnKeeper. There are several groups created for the purpose of poly activism, and so many more names that I can't always remember them all.", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "Food like that can do strange things to your poop. \n\nAlthough I'm more disturbed at what happens the day after I have Oatmeal Porter, though. ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "My mom used to make cupcakes with black icing for Halloween. When I was really little I thought my body was just getting in the spirit, but then I figured it out and it was less intriguing. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "This is like a Bill Me Later, Only As Long As I get Caught Plan. I think it would have a reverse effect and more people would illegally download. It makes the record labels seem like they are complacent about the whole thing. Plus, it probably costs more than all the music downloaded to actual find and bill the person.", "score": 14 }, { "body": "Slightly off topic but a bit relevant: why do you pay the MPAA/RIAA when you lose one of these cases?\n\nWhy not just pay the copyright holders instead?", "score": 8 }, { "body": "Not quite the same but along a similar line, I vehemently support TV station sponsored torrents. They would be high-quality, available when the show airs and feature ads--although probably fewer than when the show airs on TV. I'd be as or more likely to download an official, authorized torrent even if it included ads, doubly so if it were good quality and triply so if it included the back catalog.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Well, your idea is pretty naive. Let's just look at the logistics of your plan:\n\n1. Each copyright owner would have to scour the entire internet to find all the available downloadable copies of their content AND somehow spy on everyone who downloads it. Billions of dollars in costs right there - for each company!\n2. In order to invoice the infringer, the company would have to get that person's contact info (court order) AND they would have to prove that that person actually downloaded that movie/tvshow/song/book (server logs, again requiring a court order and seizures at potentially hundreds of different servers for each movie/book/show).\n3. Do you pay random bills that strangers send you? No. Virtually no one does. So, the returns are going to be a very tiny percent.\n4. So, to get their $20 for an infringed movie, the company would have to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars - hire a bunch of attorneys - go to court several times - and *hope* the person paid their ($20) bill.\n5. Then, they'd have to do this all over again many millions of times...", "score": 5 }, { "body": "Because they're not suing to make their profits back. They're trying desperately to hold onto a business model that is slowly fading from consumer interests.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "There are these hobby sets where you cut all the cogs out of cardboard patterns. You laminate several layers to make solid cogs...You could copy similar patterns on some other material in the right scale. \r\n\r\ne.g. \r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgSK5RH1B_8", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "I've got proof that this is fake. Remember our conversation from earlier?\n\n> **jooes:** hey, how's it going?\n\n> **bonnici:** pretty good! I just faked a conversation on /r/tf2!\n\n> **bonnici:** you should totally check it out!\n\n> **jooes:** Ok, but that doesn't sound very nice...\n\n> **bonnici:** who cares? they'll never know the difference!\n", "score": 56 }, { "body": "I've got proof that TF2 is fake:\n\n> roflcopter: sup, how's tf2 going?\n\n> valve: what's that?\n\nConclusive!", "score": 41 }, { "body": "Wait, you're saying the video exposing the fake was a fake and now there's a video of **that**!? My head is having problems with this one.\n\nThis. Needs. To. Stop.\n", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "1. Strum-hand control will come with practice. What worked for me was slowing down a progression or strum pattern, and slowly building the speed up. Don't worry about the speed until your fretting hand is changing comfortably, though, just keep a ryhthm.\n\n2. I usually just use an old t-shirt to clean my strings after playing. Wipe the sweat and crud off and they will sound better longer. I would not recommend any cleaning agent, might ruin the finish. I'm certainly no expert here, someone else will have more info.\n\n3. String longevity? To each his own I think. Whatever you like the guitar to sound like; bright with new strings, or a little bit worn in with a played-in set of strings. Depends how often you play, how much you sweat etc..couple of weeks to a few months I suppose. I tend to leave mine on a little longer, I like that sound better. Coated strings will last longer, cost a bit more. Experiment and see what sounds good for you.\n\n4. Besides a strap, maybe, which is definitely not necessary, I would recommend a decent [string winder](http://www.guitarcenter.com/Planet-Waves-Pro-String-Winder-Cutter-100653179-i1129533.gc), will make changing strings less of a pain. \n\nHave fun.\n\nedit: grammar", "score": 6 }, { "body": "your strumming hand will feel awkward and stiff for some time. Just keep practicing, and it will loosen up and feel natural eventually\n\nAs far as strings, it's not really necessary to change them often, especially when learning. I like to \"pleasure delay\" changing mine, so when i do, the tone difference is extremely significant (just some weird OCD thing i do, i like the dramatic change over). However, some people's hand chemistry tends to rust strings very quickly and make it difficult to slide. If this is the case, look for strings that have a plastic coating.\n \nyou might want to consider getting a metronome (however you can find something flash based online that will do the job just fine). As for picks, try all sorts of different materials and thickness. They all produce different tones.\n\nGood luck, and stick with it! It can be pretty demoralizing at first trying to learn guitar, but don't give up", "score": 6 }, { "body": "For tuning, I use [this pitch pipe](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002FO9RS/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B001OM1XMM&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0E9M910NJP30GTFFB01H). The advantage is that you learn to tune by ear rather than by watching a dial. Being able to hear when notes are off is very useful for playing an instrument.\n\nIf it feels weird strumming, try slowing down. Once it's comfortable, speed up slightly.\n\nUse a metronome to keep a steady beat. Even if it's really slow, keeping on beat is really good to learn.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "> I feel like I'm just picking to hard but when I loosen my grip and ease up I don't feel like I have enough control of the pick to keep a strumming pattern going.\n\nYou might try a different thickness pick. Thicker ones require more discipline but give more control, and are better for experts (and for picking). If you're a beginner strumming chords, a thin one may be better.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I found that the right hand element is deceptively difficult when playing guitar and there's always a tempation to concentrate on the left as it seems more complicated. As others have said here, practice is the key. One good pointer is to make sure your hand doesn't move to far from the strings in the early days and you confine your movements to the fingers and wrist. As that becomes easier and you become more aware of where all the strings lie, start trying bigger sweeps and coming down on the strings from further away. Eventually, you'll be able to hit the right notes from a great distance whilst swinging from the elbow. Mess around with different picks as well as it took me ages to settle the one that was right for me (the medium grey dunlops). Also, put in the hours just practicing up-down picking on a single string. It's boring, but it gets you in the habbit.\n\n As for cleaners, lemon oil is great for de-gunking your fretboard and I personally like to use fastfret although opinion tends to be divided on this front. And with the strings, it's horses for courses. I usually leave acoustic ones on until one breaks and then I change the set.\n", "score": 3 }, { "body": "That \"rasping\" sound you get is very natural. It's just because you're ear is so close to what's going on that you notice it at all.\r\n\r\nStrumming will come naturally with time and practice. Don't grip too tightly. If the pick pops out of your hand occasionally, don't worry, that's also common among beginners. If you _never_ drop your pick while strumming, there's a good chance that you're gripping it too hard. Remember to change the _attitude_ of your pick as you strum. In other words, when strumming downward, the pick should point slightly up and vice versa for up strokes. This is what sounds good and reduces the chance of dropping the pick.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Battlestar Galactica ... Starbuck an angel? Humanity stuck out in space for years and they give up ALL technology?", "score": 7 }, { "body": "The West Wing. I mean it wasn't bad in the end...but it wasn't the show I fell in love with and gave myself to that wonderful spring evening when the we days were long and the grass was green.", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "I'm always afraid it'll be the one screwed up one thats force takes out half my face and then I have to have reconstructive surgery and go on Oprah and cry about it.", "score": 6 }, { "body": "But the reward is *so* worth it. Especially the Pillsbury (I think) orange rolls. More like *orange-gasm* rolls.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "This is answered in [the Emacs manual](http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Customizing-VC.html#Customizing-VC).", "score": 4 }, { "body": "See in [EmacsWiki](http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MercurialMode), especially the hint \"vc-hg.el is part of Emacs since version 22.2 (released March 2008).\".", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Here are my screenshots:\n\n[Group Shot 1](http://imgur.com/Qfpry.jpg)\n\n[Group Shot 2](http://imgur.com/2mwfv.jpg)\n\n[Waterfall raid! (we wiped)](http://imgur.com/vhfIu.jpg)\n\n\n\n[After our first wipe, we formed a conga line, which after parading around Stormwind...](http://imgur.com/bKwuH.jpg)\n\n[...promptly went to go find a narwhal.](http://imgur.com/ADMZ3.jpg)\n\n\nEdit: Here are two more:\n\n[Group Shot 3, catching PPSF at just the right moment](http://imgur.com/NYU5N.jpg)\n\n[Rezzing after the waterfall raid wipe](http://imgur.com/fpQpH.jpg)", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Great screenshots! Where is that waterfall?\n\nI have experience healing all of BC and tanking and healing all of WotLK so far, as well as being an officer in a progression focused guild. If you guys get serious about raiding, I'll transfer one of my characters over there. If you have any questions at all about running a guild (recruiting, banking, raiding, membership management etc) feel free to ask!", "score": 6 }, { "body": "No freaking way. Sargeras is my server! That kind of shit never happens.\n\nFeel free to send me a tell, my main's name is Sedawk.\n\nThis is too cool.", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "P.S. [Here is an MSpaint picture of the game I invented for my dog](http://imgur.com/VMQUp.jpg) inspired by the suggestions in this thread!", "score": 6 }, { "body": "Play fetch, tug or keep away/chase indoors. An unfinished basement or garage works, but I do the same with my (small) dog all over the house. Working on obedience and tricks is also challenging and rewarding plus it can be done in short increments throughout the day. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "If you don't like school politics then why in the hell would you want to be a principal? Administration is ALL about politics and power struggles. If you like meetings and bending to the will of the superintendent and the school board and pushing standardized tests so you can keep your job, then be a principal. If you actually like kids and want to help, be a teacher.\n\nThe worst administrators are burned out teachers. If you're truly burned out, then do the kids a favor and get out of education.", "score": 7 }, { "body": "Send this to Ask Reddit. You will get greater (and lesser) feedback to chew on. The most important thing I think is being honest with yourself. I burned out on a teaching gig but continued anyway and became seriously ill. After 6 years of just doing nothing but exactly what I wanted (which included starting a family) I can now pass myself off as a consultant and I have all the work I need. Whichever you choose it will be right and good and you will help many. ", "score": 5 }, { "body": "I was a teacher for 5 years. I finished my master's last year and now I'm a school librarian at a primary school. If you like reading and learning, perhaps you'd like to be a media specialist. It's a pretty sweet gig.", "score": 4 }, { "body": "You can be a great teacher or a great principal, and you're going to change a lot of lives either way. What do *you* want to do?", "score": 4 }, { "body": "33 + single + attractive + shy = [skeleton in the closet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYHNuX9EjSY)\n\nas for your job, take a year or two off. ", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Sargeras is my home server, but I am rolling Horde toons. Imma look forward to smashing your guilds face in :D", "score": 13 }, { "body": "I have two weeks left with my wow sub, I've only played two days since I purchased it because I started the game completely fresh, having no community in an MMO makes it feel like a ghost town.\n\nI think I will reroll to Sargeras and try to play with some awesome redditors to help me make my decision if I actually want to get into this game.", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "Reminds me of the Menu.lst file from Legacy grub. I accessed that file at least 3 times a month and I never realized it said \"AUTOMAGIC\".", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "So he pretty much wants the Von Matterhorn (with a few tweaks of course)\n\n[Big Business Journal](http://www.bigbusinessjournal.com/)", "score": 83 }, { "body": "**Bro:** Also, when you answer the phone now, you've got to say: \"Vandelay Industries\". If they ask what you do, you tell them you're in Latex. You manufacture it.", "score": 34 }, { "body": "HOLY CRAP - you sound just like my brother's ex-boss. What a clusterfuck working for him turned out to be. They lost more contracts with the government due to complete lack of experience/skill/ability after lying about it than any other security contractor I've ever seen.\r\n\r\nYour brother wouldn't happen to be a really tall racist dude whose name starts with a W, would it? Or possibly someone who works for a guy like that? My brother's boss was *constantly* making odd requests like this. In fact, it got to the point where things were being sent from the wrong company domain name or on the wrong company letterhead because no one in the damn company could remember what 'company' they were supposed to be doing business as on each job. \r\n\r\nNot that you asked for my advice, but I'd be careful if I were you. Just sayin'...", "score": 26 }, { "body": "He probably told a girl that he was CEO and President of a company to get laid, and doesn't want to get caught in his lie.", "score": 18 }, { "body": "Just go to a similar site and download the ENTIRE website. Then edit it with Dreamweaver and change the names and swap out a few of the photos. Upload to your webspace, give it a domain... and viola, your own professional spit-shined web site!", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\"don't u even think about stealeing any of this cuz its all copywriten (c) 2009-infinity\"\r\n\r\nhow do i invest?\r\nlooks like the company will be around forever\r\n\r\n", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Well get to steppin'! Your brother is obviously the entrepreneurial type.\n\nBad economy my ass. This is how it's done, sir. This is how it's done.", "score": 10 }, { "body": "Man I'd love to have a brother like that! Life would be so much more colourful! (I'm English, we spell it properly)", "score": 5 }, { "body": "He was trying to impress some woman and now needs proof of backstory. I have to make a new website every week for this reason.", "score": 5 }, { "body": "this entire thread has made me lol so much. thank you reddit for taking my mind away from a family tragedy. you too greg, even though u didnt want us to thank you.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "I would like to point out your brother's simultaneous brilliance and hypocrisy in fabricating a resume for a position, presumably, in which he will have to vette people's backgrounds. Clearly the company needs this capability to protect itself from people like your brother, but if he get's in, he is in an unassailable position.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "so what happened when you didn't do this, and instead, enjoyed your holiday weekend? is he in prison?", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "I've had this account for over two years but just made my first comment tonight. I could use a friend on Reddit, count me in!", "score": 14 }, { "body": "Behold, what was originally a throwaway account but that I ended up using as my main account because I enjoyed posting on it so much. Rescued from the abyss, if you will.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\"The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.\" Mark Twain\n\nSure, I could use a friend. So could Mark, although best not to ask him for any cash.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "Oh yes please! I'll grab that shiny F, and because I am a nice person (or due to guilt) I will upvote you too! :D ", "score": 3 }, { "body": "By adding me as a friend, you will have a friend in Liverpool, England - and this entitles you to a pint (or beverage of your choice) if you ever make it here.", "score": 3 }, { "body": "YES but only because this is the CUTEST THING I'VE EVER READ.\n\nThen again, it looks like many many people want to be your friend. There should be an interview process. ", "score": 3 } ]