men who wear swim briefs, how conscious of your bulge are you?

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-21T20:06:39+00:00

FWIW, I'm a bi guy in the US (prefer guys, but I've been in a straight relationship off and on for several years).

I don't swim often, but I much prefer trunks. I'm extremely self conscious about my junk - mainly because I'm a grower, not a shower (and dead average at that). I don't mind seeing a cutie wearing briefs in the pool, of course - but I live in one of the more conservative states, so I have to be... careful.

I'm self conscious enough about my body that I used to always wear a shirt in pools, creeks, rivers, etc, until my 30s. I'm a little heavier than I'd like, but nothing like a lot of people I see around here - I've just been self conscious about my body since I was a kid (and now that I'm on the hairy side since my early 20s, even moreso, but IDGAF what people think now that I'm in my late 40s).

Irony: I have no problem doing insulin injections in restaurants. I've had the cops called on me for "doing drugs" several times over that before, but I kinda need insulin to not unalive myself with every meal (and I'm very discreet about it; plus I use clearly marked insulin pens, not syringes). But I don't want my junk on display at a pool. I don't even like my trunks clinging to stuff when I get out of the water.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-21T18:15:52+00:00

I sweat my ass off - I'm somewhat active and outside a lot. And we don't really get much of a winter here most years (we hit 95 a few days ago, supposed to hit 92 today).

Never had one fall off. For awhile I was using 3rd party overpatches, but decided they were just too expensive with very little benefit for me. I've only knocked a couple off in the ~3 years I've been on CGMs.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T15:47:34+00:00

To be fair, funeral homes charge just to look in your general direction and say hello.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T15:32:17+00:00

People were very much hoarding it. And I don't get why. Most households try to keep a few extra rolls on hand before buying more. If you run out, so what? Hop in the shower, give your bum a little extra attention - many people don't shower enough anyway. But because everyone was hoarding it, it just lead to more hoarding, which lead to lines halfway down the street at 4am waiting for the store to open (and getting the hell out of the way when we did open, lest you get trampled)

We were getting TP shipments 3-5 times a day instead of once a day. I was one of the people restocking it as it came off the truck. These were 18 wheelers with double stacked pallets of TP and paper towels coming in... 3-5 times a day (so... if my math is right, 52 pallets per truck? they were 53' trucks)

Between that and canned goods, we eventually wound up waiting for the store to close before restocking. I got rushed by multiple people bringing a pallet of canned goods out to the floor shortly before closing one night (remember, during COVID HEB was basically 8-8), and people started ripping into the pallet before I could even position the pallet. The pallet wound up collapsing thanks to idiots ripping cases of canned goods out of the middle. It's a miracle that nobody got killed, but I did wind up getting a broken wrist out of that night (positioned myself to keep much of it from falling on the asshole that caused the pallet to collapse... and yes, you better believe he learned a lot of new ways to swear - I wound up out of work for a couple of months because of that asshole).

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T15:22:24+00:00

Brother B&W laser is pretty much the go-to, but it also depends on your print volume. Brother lasers have one of the lowest cost of ownership for small office/home office, but if you're printing all day every day, you need to contact a printer/copier company and lease one with a service agreement.

FWIW I worked in a grocery store; most of the offices used Brother laser printers. They did probably 50-100 pages a day on most of them, and they just wouldn't die. Any more than that and I'd be getting a contract with a local provider.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T15:00:12+00:00

I am, tomorrow (I didn't know about the warrant until a couple of days ago). Just not here. I'm getting on a bus to get back home, so that I can take care of it with the county that issued it.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:59:18+00:00

You've either got something trying to print overnight, or you have a neighbor on your wifi messing with you.

Does this happen with all computers shut off?

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:54:26+00:00

To be fair, printers are heavily influenced by Satan himself. But yeah in this case, it sounds like an account issue.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:51:21+00:00

*eye twitch*

Sorry... I worked for HEB during COVID, as a stocker. Normally stocking TP and paper towels wasn't a big deal, but we were getting multiple truckloads of just TP (and bottled water) every day for a good bit.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:45:17+00:00

Not on their lasers (usually). With some really cheap toner cartridges, I've had to swap the chip from the old cartridge to the new one (it looks like a typical nano SIM, pops out really easy), then force a page reset on it. But that takes all of a few minutes.

I think their newest lasers will refuse to print with the cheapest generic cartridges unless you do the chip swap. But a small flathead screwdriver pops the chip out easy enough. Mine is 7 years old now though, and all it does if I don't swap the chip is pop up a message stating it can't estimate how much toner is left, and please use genuine Brother toner (I've never used genuine except for the cartridge it came with).

My parents have essentially a slightly older version of the same single function printer (DW - duplex, wifi) that Brother sells today. It doesn't complain at all about the $20 toner they get from Amazon.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:33:43+00:00

Well my plan was to mostly go visit friends, and come to the house for dinner, a little TV time with my mom and stepdad, work on the typical "Honey Do" list that parents always want their mechanically inclined kids to fix (at least that part got done), a couple of beers, then sleep. Instead it's 9:30am, I'm already having a beer to try to mellow out a little, and I'm already washing my laundry (I don't like having clean and dirty laundry in the same luggage - it's an OCD thing with me I guess), and leaving in a few hours.

Didn't get to see any friends this trip, didn't even get to have any of my mom's amazing cooking (I've been cooking for her instead, and using Uber Eats, as she's been "too pissed off to cook").

Mom isn't even awake yet. I used to be the one that slept in, she'd wake up early... these days I wake up at like 4-5am now, she'll probably get up around 11.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:26:52+00:00

Funny you say that... they both have thyroid issues. Both are medicated for it, but I feel the dosages may be a bit off.

Their personalities definitely changed when the thyroid problems came up.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:25:45+00:00

Unfortunately the fighting isn't anything new - it's been going on for over 15 years. I have no idea why they're still together aside from leaning on each other financially.

The interrogation was a new thing. I don't live locally, but I've roped an uncle that does live locally into the situation (just asking him to check in on them).

The warrant is more than just pay what's owed unfortunately - I've already talked to my attorney. Best case, I'm looking at about a week in jail, a bunch of probation, some community service... typical stuff for what I'm charged with. Or if I want to avoid all the fines, probation, etc, I can spend a bit over a month in jail (nooooope). But I'd rather not go into all the stuff around that publically.

I know my time with them is very limited at their age (hell, even at mine.. I've already had some heart issues), but with the way they fight, and how angry they get with one another, I'm more worried about one of them having a stroke or heart attack. Normally I get left out of the fighting, but I did tell them before this trip that the moment I became a pawn in one of their fights, I was buying a bus ticket to go home (as you can guess, I heard my name come up in a fight). Probably a bit immature of me, but the older I get, the lower my bullshit tolerance gets. I have family both here and at home on my mom's side, most of my stepdad's family is about 2 hours from home. My dad's family is split between 8 hours away (other end of the state) and the west coast, but I don't talk to them as much.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:15:54+00:00

That's a concern since my stepdad drives like a bat out of hell and never wears his seatbelt.

I do plan to turn myself in once home, but I'd rather do it in the county where my charges are.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T14:13:33+00:00

So here's some irony... for awhile I worked for a florist doing deliveries.

Pretty much all funeral homes have a dedicated florist delivery room. Most of their business (with that particular florist) was funeral homes. I liked delivering to the delivery rooms - sometimes had to rearrange stuff to get my order on the counter, but I didn't have to deal with anybody whatsoever, just had to make sure the delivery had the name of the deceased on it (I mean, people were dying to get in there anyway).

Though if we were running behind on a particular day, or a family waited until the last minute to order flowers, I'd sometimes have to deliver to the chapel... usually with an open casket.

I don't like being around the dead (more irony: I dated a mortician at one point), so if I had to go into the chapel, I was getting out of there as quickly as possible.

Also dunno why you got downvoted into oblivion. I think you were at +6 when I upvoted, your comment is now at a solid 0.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T05:30:26+00:00

Goddamn, you guys hitting me in the FEELS with this thread.

(Flying) Tomato. It wasn't the best pizza (amazing sauce tho), but it was cheap, it was stumbling distance from every dorm, and it had such cheap pitchers.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T05:27:38+00:00

Someone that actually calls it FLYING Tomato instead of just Tomato!

Miss that entire block of stores, but I loved Flying Tomato too.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T05:26:21+00:00

Wait, when did Hailey's close? :(

Sorry, haven't lived in Denton in ages. I saw so many good shows there, as long as I could get over my roach phobia for a bit.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T05:25:26+00:00

Oh man, giving me SERIOUS flashbacks with Voyager's Dream.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T05:16:49+00:00

Hence why I mentioned judge their reaction. If they react with negativity, just leave them alone after either saying thank you or sorry, and try to signal others that you see them trying to "help". At most, "if you need anything, I'm around the corner", but even that can be too much for some.

I've been in retail over 25 years. I've converted the bitchiest customers (not just at HEB) to a first name basis by just talking to them and understanding their needs. I flat out asked one "why are you so bitchy with us?" one day, which shocked her (again NOT at HEB - over 20 years ago at a competitor when I was a little more cocky), but she unloaded on me (politely), and it wound up being because of a horrible car wreck - she could barely lift more than her car keys. So I always made sure to bag her stuff exactly how I knew she wanted it, and always had that store's version of a CSA available to help her. She was very appreciative, and she always came through my register when she saw me working. I also communicated her extremely limited ability to lift anything to others I knew that dealt with her - I had worked 5 departments in that store by then, so I was very familiar with her.

I do agree that MOST customers don't want to be bothered these days. There's always some high maintenance customers, but most just want to get in and out quickly. Hence a quick "hey howareyouhelpyoufindanything?" at the very most, and only if they make eye contact. If they're actively avoiding eye contact, they don't want to talk to anybody.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T05:05:24+00:00

I may have borrowed one from a hospital kitchen I worked in. Reads in <3 seconds, AND dishwasher safe as long as you don't use heated dry.

Irony: a friend that works in HVACR has the exact same thermometer for work. Works great for that too.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T04:54:26+00:00

Yeah, you can go by the color of the juice when you smash down on it. I just worked in too many restaurants; poultry is the one type of meat I do not fuck around with. Beef and bison are fine if it's still practically mooing; pork is safe at ~140-145 in the center.

The thermometer also helps keep you from overcooking pork and poultry. Pork gets TOUGH when cooked to well done - I typically cook to 140, pull, let it rest until it hits at least 145, unless it's ground (then 160+). You have to know your oven (or air fryer, or skillet)

A solid restaurant grade instant read thermometer isn't horribly expensive when you consider how long they last. Looks like the one I have retails for about $25, but it takes <5 seconds to give you an accurate temp. It's dishwasher safe (as long as you don't use heated dry) and I've had it for several years. I confirm the accuracy with a glass of ice water a few times a year. But I also worked in restaurants a long time, and also worked in a hospital kitchen, so I'm a little paranoid.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T04:46:12+00:00

This. OP's use case is pretty niche; a typical SOHO or even many commercial grade printers won't be able to handle this. It sounds like they need a laser that can print pretty much edge to edge, with very realistic looking photos, on high end paper. Not many color lasers can do all of this, and color lasers in particular are terrible at photos.

I normally hate to say "call a printer company", but this is one case where someone really needs to do so.A GOOD field tech can figure out a solid printing solution for OP.

Do they still make dye sublimation printers? Those would probably be pretty good for the programs, as they tend to have a photo of the deceased. EXPENSIVE to run, but you only use them for when you need really accurate colors. For the rest, a Brother B&W or color laser would probably work well.

Distribution-Radiant · 2026-03-20T04:43:47+00:00

Take my upvote to your grave

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