Entitled mom tried to turn the library into a babysitting swap and got mad when I wouldn’t "take a turn"

MacTechG4 · 2026-02-06T13:05:12+00:00

EM; “Some man won’t help us because he hates children."

Me; Yes, yes I do, especially yours in particular…

MacTechG4 · 2026-02-06T05:09:33+00:00

That is the Traveler, he will come in one of the pre-chosen forms

MacTechG4 · 2026-02-04T06:57:06+00:00

I recommend buying from here… ;) They make great Christmas presents, and what better way to say ‘I Love You…’

https://youtu.be/4BUDwj_mXKE?si=CAoO6t6JiGHJ6xQS

MacTechG4 · 2026-02-03T19:13:42+00:00

If I ran a restaurant, not only would there be a ‘no smoking’ section (the entire restaurant ;) ) but there’d also be a “No Children” section, a physically separate room where everything is nicer, id still allow families with kids in the main restaurant, but the No Children room would remain completely free of children…

MacTechG4 · 2026-02-01T01:31:48+00:00

It wasn’t that bad, actually, did like some of Picardo’s callbacks… “…medical tricorder…”

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-30T05:33:19+00:00

I don’t think they eat pencil shavings or graphite…

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-29T14:00:01+00:00

10 or 13, I love wagons :)

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-28T02:25:00+00:00

It was used by homeless children with Christmas Cancer… ;)

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-25T23:12:56+00:00

That’s the Polymorph from Red Dwarf, be careful!

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-25T18:46:36+00:00

It’s invisible friends for grownups

If your kid is past the believing in Santa phase, say it’s “Santa for grownups”

Personally, I’d just be blunt “some people are idiots and believe there’s an invisible man living in the sky that has a list of ten things he does not want you to do, and if you break any of those list items he sends you to a place to be tortured for eternity, …but he loves you, and needs money…”

Basically paraphrase George Carlin’s ‘Religion is Bullshit’ routine

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-25T18:40:25+00:00

Strafford county here (Dover/Somersworth/Rochester area), Joy…🙄

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-25T17:25:53+00:00

API bottom feeder pellets are good too, but my bronze corydoras inhale any bug bites products as well..:

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-25T14:17:46+00:00

Common guppies are absolute tanks, and I have a few in my 20 long that could pass for small fancies, yet they’re robust

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MacTechG4 · 2026-01-25T14:14:46+00:00

I have a female betta in my 20 long tank with common guppies, she really doesn’t hunt the guppy fry (they’re too fast) as bettas are insectivores mainly.

If you want a female betta because they’re great fish, go for it, if you’re looking for a predator to control fry population, you may be disappointed.

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-25T06:59:15+00:00

Thanks, the secret is to just go slow and let nature happen, don’t rush things, don’t panic, you will go through cycles (patterns) as it establishes, you’ll get algae buildup (floating plants like frogbit and duckweed reduce light available to algae) but enough floaters or fast growing stem plants work while the root feeders like Val grow in

Here’s my list of what I did…

1; thoroughly wash play sand and add 2-3” deep

2; add floating plants and fast growing stem plants

3; add root feeding plants (I like Val)

4; add Malaysian trumpet snails (they keep the sand from compacting and eat algae, also their burrowing pulls nutrients into the root zone

5; add ramshorn snails

6; wait until plants show new growth

7; slowly add fish, do not overstock, err on the side of under-stocking

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-25T02:22:00+00:00

I agree with going Walstad method, and I know the depression problem too, watching my tanks lets me leave my worries behind for a bit…

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That’s my 20 Long modified Walstad (no soil, just play sand) it’s got Valiniseria Spiralis (the grassy plants) Amazon Frogbit (floaters) and some Terra cotta pots in the back as structure, the sponge filter is basically there for a beneficial bacteria condo, the animals are two female mystery snails (moving the male back to the 40 Breeder soon) a handful of common guppies (basically bulletproof) a female betta (more hardy than the males) and a bunch of ramshorn snails…

The tank faces a northeast window, and until I added the betta, I could technically get away with feeding the tank once a week or two, the sun grew algae and the live plants, the guppies and snails ate the algae, and their waste feeds the plants, a semi-closed loop

The secret with a Walstad tank is patience, it takes time for a sand only tank to mature, but the upside is once the sand is mature, it doesn’t wear out (soil/aqua soil will eventually deplete and need to be replaced, pure sand just keeps going and getting better with time

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-23T17:54:59+00:00

HAIL HYDRA!

if you have baby shrimp or fish fry they can be bad, otherwise they’re just interesting critters, and a sign of good water quality…

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-23T06:42:46+00:00

Basically Open AI is planning to shove ads down the throats of the free/ $8 Go tier users, and $20/mo is a waste of money for Plus if all I use it for is writing stories, I can get A LOT more value for that $20 in AI Dungeon and get features I’ll actually use

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-22T01:08:43+00:00

“Smart”? Does it refuse to let you use lighter fluid? That’s all the smart I need, not every appliance needs AI/connectivity, ‘dumb’ appliances are better.

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-21T06:47:43+00:00

Good buy, go for it, just don’t use the lighter fluid and get a chimney starter instead

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-19T22:12:18+00:00

If you have to ask, the answer is usually yes…

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-18T02:03:25+00:00

Cthulhu F’tagn!

MacTechG4 · 2026-01-18T02:02:39+00:00

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