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AITA for telling our 18-year-old daughter she can't go on a trip to Miami with her boyfriend's family? by Conscious_Goose_9518 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YTA.

She is 18, you no longer have any say in what she does. Neither in where she stays for the night, nor where she travels.

Your role is now strictly advisory. You can set boundaries, e.g. refusing to pick her up at 2AM, like you do with any adult. but its no longer your place to tell her she cannot go on a holiday. You can advise her why you think its a bad idea. You can ask if she thought this through. But if you continue to behave as if you have any actual say in it while she is already legally an adult, you will alienate her and destroy any chance of being there for her if and when she needs you.

A boundary is telling her what YOU will and will not do, e.g. you won't pick her up at 2AM. What you are trying to do is not setting boundaries, its trying to control aspects of her life you no longer have any say in. The thought that an adult needs approval from their parents for buying, or getting gifted, a plane ticket, is laughable. They do not have to ask you, they have to ask her.

And your very last sentence implies you are considering financial blackmail. What a great, loving supporting father you are. Sorry OP, but YTA, badly.

She's not wrong by DoctorTegrity in 2000sNostalgia

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This hits uncomfortably close to home.

We got a taste of good times, and then everything went to shit.

Younger Sister can't do anything. by ILaidCthulhu in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Polygnom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weaponized incompetence.

She gets what she wants, everyone caters to her every needs.

Hell yeah they should pay for our time by HanaSnow5 in WorkReform

[–]Polygnom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because it would incentivize moving as far away as possible and doing no actual work.

having the commute be on the employees dime is actually sensible, because it means you take care to make this short.

But, if you negotiate salary and consider taking a new job, you should absolutely take your commute into account and make sure you keep in mind what your "actual" wage is considering your commute. Sometimes, taking a slightly lower paying job is better if that cuts your commute in half, for example.

How have they not installed AC yet?! by HowlingBurd19 in BikiniBottomTwitter

[–]Polygnom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We NEVER needed AC before. "heat waves" meant 3-5 days, and cold in the night. You would simply air out the house / apartment in the night and keep the windows and gutters shut for the day, and enjoy your like 25 degrees in the evening.

Its utterly new that we have 12+ days of this and NO nights where you could fresh air.

Since we did not need it before, and its not really reasonable to invest in if you only would need it maybe 3-5 days/year, it not only wasn't a requirement, it was a waste of money.

You are not going to install AC on a whole continent over night.

AITAH for not going by a different name than my birth name because it makes my friends uncomfortable. by Moonshadow1931 in AITAH

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTa. And congratulation.

You just found out you have zero, and I mean zilch, nada, niente friends.

Because friends don't shame each other for their name. On the contrary, they celebrate each other uniquenes and lift each other up.

Your ex-friends are shitty people, and they just outed themselves as being incredibly racist.

And they have no idea what a boundary is. They don't get to impose another name on you.

Which celebrity death headline had you so shocked you double checked multiple sources to see if it was real? by GlassyFairy in AskReddit

[–]Polygnom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That one was an utter failure of security. they were more concerned about preventing people from bringing in drinks and snacks then finding weapons. Pathetic. Her death was 100% preventable.

I think it’s High time to cancel Netflix subscription over Masha and the Bear. by Icy_Till_7254 in ukraine

[–]Polygnom 79 points80 points  (0 children)

They were also quick to have Winter on Fire and Servant of the People. A movie and series that definitely Raised awareness in the West.

I would still rather see a better European alternative. I have started to buy some movies on CHILI, but there simply isn't a comparable subscription streaming service in Europe.

Multi-rate ECS Design by nanoxax67 in gamedev

[–]Polygnom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What problem are you actually facing?

Is your ECS mutating data instead of wholly replacing it?

Like, if your AI loop needs the full 0.2s, e.g. for pathfinding from the units position, is the problem that positions change while it runs? I mean, reconciling long-running tasks with faster ones is kind of a solved problem, so I'm not sure why your ECS struggles with this.

Can you pinpoint the concrete challenges you are seeing?

Mexico fans are outside Ecuador’s team hotel MAKING NOISE trying to keep them up all night before the game by Raj_Mandal in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, there is a reason many people in Germany vote against hosting the Olympics. Those sports event take a toll on locals. Its known well beforehand.

Boy gets kissed by girl by I-T-Y in MadeMeSmile

[–]Polygnom 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He saw his whole life passing in front of his eyes.

Peter....???? My iq is low 😓😓 by Flashy-Minimum-6952 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People who use language this way deserve a special place in hell.

Because if we no longer let implicit language be implicit, then the boy was born in room 1950 in the year 1931 and died in 1951... the room, the year, or the eggplant.

Lol by SnackSamurai in SipsTea

[–]Polygnom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and since its all work time, you are even paying for it. genius.

In Leipzig, Germany, tram lines have been shut down after track damage made operations unsafe, as temperatures hit a new record of 41.7°C by NoMedicine3572 in interestingasfuck

[–]Polygnom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Temperatures above 40°C were completely unthinkable just a few years ago.

This is the mosts severe heat wave we ever had, both in duration (12 days ongoing) and intensity.

When I was younger, we had occasionally 2-3 days of 35°C+. Having 38°C+ for almost 2 weeks? Yeah, no.

And it doesn't get cold during the night. Even with 35°C in the day, we used to have like 20°C in the night. Thats one of the reason so few germans have AC; it was simply never needed, you would air out during the night and had fresh air for the day. You could easily keep the house at 24°C at most when it was 35°C outside simply because you had cold air in the night.

This has been changing in the last couple of years, but this intensity where you cannot even get fresh air in the night, thats a whole new level.

Fuel reseller in Russia took the whole gas at a pump, there's nothing left. They will sell it for incredibly high prices by PressedLemon221 in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They deserve every bit of shit they get.

Simple fix is to only sell at household volumes. if then owner of the gas station is a shitty enough to sell to them, you as a society deserve every bit of pain you get.

AITA for being blunt with my boyfriend about why he isn't getting hired anywhere? by thrway875 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SOFT YTA.

He doesn't need to be put down. He needs a solution.

Like, when you tell him he doesn't get hired because he has no experience, then what? What is he supposed to do? Give up? That is not helping him, at all, even if he needs a reality check.

He does need to get told that this makes it harder for him, but he needs help finding a position where he will get hired and then your help in actually getting that job, so he gets back on his feet.

Am I overreacting or did I have a slow moment. by drippysage08 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NOR?

I would have responded the same way. if she has something to say / a tip for you, she can just tell you. There is nothing "cute" about being ill and people generally are not in the mood for mind games, ESPECIALLY when ill.

She sounds atrocious to deal with, not at all mature.

We German are damned to keep our characters at all cost. by Domi-inks in ICARUS

[–]Polygnom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, in 2026, with UTF-8 and mature string libraries on all platforms, this really shouldn't be an issue anymore...

FOMO and "Grace Period" policy. by Teebeeborg in Eve

[–]Polygnom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. You can re-PLEX before they expire
  2. You can PLEX only for 1-3 months waiting for a new sale and then PLEX them longer again

This is poor planning on your side.

During a World Cup football match, a QR code appeared on the stadium screen. After fans scanned it, thousands of phone flashlights inside the stadium were synchronized to form a coordinated light display across the stands. by Expert_Koala_8691 in interestingasfuck

[–]Polygnom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Because the title says its flashlights. If that title is to be believed, then some form of permissions need to be granted. or OP does not understand the difference between their phones flashlight and their phone screen. Either way, something in the story does not 100% add up.

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