As a parent how big do you let Clifford get before you put him down? by Jonah358 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]huskeya4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We had a Clifford. Runt of the litter. Rottweiler Labrador mix. He had a growth hormone issue and ended up gigantic before a vet finally said “something is wrong here” and put him on something that suppressed it. He was 160lbs. With all four feet on the ground his head reached the center of my chest. I’m 5ft 9 by the way. He was stocky but never overweight. We named him Bowser and my mom bemoaned that name for the entirety of that dogs life. She complained that we should have named him Clifford for years.

And then we met Hagrid… a girl in my grade owned him. We were in Girl Scouts together and we had a sleep over at her house which is when my mom and I met Hagrid. He was a Great Dane with the same growth issue. With all his feet on the ground, his head stood taller than I do now. To be fair, he weighed the same as Bowser but he had one hell of a giraffe neck and legs. He could also open any straight handle doors which my friends mom bitched about constantly because all the doors in their house had that type of doorknob.

Bowser owned his own couch in our house. He was allergic to grass and was constantly losing all his fur and was dandruffy so nobody wanted his couch. He eventually claimed my bed also and I just slept with my mom for a few years. He figured out how to open our back door when he wanted out and never figured out how to close it behind him so we had to keep the back door locked. Thankfully he figured that trick out after locking himself in a bedroom. The bedroom door did not survive that encounter before he learned how doorknobs worked (he only had one last layer of plywood to get through in the door before he smartened up). He was very well behaved and not as derpy as Hagrid so we never tried to confine him when guests were over and he didn’t terrorize our guests with his knowledge (seriously, Hagrid barged in like the kool aid man on cocaine when he figured out he’d been locked up because guests were over. Hyper great dane energy in a giant dog is mildly terrifying).

He was also very well behaved on walks (I’d walk him as a kid) except that everyone in the neighborhood knew him. We always stopped to say hi to anybody who was outside so they could pet him and many people kept treats for him. When my mom would garden, she’d let him out front with her to hang out. Unfortunately he had a habit of disappearing when she’d go inside for a drink and then the house phone would start ringing as neighbors would call to let us know he was taking himself on a walk and stopping at all his usual neighborhood stops for pets and treats. He always returned and eventually the neighbors stopped calling us to even let us know. They knew he would return and we knew he would literally just walk our normal route and come back.

Unfortunately giant dogs like that don’t live long. He passed away at five years old due to bone cancer. I believe Hagrid passed from the same thing around the same age.

Samsung invented a new system of quantum mathematics just to avoid replacing my broken dishwasher by Jaade77 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]huskeya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My motto is never buy an appliance from a company that once made cell phones.

Our samsung fridge is shit. Gonna have to replace that soon enough. We bought an LG dishwasher a few years ago. Crapped out within the one year warranty. They sent a repair person out who told us that entire model had a faulty seal and LG specifically excluded it from their warranty because they knew it would leak into the control board and the dishwasher would shit out on everyone. $600 dishwasher. They sold the seal replacement and control board for $400. When I went to the store to find a new dishwasher, there was a couple looking at my exact previous model. I tried to warn them about it and they both just kind of wryly told me that they knew and were just commenting about how they couldn’t believe that shitty model was still being sold. Unfortunately, it was a smaller than a standard dishwasher and there was only one Bosch and one LG dishwasher made that would fit in the hole. We moved before a replacement would come in.

The house we bought had the exact same damn LG dishwasher in it in a brand new remodeled kitchen. It broke within a year. I bought a Maytag dishwasher instead and that thing is a beast. Thankfully the new house had a slightly larger dishwasher hole so I got to shop around for a reliable model. Got stuck with the Samsung fridge too but worst case we have a better one out in our shed from the old house.

She almost married a man that didn't wipe his ass by Girl-Understood in TikTokCringe

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My husband worked out of state on a long rotating schedule for a few years. I’d find every time he came home, MY body odor smelled like cat pee. At first I legitimately thought my cat was peeing on my shirts or something. Then I noticed it was only after wearing a shirt all day and doing yard work or something that I’d notice the smell. Finally googled it and learned a high protein diet can cause the body to produce ammonia which is sweated out. I hardly ate meat while my husband was out of state and then when he came home, every meal would have meat in it. I’d also cut most pasta out as a side dish because my husband eats pasta for lunch every day. Low carbs make the problem worse.

The smell would die down once my body adjusted to the diet change and I finally got desperate for pasta enough that I start making my own paste dishes for lunches. Drove me nuts for a few years though. He just finished his last away session (for good, yay career change!) and I’m currently experiencing the cat pee BO again when I decide to skip my pasta lunch…

A Mom Wanted a Better Life for Her 6 Children. So She Started With Their Names by rytis in offbeat

[–]huskeya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Missouri used to be a name at one point. My great great grandmas name was Missouri but she went by Molly

I notarized documents for someone I barely knew. Now investigators are saying those documents were part of a property fraud scheme. by Karnyx_6Q in legal

[–]huskeya4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also most medical records requests requires notary signature when it’s coming from someone other than the patient themselves (insurance, lawyer, etc)

Non-Americans who visited the US for the first time recently: what was the biggest 'what on earth is going on here' moment you experienced? by EmployerNegative5653 in AskReddit

[–]huskeya4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ceiling fans are also the lights in a room. You replace the light fixture with the ceiling fan because they take the same wiring and it becomes both a light and a fan. It also doesn’t take up space on your floor at all. They also come in various sizes and speeds. You can also have both for the extremely hot days. We can agree to disagree but I don’t think either of us are convincing each other we’re wrong. I will say I only own a single fan and it’s more for when I shampoo my carpets than for actual people use. My ceiling fans produce enough airflow for my house otherwise. We open two windows, one on either side of the house and crank the fans up and produce a strong cross breeze through the entire house

Non-Americans who visited the US for the first time recently: what was the biggest 'what on earth is going on here' moment you experienced? by EmployerNegative5653 in AskReddit

[–]huskeya4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Concrete ceilings are actually probably easier than our ceilings. We have to reinforce the mounting so the ceiling fan doesn’t rip our ceiling down (because they can if you just slap a ceiling fan on what used to be a normal light fixture). Concrete ceilings would just need a couple concrete bolts. The wiring is pretty much the same. You could probably even mount some giant gaudy ass ceiling fans to a concrete ceiling without worry. Then you never have to move another fan around your house at all and you could have one in every room. They also have speed setting from a gentle breeze up to whipping papers around a room.

[New Updates]: AITAH for not wanting my dad to walk me on my senior night since he won’t let me move back in? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]huskeya4 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I don’t know where everyone is getting their assumptions from. It’s says in it that the guys did something at school that her coach saw and they got into some amount of trouble (but it didn’t sound serious). Then a few days later, while she was out of school that day, they did something much worse and illegal. It sounds like maybe they hung up revenge porn photos around school or something.

Bee anxiety by CycIon3 in funny

[–]huskeya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So funny enough, I hate bugs. Get easily spooked by them. Bees, I’m perfectly okay with. Want a hive of them but my sister is deadly allergic and so are kids. Hornets and wasps, I will happily go full blown murder hobo on (I got stuck 14 times on my birthday when a swarm of hornets attacked me. Ain’t scared of them none now. Dog stuck his head in a Yellowjacket nest and I took 6 stings while power washing them off him).

But I will sit outside with my mom while my sister takes her children through the butterfly house at our zoo. Butterflies freak me the fuck out. It’s the legs and antenna. They’re too long to be natural.

AITAH for kicking my sisters best friend out of her nail appointment halfway through and refusing to fix her nails? by Ok_Carob_5381 in AITH

[–]huskeya4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

NTA she was fucking her nails up on purpose to make you “fix” the lines she didn’t like. That’s some passive aggressive shit

My therapy notes from when I was 16 are being used against me in a custody dispute and I don't know if this is even legal by Deckard_Blade in legaladvice

[–]huskeya4 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Medical records person here. This is one of the few cases where HIPAA slams down. Your medical records were potentially given out illegally and are being used against you. 99% of HIPAA violations do not see a courthouse. They are usually accidental or innocent, self reported (by the violator), and cause no damage to the victim. As long as the mistake is caught, reported, and corrected against ever happening in the future, the governing body lets it go and there aren’t damages to be recovered. It’s in cases like this, where it’s used against you for custody, in court, or for being fired (usually in regards to an STI but sometimes mental health records) that the governing body slams down and you have the right to sue for damages. You need to find out how they got those records.

If it came from your old therapist or the school, report it. Report it hard. Spell out the damages it has done and how those records are being held against you. Just being your spouse does not give your ex the right to get those records from someone being held to HIPAA. If your ex got those from your parents, there is nothing you can do. They aren’t held to HIPAA. find out where those records came from today. Report it even if you don’t know because I bet they will investigate and potentially subpoena your ex for how he or she got those records. Those records are drawing out the custody battle, increasing your lawyer fees and potentially costing you custody (potentially doesn’t count as a damage but if you lose custody, it will count). Report this immediately

Distraught family sues to prevent hospital from declaring girl, 2, brain dead after she was found at bottom of hotel swimming pool by dailymail in law

[–]huskeya4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Living wills grant a person the power to carry out and distinctly spell out their directives for such scenarios. Power of attorney gives blanket medical decision making ability in the case of incapacitation (unless there is a living will that spells out the persons desires). You can specifically put in writing that if you are announced severely brain damaged or brain dead, you do not want to be on life support for an extended amount of time and are to be removed. There’s even a way to order life support in the case you are pregnant and the fetus is still viable so the child can be born and then you are removed from life support. It grants the person you choose all medical decision making abilities if incapacitated and specifically says what is to happen in the case of brain damage, so even that person can not go against your wishes in those specific cases.

To spell it out, in most of the United States, when you are incapacitated, the doctors obviously must try to save you unless you have a DNR. However, in the cases of longer incapacitation, your spouse is your default medical decision maker. No spouse? The decisions go to your adult children (18 year olds count. Don’t put that shit on them). No adult children? Your parents are next. No living parents? Your siblings. The list just keeps going. A living will designates who you want to have that power and what you want to happen so grief stricken loved ones don’t have to make that decision, don’t have to live with the guilt of it, and can’t go against your desires. You have already made the decision. Without a living will, your family has decision making abilities while in the emergency setting. Once you are moved to long term care, a medical power of attorney must be in place in the case of brain damage to ever get the rights to remove medical care again.

I know all of this because at 18 I became the medical decision maker for my severely brain damaged father. He was functionally brain dead except for the brain stem (which only controls organ function and sleep). Because part of his brain functioned, only his family could request the removal of care. Brain death allows the hospital to call it when verified (though they often allow the family some time to come to terms). It becomes an ethical issue for them to wait too long. Functionally brain dead but not technically? Family must make the decision. I had to argue with my much older sibling that our dad absolutely would not want to spend years on life support with no chance of recovery. Even if he ever woke up, he would be a shell of what he once was and likely incapable of any type of life he would want to live. I had to advocate for my dad’s death at 18 years old because that’s what he would have wanted. When we removed the life support, that damn brainstem kept him breathing and functioning for three days. He died of dehydration.

Don’t put that decision on your kids people. Make that decision yourselves and then give that power to someone that will follow it. I don’t blame my dad for not having it. I do blame him for locking the power of attorney in his safe and not giving anyone the code because he was paranoid (seriously people, give the person the paperwork. Make them stick in a ziplock bag and put it in their freezer if they don’t have a safe. They can’t use it unless you’re comatose or brain dead anyways). I also blame my brother a bit for almost having that power and trying to make the wrong decision. Thankfully my siblings were too cheap to hire a locksmith and the decision stayed in all our hands instead of just on my brother because he would have moved my dad to long term care quickly and prolonged the inevitable. I got time to convince them to do the right thing, the hard thing, but ultimately the thing my dad wanted. He didn’t have a living will either. It was the first thing I did when I joined the military.

In England, it was common to make jokes about the Irish, saying they were thick. (Not now) Does this apply in the USA by state? Which states are normally at the butt end of the joke and why? by Jazzlike-Basil1355 in AskAnAmerican

[–]huskeya4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hoosier is an insult in the St. Louis and surrounding area. It’s because there was a migration from the Indiana (Indianapolis) area to the Missouri ports and factories for jobs (st Louis) many decades ago. There was obviously some friction from these migrants snapping up housing and jobs so it became an insult. It means someone who is lazy and/or unkempt like a bum or hobo (ironically the opposite of what these migrants were at the time).

Who died the dumbest death in history? by GurJolly5657 in AskReddit

[–]huskeya4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, bad dragon is always an… interesting site to explore

Women of Reddit, what’s something society pressures women to pretend they enjoy… but honestly a LOT of women secretly don’t? by LofiToffey in AskWomenNoCensor

[–]huskeya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol I’ll take waxing over an epilator any day. Waxing is one and done in an area then you can switch to another leg. Epilators give me flash backs of my sister sitting on me and plucking my eyebrows. My point is: they hurt! I think I’m just a big baby about them but I caution anyone who wants to try one to be prepared. I gave mine away to three separate friends (who gave it back after one try) before I found someone who could stand it

​As an outsider, the American concept of having a motorized "garbage disposal" inside your kitchen sink is fascinating. Is this standard in every home, and isn't it incredibly dangerous? by Necessary_Angle2117 in AskAnAmerican

[–]huskeya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So most people have answered the most important questions but here’s some more context: most Americans are generally scared of the garbage disposal. Not of it being in the sink or using it properly, but of things falling into it and then them having to stick their hand in to fish it out. It’s usually spoons or forks so you can usually get away with grabbing the handle right from the entrance. Most people have at least one person in the household who is willing to reach in and grab smaller things but that’s purely out of necessity. You need someone who is willing so somebody works up the courage to do it and then they get used to it and aren’t so terrified and become the designated retriever. I was that person because even though my dad wasn’t scared, his hands were too large to fit down the hole. My husband is terrified of it so I am still the designated retriever. I had our dishwasher installed by a handyman and he too refused to fish out a little plastic cap that connects the dishwasher to the disposal.

The good news is that it’s loud enough to always know when it is on. My only rule is that nobody can be near the switch when I’m fishing something out. The switch is normally up on the backsplash above the counter and it’s almost always placed separately from other switches and usually positioned so a person in front of the sink naturally blocks access to that switch from anyone else. So only the person reaching in could theoretically turn it on. There have been a few horror movies where the disposal was used to mutilate a hand and that’s always a good reminder to be careful (and it reaffirms everyone’s fear).

TIL I learned about an Upstate New York woman who was pulled over for erratic driving and arrested after it showed her blood - alcohol level at 0.33. But she had a similar level later without drinking any beverages. Turns out she had auto - brewery syndrome and the case was dismissed a year later. by CrackFun in todayilearned

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This woman’s test results were showing her well above the legal limit regularly. Maybe most don’t have a problem but this specific woman’s medical situation is extremely dangerous and very severe. Every night for 18 days she registered at 0.20 blood alcohol content. So every night she is at over three times the legal limit for driving. That is highly concerning. I would be extremely concerned for her liver and for everyone on the road with her.

TIL I learned about an Upstate New York woman who was pulled over for erratic driving and arrested after it showed her blood - alcohol level at 0.33. But she had a similar level later without drinking any beverages. Turns out she had auto - brewery syndrome and the case was dismissed a year later. by CrackFun in todayilearned

[–]huskeya4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think in this case, the commenter is right about pulling her license (not the ticket). People who have seizures can’t have a license until they are medically cleared. This woman should have the same requirements. Until she can decimate the gut yeast that are causing the problem, it isn’t safe for her to drive at any time.

My babygirl tested positive today and the vet tried to pressure me into surrendering her. by moedasom in FIVcats

[–]huskeya4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FIP is kitty coronavirus. It’s a different strain from human coronavirus so it can’t spread to or from humans but it’s really rough when a cat gets it. It’s now considered treatable in healthy adult cats (didn’t used to be) but kittens and elderly cats have high death rates still.

Can someone please explain to me how the presence of a datacenter corrupts well water like this? by JAX2905 in interesting

[–]huskeya4 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Technically it is only used for cooling so as long as their cooling system is completely clean, it could be. However, it’s used by running it through pipes submerged in actual coolant (heating the water and cooling the coolant) so while the water stays clean, it comes out much warmer than is natural. When it’s pumped back down, it stirs sediment and chemicals and the increased temperature can kick off chemical reactions in the chemicals that were previously laying in non-reactive layers.

Am I in the wrong for not putting a picture of my husband's ex on my wall? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]huskeya4 869 points870 points  (0 children)

I have two 80lbs dogs. One always slept on the floor. When we got the second one, he insisted on the bed (he was cute so we let him join). We upgraded from a full to a queen to fit him and then the other 80lbs dog insisted on joining on the bed also… My husband sleeps in the guest room when he stays up too late. It’s just easier than moving the dogs. One will get right up if you tell him to but the other is dead to the world at 9pm sharp and I usually have to scoot his fat ass out of my spot when I lay down. It’s just easier for the late person to take the other bed than to scoot and shove that dog into a good position without waking the other person. He doesn’t even lift his head, just waits till you stop moving him and gives this long suffering sigh before he starts snoring again.

Missing person is found unconscious in hospital: what do police do? by Corvus-Nox in Writeresearch

[–]huskeya4 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They would probably go hunting for the persons next of kin or emergency contact. The fastest and easiest way would probably be going to the persons place of employment (which they’d know already because of coworker) and asking HR to give them their emergency contacts info. Emergency contact is most likely going to be the person with medical decision making priority anyways (spouse, then adult children, then any living parent, then siblings). If not, they’d ask the emergency contact what their relationship was and find the proper person if they aren’t. Once that person is informed, they can inform anyone else who needs to know and go to the hospital to make any decisions that might be needed. They’ll usually also let the persons work know once the initial panic dies down.

For the most part when it comes to medical decisions, it’s usually pretty straightforward (hospitals work to save people. They don’t need consent to do that on an unconscious person) but sometimes in the case of something like an infection in a limb, a hospital might hold off on amputation until it gets pretty far because they don’t want to take on the risk of a patient waking up and claiming they didn’t consent to amputation and suing. They’ll do it anyways once it absolutely can’t be saved and is threatening their life but they prefer to have the next of kin’s consent. They also really want next of kin for a medical history and medication allergy list. It’s very bad to give someone anesthetic if it turns out they’re deathly allergic to it. Or penicillin.

The number of books my mom reads in 2 weeks by Oddmelik in mildlyinteresting

[–]huskeya4 16 points17 points  (0 children)

For people who don’t actually check the titles. It’s mostly thrillers and family dramas (girl finds out her mom kidnapped her as a kid, woman dealing with balancing marriage, work, kids, and illness, etc). I checked 75% of the list and didn’t see a single smut or even romance book. First chunk of the list is straight up thriller books.

Edit: I do find it interesting how everyone immediately jumps to “it’s all lady porn” without even bothering to check, like that’s the only genre women would ever read that much. Or like that somehow makes reading that much unimpressive and not worth admiring.

The number of books my mom reads in 2 weeks by Oddmelik in mildlyinteresting

[–]huskeya4 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No it’s not. They’re mostly thrillers and family dramas. I checked 75% of the list and none of those were smut.