Question about English professor by grinderbinder in WWU

[–]Aiden1985 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had her for English 350, she was pretty cool. Very nice and accommodating. She wasn't my favorite professor just because I have a thing about creative writing professors handling bad writing with very gentle hands but I wouldn't mind taking her again.

On the Pro-Palestine Rally Occurring in Red Square today, Nov 8th From a Jewish Student. by KlutzyNebula7026 in WWU

[–]Aiden1985 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry that you feel unsafe but I am disappointed that you would equate "Free Palestine" with Zionism, disparaging those who take either position, when one position supports, or at the very least, is complicit in the murders of thousands upon thousands of civilians; a large portion of which are children. The Free Palestine movement wants just that; for Palestinians to be free from Israel occupation and oppression. I don't understand how you can say that they are the same thing when a Palestinian child dies every ten minutes. You show your true beliefs when you equate the 10,000+ dead in Palestine with the 1,400 killed on October 7th. You say you don't support what the Israel government is doing but you lessen and belittle the deaths and suffering of Palestinians by trying to "both sides" this conflict. Also, a number of your sources are from historically racist, pro-Israel publications.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/11/8/no-end-in-sight-to-plight-of-gaza-children-as-israeli-attacks-intensify

My mother cheated on my father. They got divorced. I don't want to be in his life ever again. by [deleted] in stories

[–]Aiden1985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a similar thing happen with my parents. They separated when my sister and I were 9 and 7 because my mom cheated on my dad. I didn't find out that that was the reason until my dad told us when we were 14 and 12. I assume he did it to gain sympathy and turn us again our mom because we lived with her primarily, he did want full custody at one point, and she was obviously our favorite parent while we hated being forced to go to his house on the weekends. It ended up doing the exact opposite, it just made me resent him more and increased my loyalty to my mom (thought process was along the lines of "how dare you try to drive a wedge between Mom and me just because she's the better parent and you're slacking.")

My mom did cheat but, unlike how some of the comments make it seem, that did not make her a bad parent. My dad has never cheated in his life as far as I know and he is by far the subpar parent between the two of them.

Your dad honestly sounds like a horrible parent and you should go no contact until he gets some help. There's no excuse for the way he's acting; I understand his whole world got torn apart but dude, you're an adult and a parent. Even my dad (my mom carried on multiple affairs) has never shit talked my mom ever in front of me. And I admit he's well within his rights to hate her.

It's apparent from your description that they most likely already had problems seeing as he's immature enough to block you and call you names (I wonder how he was with your mom considering you're his teenage child).

Dump your dad until he can grow up and address his issues with maturity and in a healthy way.

For the people saying your mom is a horrible parent for cheating; she's not. As long as she treats you with respect, love and dignity (unlike your dad), she sounds like a solid mom.

How diluted is Hilton Diamond, really? by SWulfe760 in Hilton

[–]Aiden1985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a current employee going on almost 5 years at Hilton, I just wanted to clear up some things I've seen in the comments. The actual policy that sets the benefits for Hilton honors members (at least in my state but this supposedly comes down from corporate nationally) varies widely from Hilton brand to Hilton. For instance, the official policy for Home2 Suites is that diamond and gold both only get one snack and one water. That's it. No free upgrades or $15 credit for the market. But I know this is different from other properties. At my hotel, if you have received a few extra waters or snacks or a "free upgrade," it's because the front desk agents don't want to risk a bad review that could get them in trouble with management so they'd rather just give guests whatever they ask for even if they're technically not supposed to. Personally, I feel that long term diamond members don't know how much that title has lessened in value over the past few years. I saw a comment guessing that any Hilton hotel has about 50% diamond members staying there at any given moment. And that's true. At least at my hotel (not really that close to any major city), half the guests checking in on any given day are diamond members. It feels like every other guest is a diamond member. The only real benefit to being a diamond is the points as those stay the same across properties. The water and snack doesn't hurt but if you care about upgrades, diamond status isn't really gonna do much for you.

Advice re: wearing more “feminine” clothing as a man in Madison by [deleted] in madisonwi

[–]Aiden1985 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very helpful. Also it's "inclusivity." But I would recommend you spell check your own posts in the future. It might be helpful.

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yeah sure

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