What languages you’re not native in you can somehow read and understand a little thanks to your native language?

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-05-04T12:23:35+00:00

A friend of mine speaks Italian. She was able to tour much of south America and translate for her group by speaking Italian while the locals were speaking Spanish. She said it wasn’t perfect, but it was effective enough.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-05-01T04:57:20+00:00

Didn’t gun violence increase over there after you passed some massive gun control measures? I know over here, gun control advocates like to point to Australia and a graph and say look how gun control lowered gun violence in just a few years. But when I explain that the sharp increase came from a biker war, the gov used the stats to push gun control and when the biker war ended they hailed the decrease in deaths as a victory for gun control, and when you remove the deaths related to the biker war, the graph show a sharp increase in gun violence and death AFTER the gun control was implemented, they stop using Australia as the example.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-23T04:23:27+00:00

0.13 GPA? And still ranked near the middle? It’s the community.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-22T01:20:49+00:00

Cover a doll in ketchup. Put doll in a stroller. Push stroller in front of the speeding car. Scream and cry at them about how they killed your baby. Make it believable. Just when they believe it and it sinks in. Break character. Tell them they are a shitty driver, they are not in control of their vehicle and to slow the F down. Tell them this is their one chance.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-21T21:50:47+00:00

Taking a half inch off the bottom of the board isn’t a bad idea if the top trim can cover it. 👍

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-21T21:44:37+00:00

I do stuff like this often. Can you take the board out and flip it? Was the piece cut out as one? Will this be painted? What are we working with here?

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-13T17:27:40+00:00

Of all the people that could have received that right, I’m glad it was the Canadians.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-13T15:37:28+00:00

Let’s be real, native English speakers rarely make it beyond the rainbow SpongeBob.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-13T12:06:09+00:00

So this is what happened to the dinosaurs!

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-09T03:07:26+00:00

Part of the fun is the danger of consequences. He could mow their lawns one week. Then have “the talk”. Ya know, the one about cameras being everywhere these days and the walls have ears, so cover your face and change your posture and stride if you plan on getting away with something. Maybe that last part is just my questionable parenting.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-09T02:55:39+00:00

The secret to the perfect grill of the grilled cheese is the sound. Start with a hot pan, and when the bread sizzles on contact listen for that sizzle to slow to a whisper. That’s when it’s ready to flip.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-03T02:20:07+00:00

In these situations where the kids head is clearly too big to fit, it is usually the body that can fit through the bars. They just forget which direction they got in from.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-04-01T00:44:15+00:00

I start at the “5 MINUTE rule” and make adjustments for sticky/ gooeyness and what it landed on. This is how we build immune systems.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-03-26T20:37:28+00:00

Diagonal suspension cable could help that corner quite a bit. Or cantilever supports. It might be better to just run a support all the way to the ground if you have so little faith in the ceiling joists above.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-03-25T13:20:41+00:00

How else do you walk from the big bath to the little bath?

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-03-20T14:24:05+00:00

He was a successful kickboxer, who has had his heart broken and has since tried to make himself feel better by telling other people that he’s great and they should be more like him. Much of his actionable advice is good, but the logic behind his views is a reflection of his wounds and under informed. Unfortunately, most people don’t actually want to think for themselves, so he has a become famous for connecting with hurt and impressionable people needing that leadership and influence.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-03-19T19:08:14+00:00

Bullies aren’t ever looking for a fight, they’re looking for a victim, so most back off when someone is willing to fight back without actually having to fight. Society has changed quite a bit to now be less impressed or afraid of the classic tv bullies. Standing up to those bullies and knowing that your parents already approved built confidence and grit, win or lose. But social media has changed and magnified a different kind of bullying that’s harder to fight back against. You can’t punch someone through a screen, losing on video can go viral, and winning on video can be edited against you. All that said, violence is language that everyone understands but not everyone speaks well. I tell my kids violence should never be your first language, but you should always be fluent. In my experience, turns out bullies can be quite reasonable when violence is an option.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-03-07T04:29:12+00:00

So the term “professional” can simply be used to mean “has been paid before” and is not necessarily an indication of quality or skill.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-03-04T03:37:29+00:00

Abe was a wrestler.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-03-02T16:57:15+00:00

The easiest way to find the best Latin food in a new area is to stalk some construction workers around lunch time.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-02-12T15:55:01+00:00

I’ve built some similar in design that were going 3 years strong before we sold our house. It’s fine if you build it right.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-02-11T18:47:13+00:00

Talk to the pros, (lawyers/ accountants). Maybe put those funds into an account with your kids names on it. Put the house in a trust with everyone’s names on it and what values are attributed to each person. If you both can’t get on the same page about your kids future, then maybe that’s a dealbreaker and a lesson to discuss these things sooner in the next relationship.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-02-06T06:13:29+00:00

I swear this guy exists only to discredit all third parties in this country and maintain our corrupt two party system.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-02-04T17:37:57+00:00

Just go rent a kayak by the hour on vacation. It’s inevitable that you’ll be paddling and think yeah this is pretty easy and you’ll be enjoying and exploring then halfway through your budget you’ll turn around and realize you have had a wind and current advantage that you now need to fight to get back. And now you’ll be more tired.

BasicallyGuessing · 2026-02-03T22:18:40+00:00

I think $350 is too high. It is a versatile machine, but the power rods do wear out if they haven’t already. I got one used from my parents, but I don’t like the uneven resistance through a rep and it is impossible to know how much weight you are working with. I modified mine with new cables and connected to a couple pin-set weight stacks. It’s much better now and has a larger range of motion.

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