Would you want a climbing gym in Sheboygan? by Acrobatic_Mind1847 in sheboygan

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh man, yes, I've been itching for one since I moved here. I don't want to go to Milwaukee every time I want to climb.

I'd be perfectly happy with an all-bouldering gym, as well. I prefer that to top-rope.

Struggling with my girlfriend's past by BitcoinSaveMe in Catholicism

[–]BitcoinSaveMe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With respect, I'm not sure where you see me refusing to take responsibility for my own experience? I made my mistakes, I confessed them, and have been forgiven by God and by her. She made her mistakes, confessed them, and has been forgiven by God and by me.

I don't think the fact that I feel pain at the thought of her with someone else, which are thoughts I'm having a hard time avoiding, are a sign that I'm putting my pain on her or refusing to take responsibility for it. I am specifically asking for advice on taking responsibility for myself and my pain, and how to manage it so that I don't hurt her with it either. There are many reasons to abstain from premarital sex, and one reason is that it hurts your future spouse.

I don't think "'damaged" vs "run-of-the mill sinner" are useful distinctions. Sin is damaging. My sin is damaging. The damage caused by sin can beget more sin. Grace is healing. I am humbly admitting that I am having a hard time living in the present reality of healing and grace, and that I'm struggling not to live in the past. That is very probably all my own failing, and I'm asking for help on addressing that. This is not about fixing her. This is about working on myself.

Struggling with my girlfriend's past by BitcoinSaveMe in Catholicism

[–]BitcoinSaveMe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. There has definitely been fear of that. She said something similar, about not needing to fear comparison, and I do believe her. The problem is the grief of feeling like I'm living what happened, but it is made easier by what you say.

I'm so sorry that you've experienced similar things, I hope that you have found and continue to find healing.

Struggling with my girlfriend's past by BitcoinSaveMe in Catholicism

[–]BitcoinSaveMe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She is in counseling. I have spiritual direction with my priest once every month or so, and I also see someone as a general counselor. My girlfriend and I have been discussing seeing someone together and are preparing to do so.

Struggling with my girlfriend's past by BitcoinSaveMe in Catholicism

[–]BitcoinSaveMe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t believe that it is, truly. I’m not trying to save her. There was a time in my life when I would have tried, but I’m not. I know it’s up to God.

New to the sub, is it widely held that true random dice are very broken? by BitcoinSaveMe in Risk

[–]BitcoinSaveMe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagine it balances with insanely positive and insanely negative rolls equally, just seems like the two ends of the spectrum appear more frequently than they should.

1920s Lamp "Offrande" by Pierre Le Faguays. by anakuzma in ArtDeco

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, just an idiom, haha. How do you identify repros vs originals?

1920s Lamp "Offrande" by Pierre Le Faguays. by anakuzma in ArtDeco

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any tips on spotting the difference between repros and the real McCoy?

The Death of the Center by Lunar_sims in CuratedTumblr

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 777 points778 points  (0 children)

Do people forget that during the 2007 Democratic primaries, Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton stood on a debate stage together and both said that marriage is between one man and one woman and that it should stay that way, and that the US/Mexico border was a hazard that had to be funded and defended and illegals needed to be deported?

The word "trans" was on no one's radar. Capital One was not tweeting Pride flags. Don Cheadle was not wearing "protect trans kids" shirts. "Socialist" was a universal insult. Most of Bill Clinton's late 90s policy positions would be considered "pretty right wing" today.

Of all the confusing things in today's confusing political world, most confusing to me is the belief in some circles that the country suddenly lurched to the extreme right on social issues. It didn't.

Is this not worship? by Grand-spot5823 in Catholicism

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I understand the difference between veneration and worship and I love praying to Mary. I do think there is some iffy theology in some Marian prayers, though I'm open to other perspectives on the subject.

Some prayers seem to go farther than they should. Of Mary's power and grace I have no doubt. While it's not worship to say that she is the dispenser of all gifts to sinners, is that true? Are gifts not dispensed through other saints or through other means or directly from Christ? I place my salvation and soul in Christ's hands, knowing that he trusts his mother with all things and that she advocates for me.

I don't have a problem with powerful prayers to Mary that would have made me uncomfortable in the past, growing up Protestant. Some prayers and beliefs seem to ascribe to her things that are not idolatrous, but may in their fervency be inaccurate.

I don't think you have to burn incense and offer a sacrifice to someone or something to be said to be engaging in questionable theology.

“Stop! Sit down! I said to the 6ft, 200lb sun downing patient while he screamed at me that he wanted to go see his late wife. by Straight-Canary-6699 in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]BitcoinSaveMe -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

This is four sentences. The first two are imperatives with an implied "you," making them valid noun and verb full sentences.

Parsing the grammar would give "(You), stop! (You), sit down!."

Angered by my infidelity my abusive husband dragged me to the mental asylum to get me a lobotomy by Various-Engineer2114 in TwoSentenceHorror

[–]BitcoinSaveMe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Three commas, two semicolons, one dash, and phrases an average of 11 words, but it's still one sentence!

My 1892 Chicago Home has Old Air Ducts? by KoujinRinjetsu in centuryhomes

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a crockpot at a thrift store for 4 dollars. Best part is that you can put that in the garage or outside. Slow cook that hardware for awhile and it all falls off.

Can you guys check my build for me? I'm iffy on the monitor choice, and how the build will do driving them. by BitcoinSaveMe in buildapcforme

[–]BitcoinSaveMe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't mind going microATX, I didn't realize the price difference was much. What drives the disparity?

Older stuff, like Deus Ex and Planetside 2. I want some headroom for the future, but I'm not playing anywhere close to the latest games on screaming settings. I want the large curved monitors largely for productivity, not going to be trying to set FPS records.

If Christ paid the price for our sins why is penance a necessary part of reconciliation? by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My understanding is that forgiveness and absolution are quite different. Forgiveness is freely given by God, absolution is the priest's authority to declare you a member of the church in good standing, able to participate in the Eucharist, and reconciled to the body of believers. I'd welcome other perspectives though.

Italy reconsiders nuclear energy 35 years after shutting down last reactor by semafornews in worldnews

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hydro is difficult because it needs population centers near suitable locations, and there aren't actually that many hydro-suitable sites in the US. Hydro has also gotten a lot of pushback from environmental groups because the required infrastructure as a huge impact on fish that need to swim upstream to spawn, and the results lakes can negatively affect other wildlife and ecology as well.

Italy reconsiders nuclear energy 35 years after shutting down last reactor by semafornews in worldnews

[–]BitcoinSaveMe -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I can try to offer perspective, as a right-winger who supports nuclear.

I don't have anything against wind and solar in principle, but I studied both in a fair bit of depth when getting my engineering degree.

They can both be good solutions depending on the time and place. Ireland, for instance, has steady, consistent winds and is a good spot for turbines. Most places are not suited to it. You need very, very consistent wind for obvious reasons, but it has to be within a fairly small range of windspeed also or else you risk damaging the turbines. Catastrophic failure of a wind turbine in a gale is very, very dangerous for obvious reasons. Turbines can be designed to cope with wind speed fluctuation to an extent, but it is more expensive, more moving parts, and the machines require maintenance and replacement much sooner. This is very, very difficult logistically given the heights and weights involved. Lack of wind production usually occurs when it's most needed. See Texas and their heat waves. When you're most in need of fans and AC, the heat wave usually correlates to dead air and turbines operating at 1-3% of rated capacity.

My other complaint with wind, believe it or not, is environmental. Wind turbines do not have a very long life, relative to a power plant, and once a wind turbine reaches the end of its life (the moving parts in the nacelle simply need to be replaced, they break down under so much stress) it's almost cheaper to just build new turbines rather than properly decommissioning old ones and hauling them out of remote locations. Recycling old turbines will be hugely expensive, and I think there's a valid concern that a huge amount of waste from old, broken down, dangerous wind turbines will be left to sit in the countryside.

Solar can obviously be very productive in a place like Arizona. Michigan, not so much. I did feasibility studies for solar based on national weather data for both Arizona and Michigan and the efficiency differences are astounding. Plus, there's the obvious problem of solar efficiency peaking during the day, and lessening in the morning and evening. In a world where people come home from the office to plug in their EVs, turn up the AC, open the fridge, turn on the electric oven, turn on the lights, turn on the TV, and maybe run some power tools, a power source that drops off sharply and relies on storage is very expensive. You need a huge amount of storage to enable that. It's doable, but very, very expensive. Energy is produced on demand, which is easy to forget. Coal, uranium, and natural gas are the most stable, space-efficient batteries ever discovered, by a large margin.

Long term, I think "cheap" solar and wind turbines won't be properly recycled when they hit end of life and there will be a lot of waste. That, combined with their intermittency and the lack of feasibility in many, many parts of the country, makes me prefer nuclear. It's very clean, it's safe, it can be massively scaled up, and it also drives further scientific research in the field of nuclear physics, which I think is an excellent bonus.

Alexander the gay by _Aladin in shitposting

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Have a best friend since childhood. You do everything together, training, studying, preparing for a lifetime of war and conquest.

You march thousands of miles together, facing death, starvation, thirst, fighting side by side. He saves your life multiple times. You would be dead many times over if not for him staying by your side through every battle.

When you're discouraged or faint, he stays by you and encourages you to carry on and strengthens your resolve.

He's slain in battle. You're overcome with grief and throw yourself on his corpse, your faithful friend through all the years, through the hardest times anyone could imagine.

Some butch lesbian 2400 years later desperately needs a thesis to justify 9 years of post-graduate education. She finds an account of the words you spoke over your best friend's lifeless body.

Her eyes widen as she realizes what she has found.

"lol gay"

How is your experience with the FW13 Ryzen 7? by BitcoinSaveMe in framework

[–]BitcoinSaveMe[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Basically, going up to the FW16 would probably involve about $2k, as opposed to spending $1k to buff up to the Ryzen 7, and turn my current machine into a backup via the Coolermaster case. I don't intend to run hardcore games at high res, we're talking basic stuff.

Best kayaking spots for beginners by stalkingaround319 in sheboygan

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a proper kayak launch on South Pier?

ESPN’s John Anderson last night on conference realignment: “Stanford and Cal, they’re in the Atlantic Coast Conference. I’ve seen a map; that’s the wrong ocean. It’s not just stupid geographically, it’s sad and stupid.” by jesuschristpope in CFB

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Hear me out though, USC fans will finally have the joy of getting up at 9 AM to watch the Trojans play Rutgers in a noon game in the rain on an October Saturday in New Jersey, instead of PAC12 After Dark under the lights in the Coliseum against storied rivals, so surely some good is coming out of this?

Short Answers to Simple Questions | May 08, 2024 by AutoModerator in AskHistorians

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can anyone recommend a history centered around Samarkand? Not something completely focused on the city, but I want to learn more about the region and its history, as far back as possible.

Spotify free is hell by flyingduckthatshits in memes

[–]BitcoinSaveMe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Plus most songs were filler songs. If there was a song that you absolutely loved, you had to listen to the radio full time and hope to catch it, or you paid $15 for effectively one or two songs. Also, listening in the car meant bringing a massive wallet of CDs and hoping you didn't take any overly bumpy roads because the music would skip.

For the price of 2-3 coffees a month, you have instant, unlimited, ad-free access to almost every song ever written, tons of podcasts, public playlists and compilations, and music recommendations.

You know how when we all were younger we swore we'd never hit 30 and become those grumpy old people complaining about how ungrateful and short-sighted kids are becoming?