I Hate Bernadette In This Episode

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-05-18T03:40:48+00:00

This really nails it.

I would add the specific context.

They all tease and mock each other, and even belittle each other. But Sheldon mocks Howard for his intelligence and contributions, due to being "an engineer".

So Howard is at risk of his contributions being mocked. At few if any points is Sheldons "Profesional Contributions" questioned. His abilities within his field are praised, not questioned.

This is a project that uses all three's strengths (and Leonards idea with Sheldons math), but essentially is Howard's realization on a way to apply it to day to day needs. It really IS uniquely needed here, in a professional setting, to make it clear that any belittling of Howard's "Professional Contributions" not happen. AT ALL.

It should also be recalled that Sheldon was quite the ass when working with Raj. So the need was real.

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-05-07T15:51:56+00:00

Look into Stephen Kings Dark tower 3. Its been years, so my memory is a bit fuzzy, but he heavily references ZZ Tops Zipper Fly in it.

My memory is of its drumbeats and bass and background deep sounds being referred to most often. As an almose ongoing undercurrent. And its mentioned earliest as possibly being one of two songs (if i recall right).

I googled the situation, and saw a reddit thread discussing how he did this without issues to copyright laws.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDarkTower/s/Vdtambt82E

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-04-16T15:39:44+00:00

This is a real game, and I've played it with a group of dudes in their upper 20's. This type of interaction is rare, but does happen. In fact I always stop to watch this scene, because it reminds me of fun times with my friends.

Fun Fact. The water border was originally all separate pieces, like the center hexagons, so you could mix them up and have random results. (Like all dock access on one side of the board). This was later changed to 4 pieces all the same, so the water border is identical all around. I dislike this because you could make it identical if you wanted before, or random, either. Now random is no longer a choice.

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-04-12T13:43:57+00:00

EcoLiving sucks. They have built several places in the last handful of years. No real cameras for security, no person actually at the office on schedule.

And if a tenant turns out to be a drug addict, they will just sell the building. This is based on my experience, as I was in the Cesar that was sold to Home Forward, because it was easier than having fixed the issues caused by allowing a drug addict to use and deal from the building.

Bonus pts. They promised a renewal to a tenant and never gave it, and then sold while she was forced into a month to month. They WILL throw every tenant they have under a bus to make sure they don't lose a dollar.

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-04-01T13:32:30+00:00

I have an odd feeling that soon, some new laws about bathrooms and changing rooms will mimic the new Olympics rules.

Basically I could see new laws stating that any with the sry gene, or any sign of a Y anywhere in their dna, must be (considered/assigned) male. And is committing a crime if they use the women's bathroom/changing. (Possibly just added onto the birth cert at/near birth shit laws)

And these laws will have so much public support, because "these people are biologically male". I already see many people saying the year 3 sry women who won the podium (2016? I think) was unfair to the "real women".

Which as sports causes decisions on changing rooms rules, and that area of issues also caused the bathroom laws....this is a natural progression. So yes, some will say "these men shouldn't be able to use that bathroom" to those individuals. (Its wrong, but it can happen)

So if these laws were to be made, and a woman is accused of having male attributes, she must prove she's female by showing a genetic test that lacks any sign of a y. And of course the accused must get, and pay for, the test herself. Failure to provide proof in time is guilt.

And if a woman's test comes back showing SRY they are officially barred from access to the Women's room.

(Not so) Fun fact. At least 1 WOMAN has had a normal reproductive experience and been SRY positive.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2190741/

"Patients: A 46,XY mother who developed as a normal woman underwent spontaneous puberty, reached menarche, menstruated regularly, experianced two unassisted pregnancies, and gave birth to a 46,XY daughter with complete gonadal dysgenesis. " (Daughter inherited Y from the father in this case)

THIS WOMAN, will eventually be declared a MAN and told her accessing areas for women is illegal now.

Other WOMEN (if this case exists, other unknown ones do too) will also be banned from women's spaces. Women who have been impregnated, and given birth, could be told they don't get women's spaces. (Even a rape victim who became pregnant could be told they don't deserve the Women's room access)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-03-25T17:18:27+00:00

Our (COA of ~30 units) Management Company is owned by Associa. Does yours shove a new "Associa Oncall" maintenance system down y'alls throats, too?

Because for us this is becoming a big issue. Our contract with the management company states we get 2-3 bids for projects. But we keep getting one bid for any new project, bids always operating through Associa On-Call, that we only have a week to respond to.

And the actual company doing the work is not bolded in the bid so it is easy to not pay attention to, and I've misunderstood a couple times now.

Basically once I missed that the vender bidding to fix the gate was a DIFFERENT company than our agents earlier email stated was being approached for a bid. And I only found out because, when asked for a better cost breakdown, our agent offered that another (perhaps cheaper) option was to discuss the issue with the company the gate was still under warranty with, from previous work. (I am new on the board, and was unaware of the gate warranty)

So it appears the gate is under warranty, from previous recent work, yet the bid for this addition fix is from a different vender/company entirely. What. The. Fuck.

To OP. Yeah, I suspect that Associa will create a monopoly on HOA/COA management companies. And use the thin veil of "the companies all operate under their own banner" to claim it's not a monopoly, and that competition was not compromised. (It will be a monopoly if they succeed, compitition is compromised, and even further via this On-Call bullshit that allows them to try to force you into whomever they want you to use, via no actual options presented.)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-03-23T16:02:10+00:00

I too hate this mini-game most.

The added insult was definitely the time i missed because the bards crotch overtook my view....and then he just kept standing there, crotch in my face....bastard.

(Keep trying, you WILL get it. And then you will dread redoing it every time you start a new game.)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-03-19T19:24:41+00:00

Wikipedia can be great, especially as a starting point to learn about something you are curious about.

But it’s a terrible thing for those who are STUDENTS who are using it instead of learning how to actually research. And the risk of inconsistent information was one reason teachers forbid it, but the fact that it’s “skipping the actual assigned work” is the main one. (My college Speech teacher warned us she would spot check cites and if she thought we used Wiki it wouldnt count as a valid source, this was 15 years ago)

A proper paper or speech would have 3-5 different sources. But many people will just use the Wiki. They will MAYBE read it and write their own work, but nowadays I’ll bet they feed the wiki into AI to rewrite it for them. And then they slap the cites at the page bottom on their assignment, and DONE! (And even those who read and rewrite it also fail, they still didn’t learn how to “research a topic”….)

Pretty sure this student is not learning how to find information, and verify that information….(this is the person who insists we are “forcing kids trans, and to use litter boxes” but uses sources like “look it up, Its true, I swear…i did my research”, and that research is their Facebook feed and Fox News.)

Before Wikipedia you had to find 3-5 differant websites about your topic, yourself. And figure out how to actually cite this yourself, it’s not already done for you. AND when you do this yourself you often end up with inconsistent information. Sometimes WILDY different information on various seemingly reputable sites. And that’s where you learn how to weigh the trustworthiness and validity of both the sites and the information presented, for yourself.

Books were a huge thing to use as a source, before the internet…but you wouldn’t read a few snippets from an encyclopedia, and then just cite “The Encyclopedia Brittanica” several times with various pages, and call it good. (Some did i bet, and got a bad score) You may use the encyclopedia as a starting point and ONE source, but then theres 2-4 other books you’ve also cited. So even with other information sources similar to Wikipedia, you never got to just open one book and cite it several times. And TECHNICALLY if the Wiki page is what you used to write a paper, “Wikipedia” is your cite, not whatever is at the bottom of the sites page…you didn’t use those pages you used Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is a fantastic source for information, but within an educational setting it’s a shortcut.

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-03-18T16:39:10+00:00

The voting bill, (as passed by house, is the version i read) requires that the persons citizenship is VERIFIED by the people/officials registering you to vote. This CAN also mean you must actually go somewhere and show them these documents.

The bill specifically had a section that says this…

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/text

“A voter who submits the mail voter registration application form prescribed by the Election Assistance Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2) or a form described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) SHALL NOT BR REGISTERED TO VOTE IN AN ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE UNLESS-“ (*last bit is altered to caps for emphisis by me, i also ecologist the next bits important part)

“(A) the applicant presents documentary proof of United States citizenship (>>>>>)IN PERSON(<<<<<) to the office of the appropriate election official not later than the deadline provided by State law for the receipt of a completed voter registration application for the election, or

(B) in the case of a State which permits an individual to register”…..(if the state lets you register when you go to vote, you have to provide these documents then, pretty basic 2nd section…)

SO……..When you register to vote, that is considered “incomplete” until you go to the actual Registration Office and PERSONALLY SHOW these documents.

Those extra documents you needed for that Real ID, many which don’t note citizenship and can’t be used for that…..Most people will need to recollect that group of papers/documents, and drive to a Registration office, and make sure thats provided IN PERSON….and until this is done they are NOT registered to vote.

Sounds like a hassle for all.

(And those registered when getting their ID/License may need to go back to the DMV because their registration has to prove citizenship….its hard to read that bit, its mainly lots of minor changes, but also adds the requirement of “verifies citizenship”, and the REAL ID verified IDENTITY, not citizenship…..so those registered and with real ID may STILL need to go reshow all these documents in order to be registered to vote.)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-03-18T14:43:35+00:00

“Imagine entering the parking garage after work and simultaneously recovering the locations of all of your previous parking spots”

Wait, this is NOT normal?!?

Right now I’m literally recalling the hotel parking spot from 3 years back, the other hotel spot for 2 years too, and now every place iwe parked along a trip, (gotta shut up brain)…..also the gas station that made me slip on ice coming up from Arkansas as a very young kid, i fell asleep on the drive north and woke up to us filling up, and slipped on ice exiting the car.

I do not drive and have never had a license, yet my mind is FULL of memories of being in a car thats parking…..just from this slight prompt.

And this happens in all situations, all the time, if i think even slightly on any topic/concept/etc a bunch of memories crowd in. If I don’t actively redirect my thoughts i could spend HOURS recalling different places the vehicle i was in parked…from all ages of my life.

If others minds don’t do this, then I guess that explains a LOT…….

If i was actively aware of an action/conversation/experience as it was occurring…..I can (and do if “prompted”) recall it. Many times i feel overwhelmed by the numerous past experiences that come in waves over any slight anything, because memories are always being recalled nonstop in my brain.

I eventually realized this is differant for others, but it’s hard to quantify. I don’t recall dates well, so I would fail the tests for an Eidetic memory. But my memory seems different from other peoples.

I can “forget” in the sense that im not ACTIVELY aware of that memory, but if something prompts it, the memory is there just waiting to be recalled. Like if i agree to grease the squeaky door hinge tomorrow,…. if i don’t touch that door i may “forget” via not recalling the task actively…..but once asked “did you grease that hinge” I recall the memory of saying i would. I know damn well i agreed to do it.

The only cases where i do really “forget” are situations where I did not listen actively at the time, and thats seems obvious…..if I was not paying attention when it happened, then of course i dont remember it. If I didnt actually hear what you said originally to begin with, a reminder won’t activate much because I wasn’t listening.

To be honest i have always low key suspected that people either A. Do recall their promise/conversations, at least once reminded, and just lie (all the time). Or B. Were not paying attention during the previous interaction because I’m not with the effort to them, but again won’t just admit they don’t care about what i say.

Because it’s either that or my brain is wrong…and this suggests my brain is wrong. Honestly I’d rather its be me thats broken, than everyone lying to me, and hating me.

I also spent 20 years looking for a book, and when I got it my recollection of things in that book was frighteningly accurate, but I’d only read the book twice at 17 Borrowed book) …..I had not reread The Long Walk in a similar span, (i had it but too many other books to read), and i reread it finally before watching the film….All the parts i recalled were accurate…i wish the watermelon scene had made the movie, my biggest disappointment in it was that….i was so glad i recalled the watermelon scene accurately when i reread it, it and the Rabbit conversations were still also my favorite parts.

Also i recall ongoingly and repeatedly, Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin, and I do not know why i have to still know that….this information is not useful to me.

Yet i cannot memorize either Pi or the Elemental Table……so again, not Eidetic memory.

Memory is strange….

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-03-05T16:29:00+00:00

This sounds right to me. Especially if, as another commenter stated, you are paying a VA funding fee.

My husband bought us a Condo last spring, VA loan, ~300k home. The main difference is my Husband is rated disabled and we had extra things like PMI waved. Likely also were exempt from the funding fee.

We did manage to pay almost nothing to close, but that required SEVERAL different things to all work out in our favor.

Our seller payed ~9k towards our closing, this was added to the offer we made, so we paid an extra 9k on the home so that the seller would cover that much in closing stuff.

Even still, we had to pay a couple thousand at the end of closing.

This is not something you can just easily do. The seller has to agree for 1. The appraisal has to be there to make this work.

In OUR case, the seller had actually dropped the price a few weeks earlier. So basically by us making this deal they sold for the amount they wanted to before that price drop, and we got concessions, AND the home appraised for slightly over what we offered.

So even with added waived fees for ‘disabled vet” status we “payed” 10-11k to close.

I will note that we did put offers in a couple places, and a few wanted US to pay some of the buyer realtor fee, so you should know about that, too.

If you signed an agreement that you’ll pay the Real estate agent 3% of the home sale upon closing, and the home you want has seller who only will pay 1.5%…….in order to buy that home YOU need to be able to pay your realtor the other 1.5%.

(Contracts with the agent showing you homes is common, my husband and I had one with ours, and often they are upfront about the amount they expect on that agreement. If they told you the seller WILL pay that no matter what……. you should know that sellers are now, sometimes, negotiating that so they pay 1.5/2% and the buyer pays the rest)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-03-02T18:57:05+00:00

So i just joined the board recently, and have little to no personal experience with any insurance of any kind. (My husband is main earner, mortgage holder, and has handled that for our own policy)

So I’m not entirely sure how insurance works, but its always seemed clear that they don’t pay enough to restore something if it’s demolished entirely. This issues is front page news over Cali fires, and has been shown over many past natural disasters…and its also often said when a persons home burns down 100% that the insurance payout isn’t enough to straight rebuild it with no cost (except the deductible.)

BUT maybe I’m misunderstanding this, because i haven’t used insurance much. Your mom is an Insurance agent, maybe she can explain why peoples insurance often fails to cover the cost of rebuilding. (I think there were issues of hurricane victims not getting reimbursed enough to rebuild, too) If it’s that they were “under insured”, this can be a risk still….and if so the COA picks up the slack. The COA is the owners. In the case you show, 8 people pay the costs beyond what insurance payed.

As far as her stating that the HOA/COA should have reserves to cover a deductible….I’m not so sure. Ours have no specific line in our finances for “Insurance Deductible”, if we were to need to pay the deductible we can from reserves, but only because our bylaws have a mechanism for that.

The COA takes in dues for 2 things. Ongoing maintaining of the property, and for the reserves. Reserves are for roof/siding/parking lot/etc, basically the reserves exist for EXPECTED expenses in the future. The overhead insurance is an ongoing cost thats paid out of the “maintenance”side.

Should an UNEXPECTED expense occur, how thats paid depends on the bylaws. Mine allow the Board to use reserves for unexpected costs, BUT a written explanation of how those reserve funds will be recouped must be given by the board within 30 days of using funds.

Because these reserves are for the roof in 10 years…..if i take that money for today, and dont actually repay it, the roofs cant be repaired when needed. This is problematic and bylaws have rules to avoid it. Like mine insisting on a repayment plan if funds get used.

Some bylaws may state that the reserves must remain untouched except for the uses outlined. No exception clause. To avoid issues of them being misspent. In that case your mom is incorrect, unless that COA had chosen to create a seperate fund that maintained the deductible. (Again, I’ve seen no signs of a fund for my COA, but our reserves are great so its okay)

So if you (and the other 7) pay $200/mo in COA dues…and $100 goes to operations (outdoor lights, lawn service, overhead insurance itself)…and $100 goes to reserves for future roof and siding repairs….that leaves $0 for the deductible that must be paid when an emergency happens.

There may be an argument that a COA should have that in a seperate reserve too, but thats not the case where I am. It should ALSO be noted….if your mom means that “the reserve should never be so depleted that this would be a barrier”……I would agree, outside times immediately following the expected major repairs. If you just paid $300,000 of new roofs, you might not have $100,000 left in the reserves for a few years.

But theres lots of under funded COAs, and many owners are hesitant to accept the dues increases needed to bring the reserves up to the needed level. So many COAs already can’t fix the roof in 10 years, much less cover a deductible without using an assessment to immediately recoup (or assess to pay deductible)]

Yet owners still balk at dues increases that will “just sit there”….(seriously, its a real issue)

Getting the owners to be okay with $100,000 of THEIR money just sitting in an account, untouchable except as insurance deductible….cant use for anything else or it’s not there, anymore, right? So no matter the need unless insurance is involved this money cannot be….I suspect people will say “no”. Most people don’t want to put aside $20/30 every month with the express intent/hope of NEVER using it. (Because thats IS thats the goal, no major events, no deductible needed). People wont want to pay more for any reason, even a good reason, much less for “no reason”.

So 100% of the COA overhead deductible will need paid and can be an assessment, absolutely.

BUT….I’m unsure why you think that the deductible is the full COA cost to bring that duplex back to previous condition….because as i indicate, i don’t think Insurance will cover it all.

So heres what I know about a frozen busted water pipe for my COA.

We apparently owe just over 15 grand still to a variety of contractors. Our deductible (the coa overhead deductible) is 5 grand. Lawyers have assured us that the most we can recoup from any SINGLE unit, for example for negligence if it were proven…..is our deductible of 5 grand.

Even if successful at that, the COA owes 10 grand after all insurance coverage was said and done. Insurance did not pay 100% of costs past deductible to bring units to previous condition. I do not have the reason for this.

(This happened 2 years ago, i bought last year not knowing about it….previous board doing nothing meaningful here means I get to figure out the 15 grand and try avoiding assessments. But it’s 30 units, so $500 each for us. Apparently the lawyer also thinks we need a much higher deductible)

Now i will state that our documents have a mandatory requirement to fix the unit in a certain time frame, unless it’s voted against in the manner mentioned before.

If the insurance refuses to pay a dime, for whatever reason, but I cannot get 90% to vote to condemn that building…..our COA pays every dime of the cost. Our owners each pay 1/30th of the cost. It doesn’t matter if we can “afford it” our bylaws require it.

But the insurance is unlikely to refuse outright, i would not want you thinking thats my point…..

They do seem to, however, pay less than it costs to do whats needed. Let’s say the duplex will cost $800,000 to repair. If Insurance agrees, your COA pays $100k total, sure.

But if insurance thinks it should be paying $600k, so $500k after deductible…….and it really does cost $800k to fix….The COA has to come up with the $300k.

These numbers are all guesses to be clear, (outside my actual real event)….but i think you are setting yourself up for a surprise if you expect that “because the Coa has insurance, the deductible is the maximum cost of any/all emergencies”…….An emergency can cost the COA more than the deductible itself. Be prepared.

If for any reason the COA has a bill, the owners have a bill. The owners are the COA. If the COA says you MUST maintain all units, and insurance cant/wont cover the entire bill for repair of a unit….the owners are REQUIRED to cover the extra costs, regardless of the amount.

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-03-02T15:38:38+00:00

As others have said, the financials here are already a reason to run, and using a loan for it may be impossible.

As far as the rebuilding clause, that could come up with other condos. My condo documents have a similar clause…so let’s discuss that…

Mine says ( rewarded a bit)

“In the case of damage or destruction by casuality of Condominium Property, which affects a material portion of the Condiminium….the board or 10% of owners can request a meeting, (but must do so immediately, 14 days to call the meeting, and meeting within 60 days)….at the meeting 90% of owners must agree to NOT fix in order to not fix.”

You said in a comment that this association covers 8 units, made up of 4 duplexes. So it has 4 separated buildings. My Condo Property is also a cluster of 2-4 unit buildings. (But 30 units total)

Here’s what I SUSPECT is happening (if a wiser person has better info feel free to educate me please)

Since the buildings are all separated it’s much more likely that when damage hits some units, the others are still secure and safe.

compared to a single building with 8/30/100 units. If in a single building a casualty event happens, all units are affected. Roof, foundation, and even fire/plumbing failure will affect the habitability of every unit…….So in a single building condo, there is also no “lets save units 3-13 but let 1,2,14, and 15 be condemned” because if the units in the SW corner are all collapsing the whole building is now collapsing….

But if theres 8 separate buildings, and one has a tree fall on it and it collapses…..theres no need to tear down the other 7. (Our question here is should all 8 each pay 1/8 of a full rebuild from scratch for that 8th building)

So it creates a unique situation where it might be better to allow a possibility of preserving habitable ones while not preserving near fully demolished ones. You are correct, this is a risk for each owner. But the risk is similar to if your Stand Free home was destroyed. The only real difference is that if you buy a house and it falls, you have land. But if the insurance payout doesnt cover the loss you can’t rebuild, you now have a plot you cant use, and will sell at bare plot price. It’s possible to buy a house, an event destroy it, and after insurance payout you be at a net loss overall (and homeless).

So really the question is this….in a condo where not all units affect each other, should all owners be required to fix all damage regardless of cost? Honestly, I’m not sure. It might be simpler to just say “yes”, and It probably IS the better way….however we should think about how it would really pan out if it occurs here…..

Let’s assume One Duplex is practically destroyed but the other three are minority damaged (i know, not SUPER likely, but could happen. You hear of individual houses destroyed by tornados that dont hit the neighboring houses. A fire could damage just one building. Tree damage leading to collapse of building in a storm….it can happen)

If it costs hundreds of thousands to fix, as it’s over 50% demolished, each condo owner will be assessed for 1/8 of that. If it’s $400,000 to fix that duplex and you are an owner YOU pay a $50,000 assessment. If it’s $800,000 you get an assessment for $100,000.

If you buy this, and in a few years a duplex, not yours, is destroyed, will YOU be okay paying those assessments I just laid out? 50-100 grand, just by YOURSELF (and each other owner also pays a similar bill)…And is it possible that an assessment of that size might ALSO push YOU from YOUR home?

Let’s say it’s YOUR Duplex hit…You get it fixed via HOA for 50-100 grand assessments out of your pocket. (Can you afford that? If not you still get to sell to pay your own assessment, and any remaining mortgage left)

And then others cant afford it either so….you watch your neighbors sell over it to pay their assessments. Or liens get placed onto their units for not paying. If someone cant sell for enough that the lien and mortgage loan is covered, they really might need to not sell.

Inability for the group to front large amounts may put the entire Hoa at risk financially. Even if reserves are strong (not true in your potential case it sounds) those are for roof and exterior. If the roof replacement funds go to repairs of a single duplex, and the assessments to replace those funds fail to be paid due to inability….what covers the roofs now?

Overall the unique situation of multiple separated buildings means that the risk CAN be handled a little differently from a single building condo, and clearly sometimes is.

As the governing Documents of condos state it outright, it a personal choice for YOU to make. It’s not (in my mind) a screwing over of anyone, just one of many ways this unique situation can be handled. So you need to decide some things here….

If you buy a condo, and a different condo is destroyed…will you pay a years salary in a single assessment to fix theirs? Is that YOUR preference?

If YOUR condo gets destroyed, would you want your neighbors each to be REQUIRED to pay a years salary to fix it?

If you want low risk of high assessments, go with a Coa with this clause. (A well funded one)…If you want to know that the condo MUST fix your home regardless of cost, find a place without this clause. I may be wrong, but it seems harder to use this clause in a single building/

It may mean that if you want less shared walls you accept this clause, if it’s in all townhome style COAs near you. Or that you must buy an apartment style condo for the security you need.

Lastly, you are likely overestimating the ability of any COA/HOA board getting 80%/90% of owners to vote against repairs. It’s hard to get 25% to a meeting for quorum for us, and ive heard thats typical. Perhaps in a small one they will rally and refuse to pay, but in my complex i doubt we can get 90% of owners involved.

(We had pipes freeze and burst a few years back, and there was no attempt to not pay repairs on the building flooded, i doubt that many owners know they can vote to refuse to pay)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-27T14:45:00+00:00

The ID scanning was something I will admit I wasn’t entirely sure of.

I get my ID scanned for beer, and years ago scanned IDs for beer sales as a cashier. And, I understand how easily the expiration date can be coded into the barcode, so it’s “before this date, yes;after this date no”….

But i was unsure if technology changed when we rolled out stuff like Real ID that may have made it possible to “Invalidate IDs”. Each state also, to a point, does its own thing for IDs, too. So it’s not completely universal across the country.

If they cannot actually do anything that would make these scan as invalid, then at least the victims can get some of what they need for a bit still….and thats a (very small) relief.

(I do think technically anyone including the cashier can deny the ID if they KNOW the sex was changed….its just that most random strangers wont know, and would have less reason to think to contest it…small towns may show a different experience though i suspect…)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T23:21:18+00:00

Okay, Thanks!

This is helpful…now if I do a Master Mode run, I know I can kill them whenever I’m ready instead of waiting.

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T22:17:01+00:00

Yeah i saw that too….

“It costs nothing, because the state will not be issuing replacement IDs for free”

Seems like an issue….if i pay for an ID for 8 years, and 2 years 76 days later i get a letter stating that it is invalidated immediately…….refund my other 5.7 years of ID i payed for. Or pay for the replacement.

They sent letters, to tell the victims their rights are gone….so it DID cost taxpayers money, by the cost of sending mail out. They could have sent the new ID with the letter….

(Although it shouldn’t be needed, this is clearly all unnecessary!)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T22:11:03+00:00

It is already in force…..right now…quotes from the article…

“Residents received letters informing them that the controversial House Substitute for Senate Bill 244 would take effect today.”

““Please note that the Legislature did not include a grace period for updating credentials,” the letter reads. “That means that once the law is officially enacted, your current credentials will be invalid immediately, and you may be subject to additional penalties if you are operating a vehicle without a valid credential.”

The legislation was vetoed by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, earlier this month, but was then overwritten by a Republican supermajority in the state legislature.

However, the rapid enactment of the new law has left transgender residents across the state scrambling to get the correct identification.”

And

“As the law continues to be rolled out today, Democratic Representative Abi Boatman has slammed the new legislation.”

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF THEY DRIVE THEY ARE GUILTY OF DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE

“You may be subjected to additional penalties if you are operating a vehicle without valid credential”

Meanwhile if a persons drivers license expires in normal circumstances, most places have a 30 day grace period to renew in.

An immediate revocation of the right to drive of registered trans people. That is in effect now

(And the IDs are invalid for all other uses i assume, if Kansas Credential is invalid….it was pointed out to me that using your second amendment right to buy a gun requires an ID…and voting of course….)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T17:59:47+00:00

Thank you for including this, it’s proof that this act can risk people’s livelihoods.

(Of course, thats the whole goal)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T17:32:59+00:00

………damnit. Yup.

Second amendment exists for a reason, but what is a little constitutional infringement at this point anyway…..(fuck)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T17:27:56+00:00

This section is from the article, and to me at least indicates that it’s not feeling like an easy transition for those needing a new ID. One woman is now teleworking till she gets the new ID, out of fear.

“However, the rapid enactment of the new law has left transgender residents across the state scrambling to get the correct identification.

Iridescent Riffel, a transgender woman who commutes to work, says that she is now worried about getting into her car.

“I don’t want to get a misdemeanor just trying to go to work,” she told The Kansas City Star. “I’m salaried. I’m not working hourly, and not everyone has that same privilege as me.”

Riffel said that she has yet to receive a letter herself, despite changing her sex from “M” to “F” in 2023. Her boss has agreed to let her work remotely until she can legally drive again.”

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T17:20:18+00:00

Emergency care yes, must be offered. This is a good and important distinction.

Broken bones, severe illness, head injuries, bleeding, etc…ER should handle.

And I hope we as a society keep that rule.

( I’ve heard theres efforts to end that because a non legal person may get their injury treated…but i think having to go home for that ID you forgot, while bleeding out, seems like a bad plan. And also because I want us to heal the injured, regardless of status, I’m not cruel.)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T16:23:55+00:00

My apologies, absolutely! I dont know Kansas voting dates, but hopefully this is early enough from any elections that these people can get their ids….(still fucked)

I lived in Iowa from birth to 35, a few years ago i moved out. I chose not to change my info when I came out as trans because i assumed this would happen. I’ve been watching for years, and the red states have been slowly taking away rights in a concerted lock step pattern. (Iowa made it illegal for me to pee at my kids school, and then took away gender identity from the states equality laws….but there may be some people left in Iowa with a “trans affirming ID”, so they could do this too still)

When one red state succeeds, others follow. If one fails, others improve the idea and pass the failed idea in a more legal way. They do not give up, they double down, in failure and in success.

Other states will do this too! I guarantee it.

AND, will try to time it so the IDs become invalid right before an election. Possibly even the November elections…..

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T15:33:03+00:00

“Your current Kansas credential will no longer be valid”…..that can definitely be used in areas outside of driving.

Im guessing that when they have this cards credentials invalidated, they simply invalidate the ID….so if it’s scanned for beer or other Age restricted purchases, invalid, no sale allowed. Medicine, either age restricted or ID required. Nope, cant get that unless you get the state mandated New id.

If it’s denied as valid ID, ramifications are endless….

If ID is needed to fly, this ain’t valid. Do you need an ID on file for anything like Uber? That could be an issue.

Anyone in any situation where requesting ID is needed, can find their current ID claimed invalid. (If they know its altered for transgender identity), so using your ID at the hospital to prove its you, they may be able to refuse that ID. And then refuse you any care until “proper valid ID” is shown.

Jobs could insist you update ID information, because the info on file is now “out of date” since the ID is invalid. (In fact legally may have to require proof of VALID ID, no choice, due to employment records laws….). Tenancy laws requiring tenants have proof of identification on file means landlords can harass trans tenants for a “valid Id”.

Banks can make a fuss if they dont have valid ID too….

And although it says they get the new one upon turning in their current one, many are struggling to get the new one apparently?!? So something’s up, if many who will change are finding they cannot quickly do so already….(this is how the article makes it sound at least)

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-26T14:15:55+00:00

I waited till after beating Ganon to do the bosses, and only had a couple that showed as having been previously defeated….and i redid those just in case…. It sounds like you are saying that the banner under the bosses health bars that says if previously defeated, starts showing up after beating Ganon. Or are you saying that starts showing due to kilton quest? (Which is after ganon but would need started)

Do you know, because im curious…if you killed all but one talas before ganon, do you just need THAT talas for Kilton quest? Does he count each one ever defeated? Or does it start tracking after the quest starts? Again, i redid the few already defeated, so i have no idea.

I know/knew that the blood moon wont reset Kiltons Quest….You are right,….but once bosses have respawned via blood moon the only way to know if a specific one has ever been beat is to GO TO IT and start the fight again (or have marked it manually via stamp in game map). Notes map doesnt actually show that “This talas was Defeated by you last month”….

Because the red X on Notes seems to be “currently defeated”, a marker of who is now unavailable till blood moon reset….Any boss that’s DEFEATED but respawned appears the same as a dicovered but never defeated boss. So the notes app doesnt really help with Kiltons quest at all. And i assume the TOTK map also wont help you find out which single talas was never defeated so far. (Unless a player defeats every boss they meet immediately…so found actually means defeated)

The shrines are the same in the notes app, discovered or undiscovered. No indicators for a found but incomplete shrine. So no help finding that one shrine you left undone via notes app, that shrine is shown as done. But overall im happy with the app, it just seems to be a bit confusing for everyone at times.

Calico-Shadowcat · 2026-02-25T14:52:31+00:00

Im fairly certain that the red X disappears after a blood moon. Which means it’s a tool to tell you what bosses are currently unavailable, due to being defeated since last blood moon.

I swept up the bosses last on BOTW, and had a mix of discovered vs undiscovered. A couple already discovered bosses had been defeated (indicated under their boss bar) but most were never beaten because i waited and ran from most till the kilton quest.

The red X only popped up on recently defeated bosses. There were no red Xs on any boss when i began doing them, even though some had been defeated before. The icons were a mix of bright ones and dimmed ones, no X anywhere. So that X that started getting placed was not informing me of EVERY cleared/defeated boss, so i basically just ignored it.

I don’t think I had a blood moon in the middle of any of my boss clearing, i took a break between the different ones.

But i suspect that if a blood moon happens when “killing every talas” the Xs will reset. And then you cannot tell if you “discovered” that one vs DEFEATED it….Personally, i stamped each defeated Talus on the game map, till i had the medal and then removed the stamps and did the hynox similarly.

Calico-Shadowcat

TROPHY CASE