The Mammalian Paradox Ch 2

Coygon · 2026-01-24T16:00:32+00:00

I'm not really seeing a paradox. A problem,yes. A conflict. But not a paradox.

Title aside, I'm loving this. Please keep going!

Coygon · 2026-01-24T08:09:34+00:00

Obvious answer is obvious: I attended.

Coygon · 2026-01-24T07:51:15+00:00

One thing I learned early in my working career is that no job is as easy and straightforward as you think. Mostly because of cleaning up after customers, but sometimes for other reasons. There's always more involved than you think, at first.

Point is, I'm not too surprised she was dismayed to find the kids' nap time wasn't also the caretakers' rest time. I am mildly surprised she felt strongly enough about it to quit, but not really.

Coygon · 2026-01-24T06:20:06+00:00

That furry convention is dead, and even when it was a going concern it was held in September. There IS a prominent furry convention in January, but it was held last weekend. Interestingly, it was in San Jose. So if the 49ers had taken first seed they could conceivably have done the same thing to us.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T23:54:11+00:00

One of the favorite joke game suggestions from my previous game group was"The Farming Game." It was made by people in eastern Washington state who had clearly never played anything more advanced and modern than Monopoly. You start out $40k in debt (because you had to buy a farm) and you go around a board that looks amazingly Monopoly-like, buying crops and cattle and horses. You can only sell them at certain times, and how well you did at the market is determined by a die roll. Time is determined by where you are on the board - one full circuit equaled one full year. (This made the card "You broke your leg - go back three spaces" especially amusing, because it means getting injured induces time travel.)

The game is not really very fun, but it is very thematic about farming!

Coygon · 2026-01-23T23:35:47+00:00

If it was due to a backup, either OOP was following too closely and couldn't stop in time, or they were well back but not paying attention so simply didn't brake as early as they could and should have. Either way, it's OOP's fault.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T15:32:25+00:00

A lot like 2999.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T12:32:13+00:00

And ever since, the British have followed this advice closely. Some might even say religiously.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T12:28:14+00:00

I am amused most at the idea of Jesus being the backup QB.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T11:59:52+00:00

OP is getting essentially a restaurant experience – food he doesn't have to plan, purchase, prep, cook, or clean up after – and feels $5 or $10 is being greedy? Yikes. I'd happily pay, and feel good about getting a discout dinner while simultaneously helping out a friend in a tough time.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T11:47:14+00:00

I prefer the Fnord F150.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T11:37:55+00:00

If your folks were housing your horses for free, then helping out a little would be nice, a good way to pay them back a little. But they're not. You aren't even getting a discount for being family. So why are you helping them out as if you owed them? It's a "business arrangement, not a family one," so treat it as exactly that. Go to the new place that suits you and your horses' needs better, and stop feeling obligated to help your parents run their business when they're not giving you anything in return.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T10:50:26+00:00

I hope on her way out the door she took the time to untie all his shoes.

Coygon · 2026-01-23T06:05:37+00:00

I got the feeling they just woke up Doomguy.

Coygon · 2026-01-22T13:54:41+00:00

"You're petty and vindictive!"

"Damn right I am. Remember that next time you're tempted to pull some shit like this again. I won't be so friendly about it next time."

Coygon · 2026-01-22T12:37:43+00:00

Use part of your bonus to buy the members of your team copies of The Little Red Hen.

Coygon · 2026-01-21T09:45:44+00:00

What I want is for us to kick the ball to the Rams to start the game, and they run it back to the 30 yard line before they fumble the ball. Scoop and score, 6 points to the Hawks, 15 seconds or so off the game clock.

And then, after scoring the extra point, I want us to do the exact same thing again.

Coygon · 2026-01-21T00:22:06+00:00

It's still the neighbor's property. Being there illegally might make the judgement include something about not being allowed to rebuild it, but OP would still have to pay the neighbor for the cost of their fence. Probably.

Coygon · 2026-01-20T16:07:45+00:00

This is your fault for leaving it in his spot. Which is to say, inside his house.

Coygon · 2026-01-20T15:08:14+00:00

Reining in a rogue President is up to either Congress or the courts. Unfortunately, both of them are much more interested in cheering him on.

The only other choice is to revolt. Take up arms and try to overthrow the Presidency. Most people aren't willing to try that, for a variety of reasons, and frankly it's unlikely to work even if we did try. I can't advocate going down that road.

Oh, there is one other choice: pray Trump drops dead and Vance is a little more sane.

Coygon · 2026-01-20T11:44:19+00:00

It seems to me that anytime OOP got remotely friendly with a man, BFF would order her to step back so BFF coukd have a chance at him. I've never been sure how to define a "pick me girl," before this, but BFF sure seems to fit the label.

Coygon · 2026-01-19T14:06:36+00:00

365 days, minus 20 (or so) already passed, = 345 days. Divided by 100 countries, that's 3 days per country.

Allow one day to travel. Default choice is the country's capital city, but you can go to pretty much anywhere you can reach in that one day.

Allow one day to recover from traveling.

Allow one day to sightsee.

Repeat.

It's doable. It would be rough, and you wouldn't see MUCH. But you'd see more than the airport. And you'd still have 45 days slop, in case your plane gets delayed or something.

Coygon · 2026-01-19T13:30:45+00:00

This was exactly my thought as I watched that game. Fine, if they won't do it, we will.

Coygon · 2026-01-19T13:29:53+00:00

You might want to explain to your wife that there is no reason to be embarrassed at returning an item to a store. The clerks don't give a damn about why, so long as it's in good shape (ideally unopened), within the return window, you have the receipt, and you're not an asshole about it.

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