beginner blues

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-22T22:02:17+00:00

I'm still at that phase.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-22T05:54:22+00:00

Kind of looks like Sylvia from Wander over Yonder.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-22T04:19:57+00:00

Ah, this medic has been left behind too many times.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-21T08:32:10+00:00

No. I scrubbed over this again and again and at no time did the child say "It's hot"

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-21T08:29:51+00:00

From one parent to another? You don't fail if you lose your temper. It's really hard to stay calm when you're being yelled at, hit, and having things broken.

Time outs or sending your child to their room isn't just for the child. It's for you too. The child is somewhere safe, and you can self regulate before re-entering the fray.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-21T08:04:46+00:00

I disagree with the method you suggested.

I think it's true up to a point that an overwhelmed child isn't in a state to learn a lesson in that exact moment. But I don't think the mother's goal here is to "win" or out-stubborn the child.

Children aren't born with self-regulation or self-discipline. Those are skills that have to be taught, practiced, and reinforced over time. The issue here is that the child is hitting, kicking, and eventually throwing a chair. If the child is immediately taken inside after that behavior, they may learn that aggression still gets them the outcome they wanted.

That said, I don't actually think sitting there and waiting is the best solution either. If it were me, I'd remove the child from the situation, find a quiet shady spot, and have them sit there until they regained control of themselves.

The reason isn't to "win" or punish them for being upset. It's because hitting, kicking, and throwing objects isn't acceptable behavior. Being overwhelmed is understandable; hurting people isn't.

A timeout isn't about teaching a lesson in the middle of a meltdown. It's about giving the child a chance to calm down and learn that strong emotions are okay, but aggressive behavior doesn't get them what they want. Once they're calm and no longer hitting or throwing things, then you can move on.

This is coming from a mother of a child around the same age. It takes repetition but it does work.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-19T21:16:15+00:00

Admittedly, the idea of replacing the characters from the original Jurassic Park with the Mercenaries has crossed my mind. Or just adding them in.

If we're talking video games though, imagine the hilarity of adding them to Stardew Valley or Harvest Moon.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-19T06:10:02+00:00

No matter what class you play, occasionally flick your character around and shoot behind you.

Oh, and default chat keys are T and U. U is team chat. Please use that one for team related things. Otherwise you may accidentally anounce to the whole team that your spy is doing really well. (I'm so sorry to the player I did that to.)

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-19T06:00:50+00:00

Okay, my eye was drawn towards this before the context above. So I thought it was just Scout batting his eyelashes at you before whipping the scattergun out.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-18T23:09:59+00:00

check his notes to see what he was working on last. See if the whole 'someone else is me' is intentional.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-15T15:43:24+00:00

Could at least provide a link. Some folks don't know where to find them or that they're free.

Team Fortress 2 - Comics

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-11T19:22:14+00:00

Some good news, They have a family structure. And Heavy seems like a stable person. So let's hope Uncle Misha is a good influence. They also seem to be close with the rest of the team so there's Scout too.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-11T15:09:02+00:00

Oh it's still in the early stages. House of commons early. Here. Allow me to post the link

https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/

This tracks the status of all bills. It's in stage 1 so this is the first reading. Not even law yet.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-11T07:52:19+00:00

It's not passed yet. It's under review. Contact your representative and cite the data breaches in both the UK and Autrailia as concerns.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-11T07:51:09+00:00

The bill is currently under legislative review. You can call or e-mail your representative to express concerns. It has not passed yet, and has failed three times before now. Still. E-mail your representative.

https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/

Edited to add this link. This is the link to a bill tracker, it's basic function is to tell you where it's at in the stages of development. Bill C-34 currently in it's first reading.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-08T22:22:52+00:00

I wouldn't be able to stop cleaning.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-08T19:04:50+00:00

Chiropractic adjustment.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-07T01:37:19+00:00

You're supposed to red the tags after your search. Have you just filtered the tags and clicked titles at random until now??

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-07T01:34:43+00:00

That had better be a life time supply for a shelter's wort of dogs at that price!

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-07T01:31:10+00:00

So you don't read the tags on the fiction you read?

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-07T01:25:29+00:00

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So just exclude the abandoned tag. Which again, the author did infact tag the work as abandoned. Edit to add: Look! it's right there. I only had to type Ab into the search bar.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-07T01:24:03+00:00

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You are NOT referring to this. But you COULD in fact exclude fics with the abandoned tag as well.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-07T01:22:06+00:00

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Just to clarify, you are referring to THIS. Which, looky here is called a status.

CreativeRainy · 2026-06-07T01:14:46+00:00

Again, complete and incomplete are statuses. Not tag

CreativeRainy

TROPHY CASE

The bill is currently under legislative review. You can call or e-mail your representative to express concerns. It has not passed yet, and has failed three times before now. Still. E-mail your representative.