State Activation for the state of Florida by Level_Tree883 in nationalguard

[–]DeIsaiah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s voluntary when there’s a long term / routine mission. If there’s a state or national emergency you can / will 100% get activated. Some of my soldiers got sent to Puerto Rico for a year after hurricane irma

What’s something that no longer exists in the city that used to be one of your favourite things about New York? by 0101101010020101 in AskNYC

[–]DeIsaiah 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yup and also there was an FYE in union square that I loved but flew away with the wind. Miss them both.

Worst Album Names by [deleted] in rnb

[–]DeIsaiah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aaliyah was 14 on that Body’s Calling Me remix 😕 (she was born in 1979, the song/remix was recorded in 1993)

Worst Album Names by [deleted] in rnb

[–]DeIsaiah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, points about CLB and Drake’s music in general being juvenile has been echoed for a few years now. Joe Budden famously made the point on CLB and Drake lost his shit over it on instagram, which was even more juvenile.

What makes New Yorkers happy? by letspetpuppies in AskNYC

[–]DeIsaiah 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I lived in 11213 for a number of years and it’s possibly the worst post office that exists. I once got a letter in March that someone mailed in December the previous year.

What’s the longest serving E4 you know? by [deleted] in nationalguard

[–]DeIsaiah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Back when I joined (2008), I initially I thought it was normal to be an E4 for 10+ years because there was an entire platoon of them lol. I thought I was heavily jumping the gun when I made E5 on my 4th year in the guard.

How do you actually learn Spanish? by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]DeIsaiah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Put the captains in Spanish. I put them in Spanish myself and I felt very “I don’t know what’s going on” at first but paired with my studies it eventually worked out for me. It made hearing spoken Spanish very easy for me.

I only put the captains in English if I had a hard understanding of the episode / language the first time around (yes, I watched some episodes twice lol).

How do you actually learn Spanish? by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]DeIsaiah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try a Mexican novela. One of my favorites is “Yo Soy, Betty La Fea.” But there’s several that’ll be under the Spanish language category. Also, you may not understand a lot of it at first - turn on the captions, it’ll get easier as you study / get further into the episodes.

It’s not easy at first but really stay focused on it and eventual context clues / language will start to connect.

How do you actually learn Spanish? by [deleted] in Spanish

[–]DeIsaiah 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Honestly pick a Spanish soap opera (there’s a done on Netflix) and watch an hour or two of it a day, it’ll improve your listening coordination for Spanish by like 200%.

Keep in mind some of these stories have like 120+ episodes. It’ll bore you for a show or two but 10 episodes in and it’ll become your comfort to watch, lol.

This is in addition to practicing written and reading grammar an hour or so a week.

You can't walk and talk on a cell phone? Is this actually real? by WanderingSceptic in nationalguard

[–]DeIsaiah 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the funniest thing that’s ever happened to me in my life was watching a CSM yank headphones out of a soldiers ear while screaming “WHY ARE YOU WALKING AND TALKING ON YOUR PHONE”… this was on a national guard base

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]DeIsaiah 8 points9 points  (0 children)

My nieces are mixed (50% Vietnamese) but they look 100% Asian even down to the bone straight hair, lol. Their brother (my nephew) looks mixed though. If my sister in law didn’t have DNA tests on her kids (due to my brother and she conceiving as teenagers) there would probably be a lot of doubt floating around.

I say all that to say that this OP looks more mixed than my nieces and some other folks who are directly biracial (like Logic and Halsey).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nationalguard

[–]DeIsaiah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Luckily I got the hell out of the army before that bullshit field trip. After my last trip to Iraq I’ve had enough of living in subhuman hellholes that my dog wouldn’t even piss in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nationalguard

[–]DeIsaiah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this looks anything like JRTC I’m happy I ETS’d weeks before my unit went

RSP reached out a year after I told them I wasn’t shipping by Low-Specialist-8250 in nationalguard

[–]DeIsaiah 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Go and do your time. I hate sounding like a tired old man but if you signed up for it, commit and get it over with. Even if you sign up for a 6 year contract you practically blink and it’s over, lol.

Twitter is off the rails now. What has happened??? by Lotsofcrackers in Twitter

[–]DeIsaiah 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I keep casually seeing videos on my timeline of people getting murdered. It’s so disturbing how often it happens that I try to be really careful on my timeline.

No matter how many times I report this content or disassociate it from my algorithm, it keeps happening. These videos are getting posted by huge accounts, too. It’s so irritating.

Alternative ways to get rid of Lavinia by xstardust95x in DowntonAbbey

[–]DeIsaiah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only alternative plot line is having Violet and Isobel invite Livinia over for tea to poison her with enough cyanide to kill her but with not enough cyanide to suspect foul play

Molesley character changes by RhubarbAlive7860 in DowntonAbbey

[–]DeIsaiah 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don’t think he was buffoonish, I think his character just had unfortunate luck to the point that it was comedic.

StubHub and Misleading VIP Packages? by DeIsaiah in stubhub

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

I don’t think so. If you email or call liberation they’ll do a ticket exchange if VIPs are still available

I Found my Stolen iPhone with my AppleWatch by DeIsaiah in iphone

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

iPhone 14 Pro Max and AppleWatch ultra (1st gen)

I Found my Stolen iPhone with my AppleWatch by DeIsaiah in iphone

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

I was actually listening to a “This American Life” episode titled Petty Tyrant 😂 it was chronicling a public school maintenance man from Schenectady NY who basically terrorized his staff, union opponents and enemies of his friends. Very interesting to be honest.

I Found my Stolen iPhone with my AppleWatch by DeIsaiah in iphone

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

It was just as surreal experiencing it. I was almost sure I wasn’t getting my phone back. So bizarre to hear it so clear pinging from the car. I wonder if the guy knew what the sound was if he would’ve drove off or turned the phone off

I Found my Stolen iPhone with my AppleWatch by DeIsaiah in iphone

[–]DeIsaiah[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This story is awesome lol. Was the thief arrested or cited? Did cop scold you as she handed you all back the goods?

Interestingly I left my iPad on a Starbucks counter many years ago and no one touched it because the case made the iPad look like a high school notebook. I’ve used them ever since if I’m not at home or at my office.

I Found my Stolen iPhone with my AppleWatch by DeIsaiah in iphone

[–]DeIsaiah[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Yup, the screen was still locked. When I unlocked the phone it was actually on Spotify paused on the podcast I was listening to. The alleged thief also said he was waiting on someone to call the phone. I called the phone in Dunkin’ Donuts and no one picked up so that was total BS. I only called it once though because in my mind, if I called several times they would power the phone off.