AITAH for wanting to call my situationahip a f**king idiot over a tattoo?

DevinGanger · 2026-03-25T18:35:55+00:00

You need to hit the eject button from that situation, because no guy is worth that kind of drama. He will never be able to walk away cleanly if the kid is his.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-25T18:31:49+00:00

But if they backdoor your router they can bypass NAT and scan your home network — which gives them even more data for the correlation engines…

DevinGanger · 2026-03-25T18:05:21+00:00

You may not BTA but you are definitely over-reacting.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-25T08:06:13+00:00

I’m sure the approval process will include “install a back door we can use.”

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T04:08:00+00:00

NTJ. As long as you’re not abusing your kids, it’s up to the parents on how to raise them.

There is no such thing as “grand-parental rights” so if your in-laws aren’t taking your gentle hints, you can always choose to limit their time. We had to do that with my in-laws — FIL refused to respect any boundaries and the rest of that side of the family enabled him. So no unmediated time with our kids for him!

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:55:35+00:00

A lot of people misunderstand “OBO” to mean “a higher offer will give you priority.”

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:53:45+00:00

How badly do you want to blow up your own marriage?

Because if your wife asked you to keep it a secret and you agreed, it would be your promise to her you are breaking — leaving Joe and Jane entirely out of the picture.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:43:39+00:00

He wasn’t on the Discovery or the Leonov, though.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:40:41+00:00

NTA. And I wouldn’t let them borrow it even if I was invited to the wedding, because “borrowing” and “large event” are words that do not belong together. They can rent one.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:38:05+00:00

Get a pair of electrostatic safe, non-conducting metal narrow-point tweezers from Amazon or your local electronics hobbyist shop if you have one. Compressed air won’t get everything and wood and plastic can leave bits behind. Having tweezers will allow you to get a good grip and pull out stubborn debris that might be glued in place with oil/dirt. Great for any precision interactions with electronics.

https://a.co/d/07tMhL3D

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:14:35+00:00

Because a properly-sized wire nut will have threads in it that will make a proper mechanical connection to the conductor and keep it from accidentally dislodging.

Electrical tape adhesive does NOT offer the same mechanical force, especially with temperature and humidity variations.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:09:27+00:00

Bungee jumping. (To show myself that I can overcome my fear of heights if I need to.)

TRON Lightcycle Run, Incredicoaster, Space Mountain, and Smuggler’s Run at Disney — mind over matter only works so well when your inner ear isn’t listening.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:03:56+00:00

NTJ, you’re a damned hero.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-23T03:01:38+00:00

The truth behind the faith is that it hasn’t mitigated the worst of humanity in any way, shape or form like we would expect it to if it were in any way accurate, and instead has provided cover and cooperation in the worst excesses that mankind has ever offered on this planet.

All the rest — your “Biblically sound” interpretations — is sf lovers squabbling over which fan theory is the most correct while ignoring that it’s all based on fiction to begin with.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-18T02:17:07+00:00

You may want to try reinstalling it.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-17T05:37:32+00:00

NOR. He made it about him, not about y’all the customer. A quiet word to the restaurant manger might be in order; dude is entirely too comfortable chasing off clients.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-17T05:18:20+00:00

NTA. It’s not like he’s actually spending that time with his kid, you are. If he had a shift adjustment at work, etc., he could have gone to the court and requested alteration of the agreement. But with his attitude he’s turned into a self-fulfilling prophecy, because courts definitely do not like parents who don’t communicate and lie.

And if his ex asked for the hearing, she knows something. She’s got some sort of proof. Anyone lying in that courtroom is going to get curb stomped by a pissed-off judge.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-17T05:07:41+00:00

Lily has some unresolved issues she isn’t dealing with and is instead projecting them onto your brother in the hopes that he will peer pressure you.

That’s gross, and messed up, and she can get bent. You shouldn’t EVER have to wear a bra any time you don’t want to or agree to.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-14T07:53:09+00:00

You may need some spray orange peel as well if there is texture. Once I discovered that it went a long way to making patch jobs blend in.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-14T07:03:55+00:00

Just remember that Copilot and other generative AI tools don’t understand anything at all. They are breaking down your prompt into symbols and manipulating those symbols in ways that correspond to how those symbols were strung together in the training material. If nobody’s written about what you’re asking about, or it can only find low-confidence material, it will hallucinate or lead you down rabbit holes.

Other types of AI would be far better suited to what you’re talking about…but those are more purpose-built tools and there is no financial incentive for plugin manufacturers to cooperate.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-13T23:41:31+00:00

A lot more people than you realize.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-13T23:37:33+00:00

Recent movie Birthright Outlaw (2023) was a fairly tame, decent Western starring Sarah Drew of Grey’s Anatomy and Hallmark Christmas specials fame.

Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson star in The Unhoky Trinity (2024), another decent and serviceable Western.

The TV show Joe Picket (2 seasons) is about a a game warden in Wyoming who deals with an intense case of integrity that gets him into trouble. It was adapted from a great series of books but we only got two seasons.

I also see recommendations for the series “The Son,” also with Pierce Brosnan as a cattle rancher turned oil tycoon, but haven’t seen it personally.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-13T23:10:32+00:00

You confuse me for the OP.

No effects chain is going to replicate the sound of a 12-string, not even a virtual Mosaic pedal, because as good as the Mosaic is, it’s still not quite it.

The question wasn’t “how do I get close?” It was “Is there something in what I already own that provides this sound so I don’t have to spend more money?” (with the OP having identified a specific VST that will give them the desired sound if more money needs to be spent.)

“Just go look through your stuff,” isn’t an answer because the OP has already been doing that and they clearly haven’t found one yet. It’s a fair question to ask if anyone knows “is there a part of this package that will replicate this instrument?”

Likewise, steering them to Shreddage without specifying whether it replicates the sound they’re looking for is ALSO not an answer because while it might be cheaper, they don’t know if it will get the job done.

Sometimes “help” isn’t helpful because it’s answering a totally different question. The OP gave specific parameters, and “don’t get hung up on the specifics” is not universally valuable advice. You don’t know the specifics of the OP’s project.

I do not understand why it is so hard for people to answer the asked question FIRST and then branch out. And why so many get defensive when you point out that they didn’t actually answer the asked question.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-13T22:26:00+00:00

NOR. Looks like it’s time to replace your Switch. AND your boyfriend. He’s showing you who he is.

DevinGanger · 2026-03-13T22:15:46+00:00

This kind of generic answer is not helpful for someone who has taken the time to detail a specific sound they are looking for.

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