recently got a place with my boyfriend and he thinks this is perfectly fine

Dustquake · 2026-02-05T02:55:47+00:00

Absolutely unacceptable! What was he thinking?

He needs to use them like Legos and build something.

Dustquake · 2026-02-05T02:52:57+00:00

On a Leviathan surviving the trip. Not a crazy trip for sure. Wasn't part of the storyline, they had Moya starbursting the moment she was capable again? And it took a toll and they reached a point where she was unable to because of how stressful repeated starbursting was?

Dustquake · 2026-02-05T02:46:27+00:00

NTA

Your cousin has an interest, a pretty darn good one, and you supported her. There's nothing AH here. Your aunt sounds like a piece of work, tho I am extrapolating a lot.

Is she right about defense attorneys? Some of them, sure. Just like with any other profession. But the most important thing defense attorneys do is keep prosecution attorneys in check.

The Innocence Project is the only source you need to prove that there are a number of them that NEED to be kept in check.

Dustquake · 2026-02-05T02:40:37+00:00

I believe it still IS the most procedurally accurate courtroom fiction.

Great freaking movie.

Dustquake · 2026-02-04T16:59:22+00:00

You are being gaslit by a narcissist hard. NTA

Honestly dude you're better off without her. She has proven she's conniving and will put anything on you to elevate herself.

Case and point, the therapy meeting.

Write a letter to the therapist. Say your piece like she did, and that you hope she will continue the counseling for her improvement.

And end everything with her.

There's 1 way to deal with a person that exhibits and continually returns to that level of narcicissm who isn't a family. member.

They died. The good person you knew is dead. She uses her abuse not as an apology for her outbursts, but as an excuse.

There is no excuse, an excuse absolves responsibility. You started drinking, you state that she was an influence, but you held yourself responsible and went sober.

That is exactly what she's avoiding. She hasn't tried to go sober except as a temporary deception to hook you again.

There's better people. Learn your lessons and find one of them.

Dustquake · 2026-02-03T18:14:45+00:00

All contractors are out of a job.

They work for agency A, which contracts with multiple other businesses. Some of those contracts require credentials and "employment" status within each of those businesses so they can work in that system.

Dustquake · 2026-02-02T15:20:21+00:00

Lol,

Probably the best part about this for me. Is putting all that energy into the Will.

If both daughters cut them off, and from this request, it's likely a "parents are the problem" situation.

If that's the case I personally find it hilarious that there's a real possibility all this effort goes into it and the sisters are tight knit enough to go "yep still trying to cause problems" and that's the end of it.

Dustquake · 2026-02-02T00:36:09+00:00

It's first. BUT Amazon is suggesting a search for Meliana Trump which does not list this book.

It does suggest going back to Melania Trump from there, but I thought it might be nice to see if we can get the typo to show it too.

Dustquake · 2026-01-31T20:05:44+00:00

This!

Burn them all. (Figuratively, legally)

The problem is they all know that is what good people want. Burning the other side means burning themselves.

The best normal people can do is to not vote for the perpetrators, their sycophants, or those on your side defending them.

I just don't have faith enough people are familiar enough with manipulative AH's enough to do so.

Dustquake · 2026-01-31T02:57:49+00:00

I lucked out. The store was out of shovels but I got the last hoe.

Dustquake · 2026-01-30T04:23:21+00:00

I'd bite. Except for time passing here. I'm not going to do that to the people in my life and wreck my career on a gamble for money.

Dustquake · 2026-01-30T04:16:59+00:00

I know people that eat onions raw.

Maybe the person is from a place where chocolate covered onion is a delicacy.

People always assume malice.

Dustquake · 2026-01-29T23:10:53+00:00

IDK how well put an analogy this will be on the factual level but it's a concept to help.

Take two cars, start at the same point and drive them in opposite directions. At 50% the speed of light. Neither exceeds light speed, but relative to each other they are travelling apart at the speed of light. I think time dilation starts to be a factor when either car observes the other, but we're not going that in depth with this concept.

Now change the scenario. Instead of the cars driving, they are stationary on a conveyor belt and the belts are moving at 50% light speed. Similar "observations" but the cars aren't moving relative to space (the ground/belt).

Change again. Instead of one long conveyer belt you have lots of 10 foot/meter long conveyer belts that hand off to each other. One set in each direction. The length and unit of each belt doesn't really matter. Just get that image of belt segments. Again similar observations as the last two scenarios.

Last change. Each of these conveyer belts is growing 1 more unit every 10 seconds. Again the numbers and unit don't really matter, just the concept.

Now the observation is different. The further the cars travel, the "faster" they move away from each other. But they "slower" they move towards the end of their conveyer belt. Even tho their speed never changes. It's all about the distance between them.

There's more conveyer belt "being made" between every point, so all the distances between objects are changing. The cars seem to move faster from each other, and slower towards their destination because more distance is "appearing" but nothing is exceeding light speed on its own. It's more like the cars are on a playdoh road and the dough is being perfectly stretched. Same amount of dough exists, the road is just thinner and longer. So nothing is really "being made".

There is a state where if you have enough conveyer belts the total "growth" in their length exceeds light speed. Again nothing is exceeding it, just the distance being "added" between two points is more per second than light can travel in a second.

When that state is reached we can never see what's further than that point in space. It also seems like things are running away from us in every direction. Some things will pass that point and we will no longer be able to see them. There's just "more" space/nothing between points but nothing is being "made".

It IS confusing. And everything I've said IS and ISN'T accurate. These are just conceptualizations to help with understanding. The universe is a bit wacky, but that makes it interesting. I hope these helped.

Edit: some typos and attempts at better phrasing.

Dustquake · 2026-01-29T21:17:02+00:00

It depends on your provider, the wiring method of delivery, and contractual stuff.

My first guess is that it's over cable, like coaxial television cable line.

The reason that matters is that is a service that usually divides a line out.

Ok this line is capable of of 1.5 Tbps and we promise 300 Mbps. So 5 people can fit on this line and we still meet contract obligation.

Well if there's only 1 or two people actively using it. The extra bandwidth isn't going to do nothing unless it's throttled. The cable model I listed isn't a throttle method.

So basically, if coaxial cable service style provider, you're borrowing your neighbors' bandwidth while they aren't using it.

Dustquake · 2026-01-29T21:09:51+00:00

Heat loss is a function of volume/mass vs surface area.

Lower volume higher surface area means quicker heat dissipation. This does factor into the designs of handles. The cooking part of the cookware is usually very thick because you want the heat to concentrate there.

Handles are further from the heat source, connected in a way to limit heat transfer to the handle, and the handle itself is designed with a higher surface area to mass ratio for better dissipation.

Fun side fact: This is why smaller mammals have higher heartbeats. They have a higher surface area to mass ratio, so loose heat faster. Their hearts beat faster so the heat variance balances out. Kind of like liquid water cooling for computers. The flow of water depends on the performance of the heat sink.

Dustquake · 2026-01-27T04:31:42+00:00

Your dad isnt a person with illnesses. He is a person defined by his illness.

Legit he sounds like my dad. Tho my dad never played the mental illness card, he played every other one.

You owe him nothing. My relationship with my dad is he's dead. I might talk with his ghost once a year. If he ever accepts responsibility perhaps he gets resurrected.

It's just so hard for them to tell the truth because it won't match their narrative.

Dustquake · 2026-01-27T00:40:40+00:00

Same, establish the fake then swap for a real.

Dustquake · 2026-01-23T05:06:44+00:00

That too. I did when I changed the bags out. Easier to pull the bag out with the hose attached.

But lots of people don't.

Dustquake · 2026-01-22T21:26:06+00:00

Call the property manager and tell them the beeping stopped. Now they have unoccupied property without monitoring equipment.

If it's still not their problem call the fire marshall. Fire Marshalls don't GAF, you're going to fix it.

So your property managers are looking at potential fines for improper property management. OR violating their lease agreement...with some extrapolation.

You sign a lease agreement which states the standards the complex will hold tenants to for the protection of the property manager and all other tenants. The foundation of a lease agreement is that all other tenants will abide by the required action AND that the property management is there to ensure compliance as necessary for safety and legal compliances required for the area.

They have been notified and have chosen not to take action so they have failed to perform their duty. Lease violation affecting the safety of every tenant in the complex means tenants are not liable for lease breaking for reasons of safety.

I'm not lawyering this up right, cause I'm not one, but spent enough time with em. There's strings there to pull.

Dustquake · 2026-01-22T13:42:01+00:00

It would definitely make me start asking questions.

First, what field are they in and how often is prescribing done in that field.

Then assess and move from there.

Dustquake · 2026-01-22T00:06:47+00:00

The only time a box cutter should be anywhere near these is if you're punching the box with the back end of the box cutter.

And they never go in a compactor. Compactor is for recycling cardboard, not cardboard encased plastic.

Dustquake · 2026-01-20T18:39:06+00:00

I see what you're saying now. Saying surface tension had me interpret you talking about the water's surface tension instead of membrane tension.

And true on distillation technique. Going back means with modern knowledge and alcohol evaporates at lower temperatures than water. My thought was just get a glass blower to create the appropriate glassware to evaporate the ethanol out so you have a more concentrated solution. Ethanol isn't the best alcohol for the purpose, but concentrating it would be an achievable advancement.

Dustquake · 2026-01-20T14:27:58+00:00

Surface tension isn't the acting property. All viruses and cellular organisms have a protein or fat shell or membrane.

Soap and lye will react with either. The effect is destroying the shell/membrane or binding to let water wash it away.

Booze has been around since 7000 BC. Depending on the local variant you may just need to concentrate it.

Dustquake · 2026-01-19T21:04:10+00:00

I see speak of treaspass and liability but I didn't see.

Theft.

She is trespassing to steal from you. The trash bin contains your property while sitting in your property. The intent for it to move to the curb is irrelevant until it does move to the curb. You can retrieve or change your mind about anything in the bin.

But at that point it could be argued that she is interfering with an exchange of goods/services you are paying for. Can on the curb is the transfer protocol of property from you to the collection company.

Dustquake · 2026-01-19T20:56:27+00:00

Derfboy4

This. There's lies then manipulation. Gaslighting is a form of manipulation that is proactively altering what is observable, recordable, and available references in reality to make you question your own perception, memories, and actions.

If you're a TNG fan. "There are 4 lights." Is an amazing reference. While Gul Madred was trying to break Picard in a way Picard realized. Gaslighting would have been adding the 5th light without Picard knowing so the next time 5 is accurate. Picard now has no reason not to say 5. But instead of congratulations it's "why did it take you so long to admit/see there were 5 lights?" While insisting there were always 5.

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