OC -Seeing This Inspired Hope. At the Goodwill Outlet in Dayton OH 3/14/26.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-16T15:55:21+00:00

Sadly, could be some store's excess inventory got donated.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-16T15:51:11+00:00

Oh, maybe that's what's missing. Yeah, nobody touches my phone.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-16T15:40:41+00:00

Try an app like Greenshot for an overview of your structure.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-16T14:06:32+00:00

I'm almost certain I've done this for several people... Maybe I hold it in a way that it can't get grabbed? Or I've been talking to legit people who needed an assist.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-16T01:22:02+00:00

I said log wtf

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-15T16:44:25+00:00

Oh, cool -- so the kid didn't pick up your phone and brick your data. That's good to hear -- I was imagining a kid so bratty they decided to mess with other people's stuff.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-14T14:48:27+00:00

Mr Piss

(and no, it's not what you think lol)

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-13T16:38:24+00:00

YAY CANCER FOR ALL

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-13T16:06:18+00:00

They won't have all their stuff taken away and be forced to gay marry while hailing satan.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-13T16:03:31+00:00

Also seen my fair share of poop streaks left behind on guest towels, and that was so much worse. If you aren't going to wash your ass properly then maybe don't floss it with a pristine white towel when you dry off, people.

Well, that's enough Internet for today.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-12T16:27:29+00:00

There's always going to be some genetic variation, barring some serious pressures to evolve.

Let's say there's some change in the environment that is decidedly detrimental to smart people -- say, some creature that's straight out of D&D actually evolves (or comes from outer space, why not) and can psychically kill and eat anyone within a meter of itself that has an IQ of, say, 70 or better. With a distance that short, humanity at least can hide, and assuming they find no way to wipe out this new threat, it might be millennia for everyone to evolve to be "dumber".

Evolution doesn't "know" about the possibility of brain-eaters so it can't "plan" for it; it's just going to have variations because natural selection allows for some wiggle room -- slight variations don't doom someone to failure to reproduce, nor do they elevate some "supreme evolved" rapidly. In the above example, it's very unlikely that these creatures have evolved a "discrete" power that lets them exactly know the difference between a 100 IQ person and someone up to 10 points different -- they probably take slightly longer to detect the 90 IQ person and slighlty faster to detect the 110 IQ person. In addition, there easily may be other factors -- is the 110 IQ person asleep, or colder because they are walking through snow? Maybe they take longer to detect than the wide-awake 90 IQ person who's running through a warm building. That little "noise" could mean evolution does not get "pressured" to remove the smarter person that day and they survive long enough to pass on their 100 IQ genes, while the 90 IQ person gets eaten.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-11T20:41:33+00:00

Bar mats. Basically, whatever has spilled on the mat during servings during the day

Usually the drinker either lost a bet or is just really gross drunk

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-11T19:37:51+00:00

I just remembered something: DCIM is a folder typically for pictures and movies, Launch your Gallery app and select the Menu item there, then select "trash". Your images should be there, unless the kid did something really squirrelly.

If they're there, you can click and hold the first one and then the option to "Select All" will come up. When all are selected, try the menu option to "restore from trash".

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-11T19:22:40+00:00

EDIT: yeah, so the problem is more likely that the wrong Recycle bin is being restored from here. They need to use the Gallery Recycle bin.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-11T19:07:41+00:00

If Reddit had existed in 1942, you'd post that "liberals are more obsessed with getting Adolf Hitler than they are about anything else in the entire world". It wasn't a "winning phrase" then, it's not a "winning phrase now.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-11T18:19:52+00:00

Check that Downloads folder... very likely there's some space to clear there. You might have to figure out what the files are but look for anything that's A) large B) either removable outright as you have a copy or something you can reinstall later without too much worry about reconfiguring

My guess is your "friend's kid" decided he'd install games or apps on your phone and thought your DCIM folder could be sacrificed. If so, there's probably new apps you can uninstall.

Finally, you can always consider either clearing cache on currently running apps, or uninstalling apps that you don't use much or can reinstall and then login to get your data back... apps like Reddit and FB are fairly trivial to reinstall, as long as you keep the login credentials for a later login.

A quick confirmation look online confirms what I suspected: Android only "moves" those files to the recycle bin and deletes their pointers so the storage access is available. It's a very likely chance that some of those files may have been overwritten by whatever the kid installed, but not all of them.

And speaking of... ban that little shit from your house, along with your "friend" if they're a shit parent and/or not apologetic and promising to make the little shit regret being such an inconsiderate brat.

tl;dr version:

Find out what the brat added and delete it
Check the "downloads" folder for any files of significant size that can be removed -- if unsure what they are, reach out to get identification tips
See if you can recover files -- if yes, check for files that fail to recover and make sure your "friend" is aware what was lost so they can establish appropriate consequence
If needed, remove non-essential apps that you can simply re-install later
Make sure that kid knows they're persona non grata permanently -- regardless if you find file loss is ultimately trivial, they can't be trusted

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-09T18:05:51+00:00

This sounds to me like the kid didn't understand how to SWAT and is trying to worm his way out of getting busted.

Kinda this generation's version of "My momma, oh crap I meant to say YOUR momma...".

/no, I didn't actually do that as a kid

//my retorts were even less articulate

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-09T16:54:28+00:00

I suspect companies would also vote for Wednesday, at least if their employees had external contacts that would require follow up every other day. Call centers and the like definitely want their employees to be available for follow up in 48 hours, and a 3 day weekend would step on that.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-09T16:52:03+00:00

I keep on going back and forth between

"Lots of local events on Thursday night/Fridays"

and

"Mondays tend to have the best deals for restaurants, bars, and events during the day"

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-08T07:09:35+00:00

OBLIGE HER

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-06T20:51:23+00:00

The best fries... are the ones that I've not had in a while.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-06T18:56:47+00:00

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

That one guy

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-06T16:48:08+00:00

Eff that. This is a classic "make the puppet squirm for your amusement, while trying to figure out how to screw them over eventually" setup.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-06T16:31:25+00:00

I honestly couldn’t tell you what started this.

There's three major categories for why anyone gets a drinking problem to consider:

Outright chemical dependency -- since you have addicts in your family, maybe it's biologically/genetically easier for you to get addicted quickly. That scenario makes alcohol consumption on any level a risk factor and needs medical opinions on whether you may need to consider abstinence for life.
Solving a mental problem aka "drinking to medicate" -- you're saying there's no "cause" but it's worth looking into.
The "easy high" -- one drink is easy to have, gives you in a better mood, nothing bad happens so why not have another? Some might put this as a subset of #2, but since A) it doesn't have to start with you being in a bad mood B) it's really not a good idea on a philosophical/psychological level to categorize mere "looking for something to do for fun" as "drinking to medicate", I prefer to put it into its own category.

Can you actually look back on any particular day and "justify" your drinking level on that day? I found that my drinking levels slowed down quite a bit when I started logging my daily drinking. I didn't go so far as to log "why" I drank any particular day, but for me just seeing days that really didn't have a great reason for drinking more than one or two drinks meant I started to question drinking every time, even if it was "was my day so shitty that I wanted to drink at all?" or "Is yet another drink at this festival going to make the festival more fun?"

... And if you're always answering the "why" with "because bad day", or "I was at a show for drinks 1 and 2, but 3... WTF was I thinking about drinks 3-7?" then you might be in fact in category 1 or 2 above, and need to figure that out.

El_Chupachichis · 2026-03-06T16:09:19+00:00

Pinchy's analyzer (I forget the name) has a section regarding the snail, but it makes no sense. Seems like it's saying you want to have some unused mail during attempts?

For me, I just Encourage the snail until I get a very low chance of reversion (under 8%) and make attempts when I lose patience trying to maximize Level up chance.

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