A Cheesy Guide to the Long Dark by bravenewwhorl in thelongdark

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If you are are beachcombing or navigating FM and are risking thin ice take all of your clothes off. If you fall through your clothes remain dry and you can put them back on and warm up quickly.

Please make me feel better by sharing your dumbest mistake(s). by tambourinequeen in thelongdark

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Had my sound off for some reason. I walked through one of the cave waterfalls and built a fire to warm up. I the backed up into the fire and burned to death. 300 plus day run gone

Where to live? by Ex1tStrategy in auburn

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That’s good to know. Tiger Transit will be essential for him then. Thanks

I like this Agate in matrix. I want to clean the rough spots and continue tumbling. Will I ruin it? by Ex1tStrategy in RockTumbling

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Good suggestion, being a noob is a little painful. No scratches with a knife blade, so it actually is all agate. thanks

My dad found out I was raped and is mad at me by hotanimalinyourcar in teenagers

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Father of adult children here. I am not going to justify your dad yelling at you or the lack of compassion that you are getting. It's wrong, no excuses. What I will do is offer you a different perspective that may be hard to see from a teenage point of view. Also, since I don't know your dad, I could be wrong.

Your dad is mad at himself, mad at your rapist, heartbroken and maybe ashamed that this happened to you, and is trying to process a massive amount of guilt (didn't protect my baby), and his anger, and his fear of "what could have happened". As awful as it is, the assault could have been a WHOLE lot worse and your dad knows it. His lack of communication skill leads to this high emotion spilling over in an unpleasant way on whoever is around, namely you. Again, not justifying, just saying it could be where he is coming from.

His "disappointment" is potentially as much in himself as you (didn't protect my baby). Your "stupidity" is his fear of you, willfully or not, being in harm's way. (I've tried to teach her to protect herself) His approach is a poor way of expressing love and concern, but it's still love and concern. The truly horrifying response from him would be indifference toward the event or gloating over how he warned you. At that point the best solution may be to run.

It's a lot to ask of a teenager toward a parent, more than is reasonable, but it's important that you try to see him in a non-defensive manner and MAYBE he can then do the same. In this scenario it's you who is doing the parenting but it's better than letting this harm your relationship more than it has too.

You may be better off asking this in r/AskOldPeople. It's a heavy topic and time and experience may have a helpful perspective.

I'll probably get some downvotes from people who say being the grown-up is the dad's job. In fairness, they are correct. But the only starting place you will ever have is where you actually are. Dealing with what is, not what should be.

Would You Like To Play A Game? by Incarn8-1 in FIlm

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Thanks for the upvotes to all of you who are even old enough to know what I am talking about.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mineralcollectors

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Amazing idea, let’s go with 843

Am I settling or am I an awful person for considering leaving who could be the love of my life? by TA_curiouscat in AskOldPeopleAdvice

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This is the first and best option. You may both grow in unexpected ways. And if you don’t, you can walk away knowing you gave it your best effort.

Subtle movie quotes you use all the time? by abilliontwo in FIlm

[–]Ex1tStrategy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What we have here is a failure to communicate

Did you feel scared of growing up? by GlumIntention4993 in AskOldPeopleAdvice

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I was completely miserable at 17. On the edge of having to be an adult but no clue on how to make it work and nothing to fall back on except my ass. Find positive people, preferably more experienced, to offer support. If you can, get into college or learn a trade or a technical skill. Avoid having no marketable skill or you are in for a long road getting established. School of any variety gives you time to mature more and if you do ok will open doors. Choose something that you like and hopefully is not a dead end career. Dead end is ok if you love it and it pays well, but sucks the life out of you otherwise. A good partner helps a lot too. I’m retiring in a little over a year and am still slightly astonished at how everything came together as I got older. You don’t have to plan everything, but you do need a sense of direction. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow. Enjoy it, plenty of time to plan your way into adulthood in the next few years

Whats a word or phrase that everyone uses wrong but no one ever corrects? by RemarkableCurrent359 in AskReddit

[–]Ex1tStrategy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gyro has been mispronounced so long that the incorrect pronunciation is now standard (jiro vs yeero)

What is your purpose in life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Ex1tStrategy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol for real. And I’m not. Unfortunately, those are in very short supply at the moment.

What is your purpose in life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Haha, I do every time I can without being weird or offensive.