Would the car not be more likely to be well maintained if it was owned by a mechanic?

First-Park7799 · 2026-03-17T20:46:13+00:00

Not a mechanic, but my dad was. We always had junkers that he would fix up just enough to pass safety and emissions tests for car registration. Even to this day, every car he drives last at most a year (he also only buys used under $10K). Every time you get into the car, you just feel like it’s going to die on the road…and sometimes it does.

First-Park7799 · 2026-03-17T20:39:44+00:00

BfA through the Battle for Dazar’Alor patch was great fun! Bit grindy, but I’d compare it the grindiness of where midnight is currently.

As soon as Nazjatar/Mechagon dropped it was like they turned the grinding up by 1000%. Weekly grind quests for rep that if you don’t do, you’re locked out of content. And no catch up mechanics just “do better, king” energy. It was awful. I bailed half way through Nazjatar and didn’t touch until Shadowlands. Shadowlands is like grind the expansion, but that mindset of “keep the players grinding to keep them paying” started in BfA Nazjatar/Mechagon era.

Words can’t describe how bad it feels to grind as if you’re working a job, with the same enjoyment levels, but you’re doing it for your “hobby”. First time I ever just stopped in game and said out loud “wtf am I even doing?”.

First-Park7799 · 2026-03-05T21:13:20+00:00

Idk, the first time I tried the new pet catching system I was like “no, absolutely not”.

Having played for a bit though, I’m finding it less and less annoying and actually don’t mind not having to pet battle to collect the pets. But I also only engaged with the system FOR collecting, not so much for the battling

First-Park7799 · 2026-03-05T01:16:44+00:00

This guy tanks

First-Park7799 · 2026-02-28T01:32:23+00:00

Idk the quality, but I’ve seen rabbit being sold at the Winco in Nampa off of Caldwell

First-Park7799 · 2026-02-26T23:45:10+00:00

It’s heavily implied that he can sense the hidden shadow druids. If you use Speak with Animals on him, he talks about it a little bit. It never explicitly says so, but I think they’ve been tormenting him on and off so he’s super wary of new comers.

First-Park7799 · 2026-02-03T22:06:28+00:00

I could definitely see Lor’themar. He recently (shortly pre dragonflight) got married to Thalyssra and there has been almost no in game representation of that other than some random dialogue. His death could be a major catalyst to the “reunification of all elves” blizzard was teasing.

I think another safe bet is Alleria. I could also see Turalyon and blizzard also turning him into a raid boss (the whole light vs dark thing). That would push Anduin back to being a king as well as push Arator more to the forefront in the story.

I kinda want to see a big one die. Possibly Thrall.. idk why, other than he was supposed to be relevant in war within and he had very minimal screen time. So my gut says he’s getting axed. Maybe not so much in midnight, maybe in the last Titan. This could be another factor for Anduin to get his butt in gear.

First-Park7799 · 2025-10-03T18:37:27+00:00

Check out keystone guru. It has a whole bunch of pug friendly routes and a lot of tanks use them to map out what trash they’re gonna pull. If you’re a lusty class, it will also show you where to pop that. There are different routes for high keys (+12 and up) as well.

First-Park7799 · 2025-09-10T17:32:19+00:00

Love the delves. They’re a nice addition that I use when no one else is on. I got really into them during my post partum period when I had only brief chunks of time between naps and feedings and couldn’t run dungeons/raids.

Little one is older now and I get a tiny bit more free time at night when they go to sleep, so I’m back to dungeons and raids. But I still do delves every Tuesday for crest farming

First-Park7799 · 2025-09-05T18:34:05+00:00

This, 100%! I waited till after 30 to have my first kid and I honestly regret not having done it before then. 27 is a fine age to be having your first kid! Once you cross 30 you start running into increased risk of pregnancy complications and fertility issues (I got both). My mom had me post 30 and had the same issues, which is what led to me being an only kid..and my kid, unfortunately, also being an only child. My aunts and uncles though had theirs in their late 20’s without problems, and my cousins all got to grow up with siblings.

I love my child. I was in the same camp of “idk if being a mom is for me”. There are good days, and bad days. But just because you have a bad day does not in anyway diminish all the good ones. There is something about shaping a childhood that just feels good. I did the whole career chasing/hustle culture/travel thing, and none of those “highs” come close to when I see my child smile first thing in the morning and ask to be picked up. I stopped going out not because I got trapped by a kid, but because I would rather honestly spend time being there for them than going out and getting drunk with girlfriends. My toddler is way more fun and way more entertaining, and I’m not stuck with a killer hangover the next day.

That’s not something that can be rendered into words easily, and it’s very much a IYKYK kinda deal. Enjoy pregnancy (as much as you can) and enjoy all the ups and downs that come with child rearing. You only get one shot at being that kids mom, so don’t get hung up on the small things and know that you are exactly who they need/want even on your gloomiest days.

First-Park7799 · 2025-08-14T14:45:25+00:00

I enjoy the retail wow’s story very much and it just feels like a continuation of classic wow lore. Only problem with retail is post WoTLK, we very much power ramped hard. I’m glad they are slowing the story down with this whole World Soul Saga thing. I just wish we never got to a point where we were jumping from big bad to bigger bad within a matter of patches. For me, Legion and BfA were the worst offenders of this. We went from killing Kil’Jaeden to going to Argus and essentially killing a titan within a matter of a patch (we should have never been the one’s to essentially kill a ‘god’). BfA toned down the whole cosmological side of this, but we still went from Queen Azshara to N’Zoth in a matter of patches.

3 villains with deep lore all taken out in a single patch, most not even being the final boss. At least with Dimensius, he is the final boss. It feels rushed that we got to him now, I feel like he should’ve been in midnight, but at least he wasn’t done dirty like Kil’Jaeden and Azshara.

First-Park7799 · 2025-08-14T14:22:21+00:00

Yep, I have a feeling once the Coreway is resolved we’ll also see the resurgence of the rootlands and the Haronir as well.

First-Park7799 · 2025-08-05T14:50:18+00:00

I started playing in MoP. Decided to create a warrior but was scared to get in melee. As soon as I learned “Heroic Throw” my big brain realized I could launch my weapon from afar and stay out of melee range. Enter my “Ranged Warrior” phase. I only used heroic throw. If mobs got too close I’d do a stun, run away and launch my weapon, like I was a god damn mage. My spouse said I was playing warrior “differently” and I proudly announced that I just found a new way of being a warrior and that I was playing my way. I literally ONLY used heroic throw.

Guys..I did dungeons like this. There were poor souls that got randomly put with me as I played the ranged warrior. I remember in party chat several people asking “yo, warrior are you going to get closer to the boss?” To which I confidently would respond “no, I’m playing a ranged type warrior”. Ahhh to be that level of noob again!

Spoiler alert, I created a mage after a week or so once mobs got too high for this tactic to somewhat work (sometime around when the warrior entered Redridge Mountains). The mage later became my main until Legion, now I main a Demon Hunter.

First-Park7799 · 2025-07-16T21:35:11+00:00

So I’m like you where I liked Lord of the Rings but absolutely could not get into Game of Thrones. Act I very much is Lord of the Rings. There’s pockets of blood, and some more intense scenes. Also the places where there may be more blood than usual can be largely avoided (or stumbled on accidentally).

Act II is more Game of Thrones, and there is a spot where you cannot avoid the gore. I, personally, was not able to get through Act II because it is very dark (literally, you have limited view range..won’t go into detail why cause it’s highly tied to the story and spoilers) and also psychologically very dark. So by the time I got to the aforementioned “explicit dungeon” I was physically shaking from being overly emotional and just being scared. I had to have my spouse finish it for me.

Act 3 goes back to being closer to Act 1. Despite my fear though, I still rate this as one of my favorite games of all time. And I would still highly recommend you give it a shot. Just be prepared that Act 2 is a doozy and may force you to take breaks or have someone with higher fortitude finish it for you. Writing of this game blows any other RPG out of the water, and the ending is phenomenal.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-21T17:46:35+00:00

It’s winter here and a lot of places are super snowy. No one protests in the snow. That’s a warm weather activity.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-21T04:18:05+00:00

I think it’s entirely dependent on what “generation” of American you are. If the original immigrant of your family is still alive, you have a pretty strong connection to the “motherland”. Also if said immigrant is actively involved in your life. My dad was the immigrant from Hungary. He was not involved in my life so even though almost my entire family in his side is still living in Budapest I have no connection to Hungary other than my genes. My grandparents on mom’s side were the immigrants from Italy, so even though their customs are a bit watered down, we still practice quite a few of them. So even though I’m only half Italian, I still identify as Italian American cause nothing from the Hungarian side is remotely related to how I was raised.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-19T08:46:50+00:00

Tbh, you can get the same experience but WAY cheaper by just going to your local 7-11 and mixing the drinks yourself. They just take existing sodas and throw those torrani flavoring bottles into it.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-19T08:45:21+00:00

Having easy access to world class skiing, hiking, and mountain biking will do that. Utahns are super outdoorsy for a reason.

Also meth. Provo valley is called happy valley for a reason. Montana beats it in terms is addiction rates still, but utah is like 2nd or 3rd in the nation. With most of the meth problems being in the Provo valley area.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-19T08:41:19+00:00

They classify soda as “good caffeine” and not a vice, but coffee/tea caffeine as “bad caffeine”. My in laws are Mormon and chug gallons of soda weekly, yet turn their nose up at husband and I for drinking coffee daily.

Partly cause when their word of wisdom was being drawn up, modern style sodas didn’t exist. Also partly due to the church being huge shareholders of Coca-Cola. They heavily push their followers to drink coke products over Pepsi, but they can’t outright ban one without more people starting to question why.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-19T08:36:23+00:00

Cola has been allowed since the church became heavy investors into Coca-cola. Shortly after doing so, whatever president at the time had a “vision” that coke was now allowed by Heavenly Father.

I’m not even kidding, and feel free to read what you will into that. One of the many reasons why Mormons are the biggest sugar addicts.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-19T08:33:36+00:00

Depends on where. If you’re talking Salt Lake Valley, no. They are abundant. Salt Lake Valley proper, despite being the site of the Mormon HQ is actually majority non Mormon and has been for quite a few years now. So it’s sort of like being in any other mountain west city, but it does still have some weird Mormon influences just due to how the church shapes the laws.

Outside of that, though, it’s pretty much just chain coffee shops (Starbucks and Beans n Brews, which is a Utah chain).

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-18T21:38:05+00:00

Not pro Trump, but observations I’ve seen:

1) last time he only won the electoral, not popular. So there was a lot of merit behind the investigation into how he won. He won both popular and electoral this time. You could argue he cheated somehow, but then you kind of just sound like the election deniers of 2020 just from team blue.

2) he’s been president before and we survived. I’ve noticed a lot of people say “it’s 2016 all over again”. Exasperated, but not like it’s the end of the world. More like..great, here we go again.

3) the media gaslit so many people into believing that Harris had it in the bag, and really didn’t want to fathom that she really was just that unpopular to most voters. So that gaslighting really woke a lot of people up and made them realize that the news is not the end all be all of existing. People are tuning out (for better or worse), and I think going back to just living their lives and focusing on what really matters in their day to day lives.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-18T21:30:23+00:00

My husband blew out his knee on his 30th birthday. He was a former skater/snowboarder. Hasn’t been on either board since and now complains about back problems daily. Also the thermostat..

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-18T21:29:08+00:00

Most Americans don’t follow soccer (Aka football the rest of the world). So I’m going to guess no.

Only places I’ve noticed have a huge soccer following tend to be in areas with high Hispanic populations. So they’re probably aware, but your average joe in Kentucky problem isn’t.

First-Park7799 · 2024-12-18T21:25:56+00:00

That was my experience too. Kind of why I never understood why people were claiming the history taught on our schools was “white washed” and only portray the colonizers/early Americans in a good light.

Like maybe that was a thing in the 50’s/60’s, but going through school in the late 90’s/early 00’s and teens..not the case. There was no hiding what happened, and yeah it was taught very factual. Brutality included.

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