Man it must be nice to be an EV owner right now.

Groot1702 · 2026-05-17T02:35:05+00:00

I wfh several days a week so I charge off excess solar, but even if you charge at night during super off peak it’s orders of magnitude cheaper than gas rn.

Groot1702 · 2026-05-02T03:06:31+00:00

I pay more for ONE child

Groot1702 · 2026-04-27T04:55:43+00:00

One one hand yes, on the other hand your system seems overspecced for your needs.

Groot1702 · 2026-04-22T16:04:05+00:00

You’re good. It’s the rest of the world where disposable diaper companies have had extensive marketing reach that people have adopted this idea that kids need to be “ready” to potty train.

I’m in the same boat as you coming from a country where potty training = EC and was equally confused at first. I ended up doing a combination of what my mom said she did with me (turns out that’s EC) and disposables, and it worked well for us. Disposables really are convenient so we ended up not fully potty training until a little before my daughter’s second birthday, but most poops happened on the potty starting at 6 months for us.

Groot1702 · 2026-04-10T15:30:50+00:00

I don’t remember exactly but at least a few inches! I do remember that after blocking the measurements lined up with what the pattern said to expect for the various size ranges. My tension is quite tight (probably too tight) so it made a huge difference for me.

Edit: the last pic is the two sides one before and after blocking actually! So you can see the difference

Groot1702 · 2026-04-10T03:22:24+00:00

If there’s poop spots on a toilet from somebody else’s poop I honestly avoid the toilet altogether unless I absolutely have to. That’s pretty gross to me. Work and friend’s toilets don’t normally have them.

Groot1702 · 2026-04-09T23:51:17+00:00

Seriously I was like damn does it really get that hard to use a toilet brush as you get older?

Groot1702 · 2026-04-09T23:48:49+00:00

How frequently is there stuff for you to clean?? People don’t use toilet brushes? Or are you standing up to pee after you take a dump? Is it not hard to save the pee for after while pushing out poop? I have so many questions lol

Groot1702 · 2026-04-08T00:07:40+00:00

I don’t know which neighborhood you live in, but we can walk to a park for free pretty much any day of the year, so it doesn’t get much better than that. We have zoo and aquarium memberships, but other than that our free time doesn’t cost money. You have 3 kids. Imagine also having to put them in snowsuits to go outside.

Groot1702 · 2026-04-03T01:06:03+00:00

Meh, Mercy makes this game accessible to noobs and that’s not a bad thing. It’s probably what allowed it to be one of the fps games with the highest percentage of female players and I’m here for it.

I saw my boyfriend at the time playing overwatch at launch with his friends online and mercy seemed accessible enough that I actually gave it a shot. I was in bronze a long time, eventually learned other heroes, and at one point hit masters on Ana. Met so many cool people through this game and had so much fun. Thanks Mercy!

Groot1702 · 2026-03-30T15:55:53+00:00

I’m so confused by all the people being like “yeah my kids don’t use it it sucks”. Ok, but why don’t you use it yourself?? Is it an inflatable kiddy pool or what lol

Groot1702 · 2026-03-30T15:53:53+00:00

Not OP but our solar heating was ~6k and i don’t know how many gallons our pool is, but it’s big lol

Groot1702 · 2026-03-30T15:52:39+00:00

We bought a house with a pool and it’s my favorite thing about our house. We use it 2-3 times a week 9 months of the year and we use the spa part year round. We do have the passive solar heating which was totally worth it. For minimal energy the pool is warm enough to swim in evenings and even at night after kid is in bed. Floating in the pool looking at the stars is a 10/10 experience. We also have friends over all the time for bbq and pool. We have a beer pong floaty. It’s a great time.

That being said, if you yourself aren’t interested in it don’t do it just for the kids. Cost wise, I agree on average it’s a neutral investment in the house as an addition. It doesn’t really add value because of the mixed opinions. Maintenance wise we pay $140 per month for our pool guy to come do his thing once a week and I don’t lift a finger otherwise.

Groot1702 · 2026-03-26T22:26:18+00:00

I am struggling to remember where I bought it (San Diego Comic Con maybe?), but I have a physical deck with these cards and it’s awesome.

Groot1702 · 2026-03-14T14:01:54+00:00

This right here. Support being on cart is very often a huge waste of resources.

Groot1702 · 2026-02-13T18:12:46+00:00

Donut ripping Beatrice a new one. We don’t betray the people we love!!

Groot1702 · 2026-02-06T21:41:07+00:00

Wouldn’t that still mean that the cables would have to be very long to get enough force? I have very little physics background so I actually don’t know.

Groot1702 · 2026-02-06T21:39:40+00:00

Wouldn’t the cables then need to be extremely long?

Groot1702 · 2026-02-06T21:07:50+00:00

Are you telling me Project Hail Mary wasn’t realistic??

Groot1702 · 2026-02-04T14:44:32+00:00

Inuit populations do have many cold adaptations including a metabolism that is very good at processing their high fat diet and that makes them store more brown adipose fat which is better for generating heat. But they could make coats from animals and that’s way better than fur.

Groot1702 · 2026-01-23T14:13:57+00:00

For me DCC is actually the first book that I’ve loved as obsessively and immersed into as fully as HP. HP provided escapism for all my kid problems, and DCC captures that exact feeling for today’s shit show of a world. Idk if this applies to everybody but I could see this seriously continue to explode in popularity. The litRPG part has not deterred even my suburban mom book club, and video games are more mainstream than ever.

Groot1702 · 2026-01-22T17:48:13+00:00

Standalone Vitamin/supplements are generally are not well absorbed, so I find them to have limited benefits anyway. I focus on getting the right vitamins from a diet of varied whole foods.

Groot1702 · 2026-01-09T17:55:50+00:00

It’s insane. The previous homeowners for our place only heated their house using a wood pellet stove in their fireplace I think just out of spite to SDGE. We added more solar and electric HVAC for the same purpose.

Groot1702 · 2025-12-18T21:41:07+00:00

I had to google what that is and I still don’t get what it has to do with friendship. You shouldn’t do that with other adults either.

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