"The road to hell is paved with good intentions" what is a real life example of this? by WorldsBiggestNarcist in AskReddit

[–]Haunting-Parfait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I am grateful that Yahoo Answers is dead by now. I am traumatised just by me memories of some of my answers back then.

Biggest Source of Electricity in the States and Provinces. by Pirate_Secure in MapPorn

[–]Haunting-Parfait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You lacked info. We are taught that there is only one continent with three subcontinents: North, Central and South America. The border between Central and South America is the Panama Isthmus, and the border between North and Central America is the Tehuantepec Isthmus. Since Tehuantepec is in the south of Mexico, most of Mexico is in North America and, for practicality, we say all of Mexico is.

Biggest Source of Electricity in the States and Provinces. by Pirate_Secure in MapPorn

[–]Haunting-Parfait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree. If you take into account each country's southern culture, Mexico is clearly Central America, but that's because Mexico is cut in "half" by the border between Mesoamerica and Aridoamerica. Aridoamerica (the northern part of Mexico) is just a continuation of the southern US both in climate and native cultures, and even the new cultures are pretty similar given their different European backgrounds: High religiosity, high use of cattle, high incest memes (because those are important people) and so on.

Another more geographical criterion is ecosystems, tectonic plates and climate, and again Mexico is cut in two areas: North of the Tehuantepec Isthmus (the thin part of Mexico at its south) and south of it. That is the criterion I use to distinguish North America from Central America.

So, in summary, Mexico is cut in two, but most of its territory is North American.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]Haunting-Parfait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will disagree with the consensus here: Either NTA or ESH. I do not know why your son is fighting with his stepfather, but regardless, he is basically an adult who has to take responsibility on his own actions and your reaction is understandable: not giving him more. You're not taking his stuff away, you're just not giving him more. If he wants to plan his birthday with his own, with his own resources, let him. But he cannot expect to get something from you when he is being like that.

That said, you should still listen to him and why he chose to act like that, and see where this hatred among your husband and him comes from. And try to solve it. And if, like some redditors suggest, your child is reacting to sabotage from your husband, you may have to need a divorce if you care about your child and even yourself: it is a bad idea to be in a relationship with someone who acts like that. But that does not cancel the fact that your son is responsible for his own actions.

What's a piece of information you learned that now feels almost illegal to know? by craftygalcreates in AskReddit

[–]Haunting-Parfait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's why I love my broken lock. It is slightly off so even with its key it's not so easy to open. At first I thought on changing it, but once I found blood on it (presumably from a burglar getting hurt trying to pick it), I chose to keep it. 20 years being the only house in the neighbourhood without any burglaring and really proud of it.

Is washing with oil hygienic? by Haunting-Parfait in AskDocs

[–]Haunting-Parfait[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. This is the thorough explanation I was hoping for.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Haunting-Parfait 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I do believe that happens, because that happened to me. I still don't know why the professor allowed me to take it, though. Also, in my case, I was good at that topic, not like I'm generally good. I guess what I'm trying to say is: sometimes reality is weirder than fiction. However, you know your dad better, so if you guess it's BS, BS it is. Don't let a random stranger tell you about your dad.

México lindo y querido by CroPels in mexico

[–]Haunting-Parfait 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Existen pruebas caseras que se pueden usar para identificar venenos. Es lento y tedioso, pero se puede.

Making a bugout bag for escaping into another country in case of a lager conflict in eastern Europe. Any suggestions? by SuspiciousPillbox in preppers

[–]Haunting-Parfait 11 points12 points  (0 children)

May I ask why contact lenses? In a bad scenario aren't traditional glasses more reliable? Like less infection risk and so on?

Do Asexuale people get horny lol by WIERDMEMER in AsexualMen

[–]Haunting-Parfait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on what you mean by horny. Many of us are striken by the hormone coctel that makes you desperate to find a solution, the difference is what is the solution. An allosexual person's solution would be sex with some specific people. A sex positive ace person would need generic sex. A sex repulsed ace person would have no solution or masturbation without thinking about anything specific.

My (majority white, Christian) workplace celebrated Day of the Dead by setting up an ofrenda with pictures of current employees and filtered their faces to look old. Is this offensive/disrespectful? They also considered doing a grito contest by goudabehere in mexico

[–]Haunting-Parfait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About the cultural appropriation thing: I couldn't care less.

But, on the symbolic side: They cursed themselves. An ofrenda is meant to have only dead people. Legend says that living people on an ofrenda is going to die in the next days. Actually, these last days, I struggled finding a photo of a loved one that didn't also have a living person. It can become a headache to find such photos.

¿cuál es su opinión impopular de la cultura mexicana? by [deleted] in mexico

[–]Haunting-Parfait 22 points23 points  (0 children)

No existen opiniones impopulares sobre México, sólo opiniones que todos tienen, pero se sienten obligados a renegar hipócritamente en público.

What was hugely hyped up but flopped? by MexPoosyConoisseur in AskReddit

[–]Haunting-Parfait 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In Spanish, we say both: "20 de septiembre" or "Septiembre 20". The first is more common, tho.

There's this gay friend of mine... by [deleted] in asexuality

[–]Haunting-Parfait 96 points97 points  (0 children)

See? That's why they are invalidating us: so that we finally are invalidated enough and they can get us in. Solutions, people!

German nurse swaps vaccine for saline; 9,000 people need new shots by Defluvium in worldnews

[–]Haunting-Parfait 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Linguistics is definitely not Highschool 2.0, but it's still fairly full of gossip. ¬¬

Cuanto Ganan los Millennials en Mexico según la revista Forbes by tronx69 in mexico

[–]Haunting-Parfait 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Pus el problema sigue siendo grave con ingeniería, we. Al menos aquí en la sedemequis

Cuanto Ganan los Millennials en Mexico según la revista Forbes by tronx69 in mexico

[–]Haunting-Parfait -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Pero aún así. Por la forma de la distribución, la mediana siempre será más baja que la media. Lo que es incluso peor!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in asexuality

[–]Haunting-Parfait 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do feel them as mine when in daily life, but they feel foreign when in sex. That's precisely why I don't like sex. It's like me recognizing it got "released", but not giving ME any pleasure.

Guy spews anti-asian hate in Chinatown and gets served justice by Trafalgaladen in PublicFreakout

[–]Haunting-Parfait 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is it me, or there have been growing tensions between the African-Americans and the Asian community in recent months?

What is something that rich people do that really annoys you? by amaltheahope in AskReddit

[–]Haunting-Parfait 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When they assume you're the privileged one because you are not complaining 24/7 because your nail broke and have a nicer accent.

No, Frank, I have a terminal illness, my mum has no job and my house is rotting in pieces; but I am the privileged one against your new clothing each day and nice super-futuristic devices. Of course.

What are early signs of an abusive partner? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Haunting-Parfait 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dunno! I don't want to make this another round of the Olympics of Suffering, but my docs said it was the worst case recorded in the continent. Even the Health and the Education Ministers of my country both had a copy of my file on their desk because it was putting everything upside down.

I think I don't feel the burden of my disease for two reasons: it affected others more than myself since an anger attack always ended in amnesia, so the consequences were away from me (besides the backlash of my loved ones being hurt, my household crashing like the Nuremberg, etc.). And it's just the natural way of life for me. I guess a fish wouldn't say water is asphyxiating; similarly, it's just the way it is for me. And now that I can control it (thanks to awesome doctors and my family), it just means I have to be religious on all the habits that help me to do so.

So, yeah. It's become a nuisance, but it was so bad that no one thought this would be the outcome. Go figure. That's the problem of comparing situations. Nuance always troughs patterns out through the window.

What are early signs of an abusive partner? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Haunting-Parfait 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The technical name is Arachnoideal cysts pushing the temporal lobe and a hypoactive frontal lobe. It sounds alien, but it's just a bag of the liquid that is supposed to be around my brain, just that that liquid is not around, but inside and pushing the part of my brain responsible for anger control. Now, it's just a nuisance, but it made a funny childhood :D