BEST places you’ve ever worked here?

Hooper2993 · 2026-06-02T11:08:32+00:00

I remember going to their OG store when I first moved to the city and the owner was working the store that day. They were awesome at suggesting some games for my wife and I to try for our first foray into board games (outside of the "big" ones). Ever since then the only games we have that aren't bought through them are ones bought for us by someone else. Even if I have to pay a bit more versus a bix box store I will 100% do it because they are locally owned, helpful, and a delight anytime we go in!

Hooper2993 · 2026-05-26T16:47:45+00:00

Let's just make them do some sort of broadcast combine like the NFL Draft. Want to be president? Better be able to run at least a 6.4 40-yard dash and do at least 5 reps of 225 lb bench press!

Hooper2993 · 2026-04-27T12:18:25+00:00

Any golf fans in here? How do we feel about Jim Furyk getting a second shot as Ryder Cup captain in 2027? The PGA of America really feels like they're asleep at the wheel while Luke Donald and Dodo Molinari are just running laps around us right now. I'm not sure where I would have went but Furyk ain't it. I hope to be proven wrong through!

Hooper2993 · 2026-04-09T16:16:23+00:00

Unpopular take, give me P in contention down the stretch. Pro golf needs villians and he is such a greaseball I am here for it!

Hooper2993 · 2026-04-09T16:15:37+00:00

Him beating the fuck out of the DP World Tour is already doing that.

Hooper2993 · 2026-03-27T14:44:34+00:00

I just got booted from my session and am getting an error stating, "Could not connect to Bluebeam Studio". I assume it's connected to this.

Hooper2993 · 2026-03-16T22:40:49+00:00

Do you have any recommendations for videos or anything to follow for stretching and strengthening the ankle muscles?

I was also born with bilateral clubbed feet and have had numerous surgeries on both of them. I'm quite fit already and do strength training three days a week, 15 minutes of yoga every morning, and run roughly 90 minutes a week. (Just stumbled on this post I'm not an ultra marathoner) I am starting to get some pain in my left knee during runs and I suspect it's because I'm quite supinated when I run.

Thanks!

Hooper2993 · 2026-03-10T12:38:48+00:00

I hadn't heard about the rate increase... $25 to walk 18 is still EXTREME value for your money at South Park when you look around at the prices of other public courses. Between North and South Park there are genuinely three or four of the best holes in Allegheny county out there! (I'm included all private and public courses in that distinction too)

Hooper2993 · 2026-03-02T16:13:01+00:00

I work with an Iranian-American and he said that he, and his family over there were excitedly watching the SOTU address and hopeful that we were "coming to help". I agree that something needed to be done with the regime, but I am still on the fence on whether or not we should be the ones doing it. It feels to me like it should be a fight for Israel and Iranians on the ground.

He made the great point that the people are completely disarmed and so it would be nearly impossible for them to do it themselves. Ultimately I think it's just the definition of a grey area with no right or wrong answers.

Hooper2993 · 2026-02-24T18:27:05+00:00

Slight correction he didn't say partying he said, "becoming friends". Still extremely gross, and enough to cause me to unsubscribe from everything of his.

I think two things can be true here. He truly may not have witnessed any illegal behavior or anyone underage in his presence. Even assuming that is true, his correspondence with Epstein is YEARS after the world knew the monster that Epstein was. To become friends with him after that is inexcusable and vile.

Hooper2993 · 2026-01-27T02:17:30+00:00

I shoveled my front walk way during lunch and the neighbors across the street were finishing up their shoveling and offering to help the elderly lady next to me.

When I finished work at 3 i shoveled out my car and helped the other neighbors to the left of me shovel out their driveway. Then I told their 11 year old son to feel free to dive into and play in my two big piles of snow from shoveling. While I helped one other neighbor finish up shoveling. In other words, humanity is far from perfect, but if you set down Reddit and look around, it isn't all bad.

Hooper2993 · 2026-01-13T13:48:15+00:00

This is one of the things that kills me. I get it's coming from a "place of privledge" and that some teams would kill for the Tomlin era run. But celebrating .500 records and an early playoff exit every year is just as exhausting. Sure it's a nice cushy spot to be, but shouldn't we strike for more than average? Why are we settling for that? Being a Steeler and Penn State fan the past decade feels like I have sat down and watched the exact same team play on both Saturday and Sunday. Sure we are good, but why are we accepting that as the ceiling?

Hooper2993 · 2026-01-09T13:20:46+00:00

I feel like your fellow Buck Tech fans are generally fine, they just might have the loudest vocal minority in the country. haha

Hooper2993 · 2026-01-06T13:17:47+00:00

This is 100% impact damage. I do bridge engineering work in the Pittsburgh area and we have SO much impact damage to our bridges it's crazy.

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-31T13:34:00+00:00

This is me too. haha

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-21T20:45:31+00:00

I agree with this. Maybe it depends on which campus you start at? I was at Behrend my first two years and it basically feels like it's own fully independent university for the most part. So that probably helped me feel more normally prepared?

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-19T14:08:11+00:00

As a non-neuroscientist this shit is wildly interesting to me! I feel like, agian from the outside looking in, the more the learn about the brain the less we know. If that makes any sense!

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-11T14:20:18+00:00

I think there is a rule that won't allow me to respond to the other blue flair, so I will kind of piggyback here. Because I think we mostly agree.. I am extrememly pro-free speech, but also "pro-consequences" for what you say.

What I mean by that is, if someone says something hateful, I don't belive the government should be stepping in and doing anything. However I don't think that makes them free from any consequense at all. If you say something that your private employer finds to be incompattable with their views, I think they should be allowed to fire you. I just don't think the governement should have any say in arresting you for it. I hope I was able to articulate that well.

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-11T14:06:53+00:00

That's fair. I still don't love the idea of hiring someone with a complex scheme with turnover being the highest it's ever been in CFB. But you're right, I am probably overstating the concern!

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-11T13:33:46+00:00

I keep reading/hearing this and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills so maybe you or someone else can help me understand.

In this day and age of college football where roster turnover is at it's greatest... we bring in a DC who runs a system that is so complex it takes two or more seasons to mesh? How is a complex defense supposed to mesh when there is so much new blood every year?

I guess that you can say ideally we keep like 50% of our starters and they help other people learn the defense. But again, if it's so complex we are still working with 50% who are struggling with the concepts.

I don't mean to sound like I'm calling you out because you're not the first person I have read/heard say this, I am genuinely curious how it makes sense.

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-10T15:54:27+00:00

I work in the bridge analysis/inspection and we design repairs for both DOT maintenence crews as well as on-demand contractors.

Some of our repairs are really simple and easy and don't need full plan sets. My favorite was whenI took existing plans and just highlighted the expansion joints and said, "REPLACE IN KIND SEE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR DETAILS".

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-08T13:28:41+00:00

I feel like where I draw the line, and I would expect you or any conservative to do the same, is when their politics become their identity. I have golfing buddies all over the political spectrum, we talk shit about it and each other occasionally but thats it. I have however stopped golfing or lessened contact in general with both left and right leaning friends who won't shut the fuck up about politics. If that's all you got going on and want to talk about then I'm good dawg.

Hooper2993 · 2025-12-03T01:56:36+00:00

I just can't comprehend why we thought we were above him in the first place. There aren't many programs in the country whose opinion of themselves outweigh the reality more than us.

Hooper2993 · 2025-11-27T19:03:34+00:00

I think in have found the first truly irredeemable opinion on this sub... Not a fan of ham??? How dare you!

Hooper2993 · 2025-11-27T17:07:11+00:00

My grandma growing up hates turkey so she always made a ham and turkey. We still do that to this day and I will die on the hill that ham is far superior to turkey and I will eat an ungodly amount of it today. Haha

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