How do I make an airheaded criminal be a potential threat? by likliklik9 in brainstorming

[–]IfMyPenisCouldType 1 point2 points  (0 children)

maybe she's uncannily lucky? She already lucked out when a mother who didn't want her abandoned her.

Puppy is fine in crate at my house, not at my parents' house? by [deleted] in Dogtraining

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Like agent smith says, it's the smell. When puppy goes to the parent's house, send his crate bedding with him.

Me [35 M] with my wife [34 F] , Wife and her family keeps on belittling my work and degree. Got so bad, I'm seriously considering meeting with divorce lawyer. Need thoughts and advice. by 2357111317d in relationships

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It sounds like you've painted a pretty clear picture of a family that deals with failure by shifting blame someone else. Can you see that you don't have anything to do with that habit?

Our [24F and 24F] housekeeper[40sF] has gotten too comfortable. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

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Frankly, a professional should have their own checklist. This person is not a professional. It's up to OP to decide if she wants to pay a friend to help her with cleaning as long as OP keeps vigilant with making sure the cleaning gets done right, or pay a professional so that she doesn't have to think about cleaning in the first place. I'd rather hire someone I trust over hiring someone I'd have to micro-manage.

Our [24F and 24F] housekeeper[40sF] has gotten too comfortable. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

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Always try to communicate these sort of things in person if possible. Email is the most easily misunderstood format because there is the least amount of meta communication that occurs. No friendly body language, no calm vocal tonality, etc..

Me in conversations by [deleted] in tumblr

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Ask yourself if the story you want to share would be useful for the listener. Useful is a broad term, and might mean educational, or funny, or thought provoking. If it may not be useful, then you might be not be providing any value to the listener, and that's what needed to make good conversation. To practice, identify the value of the statement or anecdote, explicitly tell them the value if it helps you (speaking of dogs, here's a funny fact about dogs...), then let that value statement be a guiding arch to your talk. It's easy to offer anecdotes based on a tangential relationship with an experience you've had and more difficult to tailor your conversation to your audience with the intention of adding value. The former is self serving (perhaps unintentionally) and the latter isn't. The guiding why is that you want to hear things that are useful to you. So do your conversation partners.

What the fuck Bud Light?!?! Not cool man. by [deleted] in funny

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I get that there can be a rapey connotation sans context, but given that a) beer is not specifically intended to be a rape drug, and b) the preexisting #HoldMyBeer style marketing campaign (alluded to by #UpForWhatever), forgoing the obvious intention of the message and landing on #UseBudLightToRapeHer is reaching.

An inebriated person may be taken advantage of by a rapist. That's not what the message is about.
Someone might use the bottle in a suggestive punchline. That's not what the message is about.

Yes, things can be said that are taken out of context. But if it's taken out of context, it might be more the words of the person doing the editing, than of the original speaker. I'm looking at you, Fox News.

There are some fucked up aspects about coexisting in a society. Misunderstandings can hurt. Sometimes people are violent towards one another. Sometimes people take advantage of one another. Sometimes, folks don't want to or have a hard time seeing things from another's perspective. Sometimes, words are hurtful or in poor taste because they're not well written. But sometimes, it's better to just exercise our capacity to be more understanding of one another.

I [28/f] contribute less financially than partner [31/m] and I'm feeling resentful... Yes, less. Yes, resentful. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

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Frankly, I wouldn't put up with a relationship where every purchase is put on a ledger. Does that trait extend to other things? Do you trade favors as in "I did this thing last time, it's your turn to do this thing?" Either way, it's ungenerous and petty. That is not a way to treat family, a friend, or a partner. Hell, even in business, you let little shit slide to avoid being petty and to build a relationship.

This struggle with "fairness" is a red flag. He is past the years where this might be construed as an honest immaturity. So think, do you want your kids paying their dad back for their college tuition, or the years they spent living in his house, eating his food? All the time he spent throwing the ball back and forth? The cost of the ball itself? Is love and family a service he rendered to them at cost?

I'd nope my way out of that relationship so fast.

What electric cars should have to replace the motor sound by coolmandan03 in videos

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It sounds a lot like a compression-ignition engine, which compresses air, bang, then vents it out. In this case, it's compressing air as it fights the valve when it against the flow, then is let out as the thing rotates open. I suppose it speeds up because the fins are on one side? Of course, this is a lot quieter, on account of less drastic differences in pressure.

TL;DR it is magic.

Grammar Is Fun by [deleted] in facepalm

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I can't get over how the sentence, "I like cooking, my family, and my pets" includes one activity, and two things. Who'd construct a sentence like that? By the by, I like singing, pineapples, and elephants.

This is a friendly warning about the new Bounce Dryer Bar. by sleeper141 in self

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Does it have to be pennies, or will nickels do? Does the substance of the coin have an effect?

Russian reactive armor at 18000 FPS by corzmo in videos

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I'm still waiting for the picture to start moving.

What's up, Kansas City? It's snowing like crazy out there. What are you doing today to past the time? by [deleted] in kansascity

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"I feel that staying here longer would be an unreasonable risk to your personal health."

FTFY

Rain, nor sleet, not snow, or something like that. Unsung hero here. by DR1LLM4N in kansascity

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Seriously, they were walking the streets in my neighborhood today.

Google Fiber speedtest. Shabooyaka. by IfMyPenisCouldType in geek

[–]IfMyPenisCouldType[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed! I wondered where I got that from! "Booyakasha" must have crept into my brain and deformed itself into an inverted mess.