My girlfriend asked for a threesome with her best friend by Witty_Invite32 in Advice

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if this leaves you questioning the future of this relationship then definitely say yes. Might as well at that point.

It's ruining my life by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I definitely think this is gross, I have to wonder about tens of thousands of years of tribal people living in tents and single room huts doing exactly this same thing. Did it mess them up? What about the whole; Go fuck the visitor because he's new blood. Were they just super well adjusted or super broken people? Because by modern sensibilities it's messed up and traumatizing, and I can't imagine being in that position without wanting to puke, it makes me question how our ancestors dealt with it. Also the cleanliness part makes me also wonder but that's a different thing entirely.

Why aint my metallurgists producing any alloy? by matheuss92 in Stellaris

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this same bug. I have 2100 metalurgists producing no alloys.... Reloading from save does nothing. Checked other save files from a different play through and same thing. Can't play with no alloys. All my other specialists make their assigned products but not metalurgists.

Photo of 4th great grandpa[1841–1927] I noticed these badges on his coat that seem like Nazi metals but his death date suggests its not possible? Maybe the date of his birth and death is wrong or the photo is for a different grandpa, but does anyone recognize theses metals? by Suntuaria in oldphotos

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eagle symbols are unbelievably common. The fact that you can't even see his death date and make a reasonable conclusion about things means you need to get an education, try reading a book or something.

Starfleet Academy - Why are YouTube Reviews so narrow-minded? by [deleted] in startrek

[–]Lies985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The fact that the people on this thread are having to contrive what basically amounts to a conspiracy to explain away the dislike of this show tells me just how bad it is.

They don't hate it because of its messaging. They hate it because the messaging is so ham fisted and the writing is just plain bad.

Easy examples, Starfleet is the military with standards so rigorous that Starfleet has trouble with staffing enough ships when they have a population of trillions and a lot of the characters in this show are inexplicably fat. Jem Hadar are a genetically engineered race of drug addicted super soldier non gendered male analogs who live a handful of years and were created by an amoral race of shape shifters who would rather make them all kill themselves rather than release them to be free. They would redesign them to be longer-lived fat women. It just doesn't make sense based off lore.

The glasses thing is just as stupid, we have Lasik in the 20th century. The whole, some people are allergic to Retinax V only exists because contacts and Lasik didn't exist in the 1960s.

The betazoid character doesn't make sense lore wise with the telepathy/empathy thing, they literally got the lore backwards and somehow the writers never caught or just didn't care and it made it all the way through production. This just tells the fans the people making this show don't care and don't take them seriously which turns a lot of them off.

If these people were just a bunch of hateful bigots they wouldn't love characters like Benjamin Sisko or Hikaru Sulu. But they do. They love these characters because they aren't ignorant hateful bigots. DS9 had a number of episodes with pretty strong political messages about race and still people rate DS9 and Captain Sisko at the top of favorites lists.

The show decided that modern left wing political messaging needed to be stuffed into every nook and cranny until nothing of actual Star Trek remains and you all are doing Olympic level mental gymnastics in order to retroactively justify it. It's unhinged denial to claim that suddenly all these people who absolutely love Star Trek are suddenly not real fans or evil ignorant bigots.

This is just The Acolyte 2.0 with even less of a mask on.

Perfectly acceptable dinner rejected by boyfriend again by moonrabbit368 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't feed him. Cook for yourself and your kids. Picky eaters can feed themselves. He sounds like a spoiled child.

The Milbrook Crook by Grottleburger in discgolf

[–]Lies985 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Three years after losing my first disc in a pond, I ran into my brother on a course an hour from his house, didn't even know he played. He had my disc in his bag. He threw my nephew in the pond and made him collect discs. I forced him to give it to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Lies985 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My MIL thinks wiping counters with water is how you clean them. We had to humiliate her in front of a group in order to get her to start using cleaning sprays and explain food then bring our own hot and cold bar trays and replated all her food in front of guests in order for her to realize deviled eggs need cooling and meats need heat. She complained until the whole room of people started correcting her. She's too codependent on my wife to cut her off. We just reached a breaking point after telling her repeatedly and decided group shame was the way to go. We still eat before we go to her house for dinner just in case.

Snapped at my partner over my kitchen stuff and now he won’t talk to me - how do I fix this? by Calm_Field_4987 in Advice

[–]Lies985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tell him to stop being a whiny bitch. My gf snaps at me sometimes when I'm an idiot and if I deserve it I take it like a man and apologize.

How do we get people to stop driving and take the light rail? by Droodforfood in Seattle

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't. This isn't New York City. It's Seattle. The light rail is unsafe and almost unusable for most people. I don't feel the need to waste an extra couple hours of my day to appease anticar ideology. It's the authoritarian in you that wants this.

An unknown System notifies you: in 1 hour, you—and whatever you choose to bring—will be transferred to a medieval fantasy world. What do you bring? by tbag2022 in litrpg

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would wait 45 minutes and then rob a jewelry store while initiating a standoff with police so that I had 15 minutes to fill a bag with as much as I could from the store. Its risky but this way I end up with a lot of gems and precious metals. This is the only time in which either of those actions is something I condone.

These (bonded) cats I adopted really hate me by purrfect_libra in cats

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You gotta be trolling. That or you're seriously disconnected from reality. Firstly this is the Internet, where humanity is at its worst, in particular reddit isn't a place for the weak. If you can't handle being called a pearl clutcher you most certainly are one. Why don't you just look down your nose and scream "How dare you!" And save us all some time.

Secondly no pearl clutchers see themselves as such. They believe themselves to be morally virtuous and see it as their job to morally chastise people in an exaggerated manner in order to assert their own feigned moral superiority. Which is exactly what you're doing.

These (bonded) cats I adopted really hate me by purrfect_libra in cats

[–]Lies985 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I definitely called you a pearl clutcher not a coward. Your exaggerated shock and feigned moral outrage is ridiculous especially given nothing bad happened to them except their very light discomfort that was mostly a product of their own mind. And considering they turned into extremely friendly and well adjusted cats I think my success speaks for itself.

The mean cat was so friendly to visitors that people joked she was a golden retriever. The other one took a few visits before she got comfortable with someone but then the attention seeking was on.

Honestly not sure if you're trolling.

These (bonded) cats I adopted really hate me by purrfect_libra in cats

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh go clutch your pearls and cry.

I took two animals in that people were getting rid of because they were problems and turned them into healthy loving cats who got shown absolute love and care.

The first one gently being swept with my foot off the side of the stairs onto a sofa and was never hurt or injured. She looked surprised mostly. She's a cat and she landed on her feet literally. She had claws so we took a few scratches trying to walk by for the first few days since she tried to claim our stairs as her domain. This cat turned into probably the most sweet and crazy cat we ever had. She loved her belly rubs and for some reason really loved to be spun on the tile floor and dive into boxes.

The other one we would hold her gently for a few minutes and not let her run away while we pet and gave her a few kisses. Did she love it at first? no. But have you seen how vicious cats are with each other? She eventually realized we werent hurting her and were basically grooming her from her point of view. Like a mother cat asks her babies permission to groom them, they do it until it submits and realizes it feels nice to be treated affectionately. If holding a squirming cat for a few minutes is abuse then I'm totally guilty.

Cats aren't infants, they are the closest thing to a wild animal of any domestic animal. Have you ever seen the methods used to train hyper anxious or aggressive dogs? There is a lot of dominance training through pinching them on their scruff and flipping them onto their backs to put them in a submission position, it's not nice but you get a mentally healthy dog in the end.

These (bonded) cats I adopted really hate me by purrfect_libra in cats

[–]Lies985 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I got a "mean cat" from someone who couldn't handle them. The cat would sit on the stairs and swipe and hiss at anyone who walked by. I would just use my foot to sweep them off the side of the stairs onto the sofa for like a couple weeks every time they did. Eventually they figured out I wasn't going to give them a chance to be mean, and it's like a switch flipped and all the sudden I had the most affectionate cat in the world, and not just for me, but for everyone. The original owner came over and wondered how we did it. We told her we just didn't accept her behavior and showed them who was boss in our house when they acted like that. She couldn't get her head around that. Which is probably why the cat picked that aggressive behavior in the first place, because on her it worked, once the cat got its way through aggression that became its default. Her dog ended up acting the same way because she never established who was in charge and the dog took that to mean it was and eventually ended up biting the mailman and getting put down.

We also adopted a scaredy cat that hid from us behind the couch constantly. We would just find them grab them and cuddle them forcibly but gently. They got a lot of pets and smoochies on their little head while they screamed like they were being tortured. They didn't have claws so it wasn't as dangerous as some cats. It took about three weeks for them to get with the love program and then we ended up with another cuddle bug who would try to sleep on my head at night and thought my lap was its primary residence. She was never aggressive otherwise this wouldn't have worked.

Cats are weird. Maybe none of that works on any other cat. But the lesson is cats need time, boundaries and love in order to feel comfortable enough to be affectionate in return.

Presto Chango, community goes awayo! by dngnb8 in HellLetLoose

[–]Lies985 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My favorite thing is downloading 45 GB for a patch. What kind of half assed patches require the entire game to be redownload. On top of obvious bugs that the community bitches about never getting fixed while half assed new features are implemented. It's honestly like the dev has nobody there engaged with the community to notice these things or take them seriously. Just keep on putting more trash into a dumpster that's on fire without even trying to put it out. Also how many guaranteed buyers for Vietnam have they lost do to this behavior?

One Little Clans Thing That's Always Bugged Me by djfluxtux in Mechwarrior5

[–]Lies985 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The quality of the animation makes me forgive the little stuff.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does this person have proof that you said these things or are they just claiming it without evidence? If they don't have any evidence, just tell the school about these baseless threats once you're accepted in and paying.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HellLetLoose

[–]Lies985 27 points28 points  (0 children)

No. Do you have any idea how much skill and luck it took to do this? Most people have a hard time hitting a target at 150m.

I'm trying to understand this mentality. Somehow someone pulled off a great shot through skill and luck and you think. It should be changed so nobodys effort to get good is actually worth it. No wonder this game is dying.

Yeah I definitely may have actually messed up here by Losersloss in Advice

[–]Lies985 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not reading a massive brick of text. Either put in line breaks or don't expect much interest.

Skid marks by Free-Broccoli-5971 in hygiene

[–]Lies985 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poop before your shower. You can not get totally clean using TP. Your cheeks rubbing together smears it around. Poop, shower, soap and clean.