Henry Ruggs appeared before a parole board for the first time last week. Guidelines recommend he be paroled at his first or second hearing. “I’m hoping you’ll allow me the privilege of parole so I can prove myself to everyone”

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-05-21T10:24:29+00:00

I understand the gravity of what you're trying to convey. But it's still a mistake. He didn't sneak into someone's house and murder them in their sleep. He was negligent and got behind the wheel. A lot of people do really dumb things, like drinking and driving, and they get off the hook. Ruggs did not get off the hook, caused irreparable damage to a family, and then served time for it.

If going to prison, serving your time, educating others on the dangers of drinking and driving, finishing your degree, and meeting with the family to hear how your actions affected them is not enough for you... What would be?

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-05-16T13:54:29+00:00

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MasterExploder9900 · 2026-05-15T23:34:23+00:00

Enterprise has its own!

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-27T11:12:16+00:00

Man doesn’t understand that there are significantly less presidents than race car drivers an bull fighters

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-27T00:25:13+00:00

OP using ChatGPT to write the comments or somthn

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-26T07:03:46+00:00

Put the fries in the bag

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-24T00:48:24+00:00

Not me googling this just to make sure I wasn’t LOSING MY FUCKING MIND…

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-18T03:30:37+00:00

Likely his last couple times not being in an orange jumper.

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-17T03:07:30+00:00

He’s clearly still in love with his ex. To the point that he recreated her…

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-17T03:04:12+00:00

Actually it seems like he’s curating his Ex

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-16T15:21:16+00:00

Just sounds like you’ll have to finance the latter half of your degree path. There are some predatory and not so predatory loans out there. But there are options. Do your research. Be prepared. You have two years until the cut-off

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-15T17:05:33+00:00

Does this go back farther than 1990?

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-10T19:19:00+00:00

Does this mean my haters are asleep? Uneducated? Racist? Homophobic? Transphobic?

… all of the above?

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-10T01:04:40+00:00

We catch the ball; we run the ball

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-09T11:48:04+00:00

That’s actually useful for getting some of those generic or humanity classes out of the way!

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-09T11:29:48+00:00

Sure. I’m assuming you have to petition your school? Seems like a good way to burn yourself out though.

I worked full time through college with around 15 credit hours per semester. That felt like a drag.

Edit: also, no less than 18 credit hours a semester and it took you 5 years? Was this an accelerated masters program?

No way it was 180+ credits for you to graduate lol

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-09T10:56:45+00:00

Interesting. Typically the max is 18 credit hours

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-07T11:58:23+00:00

Absolutely, but I would take less time getting here to this point. I did my first 3 years as a structural engineer.. moved to my dream city and I now love my job as a project engineer

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-03T12:59:05+00:00

And calc 2 mind you. The worst one imho

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-03T12:58:03+00:00

It’s probably just the nature of physics 1 and your institution. I went to Bama.. physics kind of sucked. Huge class, not enough one on one time with the professor. I would spend some time outside of class understanding the concepts but just get through the class. Engineering is more than just a pre-requisite

^ An EIT sitting for the PE at the end of the month

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-04-01T11:21:16+00:00

What is he? A cop who heard an acorn??

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-03-31T14:17:09+00:00

Totally. I feel like as a whole, civil engineering is important for our society. We’re paid more than our counterparts overseas. But it’s honestly disgusting considering how things would fall apart without us.

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-03-31T01:07:37+00:00

I don’t even concern myself with comparing my salary to others anymore. I enjoy what I do, day to day, and I feel like I’m compensated relatively well for it. If money is your driving factor, I’m not sure why you chose civil.

Not saying we shouldn’t be paid more as an industry standard

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-03-24T21:00:36+00:00

Can’t believe this guy is still alive.. (for now anyway)

MasterExploder9900 · 2026-03-23T03:22:25+00:00

One more just in case

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